Names of God - Zao Theos- The Living God

 

ZAO THEOS

(pronounced zah'-o theh-os')

LIVING GOD

2 Corinthians 6:16

What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of The Living God; as God said, “I will make My dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people." 

    This verse is a reminder to the born-again believer to not be unequally yoked with a non-believer. That Christ-followers cannot, nor should not want to, mingle what we believe with what other religions believe. 

    Chrislam is a pagan religion, as it is impossible to be a faithful and obedient Christian when one has aligned itself with a non-Christian religion and unbiblical belief system. Christian Nationalism is also a comingling of two ideological platforms where it becomes neither. 

    Christianity begins in the heart of a person. Here in our hearts is where we believe that Jesus Christ, God's only begotten Son, is Lord. It is through the power of God's Holy Spirit that God's Holy Son takes up residence within us. It is after we believe that Jesus Christ is Lord that The Holy Spirit immediately begins to change us inwardly, transforming us from unrighteous sinners into righteous saints. Christianity puts Christ first, above all else. Even above national pride and promotion.

    Nationalism on the other hand begins in the mind. It promotes the nation's values and strengths above all others, even religion and Christianity. Britannica defines nationalism as "an ideology (social and political philosophy that hopes to describe the world and make changes to it) based on the premise that the individual’s loyalty and devotion to the nation-state surpass other individual or group interests." Knowing that Christianity is an individual interest, the faithful born-again believer chooses to put Christ first, while the faithful nationalist puts his country first. 

    We are the temple, the dwellingplace, the residence, of  The Living God. No other god can be defined in this manner. All other gods were created by mankind in rebellion to The Living God and will end in eternal death for their followers. The Living God died for His people, conquered death, conquered hell and conquered the grave by walking out of it, giving all of His followers eternal life through Jesus Christ His Son. No other god has done that. Nor will they ever, for they do not exist, except in the imaginations of mankind. 

    When we become Christians, not only do we become God's dwellingplace, but we become His servants. Not in a mean sort of way, but in humility and loving sacrifice, placing God's needs above our own. We choose to serve The God Who Loves Us With An Everlasting Love. We opt-in to dedicate our lives to His service: doing what He wants us to do, going where He wants to go, saying what He wants us to say. 

    We choose to love The Living God with all of our hearts, our souls, our strength. We choose to worship The Living God, just as His prophets and His disciples have before us, for this Eternal God alone is worthy of our praise. Let us enter now into His Eternal presence and surrender our hearts and our lives to Him, that The Living God may seal us into His covenant Word. Let us lift our hands and raise our voices in praise and worship!

HE LIVES  - Acapella choir rendition 

     

   

Ancient of Days

 

'ATTIYQ YOWM

(pronounced at-teek' yohm)

ANCIENT OF DAYS

Daniel 7:22

Until The Ancient of Days came, and judgment was given to the saints of The Most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. 

THE BEGINNING

Revelation 1:8

“I am The Alpha and The Omega,” says The Lord God, Who is and was and is to come—The Almighty."

Isaiah 44:6

Thus says The LORD, The King and Redeemer of Israel, The LORD of Hosts: “I am The First and I am The Last, and there is no God but Me."

John 8:58

Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.” 

THE ETERNAL GOD

Genesis 21:33

And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon The Name of The LORD, The Eternal God.

Deuteronomy 33:27

The Eternal God is your refuge, And underneath are the everlasting arms; He will thrust out the enemy from before you, And will say, ‘Destroy!’

1 Timothy 1:17

Now to The King Eternal, Immortal, and Invisible, The only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

THE EVERLASTING GOD

Psalm 90:2

Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from Everlasting to Everlasting You are God.

Isaiah 40:28

Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, The LORD, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. 

Jeremiah 10:10

But The LORD is The True God, He is The Living God, and an Everlasting King: at His wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide His indignation. 

THE SON IS GOD

Isaiah 9:6

For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His Name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 11:2

The Spirit of The LORD shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of The LORD.

John 17:3

Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, The Only True God, and Jesus Christ, Whom You have sent.

