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. 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.
| 99 |
| DESIRE OF THE RIGHTEOUS |
| Proverbs 11:23 The desire of the righteous ends only in good, the expectation of the wicked in wrath. |
| Right off the top, when we read this passage, we see a stark contrast between the righteous and the wicked. Additionally, I assumed that the term “expectation” would have negative associations throughout the Old Testament. This is not a correct understanding. I couldn’t replace expectation in this verse with dread, or fear, as I assumed by my cursory reading. The term תִּקְוָה tiqvâh, translated as expectation is often translated as hope, of things hoped for, even a ground of hope. What is surprising is that this term is used in the story of Rahab, and refers to the scarlet cord (tiqvâh) that she was to tie to the window, indicating her home and hope of deliverance. See Joshua 2:18 and Joshua 2:21 This is so very surprising to me. I fully expected the “expectation” of the wicked to be associated with doom and gloom, with wrath and destruction. So what is going on with this verse, and how does this relate to our topic of God’s Name? Is this term used out of it’s natural, or normal manner? Possibly. It is beyond me to be certain, but one option that intrigues me is that the verse does not refer to who the wrath is inflicted upon. Might it be, that the expectation of the wicked, the hope of the wicked is that wrath falls on someone else? Is that what this verse may be teaching? Am I twisting the passage’s meaning? Hopefully not, but let us put the first phrase, containing the “desire of the righteous” to the same interpretation. Might the desire of the righteous seek for good to fall on someone else? Surely as believers, we are taught the the Lord seeks the best for mankind, seeking their salvation, security, and safety. His nature is to love, to protect, to call together and to comfort. The Desire of the Righteous – His name is also Jesus Christ, and He seeks the best for all, especially those who seek Him. |
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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Human history is the history of VIOLENCE.
The Greeks, inventors of democracy, and the Romans, inventors of Roman law, submit conquered peoples SLAVES.
Democracy, communism, dictatorships are ELITIST systems presented as a COMMON project, but subject to CORRUPTION, enslavement, and death of the people subjected, as history has demonstrated. imo
CHRISTIAN doctrine, on the other hand, aims to resolve the issue of human corruption with ethical and moral elevation to promote the elevation of the SPIRIT/SOUL, and, therefore, appease ambitions.
“These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”
John 16:33
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