Jesus in the Old Testament 013: Jesus and Rash Hashanah

Jesus in the Old Testament 013:

Jesus and the Rosh Hashanah

Thesis: Gentile Protestant Believers, while not at all under the law or bound to its regulations, still benefit from learning about the feasts of Israel, since they are all Christological and help us understand the person and work of Christ in unique ways.  The feast of Trumpets, or Rash Hashanah, points to the rapture of the church and helps us understand how this important future event plays into God’s over-arching plan of redemption.

1. Nutshell w/Kids (<5 min).  
1. Review of Holidays and their meanings:
1. Who can tell me what Christmas is about?
2. Easter?
3. Thanksgiving?
2. Did you know that, while all of these holidays honor and celebrate God, none of them are commanded in the Bible? It’s fine that we observe them, but God didn’t tell us to do it.
3. There are holidays that God told his people, the Jews, to celebrate.  The early Christians celebrated them as well. 
4. We aren’t under the law, so it isn’t wrong if you don’t celebrate them, just like it isn’t wrong to celebrate Christmas and Easter.  As long as you are honoring God, celebrating or not celebrating a holiday is not something God requires (Col 2:16).
5. We can learn a lot about God’s plan for the world and what Jesus came to do by studying the feasts, though.
6. The seven holidays given by God are:
1. Trumpets
2. Atonement
3. Booths
4. Passover
5. Unleavened Bread
6. First Fruits
7. Pentecost
7. We’re going to look at Trumpets tonight, which has to do with the rapture of the church. 
8. What can you tell me about the rapture?
9. We can learn much more about that event by studying Trumpets.  Your parents will help you understand some of these things after we’re done here.

2. Deeper w/adults
1. What we should do with Jewish Feasts:

1. Know all that we can know about them!

a)     Part of the spoken word of God, recorded in scripture, and given to us, as is all scripture, “breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.” (2Tim 3:16-17)

b)     Part of salvific history

c)      Historical Markers, ceremonial reminders of the goodness of God in the past.

d)     Prophetic Messianic markers, looking forward (at that time, and today) to the work of Messiah.  Some have been accomplished, some have not yet.

2. Celebrate them in Spirit, not in letter.

a)     We know that the law is good (Rom 7:12); and that it will not cease to be the word of God until the cosmos goes away (Matt 5:18)

b)     We are told that at least the feasts of Passover and Tabernacles will be celebrated in the Messianic Kingdom. 

(1)   Ezek 45: 21-26

21“In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall celebrate the Feast of the Passover, and for seven days unleavened bread shall be eaten. 22On that day the prince shall provide for himself and all the people of the land a young bull for a sin offering. 23And on the seven days of the festival he shall provide as a burnt offering to the LORD seven young bulls and seven rams without blemish, on each of the seven days; and a male goat daily for a sin offering. 24And he shall provide as a grain offering an ephah for each bull, an ephah for each ram, and a hin^j of oil to each ephah. 25In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month and for the seven days of the feast, he shall make the same provision for sin offerings, burnt offerings, and grain offerings, and for the oil.

(2)  Zech 14:16-19

“16 Then everyone who survives of all the nations that have come against Jerusalem shall go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Booths. 17 And if any of the families of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, there will be no rain on them.18 And if the family of Egypt does not go up and present themselves, then on them there shall be no rain; there shall be the plague with which the LORD afflicts the nations that do not go up to keep the Feast of Booths. 19 This shall be the punishment to Egypt and the punishment to all the nations that do not go up to keep the Feast of Booths.”

c)      There may be others celebrated in the Messianic Kingdom, Ezek 46:9

9“When the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed feasts, he who enters by the north gate to worship shall go out by the south gate, and he who enters by the south gate shall go out by the north gate: no one shall return by way of the gate by which he entered, but each shall go out straight ahead.

d)     We are encouraged in the New Testament to accept the festivals as part of our faith, as having been fulfilled (or to be imminently fulfilled) in Christ (from http://doctorwoodhead.com/jewish-festivals-in-the-millennial-kingdom/2/):

1. Passover was fulfilled in the death of Christ the Redeemer but clearly continues to the Millennium as a ceremony. (I Corinthians 5:7)

