The doctrine of the sacred name, as expounded by Yahushua, is demonstrated by the format for prayer given to his disciples. The opening line reads:

Our father who is in heaven, sacred be your name. (Matthew 6:9; Luke 11:2)

Yahushua not only knew the sacred name, but he also came to the Jewish people in that name. He told the Jews who sought his life:

I have come in the name of my father, and you receive me not; if another should come in his own name, him you will receive. (John 5:43)

Yahushua came in the name of father Yahweh, not his earthly name Yahushua (or the Greek substitute Ἰησους; English “Jesus”), and few received him.

This discussion aims to provide a clearer understanding of the Passover supper and the practice of eating unleavened bread for seven days, while also summarizing the experience of the Exodus. This event marked the first time the Israelites were commanded to sacrifice and eat a Passover animal.

This question is one of the most profound statements in Scriptures, spoken by an unlikely figure.

The New Testament refers to him as Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea under Emperor Tiberius from 26 to 36 C.E.

Although Pilate had never heard Yahushua speak before, it was Yahushua who had said:

“I am the way, and THE TRUTH, and the life; no one comes to the father, but by me.” (John 14:6)

Pontius Pilate directly encountered the man who was “the Truth.”

Without realizing it, Pilate unwittingly revealed the truth when he responded to the question he had posed to Yahushua: “What is truth?”

He ensured that his answer was prominently displayed at the execution site for everyone to see.

Ironically, with this display, Pilate confronted the Jewish religious leaders with the reality of who they had unjustly convicted of blasphemy according to their law and wrongfully condemned to death.

He made this clear when he wrote:

“Yahushua of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.”

To believe in the false doctrine of an immortal soul for humans or that the righteous, upon their death, will go up to heaven to live is to abandon sound scriptural teaching. This pagan belief system not only ignores the hope in the resurrection of mankind but abandons the true path to eternal life, one which Yahweh promised.

The way spoken of in Scriptures is given by means of a promise of an Eternal Inheritance, and it is directly connected with the eternal possession of the Promised Land.

The demonic doctrines that are professed by numerous religious traditions, having no basis in Scriptures, demonstrates why Yahweh and his Messiah were so adamant in their condemnation of such practices.

Here is the bottom line when considering a person’s heart and its ability to discern truth on its own.

Every man is a liar, and no man is good. The only thing that can come forth from man’s heart is evil. Therefore, we cannot expect to find truth as a natural product of our mind or feelings.

The source of man’s inability to follow Scriptures, as a result, is man’s own heart. It is from man’s mind that false ideas and doctrines spring.

According to Scriptures, we must first control our minds and then set them to understand what Yahweh has to say. This instruction means that we must approach Scriptures with the attitude that allows the book to tell us what it is trying to say, not superimposing our own beliefs or assumptions upon it.

Most modern-day Christians and those who proclaim to be followers of Yahweh seem to fall short when attempting to understand how the death of Yahushua the Messiah enables us to attain salvation and eternal life.

Many point to the basis for their understanding from one passage as given in the book of John:

For the deity so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)

Numerous individuals understand this to mean that all one has to do is profess a belief or faith that Yahushua (Jesus) was the Messiah who was given to mankind by the father and that the Messiah has washed us from our sins by dying and shedding his blood for us whereby we can become saved and have eternal life.

In reality, if one were to base all of one’s faith only on this verse, it would be evident to the serious student of Scriptures that this type of faith would be more accurately defined as “blind faith.”

The scriptural evidence proves that Yahweh has left to us, through a Covenant-Will given to Abraham and passing through the Israelites, and ultimately coming to us through Yahushua the Messiah, an inheritance of land and an Eternal Covenant that will enable us to attain eternal life.

Could it be true that Yahushua, the Messiah, existed before he became a fleshly man living on the earth?

Consider this intriguing question: Who was the divine entity that spoke to Moses and declared:

I am the eloahi of your fathers, the eloahi of Abraham, the eloahi of Isaak, and the eloahi of Jacob. (Exodus 3:6)

In Exodus 3:7, this eloahi is identified as Yahweh. Remarkably, this very eloahi is recognized as an angel in Exodus 3:2. Even more amazing, this angel is identified as the angel Yahweh in Acts 7:30-35!

This spelling brings attention to the first part of the Messiah’s earthly name: Yahu-shua. At some point, the “waw” was stripped out of the name, rendering the spelling Yah-shua.

Upon further investigation, it is revealed that Yahu is the praenomen of the personage that appeared to the patriarchs in the Old Testament under the name Yahweh. The full name of this personage is Yahu Yahweh.

This same Yahu Yahweh was later the person who became flesh, being born of a virgin, and was known by the earthly name and designation Yahushua the messiah. Yahu-shua literally means “Yahu saves” rather than the generally accepted meaning “Yahweh is salvation.”

You can acquire more information regarding Yahu Yahweh being Yahushua the messiah by clicking on the following link, “The Preexistence of Yahushua the Messiah.”

For information regarding the one name by which we are saved, please click on the following link from Qadesh La Yahweh Press: “Salvation and the Name of the Messiah.”