Do You Not Know Have You Not Heard the Lord Is the Everlasting God

CMI wishes all readers a blessed time of remembrance of the wonderful event of the nascence of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, and nosotros trust that the New Year will see an even closer walk with Him. We have chosen equally our Christmas Day feature this year the following article, which was first published in The Old Schoolhouse® mag in 2010, and reproduced here with their kind permission. (We are very grateful for this and the many other ways they have supported CMI over the years. You can visit them at theoldschoolhouse.com.) Some readers might also recollect having seen this article in our Parents' Corner.

Celebrating Twelve Names of Christ

Wherefore God likewise hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things nether the world; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the celebrity of God the Father. (Philippians ii:9–11)

"The name of Jesus"—let us wait at twelve names of Christ as we celebrate His nascency, death, and resurrection through those very names. All twelve names are truthful and perfect, as they give us a motion picture of the redemption of mankind through our Savior, Jesus Christ. This proper noun is no ordinary name; rather, information technology is a proper name fit for a King, and rightly so. Join usa as we take a wait at Who this baby was, Who He is, and why we worship Him in this holiday season and every season of our lives. Permit the states now turn our focus to Jesus and all that His names represent.

ane. Wonderful

For unto the states a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall exist called Wonderful … (Isaiah nine:half dozen)

Jesus' birth was full of wonder: Mary wondered at what the angel said, the people wondered at what the shepherds said, and the king wondered at what the wise men said. It was something to wonder at—God was fabricated manifest in the mankind!

His Resurrection was total of wonder; it was non only a miraculous sight but also a marvelous victory over decease and the grave.

He was wonderful in His nascence. He was wonderful in His life. He did many wonders. People were filled with wonder at His sayings.

His death was a marvelous thing, full of wonder as the people experienced darkness, felt the earthquake, saw the veil of the temple torn, and witnessed the Lamb of God have on their sin. His death was wonderful every bit it brought us life.

His Resurrection was full of wonder; it was non but a miraculous sight merely also a marvelous victory over expiry and the grave. Jesus revealed His wonderful love for us as He became our wonderful Savior!

And all these things are wonderful considering He is Wonderful. It's Who He is, and it's what He does:

Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? (Exodus 15:eleven)

O Lord, chiliad art my God; I will exalt thee, I volition praise thy name; for thou hast washed wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. (Isaiah 25:1)

2. Counselor

… And his proper name shall be called … Advisor … . (Isaiah nine:6)

The Hebrew word for counselor in this text is yaats, and it has several meanings, mainly "advise well, consult, give counsel, determine, devise, and guide."¹

Our Jesus is not merely wonderful, but He is as well wonderful in counsel:

This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working. (Isaiah 28:29)

Nosotros are in need of His counsel:

O Lord, I know that the way of man is non in himself: it is not in homo that walketh to direct his steps. (Jeremiah 10:23)

His counsel is given freely:

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth non; and information technology shall exist given him. (James 1:5–6)

His counsel gives life:

Lord, to whom shall we get? k hast the words of eternal life. (John 6:68)

If we strive to seek His counsel, we will notice it:

Yea, if grand criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy vocalization for understanding; If chiliad seekest her as silverish, and searchest for her every bit for hid treasures; then shalt thou sympathise the fear of the Lord, and discover the knowledge of God. For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his oral fissure cometh cognition and understanding. (Proverbs 2:iii–6)

In Him is all wisdom and cognition:

In whom [Christ] are hid all the treasures of wisdom and noesis. (Colossians two:3)

iii. The Mighty God

… And his proper name shall be chosen … the Mighty God … . (Isaiah 9:6)

Mary knew that her God was a mighty God. Every bit the Son of this mighty God was in her womb, she proclaimed His might and worshiped Him. She realized that He Who was mighty was doing mighty things even within her:

For he that is mighty hath washed to me great things; and holy is his proper name. (Luke ane:49)

Merely like Mary, nosotros, too, may know the Almighty God, the Creator and Sustainer of all things; He is the Ane Who gives usa His strength in our weakness—just as Isaiah and Jeremiah proclaimed:

The mighty God of Isaiah and Jeremiah and Mary is the same mighty Christ Who tin live within us.

