Jesus Is Whwh

[Traveler]

One of the interesting terms of both the Old and New Testament has never been translated in any modern tongue and therefore is somewhat lost in our modern era. We are basically left with speculation as to the meaning? Or so it would seem. When Jesus entered into Jerusalem on what is sometimes called palm Sunday the Jews shouted a most curious phrase. In our current Bibles we see the following: “Hosanna in the highest” and “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the L-rd” (with specific reference to YHWH. If one looks up hosanna in an unabridged dictionary the evolution is given. We see that in the Latin evolution the meaning was changed along with the word “osanna”.

Because of the Dead Sea Scriptures we now know that the meaning was changed late in the first century of the Christian era (sometime shortly after 74 AD). Most likely this is when the Latin influence began to change the meaning and the manner in which it was spoken. Among the scrolls preserved near the Dead Sea, Hosanna is carefully explained and we are given additional meaning of this phrase that has been lost for generations. The explanation is given in 3 different languages, Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. The scrolls that preserve this understanding predate Christ and the Christian era by over 300 years which gives indication that this was not a passing fancy of an Essen culture but a deep and significant part of Jewish theology.

When the Dead Sea Scriptures were found there were great effort to prevent exposing the scrolls that referenced “Hosanna” from modern Christians and Jews. What we find in the Dead Sea Scriptures is specific reference to the Messiah of Israel and the G-d of the Old Testament. This is a recognition of the Messiah and a plea for deliverance from YHWH. But there is more, Hosanna is a plea or prayer to YHWH, the very G-d of the Old Testament to save, redeem and deliver. The word “Hosanna” implies recognition of YHWH as the savior and redeemer or in other words YHWH is the name given by which men are saved. Contrast this with Acts 4:12 where most Christians think that Jesus in the name by which man is saved. But Hosanna is a call to YHWH to save. This presents a significant problem for the Trinitarian concept of G-d and the three persons that comprise the one G-d. The problem is two fold. First that the person Jesus is the very YHWH (singular G-d) and second that the meaning of Hosanna (to osanna) was changed at the very time the Trinity was being formulated.

This also presents a problem to the critics of the LDS doctrine that Jesus is YHWH and is distinct and different from G-d the Father. Since man is fallen, G-d the Father cannot save man and one and only one G-d - YHWH that is the same person as Jesus and is the only savior - ever (OT or NT).

The Traveler