Having come from a background of Christianity, I know that one of the key principles of salvation is to call on the name of Jesus and you will be saved. The name of Jesus will cast out demons, heal the sick, etc. Yet, Yahusha` said that he did such things in his Father’s name, which is YHWH. So what is actually being taught by the Messiah and the Tanak [Old Testament] concerning the name of salvation?

Acts 2:14-21, “afterwards, shimon keyfa stood up among the eleven sent ones [apostles] and lifted up his voice and said to them, ‘men, yahudiym, and all dwelling in yerushalayim. let this be known to you, and pay attention to my words. for it is not as you think that these men are drunk, for look, it is now until the third hour. but this is that which was spoken by yoel the prophet. “in later days it will be”, elohiym said, “i will pour out my breath on all flesh, and your sons will foretell and your daughters and your young men will see visions, and your elders will dream dreams. and on my servants and upon handmaids i will pour out my breath in those days. and they will foretell. and i will cause signs in the heavens and mighty deeds on the earth; blood, and fire, and columns of smoke, the sun will be changed into darkness and the moon into blood before will come the great and awesome day of dedi. and it will be that all who call the name dedi will be saved.” ‘ “

This is a New Testament statement, pointing to a precedent set in the Tanak [OT] that most Christians ignore in their salvation messages – that the name to call on for salvation is that of the Father – dedi [Yahuweh], not his son Yahusha` [Jesus]. Keyfa [Peter] has just quoted Yahuel [Joel] 3:1-5 (2:28-32). The Tanak is not “old”, nor done away with; it is the “Scripture” that the writers of the Testimony [Gospels] and the early church fathers refer to when it states that it is written or what is in “Scripture” – the writings. Kefa did not refer to this passage as obsolete, nor replaced with the son, he quoted it as being applicable.

Another NT verse that states that YHWH is savior is that of the song of Miryam [Mary] in Luke 1:46, 47, “and miryam said, ‘my being magnifies dedi. and my being has rejoiced in elohiym my savior.’ “

The name dedi is the name for salvation. Now in MaththiYahu 28:9, the Greek text reads that Yahusha` [Jesus] greeted the women saying, "Greetings." So does the Peshitta, the Aramaic version compiled by Rabbula between 411 – 435 CE. But, the Hebrew Gospel of Matthew account says, "The name save you." This is the name of salvation, this is the name that Yahusha` honored and died for, that of his Father YHWH.

I am not focusing on the New Testament for validation. In fact, I am going to show that the Tanak is the foundation and that the Messiah did not change or alter the principles of his Father. What the letters of Paul state, is another matter. I will not believe a later writers contradicting all that Yahusha` lived and died to restore.

Yahusha`

In MaththiYahu 21:9, as Yahusha` was entering Yerushalayim on a colt, the people shouted, "Blessed is he who comes in the name dedi." Math. 6:9, Yahusha` points out to them, that in praying, to exalt the name dedi, acknowledge that it is set-apart.

Yahuchanan [John] 5:43, " 'I came in the name of my Father, and you did not receive me; but if another comes in his own name, him you receive.' "

Yahuchanan 10:25, "Yahusha` answered, and said to them, 'I have told you, and you did not believe. The works which I do in the name of my Father, they testify of me.' "

Yahuchanan 17:11,12, “ ‘from now on iam not in the world; but these are in the world, and i go to you. qodesh father, keep them in your name, which you have given to me; that they may be one, as we are. while I have been with them in the world, ihave kept them in your name. those You gave me, have ikept; and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled. ‘ “

MaththiYahu 28:19, “ ‘Therefore go and make thalmiydiym [students] of all the Goyim, immersing them in the name (singular, not plural) of the Father (dedi) and the Son (Yahusha` - dedi’s salvation) and the ruach dedi.' " I believe this is one of the verses that was added to. You have a singular name mentioned. There is one name in common between the three, which is dedi. But the ruach is not a third in a trinity. The ruach is part of dedi as HIS breath. Therefore the ruach would not have been part of the salvation factor and had to have been added later when the philosophy of the Trinity began. That is another study, on the Trinity. This verse in the Hebrew Gospel of Matthew reads, “ ‘Go and teach them to carry out all the things which I have commanded you forever.’ ” It does not have a trinity message.

In the Tanak [OT]

II Shemuel 22:4, " 'the one to be praised i call on, dedi, and from my enemies i am saved.' "

Yahuel [Joel] 3:5 (2:32), " 'for it will be that all who call on the name dedi, will be saved.' "

Thehilliym 33:16-21, “ ‘ the king is not saved by the multitude of a force. a mighty man is not delivered, by abundance of power. a false thing the horse for safety, and by the abundance of his strength he does not deliver. look, the eye of dedi, to those fearing him, to those waiting for his kindness, to deliver from death their soul, and to keep them alive in famine. our soul waits for dedi, our help and our shield he is, for in him our heart rejoices, for in his qodesh [set apart] name we have trusted.’ “

Thehilliym 79:9, " 'Help us, elohey of our salvation, for the honor of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.' "

Thehilliym 116:4,13, And on the name dedi, I call, I pray, dedi, deliver my nafesh (being).' " " 'The cup of salvation I will lift up, and on the name dedi, I will call.' "

Thehilliym 124:8, " 'Our help is in the name dedi, the maker of the heavens and the earth.' "

Mishley [Proverbs] 18:10, " 'A tower of strength is the name dedi, the righteous run to it and are raised high.' "

Miykah [Micah] 7:7, “ ‘but i will look to YHWH; i will wait for the elohey of my salvation. my eloah will hear me.’ ”

