What Was Jesus' Name Before He Came To Earth?

have you ever wondered what was Jesus's name before he came to Earth was it simply Jesus or was there more to his identity before his miraculous birth in Bethlehem stick around because the answer will not only surprise you it might just change the way you see the Bible forever let's take a journey together through scripture and discover the awe inspiring truth about who Jesus was before his Earthly life began trust me you don't want to miss this throughout history people have asked questions about Jesus where did he come from how long has he existed what

was he doing did Jesus explain any of this the Bible gives us fascinating Clues but you have to dig a Little Deeper to uncover them let's start with the basics the name is from the Greek name ISU which comes from the Hebrew name Yeshua meaning the Lord is salvation but here's the thing Jesus's existence didn't begin in Bethlehem in fact the Bible tells us he existed long before that night in the manger so what was his name then we don't have just one name we have three and if you stick till the end we will

explain exactly what Jesus was doing at this time John says in the beginning was the word and the Word was with God and the Word was God the same was in the beginning with God all things were made by him and without him was not anything made that was made the word refers to Jesus but wait why call him the word why not just Jesus here's where it gets mindblowing in ancient times names held deep significance they weren't just labels they revealed identity purpose and Destiny the word speaks of jesus' role in revealing God's truth

to humanity but there's more much more the word word here has a deeper meaning the New Testament uses two Greek words to describe it Rema and logos Rema often means a spoken word for example when the angel told Mary she would give birth to God's son she said let it be to me according to your word remma simple right A Spoken promise from God but logos that's deeper it's not just a single word it's the whole message the grand plan it's the word John uses in the opening of his gospel in the beginning was the

word logos and the Word was with God and the word Word was God it's here we start to see something mindblowing that word God's message to the world became flesh it became Jesus let me ask you this have you ever felt disconnected from God maybe he's too far away invisible or silent you're not alone that's how people felt for centuries God sent prophets warnings and messages but many ignored him they couldn't see him couldn't touch him and then something incredible happened God did the unthinkable he didn't just speak words anymore the message his total Eternal

message became a person Jesus when Jesus walked Among Us he wasn't just teaching he was showing us who God is John 14:9 says anyone who has seen me has seen the father God wasn't distant anymore he wasn't an abstract idea he was here in Flesh and Blood Healing The Sick loving the outcasts forgiving Sinners but this was not his only name and we are yet to discover what Jesus was doing before he came on Earth do you remember the story of Moses in the burning bush God Reveals His Name to Moses as I am in

Exodus 3:5 14 he says I am who I am fast forward to the New Testament in John 8:58 Jesus declares before Abraham was I am did you catch that Jesus is claiming the Divine name of God this means Jesus wasn't just a teacher or prophet he was and is God himself imagine someone today saying hey I'm Eternal and I created everything you see you'd probably call them crazy right that's exactly what the Pharisees thought except in this case Jesus wasn't joking they understood exactly what he was claiming by saying I am Jesus was declaring himself

to be the Eternal God the same God who spoke to Moses to them this was blasphemy punishable by death their rage boiled over they weren't just offended they were ready to kill but that's not the only time Jesus used I am in fact he made seven powerful I am statements in the Gospel of John each revealing a different aspect of who he is the Pharisees tried to kill Jesus that day but they couldn't his time hadn't yet come when it finally did he willingly laid down his life on the cross and in doing so he

proved that he is is I am the Eternal God the savior of the world but even I am isn't the whole story throughout the Old Testament there are mysterious appearances of someone called the angel of the Lord but here's the twist this isn't an ordinary Angel this Angel of the Lord speaks as God acts with God's Authority and is even worshiped like God could this be Jesus before he was born as a man remember when Jacob wrestled with God or when Shadrach meach and Abednego saw a fourth figure in the fiery furnace who looked like

a son of the Gods these moments hint at Jesus's presence long before Bethlehem and Isaiah gives us special names names that preachers have said for thousands of year in Isaiah chapter 9 a prophecy written hundreds of years before Jesus's birth it says For unto us a child is born unto us a son is given and his name Shall be Called wonderful counselor the Mighty God the Everlasting father the Prince of Peace these are not ordinary titles they reveal the Eternal nature of Jesus he wasn't created he has always been however we come to the great

reveal the reveal that was directly explained by God what exactly was he doing before coming to the world there are many Mysteries that Jesus shared with us among these are what took place before the world's creation this took place in John the most significant prayer ever prayed by the greatest person who ever lived is a powerful prayer Jesus's prayer in John 17 is one of the most significant chapters in the entire Bible in it we can feel the very heartbeat of Jesus as he prays to his father the Bible is filled with great prayers we

