Discover the name behind jesus - and the truth religion tried to hide.Before creeds, before cathedrals, before control - there was Yahshua.This book unmasks how one name was rewritten, rebranded, and reclaimed. Born in the soil of ancient Israel, the Hebrew name Yahshua means Yah is salvation-a living vibration of covenant and divine purpose. Yet that name did not survive translation. Over centuries, it was replaced by a new word created through linguistic evolution, not divine revelation. The journey from Yahshua to Iēsous to Iesus to jesus reveals how faith was reshaped by empire. Each translation distanced humanity further from its Hebrew roots of faith, replacing remembrance with religion and presence with control. In The Word That Was Never His, author Randy Peterson reveals how spiritual history was rewritten through language itself. Drawing from early Hebrew manuscripts, Pre-Nicene writings, and the documented formation of Christian theology, this book uncovers how the word jesus-unknown to the apostles and absent from early texts-became the centerpiece of institutional religion. The result was a faith built on translation rather than transformation, a belief shaped by politics rather than presence. This groundbreaking study bridges history, linguistics, and spirituality to expose how translation shaped faith and how remembering the true Hebrew name of Yahshua restores direct connection to the Eternal I AM. You'll learn why the sound of the original Name carries energetic coherence-the same sacred vibration that balanced heaven and earth before religion divided them. This book reveals how religious control through translation redirected devotion from inner awareness to outward obedience, turning communion into conformity and freedom into hierarchy. Through carefully sourced evidence and spiritual clarity, Peterson shows that reclaiming the true name is not rebellion-it is restoration. The Hebrew roots of Christianity reveal that the earliest followers of Yahshua did not worship a word; they lived a relationship. They spoke a name that embodied consciousness itself. When that name was replaced, truth became doctrine and language became law. The awakening now unfolding is not about creating new belief-it is about remembering what was always there. Readers seeking to understand the historical origins of jesus and the transformation of Yahshua's identity will find historical accuracy and spiritual awakening woven together. You will follow the path of linguistic change, uncover the politics of translation, and rediscover the living essence hidden beneath centuries of doctrine. This is not an attack on faith-it is an invitation to truth. Through this return, the spiritual awakening through Yahshua's true name becomes a living experience, not a theological argument. You'll understand how the story of jesus evolved through centuries of interpretation and how restoring the sound of Yahshua restores the vibration of truth. The Word That Was Never His is more than research-it is a call to remembrance. It restores what empire renamed and what religion forgot. It is for the reader ready to exchange inherited belief for direct knowing, to move from translation to truth, and to live again in the awareness that preceded doctrine. Truth does not demand belief-it invites recognition. Say His Name. Yahshua. Remember. Return.