2. The Feast of Unleavened Bread is being fulfilled in the holy separate walk of the believer who fellowships with our Savior (I Corinthians 5:6-8; II Corinthians 7:1; Galatians 5:7-9)

3. The Feast of First fruits was fulfilled in the resurrection of Christ (I Corinthians 15:23)

4. The Feast of Pentecost was fulfilled in the establishment of the Church at Pentecost fifty days after the resurrection of Jesus (I Corinthians 10:16; 12:12-13)

5. The Feast of Trumpets will be fulfilled in the future regathering of Israel at the beginning of the Kingdom (Isaiah 18:3, 7; 27:12-13; Ezekiel 37:1-14) AND IN THE RAPTURE

6. The day of Atonement will be fulfilled in its prophetic features in the final conversion of “all Israel” at the Second Coming Zechariah 12:10-13; 13:1 Romans 11:26)

2. However, we CANNOT celebrate them in the letter, because:
1. EVERY festival requires a sacrifice to be made at the temple (Numbers 28-29). 
2. Three of the festivals need to be celebrated at the temple in Jerusalem.
3. God, wanting to make sure that His people knew that the temple services no longer were valid, destroyed His temple in AD 70, and it no longer provides this option to His people.  Christ is the only mediator.
4. Jesus has done away with the need for all animal sacrifice (Heb 10)
5. We are strictly warned not to look to the law for purity from sin. Gal 5:2-6:

“2 Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you. 3 I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law. 4 You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace. 5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.

6. Also, as a blanket statement, Christ is the end of the law for righteousness, Romans 10:4
2. Also, we are not to look down on the Christian traditional holidays of Easter and Christmas, forsaking them in favor of the Jewish festivals, simply because they are “Biblical” and Christmas and Easter are not.
1. As stated above, any celebration of the Jewish festivals today are NOT strictly Biblical.  They can’t be without a temple and sacrifices.
2. The Jewish celebrations of these holidays have morphed so much over time adding tradition and additional practice that they are no more Biblical than Christmas trees and Easter eggs today.
3. The point is to honor and worship God and His Son, who instilled and fulfilled these holidays, and be edified by them.
2. Rosh Hashanah (The Jewish New Year, Feast of Trumpets)

1. Lev 23:23
1. First day of the 7th month (according to the sacred year).
1. Became the first day of the civil year
2. Believed to be the anniversary of Creation
2. A blast on the trumpet to alert the people that the fall festivals have begun.
3. It begins a 10-day window of fasting and mourning over sin (Days of Awe).
4. Heights of legalism and pious observance of the law.
5. Required a day of solemn rest and Sabbath.
6. Called to gather together and worship (but not necessarily at Jerusalem)
7. Called to bring a food offering (this begins the time of fall Harvest.)
2. Numbers 29
1. The sacrifices listed
2. Normal daily offering, PLUS the new moon offering, PLUS several additional sacrifices.
3. A "pleasing aroma," literally meaning "to be made into smoke."
1. Completely consumed. 
2. A time of complete devotion is coming.
3. The kind of trumpet is not specified "A day for blasting"
1. The sound is what is signified.  H: Teruwah N. a loud shout, alarm or blast of a trumpet.
2. The verbal form is Ruwah, which is used in Job 38:7 regarding creation.
1. This is why the Jews believe that this is the day of creation.
2. If so, and if their calendar is correct in counting years, then Rosh Hashanah this year (2019) will begin year 5780 since creation.
3. Silver Trumpets of Numbers 10
1. To be blown to call people together for worship
2. To send them out
3. To sound the alarm to prepare them for battle.
4. To proclaim feasts.
5. Used for this holiday until the captivity to Babylon. Then, they were lost.
4. Shofar, Rams' horns
1. Pictures of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice Isaac.
2. They believe that the shofar proclaims that God will save the Jews and restore them to greatness at the last moment when all hope is lost... and they're right! Matt 24 (vs 31)
5. Both trumpets’ symbolisms are conveyed on the holiday.
4. Interruptions and Rosh Hashanah:
1. Trumpets falls at the end of the harvest season.  It’s a busy time!  There isn’t a lot of time left to get produce in before the rains start.
2. Because it’s start time coincides with the imaging of the crescent moon from the Temple Mount, nobody knows exactly when it will happen.
3. There is a mandatory two-day rest that starts when the shofar is blown.  They literally are to drop their tools in the field and go home to begin the preparation for the fall holy days (Matt 24:40).
4. Work while you may, the time of the harvest is now: John 4:31-38.
5. There will come a time when you cannot work: John 9:4
6. Once the trumpet is heard, men over the age of 12 had to be in Jerusalem in 10 days.  Pause for a solemn rest, then begin the preparations immediately.
7.  The work that remained in the field was done by women and children (Jews left to finish the work of evangelism when the church is taken).
5. Judgment and Rosh Hashanah
1. Jews believe that Yahweh holds court starting on Rosh Hashanah and that all the souls of men are made to stand before him in the heavenly courts on this day. 
2. Three groups:
1. The completely righteous, who are blessed.
2. The completely reprobate, who are reserved for judgment (on Yom Kippur).
3. The “in-between,” who are given time to demonstrate their hearts (by Yom Kippur). 
3. Only one group is “done” on Rosh Hashanah, the righteous enjoy their reward starting that day.  Sound familiar?
4. At the rapture, only the Bride of Christ enters into her eternal reward immediately.  The rest of the world will go through the tribulation to face the final judgment at the end of the 7 years.
5. In reality, there are only two groups: the saved and the fallen.  Reminiscent of the parable of the sheep and the goats: Matt 25:31ff
6. Trumpets and the Rapture:
1. Jesus has fulfilled one aspect of Sukkot, the late fall feast, and he has fulfilled all of the Spring feasts. 
1. Note: He fulfilled them all on the actual days.
2. Trumpets is next.
2. The rapture will accomplish several things:
1. The “last trumpet” will be the rapture

