There are more than two hundred names for Jesus, our Redeemer. Jesus, Yod Hey Vau, YahShuah, YHVH, Eternal God, and Mashiach are just a few of the large number of names which have been used to describe our Lord. The meaning of names is significant.
So, the various names of Jesus reveal a different characteristic of his divine nature. The more we learn about the names that are attributed to Christ, the more we understand about Him. Eternal life is the greatest gift from God, and Jesus defines Eternal Life as knowing the Father and the Son (John 17:3). As the Savior prayed in this same chapter, being ONE with the Father and the Son is our primary goal. Jesus’ infinite love for each of us makes it a challenge to name this all wise Being who has given us the infinite atonement opening the only path back to the Father (John 14:6). In His infinite love, He has promised to perfect us as we come unto Him. (Moroni 10:32-33)
Since, Jesus perfected Heavenly Father’s Plan of JOY with His Full Infinite Atonement, all people in time and space should praise Him and Honor Him because of what He has done, is doing, and will do to bring us back to the Father. In the End-Times, every knee will bow, and gladly so when they fully know who He is , the significance of all His names, and all He has done, is doing, and will do for us.
We are not only discovering many of Christ’s names, but we are finding artifacts with various names and Christian symbols. My good friend, Wayne May, has the original Burrows artifact—given to him by Russell M. Burrows, who found the artifact in a cave named after him. Wayne sent me a photocopy of this artifact to use in this article.
The Burrows Artifact
The five nails are denoted from the crucifixion at the top. The two nails in His hands, the two nails in his wrists, and a nail pinning his two feet to the cross. These five nails are called the Mystic Symbol, which symbol has been found in thousands of places across North America. It is the symbol for the Native North American’s word for their Deity, which they pronounce: Yod Hey Vau (Sounds like Jehovah). You can see the nail mark in the wrist on the left of the depiction of the crucified Christ.
Over the tomb, you see the three suns denoting the three days He was in the tomb. Coming out of the tomb we see Him shouting Hallelujah, as He has overcome death and hell with His resurrected body, as depicted here. His resurrection is the capstone to the infinite atonement. The eleven vertical lines below Him denote the eleven Apostles rejoicing with Him in His glorious resurrection. To the right is a serpent and a line denoting Judas’ betrayal of our Savior. Under His right Arm is a symbol, which I believe represents “son of my left” hand. This denotes that His infinite atonement overcame Satan. Christ is His “Son of my Right Hand.”
One of His profound names is the “Son of Righteousness”–having completed the perfect and infinite atonement–is titled, “RIGHTEOUSNESS,” by His Father and our Father. The phase “Son of Righteousness” occurs three times and is unique to the Book of Mormon, and ties to the Jaredites, the Nephites, and to our day–denoting the importance of us coming unto Him now.
A Micah Hill Dezert-Owl
I am delighted to have made friends with A. Micah Hill (Dezert-Owl). He is one of the most devoted Christians you will ever know and has spent most of his life bringing forth ancient religious texts—from when he was 22 until now at age 68.
He feels the Lord gave him the name Dezert-Owl, a bird that can see well in the night. In the light of Christ, he has exposed a lot of the evil in the darkness of the world’s history. He has been persecuted greatly for doing so. He uses “YahShuah” for the name of Jesus in his translations. YahShuah means ‘Yah saves’ or ‘The Lord is Salvation. In his “trans-literations,” he uses YHV for the Father–leaving off the H.
The Name YHVH
YHVH means Jehovah–the name of the God of Israel and was used by Christians in the Middle Ages. Jews reading the Scriptures aloud substituted Adonai (“My Lord) for the sacred name. He is the way and the truth and the life (John 14:6). The early Christians called His Church the Way.
My good friend, Rob Kay, a Jewish convert, recognized the Book of Mormon as a Hebrew document when he was fifteen years old. He has a three-volume set showing those Hebraisms called “Voices from the Dust” which is available on Amazon. He uses YHVH for Jehovah in much of his Hebraisms, and Elohim for God. Rob has given me permission to share his conversion story on our website.
