The Names Of God: Discovering Who God is Through Scripture

What do the many names of God in the Bible reveal about who he truly is? In this episode we explore the powerful meanings behind some of the most well-known names of God, each one revealing a different aspect of his character, promises and relationship with his people.Join us, as we unpack the biblical context behind these names, and reflect on what they mean for our faith today,

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SPEAKER_05 0:13

What's up guys? Welcome back. This is gonna be a cool episode. I'm excited for this one. We're gonna be going through the names of God. We've pulled maybe what is six times three? Eighteen?

SPEAKER_00 0:30

Eighteen.

SPEAKER_05 0:31

Yes. So we've pulled 18 names. We each have about five or six. Um, and we're excited to go through them and just learn more about who God is and how He changes our lives.

SPEAKER_04 0:49

Amen. Sounds good.

SPEAKER_01 0:51

I'll start us off with prayer. Lord, we just thank you for allowing us to do this podcast and share with um our audience about who you are. And today, as we go through your names, Lord, I just help I just hope that we can help others around us to understand who you are and why we call you different names sometimes. Um you are a provider, you are a healer, you are everything to us, Lord. So I just pray that um today when we speak about these things that we can help others understand who you are, Lord. Just thank you in Jesus' name. Amen.

SPEAKER_04 1:35

Amen. Amen. So the first name that I've got, at least, is Adonai, and it means Lord, master, or owner, emphasizing his supreme authority, sovereignty, and rightful ownership of creation. And it appears over 400 times in the Old Testament. It signifies a relationship of submission where God is viewed as the caring, protective master. It mentions Adonai in Genesis 15, verse 2, and then Isaiah 25. I think kind of like the whole chapter mentions him or talks about him in that way. And then Psalm 97 also. And I mean, obviously, there's 400 times that it appears, so it's more than just that, but I think those were like the top ones that came up. And yeah, that's the first one.

SPEAKER_01 2:33

You said Adonai.

SPEAKER_04 2:34

Yeah, Adonai.

SPEAKER_01 2:35

What does it mean again?

SPEAKER_04 2:37

Lord, master, or owner, emphasizing his supreme authority. So I feel like it's like talking about like making putting him as like the highest, like top of the top, one and only God. Yeah. Um and also showing like that we are submitted to him and we view him as this like protective master, as well as like us belonging to him, and he's like the Lord of our lives, you know?

SPEAKER_05 3:07

Yeah. Well, even I mean, not to turn it into like an English lesson because Lord knows I'm not an English teacher and chromatically correct, but like what I've learned is the it's like Adonai, the word is derived from Adon, which is like the singular version of it, which is like master or lord, but then the plural version is Adonai that we hear semi-often, and that is with like the possessive suffix, if we're gonna get grammarically correct, that makes it my lord. And I think that's where we get like you know, in the Bible where it's translating to Lord and Master, because you think about it like when the disciples are talking to Jesus, like they would call him like teacher, like they would give him all these titles for a reason. And I think you know, you said it came up 400 times in the Old Testament. So you you have to think like in the Old Testament, it probably meant something when they would call him Adonai. It was like, this is my Lord, you know, this is my savior. Like it, I feel like it shows his ownership over his creation, his people.

SPEAKER_04 4:34

That's true. Mm-hmm. And that'll get more into another topic we're gonna talk about later. You know, still want to spoil it. Mikey doesn't remember. Sorry.

SPEAKER_01 4:48

Anyways, uh, my my first one is so I have the Jehovah's Jehovah Shalom, Lord is Peace. That's translated in English, but um Shalom refers to soundness, completeness, harmony, and absence of strife. So wholeness um is what this name is surrounding. I know I think people see peace differently sometimes, like, oh, like I'm at peace. But really, in the in the word in by in the Bible, peace means wholeness. So that's what this name is talking about. I don't have scripture. I'm pretty sure Janae might have scripture, but she does. Yeah, she's our overachiever. What I I was just like, I because there were six names, so I'm like, I'm just gonna look up what they're all of them mean, but I didn't even like deep dive deep into like okay, what scriptures are what, but because obviously I've heard these names before, but um yeah, so that's my first one. Shalom peace. Did you have scripture?

SPEAKER_05 6:04

Yes. So I have Judges 624 for that, and I'm trying to find it.

SPEAKER_01 6:12

Judges 624.

SPEAKER_05 6:14

Me Bible, so I can read it for us. But one of the things, like when I hear shalom, I always think of like the people that are like, oh, you just have to find inner peace. Like, you know, all the hippies out there in the world. And I feel like when I've learned with peace, like from God, it's always like that relief that comes when you're like in distress or going through a hard time. It's like he shows up with like soft, gentle, like comforting moments, and it's like that's that's his peace that he gives us, you know? So Gideon built an altar to the Lord there and called it the Lord is peace, and to this day it still stands, and so it's like that in the old testament, like that was showing God is the symbol of peace for them, and it's like wow, the Lord really is our peace, like there's no other way to get true peace than through God. Yeah, and that's why they built an altar to show it so that everyone, even the unbelievers, even the pagan and idol worshipers could see it and know.

SPEAKER_04 7:45

Yeah, because I feel like everyone's always like looking for peace, wanting peace, this and that. And we have it, but it's the Lord, it is in God. That's how I think it's because I think a lot of times people want to create peace and like try to be like this type of thing, like for the world, like world peace and all that, but we can't really control what everyone else does. It's really ourselves and how we like feel, and if we're leaning on the Lord, then we'll feel peace and at ease and not like stressed about life and the craziness that always is going on, you know?

SPEAKER_05 8:20

Yeah, and that's one of the cool things, like the more we talk about and look at the different names, like the more you're gonna see that like when you trust and follow God's plan for your life, like all these things are gonna come with it, like all these things are gonna be added unto you. And that's just one of the cool things that it's like, oh, all we have to do is like call on him when we're in a hard place, like, and here we go, like the Lord of peace will be right there. You know, it's so cool. Yeah. Um, so my name was that I my first name that I had was Yahweh, which this one I feel like a lot of people know it, like believers and unbelievers. Like it's probably one of the more used ones, I feel. And in Hebrew, it means like the personal covenant name of God. So when it's used in the Hebrew translation of the Bible, when they're referring to God in a covenantial way, that's when they'll put in Yahweh. And it's derived from in the Hebrew alphabet the verb to be. And so it's often interpreted as he is or he exists, or you know, he brings into existence. And it just like signifies God's faithfulness and his active presence, you know, because it's like he is, you know, so it's like when we say Yahweh, it's like God is faithful, God is whatever comes after Yahweh, you know? And in English, Yahweh translates to Lord. Okay. So it's more just like the Lord is, you know, when we read it in the Bible. And so it's like whenever our Bible says Lord, it's most likely Is that Lord with all capitals?

