The Real Yeshua

Without water a person will survive for about three days. People, animals and crops require water. Water is life! See the places where water flowed or would potentially flow when rains came in Israel. Yeshua and his fellow Jews would have been very aware of those locations. Locate the rivers on the map at -- http://cranfordville.com/Map-Palestine.jpg A flowing spring was the preferred source, but if a spring wasn't nearby, a well, cistern or river was necessary. The well was the center of activity in a community and Yeshua would probably have accompanied his mother to a well in Nazareth many times. An underground spring in Nazareth traditionally served as the city’s main water source for several centuries, possibly millennia; however, it was not always referred to as "Mary's well" or "Mary's spring". According to the   Rosicrucian   Forum (1935), before the Christian era, it was known as the "spring of the guard house", so named because th...

I had a very good history professor at the University of Texas at Arlington. Dr. Donald Kyle, and one day we were talking about studying history. One day, he asked where I would begin a study of the history of a people. I don’t remember what I said, but I have never forgotten what he said – begin with the lay of the land and the sources of water . Obviously, without water no one would be able to survive anywhere. The lay of the land, meaning specifically the topography, played a major role in providing a barrier of safety from enemies, as well as creating protected places to grow food and live. The home of Yeshua was Nazareth. Take a moment to consider the sources of water, the topography and the nearness of surrounding villages of Nazareth on the map of Galilee at the following link (click on the map to enlarge it) - http://www.bibleplaces.com/atlas/1.4-Jezreel-Valley.jpg Now click on this link for another view of the topography -- http://jesusreigns.files.wordpress.com/2011/...

The calendar was very important in Yeshua’s Jewish world. A week in his life consisted of seven day, just like our weeks today. There were some important differences, however. Each week reminded Yeshua and his fellow Jews of the seven-day period of creation recorded at the beginning of the TORAH scroll . The creation of the first day is recorded in Genesis 1:5 (the words in bold type are transliterations of Hebrew words; ELOHIYM is usually translated “God”): ELOHIYM called the light “Day” ( יום - YOM ) and the darkness He called “Night” ( לילה - LAYLAH ).  And there was evening, and there was morning — YOM RISHON (First Day). A Jewish day begins and ends at sundown -- “ and there was evening , and there was morning .” Every afternoon, as the sun disappeared beyond the western horizon and the first three stars appeared, Yeshua viewed it as the beginning of a new day – a day that begins and ends with the fading of light in the western sky . The beginning and end of a d...

The name Yeshua literally means “The L ORD 's Salvation,” or “Salvation from the L ORD .” In comparison, prior to being transliterated from the Hebrew Bible, the name “Iesus” did not exist in Greek. Through multiple translations and changes in pronunciation, a tradition of saying "Jesus" has obscured His real name, "Yeshua." It has shifted his message and identity from Hebrew to Greek. The first letter in the name Yeshua ("Jesus") is the YOD. Yod represents the "Y" sound in Hebrew. Many names in the Bible that begin with yod are mispronounced by English speakers because the yod in these names was transliterated in English Bibles with the letter "J" rather than "Y". This came about because in early English the letter "J" was pronounced the way we pronounce "Y" today. All proper names in the Old Testament were transliterated into English according to their Hebrew pronunciation, but when English p...