Mt.1:21 - "And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins." The KJV says the Savior's name is Jesus. The original 1611 KJV says his name is "Iesus." That is because the letter "J" had not yet come into regular use. It was only recently invented at that time. Therefore, "Jesus" cannot be the Savior's true name. It is a man-made name that has existed for only a few hundred years. "Iesus" is an attempt to transliterate the name as it appears in the Greek text (Iesous). The Greeks, however, made a poor attempt to transliterate the name from Hebrew.
The KJV of Acts 7:45 and Heb.4:8 prove the Savior had the same name as the soldier Joshua, the son of Nun. These two verses say "Jesus" when they should have said "Joshua," as the marginal notes point out. "Joshua," in Hebrew, is "Yeshua" or the longer form "Yahoshua." Both names, "Jesus" and "Joshua," are written "Iesous" in Greek.
Since the Angel of Yahweh commanded Joseph to name the child "Yeshua," the name finds its origin in heaven. It is not a man-made name. And since it was commanded from heaven, no man has the authority to rename the Savior.
Mt.1:21 also tells us the meaning of the name. "For he shall save his people from their sins" gives the name the meaning of Salvation, which is what "shua" means in Hebrew. "Yah" is the short form of the Heavenly Father's name as seen in Ps.68:4 and the word HalleluYah. Therefore, the combination of Yah and shua (Yeshua) give the entire name the meaning of "Yahweh saves," "Yahweh is salvation," or "Salvation of Yahweh." It indeed is a name with great meaning whereas "Jesus," being a man-made name, is meaningless.
Acts 4:12 - "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." This verse shows us the importance of the specific name the Messiah was given. The specific name "Jesus" is always glorified and its importance stressed. But when people are told that Jesus is not his name, they then say it is not the name that is important, but the person himself. This verse teaches otherwise.
Ph.2:9-11 - Wherefore Yahweh also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Yeshua every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Yeshua Messiah is Master, to the glory of Yahweh the Father." These verses also stress the importance of the Messiah's specific name. Eventually, every knee will bow to a Messiah named Yeshua.
Acts 26:14 - "And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks." The Savior spoke these words to Saul in Hebrew. He then went on to say, "I am Yeshua whom thou persecutest." All English Bibles say "Jesus" instead of "Yeshua" which is the correct name in Hebrew. Certainly, the Savior did not say "Jesus" since that name was not invented until 1500 years later.
Rev.7:3,4 shows 144,000 end-time saints being sealed on their foreheads before Yahweh's wrath is poured out on the earth and its inhabitants. Rev.9:4 gives us the reason for this sealing; it is to protect Yahweh's people from receiving His wrath. We again see 144,000 saints in Rev.14:1. It is here that we find out what the seal is that was placed on their foreheads. The KJV reads, "And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads." The Greek reads, "having his name and his Father's name..." as does the NIV. This teaches us the importance of knowing and using the Sacred names of Yahweh and Yeshua in these final days. Yahweh Himself has begun the restoration of these names for a specific purpose. If the seal on the forehead is symbolic of knowing and using the names, it would be very dangerous to reject that knowledge in favor of continuing to use man-made names like Jesus, Jehovah, and LORD.
Rev.3:8 - "I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name." What does it mean to deny "my name?" One meaning is to deny the Savior himself. Another meaning is to learn his true name and then reject it for a substitute name. Whenever we reject the light of truth we grieve the Holy Spirit. So let us "walk in the light as he is in the light."