Names of God by Nathan J. Stone

Author:Nathan J. Stone
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Bible, Biblical Commentary, Old Testament, God, Christian Life, God - Name - Biblical Teaching, General, Religion, Biblical Teaching, Biblical Studies, Theology, Spiritual Growth, Christian Theology, Name
ISBN: 9780802458568
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Published: 1944-01-01T22:00:00+00:00

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jehovah-mkaddesh

The name Jehovah-M’Kaddesh is found in Leviticus 20:8. It means Jehovah who sanctifies. "Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am Jehovah your God.... I am Jehovah which sanctify you" (Lev. 20:7, 8). Its appearance in the Book of Leviticus is most appropriate. The order in which this name appears in the revelations of the name Jehovah, and the particular point of the people's experience when it was revealed are most striking and suggestive. The order in which all these names appear show purpose and progression, and are evidently designed to meet the developing spiritual life and need of the people.

Genesis, the book of beginnings, reveals the beginning of sin. It therefore also reveals the provision of redemption from sin under the name of God, Jehovah-jireh—God will provide. Exodus, as the book of redemption, first exhibits the meaning of Jehovah-jireh in the Paschal Lamb of redemption, by which Israel, Jehovah's people, were redeemed from bondage in Egypt, which is the type of our redemption from sin. In Exodus was also revealed the name Jehovah-rophe, Jehovah who heals life's wounds and sweetens its bitter experiences, as signified by Israel's experience at Marah. Then came the revelation of God as Jehovah-nissi at Rephidim, where

Amalek, the enemy, opposed and fought against Israel— Jehovah, the banner over His people in that holy warfare which all God's people must wage both within themselves and without, in a hostile world.

Leviticus is the book of life, or walk and worship of a people already redeemed. Therefore sanctification is its most appropriate and important theme. It could not appropriately be presented till redemption was fully accomplished. It has been pointed out that the first mention of God as sanctifying is at the completion of Creation, when God sanctified the Sabbath day (Gen. 2:3). But that day's rest was broken by the entrance of sin, and its privilege lost. The word sanctify is not mentioned again till in Exodus 13:1, 2 Jehovah commanded Moses: "Sanctify unto me all the first-born ... among the children of Israel," the Israel of whom Jehovah had already said, "Israel is my son, even my first-born" (Exod. 4:22). The point is that only when redemption from that sin which had broken the sanctification and rest of the creation Sabbath had been accomplished, even though only in type, could sanctification be resumed. For Israel itself is evidently typical. As the firstborn in Israel were a figure of all Israel, and accepted in behalf of all Israel, so Israel itself is typical as the first-born among the nations for whom God will accomplish redemption. The Book of Leviticus therefore sets forth that holy way in which a people already redeemed should walk worthy of their calling (Eph. 4:1), and the spiritual worship which Jehovah demands of them. Thus in connection with their moral and spiritual purity this title of God is repeated six times in the two chapters in Leviticus following its first appearance.

The Meaning and Use of the Term "Sanctify"

The term sanctify occurs frequently in the Old Testament Scriptures.

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