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The Name Jesus Means Yahweh Saves

What is the meaning of the name Jesus? If ever a name was packed with significance, it is the name Jesus. Scripture says, Jesus has been given the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus, every knee will bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth.

Why is our Lord's name so powerful? What does the name Jesus mean? The name Jesus announced to Joseph and Mary through the angels means Yahweh saves or Yahweh is salvation. Transliterated from Hebrew and Aramaic, the name is Yeshua.

This word is a combination of Yah, an abbreviation for Yahweh, the name of Israel's God, and the verb Yahshah, meaning rescue, deliver, or save. The English spelling of the Hebrew Yeshua is Joshua. But when translated from Hebrew into Koine Greek, the original language of the New Testament, the name Yeshua becomes Yesus.

In English, Yesus becomes Jesus. Thus, Yeshua and correspondingly Joshua and Jesus mean Yahweh saves or the Lord is salvation. The name Jesus was quite popular in first century Judea. For this reason, our Lord was often called Jesus of Nazareth, distinguishing him by his childhood home, the town of Nazareth in Galilee.

Jesus and Joshua as a Type of Salvation

Despite its commonness, the name Jesus is remarkably significant. Jesus was sent by God for a particular purpose and his personal name bears witness to that mission. Just as Yeshua Joshua in the Old Testament led his people to victory over the Canaanites, the Yeshua Joshua in the New Testament led his people to victory over sin and their spiritual enemies.

Galatians 4, four through five says, but when the set time had fully come, God sent his son born of a woman born under the law to redeem those under the law that we might receive adoption to sonship. God sent Jesus to save us.

The meaning of Jesus name Yahweh saves reveals his mission to save and deliver and his identity as savior of the world. At the same time, the commonness of Jesus name underscores his humanity and humility.

The son of God emptied himself of his glory to become a humble man. The Lexham survey of theology eloquently captures the dual significance in the name Jesus. He was from one angle, just another Joshua.

And yet in another sense, he was the true Joshua. The one who would live up to the meaning of his name in ways no others could. The name of Jesus is important because of its meaning and because of whom it represents.

Salvation, Forgiveness, and Healing in Jesus' Name

There is power and authority in the person of Christ Jesus. And of course, the person is designated by the name. More so than with other names, we associate the name of Jesus with his distinctive character, quality and work as seen in the following biblical truths.

Salvation is in the name of Jesus alone. Jesus is the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone. Salvation is found in no one else. For there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.

Forgiveness of sin is received through the name of Jesus. All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name. Believers are baptized in the name of Jesus.

Peter replied, repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Healing and miracles were performed in the name of Jesus.

By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made strong. It is Jesus' name and the faith that comes through him that has completely healed him. As you can all see, Jesus teaches believers to pray in his name, that is to pray in his authority, the type of prayer that he would pray.

And I will do whatever you ask in my name so that the father may be glorified in the son. You may ask me for anything in my name and I will do it. In every way, Jesus lives up to his name. The name of Jesus reminds us of the power, presence and purpose of the risen Christ.

It assures us that God's gracious intention is to save us. Our Lord Jesus brought God to humanity and now brings humans to God through the salvation he purchased. In the Bible, when people spoke or acted in the name of Jesus, they did so as the Lord's representatives with his authority.

The very life of the believer is to be lived in the name of Jesus and by doing so, bring glory to God. We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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