are impressed with Solomon's Prayer Abraham's prayer and Moses's prayer but this prayer is by far the greatest recorded in the Bible Jesus talked about the glory and Majesty he shared with God the Father before the world existed John 17 says when Jesus had spoken these things he raised his eyes to heaven in prayer and said father the hour has come glorify your son so that your son may glorify you just as you have given him power and authority over all mankind now glorify him so that he may give eternal life to all whom you have

given him to be his permanently and forever now this is eternal life that they may know you the only true Supreme and Sovereign God and in the same manner know Jesus as the Christ whom you have sent I have glorified you down here on the Earth by completing the work that you gave me to do now father glorify me together with yourself with the glory and Majesty that I had with you before the world existed before the creation of the Earth was God and God had Majesty with his son Genesis contains numerous Beginnings including the

creation of man and other creatures but it is clear that God does not begin here God was present at the beginning of the Bible and it is written that he was present when the universe was created before the existence of our universe there had to be an eternal something or someone and the Bible makes it clear that this person is God scripture actually shows this to us in several verses throughout scripture the Bible teaches that God is uncreated and eternal in his being and that is to say he always existed and always will exist in

Genesis chapter 1 the singular L is replaced by the plural Elohim which means three or more Gods as a result the very first sentence in the Bible Genesis uses a plural noun with a singular verb one could argue that it is grammatically incorrect but theologically correct implying that God is three in one genuine prayer often reveals a person's innermost Being John is a unique opportunity to see the nature and Heart of Jesus in this prayer Jesus will touch on many of the themes developed in this gospel Glory glorify sent believe world love Jesus asks to

be glorified father the hour has come glorify your son that your son Also may glorify you before Jesus's hour of glorification had not yet come now the hour has come Jesus prayed first for himself but his plea was not selfish his concern for himself was a concern for the glory of the father the son can only glorify the father if the father first answers the prayer of the son glorify your son Jesus did not wait until his work on the cross to glorify God the Father his entire life glorified God on the earth Jesus glorified

the father through his whole life from his circumcision and dedication at the temple through his quiet years of obedience in Nazareth Jesus glorified the father through his faith obedience and work through the years of his Earthly Ministry every sermon preached every blind or sick person healed every bit of instruction and training for the disciples every confrontation with the corrupt religious leaders every question answered every loving touch they all glorified God the Father we read with the glory which I had with you before the world was Jesus was aware of his pre-existence and the nature of

it he knew that there was a time in eternity passed when God the son and God the Father shared Glory Jesus could not honestly or sanely pray this if he were not Yahweh himself equal with God the father in Isaiah 42 Yahweh proclaimed that he shares his glory with no one if God the father and God the son share their Glory they must both be Yahweh a Bible commentator noted he had one main petition that the father would receive him back to the glory he had relinquished to accomplish his task this petition for a return

to his pristine Glory implies unmistakably his pre-existence and equality with the father it confirms his claim that he and the father are one the Gospel of John has emphasized the glory of Jesus throughout his its record John was careful to record the many ways Jesus referred to his own glory in this prayer the events leading up to the crucifixion had begun with the Betrayal the phrase now the son of man is glorified refers to the reason Jesus came into the world he would die and then be raised from the dead as a substitutionary atonement the

son would glorify the father and the father would glorify the son they would promote each other's Glory highlighting God's greatness is in fact what Christians are called to do everything we do in thought word and deed is for God's glory Jesus does not only pray for himself he prays for us in John 17:24 Jesus says father I desire that they also whom you have given me may be with me where I am to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world whatever we are or become

in our spiritual lives we owe it all to the Savior who gave himself for us who prayed for us that we might be one with him and who gave us such a beautiful pattern to follow in our own prayer lives in the end we see Jesus in his glory again in the Book of Revelation in the Book of Revelation John was to document the things that he had seen John sees a powerful Jesus that does not compare to any typical man Revelation one then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me and

after turning I saw seven golden lampstands and in the midst of the lampstands I saw someone like the son of man dressed in a robe reaching to his feet and with a golden sash wrapped around his chest this was it John had seen the son of man the honored Jesus Christ John described the loud voice he heard as distinct and striking as the sound of a trumpet the powerful voice is that of the Alpha and Omega the first and the last who stands at the beginning and the end of everything because Jesus identified himself with

these names we know this was the loud voice of Jesus the first and the last is a title that belongs to the Lord Yahweh the god of Israel the title Alpha and the Omega has the same idea as first and the last this is one of the New Testament passages where Jesus clearly claimed to be God we can only imagine what went through John's mind as he turned the sound of the voice he heard most likely did not match up perfectly with the way he recalled Jesus's voice sounding John described it as of a trumpet

