Names of God: Shamar Yisrael - The Protector of Israel

 

SHAMAR YISRAEL
(pronounced shah-MAR yis-rah-EL)
THE PROTECTOR OF ISRAEL

Psalm 121:4
Behold! The Protector of Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

Behold simply means, 'listen up!' or 'pay attention!', in order to gain a person's attention that the next words said are heard by the hearer. Sometimes to remind, sometimes to reinforce what has already been said previously.
The Protector of Israel is Almighty God. He is Keeper. He keeps watch over His chosen people. [John 17:12]. As a father protects his children, God protects His people.

    He is Guardian. He guards us on every side. As He guarded His people in the wilderness, He went before them as a pillar of cloud and behind them as a pillar of fire. [Exodus 13:17-22]. Even when the tabernacle was built, and the glory of God was upon it, the cloud by day and the fire in the cloud by night, reinforced God's presence upon every Israelite in the camp. And the tabernacle was not consumed in the fire of God's presence. [Exodus 40:38].

    The Protector of Israel surrounds him, instructs him and guards him 'as the apple of His eye'. [Deuteronomy 32:10]. We are surrounded by the angel of The Lord [Psalm 34:7; Zechariah 2:5]. We are instructed by His voice [Isaiah 48:17]. We are the apple of His eye. We are vulnerable in our humanness and require great care by a loving God. [Psalm 17:8].

    The Protector of Israel is Shepherd over Israel. When the flock begins to scatter, He gathers them back to Himself. At times, He will leave the majority of the flock and go looking for the wanderers, the lost sheep. Even when it is The Lord Who has scattered us for His purposes and will, it is still He Who brings us back to Himself. [Jeremiah 31:10; Deuteronomy 28:64]. Only when we acknowledge Him as Shepherd, does He become our personal Shepherd; The One we follow everywhere because we love His voice. [Psalm 23].

    The Protector of Israel never sleeps or grows weary; never gets drowsy. [Isaiah 40:28; Isaiah 27:3]. It is impossible for mere man to be on guard 24/7, seven days a week, month after month into the years. Yet, our God's strength and protection is beyond time and space. Wherever God is God is awake, alert, and prepared.

    Aren't you glad God is your Protector?

    

Names of God - YHWH ELOHIYM

 

YHWH ELOHIYM

(pronounced yah-way eh-lo-HEEM)

THE LORD HE IS GOD

Deuteronomy 4:39

Know therefore this day, and consider it in your heart, that 
THE LORD HE IS GOD in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.

    There is only one God. He is Almighty God, The God of heaven and earth. He is Spirit. God is Omnipresent: He can be everywhere at the same time. God is Omniscient: knows all there is to know. And God is Omnipotent: all powerful. 

    God is in heaven above: all the heavenly places bear His imprint of creativity. No two stars are exactly like. Every planet is singular in structure. We give parts of the known universe names like Nebulae and Ursa Minor and Milky Way. Yet, God has named each one of His creation with names only He knows. 

    God is in His heaven, that far away place above and beyond the skies and outer space. And because He is Omnipresent, that heavenly place where His thrones are is only one area of His permanent residence [Sapphire Throne: Ezekiel 1:26; White Throne of Judgment: Revelation 20:11-15] . God inhabits (dwells within, lives in) the praises of His people [Psalm 22:3]. 

    God is in His tabernacle. The tabernacle of God is both a physical dwellingplace and a spiritual dwellingplace. In the Old Testament the tabernacle was a tent like no other that had to be put together when God's people would settle in one place, then dismantled and carried to the next place, where it would be reassembled and the glory of God would settle into it, filling it completely.

    In John 1:14, the glory of God is seen in Christ Jesus, Who is The Tabernacle of God and it is this Tabernacle of God that is with men [Revelation 21:3]--the people who believe that Jesus Christ is God's only begotten Son, the people who believe on The Name of The Lord Jesus Christ for our salvation. 

    Those of you who choose not to believe will never know the joy of being loved by God. You will never have an intimate, loving relationship with our heavenly Father. You condemn yourselves to hell and an eternity of torment in the lake of fire. But, you don't have to do that. There's still time to believe. There's still time to repent, to admit you have sinned against God, to turn away from the sins you have committed and turn your hearts and faces to The God of heaven and earth. 