Mashiach – English Rendering of Messiah
Mashiach is the English rendering of Messiah from the Hebrew. In Greek, it is Christ. Jesus the Christ then is the promised Redeemer of all of Father’s children and of the Earth itself. We cannot comprehend His infinite atonement, but the more we pray and ponder its infinite significance the closer we come to Him who accomplished it perfectly.
LDS New Testament Study
This year (2023) the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is focusing us on the New Testament, my hope with this emphasis, we will all of us come closer to our Lord and Savior, and “listen to His voice.” (D&C 29:1-2) I worry that we sometimes get caught up with who said what and where and miss the grand importance of the infinite atonement. We often forget, in our business, the first two laws of heaven, (Mt. 22:36-40). With Satan trying to tempt us at every turn, we need to look to Jesus in every thought, (D&C 6:36). As we meet the challenges life, the Lord counsels us “pray always,” so we can receive direction during our mortal journey. (D&C 14:7)
The Chosen – A Christian Historical Streaming Series
Much of the world has gotten to know the series, THE CHOSEN, based on the gospels in the New Testament and produced by Dallas Jenkins and his team at Angel Studios. With over 300 million streaming views and subtitles in several languages, the series has become an international phenomenon. They just released “SEASON THREE,” and my wife and I watched all the episodes from SEASON THREE. We watched and enjoyed the other two seasons, as well. They have done a great job in their research of Hebrew traditions and how life was under the thumb of the Roman Empire. But then one needs to realize that their story is not what really happened—even though they have tried to base the production on the scriptural account.
In the Book of Mormon, Nephi prophesied of “other books” that would augment the Bible (1 Ne. 13:39). With some help from my friend, Dezert, I have recently learned of several apocryphal books giving additional insights and information on our Savior’s life. I have augmented my scripture studies with some of them, and I have learned a lot of exciting information about our Savior, which I believe is much more factual and useful in drawing closer to Him than the pictures painted in the television series, THE CHOSEN. Facts are better than fiction.
The Apocrypha
The Apocrypha are biblical or related texts that are not part of the accepted canon of Scripture.
The Lord told the Prophet Joseph Smith: “Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you concerning the Apocrypha—There are many things contained therein that are true, and it is mostly translated correctly; There are many things contained therein that are not true, which are interpolations by the hands of men. Verily, I say unto you, that it is not needful that the Apocrypha should be translated. [by Joseph Smith at that time] Therefore, whoso readeth it, let him understand, for the Spirit manifesteth truth; And whoso is enlightened by the Spirit shall obtain benefit therefrom;” (D&C 91:1-5)
I believe reading apocryphal literature with the Spirit—along with the scriptures–can open great-big doors of truth and light about our Redeemer, and how to come to better know the Father and the Son (John 17:3). It is doing that for me, and I am having a great time learning. In fulfillment of Nephi’s prophecy, we are seeing “other books” coming forth to shed light and truth. My personal joke at age 86 is to learn faster than I forget. As I read other books, I measure them against the truths that I know from the restoration, from the Spirit, and from what I have learned otherwise. The Lord has promised that in the last days, “nothing shall be withheld.” (D&C 121:28) When the Lord uses “shall,” that means for sure!
Joseph of Arimathea – Gospel to Britain
Before I got to know Dezert, I had bought a copy of THE GOSPEL OF THE WISE STRANGERS or THE KAILEDY by Joseph of Amamathia—Tranz-Literation by Dezert-Owl. In fact, this is how I got to know him. I was so impressed with what he had done in this book that I listened to a three-and-a-half hour podcast featuring him. At the end of the podcast, he provided a number, so I gave him a call, and we had a wonderful visit. We have become friends and have corresponded and shared information ever since.
