_Jesus_ is the individual name of the Savior, and as thus spelled is of Greek derivation; its Hebrew equivalent was _Yehoshua_ or _Yeshua_, or, as we render it in English, _Joshua_. In the original the name was well understood as meaning "Help of Jehovah", or "Savior". Though as common an appellation as John or Henry or Charles today, the name was nevertheless divinely prescribed, as already stated. Thus, unto Joseph, the espoused husband of the Virgin, the angel said, "And thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins."[82] _Christ_ is a sacred title, and not an ordinary appellation or common name; it is of Greek derivation, and in meaning is identical with its Hebrew equivalent _Messiah_ or _Messias_, signifying the _Anointed One_.[83] Other titles, each possessing a definitive meaning, such as _Emmanuel_, _Savior_, _Redeemer_, _Only Begotten Son_, _Lord_, _Son of God_, _Son of Man_, and many more, are of scriptural occurrence; the fact of main present importance to us is that these several titles are expressive of our Lord's divine origin and Godship. As seen, the essential names or titles of Jesus the Christ were made known before His birth, and were revealed to prophets who preceded Him in the mortal state.[84] _Jehovah_ is the Anglicized rendering of the Hebrew, _Yahveh_ or _Jahveh_, signifying the _Self-existent One_, or _The Eternal_. This name is generally rendered in our English version of the Old Testament as LORD, printed in capitals.[85] The Hebrew, _Ehyeh_, signifying _I Am_, is related in meaning and through derivation with the term _Yahveh_ or _Jehovah_; and herein lies the significance of this name by which the Lord revealed Himself to Moses when the latter received the commission to go into Egypt and deliver the children of Israel from bondage: "Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you."[86] In the succeeding verse the Lord declares Himself to be "the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." While Moses was in Egypt, the Lord further revealed Himself, saying "I am the LORD: and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them."[87] The central fact connoted by this name, _I Am_, or _Jehovah_, the two having essentially the same meaning, is that of existence or duration that shall have no end, and which, judged by all human standards of reckoning, could have had no beginning; the name is related to such other titles as _Alpha and Omega_, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.[88]