The name of Jesus in Hebrew is Jeshua, and it means salvation (Strong’s H3444). Jeshua appears seventy-eight times in seventy-seven verses in the Old Testament. If you read the verses containing this word and substitute jeshua with Jesus, the results are very interesting.

The first occasion of jeshua is in Genesis 49:18 as Jacob blesses and prophesies over his twelve sons. After his statement regarding Dan, which is not entirely complimentary, Jacob said, “I have waited for Your Jesus, O LORD.” For millennia the rabbis have said that the wicked man of the End Times (the anti-Christ) would come from the tribe of Dan. This may explain Jacob’s addition to his prophecy about Dan.

Here are several scriptures in which the word salvation (jeshua) is found and how they read by substituting Jesus instead:

• Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; show forth from day to day His Jesus. (First Chronicles 16:23)
• He also [shall be] my Jesus (Job 13:16)
• Jesus [belongs] unto the LORD: your blessing [is] upon your people. (Psalm 3:8)
• But I have trusted in your mercy; my heart shall rejoice in Your Jesus. (Psalm 13:5)
• Oh that the Jesus of Israel [were come] out of Zion! (Psalm 14:7, repeated in Psalm 53:6)
• And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in His Jesus. (Psalm 35:9)
• Truly my soul waits upon God: from Him [comes] my Jesus. (Psalm 62:1)
• He only [is] my rock and my Jesus: [he is] my defense; I shall not be moved. (Psalm 62:6)
• But I [am] poor and sorrowful: let Your Jesus, O God, set me up on high. (Psalm 69:29)
• LORD God of my Jesus, I have cried day [and] night before thee: (Psalm 88:1)
• He shall cry unto me, You [art] my father, my God, and the Rock of my Jesus. (Psalm 89:26)
• The LORD hath made known His Jesus: His righteousness has He openly shown in the sight of the heathen [gentiles]. (Psalm 98:2)
• The LORD [is] my strength and song, and is become my Jesus. (Psalm 118:14)
• Jesus [is] far from the wicked: for they seek not Your statutes. (Psalm 119:155)
• I have longed for Your Jesus, O LORD; and Your law [is] my delight. (Psalm 119:174)
• The LORD has made bare His holy arm in the eyes of all the nations [gentiles]; and all the ends of the earth shall see the Jesus of our God. (Isaiah 52:10)
• Thus says the LORD: Keep justice, and do righteousness, For My Jesus [is] about to come, and My righteousness to be revealed. (Isaiah 56:1)
• But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay what I have vowed. Jesus [is] of the LORD. (Jonah 2:9)

When the Temple existed, during the Feast of Tabernacles, a procession of priests would go to the Pool of Siloam and bring back many gallons of water. This they would proceed to pour out on the altar. It was called the “Ceremony of Water Pouring.” As they did this they would quote Isaiah 12:3, “Therefore with joy you will draw water from the wells of Jesus.” (salvation/jeshua)

Where did they get the idea for this ceremony? I am aware of no scriptural instruction, but by pouring water on the altar, they were extinguishing the altar fire. The priests were figuratively and prophetically showing the need for no further sacrifice. This occurred when we were able to draw from the well of true Salvation, Jesus.

As it happens, this event, which occurred during the Feast of Tabernacles, was recorded by the Apostle John in John 7:37. Jesus was there. “On the last day, that great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, ‘If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.’” Jesus is the well source of salvation.

Not all Jews were blind to the Coming of the Messiah. A righteous man named Simeon was looking for the Messiah, and it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die until he saw Jesus. Luke 2:27-30 describes the encounter between Simeon and Joseph, Mary and Jesus.

Although the Greek language of the New Testament does not directly use the name of Jesus in this text, if Simeon was speaking in Hebrew, he would have said, “ . . . for my eyes have seen Your Jesus.”

Praise the Lord always for the Salvation of Jesus.