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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| FIRSTBORN |
| Hebrews 1:6 And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all God’s angels worship him.” |
| We start another mini series with our Names of God series, focusing in on the term Firstborn. To be firstborn in ancient Israel was to be of an elevated status. To be firstborn was to be associated with 1. the best of the offspring 2. the strength of the family 3. Israel 4. the object of death 5. the consecrated one 6. the redeemed one 7. the object of rest 8. the celebratory sustenance 9. the double portion offspring There may be even more associations of the “first born” with special status, privilege or responsibility through the Word, but the previous list is sufficient for the topic. Kindly notice that the list is providing only a foundation for our understanding of Firstborn, for it makes reference only to the topic in the Old Testament. Our first reference to this term is found in Luke 2:7 Luke 2:7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. Our Firstborn was born in poverty, fulfilled each of the typologies above, and has become even greater than the Old Testament sought to teach us. He is the Messiah, the One who is God’s FirstBorn. In the following posts on looking at the term Firstborn, the Word will provide us detailed and specific ways our understanding of Firstborn will be expanded. Hope you can join me. |
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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