In the Old Testament, names were not chosen because they were cute or cool. They represented the parents' hopes, dreams and prayers for their child. Take Daniel the prophet, for example, held captive in Babylon. His name meant "God is my judge." Names sometimes represented the circumstances of the child's birth: Isaac's name reflected his mother's laughter;Esau's, his hairy appearance.
God's name is so revered to the Jews that, starting in the later Old Testament days, they would not say it out loud. Even today is synagogues, they won't say the sacred name YHWH (Jehovah). Instead they call him Adonai-the Lord.
When God instructed Aaron to bless the Israelites with his sacred name, he bestowed a great honor on the newborn nation. He was promising to bless them. He was setting them apart for his own special purpose. As the priests pronounced this blessing on the Israelites, they were, in effect, calling upon God to live in their midst and meet their needs as their heavenly provider. To be call by God's holy name meant that they would be expected to act as "holy people". They would have to live up to the name they'd been given.
When we were born again, we received a new name: Christian.
We now carry the name of our Savior. Just as the Israelites were expected to bear God's name with dignity, we are to honor Christ's name by reflecting, light, his character with our words and actions. That also means not using his name in vain or allowing others to defame it.
Jesus' name is the name above all names. Wear it proudly. Defend it loudly. Make it mean something holy and wonderful to everyone you meet.
-Women's Devotional Bible
This world has got the word Christian so messed up. Well, this right here tells you the true meaning of a Christian & what we are to represent which is Christ our Savior which to me mean's love & light. We are to share His love by being a light towards, not away, to Christ by living our life clean from flesh & sin. Represent your Father in a good way by standing on His name daily. Let His name be a reflection off of you & wear it proudly! -Joy
{Exodus 34:1-7}
1 Then the Lord told Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones. I will write on them the same words that were on the tablets you smashed.
2 Be ready in the morning to climb up Mount Sinai and present yourself to me on the top of the mountain.
3 No one else may come with you. In fact, no one is to appear anywhere on the mountain. Do not even let the flocks or herds graze near the mountain.”
4 So Moses chiseled out two tablets of stone like the first ones. Early in the morning he climbed Mount Sinai as the Lord had commanded him, and he carried the two stone tablets in his hands.
5 Then the Lord came down in a cloud and stood there with him; and he called out his own name, Yahweh.
6 The Lord passed in front of Moses, calling out,
“Yahweh! The Lord!
The God of compassion and mercy!
I am slow to anger
and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.
7 I lavish unfailing love to a thousand generations.
I forgive iniquity, rebellion, and sin.
{Numbers 6:27}
Whenever Aaron and his sons bless the people of Israel in my name, I myself will bless them.”
{Revelation 2:17}
“Anyone
with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is
saying to the churches. To everyone who is victorious I will give some
of the manna that has been hidden away in heaven. And I will give to
each one a white stone, and on the stone will be engraved a new name
that no one understands except the one who receives it.
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