My hope is that this series will offer my readers a chance to consider the names, characteristics and descriptions of our God in the Word.
The remaining Names of God in this series might be considered descriptors, or characteristics of the Lord. We have reviewed the three primary Names of God, along with nineteen compound Names of God in our previous posts. At this point in our study, we will begin with “A God Merciful and Gracious”, the twenty-third Name of God on my list. As we venture through these descriptors of our God, I hope we will recognize all the many characteristics of our God that we tend to take for granted.
The Word is truly rich with descriptions of the Living God, and this effort of searching in the Word was quite illuminating. He truly is the ultimate subject of the Word, and His revelation of self-descriptions, or the accolades offered Him by His priests, prophets, kings apostles and faithful truly is a blessing.
May the Name of the Lord be praised, and by thinking on His name, may you have a blessed day.
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| ANOTHER PRIEST |
| Heb 7:15-16 This becomes even more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek, who has become a priest, not on the basis of a legal requirement concerning bodily descent, but by the power of an indestructible life. |
| Our last description, by those rejecting the call of God on their lives spoke of another King, a King that was a rightful king, a different type of King, ruling over not only His own specific Kingdom (sometimes called the church) but also claimed authority over all of creation, over all other kings. He is “another” King, One who was not of the same nature, form, class, or kind. He is different than what He was being compared to. The author of Hebrews uses the very same term here, speaking of another priest, a different Priest. Our Priest did not come from the Aaronic physical lineage. No no no. This is not the Priest we have come to know. Our Priest has been appointed High Priest, not through a blood line, but by shedding blood and being raised from the grave, as stated in Hebrews 5:5. Hebrews 5:5 So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him, “You are my Son, today I have begotten you”; No other priest was able to lay claim to this fact, and the path Jesus took to be appointed to this office was by being the sacrifice along with the One bringing the sacrifice. He is different, and as the Book of Hebrews clearly teaches in every comparison of Jesus with the Jewish culture, He is Better! How much better is this High Priest who lays His life down in order to represent us before the Father, to plead for us before the Father and to provide a new life for us to enter into. Thankyou for being a different kind of Priest, a High Priest who is not of the same ilk that got us nowhere, but that you have experienced our existence (Heb 4:15), provided an eternal sacrifice (Heb 9:25), and provided us all things necessary for living properly before our God. Praise your Name in all our doings this day |
I would love to hear of your favorite name, characteristic or description of the Living God. Please leave me a comment, and I will include it in the list!
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