Chabbaquq [Habbakuk] 3:18, 19, “ ‘yet i will exult in YHWH; i will rejoice in the elohey of my salvation. 19 YHWH adonay is my might, and he sets my feet like the hinds, and he will make me to walk on my high places.’ “

YirmeYahu [Jeremiah] 14:8,9, “ ‘hope of yisrael, its savior in time of trouble, why should you be as a stranger in the land, and as a traveler who turns aside to lodge? 9 why should you be as one who is stunned, as one mighty yet cannot save? yet you, YHWH, are in our midst, and your name is called on us. do not leave us.’ “

All state that salvation is in the name dedi. The Tanak states that dedi is our savior, the source of our salvation, the one who gives us salvation, worked salvation for us, when we cried, He saved us, ... dedi is the one who saves us by His right arm -Yahusha`. It is by the atoning blood of His Son that we are saved. Yahusha` is the sin offering and the Kohen Gadol [High Priest] that ministers between dedi and us. Yahusha` bears his Father’s name, that is the name by which we are saved, the one that Yahusha` came in and honored above all others. Yahusha` comes in his Father’s name, dedi. His own name (Yahusha`) declares the salvation of who? dedi.

It is the name dedi that we are sealed with, Yechezqel [Ezekiel] 8 and 9. This is confirmed in Revelations 3:12, 7:3, 9:4, 14:1, 22:4. We have the mark of ownership and being set-apart to Him, on our foreheads, by His name. Just as the kohen gadol [high priest] had a golden band, that was placed across the forehead, written Qodesh laYHWH - Set-apart to dedi. This was a type of what would be done on our foreheads.

Despite all the messages and messengers that YHWH has sent through time, people have forgotten the author of salvation, even sadly substituting his son. YeshaYahu [Isaiah] 17:10, “ ‘because you have forgotten the elohey of your salvation, and you did not remember the rock of your strength. on account of this you will plant pleasing plants, and will sow it a foreign shoot.’ “

Hoshea 13:4, “ ‘yet i am YHWH, your elohey from the land of mitsrayim; and you will know no other elohiym than me. for there is no savior [moshiya] besides me.’ “

YeshaYahu 49:26, “ ‘and those who oppress you, i will feed with their own flesh, and they will be drunk by their own blood, as with fresh wine. and all flesh will know that i YHWH am your savior [moshiya] and your redeemer, the mighty one of yaaqob.’ “

YeshaYahu 45:15-25, “ ‘truly, you are el who hides himself, elohey of yisrael, the savior [moshiya]. 16 they will be ashamed, and also are disgraced, all of them. together they go into disgrace, carvers of images. 17 yisrael is saved in YHWH with everlasting salvation. you will not be ashamed nor disgraced to the forevers of eternity. 18 for so says YHWH, creator of the heavens; he is the elohiym, forming the earth and making it; he makes it stand, not creating it empty, but forming it to be lived in. “i am YHWH, and there is none else. 19 i have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth. i did not say to yaaqob's seed, seek me in vain. i YHWH speak righteousness, declaring right things. 20 gather yourselves and come; draw near together, escaped ones of the goyim; the ones who set up the wood of their carved image, and the ones who pray to an el who cannot save; they know nothing. 21 declare and bring near; yes, let them consult together. who has revealed this of old; who has told it from then? is it not i, YHWH? and there is no elohiym other than me; a just el and a savior [moshiya]; there is none except me. 22 turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for i am el, and there is no other. 23 i have sworn by myself, the word has gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and will not return, that to me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear.” 24 he will say, only in YHWH do i have righteousness and strength; to him he comes; and they are ashamed, all who are angry with him. 25 in YHWH all of the seed of yisrael will be justified, and will honor.’ “

YeshaYahu 43:10-12, “ ‘you are my witnesses,’ says YHWH, ‘and my servant whom i have elected; that you may know and believe me, and understand that i am he. before me there was no el formed, nor will any be after me. 11 i, i am YHWH; and there is no savior [moshiya] besides me. 12 i declared, and i saved, and i proclaimed; and there is not an alien among you. and you are my witnesses,’ says YHWH, ‘and i am el.’ “

Has YHWH changed His position on being the savior and there is no other? Is YHWH an old, dotard of a king that has passed his throne on to His up and coming son? Last I read, the throne of YHWH was eternal, as was His kingdom. And I believe that the scriptures place His son at His right hand, not on the throne itself, in place of the Father. YHWH is not old and passé, whose kingdom is waning. He is the I Am, who was and is and is to come, the Eternal One. Malakiy [Malachi] 3:6,7, “ ‘for i, YHWH, change not. because of this, you sons of yaaqob are not destroyed. 7 from the days of your fathers, you have turned aside from my rules and have not observed them. return to me, and i will return to you, says YHWH tsebaoth.’ “ BeMidbar [Numbers] 23:19, “ ‘el is not a man that he lies, nor a son of man and repents. has he said, and does he not do ? and spoken, and does he not confirm it?’ “ If these principles are eternal, that YHWH does not lie and does not change, and if He has stated that He is the Savior [Moshiya] and that it is His name we are to call on for salvation, then it is so. It does not matter what contradictory writers wrote, years after the Son was executed. It does not matter what men compiled and called scripture, hundreds of years after the Son lived, wrote. What matters is the word of YHWH and that same message that His Son tried to teach the people: “ ‘this then is how you should pray, “our father in the heavens, set apart is your name. your kingdom come, your will be done in the heavens, also on the earth. give to us bread of our need this day. and forgive us our offences as we also have forgiven those who have offended us. and not bring us into trial, but deliver us from the evil one. for yours is the kingdom and the power and the honor forever and ever.” ’ “

Deliverance and salvation are in the name YHWH.