 Okay, good morning everyone. Thank you for joining class today and it's our Republic Day of our nation. So happy the Republic Day to all of you Can somebody lead us in prayer this morning, please go ahead success you want to lead us in prayer Father in the mighty name of Jesus Christ The tenor of pages want to say thank you for yet bright new day Thank you. Love because you kept us up at the night. Thank you. Love because we are sound this morning Thank you all of our lecturers. Thank you for the rest of our students be that glorified in the name of Jesus Love commit this lecture into your hands. Oh, Lord father few days are fresh with Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus Father with thank you in Jesus name we pray Thank you success So we'll continue with our lesson that we Began last week. We were in lesson three. We were talking about the nature of God Okay, so can somebody tell us what we discussed last week about the nature of God We basically answered two questions. We began the lesson nature of God by answering two questions and what are those two questions? How do we know that God exists? Okay. Thank you, John How do we know that God exists so we answer that question? What's the second question we were looking at? What is the meaning of the term nature of God? Okay, so we looked at the existence of God And now and then we went on to look at the nature of God So when we talk about the nature of God, what are we basically saying? We discuss about the characteristics of God how God reveals himself Okay, thank you, John. We're talking about when we when we use the word nature of God. We're basically saying we're talking about his attributes his characteristic and How do we know about the nature of God? How is the nature of God revealed to us? Through scriptures, okay through his word. What about the others? Through the Holy Spirit, okay to the Holy Spirit the characteristics of Jesus Christ as manifested Yes, thank you, Isaac the very person of Jesus Christ who is the perfect representative of God who represents God perfectly Has been revealed to us in the person and work of Jesus. Yes. Thank you So the nature of God is revealed both in his attributes and in his What is the other thing one is attributes and the other is Okay, thank you So the name God's nature is revealed both in his attributes and in his name last week we looked at nine attributes of God and the last one that we looked at we saw that God is sovereign and in his sovereignty that he has given You know man the free will the free moral will to choose and Even when so even when we make a wrong choices That seems to go against the will and the plan and the purpose of God for our life for when people Nations when they choose to go against the will and the plan of the purpose of God You know God is still sovereign. He's still in control. He's not afraid He's not intimidated by our choices that he makes he lets us choose Because he's given us a free will to choose. Of course, we face the consequences for our choices But God is still sovereign in the sense that you know, he will By any means he will bring about the plans and the purpose that he has Purposed even before the foundations of the world. So we looked at one example about Adam and Eve in the garden and They got no new they got know that Adam and Eve are going to sin. Yes You know, he knew this even before he created them even before he created everything that exists in creation Even before the foundations of the world, you know, God knew that Adam and Eve are going to disobey him But God also had a plan where he you know already had planned to send his son. So The work of the cross was finished at one point of time in history when Jesus came But in the mind of God, it was all a Thing that was already completed. It was a done thing a completed thing We saw that in when we studied in systematic theology So it's a completed thing in the mud and in the mind of God But it just happened at one point of time in history. So God is sovereign He does what he was his plan and his purpose But he lets us to choose so when When we choose we face the consequences of our actions And we see that, you know, he being a just God, you know rewards us according to the choices that we make He doesn't show favoritism or partiality. He doesn't choose one nation over the other He doesn't choose one people group over the other He doesn't choose Some people for salvation. He doesn't leave the others destined to hell But he's a god who's just and You know in his in his sovereignty, he's left us to make the choices but in his justice, you know, he Rewards us according to the choices that we make and he doesn't show favoritism or partiality now being a Just God is you know, justice is part of God's nature. Okay Him being just is just very part of his nature. It's not a standard that God That exists outside of God that exists outside of himself that he must conform to We can't say all of us are just people But you know, we have to Meet the justice that is there. We have to conform to the things that are around us Um, but God is You know by nature He's a just God. Okay. It's it's not a standard that he has to conform to which is