1)      Matt 24:31

2)     1Cor 15:51-52

3)     1Thes 4:16-18

2. The church (Bride of Christ) will consummate its marriage to Christ

1)      At the beginning of a wedding feast, a trumpet is blown before the bridegroom as he comes to take his bride.

2)     During the 7-day wedding feast, the bride and bridegroom are intimate, the guests rejoice, and those who were not ready mourn

a)     Gen 29:22-28

b)     Judges 14

c)      Mat 25:1-13

d)     Matthew 25

e)     Joel 2:15-16

f)       This 7-day feast represents the 7-year tribulation period when the church is finally with her bridegroom in true intimacy, and those outside are tormented.

3)     At the end of the 7-day feast is a marriage supper, the height of the party. The bride and groom are pronounced one.  Rev 19

3. On the feast of trumpets, the East gate of the temple (normally closed) was opened (Ezek 46)

1)      Rev 3:8

2)     Rev 4:1

3)     Matt 25:10

4)     John 10:7-9

5)     Isa 26:19-21

6)     Luke 13:24

7)     Ps 27:5

4. Those who are raptured are hidden from the wrath of God.

1)      Yom HaKeseh, meaning “The Day of the Hiding” or “the Hidden Day.” It is the feast that is concealed as to when it starts.

2)     “Sound the shofar on the New Moon, in the concealment of the day of our festival” (Psalm 81:3)

3)     We will be hidden from the wrath of God.

a)     Psalm 27:5

b)     Psalm 47

c)      Isa 26:20

d)     Joel 2:1, 32

e)     Zeph 1:14-16; 2:3

5. Those not raptured who should have known better (those cultural Christians, and especially the Jews) will repent in large numbers, seek the Lord, and be the tribulation church.  This is also a feature of the feast of trumpets.

1)      Neh 8:1-3

2)     Dan 12:1-2

3. I thought the rapture’s date was unknown?
1. The Feast of Trumpets’ fulfillment in the rapture will happen on this feast, but which day of the feast and which year is hidden.
2. 1Thes 5:1-11 & 2Pet 3:10

1)      The unsaved will be caught off guard.  The saints will not.

2)     We are not to be “in the dark” about the rapture.

3)     “Like a thief in the night” phrase was frequently used of the bridegroom, who would shout gather the guests hurriedly and unexpectedly for the wedding feast.

3. Matt 25:13

1)      The first sight of the first sliver of the crescent moon over Jerusalem. Don’t know when.  Even now, with Google’s astronomy tools, you don’t know when it will be seen.