John 1:1-3. 14

In the beginning was The Word, and The Word was with God, and The Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made. ... 

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of The Father, full of grace and truth.

Hebrews 2:14

Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil. 

John 3:16-17

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved.

1 John 4:9

In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.

John 1:18

No one has ever seen God, but The Only Begotten Son, Who is Himself God and is at The Father’s side, has made Him known.

THE EVERLASTING GOD 

HOLY HOLY HOLY

Jehovah 'Elyown 'El

 

JEHOVAH 'ELYOWN 'EL

(pronounced yah-way el-yone ale)

THE LORD MOST HIGH GOD

Genesis 14:22, 23

And Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lift up mine hand unto The LORD, The Most High God, The Possessor of heaven and earth, that I will take nothing, from a thread to a sandal strap, and that I will not take anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich’.

Jehovah: self-Existent, Eternal 

Elyown: Supreme, Uppermost

El: Strength, Mighty One, Almighty 

Psalm 57:2

I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me.

Isaiah 26:4

Trust in The LORD forever, because GOD The LORD is The Rock Eternal.

2 Samuel 22:32 

For who is God besides The LORD? And who is The Rock except our God?

1 Corinthians 10:3, 4

They all ate the same spiritual food, and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual Rock that accompanied them, and that Rock was Christ.

Psalm 78:35

And they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer. 

YOU ALONE ARE A GREAT GOD -Winds of Worship #2

Names of Christ - I AM Alpha & Omega

 Revelation 1:8

"I Am The Alpha and The Omega, The Beginning and The Ending," says The LORD God, "which is, and which was, and which is to come, The Almighty."

I AM THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA

EIMI AL-FAH O

(pronounced ay-MEE AL-fah O'-meg-ah)

    Christ's limitlessness -- without end/without beginning; always has been, still is, and always will be -- is without compare. For our Savior is The Living Word of God. John 1:14 "And The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of The Only Begotten of The Father,) full of grace and truth." The Living Word. 

   As John also wrote in John 14:6: Jesus is The Way, The Truth and The LIFE. And, again, in John 7:39, referring the The Spirit of GOD, the believer in Christ would have Living Water flow out of them. 

    GOD is the only neverending GOD. He is above all gods (which are created by mankind) and is therefore Sovereign (Psalm 135:5). As the only GOD of any worth or value, He is to be feared (1 Chronicles 16:25), He is to be honored by giving Him ourselves (1 Corinthians 6:20) We are to love GOD wholeheartedly (Mark 12:30, Deuteronomy 6:5). We are to obey GOD (Job 36:11, Acts 5:29, Romans 6:16) faithfully. GOD is holy and requires holy people.

    GOD The Father Creates and Destroys. He sets up and tears down.  

    GOD The Son Saves through the blood He shed on the cross, gives New Life by conquering death for all who believe in Him, and Judges in righteousness when the time is given for judgment. 

    GOD The Spirit Breathes new life into the believer's body and soul, which begins the process of sanctification in making GOD's people holy, that we might remain in GOD's holy presence which demands holiness in return. 

    Before there was an Earth, there was GOD, there was JESUS CHRIST, there was THE HOLY SPIRIT. Before there were stars in the sky, before the sun knew existence, before the moon shined in the night sky, there was GOD, there was JESUS CHRIST, there was THE HOLY SPIRIT. (Genesis 1)

    After this Earth is obliterated, and replaced with a new Earth and a new heavens, GOD will be, JESUS CHRIST will be, THE HOLY SPIRIT will be. (Revelation 20-22).

    But now, while today is today, if you do not believe that JESUS CHRIST is GOD's ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, you still have time to choose to believe in your heart that HE IS SAVIOR and speak aloud with your mouth that JESUS CHRIST IS LORD, thus announcing and declaring your faith in GOD through His Son JESUS CHRIST. AND in these days in which we live GOD IS, JESUS CHRIST IS and THE HOLY SPIRIT IS. 

Forever and ever. Amen. 

JESUS MESSIAH - Chris Tomlin