JEHOVAH-ADON KAL HA'ARETS
LORD of the earth
And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of The Lord, The Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above: and they shall stand upon a heap. Joshua 3:13
[ This is the second time that God parted the waters. See? Some of you thought there was only one time, when God parted the waters of the Red Sea for Moses and the children of Israel to cross over after leaving Egypt (Exodus 14:15-22). ]
When we sign off in prayer, we say, "In Jesus' Name. Amen". What are we really saying? Do you know Jesus' Name? Do you pray with understanding? Do you say those words because your Bible tells you to? John 14:13 "And whatsoever things you ask in My Name, that will I do, that The Father may be glorified in The Son. If you will ask any thing in My Name, I will do it." But remember, when you ask God, you must ask according to God's will and purpose. James 4:3 "You ask, and receive not, because you ask amiss, that you may consume it upon your lusts." Whether it is the lust of wealth, or power or any selfish desire, that prayer will not be answered by God. If you get what you have prayed for in that category, it is not God who gave it to you: it is the god of this earth, who desires your destruction, your eternal destruction. But God desires your salvation, your eternal life and the life you live now, is at stake here.
What is Jesus' Name? To pray without understanding is to pray without wisdom and knowledge. And while you may have a little more knowledge now, using that knowledge and putting it to application are two different things. One is having the knowledge, the other is having wisdom.
You repeat what you have heard. You say the words, but what do they mean? What are you thinking when you pray? What are you seeing when you sing? A name has meaning and structure. A name describes, reveals and defines. A name is given to every thing and person. Some people are given more than one name at birth; some have a middle name, connecting their first name with their last; some have more than one middle name, to honor the family names. But Jesus. Mm. Love the wonderful name of Jesus. He has many names. And each of those names means something. You will never pray the same way again as you have done before you read this.
In Jesus' Name is power. Power to create, JEHOVAH-BARA, Lord Creator: Geneses 1:26 "..and God said, Let us...". He wasn't talking to Himself the way we talk to ourselves. He was talking to Jesus and The Holy Spirit. Wherever One goes the Others are. John 1:1-5 "In The Beginning was The Word, and The Word was with God, and The Word was God. The Same was In The Beginning With God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made. In Him was Life; and The Life was The Light of men. And The Light shines in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not." Isn't that just the awesomest section of Scripture?
Power to destroy, Genesis 6:5-8 describes how God felt when He looked out upon the earth and saw the wickedness of men's hearts and the evil they did everywhere. Of all the generations of mankind upon the face of the earth at that time, only 1 man was found to have grace in God's sight. And that man was Noah. Of the many, only one man and his family: his wife, his 3 sons and their wives; these 8 plus the thousands of animals, the food each required and water to drink and bathe were kept safe in the ark that Noah and his sons built over the course of 120 years, were all that were saved when God first destroyed the earth. JEHOVAH-NAHEH, Lord Who Smites.
The second time God destroys the earth entirely will be when He destroys it with fire: 2 Peter 3, specifically v7. but read the whole chapter. Before this happens, every man, woman and child living on the earth will have heard the gospel preached or shared with them at least once. Each of us will have been given, at least once, an opportunity to accept that Jesus Christ is Lord, that He is The Only Begotten Son of God. For now, we live in a time of grace. A time where all sins are forgiven because Christ has died for all the sins of the world. A time where those who call on The Name of the Lord shall be saved JEHOVAH-HOSHE'AH, Lord Saves.
Power to procreate: Genesis 9:1 God tells Noah and his sons to repopulate the earth. In verses 9-17, God promises to never again flood the whole earth and never to destroy again every creature or person with a flood such as had just happened. To signify His promise, He placed His bow in the cloud. Every animal and person leaving the ark, had the commandment by God to multiply and replenish the earth. And the promise of God then was to "your seed after you". That's us. God's promise stands true even now. Though many places see floods, floods do not cover the whole earth. But people do.
