Through metanoeo we are being asked to change our way of thinking, to amend our attitude, and to change our direction so that rather than walking away from God, we walk to Him along the path He has provided. We are not being told to “repent,” or to change our behavior. Rabbis, priests and pastors are wrong when they focus their condemnations on behaviors they don’t like rather than assail thoughts and attitudes God doesn’t like.

Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.

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 By the year 30 CE, the timing laid out by Dany’el was nigh. The most likely candidate for the Ma’aseyah was Yahowchanan the Immerser, known today as “John the Baptist.” So he was asked, “Are you the Ma’aseyah?”

Yahowchanan referred to Yasha’yah, the most prolific and exacting prophet relative to our salvation, to answer the question. But first, Mattanyah set the stage.

“Now in those days Yahowchanan (Ioannes – a very crude transliteration of the Hebrew Yahowchanan, meaning Yahowah is chanan / merciful—corrupted to “John”) the Immerser  (baptistes – one who cleanses by submergence in water) made public appearances (paraginomai – came forth and was present) as one with authority, proclaiming (kerusso – as an official herald announcing publicly with the goal to persuade and warn) in the forsaken wilderness (eremos – desert, solitary and desolate place, uninhabited wasteland) of Yahuwdah (Ioudaios – a crude Greek transliteration of the Hebrew Yahuwdah, meaning those who relate to Yah) saying (logos – affirming and maintaining, teaching and advising), ‘Change your way of thinking(metanoeo – amend your life and attitude, think differently, reconsider, feel compunction, abhor your past sins, and repent), for the authority (basileia – royal power to govern, dominion, realm, reign, and kingship) of heaven (ouranos – the abode of God) draws near (eggizo – is approaching and is nigh).’” (Mattanyah / Yah Gives / Matthew 3: 1-2)

Through metanoeo we are being asked to change our way of thinking, to amend our attitude, and to change our direction so that rather than walking away from God, we walk to Him along the path He has provided. We are not being told to “repent,” or to change our behavior. Rabbis, priests and pastors are wrong when they focus their condemnations on behaviors they don’t like rather than assail thoughts and attitudes God doesn’t like. Metanoeo is cerebral, attitudinal, and directional. These are far bigger concerns than behavior.

Also, basileia isn’t a “kingdom” as it is most often rendered, but instead is the “power and authority to govern.” Yahowsha’s authority exists now, but His kingdom in this realm is yet to come. But here in 2012 as I edit these words, we are just 21 years away from this transition.

Yahowah’s words and deeds are only understood when viewed from the perspective of Yahowah’s Towrah – Guidance. This is why Yahowchanan’s announcement of the Ma’aseyah’s arrival was supplied by Yasha’yah, the most quoted prophet. Now that we have studied Dany’el’s timeline, we are going to invest considerable energy uncovering the predictive announcements of Yahowsha’s arrival, comparing them to their fulfillments.

Here we find Mattanyah’s recording of Yahowchanan the Immerser’s quote from the scroll scribed by Yasha’yah: “For He (houtos – this man, time, and event) is the one referred to (rheo – spoken of and foretold) by Yasha’yah (Hesaias – Greek transliteration of the Hebrew Yasha’yah, meaning the Salvation is from Yah, commonly transliterated Isaiah) the prophet (prophetes – one who is inspired by the Spirit of God) saying (logos – affirming and maintaining, teaching and advising), ‘The voice of one (phone – the sound of speech, from phaino, meaning voice of one who shines and sheds light, appears bright and resplendent, voice of one who brings things and people into the light) shouting out with a strong voice (boao) in the forsaken wilderness (eremos –desolate and uninhabited wasteland), “Prepare (hetoimazo – make ready) the way (hodos – road, path, route, and way of life) of Yahowah (ΚΣ – serves as a placeholder for Yahowah’s name. ΚΣ is an abbreviation of kurios, meaning the one who is empowered and authorized). Make and name (poieo – prepare, produce, and author) His way (tribos – path or worn route; from tribo, meaning to rub, similar to anointing; derived from the base of tragos—a male lamb, and trauma—to wound) straight, upright, and true (euthutes – from eu—to fare and act well, prospering and tithemi—to set forth, carry, and lay down).””’ (Mattanyah / Yah Gives / Matthew 3: 3)

Yasha’yah’s very name, a combination of yasha’, meaning “to save,” and Yah, contains both elements of the Ma’aseyah’s shem, only in reverse order. Yahowsha’ simply put Yahowah’s name first: “Yah Saves” as opposed to “Salvation if from Yah.”

