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.
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| DESTROYING TEMPEST |
| Isaiah 28:2 Behold, the Lord has one who is mighty and strong; like a storm of hail, a destroying tempest, like a storm of mighty, overflowing waters, he casts down to the earth with his hand. |
| We have had a few storms in our city this year, mostly associated with hurricanes and derocho wind storms. Yes – derocho wind storms, which are very similar to hurricane storms, but create destruction in relatively straight swaths. Yes, even in the last few weeks, we have experienced tornados, not more than a few miles away. To see the destruction invisible wind can produce is shocking, every time I see it. I should be use to it by now, for we have lived near the coast of Texas for decades now. Nevertheless, the Lord has one who is a tempest, a storm, a hurricane, a derocho, a tornado, that is inevitably on a path of destruction. In the passage above, Isaiah speaks of the immediate situation the people of God will experience with the Babylonians coming down from the north, an army that will completely strip the land of life and destroy any memory of a peaceful society. Hundreds of years later, the Lord sent another Destroying Tempest to the land of Israel, and this Destroying Tempest spoke radical messages and performed miraculous acts, destroying the current society, tearing down the temple, decimating the priesthood and annihilating the sacrificial system the society was built on. The Messiah brought light and truth to the nation, to a nation that was set in stone, rigid in religion and unrelenting in it’s man made dogma. Within a generation, our Savior, as a Destroying Tempest removed the old system, and built a new body, a body of believers that spread amongst all of God’s creation, bringing light and love to all. Almost like the bright skies after a destroying storm, the church is meant to be the blessing God desires for His people. May we be the blessing after the storm. For we do not have the wisdom and positive intent or wisdom to create good out of destruction, for only the Lord God has that ability. Let us be content with being a blessing to those we meet along the way! |
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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