2)     This actual phrase was used of the feast. “No man knows the day or the hour.”

a)     Mishnah explains Deut 16:1, to “observe” the moon, that we must look for the actual moon to rise, not calculate the moon.

b)     A Calculated Jewish Calendar was created in AD 412 that predicted the start of the months based on astronomical knowledge at the time, and it is born out by observations to be correct, but that misses the point that the moons are to be observed.

c)      Calendar celebration of Rosh Hashanah is sundown Sept 29-31.  However, the new moon will actually rise over Jerusalem (according to Google) 6:58 am on the 29th (11:58 pm on the 27th for us). It has to actually be seen from the temple mount, though, so a building, a tree, a cloudy night, or some other obstruction will change the time.  

d)     The Lunar observation, therefore, will happen several hours earlier than the calendar’s commencement of the holiday.

3)     Notice it doesn’t say that you won’t know the season (ref above).

4)     Also, we are to look at the signs of his coming and know that it approaches (Matt 24)

6. Application:
1. God is purposeful and sovereign.  His plan of redemption has been laid out since the beginning of time (Rev 13:8).
2. He has shared his calendar with us so that we may understand his plan and know his ways (John 15:15-16).
3. God has shown us how he will work to redeem all things, but the specifics of the timing are still a mystery to us.  Part of the point of this holiday is that God has the right to interrupt our work and call us to worship Him.
4. Just as the laborers worked as hard as they could, and even harder as they “saw the day approaching,” we ought to be about the work of the kingdom with greater fervency in these last days.

Discussion Questions:

1. What do you think about the idea that God has a calendar that He uses to manage his activity in the world? Does that affect the way you see the world?
2. Part of the meaning of trumpets is that God has a right to interrupt your plans and call you to worship and serve Him.  Does He have that permission in your life?
3. Part of the meaning of trumpets is that God judges the hearts of men.  In which of the groups into which the Jews believed God sorted the hearts of men would you find yourself: Righteous, Rebellious, or Undecided?  If you are undecided, you never know when God will interrupt your life with judgment and it will be too late.
4. The workers in the field knew that the holiday was coming and that they would soon need to put their tools down. They worked harder as the holiday approached.  Are you busy with the work of the kingdom while we await the rapture?

Jesus in the Old Testament 012: The Name of Jesus

Jesus in the Old Testament 012:

The Name of Jesus  

       

Thesis: Jesus’ name, in Hebrew, is Yeshuah. The Aramaic equivalent is “Yeshua.”  It appears 61 times in 48 passages in the OT exactly as his name and is translated, “Yahweh saves,” “saving power,” or “salvation.”  Several of these passages (not all), when translated instead as his name, are prophetic and instructive.  To the Jew who rejects Jesus as Messiah and God, this can be a powerful piece of the argument that, just as Jesus claimed, all the scriptures are about him.

1. Nutshell (>5 min w/kids)
1. Do you know the meaning of your name?
2. Do people ever call you something other than your given name? A nickname or pet name?
3. Do you know what Jesus’ name means?
1. Jesus is an English spelling of a German translation of the Latin version of the Greek word that sounded most like the Aramaic name Yeshua.
2. Jesus would have been called “Yeshua” by his mother.
3. Yeshua means “The Lord is salvation.” or “The Lord Saves.”
4. That is why we call him “Savior.” It’s who he is and what his name means.
4. Would you be surprised to know that his name shows up 61 times in the OT?
5. Even as early as Genesis 49, he is in the scripture by name. 
6. We are going to look at lots of places where his name shows up and see what we can learn about him.

