ETERNAL
TRUTHS
Part
four of four in Trusting God series
Exodus
6:2-9
Exodus
6:3: “I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac
and to Jacob as God Almighty, but My Name the LORD I did not make Myself known
to them.”
Va’eira means “I appeared,” in
reference to the opening Scripture. This
phrase is past tense. In the past, God
was telling Moses, He appeared to his forefathers as ‘God Almighty.’ But now, He’s
appearing to Moses as ‘the LORD.’
Every
name of God—and there are many—has a different meaning. Each name describes a different way God
interacts with His kids. “LORD” is the four-letter name for YHWH, spoken as Yahweh. YHWH is obtained from three phrases: He was,
He is, and He will be. God is eternal. His name isn’t a noun, but a present
participle verb. YHWH means continuous
unfinished action.
Events must unfold God’s plan
forward. Sovereign LORD controls
all. He remembers
every promise and prophecy made and determines when and how they are fulfilled.
God’s covenant (promise) that He
made with Abraham in Moses’ past He wants to be trusted to remember and fulfill
at the appropriate time. Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob (who God renamed Israel in Genesis 32:28) were promised that God
would make them into a great nation (Genesis 12:2). And they would have their own land (Genesis
12:7).
They all died before this promise was
fulfilled. But they believed ‘God Almighty’ was all powerful and
faithful. They KNEW that His promise would
be fulfilled one day.
Moses was the first one to actually
watch and participate in the promise given to his forefathers. He was the first one to witness firsthand
YHWH—the God of the past, present and future—deliver His covenantal promise. What an awesome privilege!
“Now you will see what I do to
Pharaoh,” God leads Moses in Exodus 6:1.
Moses is the one to whom God first
appeared as the eternal God who fulfills ancient promises as (YHWH), or “LORD”.
But first, Moses must agree to the LORD’s plan. See the lesson linked below for how God
worked out every excuse Moses whined why God wanted to use him.
Take Home Nugget
We are seeing firsthand today the
LORD’s awesome power to fulfill the promises (prophecies) given thousands of
years ago. Just like Moses, we are wide-eyed
expecting Isaiah 19, Ezekiel 36, 43 and 45, Daniel 7 and Zechariah 12’s
prophecies to unfold before our eyes.
What those prophets foretold seemed unlikely in their time to happen IS
occurring today!
Israel was reborn in 1948. The Jews, having been scattered around the
world, are returning home to Israel. The
Hebrew language is alive again. Israel
is blossoming again. These facts were
foretold centuries ago.
I’m believing in all-powerful, (omnipotent)
LORD! Will you?
Adapted from “Introducing the
Eternal God” by Rabbi Eckstein. January
23, 2017. www.holylandmoments.com
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