To whom then volition ye liken me, or shall I exist equal? saith the Holy One. Elevator upwardly your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; non 1 faileth. … Hast thou not known? hast g non heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the world, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and exist weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: Just they that look upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount upwardly with wings every bit eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. (Isaiah 40:25–31)

Ah Lord God! behold, g hast fabricated the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is zip as well hard for thee: … the Great, the Mighty God, the Lord of hosts, is his name. (Jeremiah 32:17–18)

The mighty God of Isaiah and Jeremiah and Mary is the aforementioned mighty Christ Who can live within us:

I can practice all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. (Philippians four:13)

My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. (2 Corinthians 12:9)

4. The Everlasting Father

… And his name shall be called … the Everlasting Begetter … . (Isaiah 9:vi)

C.H. Spurgeon once preached this about Jesus, the Everlasting Father: "Jesus always was, he ever is, he always shall be. He is eternal in all his attributes, and in all his offices, and in all his might, and ability, and willingness to bless, condolement, guard, and crown his chosen people. Generation makes us the sons of Adam; regeneration acknowledges us as the sons of Christ."²

Before the mountains were brought forth, or always thou hadst formed the globe and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, k fine art God. (Psalm xc:ii)

In the beginning was the Give-and-take, and the Word was with God, and the Give-and-take was God … . (John ane:1)

If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father too: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. Philip saith unto him, Lord, show usa the Father, and it sufficeth united states. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest one thousand then, Prove us the Father? Believest chiliad not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: just the Begetter that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me … . (John 14:7–11)

Jesus came with a name that only He could fulfill: the Prince of Peace.

5. The Prince of Peace

… And his proper noun shall exist called … the Prince of Peace … . (Isaiah 9:half-dozen)

There is a peace that comes from knowing God and His Son, the Prince of Peace. This is a peace that the world cannot give, nor tin it achieve. This peace is completeness, a soundness of soul and spirit. It is a condition of the inner human and is not related to his outer circumstances.

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Permit non your middle be troubled, neither let it be afraid. (John 14:27)

Jesus came with a name that just He could fulfill: the Prince of Peace. He came to bring peace betwixt God and man and to restore what sin had separated. Truly, this is a peace that is everlasting in its scope and eternal in our hearts.

Even the hosts of sky knew that to know God'southward Son was to know peace. They saw that this earth was nigh to exist blessed with the Prince of Peace as they sang for the shepherds the night their Savior was built-in: "Celebrity to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." (Luke 2:14)

The dove is a universal symbol of peace. The reason for this goes back to Genesis, when a dove was released from the ark and returned with good news of dry land. The reason for this goes all the style upwardly to the book of Luke, when the Holy Spirit, like a dove, descended upon Jesus as He was baptized, where His Father proudly proclaimed His Son as His own.

And he stayed yet other seven days; and once again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; and the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her oral fissure was an olive leafage pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the globe. (Genesis 8:10–11)

And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a vocalization came from heaven, which said, Thou fine art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. (Luke iii:23)

6. Emmanuel: God With Us

Behold, a virgin shall be with kid, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with the states. (Matthew 1:23)

The eternal, all-powerful, creator God coming to dwell with u.s.a. … and then much meaning is packed in this i powerful word: Emmanuel.

The prophet Isaiah proclaimed this future effect, which was fulfilled in that infant born in Bethlehem; His proper name is Jesus. This babe was, and is, the living God made manifest in human being mankind as He came and dwelt among us:

Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his proper noun Immanuel. (Isaiah 7:14)

And the Word was fabricated flesh, and dwelt amidst united states of america, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) total of grace and truth. (John 1:14)

The popular Christmas song, "Hark the Herald Angels Sing," written by Charles Wesley in 1739, talks of Jesus our Emmanuel in the following stanza, which proclaims the incredible truth that God became man and was born of a virgin and lived amidst us:

Christ by highest heaven adored;
Christ the everlasting Lord!
Belatedly in time behold Him come,
Offspring of the virgin's womb:
Veiled in flesh the Godhead run into;
Hail th' Incarnate Deity!
Pleased as human with men to dwell,
Jesus, our Emmanuel.