outside of himself But by his very nature just like it says that God is love in one John The same way God is just it's very part of his being part of his Nature and God's justice involves judgment. Okay, because he's a just God He pronounces the judgment. So when we do something that is wrong, even though we are living in the grace period You know God because of who he is his basic nature being just he pronounces the judgment But why aren't we punished? Like we see in the Old Testament, you know, where people just drop down dead or the earth open and they're swallowed up by the earth or you know, um There's some plague and they are destroyed Well, it's because Those of us who have accepted Jesus, you know, Jesus stands in front of us and says I have made the punishment for His sins or her sins and that's what comes out From God's mouth is his judgment But what passes through the lamb of God that the slain lamb of God is before the throne of God Is just grace and mercy But that grace and mercy if we take it for granted and we You know, we we Trample the blood of the covenant under our foot and treat it as something as detestable Then he brew says there's this no more, you know Forgiveness of sins that is left but only a fearful, dreadful punishment. Okay So God and his justice pronounces His judgment because he's a just God But we see that, you know, um, it's because of the grace that the the Justifier the the person who made the The full sufficient perfect sacrifice for our sins that is Jesus Christ We do not receive the wrath of God or we do not receive the Punishment of God but what we receive is forgiveness and what we receive is grace when we ask for forgiveness of sins Okay, so, uh, God's justice involves judgment and We we read this verse Last week in Genesis chapter 18 Was 25 where it says shall not the judge of all the earth do what is right So God in his justice will do what is right. He will pronounce the judgment In his justice, you know, he sent Jesus just like I said in his sovereignty, you know, he lets us choose but he has Ways where he will accomplish his plan and purpose in the same way in his justice He sent Jesus and we read about this in roman chapter 3 was 26 So, uh, it would be nice if for all of you can keep your bibles open Uh, so you can turn quickly to the references and read or if you have your, uh, uh, you know Your course notes open you can just Uh, I don't know the the reference the references are there but not the verses so you'll have to open your bible So can somebody read roman 3 26, please For the demonstration, I say of his righteousness and at the present time So that he would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus Yes, thank you. So here it says that you know, uh When we put our faith In Jesus and we receive the forgiveness For our sins God is both the just and the justifier Which means that, uh, you know, God is satisfying the demands of his justice and at the same time He's being the acquitter. Okay. So how is he being satisfied with the demands of his justice is because Jesus has made the full sufficient Perfect sacrifice That God required for the sins of mankind And so we see that, you know, he's satisfying the his demands For the penalty or the punishment for our sins is being justified and at the same time He's acquitting us of our sins. So he's both the just and the justifier. So the same judge Who passes the sentence also acquits us as guilty and I explained that I said that, you know, he's he being just passes a judgment Okay, uh, he passes the sentence but also acquits us as guilty. Uh, sorry as, uh, as, you know, uh, free from guilt because of the The, uh The punishment that was to be made for our sins was met by Jesus. Okay, Jesus paid for the punishment for our sins So the same judge God who is a judge passes a sentence and also acquits the guilty of their, uh, guilt So he is a just God any, uh, doubts any questions on The, uh, this attribute of God that he is just No, if not, uh, we'll move on to the next act attribute that he is soothful and Faithful, okay John chapter 14 was six can somebody read that somebody else can turn to John chapter 17 was 17 and Someone else can turn to numbers 23 19. We'd be looking at these verses John chapter 14 was six John chapter 17 was 17 and somebody else can turn to numbers 23 19. Okay John chapter 14 was six can somebody read that please Jesus said to him, I am the way the truth and the life No one comes to the father but through me Thank you. So Jesus himself Okay So he himself is a truth. Uh, john chapter 17 was 17 Let's go ahead. Can somebody read that please success. You want to read that? Yes, uh Okay 17 by 17 Sanctify them through the truth. The world is true Thank you. So here In john chapter 17, uh, you know, it's called a high priestly prayer, uh, jesus's praying to the father and uh, he's asking the father to sanctify us by His truth that means sanctify them by your truth. Your word is truth. So god's word is truth Numbers chapter 23 was 19 says that god is truthful. He cannot lie. Can somebody read that please numbers 23 19 God is not a man that he should lie Nor a son of man that he should repent He has he said And he will