This week, we reach the halfway point in the Names of God series. Until now, we’ve focused on the names of the First Person of the Trinity. Next week, we’ll move into the New Testament and focus on the Son. This week, we honor the Father. As we cross from the Old Testament to the…
Yahweh Shammah, The Lord is There, is this week’s name. Technically, it’s not one of the names of God. It’s the name of Jerusalem during the Millennium, the 1,000 year reign of Jesus on Earth. Oh, it’s going to be glorious! But the good news is, we don’t have to wait for the Millennium to…
What a great name we have this week. We see Yahweh Shammah, The Lord is There, in Ezekiel. To set the stage: Ezekiel was taken to Babylon along with the other captives deported from Jerusalem to Babylon in 597 BC. He was 25 years old – the age when Levitical priests could begin serving in…
This week’s name is El Elyon, the God Most High. It has so much significance. We discussed how King Nebuchadnezzar came to acknowledge him as El Elyon, the Most High, one true god raised above all the false ones. But what else can we learn? Elyon provides shelter. The name makes me think of standing…
What’s the featured image, you ask? And what does it have to do with the God Most High? Why, it’s the Ishtar Gate, of course, built by King Nebuchadnezzar who acknowledged El Elyon. Do I expect you to believe King Nebuchadnezzar drove a beat-up Cadillac? No. The site of ancient Babylon has been turned into…