A good name is to be chosen over great riches.
Proverbs 22
by John Dehnart
©2009, All Rights Reserved
God places tremendous significance on names, and the meanings of them, starting with the creation of Adam, "One formed of the earth", following to the naming of his own Son, Jesus.
In Bible Hebrew, the name Isaiah is written YeshaYah. Is surprisingly similar to the name Yeshua or Yehowshua, the Hebrew name for Jesus and Joshua. The names Isaiah, Jesus and Joshua are each made up of the same two Hebrew root words: Yah, which is the first syllable of the name of Yahweh, and Yasha, which means to deliver and save. The names both reflect God's (Yahweh's) work of Salvation to deliver us from sin and bondage.
When the Angel of God appeared to Joseph in a dream, he came with a very specific message about the meaning of Jesus' name. "And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins." Matthew 1.21
As you can see, it was no mistake that Yahweh named His son with the word SALVATION, combined with the name of God, Yahweh. The name Isaiah was made from the same two words.
At the dawn of Jesus' earthly ministry, He was asked to read in the synagogue from the book of Isaiah, (or, Esaias, as it is translated in the Greek New Testament.) Luke 4:17 recounts this description of the mission of Jesus' life on earth:
And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?
In Isaiah 12:2, Isaiah wrote, "Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD YAHWEH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. Praise Yahweh, call upon his name!"
To reflect the message of Salvation embedded into the meaning of Isaiah, our research for the name reads, "Yahweh Is My Salvation: One who is Steadfast", and includes the verse above.
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