Rishown 'Acharone Names of God -Part 60 The First and the Last Better known from the Alpha and Omega passages at the beginning and end of the book of Revelation, the First and the Last as describing God has a history going back to the Old Teastament. Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel …
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Maqowr Chay Mayim Names of God part 58 The fountain of Living Water I have heard living water over spiritualised, especially in sermons about Jesus talking to the woman at the well in Samaria. The talk was on a spiritual topic, but Jesus was keeping it real and linking to real life issues. The woman …
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Kanna shamayim erets Names of God - part 57 Possessor of heaven and earth Although my Bible, the ESV, has the Hebrew of Genesis 14:19 as being "possessor of heaven and earth" I do not think that is clear enough from the context here. The context of heaven, or heavens as shamayim is plural, is …
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Hoseenu Names of God - part 55 Our maker 40 Blogs of Lent: 40 The same meaning in English as last week's blog on this, but it is not really the same thing at all. Eloah 'Ashah was about a God who created me, Hoseenu is about transformation. Like a potter takes a lump of …
Eloah Names of God - part 54 The true God 40 Blogs of Lent: 34 This name for God is God, that's it, just God in the singular and is the singular of the plural form Elohim. It is used for the gods of the surrounding nations when it includes the definite article, such as …
'Ehyer 'Aser 'Ehyer Names of God - Part 53 I AM WHO I AM 40 blogs of Lent: 28 God speaks to Moses from the burning bush: God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’" Exodus 3:14 …
'Attiq Yomin Names of God - part 52 The Ancient of Days 40 Blogs of Lent: 22 This is the only name in this series which is taken from the Aramaic language, rather than Hebrew, and also the only one from a apocalyptic book. Apocalyptic books differ from prophetic books in the Jewish tradition. Prophesy …
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Chokhmah Names of God - Part 51 Wisdom 40 Blogs of Lent: 16 God is wisdom. At this point. It becomes less personal and runs off in the direction of philosophy. What I am trying to do in these blogs is to talk about how God legates to us personally and how we can relate …
Ab Names of God - part 50 Father 40 Blogs of Lent: 10 Some Christians think that the concept of a Father God was introduced by Jesus, that God our Father has no history before that. But it would be a mistake to think that. Ab, the Hebrew name for father, and used to mean …
Adonai Names of God - part 49: Lord 40 Blogs of Lent: 4 Now we are into stand-alone names for God, without the prefix El or YHWH. The first of these is Adonai, which translates as Lord. No small capitals here this is not a representative of Gid's actual holy name, this word is one …
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