SPEAKER_04 10:31

I know there's a difference.

SPEAKER_01 10:33

There is no but that's what no, that's that's what it is. It's Lord with all capitals, because there's Lord with just the capital L, and then there's Lord with all capitals, which that's that's Yahweh.

SPEAKER_05 10:48

See, that wasn't even in my notes, guys. Wow, that was good. Yeah, Holy Spirit, we love that. Yeah. No, but even like in Exodus 3, 14 through 15, like, you know, when God's revealing himself to Moses and he reveals himself as I am who I am, but later he reveals himself as Yahweh. And I feel like it's like just showing the holiness of the name that he's saying, like, I am who I am. This is who I am. I am the God who exists, I am the God who is, you know? Yeah. That's just something that like really sat with me.

SPEAKER_04 11:42

Just remind me of like Revelation, I think, where it's like there are angels and they're like, holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty who was and who was and is and is to come. Something like that. Is it also like the way or no? Is that like different? You know, like we were saying, like it just always reminds me of the way, like you know, when like Jesus says, I'm the way, the truth, the life. But I'm sure that's probably that's probably not it. I'm just thinking, it just came to my mind.

SPEAKER_05 12:11

Oh no, well, you know, all I know is something cool was so I was looking up like the historical, like seeing if there's like a historical meeting to Yahweh or whatnot. And I guess in the culture, at a certain period, people started to not speak it out loud, like they wouldn't say Yahweh out loud because there was like a fear of like misusing it because it held so much weight to them that they were like, Oh, we don't want to misuse it. And they actually started saying Adonai more. They would just call them Adonai because they I like the word was so weighty to them that it built up this fear, so some of them opted to use Adonai instead, and I was like, Oh, that's so interesting. Like they really felt that.

SPEAKER_03 13:14

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_04 13:16

Let's go.

SPEAKER_01 13:17

Well, what's the next one, Alyssa?

SPEAKER_04 13:19

Mine the next one is Elroy. This is my like favorite, I feel like, name. I don't know, I feel like I resonate with it a lot because it's I'm talking about it's the God who sees me, or the God who sees, um, and in Hagar 16, or in Hag Hagar in Genesis 16, um, it signifies that God's not distant, but actively witnesses and cares for and acts upon the distress, loneliness, or affliction of individuals. God sees beyond the surface into affliction of indiv wait, no, into the heart and the circumstances of every person. So for Hagar, this is when she was Sarai still at the time, and there was Hagar and then Abram before it was Abraham, and uh, Sarah is the one who gave Hagar to Abram because they wanted a baby, and like God said, I will, I'm gonna bless you with like a son. You will your son will like have many generations, but I think they were like just she was impatient, and then Hagar ended up getting pregnant, but then like Sarah like literally like hated her because of that, and then Abram was like, Do what you want, do what you want with her, and she's like treated her horribly, and then Hagar ended up like running away. Um, but then like God speaks to her, and it says, I think in verse seven, the angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way of Sir, and he said, Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going? She said she's fleeing from her mistress, Sarai. And the angel of the Lord said to her, Return to your mistress mistress, submit to her. And the angel of the Lord also said to her, I will surely multiply your offspring. And I think that's when she calls him Elroy. Yes, thirteen. So she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, You are a god of seeing, for she said, Truly, here I have seen him who looks after me. Therefore the well was called she called a well bear. Ooh Lahiroi. It lies between Kadesh and Bird. Um, but yeah, I think uh I just sometimes I'm always like thinking, reminding myself of like God, even in that time, like Hagar was like fleeing from Sarah, and then she's like running and she's like scared, and then God's like, I'm still gonna bless you. Like I will still bless you and your offspring as well. But um, it wasn't gonna be the way that she blessed like Sarah's baby, um, and Abraham's like child, but he still was like, he still cared for her and still loved her and like spoke to her even, you know, and like showed up because he doesn't always do that um for everyone in the old testament. So yeah. Yeah. I just think it's it's beautiful that he does that. And I think I a lot of times like resonate with it because like it's I think it's so wonderful to remember that God does see us, he sees like our heart and our circumstances, and he really sees like who we are. I think it's like even he's like the healthy version of like seeing the potential of us in a way, because like him, he knows who we're gonna be and he knows what he's made us to be and like the life that he has in store for us. Yeah, um, and he loves us because like I mean, even if we don't go that way, he still will never not love us, but it's like a healthy love, so yeah.

SPEAKER_05 16:54

Yeah, there's like so much compassion and purpose in his sight of us. You know, I always think of the movie Avatar because the one of the famous lines is I see you. And it wasn't just like, oh, I'm sitting in a room with you and like I see you. It's like, no, I see who you are, uh-huh, I see what you're trying to become and what you're trying to do. It was like when they said that it was an acknowledgement. And I feel like it's the same way between us and God, where it's not just like, you know, when the Bible, like you were saying, where he it's like he didn't just see Hagar in distress, like he saw her and he came to her. And I think often it comes easy for us to think that God's forgotten us or he doesn't see us, and you know, we're all alone down here. But if we just open our eyes, like the blessings are all around us, like you're gonna see God's hand in everything. Yeah, and that's what Hagar did, you know, and what you read, like she she opened her eyes and she saw him seeing her back, yeah. And for that, like once they made that connection, then she was able to like experience the blessing. Yeah, that's true. So good. God is good all the time.

SPEAKER_01 18:17

So my next one, I'm not gonna pronounce this right. It's the Jehovah Sabo Sabbath or Sabbat. Sabbat. Sabat.

SPEAKER_05 18:27

It looks like Sabbath, but it's but it's pronounced sabbat.

SPEAKER_01 18:31

So that's often translated as Lord of hosts or Lord Almighty. Um so you mostly see this in the Old Testament, like in Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Zachariah. But what it signifies is the sovereign ruler, God has the sovereign ruler over the heavenly armies, heavenly armies, like the angels, celestial bodies, and earth and the earthly forces. So God's sovereignty, he is all these things that we're about to talk about, his characteristics, how he's all seeing, all-knowing, all-powerful. He's all of these things always, all the time. So there isn't a time where he's just all seeing, and there isn't a time where he's just all hearing. Um, he's always all seeing, always all hearing. He's not bound by time. He can go in and out of like a our life um like the time. The time that we live in, how we're bound by it. He can go in and out of that. He can appear when he wants to, and when he doesn't. But um this name is m is talking about his sovereignty. Um how he rules over all of us, over everything. And there's nothing above him.

SPEAKER_04 20:05

Amen. Yeah. What was it again? Oh Jehovah Sabat.

SPEAKER_00 20:11

Sabat.

SPEAKER_04 20:12

Sabat.

