The Names of God in Holy Scripture A Revelation of His Nature

The Names of God in Holy Scripture A Revelation of His Nature and Relationships

Andrew John Jukes (1815â€“ 1901) was an English theologian. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was initially a curate in the Church of England at St. John's Church, Hull, but became convinced of Baptist teaching and underwent adult baptism at the George Street Chapel, Hull, on August 31, 1843. After leaving the Church of England, he joined the Plymouth Brethren.Jukes later left the Plymouth Brethren and founded an independent chapel in Hull. Among those influenced by Jukes was Hudson Taylor.

In this book he writes:
"The perfect revelation then of God is in Jesus Christ our Lord. But the very fulness of the revelation, like the dazzling brightness of the sun, may keep us for a while from seeing all its wonders; and we may learn, even from the revelation in the letter, that is from Holy Scripture, specially from the varied names under which it has pleased God to reveal Himself to man from the beginning, things concerning His nature and fulness, which, though they are all more perfectly revealed in Christ, would perhaps be beyond our vision but for the help which even the shadows of the letter give us. What have men not learnt from the shadow of the earth upon the moon. So the old revelation which God has given us of Himself in Holy Scripture, as "God," or "Lord," or "Almighty," or the "Most High," though it is "piecemeal" (Heb. 1:1), as the Apostle says, may assist us, to see His fulness; just as the many figures which the same Scriptures give us, in the carnal offerings of the ceremonial law, help us to see the varied and apparently contradictory aspects of the one great perfect Sacrifice. We cannot yet see the things of heaven. God therefore reveals them as we can bear it, with the accuracy of One who sees them as they are, and in a way in which they may be seen and understood by us. And we need all His teaching, even the partial revelations, which represent Him under varied names, by which He prepares us in due time to see Him as He is (1 John 3:2), and to know as we are known (1 Cor. 13:12).

I purpose therefore, if God permit, to call attention to the names under which God has revealed Himself to man in Holy Scripture. The first four we find in the earlier chapters of Genesis. They are, first, "God," (in Hebrew, Elohim;) then, "Lord," (or Jehovah;) then, "Almighty," (El Shaddai;) and then, "Most High," (El Elyon.) These all reveal some distinct attribute or characteristic of the same one blessed God. Beside these we have three other names, which describe God's relation to certain things or persons rather than His nature; namely "Lord," (in Hebrew Adonai;) then "The Everlasting God," (El Olam;) and lastly, "Lord of Hosts," (Jehovah Sabaoth.) But the first four names tell us what God is. In every age these first four names have been the rest and refuge and comfort of His people. In the book of Psalms we find them all constantly repeated: in one place we have all four within the compass of a single sentence:â€”"He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High, shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, (that is Jehovah,) He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, (that is my Elohim,) in Him will I trust." (Psalm 91:1, 2; so too in Psalm 77:7-11, we have four names.) All these varying names are but the result of His being what He is, so wonderful and manifold, that no one name can adequately express what an apostle calls His "fulness".

Contents
Introduction
1. God, or Elohim
2. Lord, or Jehovah
3. God Almighty, or El Shaddai
4. Most High God, or El Elyon
5. Lord, or Adonai
6. Everlasting God, or El Olam
7. Lord of Hosts, or Jehovah Sabaoth
8. Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
9. Partakers of the Divine Nature
Appendix

This book was originally published in 1888 and has been reformatted for the Kindle.
Country USA
Author Andrew Jukes
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NumberOfPages 143
PublicationDate 2015-10-17
ReleaseDate 2015-10-17

Country	USA
Author	Andrew Jukes
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
NumberOfPages	143
PublicationDate	2015-10-17
ReleaseDate	2015-10-17

The Names of God in Holy Scripture A Revelation of His Nature and Relationships

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