not do it Or has he spoken and he will he not make it good? Okay, thank you. So here you see that god is not a man that he should lie So god is truth god is truthful He cannot lie, which means whatever he's declared in his word whatever he's Uh, you know, uh, he's Said to the prophets will come through all the prophecies will come through what he the promises that he has made Will come through it's yes and amen the covenants that he has made is the truth that he has established And when we stand on that covenant when we are part of that covenant, you know We will enjoy all the blessings or the benefits of the covenant So, uh, we see that whatever god says is absolute three truth Because we know that god is truth himself and so we can rely on his word The other nature of god or the other attribute of god that is that he is faithful He keeps his promise. He never goes back on his promise And since god does not change, you know, he cannot be unfaithful. Okay, and there is A phrase given there in your notes. I like to read that faithfulness follows logically from Immutability because if god does not change Then he cannot be unfaithful. Now. What is immutability? Immutability is basically talking about The unchanging in nature of god god is unchanging in his being that means in his nature in his Perfections in his purposes and his promises and because his word does not change Because what he says does not change his promises does not change Um, he is uh, you know, he cannot be unfaithful because he's not a man that he can lie Hence he is a god whose truth He himself is truth and because he's truth. He's also faithful And because he's faithful, he cannot change and because he's unchanging. He cannot be Unfaithful. Okay, so that is about his attribute of being truthful And faithful He's also a loving god and a good god Okay, uh, we know that You know, he does not just love us But he's the very core of his nature of of his being is that he is love because we read in one john Chapter four versus eight to ten that god is love. Can somebody read that please one john chapter four versus eight to ten and somebody else can Open up to roman's chapter five versus versus six to eight one john four eight to ten and roman's five six to eight Can somebody read one john four eight to ten, please The one who does not love does not know god for god is love By this the love of god was manifested in us That god has sent his only begotten son into the world So that we might live through him And the in this is love not that we loved god But that he loved us and sent his son to be the propitiation for our sins Thank you john. So here this verse states that god is love and also it Shows us how god demonstrated his love that he sent his only Son can somebody else read roman's chapter five versus six to eight, please Roman's five six to eight somebody else For when we were still without strength in due time christ died for the ungodly For scarcely for the righteousness For a righteous man will One die yet perhaps for a good man someone Would even dare to die But god demonstrates his own love towards us In that while we were still sinners christ died for us Thank you. Nicholson. So here we see that how did god demonstrate his love while we were still sinners imperfect beings slaves to sin slave to satan You know god in his love demonstrated his love to us by sending us his son And uh, you know reconciling us back to himself But establishing the new covenant through the blood of uh, jesus christ, okay So god is absolutely good all the time. We seen that song god is good all the time Okay, but do we really? you know, uh Believe that's because when we go through difficult times You know, we doubt the goodness of god or we doubt his promises We think that he's angry with us. He's punishing us. He's You know, there's a curse that has come upon us. But you know, god is absolutely good and he's good all the time, okay And in his goodness, he will do us no harm Okay, whatever we are going through whether it's a difficult situation a challenging situation a distressing situation Whether it's, you know, we are very sick unwell or a loss of our loved one. Whatever it is, you know We we need to know this We need to be convinced with this absolute truth that god is good All the time even when things are going well when things are going wrong God is good and we should not let Our circumstances dictate The goodness of god in our life We need to be convinced with this fact that god is good all the time So our conviction of the goodness of god should be absolute We need to, uh, you know, know this for ourselves and you know, affirm this for ourselves declare it for ourselves that my god Is a good god. He will only do good things for me He will protect me. He will preserve me And all that he does is out of his goodness for me So there's something that we need to keep declaring over and over again so that we can hear it for ourselves And uh, you know, the truth is established because when we go through difficult times, um, you know, the deceiver Is always there to deceive us Uh, and uh, you know, manipulate the truth twist and turn the truth for us and say, you know God does not love