SPEAKER_05 20:14

The Lord of Hosts.

SPEAKER_00 20:16

S-A-B-A-O-T-H.

SPEAKER_05 20:21

Oh. Yes. Wasn't it? We can we can thank the Latins. They're the ones that spelt it. Thank you, Latins. Yeah, because in Latin it means armies or hosts, and then in Hebrew it means almighty. Which I think is cool that it has like a double meaning, depending on if you're reading in Latin or Hebrew. Me, I just read in English, so we get the Lord of hosts. Or in some translations, like NIV, NLT, some of those common ones, they just say the Lord Almighty. You know, like in 1 Samuel 1 3, it says the Lord Almighty. But we can look at it now, and after listening to this podcast, you know that it's really Jehovah Sabbat. Whenever they say the Lord Almighty.

SPEAKER_04 21:24

What's next? Okay, ooh, what is next?

SPEAKER_05 21:30

Okay. Um, my next one, if I can read, um, is Elohim, which I think is one of my favorites, not just because it's fun to say, but because it's often used as like emphasizing God's power, you know, so it's like his sovereignty, his majesty, like this is him as the creator of the universe and what it means, all encapsulated in six letters. When we say Elohim. You know, it's like usually it's used in scripture to convey like his supremeness, you could say, I guess. But I think it's just like instead of saying like, oh, God is powerful, it's like this encapsulates like his power, you know. And it appears almost two thousand times in the Old Testament. I mean, if you're reading the Hebrew translation, it does. I think in English, when it gets transferred over, it loses a few of them, but in the Hebrew it's it appears a lot, and it really is just referring to God as the creator, the sustainer. You know, there's a verse in the Bible that talks about like he's the sustainer of heaven and earth, and he really is, and this kind of encapsulates that. And many scholars refer to this as a clear reference to the Trinity, which I wish I would have looked into that more because I really didn't understand that. But I think that just goes back to like his sovereignty. Kind of. I don't know. Don't ask me questions on that.

SPEAKER_04 23:41

It was what was it again? What was the name? Elohim. Elohim.

SPEAKER_05 23:45

Okay, Elohim. Yeah. And like in James 119, it talks about like simply knowing there is a higher power means that one has merely risen to the faith of demons, which I thought was so interesting, but because it's only when you move from like a basic knowledge of God to like God is the creator, you know, because it's like even Satan, I mean, he was he's a fallen angel, he has an understanding of God, he knows God is real. But for us to look at God and be like, wow, you are the God of the heaven and the earth, you are the creator of the universe. Like it's a higher level of faith that we step into when we start to acknowledge God as Elohim. You know? Does that make sense?

SPEAKER_04 24:47

Yeah, like the one in charge of all creation. I think. No, I think that makes sense. Yeah. Go ahead. No, what were you gonna say?

SPEAKER_05 24:58

I was just gonna say, like, I feel like you enter into like a special relationship with God when you understand him as like sovereign and powerful.

SPEAKER_04 25:10

Yeah. Because I think when you think of like what's coming to mind is like when you are outside and you're like just looking at creation, or you're like hearing the birds, or you're just looking at what he's created. Like, I feel like there's an awe of like, wow, like this is the God who created like all of this, you know, for a reason and a purpose. And also even just like for beauty, for some reason, like think of even like um what the wildflowers and the weeds, like, even they look pretty, and I'm like, that's that's God. Like, you know, like yeah, yeah, that's good.

SPEAKER_05 25:48

Yeah, because I feel like all throughout the Bible we see God just continuing to reveal himself to humanity and placing himself in covenant with his creation. Like that's all he wanted to do. He wanted to establish himself as their Elohim, and he has like all throughout the Old Testament, you see it, and even in the New Testament, when we get Jesus, like he's still doing that.

SPEAKER_02 26:15

Yeah, that's true.

SPEAKER_04 26:17

That's good. Okay. Well, the next one I've got is E Kana. That's how it says. I don't know. It's L then Q A N N A. Um, and this is jealous God or God of jealousy in Exodus 25, verse 5 and 34, verse 14. This name indicates a demand for exclusive devotion and passionate um protective love for his people. It's often compared to a marriage where it's like you're having exclusive loyal or exclusive loyalty is required. Um Exodus 2025 20 verse 5 is like when it's going over the Ten Commandments and 5 is says, you shall not bow down to them or serve them to the any other. Um, for I, the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me. I think um another it's just like God is saying like he's jealous because he wants our full attention. He especially like in the Old Testament, he mentions it a lot, um, of just like how he is a jealous God and he is allowed to be a jealous God, um, because he wants like our full attention, and people back then were just worshiping all these other gods and all these other idols, and um and he's like, No, like this is who I am. Like, you need to remember that, and I want your full attention. Like, it just even brings to mind like him telling us like how we shouldn't have two masters, and we can't be like double-minded. Like, he's constantly reminding us, like, you need to be devoted to me. Like, and um we we can't be devoted to two things, because then if we are, then we're um we're not really living for God, and you can't be like lukewarm, we gotta be like on fire or like nothing. Like it's like either or I know in the old test or New Testament it probably tells about talks about God being jealous as well. I don't know if you have any. Do you have any scripture for the New Testament or no?

SPEAKER_05 28:33

Because I was trying to look, but the only scripture I had was Exodus 34, 14. Okay, yeah, in that one. I think the New Testament not so much like focuses on it. Yeah, I think it's focused a lot more on the Old Testament, but one of the things that I think can be misconstrued is like it's not like oh I'm jealous because Mike and Alyssa have matching shoes and I have some crazy old brown slippers on. It's you know, it's not that like love God's jealousy stems from his love, yeah, from his holiness and his sense of ownership over that which he has created. You know, it's more of like a protective, you know, kind of jealousy.

SPEAKER_01 29:28

It's like a parent when you're like, Yeah. Why does my son like this guy more than me when I'm the one who gave him life?

SPEAKER_04 29:40

Well, even like it says it's like you can compare it to marriage where it's like you want exclusive loyalty too. Like it's required when you're married, and like it is like when you think I think someone was telling me how when um we may or thinking about sinning against God, think about it like you're about to be cheating on him. Like, oh cheat on God, like you know, and um and it'll stop you. Some most of the time it would stop you if you if you ask yourself that question. Um and then also like even in today's um day and age, like we have to remember that he wants our exclusive devotion because there's things that can totally turn into idols that we don't even realize. We're like making these altars, these people. Like, I was just thinking about like celebrities, even like how we call them our like some people call them like, oh, that's my idol, I love them. And I'm like, Oh, idol. Like, I don't know, I just like in the Old Testament, it's talking about we don't have any idols, we don't have any altars, and like you're making this person like exclusive, like, oh my gosh, they're the best person in the world. And I think I used to do that a lot when I was like in high school, not anymore, but you know, just like God like is constantly reminding us like you've gotta be like devoted to me, or they're just He wants that, and He's the perfect person to be devoted to. He's not gonna hurt us, he's not gonna like He wants the best for us. These other things that we give our attention to don't want the best for us at all.

