12/25/2022 – Merry Christmas! / “The Name in Which You Are”
For this day, I am going to share “The Name in Which You Are” day 321 of 365 daily devotions from Jonathan Cahn’s Books of Mysteries. Please read the mission and pray over the four scripture references.
THE NAME IN WHICH YOU ARE
“We were sitting in the sandy plain, in the same place where the teacher had in the past drawn symbols in the sand. But this time he handed me the stick and asked me to draw. So I did slowly, as he directed. When I was finished, he told me what it was that I inscribed in the sand.
‘Each of the symbols you drew,’ he said, ‘is a Hebrew letter. The first is the yad. The second is the shin. The third is the vav. And the last is the ayin. Do you recognize it?’, he asked, ‘It’s how the name Yeshua looks in Hebrew, which was then translated into ‘Jesus.’
‘Yeshua,’ I replied, ‘Messiah’s real name.’
‘Yes,’ said the teacher, ‘but I think about it. He wasn’t always Yeshua or Jesus,’
‘What do you mean?’
‘Before the creation, the Son was with the Father and the Word was with God. He was the Son. And He was the Word. But He wasn’t called Yeshua. In view of eternity, He was only borne the name Yeshua for a short time. Why was it that He was given that name?’
‘Because He was to save the people from their sins.’
‘Do you remember what Yeshua actually means?’
‘God is salvation.’
‘Yes. so it wasn’t His inherent name nor His Name from the beginning. In the beginning there was no sin, no darkness, no fall, no crises, no brokenness, no judgement, no death, no need for salvation. For His Name to be Yeshua from the beginning would make no sense. Think about it. His Name is Yeshua because of us … because of our need to be saved. So every time His Name is spoken, it proclaims His being joined to us. And He chose to bear that name forever. And do you know what else that means? It means we’re actually in His Name. And when you receive Yeshua, when He becomes your salvation … then it’s all complete.’
‘It’s as if His Name is a prophecy … a prophecy that comes true when you receive it.’
‘His Name is a mystery in which we are part. And when you receive the name, then the name is fulfilled. God becomes your salvation. And all who receive the name … are already in it … Yeshua.’
The Mission: Ponder this mystery: You are in His Name. He was named for you. You are joined forever. Seek what that means. And live this day in that joining.”
Isaiah 12: 1-3; Jeremiah 23: 4-7; 33:16; Matthew 1:21; John 1: 1-2
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