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There are wounds that language cannot easily describe, but the Bible offers one such word: Raca , a term of contempt that Jesus warns against in Matthew 5:22 KJV. It means “empty one,” a slur of spiritual arrogance hurled to diminish, to belittle, to erase. I believe I encountered that wordless violence recently while standing in a grocery store aisle. I was wearing a beautiful dress, made by an Negro woman, here, in the United States, when a woman from the diaspora approached me and said, “Beautiful African dress. Are you African?” “No,” I replied. She smiled slightly and said, “Thank you for joining us. ”I responded, “Thank you.” And she ended with, “You’re welcome.” To a bystander, this might sound harmless, even kind. But to me, it felt like dismissal cloaked in civility . A reminder that in her eyes, and perhaps her son’s watching quietly beside her, I was a guest in a lineage I was not born into, or at best, I am ignorant and unaware of my lineage. A woman tolerated, but not embraced. This was not an isolated moment. It reopened a wound from a past relationship with a man whose family saw me, a Negro woman, not as kin, but as inferior. Being called n****r to my face. .   Not the way we sometimes say it among ourselves in passing, not as musicians in rhythm with one another, and not even in the frustrated tone we sometimes use to capture the heaviness of our struggles. The word is spoken like one who eats from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil: calculated and deliberate. Spoken with the quiet confidence that pigmentation is shielding them, allowing them to cloak the word in subtleties undetectable to bystanders, and even to the ears of those it was designed to wound. Yet the truth reveals itself not only in the word, but in their actions. In the louder, more defiant forms of exclusion, oppression, denial, rejection, and financial exploitation. The word carries venom, and their gestures testify more bitterly than the word itself. fabrications whispered into systems already predisposed to believe that Negroes are ignorant and disposable. Spreading false rumors from land to sea. Multiplying harm by making proselytes and drawing others into the same corrupt spirit. Drawing others into distortion. Baptizing them into a culture of contempt, by tradition, and by policy. I endured financial exploitation, verbal degradation, threats, and fear tactics; all in the name of cultural hierarchy. I was never good enough. Not cultured enough. Not enough. So when that woman in the aisle said, “Thank you for joining us,” I heard that same script playing again: You don’t belong. But you’re permitted to pretend. What many don’t understand is that African Americans, Negroes, carry a unique pain. We are descendants of the dismembered, the forgotten, the forcibly severed. Our languages lost, our rituals buried, our surnames assigned: And yet, we have survived being unpersoned. Yes, unpersoned! We have created beauty, brilliance, and culture under the crushing weight of displacement. But still, even within the broader Black diaspora, we are often treated as less than ; the ones without a homeland, without nobility, without lineage. This is not a cry for pity. It is a declaration of truth. Diasporic disdain is real , and it thrives in subtleties. It hides in compliments. It passes as etiquette. But its sting burns and uproots. . To my fellow Negro women: my sisters, my daughters, my mothers, and my neighbors: you do not need anyone’s permission to belong to the sacred. You are not guests in Blackness. You are its foundation. You are the altar, and the flame. And to those who look down on us from within the Diaspora: The children of them; the ones who Raca the Negro. In John 8 KJV, Jesus challenges a group’s reliance on ancestry for moral authority. Though they claim  Abraham as their father, their hearts and actions reveal a different allegiance; one hostile to truth, one that cannot receive the Word. The children of them, the ones who Raca the Negro,  channels that same energy. It names those, past and present, who wield cultural, religious, or ethnic superiority to demean, erase, or displace  the Negro. These are not just people with different traditions. These are people whose actions reject the Spirit of Truth , though they invoke the names of ancestors and divine lineage. The words spoken to our children, whether in aisles or in homes, shape how they see themselves and others. What is intended as culture can sometimes carry the weight of exclusion. May the words spoken be rooted in awareness, not assumption; in kinship, not comparison. As for me, I choose to name it. I choose to write it. I choose to breathe through it. This is my healing. This is my witness. This is my Raca in the aisle. “We Are the Children of Joseph” Just as Jesus was called the son of Joseph , so too are we; Negroes of the diaspora, the spiritual and historical children of Joseph, the son of Jacob. This isn’t about lineage: It’s about pattern, purpose, and prophetic identity. We, too, are carriers of dreams. We were buried in dungeons of oppression,Yet we carry the grain; the nourishment of nations . We speak wisdom in unfamiliar tongues. We hold forgiveness in our marrow and fire in our bones. We are not a cursed people; we are a preserved people . Not abandoned, but hidden for such a time as this. Like Joseph, we may have been forgotten by men, but we were never  forgotten by God. Closing Benediction So yes! call us Negro , but do not call us lost. We are the sons and daughters of Joseph. Dreamers. Survivors. Interpreters of mystery. We were clothed in sorrow, but we are rising in glory. We are Joseph’s prophecy fulfilled. And as Joseph said to his brothers: “But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.” Genesis 50:20 KJV