7. A Savior: Christ the Lord

And the angel said unto them, Fear non: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the urban center of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. (Luke ii:10–eleven)

God has revealed Himself to the states through His Son. Jesus is God incarnate and has come up to evidence us what God is similar. Allow'south break down the above verses and see what we can find hither:

The kickoff matter the angel says is, "Fearfulness not! "The shepherds were very frightened at the advent of the angel, but the words from the angel, calming their fears, easily employ to u.s.a. today. Jesus came to take away the anxiety of our hearts through His gift of redemption. Our hopes and fears are met in Him, equally this Christmas carol says:

O lilliputian boondocks of Bethlehem, how however we come across thee prevarication!
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars become by.
Yet in thy nighttime streets shineth the everlasting Light;
The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight.

(Words by Phillips Brooks, 1867)

The angel then said he was bringing "proficient tidings of smashing joy." What was this tiding of practiced news? God sent His Son into the world to save sinners. At that place is at present great joy for flesh because the penalty for our sin has been taken intendance of past Jesus, our Savior, and nosotros are now reconciled to God through Him.

For this is skillful and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior; Who will have all men to exist saved, and to come unto the noesis of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus (1 Timothy ii:3–v)

Finally, the verse in Luke chapter ii says that "unto y'all is born this day … a savior, which is Christ the Lord." No wonder the angels then sang, and we can at present sing, "Glory to God in the highest!"

8. Jesus

… His name was called, Jesus … . (Luke ii:21)

Come up, thou long-expected Jesus,
Born to set thy people gratis;
From our fears and sins release us;
Let united states of america find our rest in thee.

("Come, Thousand Long-Expected Jesus" past Charles Wesley, 1744)

The proper name of Jesus is the about pop and recognized name in history. His proper name has been mocked by the earth for centuries, yet at the same time, it has been worshiped by His children from the beginning of time. But at that place will come a day when the knee of every human, woman, and child volition bow before that highly exalted Name:

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a proper name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in sky, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the celebrity of God the Father. (Philippians 2:9–11)

This highly exalted Jesus exchanged His crown of glory for a crown of thorns.

This highly exalted Jesus exchanged His crown of glory for a crown of thorns. He exchanged a regal throne for a encarmine cross. He emptied himself that He might ever fill us with Himself. He came to earth to die for us because of His great love for the world.

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, beingness in the form of God, thought it non robbery to exist equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the course of a retainer, and was made in the likeness of men: And beingness institute in fashion as a homo, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto expiry, even the decease of the cross. (Philippians 2:5–8)

For God so loved the globe, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should non perish, only have everlasting life. (John 3:16)

9. The Lamb of God

John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. (John ane:29)

John spoke of Jesus as the Ane who would do abroad with the Old Testament sacrificial organisation, past becoming the last and final sacrifice for sin.

Just before Abraham strikes the expiry blow to his beloved son, God provides a substitute, fifty-fifty every bit Jesus was the substitute for each of us when He willingly laid down His life and bore our penalisation.

Prophecies about the coming Lamb of God are scattered throughout the Sometime Attestation. Mayhap the near well known Old Attestation account that portrays the coming Lamb of God is that of Abraham and Isaac, found in Genesis 22. God commands Abraham to cede his "son of hope," Isaac, upon an altar. Abraham demonstrates his obedience by fully carrying out God's instructions—almost. Just earlier Abraham strikes the decease blow to his beloved son, God provides a substitute, even as Jesus was the substitute for each of us when He willingly laid down His life and bore our penalization, fifty-fifty unto death:

And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offer, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his manus, and a knife; and they went both of them together … And (Isaac) said, Behold the fire and the wood: just where is the lamb for a burnt offering? And Abraham said, My son, God volition provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. And they came to the identify which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the woods in gild, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. And Abraham stretched along his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Hither am I. And he said, "Lay not thine paw upon the lad, neither do thou whatever affair unto him: for now I know that g fearest God, seeing one thousand hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him upwards for a fire offer in the stead of his son. (Genesis 22:6–13)

