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Aug. 12, 2022
The Almighty God
In ancient times, one’s name was a prophetic declaration of their character or destiny. When God revealed himself to Abraham it was as El-Shaddai, a description of Him as the Almighty God. He wanted Abraham to know He had the power to fulfill His promises to multiply Abraham exceedingly. But this almighty God had a name, and it was not until hundreds of years later that it was revealed to Abraham’s descendants.
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The Almighty God (Out of Zion Episode #135)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Transcript
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Well, who is God and what is he like? As we shared last week in ancient times, a person's
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name was usually a prophetic declaration of their character or destiny. Well, God identified
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himself to Abraham as El Shaddai. I wonder why? Well, welcome to this week's Shabbat Shalom
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devotional when I seek to share just a little inspiration and bring a little piece to the
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close of your very busy week. You know, the most common word referring to God in the Bible
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is the word El, but that was not his name. El was the Semitic word for God. So just like
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today the word God can mean the God of the Bible or it can mean a pagan God or any kind
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of God. Same with the word El. It was just any kind of God. And it means the strong one.
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Well, in the Old Testament, when referring to the God of the Israelites, a curious plural
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form of El was used, Elohim. And it occurs over 2,000 times in the Bible, but it's usually
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almost always paired up with a singular verb. So what that means is it doesn't mean a plurality
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of gods. It means one God. But there's some curious hint here to some plurality within
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God. Well, Christians, of course, see in this plural form a hint of the Trinity nature of
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God. The Jewish people see it a little bit differently and they instead understand it
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as kind of an abstract sense about the plurality of majesty and honor and the fullness of God,
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that He is God of gods. He's just the most supreme God. Now, while His premier name that
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we talked about last week that was revealed to Moses, this first human being that God
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introduced himself to was Abraham. And when he did, he referred to himself with a descriptive
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00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:13,600
name of his character. Let's read it in Genesis 17, verses one through two. When Abraham was
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99 years old, the Lord appeared to Abraham and said to him, I am El Shaddai, translated
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here Almighty God, walk before me and be blameless, and I will make my covenant between me and
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you and will multiply you exceedingly. So here God says, I am El Shaddai. I am the Almighty
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God. And this is the name that Abraham used, that Isaac and Jacob used when speaking to
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their sons about this God that they were following. He was El Shaddai. It was very interesting
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to note that later on in Exodus, when God reveals his formal name to Moses, he alludes
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to El Shaddai. This is what he says. This is in Exodus six, verses two and three. And
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God spoke to Moses and said to him, I am the Lord here. This is his name. I am that I am
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name. I am the I am that I am. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as El Shaddai.
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But by my name, I am that I am, I was not known to them. So God did not reveal his true
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name until to Moses, but he revealed a glimpse of his character in the name El Shaddai. Wow.
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So through the Bible, we are privileged to learn from all of these revelations of God
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through his name and through these descriptive names. He is El Shaddai, God Almighty, whose
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name is the one who was, who is and is to come. So as you take a little break this weekend,
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worship him, the Almighty God El Shaddai. And with that, I wish you Shabbat Shalom.
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,860
Well, who is God and what is he like? As we shared last week in ancient times, a person's
2
00:00:05,860 --> 00:00:12,600
name was usually a prophetic declaration of their character or destiny. Well, God identified
3
00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:20,300
himself to Abraham as El Shaddai. I wonder why? Well, welcome to this week's Shabbat Shalom
4
00:00:20,300 --> 00:00:25,460
devotional when I seek to share just a little inspiration and bring a little piece to the
5
00:00:25,460 --> 00:00:31,560
close of your very busy week. You know, the most common word referring to God in the Bible
6
00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:39,080
is the word El, but that was not his name. El was the Semitic word for God. So just like
7
00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:45,380
today the word God can mean the God of the Bible or it can mean a pagan God or any kind
8
00:00:45,380 --> 00:00:52,280
of God. Same with the word El. It was just any kind of God. And it means the strong one.
9
00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:59,080
Well, in the Old Testament, when referring to the God of the Israelites, a curious plural
10
00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:07,520
form of El was used, Elohim. And it occurs over 2,000 times in the Bible, but it's usually
11
00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:15,520
almost always paired up with a singular verb. So what that means is it doesn't mean a plurality
12
00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:22,640
of gods. It means one God. But there's some curious hint here to some plurality within
13
00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:29,760
God. Well, Christians, of course, see in this plural form a hint of the Trinity nature of
14
00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:36,040
God. The Jewish people see it a little bit differently and they instead understand it
15
00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:43,000
as kind of an abstract sense about the plurality of majesty and honor and the fullness of God,
16
00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:50,480
that He is God of gods. He's just the most supreme God. Now, while His premier name that
17
00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:58,440
we talked about last week that was revealed to Moses, this first human being that God
18
00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:06,320
introduced himself to was Abraham. And when he did, he referred to himself with a descriptive
19
00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:13,600
name of his character. Let's read it in Genesis 17, verses one through two. When Abraham was
20
00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:22,000
99 years old, the Lord appeared to Abraham and said to him, I am El Shaddai, translated
21
00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:28,360
here Almighty God, walk before me and be blameless, and I will make my covenant between me and
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00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:39,560
you and will multiply you exceedingly. So here God says, I am El Shaddai. I am the Almighty
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00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:46,960
God. And this is the name that Abraham used, that Isaac and Jacob used when speaking to
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00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:53,280
their sons about this God that they were following. He was El Shaddai. It was very interesting
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00:02:53,280 --> 00:03:01,640
to note that later on in Exodus, when God reveals his formal name to Moses, he alludes
26
00:03:01,640 --> 00:03:09,000
to El Shaddai. This is what he says. This is in Exodus six, verses two and three. And
27
00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:17,680
God spoke to Moses and said to him, I am the Lord here. This is his name. I am that I am
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00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:29,920
name. I am the I am that I am. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as El Shaddai.
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But by my name, I am that I am, I was not known to them. So God did not reveal his true
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00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:52,480
name until to Moses, but he revealed a glimpse of his character in the name El Shaddai. Wow.
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So through the Bible, we are privileged to learn from all of these revelations of God
32
00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:06,400
through his name and through these descriptive names. He is El Shaddai, God Almighty, whose
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00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:16,520
name is the one who was, who is and is to come. So as you take a little break this weekend,
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worship him, the Almighty God El Shaddai. And with that, I wish you Shabbat Shalom.
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