Category Archives: Names of God

El Shaddai: The Nurturing Mountain

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty.’ Serve Me faithfully and live a blameless life. I will make a covenant with you, by which I will guarantee to give you countless descendants.” Genesis 17:1-2. El Shaddai is often translated as God Almighty. And so He…
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El Roi: The God Who Sees

She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.”  Genesis 16:13 We have a God who sees! A God who not only looks, but sees and understands. El Roi means the God who sees, or can…
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Alpha and Omega: And All The Letters Between

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. Revelation 22:13 The Alpha and Omega is the Greek for saying from A to Z. It is so fitting that Jesus is called the Word for He encompasses the whole alphabet. He is the Source of everything. His…
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Alpha and Omega: The Beginning

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “Who is and Who was and Who is to come, the Almighty.” Revelation 1:8 God wasn’t just THERE in the beginning, He IS the beginning. He is the Alpha. Nothing pre-exists Him and all things have come forth subsequently FROM Him. I don’t comprehend,…
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