Names of God

“Then Gideon built an altar there to the LORD and called it, The LORD Is Peace.” (Judg. 6:24 ESV)

God has many names and titles in the Bible. Each one tells us something important about Him—His character and how He relates to us. And how we must relate to Him. Here is another one of His many Names, which is Jehovah Shalom.

Jehovah Shalom - Peace

Jehovah Shalom means The Lord Is Peace, Yahweh Is Peace, or The Lord Send Peace.

About Jehovah Shalom

·      He blesses His people with peace: “The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace.” (Psalm 29:11 NIV)

·      He speaks peace to His faithful people: “I listen carefully to what God the LORD is saying, for he speaks peace to his faithful people. But let them not return to their foolish ways.” (Psalm 85:8 NLT)

·      He will keep you in perfect peace: “You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! Trust in the LORD always, for the LORD God is the eternal Rock.” (Isa. 26:3-4 NLT)

·      He will establishes peace for us: “O LORD, You will establish peace for us. For all that we have accomplished, You have done for us.” (Isa. 26:12 BSB)

Jesus is the Prince of Peace

“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” (Isa. 9:6)

Jesus said

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid" (John 14:27)

“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33)

Therefore

“Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.” (Psalm 34:14 ESV)

“May the LORD give strength to his people! May the LORD bless his people with peace!” (Psalm 29:11 ESV)

Names of God

“And Moses built an altar and named it ‘The LORD is my Banner.”  (Exo. 17:15)

God has many names and titles in the Bible. Each one tells us something important about Him—His character and how He relates to us. And how we must relate to Him. Here is another one of His many Names, which is Jehovah Nissi.

Jehovah Nissi – My Banner

The name Jehovah Nissi appears only once in the Bible. Israel faced the Amalekites in battle at Rephidim as an inexperienced army wandering in the desert after leaving their bondage in Egypt. Along the way, they were attacked by the Amalekites, a powerful and warlike group of nomads. As the battle commenced, Moses stood on the top of a hill where he could see the armies below him. He held in his hand the “rod of God”—the same rod with which he had struck a rock to bring forth water for the people in the desert (Exo. 17:5-6).

The battle was unusual

“As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning” (Exo. 17:11). As Moses’ arms grew weary, they had to be supported by his brother, Aaron, and a man named Hur. At sunset, Israel defeated the Amalekites (verses 12–13). After the battle, Moses built an altar and named it Jehovah Nissi, “the Lord is my banner.”

Therefore

You have set up a banner for those who fear you, that they may flee to it from the bow. (Psalm 60:4)

“May we shout for joy over your salvation, and in the name of our God set up our banners! May the Lord fulfill all your petitions! (Psalm 20:5)

“He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.” (SOS 2:4 ESV)

Names of God

“If you diligently heed the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statues, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you. (Exo.15:26 NKJV)

God has many names and titles in the Bible. Each one tells us something important about Him—His character and how He relates to us. And how we must relate to Him. Here is another one of His many Names, which is Rapha - Heals.

Yahweh Rapha – the Lord who heals

Shortly after his people left Egypt for the Promised Land, God revealed himself as Yahweh Raphe, “the LORD who heals.” The Hebrew word rapha means heal, cure, restore, or make whole.

We first discover the name of Jehovah Rapha in Exo.15:26. Prior to this verse, we see instances of “rapha,” even in regards to something God can do for people (Gen. 20:17), but this is the first instance in which God reveals Healer as part of his identity. Scripture also uses the name Jehovah Rapha in verses such as Jer. 30:17, Isa. 30:26, Isa. 61:1, and Psalm 103:3.

Jesus heals

The New Testament reveals Jesus as the Great Physician, the healer of body and soul, whose miracles point to the kingdom of God.

Therefore

“He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.” (1 Peter 2:24

Names of God

“And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.” (Gen. 22:14 KJV)

God has many names and titles in the Bible. Each one tells us something important about Him—His character and how He relates to us. And how we must relate to Him. Here is another one of His many Names, which is Jehovah Jireh.

Jehovah Jireh – The Lord Will Provide

The name “Jehovah Jireh” is seen in Genesis 22 when God provides a ram in the thicket in place of the sacrifice of his son.

“Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, ‘Father?’ ‘Yes, my son?’ Abraham replied. ‘The fire and wood are here,’ Isaac said, ‘but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?’Abraham answered, ‘God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.’ And the two of them went on together.” (Gen. 22:7-8)

When they reached the spot God had designated, “Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order: and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.” (Gen. 22:9-10).

At that point, God calls out for him to stop because Abraham has passed the test. Abraham sees a ram caught in a thicket nearby and offers it for a burnt offering instead of his son (Gen. 11-13). 

“And Abraham called the name of the place, The-Lord-Will-Provide” (Gen. 22:14) or “Jehovahjireh” (KJV).

