He whose name is that Salvation came saying first what is translated "Repent" and it is severely misused today. That word in His native tongue was ShUB related to SheBU -a captivating gemstone occurring amid pyroclastic rock called chalcedony- the word means RECONSIDER be turningabout orbiting, not NeKhaM which is 'retreating/ retracting /recanting'. Both of these words are rendered the same in the New Testament Greek as 'metanaeo' "change of mind" but Hebrew well differentiates these apparent in their context. A good look at Luke 13:3,5 "Not I say to you, but except you be-reconsidering, all likewise destroying-yourselves are" (equiv. transl.). Again 2 chapters away in 15:7,10 is another use of the word 'reconsideration.' It is the renewing of the mind which is salvation, and the sharing of this process called confession being its conveyance, an action taking place rather than a one-time-event. In this understanding we are 'being saved' in 'salvation' and 'shall-be saved' who are 'to-be saved' rather than 'have been' or 'was'. It is in redeeming the time living worthily that this happens.

The oldest word translated 'GOD' is the EL -an ancient ligature phase of early archaic "Hebrew" icon glyph found pecked and scratched in heavily patinated and wind eroded petroglyphs. It is the word "To/Toward" an Intention as 'meant to be' or 'inevitable' and always occurs directing movement or obstructing it, that being the glottal-stop pronunciation of an 'Aleph' -being bumped or interrupted- that's how we start reconsidering (the word ShuB “repent”).