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1 | Did Go call Himself, El Shaddai, first? | Gen 17:1 | Searcher56 | 78635 | ||
So what are you saying? That YHWH, the name used almost 7,000 times in the Bible, is NOT really God's name? No, Yahweh (YHWH) is one of His names. I'll ask you again, did HE CALL HIMSELF El Shaddai or Yahweh (YHWH) first? That has been my question in one form or another for several posts. Yet, you fail to answer it. You keep pointing back to only one name, Yahweh (YHWH). What did he first call Himself, El Shaddai or Yahweh (YHWH)? I do not know how/why people called on him, using Yahweh (YHWH) ... but, He had never announced to men, His name. |
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2 | Did Go call Himself, El Shaddai, first? | Gen 17:1 | EdB | 78715 | ||
Searcher56 and Radioman2 Let me interject here if I might. El Shaddai is not God's name but rather one of his attributes. In fact all the "El's" are exactly that God refers to his attributes as a name which describes Himself. This was common practice in Hebrew and many other cultures. We see in Roman titles. Lord of the realm, protector of the poor defender of the just etc. YHWH was the Hebrew word for god when speaking about God. Today they use G-d if writing it. In Exodus 3:14-15 god clearly states his name. “And God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And He said, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.' " 15Moreover God said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: 'The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations.' “ God clearly states here his name is the 'The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob” and that would be His name forever. All the other names are God describing himself or names man applied to God. Just my thoughts EdB |
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3 | Did Go call Himself, El Shaddai, first? | Gen 17:1 | Searcher56 | 78717 | ||
I have a problem with that ... "the Lord appeared to him and said, I am the Almighty God" to means He is telling us His name, not one of His attributes. | ||||||
4 | Did Go call Himself, El Shaddai, first? | Gen 17:1 | EdB | 78791 | ||
Searcher56 Is God telling us His name or who He is? There is a difference. For example if someone pulled you unconscious from a flaming wreck and then visited you in the hospital. You would instantly know him if he said I’m “the one that pulled you from the wreck” not because that is his name but that is how you know him. When God said I’m the Almighty God is he saying this is my name or this is an attribute that only I, God possesses. Again the only place I know God says this is my name is in the Exodus verse I cited. EdB |
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5 | Did Go call Himself, El Shaddai, first? | Gen 17:1 | Searcher56 | 78809 | ||
Let me disagree once more ... then be done. I think if it was an attribute, He would of said "I am God, who is Almighty" or something similiar. |
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6 | Did Go call Himself, El Shaddai, first? | Gen 17:1 | EdB | 78858 | ||
Searcher56 Okay, but I hope you know when your introduced to a policeman as Officer Davis you know his first name isn't "officer". Or that George W Bush's name didn't change when he resigned being governor and was elected president. Governor Bush to President Bush. :-) EdB |
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