As an example, I share two very important and major highlights from the Gospel brought to Britain by Joseph of Arimathea and tranz-literated by Dezert. These are not known in the Christian community.
1) It describes in great detail that Jesus first appeared to His mother, Mary. You can imagine that no heart was heavier than Mary’s with what she saw her Son go through those three days from Gethsemane to the empty tomb and knowing that He was the Son of God. So, this version shares what an enormous blessing it was to see her glorious resurrected Son. That feels right to me Dezert’s tranz-literation shares this most inspiring story in detail.
2) On page 234 of this book we read of “TWO SABBATHS.” In other words, the Lord orchestrated in Hebrew tradition that two Sabbaths would occur in conjunction with the infinite atonement.
Jesus Body Laid for Three Days in the Tomb
The Apostle John alludes to this in John 19:31. Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus needed to take Jesus’ body from the cross for burial before that “Sabbath day was an high day” followed by a regular Sabbath—making the three days for the infinite atonement. Jesus gave the Jews a sign that as Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of a whale, so He would spend three days and three nights in the “heart of the earth.” (Mt. 12:40)
Nephi prophecies, “Behold, they will crucify him; and after he is laid in a sepulchre for the space of three days he shall rise from the dead, with healing in his wings; and all those who shall believe on his name shall be saved in the kingdom of God.” (2 Nephi 25:13)
The above North American artifact from Illinois denotes that He was in the tomb for three days. There were three days and three nights in America where it was totally dark while He worked out the infinite atonement, as detailed in the Book of Mormon. The rocks of the earth were broken up and “the God of nature suffers,” was heard in both the eastern and western continents.
In the NEW TESTAMENT IN MODERN ENGLISH translated from Greek by Ferrar Fenton, John 20:1 reads, “Now on the first day following the Sabbaths (footnote 3; Bolding is mine.)” Footnote 3 reads, “This is literally according to the Greek text; and it is important to observe that at that particular period, two Sabbaths, or days of second rest, actually fell together in the Jewish calendar. The Gospel of John 19:31 suggests the possibility of two sabbaths, as it mentions that the coming Sabbath “was an high day.”
“The Crucifixion took place on Thursday, and not on Friday, as is popularly supposed. This allows for the Lord Jesus to be held in the grip of death for three full days and nights.” So, Good Friday should be Good Thursday. Christianity has been celebrating it wrong for how many years? We have direct evidence on both the Eastern and Western continents of this important three day fact–so important to the infinite atonement.
Our good friend, Bob Arbon, told us about the Gospel that Joseph of Arimathea took to England. This started me on this current research journey. The e-book referenced in this article is great, but not nearly as good as the above book and has some mistakes. It leaves out the above two important messages in Desert’s “Tranz-Literation.” The e-book folks, also, allow no copying, which is frustrating for me as a person who wants to share TRUTH at every opportunity, and as I feel the Lord’s Spirit is prompting me.
The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus Christ
The AQUARIAN GOSPEL OF JESUS THE CHRIST By Levi Dowling (1844-1911) is an amazing apocryphal contribution with its 182 chapters telling Christ’s life story and teachings from birth all the way to Pentecost.
Before Jesus’ three-year ministry in the Holy Land, He had a significant ministry in several countries in Asia. In Chapter 23:3-5 we read, “And Jesus sought to learn the Hindu art of healing, and became the pupil of Udraka, one of the greatest of the Hindu healers. Udraka taught the uses of the waters, plants, and earth; of heat and cold; sunshine and shade; of light and dark. He said, “The laws of nature are the laws of health, and he who lives according to these laws is never sick.”
This is the same message I share in Chapter 5 of my new book, Time & Eternity; The End-Times & Beyond Revealed, where I discuss the virtue of the “Gospel of the good earth” with the same promise of overcoming the diseases of the world.
