Getting the name of God and Christ wrong
Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 8:45 am
I'm new to this board, I thought it might be a good idea to expression one of the key items that was on my shelf.
Getting the name of deity right in Mormonism is a big deal.
Mormons go to great lengths to point out the name of the church has Christ name in it, so it be must be his church, and the temple tells us the correct name of God.
Name of God
The Masons at the time of Joseph Smith believed they had lost the true name of God, so Joseph Smith reveals the Masonic True Name of God in the following Q&A revelation.
A Sample of pure Language given by Joseph the Seer
http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper- ... rch-1832/1
Q What is the name of God in pure Language A Awmen.
Q The meaning of the pure word A[w]men A It is the being which made all things in all its parts.
Awmen really? really? That is the best he can do? When do Mormons every refer to God as Awmen? This is just plain weird.
The name of God per the LDS temple endowment is suppose to be Elohim.
But Elohim is the name of the Canaanite pantheon of Gods (think Old Testament Baal and Asherah) , see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elohim#Canaanite_religion
The whole history of ancient Israel is trying to stamp out the Canaanite idol cults of the Elohim and replace it with Yahweh, the Moabite God that Moses discovers on Sinai. This process over hundreds of centuries was done by redefining what the word meant.
Mormons really have no clue what the name of God is. Elohim is flat out wrong and comes from ancient Canaanite idol cults that predate Israel.
Name of Christ
So what is the actual true name of Christ? the name given to Mary by the angel (and corrected by Joseph Smith in the Inspired Translation of the Bible), JESUS!
WRONG
The correct name is Yehoshua (Aramaic), which is often shortened to Yeshua.
The best English translation we have today for the name of Christ Yeshua is JOSHUA.
So how did we get Jesus and how did all of Christianity get it wrong? The name was corrupted as it was translated over the centuries from Aramaic, to Greek, to Latin, to German, to English. The biggest corruption occurred going into Greek. Yeshua ends with “a” which is feminine in Greek, can't have the Son of God be feminine so the suffix was changed to “s” (as in masculine Zeus), in Greek the name became Iesous.
The real name of Christ may seem pedantic to some, but it was a big deal on my shelf since the name has been clearly corrupted, and the Church claims to have continuing revelation, and claims the Bible was not translated correctly. But the church can't get the name of Christ or God right either.
I know a name is just a label so we all know what each other is talking about. Since Christianity gets the name of Jesus wrong, Mormons just followed suit so everyone is speaking the same language. However, at a minimum one would expect Jesus used in external messaging and Joshua in internal messaging within the church (this never happens).
External and internal messaging
Getting the name of deity right in Mormonism is a big deal.
Mormons go to great lengths to point out the name of the church has Christ name in it, so it be must be his church, and the temple tells us the correct name of God.
Name of God
The Masons at the time of Joseph Smith believed they had lost the true name of God, so Joseph Smith reveals the Masonic True Name of God in the following Q&A revelation.
A Sample of pure Language given by Joseph the Seer
http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper- ... rch-1832/1
Q What is the name of God in pure Language A Awmen.
Q The meaning of the pure word A[w]men A It is the being which made all things in all its parts.
Awmen really? really? That is the best he can do? When do Mormons every refer to God as Awmen? This is just plain weird.
The name of God per the LDS temple endowment is suppose to be Elohim.
But Elohim is the name of the Canaanite pantheon of Gods (think Old Testament Baal and Asherah) , see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elohim#Canaanite_religion
The whole history of ancient Israel is trying to stamp out the Canaanite idol cults of the Elohim and replace it with Yahweh, the Moabite God that Moses discovers on Sinai. This process over hundreds of centuries was done by redefining what the word meant.
Mormons really have no clue what the name of God is. Elohim is flat out wrong and comes from ancient Canaanite idol cults that predate Israel.
Name of Christ
So what is the actual true name of Christ? the name given to Mary by the angel (and corrected by Joseph Smith in the Inspired Translation of the Bible), JESUS!
WRONG
The correct name is Yehoshua (Aramaic), which is often shortened to Yeshua.
The best English translation we have today for the name of Christ Yeshua is JOSHUA.
So how did we get Jesus and how did all of Christianity get it wrong? The name was corrupted as it was translated over the centuries from Aramaic, to Greek, to Latin, to German, to English. The biggest corruption occurred going into Greek. Yeshua ends with “a” which is feminine in Greek, can't have the Son of God be feminine so the suffix was changed to “s” (as in masculine Zeus), in Greek the name became Iesous.
The real name of Christ may seem pedantic to some, but it was a big deal on my shelf since the name has been clearly corrupted, and the Church claims to have continuing revelation, and claims the Bible was not translated correctly. But the church can't get the name of Christ or God right either.
I know a name is just a label so we all know what each other is talking about. Since Christianity gets the name of Jesus wrong, Mormons just followed suit so everyone is speaking the same language. However, at a minimum one would expect Jesus used in external messaging and Joshua in internal messaging within the church (this never happens).
External and internal messaging
- The apostles were a special witness of Christ. This was changed to a special witness of the NAME of Christ. When was the last time the apostles have witnessed to the NAME of Christ? Never, I doubt they know the real name of Christ.
The name of the Church is wrong, it should be Church of Yeshua (Joshua) Mashiach (Messiah) of Latter Day Saints.
BoM is wrong, in that early references made to Jesus are anachronistic, centuries before the corruption from Yeshua to Jesus occurred. In 3rd Nephi, Christ refers to himself as Jesus, long before the name corruptions could have occurred, again anachronistic.
BoM is another Testament of Josuhua
Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible (JST), every reference to Jesus is wrong
- Every prayer in General Conference and church - and I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, who? I say these things in the name of Joshua
D&C revelations are wrong, Christ speaking in the FIRST PERSON says his name is Jesus. Why would Christ not know what is own name is? Or reveal his real name to insiders within the church?
Every single journal entry from every early church leader never mentions Christs real name of Joshua.