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Introduction
So far, we have considered two important names of God.
The first was “Elohim.”
The name “Elohim” strongly emphasized that God is a “covenant God.”
Each promise He has made is fulfilled.
Thus, we are assured that His promises will also come to fruition.
It is the reason why we can rely upon Him.
The second was “El.”
This name is based upon His name “Elohim.”
However, the emphasis of “El” is always upon God’s power.
He is the “strong one.”
From this name, we learned that we must rely upon His strength in all areas of our life, especially during times of weakness.
Now, we move to one of God’s most compelling and precious names.
It is “El Shaddai.”
However, we must lay out a little background first.
Turn to Genesis 17.
In Genesis 17, God speaks directly to Abram.
Much has already transpired between God and Abram.
You may recall how God, in Genesis 12, called Abram to leave his country and fellow countrymen to follow Him to “a land that I (LORD - Yahweh) will shew thee.”
God promised to make Abram a great nation.
Through Abram and his seed, God foretold how He would bless “all families of the earth.”
Abram heeded God’s call.
He packed up his household, and he and his family set out on a journey to a place he did not know based solely on his willingness to follow God.
Several things happen on this journey before we get to the events of
One such event happened in Egypt.
Shortly after leaving Ur, a great famine struck.
To find food and keep his family alive, Abram went to Egypt.
While there, he feared the Egyptians would kill him so they might have Sarai, Abram’s wife.
He then instructed Sarai to deceive them by lying to Abram about who she actually was.
Eventually, his deception was uncovered, and he was forced to leave Egypt.
Another major event that happened before Genesis 12 was the separation of Abram and his nephew, Lot.
Abram and Lot were close.
It would seem that Abram raised Lot as if he were his own son.
God blessed both Abram and Lot.
Their herds of cattle and sheep became so great that they were forced to separate and go their own ways.
Because of selfish desires, Lot ended up captive to an allegiance of tribal kings who were at war with another group of allied kings.
God uses Abram and his men to rescue Lot.
At the end of this event, God revealed another of His names to Abram through a priest named Melchizedek.
Then, in chapter 15 and after the encounter with Melchizedek, God reaffirms His promise to Abram with a covenant.
However, there was one problem.
Abram was not getting any younger.
How could he be the father of a great nation if he had no son?
Ask the following question for discussion:
Remember, for Abram, days quickly turned into months and years without seeing God fulfill His promise.
What would you do if you were in Abram’s place and knew and fully believed God’s promise yet had seen no evidence of fulfilling that promise?
How do you think you would respond?
Is our response to God and His promises any different than Abram’s?
Remember that God promised He, God, would make him a great nation.
Thus, it would reason that God had a plan.
Unfortunately, both Abram and Sarai believed they could make it happen on their own terms, not God’s.
So, they devised a method in which Sarai’s handmaid conceived a child by Abram.
A plan which was not God’s plan.
All of which are recorded in Genesis 16.
When we come to Genesis 17, Abram is now 99 years old and made a lot of mistakes.
Up to this moment, Abram is trying to make God’s promise come true through his energy and strength.
It is in this context that God says to Abram:
The LORD (Yahweh) God (Elohim), who is God (El - the strong one), reveals to Abram that He is the Almighty God - “El Shaddai.”
Ask the following:
Knowing what we have learned so far concerning the names of God, what does God’s statement “I am the Almighty God” truly signify?
He is the covenant God incapable of breaking His promises.
He is all-powerful, fully capable of fulfilling His promises as He sees fit.
This is the One who stands before you, so be obedient and spiritually mature, accepting that I will fulfill all I have promised.
The Meaning of El Shaddai
As you already know,
The title “El” means the Strong One and speaks to God’s might and power.
In fact, we spent a considerable amount of time on that particular title.
The word “Shaddai” has a different connotation.
It is often described as power or as seen in Scripture as “almighty.”
Yet, at the heart of the word is not an emphasis on strength or violent force; instead, the focus is on God’s bounty or abundance.
The word’s literal meaning speaks of a woman’s ability to feed her baby.
I don’t want to be too graphic here this evening.
But, the word “Shad” from which the word “Shaddai” means “breast.”
“Shaddai” portrays the picture of a mother providing milk for her child.
God, as “Shaddai”, is the bestower of blessings both temporal and spiritual.
Eventually, “Shaddai” meant “to sweep away or make desolate.”
It is a thought connected with the idea that those who misuse God’s blessings and gifts lead to God’s judgment.
The best way to understand this last connotation is this.
Let’s use rain as an illustration.
During times of drought, we see rain as a blessing.
And, during times of drought, as the rain the falls, the earth soaks in it.
However, there are times when the rain can be a curse.
It can come in great torrents, overwhelming streams, and rivers, causing much ruin and destruction.
In much the same way, God pours out His blessings to those who, with willing hearts, accept Him and commit themselves to Him.
Yet, in the same way, God also pours out His judgment upon those who refuse to obey Him.
In both instances,
He is almighty in pouring out His blessings and His judgment.
We will return to those thoughts in just a few minutes.
The term “El-Shaddai” or the Almighty God occurs 8 times in the Old Testament.
The word “Shaddai,” meaning “almighty,” is found 31 times alone in the book of Job.
Outside of Job, it is found 9 times in other parts of the Old Testament.
Its equivalent is found 10 times in the New Testament.
They include such terms as -
Lord Almighty
2 Corinthians 6:18 (KJV 1900)
18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
The Almighty
Revelation 1:8 (KJV 1900)
8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Lord God Almighty
Revelation 4:8 (KJV 1900)
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