What is the Lords real name?
May 24, 2019 10:04:59 #
The Unchanging Source
On the top of Horeb, the Mountain of God, Moses comes face-to-face with the Lord and dares to ask his name. God’s cryptic response is “I am who I am”. This is an odd response because it is not a name but more of a motto. In the original Hebrew, what God actually says is ehiyeh asher ehiyeh אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה. Right away you can hear the similarity between the sound of the word “I am” (ehiyeh) and the holiest name of the Lord יהוה (Yahweh). Both words have to do with being. But let’s dig a bit deeper.
Technically, this phrase means “I will be what I will be”. It is in the future, not the present tense. The message is that God’s nature is forever unchanging. He is stable and trustworthy, exactly as promised: “He is the same yesterday and today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8). Would you like to understand more about the real meaning of God's words? Enroll in our live online Biblical Hebrew course and discover the depth of the Bible.
On the top of Horeb, the Mountain of God, Moses comes face-to-face with the Lord and dares to ask his name. God’s cryptic response is “I am who I am”. This is an odd response because it is not a name but more of a motto. In the original Hebrew, what God actually says is ehiyeh asher ehiyeh אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה. Right away you can hear the similarity between the sound of the word “I am” (ehiyeh) and the holiest name of the Lord יהוה (Yahweh). Both words have to do with being. But let’s dig a bit deeper.
Technically, this phrase means “I will be what I will be”. It is in the future, not the present tense. The message is that God’s nature is forever unchanging. He is stable and trustworthy, exactly as promised: “He is the same yesterday and today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8). Would you like to understand more about the real meaning of God's words? Enroll in our live online Biblical Hebrew course and discover the depth of the Bible.
May 24, 2019 10:33:46 #
May 24, 2019 10:38:51 #
Canuckus Deploracus wrote:
Interesting post...
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At 76 and on Social Security I can't afford it but I do get there weekly newsletters like this one that i find interesting. So these I share with those on OPP if they are interested.
May 24, 2019 19:01:39 #
bahmer wrote:
At 76 and on Social Security I can't afford it but I do get there weekly newsletters like this one that i find interesting. So these I share with those on OPP if they are interested.
I quite enjoy them...
I always feel like I have learned something...
I must admit that you do a good job of processing the information... You have always answered my questions concerning your understandings of faith most excellently
Edit: Which led me to think that perhaps you had enrolled...
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