God sent Jesus to dice in our place so that our relationship with God, which had been forfeited as a issue of Adam and Eve's rebellion in the Garden of Eden, could be restored. As a issue of the decease and resurrection of the Son of God, the proper name of every human being, woman, boy, and girl who receives the gift of salvation will be written in "the Lamb'due south book of life." (Revelation 21:27; see also Revelation 13:8)

ten. The Light of the Globe

Then spake Jesus again unto them, maxim, I am the light of the globe: he that followeth me shall non walk in darkness, but shall have the low-cal of life. (John eight:12)

Jesus came to bring the light of life into the globe, which was lost in darkness as a result of sin. At that place are many verses depicting Jesus as the low-cal of the world; hither are a few:

The people which sat in darkness saw neat light … . (Matthew 4:16)

And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended information technology not. (John 1:five)

Jesus has given us His light for a purpose: that nosotros would allow it smoothen from our hearts and lives and give lite to others, to draw them to the Low-cal of the World, too.

I am come up a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. (John 12:46)

Every bit long as I am in the world, I am the light of the globe. (John nine:v)

Jesus has given us His light for a purpose: that we would let it shine from our hearts and lives and give lite to others, to draw them to the Light of the World, too:

For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye calorie-free in the Lord: walk equally children of calorie-free. (Ephesians 5:8)

Merely ye are a called generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show along the praises of him who hath chosen you out of darkness into his marvelous light. (one Peter two:9)

But if we walk in the light, every bit he is in the light, we take fellowship i with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (John one:9, i John 1:vii)

xi. The Proficient Shepherd

I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. (John x:11)

Jesus, our Practiced Shepherd, non only takes care of His sheep, but He also paid the redemption price to call them His own—those who have received eternal life through His blood. All of us sheep accept "gone off-target." Still, Jesus rescued usa by perfectly fulfilling His Begetter's will through His death.

All we like sheep have gone astray; nosotros have turned every ane to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. (Isaiah 53:6)

Many Scriptures speak of usa as sheep and of Jesus every bit our Skillful Shepherd. Psalm 23, possibly the about famous Psalm in the Bible, describes the Lord as our shepherd, as do many other passages, including these:

I [Jesus] am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. (John 10: 14)

Now the God of peace, that brought once again from the expressionless our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant. (Hebrews thirteen:xx)

As the Father knoweth me, even then know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. (John x:xv)

12. The Alpha and Omega

I am Blastoff and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. (Revelation 22:13)

Several verses in the volume of Revelation declare this championship for the Lord, including Revelation 21:6: "And he said unto me, It is done. I am Blastoff and Omega, the offset and the end. I will requite unto him that is famishing of the fountain of the h2o of life freely."

Jesus Christ holds the championship 'Blastoff and Omega' because He is the first and the end, significant He is eternal: He always has been, and He always will be.

Alpha (A) is the English translation of the first letter of the Greek alphabet. Omega (Ω) designates the concluding alphabetic character of the Greek alphabet. Jesus Christ holds the championship "Blastoff and Omega" considering He is the beginning and the cease, meaning He is eternal: He e'er has been, and He always will be.

Jesus Christ fulfilled all the Law and all of the prophecies about the coming Messiah. Through Christ, God's plan has been successfully completed: "The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign forever and ever." (Revelation xi:15b)

Jesus also alleged himself to John on the isle of Patmos with this title:

I am Blastoff and Omega, the commencement and the terminal … . (Revelation one:11)

When John saw the Lord Jesus Christ in His dazzler and majesty and holiness, he "brutal at his feet equally expressionless." (Revelation 1:17) Then the Lord laid His right mitt upon John and said, "Fear not; I am the first and the last: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive forevermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death." (Revelation 1:17–xviii)

References and notes

http://strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3289.htm. Return to text.
December 9, 1866, His Proper name—The Everlasting Father, http://www.biblebb.com/files/spurgeon/0724.htm. Return to text.

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