Yahweh and Jesus – The Name of Yahweh-Sabaoth. “Holy, holy, holy is Yahweh-sabaoth. His glory fills the whole earth.” (Isaiah 6:1). Yahweh-sabaoth = LORD of Hosts; LORD of the Angel Armies; Commander of Heaven’s Armies; Leader of Angelic Warriors; a host of angelic forces massing together for battle at the command of the LORD. This name of God …
Yahweh and Jesus – The Name of Yahweh-Rohi. “Yahweh-rohi, LORD-my-shepherd, I shall not want. He maketh me….. (Psalm 23). The 23rd Psalm is the most beloved, most memorized, most familiar of all portions of Scripture. It has a calming, soothing, encouraging effect on all its readers. And who would have thought that the first line of this …
Yahweh and Jesus – The Name of Yahweh-Shalom. “Then Gideon perceived that he was the angel of Yahweh; and Gideon said, ‘Alas, O Yahweh Elohim! For now I have seen the angel of Yahweh face to face.’ But Yahweh said to Gideon, ‘Peace be to you; do not fear, you shall not die.’ Then Gideon built …
Yahweh and Jesus – The Name of Yahweh M’kaddesh. “So set yourselves apart for a holy life, because I am Yahweh your God. Keep all my decrees by putting them into practice, for I am Yahweh-M’kaddesh, the LORD-who-makes-you-holy.” (Leviticus 20:7-8). HOLY = to be set apart for special use; assigned to a godly purpose; sanctified; designated …
Yahweh and Jesus – The Name of Yahweh-Nissi. “Write this as a memorial in a book and recite it in the ears of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.’ And Moses built an altar and called the name of it, Yahweh-Nissi, the LORD-is-my-banner.” (Exodus 17:14-15). Yahweh-Nissi, a compound name meaning …
Yahweh and Jesus – The Name of Yahweh-Rophe. “If you will listen carefully to the voice of Yahweh your God and do what is right in his sight, obeying his commands and keeping all his decrees, then I will not make you suffer any of the diseases I sent on the Egyptians; for I am Yahweh …
Yahweh and Jesus – The Name of Yahweh-Jireh. “… and Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son Isaac. So Abraham called the …
Yahweh and Jesus – The Name of El Olam. “And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba; and there he called on the name of the Lord, El-Olam, the Everlasting God.” (Genesis 21:33). El-Olam is a powerful and mysterious name of God meaning God Everlasting. Our God is a God of timeless qualities, and eternal constancy of character …
Yahweh and Jesus – The Name of El Shaddai. “When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said to him, ‘I am El-Shaddai; walk before me and be blameless.’” (Genesis 17:1). El-Shaddai is a compound name. El is easy to figure out, but the meaning of Shaddai is uncertain. El simply means God, a …
Yahweh and Jesus – The Name of El Roi. The qualities of Jesus as seen in the gospels will be perfectly consistent with what we read of Yahweh in the Hebrew Bible. They are one and the same Persons. Their union is complete. Jesus is Yahweh with flesh on, Yahweh incarnate. One overlooked ability by God …
Yahweh and Jesus – The Name of El Elyon. “And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; now he was a priest of El-Elyon, God Most High. And he blessed Abram and said, ‘Blessed be Abram of El-Elyon, creator of heaven and earth; and blessed be El-Elyon, who has delivered your enemies into …
Yahweh and Jesus – The Name of Yahweh. “So Moses said to God, ‘Indeed, when I go to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I tell them?’ Then God said to Moses, “I AM the …