Introduction The synoptic gospels describe Jesus’ forty days in the wilderness as a period of fasting: “And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered”  (Luke 4:2, KJV). Traditionally, this verse is interpreted as a story of spiritual discipline, where Jesus resists the devil’s temptations by relying on God’s word. Yet a deeper theological reading sees this moment not as mere abstinence but as a cosmic act. Jesus did not simply refuse food: He ate nothing because there was nothing. In this act, He infused “nothing” with life, inaugurating a new creation. In that state of emptiness, He gave “nothing” life, and in this act, everything came into being. Jesus’ relationship to nothingness reveals His role not only as redeemer of history but as creator of existence itself. This essay will explore how the wilderness fasting can be understood as a creative encounter with nothingness, drawing from canonical scripture, Gnostic texts, and Christian theological tradition. Humanity’s Destruction and the Cosmic Void Scripture frequently portrays human sin as cosmic in scope. Paul states that creation was “made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope”  (Romans 8:20, KJV). The groaning of creation (Romans 8:22) reveals its wounded state. Humanity did not merely harm creation; it destroyed “what is,” leaving behind only nothingness. The Incarnation, therefore, is not God entering into a flourishing world but God stepping into a void. This aligns with apocalyptic imagery in Revelation, where “the first heaven and the first earth were passed away”  (Revelation 21:1, KJV). Into such void, Christ enters: not to preserve the remnants of the old, but to inaugurate the possibility of the new. “He Did Eat Nothing”: The Wilderness as Creation Event Luke’s account that Jesus “did eat nothing”  (Luke 4:2) is more than asceticism. Read ontologically, it reveals the condition of absence; there was nothing to consume. In this moment, Jesus embodies the primordial divine act: creation out of nothing ( creatio ex nihilo ). Genesis 1:2 describes the earth as “without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep”  until God spoke light into being. Similarly, Jesus enters into the void of wilderness-nothingness and gives it vitality. Patristic thought often dwells on this paradox. Augustine argued that God created the world not from pre-existing matter, but from nothing, declaring: “For what is anything unless You make it? Did it ever exist unless it existed because You are?”  (Confessions XII.7). Jesus’ wilderness fast re-enacts this truth: He did not merely resist hunger, He demonstrated that even “nothing” can be filled with the fullness of God. This act is not fasting-as-discipline but fasting-as-creation. By “eating nothing,” He did not simply endure emptiness; He gave “nothing” the capacity to become . The Gnostic Witness: Feeding Nothing into Life The Gospel of Thomas intensifies this vision. Jesus says: “If you do not fast from the world, you will not find the kingdom of God”  (Thomas, Logion 27). Here fasting is not simply bodily discipline but refusal to sustain the corrupted order. Another saying teaches: “Blessed is the lion which the man will eat so that the lion becomes human; and cursed is the man whom the lion will eat so that the lion still becomes human”  (Thomas, Logion 7). These cryptic words suggest that what one consumes, one gives life to. Placed alongside Luke, the meaning becomes profound: Jesus consumes nothing, and in consuming nothing, He gives it life. His wilderness act is thus the reverse of Adam’s: where Adam’s eating brought death, Christ’s not-eating brings life. Thus, the wilderness moment is not just symbolic preparation but the metaphysical axis on which new creation turns. Jesus as the Future Breaking Into the Present If Christ gave nothingness life (Jesus is the Christ), then He is not merely a figure of the past but the embodiment of the future. Paul calls Him “the firstborn of every creature”  and the one “by whom all things consist”  (Colossians 1:15–17, KJV). Jürgen Moltmann develops this perspective in Theology of Hope , where Christ is understood as the revelation of the future within history: “In the raising of Christ the eschatological future has already begun”  (Moltmann, 1967, p. 211). This interpretation aligns with this eschatological vision: Jesus’ wilderness fast is not only an event of deprivation but the first eruption of the future New Creation into the nothingness left by human destruction. In this framework, Jesus’ presence in nothingness inaugurates the cosmos anew, not as restoration of what was, but as the future breaking open in the present. He is not only from the past but from the future, but his very being embodies what has not yet come into existence; therefore, the resurrection is the full disclosure of this truth: death and void are not the end, but the raw material of divine life. Eckhart and the Ground of Nothingness Meister Eckhart deepens this insight with his mystical language of “nothingness.” He argues that God dwells in the ground  beyond all being, which for human perception appears as nothingness. “Therefore I ask God to rid me of God, for my essential being is above God insofar as we comprehend God as the principle of creatures”  (Eckhart, Sermon 52). For Eckhart, the soul meets God in the place where all being collapses into nothing. Seen in this light, Jesus’ act of eating nothing is not mere physical fasting but revelation of the divine ground: He stands in the place of nothing and there calls forth everything. Conclusion The statement that “He did eat nothing”  (Luke 4:2) is more than historical description; not merely descriptive of physical fasting; it is metaphysical revelation. It is a theological key to understanding Christ (Jesus is the Christ) as the one who creates out of nothingness. Humanity destroyed “what is,” but in eating nothing, Jesus infused emptiness with being. This act discloses Him not merely as savior of the past but as creator of the future, the one through whom “nothing” becomes “everything.” In Him, fasting is not refusal but creation, not emptiness but abundance, not the end but the beginning of all that is to come. References Augustine. Confessions . Trans. Henry Chadwick. Oxford University Press, 1998. Meister Eckhart. The Essential Sermons, Commentaries, Treatises, and Defense . Trans. Edmund Colledge and Bernard McGinn. Paulist Press, 1981. Moltmann, J. (1967). Theology of Hope: On the Ground and the Implications of a Christian Eschatology . Harper & Row. The Gospel of Thomas . In The Nag Hammadi Scriptures . Trans. Marvin Meyer. HarperOne, 2007. The Holy Bible: King James Version . Closing Note: The Willingness to Be If Jesus gave nothingness life, then the fullness of creation bears witness to His act. The earth and all its creatures: the flowers that turn toward the sun, the trees that stretch their roots deep, the birds that sing, the animals that breathe; all display a simple and profound truth: a willingness to be, to live, to thrive. In this willingness, creation itself testifies to the saving act of God, for all that lives has already been drawn into His life. Yet humanity stands before a question that is as old as the gospel itself: “Wilt thou be made whole?”  (John 5:6, KJV). Salvation is not merely imposed; it is embraced. To live, to thrive, to be; these require willingness. Jesus, who gave nothingness life, extends that same creative invitation to us: Will you allow Him to make you whole? Will you choose to live? Will you join creation in its song? The mystery of nothingness becoming everything culminates in this: that our response is not passive but willing. To be saved is to will; to lean into the life that Jesus has already breathed into emptiness.

