Progressive Revelation Of God
Throughout history, God has revealed Himself
progressively to man. The bottom line is it’s safer that way. Man could not
handle a complete revelation of God in one dispensation or year or season.
To the antediluvian patriarchs, God revealed Himself
as the Father of all.
To Abraham, God revealed Himself as the Lord God
Almighty.
To Moses, God revealed Himself as the Only God in
existence.
Through Jesus Christ, God reveals Himself as The Son
Of God Who gave His life for us.
In the time of the earlier patriarchs, God had not
yet revealed in fullness that He is the Only God.
Here is what He said to Moses:
And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the
Name of God Almighty, but by My Name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
Ex 6:3 KJV
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob knew the Name of God, but
they didn’t understand Who He is to the depth that He revealed Himself to
Moses.
The Name Jehovah means “self-existent.”
The words “God Almighty” are Elohim Shaddai.
God tells Moses in the passage above that the
patriarchs didn’t understand that He is more than Elohim Shaddai—The Almighty
God. He is not just Almighty (All-Mighty); He is The Only God there is; He is
Self-Existent.
This continual progression of the Revelation of God
to man is sustained throughout the Bible, culminating in the Book of
Revelation, where God reveals Himself as the Groom being married to His
long-betrothed.