YEHOSHUA THE REJECTED MASHIACH

This is part 3 of to the Jew first.

Yehoshua, also called Yeshua, which is the contracted form of Yehoshua, which in English is Joshua, as mentioned in a previous message, is the Ben Dawid or Son of David. The Gospel of Mattithyahu in the Brit Chadashah/New Testament gives us His detailed genealogy. Yeshua is the Word of Yehovah made flesh.

Yochanan/John 1:15, 9-13 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Elohim, and the Word was Elohim. 2 He was in the beginning with Elohim. 3 All came to be through Him, and without Him not even one came to be that came to be. 4 In Him was Chai, (Light), and the Chai was the Light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. 9 He was the true Light, which enlightens every man, coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world came to be through Him, and the world did not know Him.  11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. 12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the authority to become children of Elohim, to those believing in His Name. 13 Who were born not of blood nor of the desire of flesh nor of the desire of man, but of Elohim.

I have spoken in a previous message that Yehoshua or Yeshua, who some erroneously call Him Jesus, was born as the descendant of Dawid HaMelekh. Therefore Yehoshua was indeed the King of Israel!

Please note that the letter J is not in the Hebrew alphabet. This letter was invented long after the birth of our Mashiach, and, this letter J,  is only about 500 years old.

Yehoshua came first to the Lost Sheep of Yisra’el, to save them from their sin. Man is born in sin, as result of the sin of the first man Adam. Yehoshua is also called the second Adam, for He came to undo, or to recover what was lost. Adam had communion with Elohim every day until the fall. This communion it has been restored in this Mashiach-King-Savior–Elohim Yehoshua.

How could He rescue us, the Jews first, and then, all humanity, from our fallen nature and bring us back to our Father in Heaven? Yehoshua, the only Ben of Elohim Yehovah, came as a Servant to take the penalty of our sin, which is death. He left Heaven and became Man. At the right time He had to die, and He did that, when  voluntarily,  He took our place on the stake or cross.  Yes, man, betrayed Him as prophesied. However, it was necessary to save the Jewish people, and all humanity.

Now I will write a few Scriptures. We already know that Yehoshua  is the Ben of Elohim.

Tehillim/Psalm 2:16; 11-12  Why do the gentiles rage, and the peoples meditate emptiness? 2 the sovereigns of the earth take their stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against Yehovah and against His Mashiach, 3 “Let us tear apart Their bonds, and throw away Their ropes from us.” 4 He who is sitting in the shamayim laughs, Yehovah mocks at them. 5 then He speaks to them in His wrath, and troubles them in His rage, 6 “But I, I have put My Sovereign on Tsiyon, My qodesh mountain.” “I inscribe for a law: Yehovah has said to Me, ‘You are My Ben, Today I have brought You forth.

Here begins a prophetic utterance for the future, and continue now in verse 11

Serve Yehovah with reverence, and rejoice with trembling. 12 Kiss the Ben, lest He be enraged, and you perish in the way. For soon His wrath is to be kindled. Barukh are all those taking refuge in Him.

I needed to establish once again that Yehoshua is the Ben of Elohim.

He came from heaven to be our Sacrifice; we no longer would need animals.

Tehillim/Psalm 40:6-9 You, Yehovah my Elohim have done many things; the wonders you have devised for us cannot be set out before You; I would rehearse the tale of them, but they are more than can be told. 7 You gave to understand that you do not desire sacrifice and meal offering; You do not ask for burnt offering and sin offering. 8 Then I said, “See, I will bring a scroll recounting what befell me.” 9 To do what pleases you, My Elohim, is My desire; Your Teaching is in My inmost parts.

The above verses are prophetic words spoken by the prophet and King David about our Mashiach!  Yehovah came to this world to pay the penalty for our sin. We are all sinners! 

Yechezqel/Ezekiel 18:4 “See, all beings are Mine, the being of the father as well as the being of the son is Mine. The being that is sinning shall die.”