SPEAKER_05 31:14

Yeah, um, they're just distractions, so yeah, because I feel like when I hear a lot of pastors and like people in the church talk about like a consuming fire, and I feel like that's where God's jealousy comes from. Is like he just wants to protect us. It's like this consuming passion that he has for the humans that he's created, like he wants to keep that right relationship with us, and if we're out here worshiping other gods, like that's literally adultery over here. You know, if we're gonna think of it as like marriage, like it's spiritual adultery, like it's it's that broken relationship that we now have because we're over here worshiping celebrities and you know, TV shows and even other books. I learned that I listened to a pastor the other day, and he was like, all of he's like, I keep seeing on social media like book girlies. He's like, Y'all better be careful. He's like, because if you ain't a book girly for the Bible, like then you could be idolizing a book series. And I was like, that is a crazy thought I've never thought of. But it's like if we fall into those things, it's like, yeah, that's what makes God jealous because he wants our attention, he wants our love and our devotion.

SPEAKER_04 32:46

Yeah, and he's just right there. I think I was thinking of that picture. I'm just like, he's like that dad that's just like, tell me about your day, tell me everything. Like he wants to know. And sometimes when we're like giving our attention to other things, even telling other people, like they don't, they really don't care as much as God does. So give it to him.

SPEAKER_05 33:07

No one can. No.

SPEAKER_01 33:10

Well, we'll move on. Mine is my next one is Jehovah Jirah. So Jehovah Jirah is a Hebrew name for God meaning the Lord will provide, originating from Genesis 22, when God provided a ram for Abraham to sacrifice instead of his son Isaac. So this signifies God's faithfulness and provisions of needs, especially in a moment of ultimate obedience and testing.

SPEAKER_05 33:45

That's good. Yeah. And I thought that was so cool, like how Abraham named that place Jehovah Jirah. So that everyone would know that the Lord provides.

SPEAKER_00 33:57

Yeah.

unknown 33:58

Always.

SPEAKER_05 33:58

And I think that's so funny because that's the second name where someone's built like an altar for the name, like to show as it like it just shows the significance. And I think it's really cool that I mean, there's a song, there's some multiple songs about it, but we have the song Gyra that everyone be singing and bumping in their cars.

SPEAKER_04 34:22

Yeah, not so much.

SPEAKER_05 34:23

And it just like it's a good reminder that like God will meet all of our needs. Like the Bible talks about like He wants to give us the desires of our heart. He He wants to provide for us. And I think that's so cool that we get to be reminded of that.

SPEAKER_00 34:42

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 34:42

It reminds me even of because like I think in Hebrews it's talking about the people of faith, and it brings up Abraham, and it says how Abraham had faith because he knew. Where's my by faith he oh my goodness, where is it? By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place where he was to receive and as an inheritance. He went out not knowing where he was going. He I think it's also saying, like he w he had faith by God saying that he was he needed to go and Oh, there you go. He was tested, it was in verse 17, chapter eleven. By faith, Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promise was in the act of offering up his only son, to whom it was said, through Isaac, Your sh shall your offspring be named. He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which figuratively speaking, he did receive him back. By faith he by faith he did it, like he knew that God would provide. And I mean he also provided. Then there was the ram, so he didn't even have to actually like offer his son up. But yeah, God's always gonna show up and provide for us.

SPEAKER_01 36:11

Didn't they also wait a long time to have Isaac?

SPEAKER_04 36:14

Like they had a it took a while for them to have a baby.

SPEAKER_01 36:17

So then he's like, Oh, I gotta leave.

SPEAKER_04 36:19

They weren't waiting on purpose. No, they weren't.

SPEAKER_01 36:22

Yeah, and then he's like, Oh, my son, now I have to go sacrifice him.

SPEAKER_05 36:25

Like but he But even like he had zero hesitation. Yeah, he was like, Okay. And I think because he knew the Lord would provide. Yeah. Like whether I don't even because I've heard different teachings on this story, and a lot of them, you know, there's theologians that debate this too, and it's like, what was going through his head? Did he know that he probably didn't even know God was gonna provide the ram? He was like fully prepared without hesitation to just like sacrifice his son and be like, okay, God, because he knew that God would provide everything, and he's like, All right, whatever's gonna come after this, like you're you're gonna give me the peace and the comfort to get through this grief. And you know, and then God was like, I'm gonna surprise you, you know, and it's just it's so cool. I love that story. It's it's a good one, but also like Philippians 4 19, it talks about God will meet all our needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. It's like God is willing and able to provide for our every need. I think he's just waiting for us to ask for it. And if it aligns with his will and plan for us, then there's like nothing stopping him from providing it. Yeah, you know.

SPEAKER_01 38:04

It's even like in Well, that's why we have to be. I mean, Abraham's a good representation of being obedient. It's like when God calls us to do something, we shouldn't hesitate because obviously that's the best thing for us. Yeah, we know he'll provide, we know there's I think for our Dan culture, like we just we I'm not gonna speak for everyone, but let's say that it's hard for us to obey in the moment because we want to see results right there and then. Because our culture is so used to that, you know, like if I do this, I get this. And a lot of times with God, it's like he's not gonna give you the the satisfaction or the reward right there and then. He's gonna like he l Abraham literally was tested. He had to walk up there, he had to get, you know, he knew he was gonna have to sacrifice his son, and he takes his son, and even like I've seen like little memes and stuff, and like little clips of like, where are we going, dad? Where are we going? You know, like you know, he had to deal with that knowing that's what he was gonna have to do. And like that just you just don't see that a lot today in today's culture because it's like, well, no one's really sure, you know, like and they rather be safe than sorry. And it's like you're never sorry when you're obedient to the Lord. I think that's something that Brandon always taught me, too, was he's like, I've never known a person that was disappointed by obeying the Lord, you know, like ever regretted following the Lord. Yeah, you know.

SPEAKER_05 39:46

Well, my next word, or not really word, name, if I can speak English, um El Olam. Which is also fun to say, which in Hebrew it translates to everlasting God or God of eternity. And so in Hebrew, olam, it's it almost can mean like a vanishing point too, okay, depending on like how you're using it, I guess. Like I was reading this commentary, and it was saying that like when you get to the farthest place, which is like what we know as the vanishing point, El Olam will be there. And I was like, whoa. When I read that, I was like, that's so good. Like God it's saying like God extends beyond the farthest vision, like He's not like how you were saying earlier, he's not limited to space or time. You know, it's He'll be there for our future, He'll be there wherever we go.

