What truth could there be in a sinner?

Who is a sinner and what truth could there be in a sinner? I have been working on this question since I realized as a small child that I was a sinner and that I would die a sinner and burn in hell. I can assure you that I was terrified of that thought and it haunted me and caused me to fight myself to keep from sinning. The thing that caused me the most fear is that I could not stop myself from sinning. (Not being able to stop sinning still bothers me to this very day.) I tried everything that I could come up with but I failed every time and with everything that I came up with.


From the Bible(s), both of them, the Christian and the Jewish Tanakh we learn that if you are a sinner and you die a sinner you will spend all of eternity in hell. Well, that sucks highly but is it the truth? Yeshua/Jesus says that “if” you believe in Him you will have a magnificent eternal life and will live that eternal life with Yeshua/Jesus in Heaven forever. What about your sin? You know the sin that you can’t stop yourself from committing. Are we all doomed to become burning charcoal briquettes doing the backstroke in the Lake of Fire? Is there no hope for us sinners who just can’t stop sinning?


According to the Bible, “the Christian one”, Yeshua/Jesus has the power to forgive all of our sins. That same Christian Bible, (Christians call it the “New Testament”), states boldly that Yeshua/Jesus died on the Roman cross for our sins. In plain words Yeshua/Jesus died on the cross so that His Father, who was and is Our Creator and G-d would relent of His vengeance on His sinful creations and not toss all us sinners into the Lake of Fire known as hell. Wow! Where can I find that line to stand in at the Last Judgment? Keep reading and you’ll see. There is just one thing that bothers me about all of this. In fact this one thing is really bugging me because it doesn’t make any sense. Let’s take a look at this whole sin and forgiveness deal with G-d.Hmmm, it looks like it is more complex than we thought.


G-d's Son, Jesus the Christ or if you don’t like calling Jesus by His Greek title we can call Jesus by the name we hear Him called by almost as much. That name is Jesus of Nazareth. Wait a second we can’t really call Jesus by the name of Jesus of Nazareth because that really isn’t His name at all. We are still calling Jesus by His Greek name! “Je-sus/yea-Zeus”, the name is in two parts and most certainly does not mean what we think it does. So when we call on the “name” of “Je-sus/yea-Zeus” for salvation from “our sins” are we calling on the wrong person? Some guy named “Je-sus/yea-Zeus” didn’t die on the cross for us. Ouch! That sounds like a big dose of blasphemy to me but is it really? The truth of this shocking development is going to be a very important point in our discussion about sin, salvation and how to stop that soul destroying sinning, (whew!).


I know this appears to open a very large can of worms and that the little buggers are crawling away as fast as they can but since G-d gave dominion over the Earth and all of it’s creature to Adama/Adam then we, that’s you and me, as Adama’s/Adam’s decedents must know that gift passes on to us Adama/Adam’s heirs. So armed with that truth let’s start re-capturing those worms one by one and stuff them back in that can. Although it is true that “Je-sus’/yea-Zeus’” name was not “Je-sus/yea-Zeus” we still call the only begotten Son of G-d “Je-sus/yea-Zeus”. Why do we do that? (In Mexico there are a bunch of guys named Jesus/hey-soos and that is the same as “Je-sus/yea-Zeus”… ah… maybe… I think. Confused? So am I!) Anyway moving on that would be like calling a guy named George by the name of Fred and expecting George to answer to Fred instead of just walking away from us and never knowing that we were talking to him. Armed with that worm… ah, it’s also called a truth let’s continue. So what does the name “Je-sus/yea-Zeus” mean? If it is not the real “given name” of G-d’s only begotten Son. Where does it come from? What does it mean? Oh, and how does that affect our prayers? Let’s s-l-o-w d-o-w-n and answer one worm, I mean question at a time before we go careening off into a wall or get lost in the weeds altogether. Take a look at the name “Je-sus/yea-Zeus”. Where does it come from? The Greeks. What does it mean? “Je-sus/yea-Zeus”, Je/yea is like the Hebrew prefix Ben or son of. Sus or Zeus actually means the son of Zeus! Zeus was the pagan king of the gods in the Greek pantheon of their gods. Zeus was, (to the Greeks), the most high god. What madness is this, lookout it’s a worm stampede! Does this mean that we are not really calling on our Savior but on Heracles/Hercules the son of Zeus? The mythical character the actor Kevin Sorbo played on TV? Yes, no but and…? Heracles/Hercules was only “one” of the sons begotten, (or maybe hatched), by the Greek god Zeus. Zeus was a prolific… well, if you have read Greek mythology you know.


