Joshua…who?

This study contains information in regards to two great men in the scriptures.  Coincidently, they have the same name as well as the same game!  Here before you, is an opportunity for you to see how this is so!  You will be amazed at how the truth unfolds, right before your eyes!       Blessings!

 

Let’s begin with “J”

it is important for you to know that the letter “J” is only around 500 years old.  Relevance?  Well, the “J” sound is not nearly as old as those who lived in Biblical times.  You can study this out for yourself.  You will find that a word like “Jorgenson”, which can be pronounced “Yorgenson”, is not that crazy after all!       HalleluYah!

If you have the ability to see a copy of the 1611 KJV of the bible, you will see that “J” words were written with an “I”.  This is because the “I” had the “Y” sound.  This too you can and should study for yourself, to be sure you are not being mislead!

If you have a concordance for the bible, you can look up “J” names in Hebrew and see that to pronounce them in English, the first letter is always a “Y”.  If you look up the names in greek, you will see that the letter used is “I”, which also makes a “Y” sound. 

 

What’s in a name?

If you look up the word “Jesus” in your concordance, you will see the word “Iesous” and it can be translated into two names, both “Jesus” and “Joshua”!  You can see evidence of this in Hebrews 4:8. How can this be?  You can look at other old testament names found in the new testament, and see how they are often right on, or very close to the same pronunciation. Abraham, Jesse, jezebel, you name it!  They are all transliterated into the greek language sounding the same as the Hebrew or Aramaic pronunciation!

 

Get your Concordance!

In the book of numbers chapter 13, we see in verse 16, that moshe gave Hoshea son of NUN a new name.  The name given to him in nearly all bibles is, “Jehoshua.”  But after what we have covered so far, you know that isn’t exactly right.  What was his name?  Look it up for yourself, if you can.  I will tell you now to save time, it is pronounced, “Yahoshua”.  Only here in Numbers 13:16 and 1 Chronicles 7:27 will you see that word in most bibles as, “jehoshua.”  From then on, all the other times this same name is used, they insert a nick-name, “Joshua” instead.  Motive?  I do not know for sure.  But it seems to be disguising the real name to me.  (See Strong’s H3091)

Why did Moshe go and change this guys name?  What does it mean?  What does it matter?   What about the Messiah?  What was his name?  A greek name or Hebrew?  Have we been fooled?  Study on!

 

They got the same game!

Numbers 11:28 “Yahoshua son of Nun, who had served Moshe since he was a boy…”

Exodus 32:17 “When Yahoshua heard the noise of the people shouting, he said to Moshe, “there is the sound of battle in the camp!”  (They were up on Mount Sinai together for 40 days and  nights!

Exodus 33:11 “Yahweh would talk to Moshe face to face, as a man talks to his friend….but the young man who was his servant, Yahoshua son of Nun, never left the inside of the tent.”

 

Who teaches he was on the mount?

Only until recently in my life, did I ever realize that Yahoshua was actually up on the Mountain that was smoking, thundering and was in Yahweh’s presence! (See Exodus 24:13 and 32:17) How about you?  Did you realize this!  Amazing!  He seems like a pretty important guy so far.  We have: the name change, (oh by the way, Yahoshua means, “Yahweh’s Salvation.”); He was behaving as Moshe’s apprentice since he was a boy; He was able be close to Yahweh in the tent and Mount… What else?

 

The Joshua you know

most all Bible school learners know about Joshua the warrior who led the Israelites into the promised land.  Let’s look more into that aspect now.  Remember, same name, same game!

Joshua 1:1+5 “When Moshe, servant of Yahweh was dead, Yahweh spoke to Yahoshua son of Nun, Moshe’ adjutant.”  … “As long as you live, no one will be able to resist you; I shall be with you as I was with Moshe; I shall not fail you or desert you.”

Joshua 3:7+9 “Yahweh said to Yahoshua, ‘This very day, I shall begin to make you great in the eyes of all Israel, so that they will know that, as I was with Moshe, so I shall be with you.”… “To the Israelites, Yahoshua then said, ‘Come closer and hear the words of Yahweh your Elohim.”

