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Introduction
We are still working through the compound names associated with God’s name, Jehovah.
Last week, we finished our study of His name, Jehovah Tsidkenu.
Can anyone tell me what that name means to us?
He is OUR Righteousness
Now, as you have your charts, you can fill in the next box with this name.
YHWH (Jehovah)-Shammah (The LORD is There!)
For this name, we will turn to one of the major prophets, Ezekiel.
So, take your Bibles and turn to Ezekiel 48:35
Ezekiel 48:35 (KJV 1900)
35 It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord is there.
You will note the word “there.”
In the Hebrew, that is the word “shammah.”
It literal means “there.”
Thus, Jehovah is there.
Now, for us to understand this name we must consider the context in which it is given.
Ezekiel, God’s prophet, served Jehovah during a unique period in Israel’s history.
At the time of his prophecy, all of Israel is suffering God’s judgement.
If you recall from our last study, Israel divided into two kingdoms after Solomon’s death.
The Northern Kingdom, ten tribes, sinned repeatedly against God.
God brought judgment upon them through the Assyrian Empire.
Later, the Southern Kingdom, Judah and Benjamin, suffered God’s judgment as well.
Their judgment came upon them through the Babylonian Empire.
Thus, at the time of Ezekiel’s prophecy, all of Israel is in bondage and not possessing the land of promise.
God uses Ezekiel as His messenger to those in captivity.
Ezekiel’s message was twofold.
First, God used Ezekiel to remind the Jews of their sins.
They were in captivity due to their continued disobedience.
Second, God also used Ezekiel to encourage them that God has not forgotten them and He would once again bless them.
So there were two sides to Ezekiel’s message.
There was reminder of their judgment and hope for their future.
As you read Ezekiel’s prophecy, you will find a number of strange visions.
There was his vision of a land without inhabitants, a city without citizens, a temple without priests, and a ritual without worshipers.
Additionally, God gave Ezekiel a glimpse of God’s glory.
In doing so, Ezekiel also recorded the fact that God’s glory had departed the Temple due to Israel’s devotion to idolatry and iniquity.
Ezekiel described God’s judgment upon Jerusalem.
All of this was the negative part of God’s message.
Yet, God also gave a very encouraging vision of future blessings.
For instance, God promised that He would set up a Prince, the second David, who would bring great blessings back to Israel.
All of this would happen after God judged God and Magog.
From that judgment, God would restore Jerusalem along with the Temple.
In fact, our text is part of that promise.
Note again Ezekiel 48:35
This is the last verse of the entire prophesy concerning the coming kingdom of Christ.
It ends with noting the dimensions of that great city.
However, the more important part of this verse is the name of the city.
It will be known as the city in which “The LORD (Jehovah) is there.”
It is interesting to note that if you take the chronology of prophesy, one of the last things God does for Israel is restore the nation, the city, and the temple.
Thus, it is fitting that the end of all things is the fact that there in that city and temple the LORD is there.
God Himself will dwell and sit upon the throne of David in the great millennial city of Jerusalem.
In fact, as you think consider Israel’s beginning, who was there?
When Israel walked out of Egypt and started their journey to the land of promise, who led the way?
Who was there when they set up the tabernacle?
Later, who was there when they built the first Temple?
God’s desire was always to dwell among His people.
One of the interesting things about the future Temple of the millennial kingdom is its construction and design.
Ezekiel’s prophecy tells us that there will be no veil, no table of shewbread, no lampstands, and no ark of covenant within the Temple.
Why is that?
It is in that new temple that Jehovah will dwell.
He will be there.
Thus, there is no need for any symbols to remind us of His presence or His promises.
In that moment, He will be there and all will have been fulfilled.
One of the things that made Israel uniquely different than all the Gentile nations of the Old Testament is the fact that God visibly demonstrated His presence among His people.
He did so to show that the gods of the Gentiles were indeed false gods.
From the time of Moses, God’s promised Presence was real and felt.
Now, remember our focus is on God’s name.
In this part of our study, we are focusing on his name as Jehovah.
He is the God of righteousness and truth.
As a righteous God, He cannot tolerate sin.
We see in the Old Testament how that God starts out dwelling with His people.
Unfortunately, Israel never fully grasped the truth of God’s righteousness.
Instead, they continued to look around at other nations and desired the false gods of those nations.
Repeatedly they sinned against Jehovah.
Eventually, their continued sin resulted in them losing the precious presence of Jehovah.
They became as a “city forsaken.”
Some Implications Drawn From His Name, Jehovah Shammah
Here is the first implication.
God’s Presence Exceeds the Boundaries of Earth
What is interesting about these verses is we God’s desire to dwell among His people!
Note in verse 13, He “desired” it.”
However, there is a wider significance or fuller meaning associated with His name, Jehovah-Shammah.
Yes, God desires to make His abode among His people, yet Scripture plainly teaches us that God is not limited to just area of existence.
He is omnipresent.
By omnipresence, we mean that God is everywhere present with His whole being at all times.
Even when He is glory was with Israel noting His presence among them, God was abiding in the Heavens at that same moment.
In fact, nobody can escape the presence of God.
Note that verse 8 indicates that God is unlimited by space - “If I ascend up into heaven, thou are there!”.
Verse 9 teaches that God is undaunted by speed - “If I take the wings of wings of morning.”
And, then, God is completely unaffected by darkness according to verses 11-12.
When it comes to understanding God’s omnipresence, it does not mean “that God’s being is diffused throughout the universe as if part of Him is here and part of Him there.”
[Ryrie, Charles C.. Basic Theology (p.
46).
Moody Publishers.
Kindle Edition.]
It also does not mean “that the immediacy of His presence does not vary.
It does.”
[Ryrie, Charles C.. Basic Theology (p.
46).
Moody Publishers.
Kindle Edition.]
Scripture reveals that God’s level of intervening or mediating in the affairs of men differs according to context.
For example, we see His entire presence upon the throne in Revelation 4:2
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