efei<\/p>\n
\u00a0By the year 30 CE, the timing laid out by Dany\u2019el was nigh. The most likely candidate for the Ma\u2019aseyah was Yahowchanan the Immerser, known today as \u201cJohn the Baptist.\u201d So he was asked, \u201cAre you the<\/em> Ma\u2019aseyah?\u201d<\/p>\n Yahowchanan referred to Yasha\u2019yah, the most prolific and exacting prophet relative to our salvation, to answer the question. But first, Mattanyah set the stage.<\/p>\n \u201cNow in those days Yahowchanan<\/strong> (Ioannes <\/em>\u2013 a very crude transliteration of the Hebrew Yahowchanan, meaning Yahowah is chanan <\/em>\/ merciful\u2014corrupted to \u201cJohn\u201d) the Immerser \u00a0<\/strong>(baptistes<\/em> \u2013 one who cleanses by submergence in water) made public appearances<\/strong> (paraginomai<\/em> \u2013 came forth and was present) as one with authority, proclaiming <\/strong>(kerusso<\/em> \u2013 as an official herald announcing publicly with the goal to persuade and warn) in the forsaken wilderness<\/strong> (eremos<\/em> \u2013 desert, solitary and desolate place, uninhabited wasteland) of Yahuwdah<\/strong> (Ioudaios<\/em> \u2013 a crude Greek transliteration of the Hebrew Yahuwdah, <\/em>meaning those who relate to Yah) saying<\/strong> (logos<\/em> \u2013 affirming and maintaining, teaching and advising), \u2018Change your way of thinking<\/strong>(metanoeo <\/em>\u2013 amend your life and attitude, think differently, reconsider, feel compunction, abhor your past sins, and repent), for the authority <\/strong>(basileia<\/em> \u2013 royal power to govern, dominion, realm, reign, and kingship) of heaven<\/strong> (ouranos <\/em>\u2013 the abode of God) draws near<\/strong> (eggizo<\/em> \u2013 is approaching and is nigh).\u2019\u201d <\/strong>(Mattanyah \/ Yah Gives \/ Matthew 3: 1-2)<\/p>\n Through metanoeo<\/em> 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 \u201crepent,\u201d or to change our behavior. Rabbis, priests and pastors are wrong when they focus their condemnations on behaviors they don\u2019t like rather than assail thoughts and attitudes God doesn\u2019t like. Metanoeo<\/em> is cerebral, attitudinal, and directional. These are far bigger concerns than behavior.<\/p>\n Also, basileia<\/em> isn\u2019t a \u201ckingdom\u201d as it is most often rendered, but instead is the \u201cpower and authority to govern.\u201d Yahowsha\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n Yahowah\u2019s words and deeds are only understood when viewed from the perspective of Yahowah\u2019s Towrah \u2013 Guidance. This is why Yahowchanan\u2019s announcement of the Ma\u2019aseyah\u2019s arrival was supplied by Yasha\u2019yah, the most quoted prophet. Now that we have studied Dany\u2019el\u2019s timeline, we are going to invest considerable energy uncovering the predictive announcements of Yahowsha\u2019s arrival, comparing them to their fulfillments.<\/p>\n Here we find Mattanyah\u2019s recording of Yahowchanan the Immerser\u2019s quote from the scroll scribed by Yasha\u2019yah: \u201cFor He <\/strong>(houtos <\/em>\u2013 this man, time, and event) is the one referred to<\/strong> (rheo <\/em>\u2013 spoken of and foretold) by Yasha\u2019yah<\/strong> (Hesaias <\/em>\u2013 Greek transliteration of the Hebrew Yasha\u2019yah<\/em>, meaning the Salvation is from Yah, commonly transliterated Isaiah) the<\/strong> prophet<\/strong> (prophetes<\/em> \u2013 one who is inspired by the Spirit of God) saying<\/strong> (logos<\/em> \u2013 affirming and maintaining, teaching and advising), \u2018The voice<\/strong> of one<\/strong> (phone<\/em> \u2013 the sound of speech, from phaino<\/em>, 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<\/strong> (boao<\/em>) in the<\/strong> forsaken wilderness<\/strong> (eremos<\/em> \u2013desolate and uninhabited wasteland), \u201cPrepare<\/strong> (hetoimazo<\/em> \u2013 make ready) the way <\/strong>(hodos<\/em> \u2013 road, path, route, and way of life) of Yahowah <\/strong>(\u039a\u03a3 \u2013 serves as a placeholder for Yahowah\u2019s name. \u039a\u03a3 is an abbreviation of kurios<\/em>, meaning the one who is empowered and authorized). Make and name <\/strong>(poieo <\/em>\u2013 prepare, produce, and author) His way<\/strong> (tribos<\/em> \u2013 path or worn route; from tribo<\/em>, meaning to rub, similar to anointing; derived from the base of tragos<\/em>\u2014a male lamb, and trauma<\/em>\u2014to wound) straight, upright, and true<\/strong> (euthutes<\/em> \u2013 from eu<\/em>\u2014to fare and act well, prospering and tithemi\u2014<\/em>to set forth, carry, and lay down).\u201d\u201d\u2019 <\/strong>(Mattanyah \/ Yah Gives \/ Matthew 3: 3)<\/p>\n Yasha\u2019yah\u2019s very name, a combination of yasha\u2019<\/em>, meaning \u201cto save,\u201d and Yah, contains both elements of the Ma\u2019aseyah\u2019s shem<\/em>, only in reverse order. Yahowsha\u2019 simply put Yahowah\u2019s name first: \u201cYah Saves\u201d as opposed to \u201cSalvation if from Yah.