12-27-2009, 09:30 PM
The meaning of Ezekiel 18, and the meaning of "put the past aside, and move forward," is not that the person should take a new name. The meaning is that the person should repent and abandon his own past sinful ways that he learned from his parent(s). He should start leading a life of observing his commandments (the Noahide Code if one is a Gentile, and the Mosaic Code if one is a Jew), doing acts of goodness and kindness and following the path of righteousness in his everyday activities (in thought, speech and action).
But your legal name, as well as the name you normally go by, is a matter of your own choice.
But your legal name, as well as the name you normally go by, is a matter of your own choice.