Why does Beit Shofarot not use the name Yahshua for the name of Yeshua (Jesus)?
The transliteration Yahshua came from a group that began in the mid to late 30’s called “Church of God, 7th Day” (not to be confused with the Church of God). John Briggs and Paul Penn were the first to use the name Yahshua and there is no records pointing out as to how they came to the conclusion that this was the name of Yeshua. Sacred Name literature refers to John 5:43 as proof positive that Messiah’s name had to be Yahshua. The scripture quotes Messiah as having said “I have come in My Father’s Name.” This means that, in the minds of Sacred Name Believers that Messiah’s Name would have had to have contained the Name “Yah” in it to reflect the Name of the Father, Yahweh. The proponents of the Yahshua form claim that the Messiah’s name was the same as Joshua’s, written [vwhy or wvwhy (Strongs’s #3901)]. The only problem is that neither of these Hebrew spellings of Joshua’s name can possibly be pronounced “Yahshua”. The third letter in Joshua’s name (reading from right to left) is the
