We’re looking at Yahweh Tsur, The Lord is My Rock, this week. A whole host of images and references have been tumbling around in my brain. Tsur means cliff, boulder, big rock – a place of shelter, refuge. But what other rock or stone references do we see in the Bible? Today we’re looking at…
The name Yahweh Tsur, The Lord is My Rock, is first used in Psalm 144. Thank Yahweh, my Tsur, who trained my hands to fight and my fingers to do battle. Psalm 144:1, Names of God version David knows he can rely on Yahweh, his Rock In the Bible we find lots of words translated…
Elisha answered, “Don’t be afraid. We have more forces on our side than they have on theirs.” 2 Kings 6:16 The name this week is Yahweh Tsebeaoth, the Lord of Hosts. Does Martin Luther’s hymn come to mind? You ask who that may be? Christ Jesus, it is he; Lord Sabaoth his name, from age…
David told the Philistine, “You come to me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Yahweh Tsebaoth, the Elohim of the army of Israel, whom you have insulted. -1 Samuel 17:45, Names of God version Man, I love this passage. Who doesn’t? The Lord of Hosts uses a…
For thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream-Isaiah 66:12a Peace like a river. Is this what you think of? Puffy clouds, gentle breezes, birds singing? The night before Jesus died, he told his disciples this: Peace I leave with…