If there is a God, it is reasonable to think that He will have devised some means of telling us about Himself. We believe that the Bible is God’s revelation to man, and that in it we see the character of God revealed. This is why the word of God is described as His “seed,” 1 Peter 1:23) because if it reacts with our mind, a new creature is formed within us which has the characteristics of God (James 1:18; 2 Corinthians 5:17). Therefore the more we apply ourselves to God’s word and take the lessons to ourselves, the more we will become “conformed to the image of His son” (Romans 8:29) who was in character the perfect image of God (Colossians 1:15). In this lies the value of studying the historical parts of the Bible; they are full of case studies of how God has dealt with men and nations, always displaying the same basic characteristics.
In Hebrew a person’s name often reflected their character and/or information about them. Some clear examples:
‘Jesus‘= ‘Saviour’ — because “he shall save his people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21).
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Author: Duncan Heaster
Keywords: Yahweh, YHWH, Jehovah, Jehovah's Witnesses, Watchtower Society, God, God's name, Elohim
Bible reference(s): Exodus 3:13-15, Exodus 6:3, Exodus 9:16, Exodus 20:7, Exodus 20:24, Leviticus 19:12, Numbers 6:27, Deuteronomy 5:11, 1 Kings 5:5, 1 Kings 8:16, 1 Kings 11:36, 2 Kings 21:4, 2 Kings 23:27, 1 Chronicles 22:10, Psalm 99:3
Source: Bible Basics.
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