2. Deeper
1. Hebrew word:
1.       יָשַׁע yasha (446b); a prim. root; to deliver:
2.       יְשׁוּעָה yeshuah (447b); from 3467; salvation:—deeds of deliverance(1), deliverance(6), help(4), prosperity(1), salvation(61), save(1), saving(1), security(1), victories(1), victory(1).
3.      יְהוֹשֻׁעַ Yehoshua (221c); from 3068 and 3467; “the LORD is salvation,” Moses’ successor, also the name of a number of Isr.:—Jeshua(28), Joshua(219).
4.  יֵשׁוּעַ Yeshua (1096b); (Ara.) corr.
5. The name Jeshua is properly pronounced “Yeshua.” The “J” associated with many biblical names and places comes from German transliterations of Hebrew words (in German, the letter “J” is pronounced like an English “Y”). Jeshua (Yeshua) is a shortened form of the name Joshua (Yoshua) or Jehoshua (Yehoshua). The difference between the earlier and later forms is that the theophoric element Jeho (Yeho), meaning “the Lord,” is contracted to Je (Ye). This is a trend in postexilic narrative writing (i.e., from 538 BC onward).  <Wilson, D. K., & Balogh, A. L. (2016). Jeshua, Ancient Name of. In J. D. Barry, D. Bomar, D. R. Brown, R. Klippenstein, D. Mangum, C. Sinclair Wolcott, … W. Widder (Eds.), The Lexham Bible Dictionary. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.>
2. “Yeshua” or “Yehoshua” as a Biblical word shows up hundreds of times in the OT.  It has several inflected forms. 
1. It shows up, exactly as Jesus’ name, nearly 300 times. 
2. Nearly 250 of those references are translated as a proper name of a contemporaneous person (Joshua or Jeshua).
3. 52 times, it is not translated as a name but as the phrase “Yahweh saves,” “Salvation,” or “Saving Power.”  Those occurrences can be read past without registering that this is the name of our Lord in the text.
4. Some (admittedly, not all) of those occurrences, when translated rather as the name Yeshua, become prophetic of Jesus or instructive to us. 
3. Evangelistic power:
1. Jews claim that Jesus is not mentioned in the OT.
2. Not only is his name there, but the OT describes the Jewish rejection of him by name several times.
3. The OT also promises blessings and eternal life to those who will trust in Jesus, again, speaking of him by name.
4. When they see this, it goes a long way to demonstrate to them the truth of Jesus’ claims to Messiahship and Godhead.
4. General Instructive references:
1. First occurrence: Gen 49:18 I wait for your YESHUA, O Lord.

a)     They knew that Messiah was coming early on and were looking:

(1)   Gen 3:15

(2)  Deut 18:15

b)     Jesus was not to come at the beginning of the story of man’s struggle against his sin, but when God declared that it was the proper time:

(1)   Gal 4:4-5

(2)  Eph 1:7-10

2. Ex 14:13 And Moses said to the people, “Fear not, stand firm, and see the YESHUA of the LORD, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again.

a)     In context, it is the Angel of the Lord which goes before the people (Ex 13:21; 14:19).  We have already concluded that this is Jesus.

b)     Here, Yeshua is declared as emanating from the Father, which Jesus teaches explicitly:

(1)   John 10:30

(2)  John 14:9

3. Ex 15:2       The LORD is my strength and my song, and he has become my YESHUA; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

a)     After God delivers through the Red Sea, Moses praises God and declares that God “has become” or “has been revealed as” Yeshua.

b)     Ex 6:3 God determined to reveal himself in a new way to Israel as their covenant-keeping God.  Afterward, Moses declares that God has become Yeshua.

4. 2 Chron 20:17 You will not need to fight in this battle. Stand firm, hold your position, and see the YESHUA of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.’ Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, and the LORD will be with you.”

a)     Jesus alone saves us, apart from any work we might be able to accomplish (Rom 3:21-25; Eph 2:8-9)

b)     Jesus wins the victory and then invites his people to march out with him and observe the victory, not fight to obtain it (1Cor 10:13; Rev 19:11-19)

5. Psa 28:8 The LORD is the strength of his people; he is the YESHUA of his MESSIAH.

a)     Much MSS diversity on this passage. Several manuscript traditions allow for much fewer words in the original.

b)     Possible Translation: The LORD is Yeshua the Messiah for his people. 

c)      Given that smaller text, this is an amazing text to demonstrate the divinity of Christ in the OT.

6. Isa 12:2 “Behold, God is my YESHUA; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and he has become my YESHUA.”

a)     A clear statement of the divinity of Jesus twice in this passage.

b)     Once, in a declarative sense and once as a worshipful response.