Joshua Chapter 6 Yahoshua and Yah-weh marching 7 times around Yericho, thus it was demolished.

Joshua 8:32+34-35 “There, Yahoshua wrote on the stones a copy of the Law of Moshe, which Moshe had written in the presence of the Israelites.”… “After this, Yahoshua read all the words of the Law-the blessing and the cursing- exactly as it stands written in the Book of the Law.  Of every word laid down by Moshe, not one was left unread by Yahoshua in the presence of the whole assembly of Israel…”

Joshua 10:13-14 “And the sun stood still, and the moon halted,…The sun stood still in the middle of the sky and delayed its setting for almost a whole day.  There was never a day like that before or since, when Yahweh obeyed the voice of a man- for Yahweh was fighting for Israel.”Yahoshua Messiah listened and obeyed. Yahoshua messiah performed miracles.  Yahoshua Messiah has Yahweh with him.  Yahoshua messiah is bringing us to the promised land! Yahweh doesn’t fail him 

 

Did you catch these ones?

Exodus 23:20-21 “Look, I am sending a Messenger to precede you, to guard you as you go and bring you to the place that I have prepared.  Revere him and obey what he says.  Do not defy him: he will not forgive any wrong-doing on your part, for my name is in him.”

Deuteronomy 18:15-19 “Yahweh your elohim will raise up a prophet like me (Moshe); you will listen to him.  This is exactly what you asked Yahweh your elohim to do-at horeb, on the day of the assembly, when you said, ‘never let me hear the voice of yahweh my elohim or see this great fire again, or I shall die.”  Then Yahweh said to me, “what they have said is well said.  From their own brothers, I shall raise up a prophet like yourself; I shall put my words into his mouth and he will tell them everything I command him.  Anyone who refuses to listen to my words, spoken by him in my name, will have to render an account to me.”

Numbers 27:15-18 “Moshe then said to Yahweh, ‘May it please Yahweh, elohim of the spirits that give life to all living creatures, to appoint a leader for this community, to be at their head in all their undertakings, a man who will lead them out and bring them in, so that yahweh’s community will not be like sheep without a shepherd.’ Yahweh then said to moshe, ‘take yahoshua son of nun, a man in whom the spirit dwells and lay your hand on him.

The name “Yahoshua has Yahweh’s name. he is our mediator, our brother, our shepherd, prophet, leader and spirit filled.  Both Yahoshua’s fit!

 

Can it get any clearer?

Deuteronomy 31:3+7-8 “Yahweh your elohim himself will lead you across…Yahoshua too will lead you across, as Yahweh has said.” … “Moshe then summoned Yahoshua and, in the presence of all Israel, said to him, ‘Be strong, stand firm; you will be the one to go with this people into the country which Yahweh has sworn to their ancestors that he would give them; you are to be the one who puts them into possession of it.  Yahweh himself will lead you; he will be with you; he will not fail you or desert you. Have no fear, do not be alarmed.”

Curve ball?...Maybe!

Zechariah 3:1:10 “He then showed me the high priest Yahoshua, standing before the angel of Yahweh, with satan standing on his right to accuse him.  The angel of Yahweh said to satan, ‘May Yahweh rebuke you, satan! May Yahweh rebuke you, since he has made Jerusalem his choice.  Is not this man a brand snatched from the fire?  Now yahoshua was dressed in dirty clothes as he stood before the angel.  The latter then spoke as follows to those who were standing before him, ‘take off his dirty clothes and dress him in splendid robes and put a clean turban on his head…The angel of Yahweh made this declaration to yahoshua, ‘yahweh sabaoth says this, “If you walk in my ways and keep my ordinances, you shall govern my house, you shall watch over my courts, and I will give you free access to those in attendance here…. “So listen, high priest yahoshua, you and the colleagues over whom you preside- for they are an omen of things to come- for now, I shall bring in my servant the Branch, and I shall remove this countries guilt in a single day. 

Now what?!

This is another Yahoshua in zechariah, but is it not the same name?  Is it not the same game? Keep reading and studying  for truth!    Joshua…who?