This particular lecture on DVD focuses on the names of God and His earthly son.
The Naming of the Child
Jesus was born in the Galilee. When Jesus was growing up, the Galilee was being ruled by Herod Antipas, the son of Herod the Great, a cruel tyrant whose domain was just the western Galilee. The principal cities were Sepphoras, Capernaum, and Tiberius.
The child was “given the name” Yeshua, Jesus, which meant that he would save his people from their sins, an interesting name. The people of Galilee were looking for deliverance from the avarice of Herod, who, along with the leaders of Jerusalem taxed people by removing up to 50% of their income. This in a land where even the whole of their income was barely enough to keep them alive. A name in those days was a belief in the probable purpose, character, destiny, or identity of the child. If that changed, the name was often changed.
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