7. Jer 23:3 Truly the hills are a delusion, the orgies on the mountains. Truly the LORD our God is YESHUA of Israel.

a)     Reference in comparison to the paganism of the day that worshipped at high places.

b)     God is worshiped in spirit and in truth (John 4).

c)      The Lord God is Yeshua.  A clear statement of the divinity of Jesus.

8. Hab 3:13 You went out for the YESHUA of your people, for the YESHUA your MESSIAH.  You crushed the head of the house of the wicked, laying him bare from thigh to neck. Selah

a)     Ultimately, Christ will be exalted above all his enemies (Psa 110:1; 1Cor 15:26; Col 2:15)

b)     Here we have not only his name but his office.  In Greek, this would read “Jesus Christ.”

5. References to use when speaking with Jews
1. Psa 14:7 Oh, that YESHUA for Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

a)     Begin with his name translated “salvation” and ask what this promise is referring to.  It is messianic.

b)     Then, reveal that “salvation” is “Yeshua.” Read it again. 

c)      Yeshua has come out of Israel.  The Jews who believed have rejoiced, although it is not yet universal.

2. Deut 32:15       “But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked; you grew fat, stout, and sleek; then he forsook God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his YESHUA.

a)     Jeshurun is a character in a fable or parable that Moses tells to warn Israel not to rebel against the Lord.

b)     It is also prophetic that Israel will reject their Messiah, at least initially.

c)      Psa 118:22

d)     Mat 21:42

3. Psa78:21-22 Therefore, when the LORD heard, he was full of wrath; a fire was kindled against Jacob; his anger rose against Israel, because they did not believe in God and did not trust his YESHUA.

a)     Judgment has come to the house of Israel because of their rejection of Yeshua. 

b)     In fact, one of the main reasons why the tribulation will happen is to drive Israel to repentance on the matter of their faith in Jesus (Jer 30:3-7)

4. Isa 62:11 Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the earth: Say to the daughter of Zion, “Behold, your YESHUA comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.”

a)     Jesus is coming again to judge the earth.

b)     He brings both reward and punishment for everyone, but specifically in this passage for Jews, based on your treatment of Yeshua.

5. Isa 25:9 It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the LORD; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his YESHUA.”

a)     If you will trust in the promises of God and the work of Yeshua, you will be able to rest and rejoice on the day of his second coming.

b)     Declare that Yeshua is God and believe in his work, and you will be saved (Rom 10:9-10).

6. Application:
1. The name of Jesus, Yeshua or Yehoshua, is a big deal. We need to take this seriously.

a)     John 20:30-31

b)     Acts 4:12

c)      Ex 20:7

2. The second person of the Godhead has always been the one through whom salvation is achieved.  He has been revealing himself to us in that way since the beginning.
3. As we interact with Jews or others who would say that Jesus is not in the OT, we need to know that this is not the case.  Jesus has introduced himself to us by name all throughout the OT.
   

Discussion Guide:

1. Why is it important to know what the name of Jesus means?
2. Read one or two of your favorite “Yeshua” references from the list and talk about them as a family.
3. What can we learn about Jesus from these passages?
4. How can we use some of these passages to help our Jewish friends know and believe in Jesus as their Savior?

Illustrative Passages with “Yeshua”:

Gen 49:18      I wait for your YESHUA, O Lord.

Ex 14:13 And Moses said to the people, “Fear not, stand firm, and see the YESHUA of the LORD, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again.

Ex 15:2       The LORD is my strength and my song,  and he has become my YESHUA; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

Deut 32:15       “But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked; you grew fat, stout, and sleek; then he forsook God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his YESHUA.

I Sam 2:1 And Hannah prayed and said, “My heart exults in the LORD; my horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice in your YESHUA.

2 Sam 22:51       Great YESHUA he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his MESSIAH, to David and his offspring forever.”

1 Chron 16:23-25 Sing to the LORD, all the earth! Tell of YESHUA from day to day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!  For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, and he is to be feared above all gods.

2 Chron 20:17 You will not need to fight in this battle. Stand firm, hold your position, and see the YESHUA of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.’ Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, and the LORD will be with you.”

Job 13:15-16 Though he slay me, I will hope in him; yet I will argue my ways to his face. This will be my YESHUA, that the godless shall not come before him.