    God is Creator. He created all things, all people for His glory. All the heavens and everything in them. All the earth and everything in it. From a black void to a colorful, peopled, nature-filled wonder. He created me. He created you. And when I turned my back on sin, and turned my face and my heart to my Creator, He created in me a new me through my belief on The Name of The Lord Jesus Christ. God wants to create in you a new creation, too. There's still time. 

    God is in His heaven and in His earth. Is He in you, too?

Names of God - YHWH MAGEN - The Lord My Shield

 

YHWH MAGEN

(pronounced yah-way maw-GEN)

THE LORD MY SHIELD

Psalm 3:3

But Thou, O LORD, are a shield around me, My Glory, and The Lifter-Up of my head. 

    Can't always see Him at work in our lives. Can't always see His protection. But as Christians we know that our God is always with us. We know that He protects us from both unseen dangers and snares laid for us. 

    The Word of God covers us, surrounds us and causes us to walk uprightly in The Word. Our Shield covers our head with His salvation. Our Shield is held in our least dominant hand and arm, the weakest part of us, that His Strength may be made evident, that His Name would be glorified in times of battle and warfare.

    Our Shield is held in front of us. We are holding onto Him while He goes before us. We should never let go of, drop, our Shield, for then we would be in dire straits in the midst of our daily battles. And should one of us be killed for His Name's sake, it is not because we dropped our Shield; it was merely their time to be on the other side of the victory we always hope for. 

    Our Shield causes us to not only walk upright before The Lord (for it impossible to carry our Shield with our heads bowed low), but to maintain a vigilant walk with Him. Always looking forward, anticipating the fiery darts from the enemy's quiver which have the power to slip through our Armor, which is also The Word of God. We must keep our Shields up, our eyes and ears open to the dangers around us, and our Sword ever ready to repel the onslaught of hate which threatens to take us down and out. 

    Our Shield shines with the glory of God. The reflective Light shines Itself into the eyes of our enemies. It frustrates and blinds them to The Truth and sometimes they turn on each other. There is no need for us to polish our Shield, The Word of God; It's shine is The Glory of God. 

    This, our Shield, is a special Shield. It not only leads and protects us going forward, but as we go, It's properties of protection also surround us completely: on every side and behind us: A SHIELD AROUND ME, is what the psalmist writes. What is there to fear, indeed, when God not only goes before us, but is behind us, as well? It wasn't only at the crossing of The Red Sea that God led and followed after His people. He's still doing that. We have the favor of God with us as long as we retain Him as our Shield, too. 

    Don't drop your Shield. Don't stop following after God. Don't stop believing that Jesus Christ Is Lord. Don't stop listening to The Holy Spirit. Continue to walk your faith out in your lives. Continue to read Scripture daily. Continue to commune with, spend time in prayer with, God. Continue to listen to His Holy Spirit, Who is The Breath of God, The Wisdom of God, The Fire of God. You have, after all, the favor of God surrounding you as a Shield.

    Psalm 5:12

For You, O LORD, will bless the righteous; With favor You will surround him as with a shield. 

Names of God - YHWH 'Asah Shamayim Erets - The Maker of Heaven and Earth

 

YHWH 'ASAH SHAMAYIM ERETS

(pronounced yah-way - ah sah shah-MAH-yeem eh'rets)

The Lord, The Maker of Heaven and Earth

Psalm 121:2

My Help comes from The LORD, The Maker of Heaven and Earth. 

MY HELP: My Divine Intervention. My Intercessor. My Rescuer. My Savior. My Interceder. My Alliance. My Restorer of The Covenant. My Wisdom & Navigator. My Source. 

THE LORD: Self-existent, Eternal

Genesis 2:4

These are the generations (the history, the account) of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that The LORD God made the earth and the heavens. 

Psalm 124:8

Our help is in The Name of The LORD, The Maker of heaven and earth. 

    And because our help is in The Name of The LORD, we are so very much aware that our salvation is in The Name of The LORD, too. As Paul wrote in Romans 10:13, "For whosoever shall call upon The Name of The Lord shall be saved." Now we see by Scripture and the knowledge of the holy that, THE LORD IS MY SAVIOR. 

[Exodus 15:2; Psalm 18:2; 27:1; 118:14; Isaiah 12:2; John 2:9; Revelation 7:10] 

THE MAKER: Purposeful Creator, Industrious One, Governor, Accomplisher, Provider, Deliberate Creator, Intentional Artist

Nehemiah 9:6

You alone are The LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You.

