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“WHAT’S IN A NAME?”

“EVERY NAME OR TITLE OF GOD
REVEALS SOME ATTRIBUTE OF THE DIVINE CHARACTER OF GOD.
IN STUDYING GOD’S WORD, WE LEARN NEW FACTS ABOUT GOD’S NATURE

WITH EACH NEW NAME BY WHICH HE REVEALS HIMSELF.
IN OTHER WORDS, GOD NAMES HIMSELF WHAT HE IS!”

(page 125 Institutes of Biblical Law, R. J. Rushdooney)

We have only briefly introduced one additional name of God, which is the Divine
Personage called, the Lord. In just placing the title, the Lord before the name God

we are launched into the realm of being able to better define who is the
personage we call “God.” Study His title as the Lord God and your
understanding of His Divine character and nature will greatly increase.

(LORD ( Gr. KURIOS)- “SUPREME IN AUTHORITY, LIFE-CONTROLLER, MASTER OF ALL…”)

The Lord is our “Savior, King, Lawgiver and Judge” (Isa. 33:22). Study each of these
four categories in scripture and you will greatly enhance your knowledge of the
One called, the Lord. For the further point of illustration, just consider the title
“Father” when it is found placed in front of the single word “God”, and it will
open new realms of understanding of the Divine personage of God. Jesus Himself
spoke of God His Father in the gospel of John 129 times within just 21 Chapters!
It is the additional descriptive words such as “Father God”, “Lord God”, or
“Almighty God” that increases our revelation and depth of understanding of the
one we generically label just as “God.” In the New Testament the Greek word
translated 1,326 times as God is “Theos.” It is the word from which we derive the
term “Theology”-the study of God. However, there is really nothing revelational
about “God” found in its meaning:

“GOD” The earliest written form of the Germanic word god comes from the 6th century
Christian Codex Argenteus. The English word itself is derived from the Proto-Germanic *

Sadly, the specific Hebrew names of O.T. Scripture are NOT translated properly in
any of our English versions including the King James Version. Rather than “God”
being a direct translation of O.T. Scripture it is a mere substitution. For instance,
the singular English Name,“God” is freely substituted for the actual plural Hebrew
Name “Elohim.” (2,197 times!) There is zero illumination in substituting the
generic English word “God” in place of the specific Hebrew Name, “Elohim.”
Ever since I first learned of the Bible translators purposeful substitution of specific
Hebrew-based Names like “Elohim” with a man-made generic substitution such as
“God”, I have preferred to use a more illuminating Name like “the Almighty.”
At least I am more biblically correct as the Hebrew Name “El” means
“the Almighty.” The Name “God” is a meaningless generic substitute for His
actual recorded Hebrew Name. “God” is generic where “The Almighty” is specific.
Point being, using proper names are often of great illumination and importance.

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