you. You know, he's angry with you. He doesn't care about you This is what you've received because this is how you're living your life Uh, you know, so we can get tend to get angry with god sometimes And we can all it can also lead us to go away from our Faith so even though this seems so simple that god is good all the time. We sing it Even when we were kids But this truth this absolute truth should be something that we are deeply convicted About so even when god corrects us, is he good? When god corrects us, is he being good to us? Yes, yes Yes, you know when earthly parents, uh, correct us because they love us Because they they want the best for us the same way, you know Even when god corrects us, he's doing it out of his Goodness not to destroy us But to empower us to encourage us to lift us up and to put us in the right Uh direction So we need to look at the correction of god as an expression of his goodness and we need to be Convinced about this fact that when god is correcting us, you know It is just an expression of his goodness towards us because he loves us. He Cares for us. So we need to celebrate God even when he is correcting us even when it seems very difficult Even when it seems, uh, you know unacceptable even when it seems painful Just like we celebrate the goodness of god when he does something good for us You know, we need to also celebrate the goodness of god even in difficult Circumstances and situations and even when he is correcting us So we need to be convinced about the goodness of god Because when we are convinced about the goodness of god We can say that all things work for the good of those who love him And called according to his purpose, okay Even when you are convinced about the goodness of god When you make a mistake, it will help you to, you know, not get angry with god Not go against his will Not stop reading a bible and praying or having a relationship with him or even going to church But it will help you to turn around return to god Because when you do that, you know, god can fix things back for you Because he is a good. He's a loving god and he is a faithful god Okay, the last attribute of god We will look at which is not the last about his attributes But just in the list that we are looking at is that he is a merciful and a very gracious god Okay, it's a merciful and a gracious god god in his mercy. You know, he gives us his Grace He gives us grace for salvation. He gives us grace for healing Um, you know the blind man Bartimius when no one Uh, you know was willing to take him to jesus Uh, and there was a big crowd and since he being blind couldn't see where jesus was and he had no help from people You know, he knew this is the only chance You know to receive back his sight. What did he do? He didn't stay quiet He didn't accept the fact that nobody's there to help him that he has to live the rest of his life being Blind, but he does something about it. He screams. He said Jesus son of david or jesus son of the most high god have mercy on me and god in Jesus in that crowd heard him, you know and had Bartimus bought to him and Bartimus was healed. Jesus said your faith has healed you and Bartimus was able to see So god in his mercy You know gives us his grace god in his mercy has extended salvation to us god in his mercy also extends Healing uh, we see in titus chapter 2 verse 11 that god in this mercy brings us salvation. Can somebody read that please? Titus chapter 2 verse 11 For the grace of god has appeared bringing salvation to all men Yes, thank you. So his mercy brings us salvation All things that we receive from god every blessing even the very breath of life Even the very fact that we are here today and attending class It's just an expression of the mercy of god and god gives us He extends everything to us not because we deserve it Even salvation his love it says, you know, he demonstrated his love for us But we were yet sinners, you know, christ jesus died for us. So we don't deserve his mercy We don't deserve his goodness his healing his blessing, but it's out of his mercy and his Grace, okay, and we we know that god's mercy is not something that is temporary It does not go according to his mood Because he's not a moody god. He does not have mood swings But it's just an attribute of god that is who he is It's the very being of god and god is always gracious and always Merciful and god in his grace in his mercy does not deal with us on the basis of our sins He does not even reward us on the basis of what We have achieved or accomplished. He does not even love us on the basis of what we do for him or we don't do But he just extends his mercy and grace Irrespective of our shortcomings our sinfulness our waywardness And us going away from him from time to time. Okay the other thing that we need to Understand is about god's mercy and god's truth Okay, god is merciful. He's gracious But also we know that god is truth and in his truth He brings about his justice, which means he is a just god. So he punishes sin He pronounces the judgment because he is just But his mercy always triumphs over judgment Okay Yes, god passes a judgment because he's a just god. He has to punish sin But when we repent when we