The Grace of God: In the Midst of the Counterfeit.

Let He who has an ear hear….

There is no subject so humbling, so incomprehensible, and yet so necessary to grasp as the grace of God. When we speak of exposing the counterfeit, when we unravel the depths of deception that have entangled the faith once delivered to the saints, it would be easy to grow cynical, to only see the corruption, the substitution, the infestation that has warped the name and the ways of Yahweh. But when we lift our eyes higher, what we actually behold is a paradox that testifies even more powerfully to His character: the grace of God shines brightest against the backdrop of counterfeit. It is in the midst of error, in the misnaming of the Messiah, in the polluted waters of Christendom, that grace has continued to flow unrelentingly. Grace has been the lifeline that kept us alive long enough to stumble into the truth. Grace was the bridge that suspended judgment until the covenant Name of Yehoshua was revealed. Grace is what makes this moment of revelation possible, and it is here that we must explore how unfathomable Yahweh’s mercy truly is.

I know this firsthand, because I myself was once among those who believed the name “Jesus” was the name of salvation. I lived under that misalignment, yet I still had a relationship with the Father. That relationship was not a figment of my imagination, nor was it empty ritual. It was real. I prayed, I heard, I experienced His presence. Miracles took place. Provision arrived at the exact moment of need. Even when I was powerless, grace empowered me. It is only now, on this side of revelation, that I see the mystery in it: I was not saved by grace itself, but grace kept me alive until I could meet salvation in the true Name. Grace looked beyond my ignorance and into my heart. Grace sustained me while I bore a false identity of His Name. Grace refused to cut me off while I wandered in blindness. That is how unfathomable Yahweh’s patience is.

There must be no confusion on this matter: salvation is only in the Name of Yehoshua. That is the covenant Name, the Name in which Yahweh’s voice, His word, His breath, and His Spirit dwell. There is no other name under heaven by which we must be saved. Grace did not save me; Yehoshua saved me. Yet grace accompanied me, carried me, and provided for me while I was still misaligned. This is the critical distinction we must make. Grace is not the substitute for salvation. Grace is not the name by which we are redeemed. Grace is the hand that feeds in famine, the rope that pulls us back from the cliff, the patience that withholds judgment, the breath that sustains until truth is revealed. Salvation is Yehoshua, but grace is the path of undeserved sustenance that leads us there.

When we look at those who called upon the name “Jesus,” we must see this reality clearly. Their salvation is not secure in that name, but their hearts were judged by Yahweh, and grace pivoted accordingly. This is why, despite the counterfeit nature of Christendom, the Church as we know it has not been utterly destroyed. Grace suspended wrath. Grace looked beyond disrespect and misnaming of the Creator, and Yahweh, in His unfathomable mercy, still showed favor. He still performed miracles, still brought healing, still gave provision, still poured out dreams and visions. Even in the midst of counterfeit worship, His grace was active. Even without covenantal salvation, He showed mercy. Grace is Yahweh stooping to meet the sincere heart even when the lips are misaligned. That is what makes it unmerited favor.

Now, at last, I understand the phrase “unmerited favor.” It is not mere theological jargon. It is the lived reality of provision given when we are out of alignment. It is blessing bestowed when we did not deserve it and could not claim it. It is survival when judgment should have fallen. Grace is Yahweh choosing to sustain us long enough for the truth to arrive. Grace is the suspension of judgment in the name of patience. Grace is His ability to separate the ignorance of the mind from the sincerity of the heart and to act in mercy until the alignment of truth can be established. Without this unmerited favor, none of us would have survived long enough to hear the true Name.

And this is where we must tread carefully. Because even though many worshiped under a counterfeit name, their relationship with the Father was not counterfeit. Their experiences were not counterfeit. Their healings were not counterfeit. Their provision was not counterfeit. Their testimonies of supernatural intervention were not counterfeit. These were acts of grace. They were not proof that the name “Jesus” held covenantal power; they were proof that Yahweh’s grace reached past misalignment into sincerity. Grace was extended, not because error was acceptable, but because Yahweh saw the heart and was patient to draw it toward truth. Grace does not sanctify error. Grace sustains the misaligned until truth can be encountered.

Still, we cannot be naive. The god of this world, Satan, has masterfully woven substitution into the fabric of Christianity. He has used his position to deceive believers through false miracles, false provision, false signs, and false wonders. The infiltration, the infestation, the saturation of the counterfeit is undeniable. To ignore it would be foolish. Yet here is the greater mystery: even in the middle of deception, Yahweh’s grace still reached those who were trapped. He still provided even when we were in a closed circuit, misaligned, frustrated, or even when we cursed His Name out of ignorance. Grace did not abandon us in our blindness. Grace covered us until truth could shine. Grace was the shelter in the storm of deception. That is why we survived.

This is the purpose of grace: it is what spared us in seasons of ignorance. It is not a permanent cover; it is not eternal excuse. Ignorance cannot last forever. Grace delays judgment but does not cancel truth. Grace provides a window, an open door, a space of time for alignment to take place. Once truth is revealed, once Yehoshua’s Name is declared, grace ceases to be ignorance’s shield and becomes instead the empowering favor that calls us to responsibility. Grace brings us to the threshold, but it is up to us to step across into covenantal truth. To remain in misalignment after revelation is to turn grace into futility.

That is why the mission matters now more than ever. Grace has carried many to the brink of truth. Now it is time for the covenant Name to be declared without compromise. Our calling is to bear witness to Yehoshua’s Name, to help people move from misalignment to alignment, from closed circuits to open circuits, from mere provision to the full flow of divine power. Grace has been the bridge, but Yehoshua is the destination. The New Creation’s role is to reveal this reality so that grace can do its full work—drawing hearts not into counterfeit survival but into covenantal salvation. This is why we cannot remain silent. This is why we must proclaim.

In the end, what does this reveal about the character of Yahweh? It reveals that grace is not weakness, nor indulgence, nor compromise. Grace is His patience. Grace is His desire that none should perish. Grace is His mercy that withholds the full measure of judgment until the Name of salvation can be revealed. Grace is His hand reaching into darkness to sustain those He knows will walk into the light when it is revealed. Without grace, none of us would be alive. Without grace, the counterfeit would have consumed us. Without grace, the truth of Yehoshua’s Name would never have reached us.

And so we must conclude with awe: the counterfeit is real, deception is deep, misalignment is dangerous, but grace is deeper still. Grace is the unexplainable, nearly incomprehensible mystery that reveals Yahweh’s heart. It is the reason why we lived long enough to see the truth. It is the rope that pulled us from drowning in deception. It is the food that kept us alive in famine. It is the hand that shielded us when wrath should have consumed us. Grace has been the proof of Yahweh’s patience, the expression of His mercy, and the doorway into the covenant Name. Without grace, we would not be here. With grace, we are alive, and in Yehoshua, we are saved. Grace proves Yahweh’s heart: merciful, patient, sustaining, and ever-drawing us into His truth. It is the most unmerited favor the world has ever known. Grace has kept us alive. And now that we are alive, the Name of Yehoshua brings us home.