Expectations - Part 8
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He Lives Up to His Name: Elohim
He Lives Up to His Name: Elohim
“Like other Hebrew proper names,
“...the name of God is more than a mere distinguishing title. It represents the Hebrew conception of the divine nature or character and of the relation of God to His people. It represents the Deity as He is known to His worshipers, and stands for all those attributes which He bears in relation to them and which are revealed to them through His activity on their behalf.” - Jewish Encyclopedia
[Throughout Scripture, we see that] A new manifestation of His interest or care may give rise to a new name. So, also, an old name may acquire new content and significance through new and varied experience of these sacred relations.
“It can readily be understood, therefore, how the divine name is often spoken of as equivalent to the divine presence or power or glory.”
(From - NAMES OF GOD - JewishEncyclopedia.com https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/11305-names-)
We have been looking at the Jehovah names of God in recent weeks.
Compound Names of God:
Jehovah:
Jehovah Jireh (The Lord Who Provides)
Jehovah Nissi (The Lord My Banner)
Jehovah Rapha (The Lord That Heals)
Jehovah Shalom (The Lord Is Peace)
Jehovah-Raah (The Lord My Shepherd)
Jehovah Shammah (The Lord Is There) - Next Week
Jehovah Tsidkenu (The Lord Our Righteousness) Two Weeks
Jehovah Mekoddishkem (The Lord Who Sanctifies You)
Jehovah Sabaoth (The Lord of Hosts)
Today we are going to look at the Elohim names of God.
Three names of God:
1.Elohim – God
2.Adonai – Lord, Master
3.Jehovah – Lord
What Does Elohim Mean?
What Does Elohim Mean?
The term "Elohim" means “supreme one” or “mighty one.”
(https://www.biblestudytools.com/bible-study/topical-studies/elohim-supreme-one-mighty-one.html)
Elohim is the first name used for God in the Bible:
1 In the beginning God [Elohim} created the heavens and the earth.
Elohim is the plural for of El and Eloah, which are also used occasionally in OT Scripture. Some scholars believe that “El” is just a shortened form as is used in compound names. Some OT prophets had this shortened form in their name:
Elijah (“El is Yahweh”) and Samuel (“Heard by El”) are two examples.
(https://www.biblestudytools.com/bible-study/topical-studies/elohim-supreme-one-mighty-one.html)
It is noteworthy to understand that while Elohim is plural, it is used with a singular form of a verb or adjective.
From the very first verse of the Bible, God was showing us His divine makeup of three in one - the Trinity. One God, but three divine manifestations, personalities and roles.
Compound Names of Elohim:
El Shaddai(Lord God Almighty)
El Elyon (The Most High God)
El Olam (The Everlasting God)
El Roi (The God Who Sees Me)
EL SHADDAI [el-shah-dahy]: “God Almighty,” “The Mighty One of Jacob” (Genesis 17:1; Exodus 6:3; Ruth 1:20) – speaks to God’s ultimate power over all.
1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.
3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name Lord I was not known to them.
EL ELYON [el-el-yohn]: “Most High" (Genesis 14:18–22; Deuteronomy 32:8; Psalm 7:17; 57:2; 97:9) – derived from the Hebrew root for “go up” or “ascend,” so the implication is of that which is the very highest. El Elyon denotes exaltation and speaks of absolute right to lordship.
18 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High.
19 And he blessed him and said: “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth;
20 And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” And he gave him a tithe of all.
21 Now the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the persons, and take the goods for yourself.”
22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the Lord, God Most High, the Possessor of heaven and earth,
17 I will praise the Lord according to His righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.
2 I will cry out to God Most High, To God who performs all things for me.
9 For You, Lord, are most high above all the earth; You are exalted far above all gods.
EL-OLAM [el-oh-lahm]: "Everlasting God" (Psalm 90:1-3) – God’s nature is without beginning or end, free from all constraints of time, and He contains within Himself the very cause of time itself. “From everlasting to everlasting you are God” (Psalm 90:2).
1 Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever You had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
3 You turn man to destruction, And say, “Return, O children of men.”
EL ROI [el-roh-ee]: "God of Seeing" (Genesis 16:13) – the name ascribed to God by Hagar, alone and desperate in the wilderness after being driven out by Sarah (Genesis 16:1–14). When Hagar met the Angel of the Lord, she realized she had seen God Himself in a theophany. She also realized that El Roi saw her in her distress and testified that He is a God who lives and sees all.
1 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. And she had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar.
2 So Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the Lord has restrained me from bearing children. Please, go in to my maid; perhaps I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram heeded the voice of Sarai.
3 Then Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan.
4 So he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became despised in her eyes.
5 Then Sarai said to Abram, “My wrong be upon you! I gave my maid into your embrace; and when she saw that she had conceived, I became despised in her eyes. The Lord judge between you and me.”
6 So Abram said to Sarai, “Indeed your maid is in your hand; do to her as you please.” And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from her presence.
7 Now the Angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.
8 And He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s maid, where have you come from, and where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.”
9 The Angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hand.”
10 Then the Angel of the Lord said to her, “I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude.”
11 And the Angel of the Lord said to her: “Behold, you are with child, And you shall bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, Because the Lord has heard your affliction.
12 He shall be a wild man; His hand shall be against every man, And every man’s hand against him. And he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.”
13 Then she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, You-Are-the-God-Who-Sees; for she said, “Have I also here seen Him who sees me?”
14 Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi; observe, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
Hagar’s trouble was not of her own making.
EL-GIBHOR [el-ghee-bohr]: “Mighty God” (Isaiah 9:6) – the name describing the Messiah, Christ Jesus, in this prophetic portion of Isaiah. As a powerful and mighty warrior, the Messiah, the Mighty God, will accomplish the destruction of God’s enemies and rule with a rod of iron (Revelation 19:15).
6 For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
15 Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