ask him for forgiveness, you know, his mercy Extends or his mercy triumphs over Justice and judgment. Okay, so he carries out what he does with Justice, but his mercy triumphs over Judgment which means that you know, it's true what the bible says in Galatians chapter 6 was 7 and 8 that we Reap what we so But god in his mercy, you know, writes of or cancels of us reaping The evil that the full evil that we have done or we have sown It's because of his mercy that we are not consumed as it meant it says in Lamentation chapter 3 was 22 and hence we see that god does not deal with us according to our sins, but he extends his Mercy, okay, and the cross is the greatest expression of the grace and the mercy of god. So Mercy and grace does not come automatically because he's a just god He pronounces a judgment But his mercy and his grace or his mercy triumphs over his judgment and we receive the grace We receive the forgiveness only when we repent and when we ask forgiveness For us and so when we repent or we position ourselves to receive the mercy of God, okay, so that is about His being merciful and gracious and then the last one is that he is an unchanging god Malachi chapter 3 was 6 and Hebrews chapter 13 was 8 Well, this is the last one sorry the previous one was not the last one The last one we'll be looking at he is unchanging So can somebody read malachi chapter 3 was 6 and somebody else can read Hebrews chapter 13 was 8 For I am the Lord I do not change therefore you are not consumed or sons of jackal malachi chapter 3 was 6 Thank you. I am the God and I don't change. Okay, Hebrews chapter 13 was 8. Can somebody read that please Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever Thank you. He's the same. He's the unchanging God. His nature does not change Who is in the Old Testament? He's the same God also of the New Testament. He's the same God that we see throughout history Throughout time, we will see the same God going forward But what changes is his? Covenants We see the Old Covenant in the Old Testament and the New Covenant in the New Testament and the Covenant That God makes with us are the bases on which You know mankind relates to God, okay, so the Old Testament it reveals that man could experience You know His relationship with God when he attempts to relate to God on the basis of What is able to offer God, okay so keeping the law very strictly following the law as the commandments and when they sin or When there is sin in the community or a person since they have to Make the sacrifice the specific sacrifices explained by God or given by God but in the New Testament, uh, you know, the New Covenant reveals how man could relate To God on the basis of grace that is self freely given To us that God extends himself to us. Okay, so in the Old Testament Man relates to God on the basis of law works and the offerings that he makes But in the New Testament And the New Covenant that we are all part of, you know, we relate to God on the basis of grace that he is freely given to us Because of the sacrifice of Jesus And what God extends to man So these are the attributes of God that we saw in his nature. They are 14 Attributes of God that we saw you have any comments any questions anything no questions, okay then we look at You know God's nature is not only revealed in his attributes Or we we can know the nature of God not only through his attributes But also through his names that he has revealed To us at different points in history to different people Okay, so we will look at the the names of God that reveal His nature Okay, so we look at the first common or very general Names and then we'll go on to the specific Covenant names of God that reveal his nature So Adonai Is which means Lord or sovereign It's mentioned for us in Genesis chapter 19 verse 2 Where the you know lot was sitting at the gate of The city and he sees two men he does not know that they are angels and he knows that they are visitors So he tells them, you know Here now my lords, please turn into your servant's house and spend the night and wash your feet Then you may rise early and go on your way and he said no We will spend but we will spend the night in the open square So he the word Lord here is adonai Okay, which is a word that is used Not only specifically for God But it's also used for anyone who is like a master or owner Somebody who is in an authoritative position somebody who's a supreme authority So this word is a very general term that is used Adonai the greek word for adonai is kurios So we see that in the new testament when we see The new testament is in greek So we wherever the word lord is mentioned the word kurios is mentioned in the old testament It's adonai it basically means a lord or sovereign and it's a very general term that is used for anyone You know, it's used for god and for human beings Just referring to people who are masters owners. Those who are in an authoritative position or in A supreme okay in a supreme position The next Name is Elohim. Okay. We read about this in genesis chapter one verse one In the beginning god created the heavens and the earth Okay, the word god here is seen as singular, but It's the plural form It's talking about