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Due to the particular reverence many people have for the name Jesus, this chapter further expands on this discussion as we examine many factors pertaining to the name Jesus.
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Because this issue is central to most Christian beliefs, we need to spend more time understanding the deception surrounding the name Jesus.
There are many, many references that can attest to the deception on this issue. What is included in this chapter is only a small sampling. For your deeper understanding, we recommend your personal study and verification of the facts.
As identified previously, the letter “J” is a recent addition to our language and is really only slightly older than America itself. It hasn’t been around a very long time, therefore, we can know for certain that Our Saviour’s name could not have been Jesus nor could Our Heavenly Father’s name have been Jehovah.
When moving from one language to another, words are either translated or transliterated.
Translation takes place when one language has an existing word that means exactly the same as the word being translated, such as the English word “door” and the French word “porte.” It’s a match. There is no confusion between the languages.
Transliteration, on the other hand, is the process of duplication of the phonetic elements which make up the sound of a word from one language into another because there is no equivalent word in that language. An example is the ancient Hebrew word “Halleluyah” to “Alleluia” in Greek. There is no equivalent in Greek, as it is a Hebrew word giving glory to The Almighty. One can easily see how the word is duplicated as closely as possible in phonetic sound using the elements within that alphabet and language system. The Greeks had no word, no name or reference to this Hebrew Deity, Yahweh.
There is no question that the true and proper names of Our Saviour and Creator could have been transliterated properly in any phonetic based language. Many other Hebrew names were transliterated in Scripture. Why not this one? The most important Name of all!
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