While it wasn’t actually spoken by Yahowchanan, nor written by Mattanyah, the translated Greek phaino is still revealing. Yahowchanan wore camel’s hair and ate locusts. He was hardly the sort of person someone would call “resplendent.” And that’s because his job was to announce the arrival of the light, the very voice of God – and not be that light himself. Yahowchanan wasn’t pretending to be a rabbinical master. He wasn’t trying to pass himself off as God or even compete with God.

Eremos, meaning “forsaken wilderness,” is used twice for two reasons. First, Howsha’ / Hosea told us: “The Spirit of Yahowah will ascend out the wilderness.” Howsha’, a name which means “He Saves,” went on to compare the water Yahowchanan was using to immerse souls with the “living waters” which would flow from the Ma’aseyah, waters which were destined to be spurned by Yisra’el. He predicted: “His source of life and basis for purification will confound, be disapproved, and be treated shamefully. And His cistern of mercy He will dry up, make desolate and forsaken.”(Howsha’ / He Saves / Hosea 13:15)

Howsha’ was aware that the Ma’aseyah would be poorly received. After all, since Yahowsha’s message would reflect the Towrah, it would be in conflict with the religious establishment Yahowah was assailing through him.

Second, the Yisra’elites were living in eremos, at least spiritually. They were forsaken, existing in a solitary and desolate place, a lifeless wasteland, apart from the benefits of the Covenant. The Ma’aseyah came to meet them where they were, hoping to rescue them, taking them to where He was going.

“The way” also appeared twice in this short passage, although it is provided courtesy of two different words. There are a couple of reasons for this as well. Yahowsha’ confirmed Yasha’yah’s prophecy, saying, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except by Me.” It is why His disciples were called “followers of the hodos / way.” And tribos defines the path maker: He was appointed, served as a lamb, and was wounded on our behalf.

The word kurios does not actually appear in this statement. In fact it doesn’t appear in any passage found in a single one of the 69 Greek manuscripts dated prior to Constantine—not on any page of any book. The Greek word kurios, translated “Lord” in most English bibles, is actually rendered with two Greek capital letters with a line over them signifying deity: ΚΣ (Kappa Sigma), ΧΥ (Kappa Upsilon), ΧΩ (Kappa Omega), or KN (Kappa Nu). Comfort and Barrett have published complete copies of these old manuscripts in their The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts if you’d like to verify this assertion for yourself.

There are many reasons why kurios was not written, but in this particular passage, the answer is obvious. Mattanyah was recording Yahowchanan’s quote from Yasha’yah. The word and title, “Lord,” can’t be found in the Hebrew text of this prophecy. It just isn’t there. To put it there would be to purposely distort Yahowah’s Word. Yasha’yah was inspired to pen: “Prepare the way of Yahowah,” not ha Ba’al for the Lord or even adonay for Adonis.

This is significant because it confirms that Yahowsha’ is not only representing Yahowah, but also that He is the diminished manifestation of Yahowah – part of God set-apart from Yah to serve us. It is one of the many reasons it is essential to know and use Yahowsha’s name rather than the errant moniker “Jesus.” Yahowah used Yasha’yah to predict that He, Himself, would enter our world and Yahowchanan confirmed that Yahowsha’ fulfilled that promise.

This comparison between the translated Greek text and the inspired Hebrew original, also tells us that we read “Lord” in an English translation of the “Christian New Testament,” Yahowah’s or Yahowsha’s name actually belongs there. The Greeks didn’t have a similar “Y,” “H,” or “W” in their alphabet, making a transliteration of Yahowah or Yahowsha’ impossible. The best they could do was to insert a divine placeholder. And that is what they did. It was men who replaced the disciple’s symbols with that which did not belong.

In His Tanakh, in fact in Howsha’, Yahowah tells us that He hates the title Lord. Lord is Ba’al’s moniker, which is the second reason it wasn’t written and why we shouldn’t use it. Moreover, much of the meaning of kurios and its entire legacy is inconsistent with Yahowah’s nature and purpose. Kurios was a very common term applied to pagan gods and human rulers in Classical Greece. Yahowah is neither. Further, kurios can signify “ownership and control.” Yahowah, unlike men, has no interest in owning or controlling people. He wants a familial relationship, with Him serving as our Father.

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