SPEAKER_01 40:59

It's funny because we're learning this at Bible Institute when we're talking about it God being eternal, and it's like there's a scripture that talks about how you can't hide from God in anywhere, and that's what that's like talking about is like no matter where you go, you're not gonna be hidden from God because like I was saying earlier, like God is not bound by time, so even if somehow we got out of this thing called time, he's outside of it already, he's there, you know, like and he's in it, and like I said, he's he's because he's not bound, he can intervene at any moment, he can come in and out of that at any moment, and just like I mean, like here, he's here right now, you know. We're not far from God at all, and I know that's something that people think just because they can't see him physically, that oh, he's not here, or I can I could turn this switch on and then God will be here when I pray, or God will be here when I need him. And it's like, no, God is here always, and we just don't I don't think I think because he's it's something that we can't comprehend, which we're not supposed to. I mean, it he tells us that in our word, is like there are things that we're not gonna be able to understand about God, and those are some of the things that we're talking about, you know what I mean? Sorry for interrupting.

SPEAKER_05 42:23

Yeah, no, that was beautiful. No, I was while you were talking, I was like looking over some of my scriptures, and I'm realizing a lot of these names are like mainly appearing in the old testament, which I think is so cool, but even like starting in Genesis, like chapter 21, verse 33, like it's already establishing God as the vanishing point, you know, like he's eternal, he has no end, you know. It's like in the Hebrew when they say eternal, like it means unchanging and existing outside of any constraints. And I was like, that's so cool to think of God in that way. You know, it's like it I feel like it's describing his faithfulness, like his sovereignty, his power, like he's reliable. You know, the Bible talks a lot about like covenants and commandments. It's like he's gonna keep those, you know. It's like we can trust that because he is who he says he is. And like in Isaiah 40, 28 to verse 31, it describes God as the creator of the ends of the earth. So he's the only one that knows the future, he's the only one that knows the end. All we know is what we see and what's right in front of us. But like in Psalms 90, verse 2, God is from everlasting to everlasting. Like it's just such a cool realization of like he is the rock of ages, the everlasting rock who is our firm foundation in troubled times, no matter what we're. facing, we can fix our eyes on him and he'll keep us in perfect peace. We were talking about earlier.

SPEAKER_04 44:26

It's good. Well, my next one is Jehovah Mekadishem. It's spelled very long, or I don't know. But yeah. So that one is it's called the Lord. It's he's the Lord who sanctifies you, the Lord who sets you apart as holy. In Exodus 31, 13 and Leviticus 28, um that's where they mention it, his name. This signifies that God, not personal, that God, not personal effort, is responsible for transforming and consecrating his people. God promises to take believers and make them into what they need to be, providing the grace to grow in holiness. So he is the one who sanctifies, saves and sanctifies us. Yes let me see I think in Exodus so Exodus thirty one thirteen it says I don't know if it actually meant maybe I have the wrong verse. Uh you are to speak to the people of Israel and say above all you shall keep my Sabbaths for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations that you may know that I the Lord oh yeah that I the Lord sanctify you.

SPEAKER_05 45:52

Mm-hmm. Uh-huh and then Yeah because it's implying that sanctification is a work done only by God.

SPEAKER_04 46:00

Mm-hmm He's the one He is the oh I like this one too because I just feel like um it's important for us to remember that the Lord is the one who's sanctifying us. He's the one who's transforming us. He's responsible for um yeah changing us and really like um making us to be more like Jesus and to look more like Jesus and I think a lot of times we can get caught up in our head thinking we're the ones who have to do these changes. We're the ones who have to like I mean of course there's change that he like leads us to in repentance and then like feeling conviction but um he's also the one who leads us that way because he wants us to be seen as holy. He wants us to um remember that we are set apart and we are different than the world than the what the like worldly people in a way. Like I think of even like um when I wear my cross necklaces recently I'm like thinking like you know I want people to see this cross and realize like I'm a believer but also like see it in my actions too that I'm truly like following the Lord and he is sanctifying me. He's allowing me to every day be closer to him and look more like Jesus every day. So I think there's some times where people are wearing these cross necklaces and then they don't believe in Jesus at all or they're just wearing it because it's a symbol but it's like do you know like what this means like I think a lot of times it's like I was reading it in um I think Hebrews where it's like a lot of people back then saw the cross and like crucifixion as like a foolish thing because it was a criminal's death and Jesus did it. Jesus he died a criminal's death but he wasn't a criminal we're the ones who like should have done like been all up there.

SPEAKER_05 47:52

Yeah and yeah I just think that that's a good yeah and I like how you brought up Leviticus 20 because it's like we're God's calling for obedience right but he's doing that because he wants us to live holy you know it's like he he can provide the sanctification necessary for us but in the end like he wants to be able to like make us holy you know he wants us to look like Jesus and to reflect him. That's his goal for us.

SPEAKER_01 48:39

Well my next one is Jehovah Nisi meaning the Lord is my banner you could find this in Exodus 17 verse 15 this is where this this marks the victory of the Israelites over the Amalekites it signifies God as a protector defender and a source of victory often symbolized as a rally point for hope and strength during spiritual battles Jehovah Nisi.

SPEAKER_04 49:20

What was the battle of again?

SPEAKER_05 49:23

Um in Exodus 1715 where the Israelites had victory over the Amalekites the victor and fun fact Moses named an altar Jehovah Nisi of course he did as a symbol of God's presence and protection over his people is that when Moses was like had his hands up and like they had to like hold his hands up for the battle to for them to win like that's what's coming to my mind but I could be wrong.

SPEAKER_04 49:57

I know that was a battle I'm curious if that was it.

SPEAKER_05 49:59

Listen it was a battle was it this battle who knows it's okay all right I don't I don't know for sure. I would like to say yes but do not quote me on that I mean I know that was a big one yeah I think too like this is so significant because in that time a banner was a sign that they carried that is like their rallying point. Like that's what you know showed who they're representing like it was a big thing for you to like have a banner. So for them to proclaim the Lord our banner is like us when we wear a cross necklace or we wear you know the essentials hoodie to say fear of God or you know something that has a verse on it. It's like we're showing everyone that this is who we're standing with like this is who we're representing and I think that's so cool just to like see how big it was to them and so for them to proclaim in the Bible Jehovah Nisi it was such a big deal.

SPEAKER_04 51:15

Yeah. Because I think it reminds them too like in that because if it's the one that where Moses had his hands up because they had to hold his hands up because when they went down they started losing like his hands had to be up praising the Lord in order for them to continue to win. And so they literally had to like I think two guys they had to hold his arms up because he started stones under him too that's what it says. So they stayed up and it's like just showing like he's the one who is the victor but also because Moses was continuing to praise him. And that's what made them win. It wasn't how good the soldiers were at all it was because he was praising the Lord and giving him and declaring him as like the victor of it all yeah and I feel like it was almost like a declaration too of anyone around them seeing like even the opposing like warriors seeing that it's like you know they were gonna know that Moses and his people belong to God.