He provides for our needs

Jehovah Jireh thus becomes one of the names for God in the Old Testament—one that emphasizes how He provides for our needs. The Hebrew word, jireh, means not only “to provide;” it also means “to perceive,” “to experience.” Our Lord is the “God Who Provides,” because He is also the “God Who Perceives” our needs—the “God Who Experiences” what we are experiencing and who can therefore provide exactly what we need.

Salvation is our greatest need

Our greatest need, as humans, is for salvation—forgiveness of our sins and eternal life. The story of Abraham offering Isaac in Genesis 22 is more than just a dramatic illustration of faith and obedience. It is a preview of the salvation God has provided us in the great sacrifice of His Son on the cross.

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).

Therefore

“He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?” (Rom. 8:34 NIV)

Names of God

“Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!” (2 Cor. 9:15 NIV)

God has many names and titles in the Bible. Each one tells us something important about Him—His character and how He relates to us. And how we must relate to Him. Here is another one of His many Names, which is Indescribable Gift.

Indescribable Gift

The above title for Jesus is made up of two words, Indescribable and Gift.

·      Indescribable, as used in the above passage, is defined as inexpressible (beyond words); indescribable (inexplicable), impossible to estimate.

·      Gift, in the New Testament, has many meanings. A gift was given by the priest as an offering to God (Heb 5:1). The magi presented gifts to the infant Jesus (Matt 2:11). God's righteousness is a gift (Rom 5:17); God gave the gift of redemption to humankind (Eph 2:8). Those who have tasted the heavenly gift have been enlightened (Heb 6:4 ). And Paul is a servant of the gospel by the gift of God’s grace (Eph 3:7 ).

Jesus is the gift of God

Before salvation, we were slaves to sin and destined for death. But through faith in Jesus Christ, we received the gift of God, which is the salvation of souls unto eternal life: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him” (John 3:16–17).

Therefore

“The LORD is great, and to be praised highly, though his greatness is indescribable.” (Psalm 145:3)

Names of God

“All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us.’” (Isa. 7:14 NLT)

God has many names and titles in the Bible. Each one tells us something important about Him—His character and how He relates to us. And how we must relate to Him. Here is another one of His many Names, which is Emmanuel.

Emmanuel - God with us

The word Emmanuel is a Hebrew name which means, “God with us.” Sometimes you will also see it translated to Immanuel. Both are the same word, just different ways of spelling. Emmanuel appears twice in the Old Testament (Isa. 7:14, 8:8) and once in the New Testament (Matt. 1:23).

“Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.” (Matt. 1:23)

“He will pass through Judah, He will overflow and pass over, He will reach up to the neck; And the stretching out of his wings Will fill the breadth of Your land, O Immanuel.” (Isa. 8:8 NKJV)

Therefore

The concept of “God with us” embodies all of the promises God made to Israel and to everyone who will put their trust in Him.

“And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.’” (Rev. 21:3)

Names of God

“Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.” (John 8:58 ESV)

God has many names and titles in the Bible. Each one tells us something important about Him—His character and how He relates to us. And how we must relate to Him. Here is another one of His many Names, which is I Am.

I Am — throughout all generations

“Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.” (Exo. 3:13–15)

Jesus said, “I am He”

“That is why I told you that you would die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.” (John 8:24)

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (John 1:1)

Names of God

“…Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.” (Acts 4:27b)

God has many names and titles in the Bible. Each one tells us something important about Him—His character and how He relates to us. And how we must relate to Him. Here is another one of His many Names, which is Holy Servant.

Holy Servant – Jesus

Jesus was prophesied to be the Servant of the Lord (Zech. 3:8; Isa. 42:1). In the fullness of time he was sent and came not to be ministered to, as a monarch, but to minister as a servant under the law.

Jesus took upon him the form of a servant (Phil. 2:7), the Servant of God, and this is an instance of his amazing humility. He - who is the Son of God, of the same nature with God, and equal to him - voluntarily became the Servant of him. He was chosen of God, in his eternal purposes, to be his Servant; and therefore is called, his Servant elect (Isa. 42:1).

“The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus.” (Acts 3:13)

Therefore

“Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross.Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” (Phil. 2:5-11)

“Stretch out your hand with healing power; may miraculous signs and wonders be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus.” (Acts 4:30 NLT)

Names of God

“And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church,” (Eph. 1:22 NIV)

God has many names and titles in the Bible. Each one tells us something important about Him—His character and how He relates to us. And how we must relate to Him. Here is another one of His many Names, which is Head of Church.

Head of Church – Jesus

“…Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.” (Eph. 5:23 ESV)

“And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.” (Col. 1:18 ESV)

Christ is the head of the church because he purchased it

“For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors,  but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.” (1 Peter 1:18-19)

Therefore

“Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.” (1 Cor. 12:27 ESV)

“Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.” (Acts 20:28 ESV)