Photo "Earthrise" courtesy of Bill Anders of NASA. Information courtesy of www.nasa.gov Do you know of Apollo 8 and its Christmas mission at the moon? Astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders read Genesis 1-10 of the Holy Bible, King James Version while orbiting the moon on Christmas Eve 1968. “And the only instructions that we got from NASA was to do something appropriate.” -Jim Lovell You can read all about it at: Apollo 8: Christmas at the Moon Thank you, Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders! When I consider you, it is with loving kindness and this: John 3: 13-16 KJV John 5: 26-27 KJV 1 John 5: 6-9 KJV "Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her." -Proverbs 3:13-15 KJV **song of the day by Carrie Underwood, Feat. Vince Gill: How Great Thou Art Have a Happy Sabbath! Moreover, thank you to my father in heaven, Thurston Lee Williams, and my mother who is in purgatory, Lynette Marcell Cecelia Jackson. Please pray for me as I pray for you. I love you; always... -stanky stacy a/k/a fat momma Other songs to consider: **song of the day by Cece Winans: Worthy of it All **song of the day Feat Naomi Raine and Mav City Gospel Choir: Revelation 19:1 **song of the day by Whitney Houston: I Go to the Rock **song of the day by Hank Williams Sr: I Saw The Light **song of the day shared by David Mueller: On Eagle's Wings ("White's Chapel UMC choir, orchestra, and guest singers with their "dry run" prior to the trip to the Vatican. Shaunna Fuller conducting") **song of the day by Cece Winans: I've Got Joy **song of the day by Hezekiah Walker & The Love Fellowship Choir: I Need You To Survive **song of the day by Cece Winans: Goodness of God

