At the Name of Jesus

"Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the  earth" Philippians:2:9-10

 

 Names of God

 Throughout the pages of the Holy Bible there are found many names for the great God ,  each one speaks to us about who God is , for what he does is who he is.

In Genesis:1:1 God is introduced to us in the Hebrew in which the creation epic is written as Elohim, the Strong Creator. In Genesis:2:4 we see the name Yahweh, meaning roughly Lord, or the Eternal One some give the pronunciation to this name as Jehovah . Yahweh is often represented by the letters  YHWH called the Tetragrammaton , for in the Hebrew language vowels were not   inserted  in the words when written.

There are many names for the great God, the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit  found throughout the pages of the Holy Bible.

Some of the Names of God

Let's look at a a very short samplings of  exulted names of God, some of them are referred to as the compounded names , that is,  "what and who God is" , righteousness, provider,  peace,  attached with the name Yahweh.


Elohim-GOD (Genesis 1:1)
-The strong creator
Yahweh-LORD (Genesis 2:4)

• Yahweh Elohim (Genesis 2:4, 3:9-13, 21)
  - The LORD GOD

• Yahweh Elohe Abothekem (Joshua 18:3)
  - The LORD GOD of Your Fathers

• Yahweh El Elyon (Genesis 14:22)
  - The LORD, the Most High GOD

• Yahweh El Emeth (Psalms 31:5)
  - LORD GOD of Truth

• Yahweh El Gemuwal (Jeremiah 51:56)
  - The LORD GOD of Recompenses

• Yahweh Elohim Tsebaoth (Psalms 59:5, Isaiah 28:22)
  - LORD GOD of Hosts

• Yahweh Elohe Yeshuathi (Psalms 88:1)
  - LORD GOD of My Salvation

• Yahweh Elyon (Genesis 14:18-20)
  - The LORD Most High

• Yahweh Maginnenu (Psalms 89:18)
  - The LORD Our Defense

• Yahweh Goelekh (Isaiah 49:26&60:16)
  - The LORD Thy Redeemer

• Yahweh-Yireth (Genesis 22:14)
  - The LORD Shall Provide

• Yahweh Keren-Yishi (Psalms 18:2)
  - The LORD the Horn of My Salvation

• Yahweh Machsi (Psalms 91:9)
  The LORD My Refuge

• Yahweh Magen (Deuteronomy 33:29)
  - The LORD the Shield

• Yahweh Mauzzam (Psalms 37:39)
  - The LORD Their Strength

• Yahweh Mauzzi (Jeremiah 16:19)
  - The LORD My Fortress

• Yeahweh Mephalti (Psalms 18:2)
  - The LORD My Deliverer

• Yahweh Mekaddishkem (Exodus 31:13)
  - The LORD that Sanctifies You

• Yahweh Moshiekh (Isaiah 49:26&60:16)
  - The LORD Your Savior

• Yahweh Nissi (Exodus 17:15)
  - The LORD My Banner

• Yahweh Ori (Psalms 27:1)
  - The LORD My Light

• Yahweh Uzzi (Psalms 28:7)
  - The LORD My Strength

• Yahweh Rophe (Exodus 15:26)
  - The LORD (our) Healer

• Yahweh Roi (Psalms 23:1)
  - The LORD My Shepherd

• Yahweh Sali (Psalms 18:2)
  - The LORD My Rock

• Yahweh Shalom (Judges 6:24)
  - The LORD (our) Peace

• Yahweh Shammah (Ezekiel 48:35)
  The LORD Is There

• Yahweh Tsidkenu (Jeremiah 23:6)
  - The LORD Our Righteousness

• Yahweh Tsuri (Psalms 19:14)
  - O LORD My Strength

Each of these names tell us something about the Great God that he  wants us to know or understand about himself, that is who he is for us.  In the ancient world it was considered a privileged and source of great power to know a "god's" name, this is one of the reasons that Moses, upon the heights of Mount Sinai may have asked the Lord, in his manifestation in the burning bush to know his name.