the majesty. Okay the word majesty there So we see Elohim the meaning of Elohim is the source of all creation Okay, god is the source of creation We learned about that. He is not only the source of creation, but he also sustains creation. We learned that when we studied Systematic theology in our last class the other Name of god that is used is theos Okay, it's the equivalent of Elohim It's not used for anyone else, but for god specifically for god himself Okay, and it's mentioned in john chapter one verse one We've read that couple of times in the in the past weeks In the beginning was the word and the word was with god and the word was god So if you read it In the greek in the beginning was the logos and the logos was theos And the word was with god. Okay, and the theos was logos. So Theos is basically talking about Is the is the term used for god is the greek equivalent for Elohim just like kurios is equivalent for adonai Elohim is the Old Testament Name for god who's a source of all creation and theos Is the equivalent of Elohim that's in the greek. That's why we see when john is introducing the logos as God the logos who was there at creation the logos who created everything He's using this word theos, which is equivalent for Elohim, which is the source who is the source of all creation Okay, and so this word theos is used not for any other being except for god himself And then we have the l names of god l. Okay, we have different l names of god l should I l leon l olam And we will look at what each one means. So l means god There are a lot of l names of god, but we'll just be looking at three of them L should I does anyone know what's the meaning of l should I The one who is more than enough on who is all sufficient Yes, one who is thank you john one who's all sufficient Who is more than enough? L should I is the almighty one the bountiful one the all sufficient one and this name Was revealed to Abraham in genesis chapter 17 verse 1 now, Abraham is 99 years old And he's not yet seen the promised son that god said he would have now when What age was Abraham when god promised him that he will have a son that he and sarai will have a son Any idea which what age was Abraham? Abram was what age when god promised him He was 75 years old now. It's almost going to be like close to 24 years And he's not seen the promise Fulfilled but you know god appears to Abram and when he was 99 years old genesis chapter 17 was one And god tells him I am Almighty I am l should I Okay, so he's saying that You don't have to be afraid How you know this promise is going to come through how it's going to come through because I am almighty god I am the all sufficient one. I am more than sufficient and I will do what I have Promised you what I have spoken to you. So god is the almighty one He's there's nothing that he can't do You know and he is all sufficient for us that means he's more than enough for us, okay The next l name of god is we will be looking at is l leon Genesis chapter 14 verse 9 and l leon means the most high God, okay, and It's mentioned here in genesis chapter 14 verse 19 when You know lot and All the people of Sodom and Gomorrah were attacked and were taken as prisoners And when Abraham hears about it, you know, he takes a few men and he goes and defeats those kings and when he returns after defeating the kings and Bringing he brings back a lot, you know, Melchizedek the king of Salem blessed abram and he said in verse 19 Blessed be blessed be abram of god most high Possessor of heaven and earth. So if you read that in greek, it will be the god most high will be l leon Okay, who is the ghost god most high? The next l name of god is l olam. He's the everlasting god We read about this in genesis chapter 21 verse 33 So can somebody turn quickly to genesis chapter 21 verse 33? Please and read it out Genesis chapter 21 verse 33 Genesis chapter 21 verse 23 and hebra implanted a groove in a beseda and called the On the name of the lord the everlasting god Okay, thank you. Uh, so here we see that he makes in besheba Abraham makes a treaty with abimelech and and then we see that he You know planted a Tamaris tree And then he called upon the name of the lord as l olam who is the everlasting god, okay everlasting god We already looked at this term everlasting god means we studied about it that he has no beginning. He has no end Um, you know from eternity to eternity. He is god. He existed There's never a point when he was not there will never be a point when he will cease to Exist because he is the everlasting god Okay, so those are the l names of god just we saw three of them l olam l leon and l should I Uh, the other name of god is i am who i am Uh, we already um looked at this Uh, uh at this name of god a couple of times in our previous classes And uh, it's revealed to us in exodus chapter three was 14 You know the burning bush when uh moses Here's god god is speaking to moses and You know asking him to go to To egypt to deliver his people and when moses asked him, you know, what should I tell the elders The name of the god the god who sent me he says Tell them I am That I am okay, so what does it mean? It means that god is eternal He is