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God is an awesome and "Mighty God". He
reigns from Heaven above. The name of the only
begotten Son of God, Jesus, has authority and power.
As the praise songs relate to us, he reigns with wisdom,
power and love. His Word reveals his love for
us. Jesus is "the Word", and there
is truly something about his precious name.
There
are six Hebrew words or names for God. These words
are Elohim, Jehovah, El, Eloah, Elah and Tsur.
These words all mean Deity, Supreme Being, or Divine
One.
Elohim
shows forth the relation of God to mankind as the
Creator, and is in contrast with Jehovah, which indicates
Him in His covenant relationship with the whole
creation. Elohim is the plural of Eloah, or Gods.
Jehovah
means the Self-existant or Eternal One; Lord. This
is used with another name, Adonai, Lord. We see the
words used as Adonai-Jehovah, Lord God in Genesis, and in
other Old Testament Books.
El
means strength. El is the Strong and Mighty One; the
Almighty One; the most High God.
Eloah
is Deity, God, the Divine One and is used in many places
throughout the Old Testament. It is used 56 times in
Scripture.
Elah
or God, is found only in Ezra and in Daniel. There is also
the word "Tsur" which means Rock or
Refuge. This is found in Isaiah 44:8.
In
the New Testament, we see one main word for
"God" in Greek, which is Theos. This means
Deity; the Supreme God. This word is also used in
various combinations. An example is "Theopneustos",
which means "God breathed", and is used in 2
Tim. 3:16. All Scriptures were given by God by
inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
Kurios
is another Greek word used for God which is usually
translated Lord or Master. El-Elyon and El-Shaddai
are also other names used for our Lord.
"I
Am" is the name God used when speaking to Moses,
which is the Self-Existant or Eternal One, as shown.
Jesus
was God manifested in the flesh. He told His
disciples, "if you have seen me, you have seen the
Father". They are in complete unity
and all the fulness of the triune Godhead is in
Jesus. In the beginning was the Word, and this Word
was made flesh and dwelt among men. The name Jesus
in Greek is "Yehoshua", a form of the word
or name Joshua. It means Jehovah is salvation, or
Saviour. He is our light in
this dark world. We are also to be a light to others
by showing forth Jesus and God's plan of Salvation.
Matthew
1: 21 says "And she shall bring forth a son, and thou
shall call his name Jesus; for He shall save his people
from their sins".
The
name of Jesus is used 979 times in the New Testament as
the earthly name of God's Son. As God, He was not
called Jesus or Christ, but his name was called Yehoshua,
"God who is Salvation'' in Scriptures. Jesus is
our salvation. There is salvation in no other name
but the precious name of Jesus. He is Lord and God
of all.
Isaiah
9: 6 says: "For unto us a child is born, unto us a
son is given; and the government shall be upon his
shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful,
Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The
Prince of Peace. This prophesy was fulfilled with
the birth of our Savior. The governments of the
world shall be upon Him when he comes to rule and reign
eternally in power at the end of this age in a divine
theocracy restored to the earth.
There
are many descriptions and names of our Lord and Saviour,
the only begotten son of Jehovah God the Father through
the power of the Holy Spirit. He is a
God of Love. "For God so loved the world that
He gave his only begotten son; that whosoever believeth on
him, should no perish, but have everlasting life''.
John 3: 16. No man hath greater love than our Lord.
Jesus
is the sweet Rose of Sharon, the Bright and Morning Star,
our soon coming King. He is our Great Intercessor,
King of Kings and Lord of Lords; our High
Priest who is ever interceding for his children. He
is our healer, our provider and a friend who sticketh
closer than a brother. Words cannot adequately
describe all Jesus is to us. He is more than
wonderful.
There
have been many idols and false gods in the world, but only
one True and Faithful God and Lord of all.
Jehovah is our healer and our provider. He is called
Jehovah-Jihreh, Jehovah-Nissi, Jehovah-Saboath, and
Jehovah-Shalom in Scripture. He is our peace and
rest.
1
Corinthians 8, verses 6 and 7 shows us there is one God,
the Father of all, and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are
all things, and we by him.
Jesus
is truly Lord of all.
J.
P. Kelly--2000
"He Is Lord"
He
is Lord, He is Lord,
He
has risen from the dead
And He is Lord.
Every knee shall bow,
Every
tongue confess,
That Jesus Christ
Is
LORD.
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