Millennial Kingdom: Yasha` Yeshua
Zephaniah 3:17 The LORD your God is in your midst, A victorious warrior. He will exult over you with joy, He will be quiet in His love, He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.
The term “victorious warrior” is most interesting in the original language. The Hebrew word for “victorious” is yasha`. It is a verb. The grammar says the warrior is the cause. It means to save, deliver from moral troubles; to give victory to.
The Hebrew word for “warrior” is gibbowr, a strong and mighty man. –Strong’s Concordance
The strong and mighty warrior will be a savior. He will and has delivered from moral trouble or sin. He will give military victory to Israel.
The noun form of yasha` is Yeshua. The Hebrew name for Jesus is Yeshua.
The term for LORD is Yahweh, The Existing One. This is the definitive name for God. This is the proper name of the Hebrew God of the Bible. Jehovah is a word that has been translated to English from the Hebrew, Yahweh. The correct spelling is YHWH (Hebrew font is not available). Scholars refer to this as the Tetragrammaton, Greek for four letters. This name is so sacred, Jews refuse to pronounce it. The name is first introduced in Exodus 3:14 when Moses and God are having a discussion. God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM”; and He said, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
The LORD, Yahweh is speaking in this verse in Zephaniah 3.
Yeshua Himself connects the dots in the Book of John. Jesus makes seven statements in the Book of John explaining “I am…”
I am the bread of life (John 6:35).
I am the light of the world (John 8:12).
I am the gate (John 10:9).
I am the good shepherd (John 10:11).
I am the resurrection and the life (John 11:25).
I am the way and the truth and the life (John 14:6).
I am the vine (John 15:5).
Yeshua is Yahweh, The Existing One. He saves. He will have military conquest.
John 8:58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I AM.”
Jesus Christ is the victorious warrior. He will dwell or tabernacle with the nation we know as Israel. The verse uses four different terms in Hebrew to describe the excitement and joy of Christ. He too will shout for joy with the introduction of His Kingdom. Yeshua will celebrate.
Good times are coming.
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