NAMES
OF GOD
His glorious NAMES,
designated Titles and divine Office.
The English word: God
is translated from the Hebrew word, Elohim—which is a noun implying more than
One in unity.
One God composed of
more than One divine Person.
The Name Of The Lord
is a strong tower:
the righteous runneth
into it, and is safe.
Proverbs 18:10 KJV
Jehovah El Shaddai
God Almighty
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him
and said, "I am God Almighty;
walk before Me and be blameless.
Genesis 17:1 NIV
GOD ALMIGHTY, signifying GOD as Source of blessings,
is the Name with which GOD appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (see Ex 6:3).
Complete Jewish Bible writes the verse above, in
this manner:
When Avram was 99 years old Adonai appeared to Avram and said to
him, “I am El Shaddai [God Almighty]. Walk in My Presence and be pure-hearted.
Almighty GOD Who is perfect, required of Abram to
walk in His Presence and become perfected.
The word “EL” signifies strength, as in 'EL-SHADDAI,
GOD Almighty; the Name by which GOD was specially known to the patriarchs.
And, the word “SHADDAI” is "Almighty."
The word "Almighty" means all-powerful:
having supreme unquestionable power over everyone and everything—omnipotent,
omnipresent and omniscient.
GOD Who is "All-Powerful" is
“All-Sufficient.”
The One Who is "All-Knowing" is “Supreme.”
The One Who is “Ever-Present” is “Invincible.”
HE is “Great” and “Awesome.”
“Excellent” and “Terrible.”
This Name of God is well seen in the patriarchal
literature, and in Job particularly, where it is put into the mouths of the
patriarchs—in acknowledgement of GOD Who is manifested by the terribleness of
His mighty acts.
God identified Himself with Abram, with this His
Name, when renewing the Covenant with him. It recurs to Abraham’s grandson,
Jacob, and to his offspring in Genesis 28:3; 35:11; 43:14; 48:3; and 49:25.
'El Shaddai appears to be the most common title of God,
known to the patriarchs, by how He was worshiped.
God’s all-sufficiency is made known to us in Philippians
4:19; 2 Corinthians 3:5; 12:9. He is exhibited to all men in His works, as the
Creator, Sustainer and Supreme Governor over the entire world and the universe.
We are not fit or qualified by ourselves to claim
anything for ourselves, but the power and ability we receive to do, give, and
receive anything, comes from God’s sufficiency.
He said: "…My
Grace is sufficient for you, for My Power is made perfect in weakness."
Yahweh 'El Shaddai is the One Who made Abraham “the
father of many nations” and He made him “very fruitful.”
On that faithful day, when God made a ‘solemn pledge’
to Abraham, He said to him:
I will establish My Covenant as an everlasting Covenant between
Me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be
your God and the God of your descendants after you (Gen.17:7 NIV).