Category Archives: Names of God

The Place: Ha Makom

“Surely the Lord is in this place (makom), and I was not aware of it.” He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.” Genesis 28:16-17 Do you ever wrestle with God? I do. I wrestle over things I don’t understand and things I…
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Holy, Holy, Holy

Our God is Holy. The word kadosh, that we translate holy, means separate, sanctified or other. God is different from, and also above, any other thing. He is beyond and is separated from all else. The Lord of Hosts will be exalted in judgment,And the Holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness. Isaiah 5:16 We have a…
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Jehovah Shalom: God is Peace

The people of Israel were at war. The Midianites had been oppressing them for years and they were weary of the fight. When they cry out to God, He answers by sending a Messenger to appoint Gideon to deliver them. And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, “The Lord is with you, O mighty man…
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Jehovah Nissi: Under His Banner

And Moses built an altar and named it ‘The LORD is my Banner.  Exodus 17:15 When Moses called God “Jehovah Nissi,” his Banner, the Israelites had just struck down one of their fiercest enemies, the Amalekites. Banners were used by the military and could refer to a flag on a pole or something larger, something easily…
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