Psalm 148:1-5

Hallelujah! Praise The LORD from the heavens; praise Him in the highest places.  Praise Him, all His angels; praise Him, all His heavenly hosts. Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars. Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies. Let them praise The Name of the LORD, for He gave the command and they were created. 

John 1:1-3

In the beginning was The Word, and The Word was with God, and The Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made. 

Revelation 1:8

I am Alpha and Omega, The Beginning and The Ending, says The Lord, Who is, and Who was, and Who is to come, The Almighty.

OF HEAVEN AND EARTH: Sky above the earth, celestial bodies above the sky. Dry land, ground, country, domain, firm.

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 

Genesis 1:6, 7

Then God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.” Thus God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so. 

    By The Word of The LORD were the heavens and the earth created. God spoke, with His Breath, all life into existence at the time of creation during the six days He created the earth and the heavens. Psalm 33:6 "By The Word of The LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by The Breath of His mouth."

[Isaiah 45:2; Jeremiah 10:12]

Genesis 1:9, 10

And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called He Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Psalm 104:6-8

You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them.

    And on this earth, God created mankind, male and female, man and woman. Man God created with His Word and His Breath out of the dust, the land, of the Earth. [Genesis 2:7; Genesis 3:19; 1 Corinthians 15:47; Job 33:4; Acts 17:25; John 1:3]. Not primordial soup, neither primates nor rocks, as some would have us to believe, but by The Word of God, The Spirit of God and God Himself we are created beings. And we have a responsibility towards our Creator to return to Him and worship Him. 

    For we have been separated from God through our sin-nature which we have inherited from Adam and Eve, from whom all life has been generated. For when God created them, He told them to 'be fruitful and multiply'; and they did [Genesis 1:28].         But when they sinned against God, all of the lives which came from Adam and Eve were now tainted and separated from God. It wasn't just Adam and Eve who were removed from the garden in Eden: all of their children and grandchildren and so on and so forth also had to leave the garden. The nature of sin is that it taints everyone. 

    But how do we get back to God? How do we return to our Creator, our Maker? In the beginning of returning back to God, it was during the time of Adam and Eve's third son born after the fall--Seth--when mankind turned to God. Genesis 4:26. 

    Perhaps seeing the results of his brother Cain's actions--jealousy, murder and unrepentance--caused the men of Seth and his son Enosh's time to separate themselves from them and call on The Name of The Lord. 

    Still this call goes out: Whosoever shall call upon The Name of The Lord shall be saved. Urgently the call is given: Return to The Lord Your Maker. Repent, and believe.

Romans 10:13

For whosoever shall call upon The Name of The Lord shall be saved.

John 20:31

But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is The Christ, The Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His Name.

John 1:12, 13

But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His Name, He gave the right to become children of God—children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.

    Mere lineage cannot bring us into the presence of The Eternal Living Holy God. We must be born again through belief that Jesus Christ is God's Only Begotten Son, Who died on the cross for our sins, conquered death/hell/the grave and walked out of the tomb in which He had been laid into a glorified body, a resurrected body and is seated now at the right hand of God, interceding on behalf of His people. 

    We who believe are not only of the lineage of Adam and Eve, we are of the seed of Abraham, who believed God when circumstances always said otherwise. He obeyed God and journeyed to a place he'd never been before, never seen nor even heard of. He brought his son Isaac to the top of the mountain to sacrifice him as God had commanded. But God provided a different sacrifice. Abraham did not have to sacrifice his beloved son.

    But God chose to sacrifice His Beloved Son, so that the sins which dragged us down to hell, the sins which separated us from God, would be broken from off of us, through the shedding of His own blood. God allowed His Word, wrapped in flesh, to be tortured, beaten and nailed to a cross: for us. 

    Now it is possible to return to God, for the ultimate sin-offering has been made and the veil that separated us from God's Holy presence has been torn permanently. Now, we can return to our Creator. Now, we can call on The Name of The Lord God for our salvation. Now, The Maker of Heaven and Earth is The Maker of our New Life in Christ Jesus. Now, our Maker is remaking us daily into His image in a different way than He made us in His image in the garden. 

    Come, let us worship and bow down before The Lord Our Maker. Let us call on His Name for our salvation. Let our repentance be real and pure, that we might remain His people. If we are truly of Christ, then we will live for Christ and die to self. 