 
"Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?”

God said to Moses, “I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am has sent me to you.’ ” Ex:3:13-14

The Incarnation

The Great God who's names we read of in the Bible,  the very one who revealed himself and  appeared to the Patriarchs, Prophets, of Israel has in his great  love for humanity  come and given us a  self disclose of himself in the Person of his Son Jesus Christ . 

Consider,  the God who is beyond all human comprehension , the creator of all things, the God who is above all and has no limitations has visited us through his Son Jesus Christ the second person of the Trinity in the Incarnation, that is,  God has taken on our very own humanity, he has become one of us giving us union with himself. 

We read of this incarnation in the Gospel of John. John's account begins in what we might call Eternity past , before all else was but for God.

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made."    "and the Word became flesh" John:1-3, 14

 Just a  note regarding the Gospel  of John's account, some who do not believe in the Triune nature of God , will often resort to this Scripture as evidence of their view; that God is not the Trinity, they cite that if the Holy Spirit were God this would be the place where He would be mentioned along side the Word or in Greek Logos, and God. 

They believe that this reflects only two with in the God-Head, but when they ask "where is the Holy Spirit if He is God, where is He?" what they miss is this,  it is the Holy Spirit who is speaking to us. The Holy Spirit  is the voice that speaks from the pages of the account of  Scripture, and what is the very first thing that the Holy Spirit, out of the depths of Eternity  speak to us about?  Jesus the Word of God becoming one of us in the incarnation. Jesus said that the Holy Spirit always speaks  about Jesus , this has in Eternity  past and  now is and eternally  will be. The Holy Spirit will always speak to us about Jesus.

 "When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father--the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father--he will testify about me" John:15:26

The Name of Jesus

 Through the incarnation the Great God not only assumes our humanity, but takes to himself a human name by which we may address him and know him to have a relationship with him, the name Jesus, which means Savior, or the one who saves. 

This reflects such  a humility that God would accept a human name to himself .  Jesus is a human name  and it is this human name of Jesus that God the Father has exalted above every name. 

This also speaks to us about the divine love and empathy and God's loving desire to and for us. It also shows us that he identifies with us in every way as he so desires us to identify with him. 
 

"Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth," Philippians:2:9-10

This name of Jesus is exalted even about all the names we find in the Old Testament for God; for in Jesus , all that these names spoke of regarding God is fulfilled in the Person of Jesus Christ. He is everything that these names reflect.


" For he himself is our peace" Eph:2:14

"It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God--that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption."1Corth:1:30


"our Lord Jesus Christ,"2Corth:8:9

"I am the good shepherd."John:10:11

 "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."John"14:6

  These are but a few of the names which are found in Jesus , that Jesus is for each and all of us, the name of Jesus supersedes and sums up in fulfillment  all the names which we find in the Old Testament for the Great God.

 It is understandable, and proper ,  that some Christians will look to those names and show them reverence and  honor , but above them through the declaration of the Holy Word of God is the name of Jesus , to which all will bow, even the angelic host in the highths  of Heaven bow at this human name of Jesus as the focus of all the honor and the worship that is due the one to whom it belongs.

 "that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, Philippians: 2:10

 Bowing before Jesus also shows the truth that Jesus is all that the names of God spoke of, it is acknowledging Jesus' exalted place as the Son of God, the only Savior of humanity and our acceptance  of this truth.    

In Jesus the Great God has taken on a human name in the Person of his Son Jesus,   by whom we can come to know him and all that he is for and toward us, This is why God has given Jesus, that name which  is above every name and at his exalted name  every knee will bow.......Amen



Rev. Todd Crouch, Pastor,   

The Fountain of Life Church a Congregation of Grace Communion
2101 Old National Pike.

Washington, Pennsylvania.   www.gcfountainoflife.org

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