(My letter to you, Again.) Again..... It is so good to see you again! To be in this place- in this time- in this way of being. Yes. It is goooood to be with you again. In gratitude, and in thankfulness; and with love. Remember when we said it will always be this way? You and I; and sometimes them? Surely with others! Surely! Man, it is really awesome to feel you again. To breathe your air and to share with you mine own. Breathe... Breathe... Now-Again-Eternally-Forever; and Ever: and More. Breathe... Breathe... With Hope and with Love, stacy. Thank you First Sergeant Thurston Lee Williams, United States Army, Vietnam War Veteran (two tour), Purple Heart Recipient. My daddy and me....... "Again is simply this: it is an assurance that each time we meet one another in time, and in space, and in love; that we will be at "A-gain". We will grow, and we will remain"

Dissertus: Just because it is old, it does not make it true; And even though it looks like us, it does not make it the same as us. May we suggest a pathway to truth? If so, then, please begin with the Holy Bible kjv (1620-1622 preferably): And read Proverbs. Master this and apply this to your own life. "For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:" -Isaiah 28:10 kjv "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men." -John 1-4 kjv "Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosever hath, to him shall be given; and whosever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have." -Luke 8:18 kjv "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." -Romans 10:17 kjv Note the translation and the translator of the text. "He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see." -John 9-25 kjv Books: If you know of any others, please let us know. We will consider them. Thank you! The Golden Sayings of Epictetus (true name unknown) Gestalt Therapy by Frederick Salomon Perls (Fritz Perls) Walden by Henry David Thoreau Seat of the Soul by Gary Zukav The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle What I know for sure by Oprah Winfrey What Got You Here Won't Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith Daring Greatly by Brene Brown The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz Make Your Bed by Admiral William H. McRaven The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey The Letters of Vincent van Gogh The Little Way of Saint Therese of Lisieux I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Dr. Maya Angelou My Octopus Teacher by James Reed, Pippa Ehrlich Poodle Roo by John Chester of Apricot Lane Farms Tell Me Who I Am by Ed Perkins and Gary Welch Backyard Squirrel Maze 1.0- Ninja Warrior Course by Mark Rober A Handbook to Financial Freedom During Times of Uncertainty by Juneteenthsc "You do not have to go to the mountain: The mountain will come to you." -stacy machell maria douglas "Devices listen. We should hear: and hearing cometh by awareness." -stacy machell maria douglas "There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord." -Proverbs 21:30 kjv "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt "If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?" -John 3:12 kjv "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets." -Matthew 7:12 kjv Dissertus