Names of Christ - Banner of Love

 

DEGEL

(pronounced  deh'-gel)

BANNER 

Song of Solomon 2:4

He brought me to the banqueting house, and His Banner over me was Love. 

    In this love story the king has brought his young bride to his banqueting house, the house of wine. Yet, knowing this is the tale of The King of Kings and His church, we see even more clearly that this not merely a warehouse filled with wine barrels and tasting rooms. This is the place of covenant relationship. It is an intimate relationship. And, therefore, a very special and holy relationship. 

    Here, The King shelters His bride with His Banner of Protection, with a Love that sacrificed Itself on the altar of the cross. It is here under this Banner that we are enfolded with His wings, given refuge in the stormy times and warmth in the cold of the darkness in which we live. 

    Here, The King invites His church to follow Him, to walk beside Him. Here The King invites His bride to "Eat this Bread" and "Drink this Wine". [Heavenly Bread--John 6:33, 35, 51; Communion of Remembrance--1 Corinthians 11:23-26]

    Here, The King has brought His bride. "He brought me to". We rejoice that Christ has brought us to Himself. We rejoice that our King has made us His own (people). We rejoice that The King loves us so much that He gave His life for us that we might have Eternal Life through Him. [John 3:16; John 11:25, 26]. 

    Here, in this banqueting house, and here, under His Banner of Love, we commit to being His beloved church, joining in His Covenant of Love beyond measure. 

Names of God - QANNA

 

QANNA

(pronounced  kan-naw') 

JEALOUS

Exodus 34:14

For you shall worship no other god: for The LORD, Whose Name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

Deuteronomy 4:24

For The LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

Hebrews 12:29

"For our God is a consuming fire."

    With God there is no coexist, only GOD. He is the zero-tolerance God. When Moses asked, "Who shall I tell the people sent me to them?" God did not reply I am (name of any god here) but I AM THAT I AM. [Exodus 3:14] 

    It is the first commandment, the first law, that is given to us to obey. 

Exodus 20:1-6

And God spoke all these words, saying:

“I am The LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

“You shall have no other gods before Me.

“You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;

 “You shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

“But showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments."

    Hebrews 12:25-29 are a warning. God has never stopped working to accomplish His purpose. While Noah and his sons were building the ark, it was to save as many people as would believe God, that they would get in the ark. But, only Noah and his immediate family believed God; so, only Noah's family got in the ark. God closed the door, so even if Noah had had the means to do so, it was impossible for him to reopen the door that had been closed by God. [Genesis 7:16] God is still trying to save as many people as He can. The Door is still open. 

    But here in this passage of Hebrews The Lord warns us that this time not only will earth be destroyed, but the heavens above us, as well. (verse 27) The people who hope to escape God's wrath by going deep into space to live are mistaken in believing that they will outrun God's anger and jealousy. For the heavens--the stars and planets and moons--the universe(s)--will be destroyed. Who will remain?

    However, the people who place their faith in God for their salvation through His means of Deliverance, His only begotten Son Jesus Christ, will be saved from God's wrath. (verse 28). We won't be consumed when God destroys the earth and the heavens. 

    The God of the Holy Bible does not interact with the gods of this world. God does not coexist, He Exists. God is not existential: God is Omnipotent, Omnipresent and Omniscient. That means He is All-Powerful/All-Mighty; All-Places-Everywhere-At The Same Time; All-Knowing. He knows He is The Only Living God Who Ever Was and Ever Will Be. He is Everlasting, Eternal. He is The God Who Is Not Made: The Uncreated God. 

    All other gods are created in the imaginations of men and women. All other gods are made by hand. They eat not, nor do they see. Yet, generations of nations the world over worship these manmade gods to whom they have built temples and churches. They have sculpted idols, drawn icons and painted murals to these gods. They apply worldly wisdom and structure to the gods they have created and worship these empty vessels and strange figures. They pray to these useless gods and expect the nothingnesses to answer them and reward them. 

    God will reward them for their wickedness, unless they repent and believe in The Name above all names--JESUS CHRIST--for their Lord and Savior. No other name in all of the world and the universe can save people from the punishment and damnation for their sins. 

    But God Is Greater than any god you may name. His holiness demands our holiness. His Ways are far above our ways; yet, to those who encounter Him and believe, He provides not only The Door, The Gate (Jesus Christ), through which we may enter The Way of Holiness (faith-walk), but He gives us a Guide (His Holy Spirit) to walk with us, as well. 

