Anthony Sanders (18
Apr 2009)
"Don't Let His Name Go Down. "Proverbs 18:10""
Praise The Lord To All.
Don't let His
name go down, it was the purpose of God to make Himself known to His
people from the beginning. His name was to be declared among the
brethren. The secret of all ages was to be afterwards revealed. In
Psalms of David it is declared, "Thou hast magnified Thy word above all
Thy name." (Psalms 138-2.)
When Jacob wrestled with the
Angel he sought to obtain the secret name, but was prohibited. The
Angel in the burning bush was bearing the secret name, and when Moses
sought to obtain the secret name, all he received was "I am that I AM."
The children of Israel were led by the angel of the Lord and Jehovah
said, "Beware of him....for my name is in him." (Exodus 23:21..)
To
Manoah the Jehovah Angel replied, "Why askest thou after my NAME,
seeing it is secret. (Judges 13:18.) The prophet Isaiah declared that
His NAME shall be called WONDERFUL. (Isaiah 9:6.) From these scriptures
it can be clearly seen that
Jehovah had a name to be revealed which was to be "above all His names."
There
is not a shadow of a doubt, that the Angel that appeared to the Virgin
in Nazareth was the Jehovah Angel of old who bore that "wonderful"
name. It was there that He had finished His Journey over the hills of
time and deposited that secret name in the bosom of her who was "highly
favored of God." Mary pondered these thing in her heart and told no one
the message of the Angel that she should forth a son and that his name
should be called JESUS.
The Word was God from the
beginning (St. John 1:1-4) and when the word became flesh, it was given
a name that "is above every name," for He has "magnified His Word"
above all His name. His name shall be called JESUS. What a wonderful
word! All the titles that Jehovah ever bore are comprehended in this
one name JESUS. The name of Jesus bears in it all the Lord's other name
ever bore. Jesus is Elohim, the creator (Col. 1:16), Jehovah and
Shaddai (Rev. 1:8), Eloah (Heb. 1:6), Elyon, the Most High (John 3:31;
Eph. 4:6), in fact, all the attributes of God as are revealed by His
names are all found in Jesus.
Thus in all things He is
given pre-eminence, and a name that is above every name. On the Isle of
Patmos He declares that He is the Lord which is, which was, and which
is to come, the ALMIGHTY, ***the First and the Last. If He who appeared
on the Isle of Patmos is the ALMIGHTY (Shaddai) (Rev. 1:8; Ex. 6:3),
then the Almighty's new name is JESUS, and He has magnified His
Word above all His name. (John 1:1-14; Rev. 3:12.)
Brother Anthony W Sanders
THE WAY BACK TO PENTECOST(God's hand) Deut.33:3
ACTS 2:36-40; 4:11-13.