SPEAKER_05 52:19

Yeah and they because they were proclaiming him as their banner you know it was like anyone who had eyes and ears like they were gonna know yeah and that's so cool.

SPEAKER_01 52:31

I'm just reading the story I was just like that's crazy.

SPEAKER_04 52:35

It's good it is but so good.

SPEAKER_01 52:38

It's like keep your hands up or else we're gonna die.

SPEAKER_05 52:42

Could you imagine how tired your arms would be I think of and then knowing like the weight of the war is on you literally it's like oh my gosh guys like we gotta hold this man's arms up like how do we because you imagine like they his arms were up for how many hours? However long that a lot I think it was like almost 12 hours maybe I think like an insane amount of time it's like if I'm holding your arm my arms are gonna start getting tired so who's gonna hold my arms yeah like no wonder they stack stones under to keep them up because I'm curious how high they were stones and then they sat under him and held his hands up like this.

SPEAKER_04 53:23

So there was one guy on each side that's wild I think of it's kind of fun like I think of when we're worshiping God and we fully surrender and give our arms there's that time where you feel it and you're like in worship that is like 15 minutes like that's that's the time when you're like praying for a praise break I'm like because like the words are good and you want to keep your hands up but you're like oh my gosh my arms are like shaking my shoulders are throbbing it's like imagine keeping them up for 12 hours after that throbbing kicks in man poor Moses but God bless him.

SPEAKER_05 54:01

He was a real one um my next name is El Shaddai El Shaddai which translates to God Almighty and it's derived from concepts of power. So the root is Shaddad in Hebrew and which it suggests like the root meaning is the overpowerer.

SPEAKER_04 54:26

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 54:26

So it's like he overpowers the darkness kind of thing and that's what makes him like the almighty God. You know and it almost is like God will do what he sets to do. Like whatever is in his purpose for us, he's gonna do it and he's gonna overpower any opposition that tries to stand against that. And I think that's really the truth behind El Shaddai You know and it's talking about like God is more than enough he's all sufficient to meet our needs and to fulfill his promises you know because we're talking about him being the provider we're talking about him being our peace and you know it's like this is kind of showing like he is able to do that.

unknown 55:18

Okay.

SPEAKER_04 55:19

Next mine is Jehovah Rohi um which is the Lord is my shepherd highlighting his role in leading protecting feeding and restoring his people Psalm 23 um obviously characterizes God as tender watchful a watchful caregiver often associated with Jesus as the good shepherd in Genesis 4815 I think it also mentions him that the name of him being our shepherd and in I sp I mean especially in Psalm 23 it's talking about the Lord is our shepherd he he we shall not want. He makes us lie down and graven pastors he leads us he restores our soul he um that even though we walk through the valley of shadow death we fear no evil like it's just saying like he protects us with his rod and his staff the guidance he leads us um he restores us he you know restores our souls and leads us to righteous to a path of righteousness and even his provision of him being our shepherd it ensures we have everything we need even in the presence of our enemies so I think it's just nice to see like God as well as the shepherd um because it's like showing that he also cares like he's a care he cares for us and he's leading us and he wants to make sure we're good you know because we are his sheep and sheep aren't that smart sometimes um we need him to guide us so yeah yeah and it's just showing that he's personal loving and active in our in his relationship with us and it's just beautiful I love Psalm 23.

SPEAKER_05 57:05

Yeah because I think it's easy for us to see him as like guiding us and protecting us and you know leading us in the right path but you think about it like the shepherd tends to the sheep like to tend is to care for yeah you know and it's on God tends to us on a physical and a spiritual level yeah too it's so good.

SPEAKER_01 57:32

Mm-hmm are you reading your psalm or no no I Oh I thought you were turning to a psalm. So my next one is Jehovah Rapha this means the Lord who heals first revealed in Exodus 1526 it signifies God as the ultimate source of physical emotional and spiritual healing this name emphasizes God's compassionate desire to mend brokenness and restore wholeness what was the verse?

SPEAKER_04 58:08

Exodus fifteen twenty six diligently listen to my voice of the Lord your God and do what which is right in my eyes and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statues I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians for I am the Lord your healer.

SPEAKER_05 58:27

Your healer Yeah because this is like following the miracle where God made drinkable water right it's where he like instructed Moses to like throw the wood when you're declaring himself to his people as Jehovah Rapha. Mm-hmm like that's so cool.

SPEAKER_04 58:46

You know it's like he's saying like I restore I mend I repair you know it's like this is who I am yeah it even reminds me of what is it like he was in Isaiah he's pierced by our transgressions crushed for our iniquities um healed we are healed by his stripes by Jesus's stripes so I feel like of course these are names of God but technically it mentions it's talking about Jesus as well too yeah um yeah because you know in the New Testament we see Jesus is like our great physician you know which is still underneath this Jehovah Rapha's the Lord who heals and if we have a good understanding of the Trinity like Jesus falls under that still you know and so it's like you see all through Matthew Mark Luke and John you know there's Jesus doing heal healing miracles you know he's healing the multitudes but it's also incorporated in other qualities too like spiritual healing you know when he does like forgiveness and things like that you know because he's restoring us into right relationship with God.

SPEAKER_05 1:00:07

He's healing the brokenhearted you know it's not just like oh I broke my foot but I know that God can repair the bones without me needing surgery. Like sure but also if you're brokenhearted God can mend that too you're right Psalm 20 34 or yeah Psalm 34.

SPEAKER_01 1:00:32

I think some people they get caught up in the healing part or the name because they're just like oh yeah he can heal like you're saying the broken foot but it's like it's much deeper than that. He cares about our soul he cares about the wholeness inside of us you know true but we can also call out to him for healing as well I'm not saying that he's not iconic in seeing him as just that that's that's what I'm saying is like that's what they're well I thought God's the healer of all healers. I thought he's the great physician like you know like he is but but sometimes it's not in his will. That's and that's the thing too is like we're so far off we are not aligned with his will and people wonder why and it's because we're not in his word you know we're not living by the law and it's like oh well I don't want to live by these rules they're not rules it's like he's telling us this is the best way to live especially if you're I mean it's the best way for anyone to live you know but you know especially when you're following the Lord like you should respect what he tells us to do. Yeah we should tremble at his word yeah that's why even that oh God will give me what my heart desires like that scripture it's like but is your heart aligned with the Lord's will because that's what he's talking about.

