Last time we closed our post by saying, In Genesis 1, The emphasis is on the creation in power.
But, Now, it is creation in love, and the word changes from ''God'' to ''Lord God''-A
Gracious, Sovereign Preserver, Protector, and Benefactor.
The name ''Lord,'' refers to Jesus Christ, Who, at this point, discusses Himself.
God the Father, has been seen by no man, but God the Son, constantly appeared as The Jehovah of
The Old Testament.
Now, there must be a progressive revelation of God to Man, because of Man's limitations, by
Nature.
And The Old Testament is a record of that progressive Revelation.
The Lord Jesus is God's last word to Man-Hebrews 1;1-3-[Turn].
Jehovah first appears in Genesis 2;4 as The God of Providence.
The next occurrence is related to The Creation of Man-
Genesis 2;7-''And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.''
God's dealings with man, in kindness and love, come through Jehovah.
It was Jehovah, Who announced The Redeemer-Genesis 3;11-[Turn].
It was Jehovah, Who accepted Abel's offering [Genesis 4], and Who gave Noah, the pattern of The Ark [Genesis 6], and Who demanded the sacrifice of The Passover in Exodus 12.
Jehovah gave The Law, at Mount Sinai [Exodus 19-20].
It was by the significant introduction of the name, ''LORD God,'' that we are led to apprehend the true nobility of man, as the offspring and product of Divine forethought and affection.
He, Who was promised to Adam, as The Seed of the Woman, was declared to be The Seed of
Abraham-Genesis 3;15; Galatians 3;16-[Turn].
It was not through Abraham's progeny, but through Christ, The Earth was blessed-John 8;58-
[Turn].
Christ had to be the seed of Abraham, so He became a man-And He could not be The Saviour of men, unless He is God.
In Genesis 22, God commanded Abraham, to offer up Isaac, as a sacrifice. But The Angel of
Jehovah arrested his hand, at the moment of sacrifice-Let's see what He said-Genesis 22;12, 16-17-[Turn].
The Angel of Jehovah, and Jehovah, are names given to the same Person, Who swears by Himself, and promises the blessing of a numberless posterity to Abraham-Thus, He is a Divine
Person
In Exodus 1, We have the revelation of God, as Moses, on Mt. Horeb related.
The Angel of the Lord appeared to Moses, at the burning bush.
The Angel of the Lord is identical with Jehovah, and is declared to be The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Exodus 23;20-21-''Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions; for my name is in him.''
The phrase, ''for my name is in him,'' is equivalent to ''I am in him''.
The name, ''God'' often means God Himself, as manifested.
It is said of The Temple, in I Kings 8;29-''My name shall be there.'' I.E. ''There will I dwell''.
Isaiah 9;6-[Turn].
''A child is born'' refers to The Eternal Son-ship of The Lord Jesus Christ.
The Elect of God were chosen in Christ-Ephesians 1;3-14-[Turn].
The Name ''Son'' was eternally in The Mind of God the Father.
4 factors are absolutely necessary, to understand Christ's Person--
Number 1-He was truly human, so all declared of man as man-not of man as fallen-can be said of
Him.
Number 2-He was truly Divine.
Number 3-He was one person with 2 natures.
Number 4-The 2 Natures in Christ, could not be separated, yet were not mingled, nor confounded.
Jesus Christ was both Son of Man and Son of God-These names imply a present humiliation, a future glory, and a heavenly pre-existence.
The Eternal Son in becoming Man, descended to reach Man's highest conceivable exaltation.
His origin was from Heaven, and He came to save men.
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