Yeshua, “Jehovah is salvation”

Christmas is a promise offered to mankind, God planned Jesus’ birth, life, and death before the foundation of the world.

1 Peter 1:20

20 He was chosen before the creation of the world but was revealed in these last times for your sake.

Jesus will come from the tribe of Judah as the line through which this promised One would come. Eventually, He revealed that David would be the ancestor of Israel’s coming King.

Jeremiah 33:14-15

14 “‘The days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will fulfill the good promise I made to the people of Israel and Judah.

15 “‘In those days and at that time I will make a righteous Branch sprout from David’s line; he will do what is just and right in the land.

On that Christmas night in Bethlehem, the Old Testament promises were fulfilled. When Joseph discovered Mary was pregnant, an angel appeared to Him explaining that the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 1:20-21

20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

The name Jesus is the English form of Yeshua, which means “Jehovah is salvation.” And that’s exactly what the Son of God is—the Savior who came to rescue sinful humanity.

Message in Chinese

以下是中文翻译（采用常见的基督教中文表达与和合本风格）：

耶稣（Yeshua），意思是“耶和华是拯救”。

圣诞节是神赐给人类的一个应许。神在创立世界以前，就已经计划了耶稣的降生、生平和受死。

彼得前书 1:2020 基督在创世以前是预先被神知道的，却在这末世才为你们显现。

耶稣将从犹大支派而出，这是那位应许之子将要来的血统。后来，神启示这位将来的以色列君王要出自大卫的后裔。

耶利米书 33:14–1514 耶和华说：“日子将到，我要成就我向以色列家和犹大家所应许的恩言。15 当那些日子、那时候，我必使大卫公义的苗裔长起来；他必在地上施行公平和公义。”

在伯利恒的那个圣诞之夜，旧约中的应许得以成就。当约瑟发现马利亚怀了孕，有天使向他显现，解释说，马利亚所怀的孩子是从圣灵而来。

马太福音 1:20–2120 正思念这事的时候，有主的使者向他梦中显现，说：“大卫的子孙约瑟，不要怕，只管娶过你的妻子马利亚来，因为她所怀的孕是从圣灵来的。21 她将要生一个儿子，你要给他起名叫耶稣，因他要将自己的百姓从罪恶里救出来。”

耶稣这个名字是 Yeshua 的英文形式，意思是“耶和华是拯救”。这正是神的儿子所成就的——祂是那位来到世上、拯救有罪人类的救主。

Yeshua, “Jehovah is salvation”