SPEAKER_05 1:01:59

And what are you desiring? Are you desiring things of him and to glorify him? Or these treasure because that's what he's gonna give you. He's gonna give you things to further his kingdom and so that his name would be glorified on earth. Yep not to make you happy and so you can have a sports car. Like you know like to people are like well I don't you know they're especially when they're praying for healing like physical healing they're like I don't understand why God didn't heal them and my grandma still died.

SPEAKER_00 1:02:33

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 1:02:33

And it's like it might have been her time you know and I think it's one of those things that people are like well if I call on the name of Jehovah Rapha like it's gonna be done but you have to take in account like his will and his purposes for your life and for the other person's life that you're praying for this healing miracle you know because it is a miracle every time that we see Jesus heal someone it was considered a miracle because he didn't have to heal them there's nowhere in the Bible that says God has to you know we're learning of him as almighty all powerful like it he doesn't have to give us anything but he does because he loves us you know and he's merciful towards us and he wants to yeah and he wants to he's as the full what full authority supreme like he's yeah he's all the things we're learning all the things about him but my last name that I had was okay Jehovah Titskeinu which is T S I D K E N U which by far is the most fun and it's the Lord our righteousness and so it's like the Lord our righteousness is the divine name for God. It's in Jeremiah 236 and in 3316 and in 236 it says in his days Judah will be saved and Israel will dwell securely and she will be called the Lord our righteousness and then Jeremiah 3316 is similar but in those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will dwell securely so we go from Israel dwelling securely to now Jerusalem is dwelling securely and being called the Lord our righteousness and it just shows like I lost my spot and I also can't read my own handwriting oh my goodness guys welcome to our podcast um it means like he's just you know like I was trying to figure out I was like okay when we say righteous like what it was it's talking about and it's like he's just you know and I feel like it comes from his wisdom like he has wisdom and he's just and with that like he is our righteousness you know the Bible talks about us becoming righteous. Well we can only do that if we have God because he is our righteousness he's what makes us righteous.

SPEAKER_04 1:05:40

Yeah that's good my last one do you guys have more I have one I have one more okay um El Ellion um Most High God it highlights his supreme authority transcendence and ownership of heaven and earth it's used 28 times in the Old Testament in Genesis 14 verses eight through 18 through 20 it mentions it and Psalm 78 verse 35 It's used to describe God's exalted and supreme nature. So in Genesis 14, um it's when Abraham is blessing, I think, Melchizedek. And um Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out bread and wine. He was the priest of God most high, and he blessed him and said, Blessed be Abraham, Abram by God most high, possessor of heaven and earth, and blessed be God most high who has delivered your enemies into your hand. The ultimate God. Like, of course, there's lowercase g gods around here, um, but they're not God uppercase G. You know, like he is the most high, he is the one who possesses everything, he has supreme authority, ownership over heaven and earth, like he is the one that is to be exalted and the one that um is to be praised.

SPEAKER_05 1:07:24

Um even like Deuteronomy 23, like it refers to God's control over the nations. Oh yeah, you know, so when we're talking about like he's the most high God, he is the exalted one, it's like he's the supreme judge, basically. Like he holds all things in his hand, he has the ultimate authority over any earthly power, which basically is all these false gods, like all these lowercase G gods. Okay, you know, and it's like we get to experience that, we get to live under the supreme judge, but that also can kind of backfire on us that when we fall, like then he he is the judge. So then it's like if we don't repent, like he's forced to judge. But that's not what we're talking about today. That's a whole other podcast episode. But you know, it's just one of those things that like it appears, like you said, 28 times in the old testament, 28 times we're being reminded of this most high God. That's so cool. I love the Bible. That's cool.

SPEAKER_01 1:08:50

My last one is Jehovah Shama or Sama.

SPEAKER_05 1:08:57

Shama.

SPEAKER_01 1:08:59

Yeah, that one of those words. S-H-A-M-M-A-H. So you could find this in Ezekiel 48 verse 35. It translates to the Lord is there. It signifies God's permanent, constant presence, promising that he never leaves or forsakes his people, even in times of exile or distress. This name emphasizes a personal, intimate God who dwells among his people.

SPEAKER_04 1:09:34

It mentions it a lot in the Bible, too. God never leaving us or forsaking us.

SPEAKER_00 1:09:39

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 1:09:40

He does like talk about even in the New Testament as well, too. Like, or like Psalms, he's like, His love endures forever. He'll never leave you or forsake you.

SPEAKER_01 1:09:49

I mean, I also think about just the parent part of it. Like, I would love to be every minute with my son, but it's just not possible. But and that's and he's a teenager now. I know, he's a teenager that doesn't want to be around me, but it's okay.

SPEAKER_03 1:10:08

Oh.

SPEAKER_01 1:10:09

Anyways, I just think about that part where it's just like, you know, I mean, it's kind of hard to think about you know God being there all the time because it's like how, but those are just things that you're thinking that you can't uh understand fully because he is who he is, you know, and I think that's what's also the the good part about that is like we can't comprehend what God does, and that's what makes him who he is because he uh he doesn't like uh predict the future, he makes the future. So when he says something, it is permanent and it is done. For us, it's like we can think ahead and you know, figure out patterns and stuff and be like, oh, I predict that this is gonna happen. But what he says is and it happens. So when he says that he's with us all the time, it's true. And you know, I think a lot of people have a hard time understanding that because it's like, well, where were you when this happened to me? Well, where were you when this happened to me? And unfortunately, some things have to happen bad in our lives in order for us to learn from those moments, and you know, some people do have really hard times that you know it's unfortunate, but yeah, but in the end, if you surrender to the Lord and obey him, he will use that moment to glorify himself and to show this is why you should give your life to me, because I will make you whole again. I will always be there to protect you, I was always I will always be there to provide for you, I will always be all these things that we just talked about, the names of God, it's important because he is all of these things at once and forever. And this is how he kind of or not kind of, but this is how he reveals who he is to us, especially in all I think that's maybe why it's so much in the Old Testament, is because this is where God is like, this is my character, I'm gonna show you who I am, I'm gonna show you what I've um what I've done for my people and how I'm gonna do this for you guys as well. Because all of these things are still valid for us, even though we are not Israelites or Hebrews or the chosen ones, you know, like once we gave our life to Christ, this we were adopted into this. Yeah. And he is our father, and he he stands true to all these names that we just talked about and the things that we say that God is.

