The Honorable Names of God

When we started this study into the names of God  we began with the name that God called Himself.  Moses is told that he is to say that "I AM" sent him to rescue his people out of captivity. Yahweh is that name.

After the fall of man came a separation that necessitated God to reveal Himself progressively to man all over again. Before the fall, Adam and Eve had a full revelation of God to the point where they met and talked together in the "cool of the day". With man's rebellion, not only were they banished from the Garden, their sin caused separation from a righteous God. Through the centuries that followed man rediscovered who God is by observing His actions toward man. As a result more names of God evolved that are basically adjectives of God and thus are attached to His name.

Jahweh-jireh - This name is translated as "The-LORD-Will-Provide," commemorating the provision of the ram in place of Isaac for Abraham's sacrifice. God is our provider.
Gen 22:14
So Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. And to this day it is said, "On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided."
Jahweh-nissi - This name means "The-LORD-Is-My-Banner," in honor of God's defeat of the Amalekites .
Ex 17:15
Moses built an altar and called it The LORD is my Banner.
Jahweh-shalom - This phrase means "The-LORD-Is-Peace," the name Gideon gave the altar which he built in Ophrah.
Judg 6:24
So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Jahweh-shammah - This phrase expresses the truth that "The-LORD-Is-There," referring to the city which the prophet Ezekiel saw in his vision.
Ezek 48:35
"And the name of the city from that time on will be: THE LORD IS THERE."
Jahweh-tsebaoth - This name, translated "The-LORD- of-Hosts"  was used in the days of David and the prophets, witnessing to God the Savior who is surrounded by His hosts of heavenly power. Although translated "Almighty" in the NIV, the Hebrew word is more accurately "hosts" in the KJV.
tsaba' (tsaw-baw'); or (feminine) tseba'ah (tseb-aw-aw'); from OT:6633; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship):
(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003 Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
1 Sam 1:3
And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there. (KJV)
Jahweh Elohe Israel - This name means "LORD-God-of-Israel," and it appears in Isaiah, Jeremiah, and the Psalms.
1 Kings 8:25-26
"Now LORD, God of Israel , keep for your servant David my father the promises you made to him when you said, 'You shall never fail to have a man to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your sons are careful in all they do to walk before me as you have done.' 26 And now, O God of Israel, let your word that you promised your servant David my father come true.
2 Chron 6:14-15
"O LORD, God of Israel , there is no God like you in heaven or on earth — you who keep your covenant of love with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way.
Ezra 9:15
O LORD, God of Israel , you are righteous!
Ps 41:13
3 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
Isa 24:15
Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
Other names similar to this are Netsah Israel, "The Glory of Israel"
1 Sam 15:29
He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie or change his mind; for he is not a man, that he should change his mind."
and Abir Yisrael "The Mighty One of Israel".
Isa 1:24
Therefore the Lord, the LORD Almighty, the Mighty One of Israel, declares:
All these names bring honor to His Name and are but a few of the many names of God. The writers of the Old Testament knew whom they worshipped and so came up with names descriptive of who He was and what He meant to them. We would do well to do the same.

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