We at Juneteenthsc agree, that by beginning with the foundational elements of wealth, we will make space to build upon a solid rock. Juneteenthsc was formed to inspire the basics of financial consciousness to realize wealth; through the implementation of mental health, physical health, spiritual health, a support system, and consistency. Please join us on Saturday, January 20, 2024, at 8:30 a.m.. EST. We will be a vendor at the "She's 50 and Counting" event at The Salem Center on 7235 Bentley Rd, Jacksonville, FL 32256. This year, our focus is Financial Consciousness: Beginning with proper identification, life insurance and health insurance. Do you know where your birth certificate, social security card, marriage license Are these documents still legible and current? Is your name spelled correctly? Is your name listed in the same order and manner on all these documents? Is your address correct? Is your date of birth correct? Do you and your household have life insurance at least 19X your salary? (Example: A person receiving $30,000 annually should have at least $570,000 in total life insurance. This amount includes whole/permanent and term life insurance. (Term life insurance should be at least to age 80) Is your beneficiary information current on your life insurance policies? Have you designated a beneficiary on all checking and savings accounts? (contact your financial institution in person to have this completed) Do you have a copy of your policy? Do you know where your policy is? Have you attended all of your doctor appointments to date? Annual exam? Mammogram? Papsmear? Colonoscopy? Have you had an eye exam in the last two years? Have you received a new pair of glasses in the last two years? Have you attended your dental appointment? Have you received a cleaning in the last year? (Most insurance covers a cleaning every four to six months.) Are you drinking at least 16 ounces of water (plain water) daily? Will you consider substituting at least one cup of coffee for a cup of herbal tea? "I hope that you devote time Now to restore the parts of yourself that are rooted in love." -stacy Thank you! See you there! (This event may be sold out)

We hope that you have a blessed and prosperous holy day season; and that you take a moment to reflect upon the principles of Kwanzaa and to share how these principles manifest in your own life. Courtesy of information is from www.nmaahc.si.edu

"I have been homeless, rejected, denied, and cast out; and yet I am because we are" Stay with us with love and with hope; stacy

Now, I say in my heart; Father, ........................................ And He said unto me, You do deserve it: And you are responsible for it and accountable to it. Thank you Father. Help me Jesus.

We see you out there in the community and in the world doing great things in honor of this Juneteenth celebration! We thank you for your continued dedication and for your unyielding determination to rise and to overcome. Thank you! As we continue our journey and go forward in prosperity, and in good health, and in wealth; let us put into remembrance all those who have come before us. Let us embrace all those who stand before us, and let us prepare for all those who come after us. And most of all, let us go forward in Gratitude and in Thankfulness. Have a Happy and Joyful Juneteenth holiday! Breathe... Repeat again, breathe..... "Drink water when arising in present and consider nature. What colors do you see? What shapes? Are there any animals where you live? How does the weather feel outside? Do you see any flowers where you are? Are there any trees there? Do you hear any birds chirping? Are there any children playing? Do any of your neighbors need a helping hand today? What vegetables and herbs are you planting now?" -A Handbook to Financial Freedom During Times of Uncertainty

Owing taxes can feel like a heavy burden; especially with life happening every day, and in every way. What is an Offer in Compromise? An offer in compromise allows you to settle your tax debt for less than the full amount you owe. It may be a legitimate option if you can't pay your full tax liability or doing so creates a financial hardship. -IRS definition Two questions you may want to consider before proceeding with an Offer in Compromise (OIC). Do I know what caused the tax deficiency (taxes owed)? Have I implemented the corrective action to prevent future liabilities (taxes owed)? To answer these questions we recommend you speak with a tax professional to go over your tax filing and your income. You may also contact the IRS directly, and speak with a representative at 1-800-829-1040. We do not recommend comparing your tax information with another individual, and following their corrective plan. Keep in mind, you are filing an "Individual Income Tax Return": "Individual" being the key term. The IRS has at least two free tools to help get you started: Offer in Compromise (OIC) pre-qualifier tool. Offer in Compromise (OIC) "how to" video. We hope this information has helped you to see that there are free tools available to get you back on track and to help you resolve your tax delinquency.