Psa 3:1-3 O LORD, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me; many are saying of my soul, “There is no YESHUA for him in God.” Selah But you, O LORD, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.

Psa 9:13-14 Be gracious to me, O LORD! See my affliction from those who hate me, O you who lift me up from the gates of death, that I may recount all your praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in your YESHUA.

Psa 13:5 But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your YESHUA.

Psa 14:7 Oh, that YESHUA for Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

Psa 18:50 Great YESHUA he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his MESSIAH, to David and his offspring forever.

Psa 20:5-7 May we shout for joy over your YESHUA, and in the name of our God set up our banners! May the LORD fulfill all your petitions! I know that the LORD saves his MESSIAH; he will answer him from his holy heaven with the saving might of his right hand. Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God

Psa 28:8 The LORD is the strength of his people; he is the YESHUA of his MESSIAH.

Psa 35:9 Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD, exulting in his YESHUA.

Psa 42:5 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my YESHUA and my God.

Psa 62:1-2 For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my YESHUA. He alone is my rock and my YESHUA, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken.

Psa 62:5-7 For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him. He only is my rock and my YESHUA, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. On God rests my YESHUA and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God.

Psa 68:19-20: Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our YESHUA. Selah Our God is a God of YESHUA, and to GOD, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.

Psa 70:4 May all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you! May those who love your YESHUA say evermore, “God is great!”

Psa78:21-22 Therefore, when the LORD heard, he was full of wrath; a fire was kindled against Jacob; his anger rose against Israel, because they did not believe in God and did not trust his Yeshua.

Psa 89:26-29 He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my YESHUA.’ and I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, and my covenant will stand firm for him. I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens.

Psa 91:14-16 "Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name. When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him and show him my YESHUA."

Psa 96:1-3 Oh sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth! Sing to the LORD, bless his name; tell of his YESHUA from day to day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!

Psa 98:2-3 The LORD has made known his YESHUA; he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations. He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the YESHUA of our God.

Psa 118:14-15 The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my YESHUA. Glad songs of YESHUA are in the tents of the righteous:

Psa 118:20-22 This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it. I thank you that you have answered me and have become my YESHUA. The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

Psa 119:123 My eyes long for your YESHUA and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.

Psa 140:6-7 I say to the LORD, You are my God; give ear to the voice of my pleas for mercy, O LORD! O LORD, my Lord, the strength of my YESHUA, you have covered my head in the day of battle.

Psa 149:4 For the LORD takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with YESHUA.

Isa 12:2 “Behold, God is my YESHUA; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and he has become my YESHUA.”

Isa 25:9 It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the LORD; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his YESHUA.”

Isa 49:6-10 he says: “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my YESHUA may reach to the end of the earth.” Thus says the LORD: “In a time of favor I have answered you; in a day of YESHUA I have helped you; I will keep you and give you as a covenant to the people, to establish the land, to apportion the desolate heritages, Saying to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’  to those who are in darkness, ‘Appear.’ They shall feed along the ways; on all bare heights shall be their pasture; they shall not hunger or thirst, neither scorching wind nor sun shall strike them, for he who has pity on them will lead them, and by springs of water will guide them.

Isa 51:6-8  Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and they who dwell in it will die in like manner; but my YESHUA will be forever, and my righteousness will never be dismayed. “Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear not the reproach of man, nor be dismayed at their revilings. For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool, but my righteousness will be forever, and my YESHUA to all generations.”

Isa 52:7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes YESHUA, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”

Isa 52:10 The LORD has bared his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth shall see the YESHUA of our God.

Isa 56:1 Thus says the LORD: “Keep justice, and do righteousness, for soon my YESHUA will come, and my righteousness be revealed.

Isa 59:16-17 He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no one to intercede; then his own arm brought him YESHUA, and his righteousness upheld him. He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of YESHUA on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped himself in zeal as a cloak.

Isa 62:11 Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the earth: Say to the daughter of Zion, “Behold, your YESHUA comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.”

Jer 23:3 Truly the hills are a delusion, the orgies on the mountains. Truly the LORD our God is YESHUA of Israel.

Hab 3:13 You went out for the YESHUA of your people, for the YESHUA your MESSIAH.  You crushed the head of the house of the wicked, laying him bare from thigh to neck. Selah