Are you ready to go after those all worms? Look at those little squigglers go! Come on they are only squiggly worms and we are man and besides we were given dominion over the earth. Grab that tin can and lets get’em. The slimy little buggers. Ahem! Starting with the Athenians and all the way to the Spartans the Greeks are and were great thinkers. (I think that is where the famous sculpture of “The Thinker” came from… I think?) The Greeks gave us democracy and the politicians had some parties and ruined it… well they did, anyway, the Greeks gave us the first written account of the Gospels, which were written in, you guessed it Greek. Saul/Paul the apostle from what is known today as the country of Turkey was an educated man plus Saul/Paul the apostle was being groomed to become the high Priest of the Temple someday. Saul/Paul was the main apostle sent to the Gentiles to teach us about salvation through “Je-sus/yea-Zeus”. Saul/Paul was conversant in Greek and also wrote/dictated much of the Christian “New Testament” in Greek along with a Greek born and reared physician named Luke. Luke gave us the “Gospel of Luke" as told to him by Saul/Paul. So what? Here is what. The Greeks were and are deep thinkers. Being deep thinkers their words and names for things conveyed deep meanings and were meant to convey mental image pictures. The “king” of their gods was a big deal… Zeus was the most high god… to the Greeks. Zeus was god number one… to the Greeks. He was the most powerful of all of their gods… to the Greeks. We owe the first written account of the Gospels… to the Greeks. The Greeks, in order to convey the importance of the only begotten Son of G-d and of His gift of Salvation needed to explain that He, “Je-sus/yea-Zeus”, the only begotten Son of G-d is/was the Son of the most high G-d there ever was. How did the greatest thinkers of the ancient world convey this idea to even the commonest of men? They “called” the Savior by the name “Je-sus/yea-Zeus”! Look in your can now, see, most of those squiggly worms are back in that can! So what about your prayers to “Je-sus/yea-Zeus”? Our Savior is the Son of the true Most High G-d, Whom created the heavens and the earth and… us! So when we pray to Jesus for help and our salvation from sin and hell we are reaching the right person the only begotten Son of the Most High G-d. Ok, one or two more important worms to put back in the can of ours. Don’t quit now. Keep reading!If Jesus is not the true name of the Son of the Most High G-d then what is His name? In the Bible it is written that He shall be “called” Emmanuel in Hebrew. Emmanuel means simply G-d among us. Although it is like the name “Je-sus/yea-Zeus”, (Jesus), a description it still is not “the” actual name of the Son of the Most High G-d. Emmanuel in being descriptive rather than the true name of the Son of the Most High G-d does both present and solve a great mystery about the Trinity of G-d’s divinity.


The Trinity is called “the Trinity” because it is the person of G-d divided into three parts. This was formalized at the “Council of Nicea” When the Roman Catholic Church was first formed about 300 years after “Je-sus’/yea-Zeus’/Jesus’” resurrection from the dead. You see there was even more worms out of the can in those early days of the Roman Catholic Church when Rome was still an empire. You see the Empire of Rome was in its death throes at the time. The Empire was coming apart. There were bunches of gods and temples everywhere with opposing and warring political factions. The Roman Emperor at the time was Constantine and he needed to unite his empire and his subjects. So after some major miracles and a bunch of philosophical arguments Constantine converted to Christianity from being an Apollo worshiper. To explain how and why G-d did what G-d did the “Council of Nicea” issued what is known by all of the Catholics and us today by the odd name of the “Apostles Creed”. It was/is a statement of… about… ah… here read it for yourself.

“I believe in G-d the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ his only Son our L-rd; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; He decended
into hell; the third day He rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of G-d the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting.”

“The Council of Nicea” was formed by and “commanded and ordered” by the Emperor Constantine as I stated earlier and yes it was much more complex that what I stated to you here but that is a different can of worms for a future date. Simply put Jesus, without a doubt, is G-d Himself! Let me say it again Jesus is G-d! Surprise an unexpected worm for our can. The three parts or “aspects” of G-d all comprise the one true G-d that we worship today.

So what is the earthly name of “Je-sus/yea-Zeus, /Jesus”? In Hebrew the name of Jesus before the Greeks called him “Je-sus/yea-Zeus” was and still is very a Jewish name. It is or was as common in Israel as Fred or George is in the United States today. The Hebrew name “Yeshua/Yes-who-ah” is the name given to the only begotten Son of The Most High G-d. Oh and no! The Most High G-d is not Zeus! Zeus was/is one of the “fallen angels” and is not a god but one of the angels who rebelled with Lucifer. (Another item for a future time.)

The name Yeshua is from the name of the leader who led the Jews “into” the Promised Land, no, not the Moshe/Moses from the Cecil B. De Mille film from the 1950s “The Ten Commandments” with the impeccable Charlton Heston! The Moshe/Moses who only led the Jews “to” the Promised Land but Moshe/Moses did not lead the Jews “into” the Promised Land. Joshua led the Jews “into” the Promised Land and in the future Yeshua whom we call Jesus Christ will lead us “into” the Promised Land, which is Heaven! Jesus/Yeshua loved us enough to die for us on the Roman cross and He arose from the dead. Jesus/Yeshua still loves us that much and more even today almost 2000 years later. He is G-d a truly loving Father of a G-d that sacrificed Himself for us to “save us” from the horrific fate waiting for all sinners in hell for eternity. And now for that final and greatest of all worms, not just a worm but also he is a true evil dragon. This worm was defeated on that very same Roman cross by our beloved Savior Yeshua/Jesus. Yeshua/Jesus died that day on the cross for you and me and all that would come to believe in Him as G-d. He won our freedom from punishment in hell over sin. Yeshua/Jesus arose from that tomb on the third day from His crucifixion once again the very flesh of the Most High G-d “Emanuel”, (G-d among us!). For all of us who believe in Yeshua/Jesus there can be no true death, no hell and best of all no guilt from sin. You are free to live to love to be good as you were made to be by G-d your Father who is in Heaven. Now that you have a can of worms again I think that it is time to go fishing. Seek the lost and give them the “good news” set them free from sin and death as you were set free… witness to the lost and make them new as you were made new give them the gift of eternal life as Yeshua/Jesus gave it to you!(If you have wandered on to this website and don’t know Jesus/Yeshua now is the time to come to know Him. I set you a challenge that is also a gift to you. Ask! That is all you need to do. Ask Jesus/Yeshua to reveal Himself to you and to come into your heart a live there. Say these words and mean them; Yeshua/Jesus help me I am a sinner and I am lost. Please save me. Come into me and change me. Make me what our Father meant for me to be in your ways. Yeshua/Jesus I believe in you. Come Ask Yeshua/Jesus to place in you His Ruach ha Kodesh/Holy Spirit. Find a Christian Bible and read it because it is your story as well as His.)

Hillel Yeshua ha Mashiach!

(Which is Hebrew for; Praise Jesus the Messiach!)