SPEAKER_04 1:13:21

Yeah, I think that at times we're like we're saying it's not mentioned in the New Testament, but it is because Jesus is literally, he shows himself as all of these things as well in the New Testament. He is Lord, he is the one who sees. Like he came, he went after the one, he went after those ones, the like the lady who was bleeding for twelve years. Like no one saw her, no one even or I guess they saw her, but they were more like repulsed by her, where they're like, I don't want to see you more. And he like comes after them. He was like jealous where he's flipping tables and mad that they're selling these things in his temple, and he's like, What the like he's like, you know, so he comes as a person who sanctifies and because he tells them like repent, sin no more, like do this. Like he's telling us, like he's um telling us to become holy, and he's he is like talks about him being the shepherd and the most high God, like he says, like, no, he then people were like think he's he blasphemes or whatever, and he's like yeah, lying, and they hate like they thought he was a liar and all that, but like he comes as like God shows it in the old testament, but also in the new testament, Jesus fulfills it and he's like, Yep, this is this is me, like I'm Jesus, I'm the flesh, like of God, and yeah, it was but it's good to like learn these names and I think remember that he is all these things at once and he does all these things, and if we see him as all this, um I think it uh I would make me like even when I was reading through it after like reading and like learning about it, I was like praying and I was like, dang god, like you really do see me like you are a Joe. Like, you know, it led me a lot to like see him that way and remember, like you are the one who does this. You are like, and it allowed me to like feel like even closer to him. Yeah. Um, because we should all be growing to know God more um in our walk. And I'm sure even these names, like we could probably learn even more about it when we're older as well, too, you know. So yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 1:15:26

Well, even taking the time to understand like the many different Hebrew names of God for God, like it's I feel like it's important because it's a way for us to gain insight of when God says I am who I am, like, who what does he mean when he says I am? It's all these things. It's provider, banner, peace, healer, shepherd, like it's all these things encapsulated when he says I am. And it's one of those like things, it's like by learning what these names mean, we can grow in like our appreciation and our adoration of God.

SPEAKER_04 1:16:11

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 1:16:11

Because now we're sitting in moments and we're like, wow, you are my peace in this moment, in this loss. You know, it's like it becomes more real, and it's like God does see us. It's like we can watch for evidence all around us, you know, it's there.

SPEAKER_04 1:16:31

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 1:16:32

The little moments of comfort, that's his peace. Like he's there.

SPEAKER_04 1:16:38

You know, that's true. It's bringing the verse of where he says, Fear not, for I've overcome the world. Like he like he's already done it all and did it all, and he just I don't know, he's just all powerful. And yeah, I think it just makes you be just see him and like be in awe of him and really have the fear of God and like reverence and be like, Wow, like this is all you. You, you're the one who does this. We can't be a provider or be like a shepherd. I mean, in a way that's like a gift, it could be like a gift of something, but like not like how he does it at all. Yeah. We can't be a healer, we can only all these things we do are is it through it's through him. It's through him allowing us to do it. It's through his power, it's not even through it's not through us at all. Yeah. Um, we're vessels, but he's yeah.

SPEAKER_05 1:17:32

Any final thoughts?

SPEAKER_01 1:17:34

I'm I mean, I just I like what you were saying is true. It's just like we need to be more into understanding who God is and going through the names that we call him in the w in the Bible or that or in scripture, we j we should just dig deep and understand because I think that's where a lot of the confusion is, like, especially I feel like that's what happened probably in the ancient world is like knowing these names and be like, oh well then there's God of hope, there's God of wholeness, there's God of healing, like we're talking about earlier. I don't know if we were talking on the podcast, but we're talking about that. And you could get confused because you think that oh, he can only be one. No, he cannot. He he, I mean, he is one, but he is all of these in one. And um, I could see how in the ancient times they might confuse that and be like, oh, we have different gods. Like, no, he's the one, the one true God, the God above everything, the creator of all things. So it's just important to kind of to dig deep and understand that because you can be misguided, and you know, it could lead you astray.

SPEAKER_04 1:19:01

So Yeah. I think the last thing I would say is it's bringing to mind this like song I um I like. It's called I think it's called Abba, to be honest, but he in general, I just feel like there's so many songs that like just sing out the names of God, and I think it's important. It like I would highly encourage, like even myself, I want to like listen to that song now. Um, like anyone listening, or just in general, like um, to like find a song or even just r like say these names, like declare them, because there's just so much power in that, and there's power in us like speaking it or singing it, um, because when we're then when we remember like who God is and his character and all these things, like I just feel like it makes us it really does allow us to feel peace and to have fear like flee because if we're seeing if we remember like God is all of these things in one and um it just like it brings us um or I don't know, it just brings it makes me feel like good to know, like, oh yeah, like this is the God I serve. This is who we serve, like 100% because the enemy wants us to forget and think like that just because troubles and hard things happen, like, oh, like God must have left and this and that. No, he's always there. He's he never leaves. We're the ones who forget, we're the ones who walk away, or we're the ones who just stop listening and want to do it on our own. Like we have to remember, like, he is the center and he is the one who um just gives us life and gives us peace and healing and hope and just all that.

SPEAKER_05 1:20:46

Yeah. Yeah. I think the last thing I'll say, I know we had discussed it as we were planning out and picking names and um we had talked about like what the purpose is. And I think as we've gone through how many did we say? 18? Is that what the math mathed? Um you know, as we went through these 18 names of God, it's like the purpose is not to pray to the names, not to think of Jehovah Nisi as a separate thing, like it's still God. We're still praying to God, the Father, like you know, so but it's utilize them, utilize these attributes of God in your prayer. You know, it's not like I think when people say, like, oh, I'm gonna call on the name, it's like I think it can get a little idolatry, it can cross that line, but it's more of like, God, thank you for seeing and understanding me, helping me recognize your presence in this hard place. Like, give me strength and grant me peace as I live from the truth that Elroy sees me. You know, it's like using it in that kind of context versus being like Elroy, the one who sees me.

SPEAKER_01 1:22:18

It's like, okay, like you're summoning someone.

SPEAKER_05 1:22:21

Yeah, yeah. But like we said, he's all encompassing the city. That's how the Old Testament, like, they had all of like the pagan idols, like, you know, everything they had like the God of war, the god of love, like they had a god for everything. It's like this isn't what this isn't the Christian version of that. Like, this is all one spiritual being, just all his many shapes and sizes and forms. And we didn't even go through all of them. I was just 18. There's a lot more, so we couldn't even go in depth because this is already gonna be our longest episode yet. Yeah, but I think it's one of our best ones that we've done because I think this is something that I never really would have thought to study these names in depth the way I did. But I'm glad that I did. And I think everyone should do that because it only benefits you. You only benefit from truly understanding God as your provider, your healer, your peace, like you know. Yeah. That's good. So we will see you on the next episode. Thank you for sticking with us to the end. Yes. And we hope that you are blessed by all of this information, and that you just take these scriptures that we were throwing out there, write them down, store them up in your heart, and read them for yourself, dissect them and pray through them. Pray them over your life.

SPEAKER_03 1:24:03

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 1:24:04

See you next time. Bye.