Jesus visits Seven Sages in Alexandria–during the Sages time together. At the end of their time together, the Seven Sages laid their hands on Jesus’ head and gave him a profound blessing. (Chapter 59:22-24). In the next chapter, Jesus tells them of His crucifixion and how that will bring forth God’s magnificent truth to the whole world.
In Chapter 160 we learn that the Passover meal with the Twelve Apostles was held in Nicodemus’ home. In Chapter 172:15-22 we read a synopsis of Doctrine and Covenants Section 138 where Christ visits the spirit world during the three days His body was in the tomb, as the sixth step in His infinite atonement. The seventh step being His glorious resurrection. The infinite atonement is like a perfect balance between mercy and justice (watch podcast 33, 2021) orchestrated by Father and Mother and their Son’s perfect love for each of us.
The Crucifixion Report
I was deeply touched by THE CRUCIFIXION REPORT OF PONTUS PILOT TO: TIBERIUS CAESAR: ALL BASED UPON THE ORIGINAL THOUGHT By A Micah Hill Dezert-Owl. Pilot’s wife was a very spiritual person and she had warned Pilot to protect Jesus. Pilot did many things to do so, but, of course, failed in the final events as the Savior was on His fore-ordained path to work out the infinite atonement. I was totally fascinated to learn that Pilot shares that the lights came from the heavens with the glorious event of the Savior’s resurrection on that sacred Sunday morning and that when He arose, many others arose in jubilant rejoicings. The same occurred in America as recorded in the Book of Mormon. Pilot and Jesus were friends and Pilot wept when Christ was crucified.
All we have in the New Testament is: “Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, saying, Father, it is finished, thy will is done, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent, and the graves were opened; and the bodies of the saints which slept, arose, who were many, And came out of the graves after his resurrection, went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.” (KJV Mt. 27:54-57) The NIV has a better translation of verse 52, “The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life.”
Many of the English translations of these verses in the Bible imply the souls sleeping until the resurrection. The Book of Mormon and the some 13 million near death experiences clearly share otherwise. The spirit at death does not sleep but goes to the spirit world and to paradise or to spirit prison depending on the lives we have lived.
Christ’s spirit went to the paradise during the three days His body laid in the tomb. There He completed the sixth step in His infinite atonement.
Sharing Exciting and Inspiring Research
I could go on and on about sharing my exciting and inspiring research, but this blog article is getting too long. I hope you feel the Spirit in what I have shared, and I again hope and pray that all of us will grow closer to our Savior and Redeemer—ever listening to His voice for each of us and to our Beloved Heavenly Parents. We are their offspring. Christ in His infinite love does everything needed to bring us back to our Heavenly home through His infinite atonement. I also did a podcast on this incredible stone shown above.
May we be part of the Bride to meet Him (the Bridegroom) at His Coming and participate in His ideal society, ZION. It will happen, and we can be part of this glorious event! I have a whole chapter in my new book devoted to this. Let us come to know the Father and the Son, which includes Heavenly Mother, and their infinite love for each of us and have eternal life with them. It is a perfect plan of Joy, in the midst of all our imperfections and worldly problems. AN AMAZING AND EXCITING TRUTH!
David W. Allan
PS Dezert has over 30 Tranz-Literations and several supporting dictionaries on Amazon, on LULU.com, and on KOBO.com.
PSS Interview of Russell Burrows – YouTube by my good friend, Brian Nettles, in Russell Burrows home on 1 April 2023 in Windsor, CO. Russell is 87 years old and had a stroke three years ago. Extremely important interview. Thank you, Brian.
PSSS Many believe the Burrows’ Cave artifacts in Illinois are hoaxes because of their strong Christian imagery. They ignore that the Book of Mormon people, who lived in North America were Christians. The above artifact disproves the traditional Christian belief that Good Friday commemorates the day of Christ’s crucifixion, and traditional modern Christians do not know of the nail holes in Christ’s wrists.
Wayne May: Thank you for the image. IT IS GOLD!