This is being written to account for my time and to acknowledge in boldness that Jesus is Lord. That God is real; and that His servants are alive and well. −One of the first memories of “the voice” was as a child growing up in Vicenza Italy. I was just learning to ride a bike; and back in those days, we didn’t just get a new bike because we wanted one. We learned to ride on an old bike, and once we mastered it, we were given our own. This particular time in life, I was doing just that. I was learning to ride on an old bike. It was much bigger than I was (as was the custom in those days) and it was old and rusted. I rode with ease. I remember my siblings pushing me on the bike to help me accelerate. During this time, I lived with an Italian family and I attended an Italian school. I visited my biological family often; however, where they lived was not my home. The Italian family I lived with were farmers and had relatives who owned the local café. I was familiar with them as well, and was treated as any child was treated in the community. I was treated with love. The café’ had just undergone a renovation. A new glass store front was added, and I remember when the men were working on it. We often stopped by there in the morning before school to get a hot pastry and some milk or warm coffee. I was very young. I must have been in the first grade by this time. I started off as usual, at the top of the hill. I decided to ride the bike alone since I felt very confident that I could ride by myself. I straddled the bike, grabbed the handlebars, and moved my legs to walk the bike down the hill. The bike picked up momentum, so I hopped onto the seat as I was taught to do. I started riding and accelerating; and I notice that I am headed directly for the café’. I was headed directly for the new glass store front. I tried to turn the handlebars, but they were locked and would not move. I tried to pedal backwards to apply the brakes, as I was taught to do so, but the pedals also locked. I remember feeling like I was helpless and in danger; and trapped. “The voice” spoke and said, “tuck your head in”. Up until this time of life, I had not received any training other than what a child would receive in school, and how to ride a bike that was sizes bigger than me. As “the voice” spoke, my body obeyed. My arms lifted up off the handlebars; while my head tucked itself in, and my body prepared itself for impact. I headed straight through the glass storefront. I heard the glass shatter all around me; and immediately, there were hands lifting me up. I heard the men saying, “don’t worry, it’s ok”; in Italian. I heard the sibling of the Italian family I lived with, come from the kitchen and scream. The men grabbed her and comforted her as well. She was in shock and came to me. She held me and cried. There was not a scratch, a cut, nor any injury that I sustained. As I walk with the Lord Jesus, I am often taken back to that day. −“The voice” has been with me all of my life here; and even before I knew that I was and that I was alive. It has always been with me. Growing up, I often spoke with “the voice”; and I still do. I remember not having anyone to talk to that I could trust; who would speak their truth to me. I remember saying (and not knowing that God was listening) “they want me to do what Jesus did not say”. I did not understand why we were intentionally disobedient to God. If God said “no” somehow a leader, a parent, or a friend would say “yes”. Now, I have decided to check in with the Lord. What did the Lord say? Moreover; what did mine own Lord say? Mine wrote me letters. I believe that there are others who have experienced similar phenomenon and who may not have any one to talk to about it. Over the years, I have learned to remain silent about it. When I try to speak, something incomprehensible comes out. It is not understood, and usually, it is not well received. Even those who say they love the Lord look at me strangely with unbelief; and sometimes, with discontent. I have more to tell. In His time; I will. And; yes: He will come for one. I read the Holy Bible KJV I read the Holy Bible KJV, and I consider it for my counsel and for my guidance. It contains the record of John. John was sent by God to bear record of the truth. I read many books containing therein; especially Genesis, Proverbs, and Daniel (Beloved Daniel). Many of its books do I read; however, when I find myself at a crossroad, I look to John for clarification. And he leads me back to the truth. John helped me to find the true Christ. For Jesus is the Christ. YeshuaH (not Joshua) (This is my interpretation of the name) In quantum physics it is agreed that you can go infinitely to the number 1 and never reach it: and that the only true number is 0; however, with God all things are possible. − YeshuaH, meaning; certainty and absolute. − Jesus, meaning; mine own and ours. Whatsoever you may call Him; that Jesus (the lamb of God who take away the sin of the world): He is the way and the truth and the life. How did I get to Him? He received me unto Himself. How do I prepare? I worship God in spirit and in truth. I worship the Father in spirit and in truth. How do I worship in truth? I acknowledge what I believe to be true about my own self (even that which I may be ashamed of). I acknowledge this truth in my heart; and I speak this truth if and only it brings about an understanding. I seek knowledge in the written word of God (KJV); and I accept the correction according to the word of God (KJV); according to the Word. How do I worship in spirit? I breathe. Why? So I may have life and I may live; Now. Merry Christmas