Greetings,
may I ask what the name of our Lord Jesus is?
I am not a Hebrew nor Greek scholar but from what I understand the Aramaic or Hebrew equivalent to Jesus (please don't split hairs), Joshua or Jahjahoshuah means something like Salvation or The Salvation of God or God's Salvation or God. THEREFORE, when we consider 'our salvation' as is being discussed in this thread, are we overlooking the only Salvation available unto man and getting caught up in a deception to divide and steal?
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Romans 10:13
From Jonah chapter 2:
Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,
And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and He heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I,
and Thou heardest my voice.
For Thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all Thy billows and Thy waves passed over me.
Then I said, I am cast out of Thy sight; yet I will look again toward Thy holy temple.
The waters compassed me about,
even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars
was about me for ever: yet hast Thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto Thee, into Thine holy temple.
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
But I will sacrifice unto Thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay
that that I have vowed.
Salvation is of the LORD.
And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry
land.
and Isaiah chapter 45
Thus saith the LORD to His anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates;
and the gates shall not be shut;
I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call
thee by thy name,
am the God of Israel.
For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known Me.
I
am the LORD, and
there is none else,
there is no God beside Me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known Me:
That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that
there is none beside Me. I
am the LORD, and
there is none else.
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these
things.
Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.
Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker!
Let the potsherd
strive with the potsherds of the earth.
Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
Woe unto him that saith unto
his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask Me of things to come concerning My sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye Me.
I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I,
even My hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.
Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee,
saying, Surely God
is in thee; and
there is none else,
there is no God.
Verily thou
art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together
that are makers of idols.
But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God Himself that formed the earth and made it; He hath established it, He created it not in vain, He formed it to be inhabited: I
am the LORD; and
there is none else.
I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye
that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god
that cannot save. Tell ye, and bring
them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time?
who hath told it from that time?
have not I the LORD? and
there is no God else beside Me; a just God and a Saviour;
there is none beside Me.
Look unto Me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
23I have sworn by Myself, the word is gone out of My mouth
in righteousness,
and shall not return, That unto Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
Surely, shall
one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength:
even to Him shall
men come; and all that are incensed against Him shall be ashamed.
In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
... Job chapter 38:
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Who
is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou Me.
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Or
who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth,
as if it had issued out of the womb?
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
And brake up for it my decreed
place, and set bars and doors, And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days;
and caused the dayspring to know his place; That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
It is turned as clay
to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth?
declare if thou knowest it all.
Where
is the way
where light dwelleth? and
as for darkness, where
is the place thereof, That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths
to the house thereof?
Knowest thou
it, because thou wast then born? or
because the number of thy days
is great?
Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
By what way is the light parted,
which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; To cause it to rain on the earth,
where no man
is; on the wilderness, wherein
there is no man; To satisfy the desolate and waste
ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
The waters are hid as
with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we
are?
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, When they couch in
their dens,
and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
... Isaiah chapter 12
And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise Thee: though Thou wast angry with me, Thine anger is turned away, and Thou comfortedst me.
Behold, God
is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH
is my strength and
my song; He also is become my salvation.
Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon His name, declare His doings among the people, make mention that His name is exalted.
Sing unto the LORD; for He hath done excellent things: this
is known in all the earth.
Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great
is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
Job 40:1-2
Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct
him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
