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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| EVERLASTING ARMS |
| Deuteronomy 33:27 The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy before you and said, ‘Destroy.’ |
| In our last post we referred to the very same verse, and noted that Moses described Israel’s dwelling place, not as a patch of land, but as the Eternal God. We also noted that Moses did not use the typical word commonly used to describe eternal (“Olam”) in the Old Testament, but “qedem”, emphasizing Gods past existence, that God is from the beginning. Moses strengthens his message with our next description of God, describing God as Israel’s Everlasting Arms. Here is where Moses uses the commonly used Hebrew word translated as eternal, or everlasting, not specifically defining Gods past existence, but His existence not in relation to our time based understanding. For God to be called the Everlasting Arms brings many thoughts to mind. First off, He arm is under the believer, supporting us, carrying us. In this word picture, we don’t have a God who is looking down on us, pointing fingers, demanding results. We have a picture of a loving Father, ready to protect us as we learn to walk, ready to scoop us up if we fail. His arm provides redemption Exodus 6:6 ..and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm His arm provides protection Isaiah 52:10 The LORD has bared his holy arm His arm provides strength Psalm 136:12 with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, His arm provides salvation Isaiah 53:1 ..And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? The Arm of the Lord has been revealed in the person of Christ, most gloriously on the cross, suffering for my sin, for your sin. He is the Everlasting Arm, never to die again, always on the throne with might and power, protecting His people. |
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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