What do we call God? Because of His endless character and because He is so indescribable, He has several names. Each name describes an attribute of God. But God the Father and Jesus Christ the Son, were there through creation, and will always be. God is eternal. God is three persons, but one God. A hard concept but they each work together as one triune God. That is for another post (see The Trinity: God in 3 Persons and the posts that go along with that). Daniel calls God “The Ancient of Days.” In Revelation. Jesus reveals Himself in Revelation as The Alpha and Omega. He is the Beginning and the End, the First and The Last. He is the One who was and is and is to come.
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The Angel of the Lord and Moses
Jesus appears several times in the Old Testament as “The Angel of the Lord.” In the last post, we learned that He appeared to Abraham, showing us that there will be a substitute for the sacrifice of sins, and He would be that substitute, God’s one and only Son to redeem us. In Exodus, Jesus appears to Moses in the burning bush. He would call Moses to be a “savior” of his people, and to eventually bring the law to show everyone that they fall short and need a savior. Ironically, it would be in the same place that God provides the ten commandments where He first encounters Moses to send him to His Chosen People. Continue reading “The Angel of the Lord and Moses”