    May we never deliberately, willfully, disobey God and expect to get away with it. We will worship The Lord our God. We will serve The Lord our God. In The Way in which He desires to be served and worshiped. We have walked through the blood of Christ to enter the Ark of Salvation. Here we call to you who have not yet believed, and urge you to hear and come in. 

    

Names of God - The Lord My Banner

 

JEHOVAH-NISSI

(pronounced yah-way nace)

THE LORD MY BANNER

Exodus 17:15

And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it, THE LORD MY BANNER.

    God is a personal God. Belief must come on an individual basis. Each of us is presented with the opportunity to either (1) Believe in The Name of The Lord Jesus Christ for our Salvation and follow Him or (2) Refuse to believe in The Name of The Lord Jesus Christ and rebel against Him.

Those of us who choose to obey have built an altar and said:

    The Lord is My Banner (under Whose protection I am saved), is My Standard (by which I live), is My Flag (under Whose Name I submit and surrender), is My Ensign (Whose warnings I heed).

Isaiah 11:12

He will raise a Banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

John 3:14

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must The Son of Man be lifted up: that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

Isaiah 45:22

Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I Am God, and there is no other.

Mark 8:34, 35

Then Jesus called the crowd to Him along with His disciples, and He told them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and for the gospel will save it."

Isaiah 43:11

I, yes I, Am The LORD, and there is no Savior but Me.

Acts 4:12 "Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”

    We need to build an altar, repent of our sins and transgressions against God for not acknowledging that He is God over all, first and foremost in our lives. We need to acknowledge that GOD IS GOD and THERE IS NO OTHER.

Psalm 80:3

Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.

Isaiah 55:7

    Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to The LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

Dear Heavenly Father,

I know now that You are indeed Lord of All creation, Lord of heaven and earth, Lord of all kingdoms and ruler-ships. Forgive me of this my sin against You. Lead me in Your ways, according to Your will and purpose for my life. Continue to teach me Your Word, planting it deep within my heart, and sanctify me with Your Holy Spirit.

In Jesus' Most Holy Name,

Amen.

Names of God - 'EL

 

Isaiah 45:22

“Look to Me, and be saved, All you ends of the earth! For I Am God, and there is no other."

LOOK TO GOD FOR OUR SALVATION

Proverbs 4:27

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove your foot from evil. (Deuteronomy 5:22)

Matthew 7:13, 14

"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. For strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leads to life, and few there be that find it."

John 10:9

 "I Am The Gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture."

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to The LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

Hebrews 4:14

Therefore, since we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus The Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess. 

John 20:31

But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is The Christ, The Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His Name.

Acts 4:11, 12

This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’ Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”

Hebrews 12:2

Looking unto Jesus The Author And Finisher of our faith; Who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

GOD IS GOD

Deuteronomy 4:35

You were shown these things so that you would know that The LORD Is God; there is no other besides Him.

Psalm 86:10

For You are great and perform wonders; You alone are God.

2 Samuel 7:22

How great You are, O Lord GOD! For there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.

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."

Revelation 1:8,17, 18

“I am The Alpha and The Omega, The Beginning and The Ending,” says The Lord, “Who is and Who was and Who is to come, The Almighty.”

When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am The First and The Last, I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death."

Deuteronomy 32:39

"See now that I Am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand."

Exodus 3:14

God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”

Isaiah 43:10, 11

“You are My witnesses,” declares The LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come. I, yes I, Am The LORD, and there is no Savior but Me.

1 Corinthians 8:6

Yet for us there is but one God, The Father, from Whom all things came and for Whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through Whom all things came and through Whom we exist.

John 17:3 (Jesus' prayer in the garden before His arrest)

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

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

Desire of Nations - Chemdah Goy

 

CHEMDAH GOY

(khem-DAH go'-ee)

DESIRE OF ALL NATIONS

Haggai 2:7

And I will shake all nations, and The Desire of All Nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, says The LORD of Hosts.

Jeremiah 10:6-7

There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your Name is mighty in power. Who would not fear You, O King of Nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.

Revelation 15:4

"Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your Name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”

1 Chronicles 16:29-30

Ascribe to The LORD the glory due His Name; bring an offering and come before Him. Worship The LORD in the splendor of His holiness; tremble before Him, all the earth. The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved. 

