The Names of God October 23, 2018

Outline Names of God in the Hebrew Bible Names of Jesus in the New Testament Using the Names of God in prayer

YHWH Jewish scribes refused to add vowels because the name was never to be spoken lest it be profaned When they came upon it in scripture, most times they substituted it with Adonai

Jehovah YAHWEH Adonai + YHWH YaHoWaH “Jehovah”

Review Elohim – Genesis 1:1 – God Adonai – Genesis 15:2 – Lord El Elyon – Genesis 14:19 – God Most High El Shaddai – Genesis 17:1 – God Almighty

What’s in a Name? What does your name mean? How did you get your name?

Jehovah Jireh The Lord will Provide Genesis 22:14 (22:1-14) Provision is translated from Hebrew into the verb“to see”

Jehovah Rapha The Lord Who Heals You Exodus 15:26 (Exodus 15:22-26) Rapha- The root word for heal “ to fix” or “to mend” Rapha is used up to 60 times in the Old Testament each time meaning “to restore” or “ to cure”

Jehovah Nissi The Lord is my Banner Exodus 17:15 (Exodus 8-15) Banner- a bare staff with a metal ornament used to identify an army’s tribe or nation in battle

Jehovah Qadash The Lord who sanctifies Leviticus 20:8 Sanctification- “to consecrate” or “to make holy” Genesis 2:3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.

A Reminder 14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this as a reminder in a book and recite it in the hearing of Joshua: …