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 NAME |
| Isaiah 63:12 who caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to make for himself an everlasting name, |
| Isaiah again speaks of God with the term “everlasting” and in our verse this morning, he speaks of the everlasting name as the goal of God’s actions in this world. But let us consider what it means to have a “name”. Is it simply the combination of verbal noises that string together a complex (or simple) sound to identify a person. When someone lets the term “Carl” slip from their mouth, I identify with that noise. Is that all Isaiah speaks of? Simply a method of identifying a person? I think not. Isaiah reaches back in the history of Israel, and reminds the nation of God’s deliverance from Egypt, focusing on the crisis God resolved when there was no hope, for the Red Sea was in front of them and the Egyptian army was behind them, and there was no escape. Although the nation had experienced 10 previous plagues, or at least had witnessed them, for they were saved through them, let’s remember that they were passive in those plagues. They watched as God provided judgement on their captives. In this deliverance, the nation was not passive, but had to venture out between walls of water, moving forward based on the message Moses provided them. They walked through their deliverance, and saw the enemy consumed by the very walls that were held back by the power of God. Exodus 14:29-31 But the people of Israel walked on dry ground through the sea, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. Thus the Lord saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. Israel saw the great power that the Lord used against the Egyptians, so the people feared the Lord, and they believed in the Lord and in his servant Moses. The people obeyed the word of Moses, walked a path through death, and experienced in a deeper way, the salvation of God than they had in Egypt. His name was elevated in the Israelite’s lives, not simply by observation but by experience. This lone act became a central story for the nation, a time referred to when times were tough, when the way of God seemed impossible. The nation could look back, and in the looking back at God’s salvation on the shore of the Red Sea, associated His name with the deliverance! His reputation had been established for the nation in this deliverance. His name had become renown, and His identity was that of a saving God. From that point on, (though He is always a saving God) the Israelites had a miracle that was a basis for His reputation. Of course since then, the Lord has provided many more works that have established His name and brought renown to His person. His everlasting name has only increased in stature, in fame and glory. For the Everlasting Name of God is now associated with the Lord Jesus, His person and His works, and the story we have now is of His death and resurrection, of His reigning in the heavens and over His creation. He is the Everlasting Name! |
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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