Romiyim/Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of Elohim, 24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Mashiach Yehoshua, whom Elohim set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness.

Yehovah made a way for us to be reconciled to Him as He was with Adam in the beginning of Creation. We can know Yehovah and Yehoshua personally when we believe and accept Him. We must be born again.

Yochanan/John 3:1-5 And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nakhdimon was his name, a ruler of the Yahudim. 2 this one came to Yehoshua by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from Elohim, for no one is able to do these signs You do if Elohim is not with him. 3 Yehoshua answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born from above, he is unable to see the reign of Elohim.” 4 Nakhdimon said to Him, “How is a man able to be born when he is old?”5 Yehoshua answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Ruach, he is unable to enter into the reign of Elohim. 6 That which has been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which has been born of the Ruach is spirit. 7 “Do not marvel that I said to you, “You have to be born from above.’

When a person recognizes their need for Yehovah, and surrender their lives to Yehoshua , our Atonement, we become born again. His Ruach haQodesh comes into our life and we are then born again.

But for this to take place Yehoshua had to first die to redeem us from our sin.

Some folks think they are so perfect and they do not want to recognize they are sinners. For instance, Have you ever looked to a woman with lust? This is sin. Have you cheated on your spouse? That is also sin. Have you stolen even only a pen or pencil? This is also sin. Have you had an abortion? This is murder. Read the Torah, and the Shemot 20 and listen a simple list of sins. We cannot redeem by ourselves. Our good works are like filthy rags, Yeshayahu said it by inspiration of the Ruach haQodesh.

Yeshayahu/Isaiah 64:6 And all of us have become as one unclean, and all our righteousness are as soiled rags. And all of us fade like a leaf, and our wickednesses, like the wind, have taken us away. And here is no one who calls on Your Name, who stirs himself up to take hold of You; for You have hidden Your face from us, and have consumed us because of our wickednesses.  8 And now, O  Yehovah, You are our Father. We are all the work of Your hand.

Yeshayahu 59:1-3 Look, the hand of Yehovah has not become too short to save, nor His ear too heavy to hear. 2 But your wickednesses have separated you from your Elohim. And your sins have hidden His face from you, from hearing. 3 For your hands have been defiled with blood, and your fingers with wickedness; your lips have spoken falsehood, your tongue mutters unrighteousness. 

We need a Savior, and He came!

As mentioned He was not accepted by His own people. He was betrayed by one of disciples. Yehovah said it long before it happened.

Tehillim 41:9 “Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted up His heel against Me.”

Zekharyah/Zechariah 11:13 And Yehovah said to me, ‘Throw it to the potter,” the splendid price at which I was valued by them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the House of Yehovah for the potter.

Mattithyahu/Matthew 26:14,15; 20- Then one of the twelve, called Yahudah from Qeriyoth, went to the chief kohenim, 15 and said, “What would you give me to deliver Him to you? And they counted out to him thirty pieces of silver. 16 And from then on he was seeking an occasion to deliver Him up. 

20 And when evening came, He sat down with the twelve. 21 ad they were deeply grieved, and began to say to Him, each of them, “Adonai, is it I? 23 And He answering, said, “He who has dipped his hand with Me in the dish, he shall deliver Me up. 24 “Indeed, the Ben of Adam goes as it has been written concerning Him, but woe to that man by whom the Ben of Adam is delivered up! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born. 25 And Yahudah-he who delivered Him up-answering, said, “Rabbi, is it I ? “ He said to him ,”you have said it.”

Yehovah knew who would deliver Him, and He knew what kind of death He would die.

I will end here for today, but will continue on my next message. Meanwhile please read the Brit Chadash/New Testament, your Jewish Book,  and learn all about your Jewish Mashiach. The Book has been written by Jewish men, except maybe for Luqas, but we do not know for sure if he was Jewish or not. Read the Scriptures, and you shall know the truth and the Truth will make you free. You will have a personal relationship with your Creator as you invite into your life.

Shalom

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