(ascribe: choose to bring, choose to take to, choose to give to) 

Psalm 86:9

All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your Name.

Psalm 96:7

Ascribe to The LORD, O families of the nations, ascribe to The LORD glory and strength. 

     These are just a few verse referencing The LORD's position as The Desire of All Nations. How many more can you find?

IN THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS 

O COME, O COME EMMANUEL 

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

The God of Our Salvation, My Salvation

 EL YESHUATENU   

(pronounced  ale yeh-shoo-ah teh-noo)

The GOD Of OUR Salvation

EL YESHUATI

(pronounced ale yeh-shoo-ah tee)

The GOD of MY Salvation

God desires to save everyone. 

John 3:16

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Psalm 68:19

Blessed be The Lord, Who daily loads us with benefits, The God of our Salvation! Selah. 

But He also desires to have an ongoing daily personal relationship with each one of us, individually. God's only begotten Son Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins, both collectively (all of us) and individually (each one of us, the whosoevers wherever we are). 

Isaiah 12:2

Surely God is My Salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For The LORD GOD is My Strength and My Song, and He also has become My Salvation. 

Romans 10:11

For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.” 

Romans 10:13

For, “Everyone who calls on The Name of The Lord will be saved.”

1 Peter 2:6

Therefore it is also contained in The Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion a Chief Cornerstone, elect, precious, And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.” 

Though He calls nations to repent and turn to Him, God also calls each person within that nation to turn away from living a sinful life and live a holy life in Him and His Word. But He's not asking us to do this alone: He gives us His Holy Spirit to lead us through a deeper walk, a deeper understanding of Who God Is and what He wants from us. 

We just need to talk to God and ask The Holy Spirit to lead us. 

TALKING TO JESUS

SPIRIT LEAD ME 

The Fountain of Living Water - Names of God

 

Jeremiah 2:13

"For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, The Fountain of Living Water, and they have dug their own cisterns - broken cisterns that cannot hold water."

Here God is not speaking to the world in general, He is speaking to, and about, His own people: His elect, His chosen. The people He has called to be His people. 

In forsaking God, God's people had turned their backs to and their faces from hearing The Word of God. In so doing they (we) have also stopped obeying The Word of God and are content to do their own thing. We are bringing God's judgment on the house of God in our disobedience and disregard and unthankfulness. 

We must repent of our wickedness and return to a faithful walk with God. We must allow His Holy Spirit to change our hearts and strengthen our desire to have God active in our daily lives. We must seek His face with all of our hearts that His Word may fill us completely and there be nothing left of the selfish desires that have taken us from Him. We must pursue His grace that we might be covered with it, that sin would no longer be in God's houses. 

These broken cisterns with which we have surrendered ourselves to and surround us are the idols and icons of our wickedness. With our eyes turned from God and having looked to the left and to the right, after being instructed not to do so, we have wandered far from righteousness and dallied in unrighteous behavior. 

We must clean out God's house and remove the idols from His altar. We must not tarry in doing so, lest we provoke God even more and He rain judgment upon us. We must seek His face, confess our evil deeds, ask forgiveness and turn away from, stop participating in, such deeds/actions/activities/beliefs. 

When God says in His Word not to do something and we do it, that's a sin against God. When God says to do certain things and we don't, that, too is a sin against God. Both of these need to be repented of (confessed to God that we may be forgiven by Him and turn away from the wickednesses we are doing and turn to Him to obey Him, follow Him, live in Him). 

The Fountain of Living Water can only live in unbroken cisterns (unbroken wells). When we are broken by worldly pleasures, then there is no room for a Savior to enter into and live in. We have filled our hearts with rubble, with trash, with selfishness and self-centeredness. 

We have pasted astrological signs on the walls of our hearts. We are focused on the night sky and not on He Who created the heavenly points of light. We have sought out other gods to worship: gods who cannot see, cannot hear, cannot answer prayer, cannot heal, cannot fight for us; gods who are created by men who refused to give themselves to The Only Almighty God, and in doing so have turned untold numbers of people to their wicked ways of living. 

We are God's people but we are not living like God's people. Now is the time to clean house. Now is the day we turn back to God in repentance that we might be renewed, replenished and refurbished in our hearts, in our minds, in our spirit and in our lives. 

Come back to Jesus. Come and be filled with The Living Water that He is. 

 JUST AS I AM