\u201d<\/p>\n While it wasn\u2019t actually spoken by Yahowchanan, nor written by Mattanyah, the translated Greek phaino<\/em> is still revealing. Yahowchanan wore camel\u2019s hair and ate locusts. He was hardly the sort of person someone would call \u201cresplendent.\u201d And that\u2019s because his job was to announce the arrival of the light, the very voice of God \u2013 and not be that light himself. Yahowchanan wasn\u2019t pretending to be a rabbinical master. He wasn\u2019t trying to pass himself off as God or even compete with God.<\/p>\n Eremos,<\/em> meaning \u201cforsaken wilderness,\u201d is used twice for two reasons. First, Howsha\u2019 \/ Hosea told us: \u201cThe Spirit of Yahowah will ascend out the wilderness.\u201d Howsha\u2019, a name which means \u201cHe Saves,\u201d went on to compare the water Yahowchanan was using to immerse souls with the \u201cliving waters\u201d which would flow from the Ma\u2019aseyah, waters which were destined to be spurned by Yisra\u2019el. He predicted: \u201cHis source of life and basis for purification will confound, be disapproved, and be treated shamefully. And His cistern of mercy He will dry up, <\/em>make desolate and forsaken.\u201d(Howsha\u2019 \/ He Saves \/ Hosea 13:15)<\/p>\n Howsha\u2019 was aware that the Ma\u2019aseyah would be poorly received. After all, since Yahowsha\u2019s message would reflect the Towrah, it would be in conflict with the religious establishment Yahowah was assailing through him.<\/p>\n Second, the Yisra\u2019elites were living in eremos<\/em>, 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\u2019aseyah came to meet them where they were, hoping to rescue them, taking them to where He was going.<\/p>\n \u201cThe way\u201d 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\u2019 confirmed Yasha\u2019yah\u2019s prophecy, saying, \u201cI am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except by Me.\u201d It is why His disciples were called \u201cfollowers of the hodos <\/em>\/ way.\u201d And tribos<\/em> defines the path maker: He was appointed, served as a lamb, and was wounded on our behalf.<\/p>\n The word kurios<\/em> does not actually appear in this statement. In fact it doesn\u2019t appear in any passage found in a single one of the 69 Greek manuscripts dated prior to Constantine\u2014not on any page of any book. The Greek word kurios<\/em>, translated \u201cLord\u201d in most English bibles, is actually rendered with two Greek capital letters with a line over them signifying deity: \u039a\u03a3 (Kappa Sigma), \u03a7\u03a5 (Kappa Upsilon), \u03a7\u03a9 (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 <\/em>if you\u2019d like to verify this assertion for yourself.<\/p>\n There are many reasons why kurios<\/em> was not written, but in this particular passage, the answer is obvious. Mattanyah was recording Yahowchanan\u2019s quote from Yasha\u2019yah. The word and title, \u201cLord,\u201d can\u2019t be found in the Hebrew text of this prophecy. It just isn\u2019t there. To put it there would be to purposely distort Yahowah\u2019s Word. Yasha\u2019yah was inspired to pen: \u201cPrepare the way of Yahowah,\u201d not ha Ba\u2019al<\/em> for the Lord or even adonay<\/em> for Adonis.<\/p>\n This is significant because it confirms that Yahowsha\u2019 is not only representing Yahowah, but also that He is the diminished manifestation of Yahowah \u2013 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\u2019s name rather than the errant moniker \u201cJesus.\u201d Yahowah used Yasha\u2019yah to predict that He, Himself, would enter our world and Yahowchanan confirmed that Yahowsha\u2019 fulfilled that promise.<\/p>\n This comparison between the translated Greek text and the inspired Hebrew original, also tells us that we read \u201cLord\u201d in an English translation of the \u201cChristian New Testament,\u201d Yahowah\u2019s or Yahowsha\u2019s name actually belongs there. The Greeks didn\u2019t have a similar \u201cY,\u201d \u201cH,\u201d or \u201cW\u201d in their alphabet, making a transliteration of Yahowah or Yahowsha\u2019 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\u2019s symbols with that which did not belong.<\/p>\n In His Tanakh, in fact in Howsha\u2019, Yahowah tells us that He hates the title Lord. Lord is Ba\u2019al\u2019s moniker, which is the second reason it wasn\u2019t written and why we shouldn\u2019t use it. Moreover, much of the meaning of kurios<\/em> and its entire legacy is inconsistent with Yahowah\u2019s nature and purpose. Kurios<\/em> was a very common term applied to pagan gods and human rulers in Classical Greece. Yahowah is neither. Further, kurios<\/em> can signify \u201cownership and control.\u201d Yahowah, unlike men, has no interest in owning or controlling people. He wants a familial relationship, with Him serving as our Father.<\/p>\n ********<\/p>\n Yada Yah\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n