Power to judge JEHOVAH-HASHOPET, The Lord My Judge: Genesis 3 tells us of Adam and Eve's downfall and why they left the Garden of Eden. This is the first judgment. It is because they disobeyed God and went against His Word that He gave them. They ate the fruit growing on the Tree of Knowledge and were removed from their places in the garden. In their shame, they tried to cover the result of their sins with leaves sewn together. But this was not enough. Death came to the garden because of their sin: God chose an animal and killed it, using the skins of the animal to cover the sins of Adam and Eve.
Because of this man's sin against God, sin entered into the whole world. But because of Christ, who took on the sins of the whole world, from the beginning of time to the end of time, grace entered into the world. It is the blood of Jesus that covers the sins. It is the righteousness of Christ that God sees when He sees the blood on us. This blood, the blood of the Lamb of God, which takes away the sins of the world, is on me, because Jesus has redeemed me and I belong to Him now: JEHOVAH-GO'EL, The Lord My Redeemer. In Adam's day, he could talk face to face with God. But because of his sin, he lost that privilege. God had to seek out men after that; no longer could He speak with them individually. And men, who wanted to know God, sought God and God made Himself known. He still makes Himself known to all who seek Him. I sought God and He turned to me and made Himself known. And the closer we get, the more He is revealed to me.
Genesis 18 and 19 tells us of the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. These cities were destroyed because God had judged them after they refused to turn from their wicked ways, which were evil in the sight of God. One man among them lived there with his wife and family. And though he was a righteous man, he was the only righteous man there.
Imagine two cities right next to each other in the plains. Business goes on as usual. Couples marry and divorce. Children are born. But the days for these cities are drawing to an end. Though the sun continues to shine, it is forever dark there: the evil and the darkness of mens' hearts prevents the light from piercing into them. Alleyways and dark corners see more business than Walmart ever will. The lust of the flesh needs to be met. What the eye sees, the head wants and the heart grows more evil, for when the lust of one thing is fulfilled, it is not satisfied and more, more, more is the cry of wickedness. More destruction, more wickedness, more death.
In Genesis 18, Abraham and God have a conversation. About Sodom and Gomorrah. Because Abraham's nephew Lot lived there, Abraham did not want him to die. So, on behalf of all the people in both cities, Abraham pleaded with God for them not to be destroyed. Through out the course of their conversation, it finally came down to 10. IF ten righteous people could be found in either Sodom or Gomorrah, then these cities would not be destroyed.
Thousands of people, in two cities, and only one man was found and his name was Lot. The angels, emissaries of God, came to Lot and told him to bring his family out of Sodom and into safety. But the men to whom his daughters were married laughed in his face. As they were leaving the city, Lot's wife turned back to see the destruction of her friends. For her disobedience her judgement was instantaneous: she was turned to salt, a pillar of salt she became.
They had years to repent of their wickedness. Lot lived among them and must have told them repeatedly in all the years he lived there, how that they must repent of their unrighteous acts and obey God. But none listened. God will make Himself known to all before He judges us. Genesis 23, 24 tells us that at sunrise of the day of destruction, "The Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from The Lord out of heaven.." Every living creature: animal, plant, person was destroyed in both cities. A volcano did not suddenly erupt and destroy these cities. That's a lie. God destroyed them with His fire from heaven.
vs 28 says when Abraham got up early in that morning back to the place where he and God had conversed, smoke lay over the country 'as the smoke of a furnace'. The smoke of a furnace is nasty. It blisters, it burns, it chokes. Abraham was far enough away that he was safe from the effects of such smoke, but he could see it. You and I will be far enough away from the effects of destruction, but we will see it. If we are under the blood of The Lamb, Jesus. JEHOVAH-YASHA, The Lord My Savior.
In Jesus' Name we pray.
Jesus' Name is Lord of the earth.
Jesus' Name is Lord Creator.
Jesus' Name is Lord Who Smites.
Jesus' Name is Lord Saves.
Jesus' Name is The Lord My Judge.
Jesus' Name is The Lord My Redeemer.
Jesus' Name is The Lord My Savior.
Amen.