Revelation 1:10 however he was aware that it was Jesus because of the Voice's description of itself as the Alpha and Omega after spending so much time with Jesus throughout his ministry on Earth John finally had the opportunity to meet him face to face after all these years the robe and girdle May evoke images of the high priest from the Bible and they may also imply that Jesus is the high priest for his people the only other occurrence of girdles in Revelation also golden where it is Priestly imagery for angels in the Heavenly Temple thus Jesus

appears not only as king but as a priest a combination of images that grew familiar to Jewish people in the maban period John then continues his head and his hair were white like white wool glistening white like snow and his allseeing eyes were flashing like a flame of fire piercing into my being his feet were like burnished white hot bronze refined in a furnace and his voice was powerful like the sound of many Waters this description of his eyes is similar to The Narrative that we get of an angel in the Book of Daniel Daniel

10 his body also was like barrel with a golden luster his face had the appearance of lightning his eyes were like flaming torches his arms and his feet like The Gleam of burnished bronze and the sound of his words was like the noise of a multitude of people or the Roaring of the sea this description of his limbs is similar to The Narrative that we get of an angel in the Book of Ezekiel Ezekiel 1 their legs were straight and the soles of their feet were like a calf's hoof and they sparkled and gleamed like

shiny bronze the Angelic characteristics that appear in John's vision of Jesus do not bring him down to the same level as Angels rather they most likely serve to emphasize Jesus immense Grandeur he cannot be portrayed as less glorious than a glorious angel eyes like fire describe passionate eyes in Greek literature but they can also depict the supernaturally flaming eyes of divine beings or Angels glowing metal may also depict God's glory in Ezekiel i1 to 27 yet other features suggest that while John portrays jesus' Glory as no less than that of an Angel it is certainly

more than that of an Angel Jesus's face also shines like the sun Greek texts sometimes portrayed deities shining like the sun or lightning Jewish texts did the same for angels and others but also for God himself self John then continues in Revelation 1 in his right hand he held Seven Stars and from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword of judgment and his face reflecting his majesty and the shakina glory was like the sun shining in all its power at midday Revelation 1 says when I saw him I fell at his feet as though dead

and he placed his right hand on me and saido not be afraid I am the first and the last absolute deity the Son of God even though John was an apostle who had known Jesus while he was on Earth he was overcome with Wonder after seeing this incredible Vision even the three years that John lived on Earth with Jesus did not adequately prepare him for the moment when Jesus appeared to him in his Heavenly Majesty in that moment John realized the divine power power and Majesty Jesus gave up while living on Earth Philippians 2 but

emptied himself without renouncing or diminishing his deity but only temporarily giving up the outward expression of divine equality and his rightful dignity by assuming the form of a bonder servant and being made in the likeness of men he became completely human but was without sin being fully God and fully man at this moment John knew what a miracle it was that Jesus could Shield his glory and Authority while he walked this Earth Revelation 1 and the everliving one living in and beyond all time and space I died but see I am alive forever more and

I have the keys of absolute control and victory over death and of Hades the realm of the Dead Jesus is the one who lives and was dead and is alive forever more the victory that Jesus achieved over sin and death was eternal he didn't rise from the dead just to die again Jesus is the only one who possesses the keys to Hades and death some believe that the devil has the authority or power to decide who lives and who dies they are obviously mistaken because only Jesus has the keys to Hades and death in its

original form Revelation was known in ancient Greek as apocalypsis apocalypse the word means a revealing an unveiling The Book of Revelation is the revelation of Jesus Christ in the sense that it belongs to him he is the one doing the revealing Jesus is the person the book tells us about why do we need a revelation of Jesus the great fault of many professors is that Christ is to them a character upon paper certainly more than a myth but yet a person of the dim past an historical personage who lived many years ago and did most

admirable Deeds by the which we are saved but who is far from being a living present bright reality Spurgeon we read which God gave him to show his servants this is a significant reason why God chose to reveal this information about Jesus Christ to humanity he gave it to show his servants God revealed this information so that it may be shared with others and not kept a secret this is an apocalypse a revelation not Apocrypha something hidden The Book of Revelation is a book of predictive prophecy it makes predictions about things that will take place

in the future or at least least in the future relative to the period when it was written although not all prophecy may be considered predictive it is abundantly evident that this prophetic text is some would say that we should not be concerned with prophecy that it is a frivolous exercise but if God was concerned enough to talk about it we should be concerned enough to listen some tell us that what is yet future ought not to be examined into till after it has come to pass I can hardly realize that this is seriously meant however

apart from John Daniel also gives us powerful prophecies to watch that full animation click here