One
of the main themes of the Holy Bible is the lordship, authority, and
sovereignty of the Almighty God – El-Shaddai. The
LORD God Almighty is sovereign, and He rules and reigns over the heavens and all
the earth. All
the earth belongs to the LORD. The
Holy Bible states that the Almighty God is LORD of creation as He is the CREATOR,
KING, SUSTAINER, and JUDGE of both heaven and earth. The
Holy Bible declares that the LORD God Almighty is from everlasting to
everlasting.
The LORD God Almighty is an awesome God, and He is the LORD of lords, God of
gods, and King of the universe.
The living LORD God is glorious and holy, and the whole earth is filled with
His glory.
One
of the clear messages of the entire Holy Bible is that the LORD is the only
true God of heaven and earth. There are no other gods besides the LORD God
Almighty because He is the LORD. The
LORD God is the only God that is to be worshipped, and He demands our
exclusive loyalty and allegiance FIRST. The
living LORD God deserves all our wholehearted love, devotion, obedience,
affection, allegiance, and worship above all. The
Holy Bible proclaims the LORD God Almighty requires everyone’s wholehearted
love, trust, worship, praise, and obedience to Him and His good commands.
Furthermore,
the Holy Bible is clear that we must NEVER worship or serve any other gods,
lords, idols, nor kings except the LORD God Almighty as only He deserves ALL
our wholehearted praise, trust, love, allegiance, and worship.
The LORD God Almighty is a jealous God and consuming fire, and He demands our
wholehearted love, obedience, affection, trust, and praise for Him as our God
and Provider FIRST. In fact, the LORD God Almighty’s Name is Jealous as He is a
Jealous God. The living LORD God must be worshipped with
our whole hearts, souls, minds, and strength.
The Holy Bible
declare that the LORD God can do ALL things. For the LORD God Almighty created the mountains,
the stars, turns the light of the dawn into darkness, and only He stirs the
winds and rains. For the whole earth is the LORD's and all the
earth’s fullness. The LORD God Almighty is supreme, and He rules and
reigns over the heavens, universe, and all the earth. Many true servants of God had
the privilege of seeing the ruling Judge and King – the living LORD God
Almighty.
The living LORD
God is King over all the earth, and only He protects and saves His
people from harm and danger. The Holy Bible teaches that the LORD God Almighty is
all-powerful (omnipotent), all-knowing (omniscient), transcendent (supreme), and
unchanging (immutable) as He is filled with love, faithfulness, holiness, goodness,
and truth. The LORD God gives His heavenly shield of
protection, salvation, and peace as we trust, rely, and depend upon Him. The Holy Bible is clear: the living LORD God is the
Savior of all people, and He is our salvation. Moreover, the Holy Bible teaches EVERYONE must seek
and love the LORD God to find true life, grace, and peace and flee from the
worship and trust of idols, human efforts, and other gods. The living LORD God Almighty is a shield of
protection and reward to those who are faithful and obedient to Him. The LORD God comes to those who humbly and
wholeheartedly seek Him and repent by turning from sins and Satan’s evil ways.
The
LORD’s divine love runs like a golden thread through the entire Holy Bible. The
LORD God Almighty is a good and glorious God, and His mercy and goodness endures
for forever.
Moreover, the LORD God is forgiving, fair, merciful, good, and abounding in
love to all who call to Him in faith and obedience. The
LORD God is not a man, and He cannot lie.
In
addition, the LORD God Almighty requires ALL PEOPLE to
live holy, good, and blameless lives with wholehearted obedience and trust for
Him and His commands.
From the beginning of human history, the LORD God Almighty called ALL PEOPLE to
humbly obey and walk with Him and to DO what is good, kind, merciful,
fair, and right to prevent living a life of sin that leads to destruction and
death. The
LORD God Almighty will not tolerate but He punishes sin, wickedness, and
disobedience in hopes of leading those who sin to repentance. The
Holy Bible teaches that love and obedience to God and His commandments bring His
blessings, peace, and life. In
fact, Jesus taught that when we obey His commandments by loving His Father the
LORD God and loving one another then the Presence of He and His Father through
the Holy Spirit come to dwell and live with us.
However, the LORD God’s wrath and punishment comes to those who reject Him and
refuse to turn from Satan’s evildoing. Therefore,
let everyone stop serving other gods and being stubborn and love, cling, know,
and obey the living LORD God Almighty and His Son, Christ Jesus. Furthermore
in all things, whether eating, drinking, or working, or whatever you do, let us
do all for God’s glory.
The living LORD God Almighty works in
mysterious ways, and He has no rivals. His works are always perfect and fair as He does no
wrong. The LORD God Almighty creates the
light and make the darkness, and He sends the good times and bad times – both
peace and calamity.
