Reference: Name, Names
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NAME, NAMES
1. The names of God.
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When Elizabeth's time came, she gave birth to a son; And her neighbors and relations, hearing of the great goodness of the Lord to her, came to share her joy. read more. A week later they met to circumcise the child, and were about to call him 'Zechariah' after his father,
A week later they met to circumcise the child, and were about to call him 'Zechariah' after his father,
A week later they met to circumcise the child, and were about to call him 'Zechariah' after his father, When his mother interposed: "No, he is to be called John."
When his mother interposed: "No, he is to be called John." "You have no relation of that name!" they exclaimed;
"You have no relation of that name!" they exclaimed; And they made signs to the child's father, to find out what he wished the child to be called. read more. Asking for a writing-tablet, he wrote the words--'His name is John.' Every one was surprised; And immediately Zechariah recovered his voice and the use of his tongue, and began to bless God. All their neighbors were awe-struck at this; and throughout the hill-country of Judea the whole story was much talked about; And all who heard it kept it in mind, asking one another-- "What can this child be destined to become?" For the Power of the Lord was with him. Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit, and, speaking under inspiration, said: "Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, Who has visited his people and wrought their deliverance,
However, Saul (who is the same as Paul), full of the Holy Spirit, fixed his eyes on him and said:
Let him who has ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the Churches. To him who conquers-- to him I will give a share of the mystic manna, and I will give him a white stone; and on the stone shall be inscribed a new name, which no one knows except him who receives it."
Then, in my vision, I saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion. With him were a hundred and forty-four thousand men, with his name and the name of his Father written on their foreheads.
He has been clothed in a garment sprinkled with blood; and the name by which he is called is 'The Word of God.'