self-sufficient. He's self-existent He does not depend on anyone or anything for his Existence. Okay, so we had already looked at this At this name of god i am that i am the other commonly used name of god is yawwe Um But it's a name that uh people in the old testament never used to utter on their lips yawwe so the Uh, the equivalent names they would use as johova Uh, which they would call out but they would never utter this name yawwe and uh with fear and because of fear and reverence for who god is So the equivalent name for yawwe is johova and yawwe means uh the lord Okay, so we look at some names With uh, johova. We look at johova rafa Uh, johova jaira johova nissi johova shalom johova sabbath Uh, johova mikadishim johova rohi johova johova sidiku and johova Shama, okay, so what is uh, this the first name johova rafa is Uh, something that all of us know what is the meaning of johova rafa The god who heals Thank you, uh, the lord our healer the lord my healer and this is uh, uh given to us a reveal to us in exodus chapter 15 was 26 Um, where god says if tells the people that if they heed his Boys do what is right in his sight keep all his commandments and statues and he will not put on them The diseases that he brought upon the egyptians and then he says for i am the lord Who heals that means he reveals? His covenant name of johova rafa the lord who heals johova nissi Is uh, the lord my banner the lord my victory. Uh, we read about this in exodus chapter 17. Um, when You know, uh The amelokites i think they come to fight against uh amelik sorry amelik comes to fight against the Israelites and uh moses Sends johova and his the soldiers the next morning to fight And moses goes on a mountain where he can see the back where he can see the whole battle happening And uh, he stretches out his uh hand and as long as he stretches out his hand You know, the is the Israelites are winning the battle but when he's tired and he puts his hand down They begin to lose the battle. So, uh, the two people who are with him, you know They put a stone where he sits down and both of them lift up moses's hand and his hand is stretched out throughout the day And uh, the uh, Israelites win the battle and after they win the battle You know, god makes a promise to them and then moses builds an altar there and he calls on the name of the lord As johova nissi which means the lord my the lord is my banner or the lord is my victory He always gives me the victory. The next name is johova jaira, which is a very Uh, a common name which we all know the meaning of it. What's the meaning of johova jaira? The lord my provider Thank you. The lord my provider Uh, and where this is is this name of god revealed to us any idea Ma'am when abraham was going to sacrifice isil Isaac Thank you. Uh, yes, he's going to sacrifice abraham's taking his son His only son of promise is to sacrifice him on the mountain that god showed him And when he is going to kill his son on the altar that he makes god says Uh, stop abraham now. I know that you love me that you will not even withheld your only son from me And then god shows him a ram that's caught up in the in the bushes and he takes that ram and he makes that Makes a sacrifice and he calls upon the name as Uh, jo the name of god is johova jaira. The lord will provide Okay, the next name is johova shalom shalom You know what the meaning of shalom is The peace with be you. Yes johova shalom. It's uh, it's a very beautiful Covenant name of god. It does not just mean shalom does not just mean peace. It's a very comprehensive word It's a very full word. It means peace. It means prosperity Well-being wholeness It also means preservation from every kind of harm and danger and preservation and protection from evil So it's a very comprehensive full Word shalom, which not only just means peace but well-being wholeness prosperity protection and preservation from evil from every kind of harm and Danger and this name was revealed to gideon in judges chapter six you know when god calls Gideon as the judge to You know go and fight against the midianites because the midianites were Controlling the Israelites have a harrassing them. They were taking away all of that Produces the harvest time and you know, they basically Uh, you know Stripped the Israelites of everything that they had and the people cried out to god and god You know chose gideon as the next leader and gideon sees himself very small unfit for the task and You know, but we see that You know, the angel of the lord comes and then he makes a sacrifice he wants to present something to the angel and He goes and makes bread and brings soup and meat and the angel Tells him to keep it on the altar there and the angel just touches and gets it It all gets consumed by fire And gideon realizes that he's not seen a man, but he's seen an angel. He's very afraid But the lord tells gideon peace be with you. Do not fear. You shall not die And there gideon builds an altar to the lord And he calls on the name of the lord as jahuvah shalom. The lord is peace Okay We'll end here because our time is already up We'll look at the other Five names of god in the next class. 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