The Holy Scriptures calls everyone to love and trust the LORD God Almighty,
even during times of testing and suffering, knowing that He works everything
for good for those that love and honor Him. Several
examples are included in the Holy Bible such as Joseph, Job, and most
importantly Jesus who were tempted and suffered, but they never lost their
faith and obedience to the LORD God Almighty. Because
of their faithfulness, these individuals were blessed and honored by the LORD
God Almighty beyond measure. These
biblical examples – Joseph, Job, and Jesus – realized that they must ALWAYS trust
in God’s sovereignty and love, and obey Him amid their troubles.
What
is God’s name? The Holy Bible is filled with different names for God. The LORD
of the entire heavens and earth is God Almighty and is translated in Hebrew
meaning “El Shaddai” (shuh-DYE). The
covenant name of God is Yahweh. The
LORD is a transliteration or conversion of the proper name YHWH that is
sometimes rendered “Jehovah” or “Yahweh.” Yahweh
is a translation of the Hebrew letters YHWH, traditionally translated the LORD.
In some older English translations, YHWH is rendered “Jehovah,” a form derived
from combining the vowel sounds for ʾAdonai with the consonants for YHWH.
The
LORD is the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, and He
revealed His Name to Moses. Importantly,
the LORD is His eternal Name to remember for all generations, and His Name must
be remembered and worshipped for all generations. The
Holy Bible is clear that the wonderful and awesome Name of the LORD God must ALWAYS
be respected, feared, honored, worshiped, and loved and NEVER cursed nor taken
in vain.
The living LORD God (Yahweh) repeatedly sent His messengers to proclaim to the
people that He was the ONLY true God and everlasting King of heaven and earth,
and He alone is to be worshipped and obeyed. The
Most High God is the LORD of Israel, and there is no god like Him in heaven
above or on earth as He alone is the only true God. The
LORD is El, the infinitely strong One, and He is the Sovereign LORD of heaven
and earth. “Elohim” is a plural term and the most frequent Hebrew word for God
in the Holy Scriptures.
The
LORD revealed His Name and character to Moses at the burning bush as the Great
I AM. Moreover,
the living LORD God proclaimed His covenant name and character to Moses at
Exodus 34, and this declaration became a central confessional passage. At
Exodus 34, the living LORD God descended in His glory cloud and stood with
Moses and proclaimed the Name of the LORD. The living LORD God passed before
Moses and proclaimed His name, “The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and
gracious, slow to anger and patient, and overflowing with committed love and
faithfulness, keeping committed love for thousands, forgiving evil and
wrongdoings and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty.” The LORD’s
covenant name is proclaimed again at Numbers 14:18-19; Nehemiah 9:17, 31; Psalm
86:15; Psalm 103:8; Joel 2:13; Jonah 4:2. The LORD God’s covenant name is
mercy, grace, patience, love, truth, justice, and faithfulness. The
LORD God is good.
The LORD God’s goodness and grace is the core of His character and nature. Even
more, the LORD God’s covenant name is all His glory, His way, His goodness, and
His Presence.
The very Name and essence of the living LORD is compassion, mercy, patience, grace,
unending love, and faithfulness, but the LORD is also just and fair to everyone.
The
LORD God Almighty is Spirit and invisible as He has no body, no physical nor
measurable form.
His Spirit is everywhere and omnipresent because He fills the heavens and earth
with His glory.
The LORD God Almighty is the God of all the earth.
He reveals Himself through the natural world. More
importantly, the LORD God Almighty became visible in human form and revealed
Himself through His Son Jesus.
Importantly, the
living LORD God Almighty is One with this Son, Christ Jesus. Jesus is part of
the Godhead. The living LORD
God was in Christ Jesus reconciling the world to Himself. Jesus
is the image of the invisible God and the glory of God. During
His public ministry, Jesus revealed His Father and proclaimed to His disciples
that anyone who has seen Him had seen His Father. The
Presence and Glory of the living LORD God of heaven came to earth and lived
(tabernacle) inside His Son, Jesus. Jesus shared His
Heavenly Father’s glory before the world began. As God incarnate,
Jesus is all-knowing (omniscient) and universal (omnipresent), and He knows
what is really inside a person’s heart and mind.
In the New
Testament, Jesus came from heaven to earth to reveal His Father – the living
LORD God to the world. One of the
ministries of Jesus was to make known His Holy Father in the world as the Great
I AM incarnate – human flesh.
While on earth, Christ Jesus revealed His Father and His Father’s Name and
Nature to the world.
Jesus demonstrated His Righteous Father’s compassion, kindness, grace, truth,
and justice during His public ministry. Jesus was filled with compassion,
humility, courage, and most important sinlessness.
The good works and good teaching of Jesus testified about His Father’s
Name and Nature. Jesus revealed and
proclaimed His Holy Father’s Name and Glory by completing the work His Heavenly
Father gave Him to accomplish.
Opposite
of the LORD God’s name is Satan’s name. Satan’s name and character are the very
opposite of the LORD God’s covenant name and Satan is against the LORD God’s
covenant. Satan’s name and character is murderer, adulterer, liar, theft, deceiver,
lawless, sinful, and envious. Everyone
who commits sins become a slave of Satan and lives outside God’s Kingdom.