THE ALMIGHTY GOD

Exo 6:2 And God spoke unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD:
Exo 6:3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.

We continue our studies of the "Revelatory Names" of God. Last time, we learned of how the Lord gave Abraham a short glimpse of the attributes of THE MOST HIGH GOD (El Elyon). He did not reveal Himself fully, but sent His Priest Melchizedek to give communion to and receive tithes from Abraham.

Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob DID know God as GOD ALMIGHTY (EL SHADDAI, The Nourisher, the Breasted One).

Let me say right up front that God DOES NOT CHANGE. He reveals different aspects of Himself under different Revelatory Names.

How each one of us understands God will shape how we relate to Him, and also our destiny in Him.

Since Abraham, Job, and many others of the earliest patriarchs, had the revelation of EL SHADDAI as the Breasted Nourisher, they were made fabulously rich by their trust in their understanding of Him.

We have many people today who seem to know Him in that same manner today, and bask in the blessings of abundance. The message of Prosperity is a VERY popular message today.

We cannot say it is not a valid message to those who are "geared" that way. It DOES seem to work.

What we must constantly keep uppermost in our minds is the fact that the "BREAST" is not ALL THERE IS TO GOD. He has OTHER ATTRIBUTES ALSO, and other Revelatory Names show other aspects of His Nature.

Gen 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
Gen 17:2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

As far as I can tell, this is the FIRST time the Lord APPEARED to a man and REVEALED A NAME by which He could be called.

IT WAS THE BEGINNING of the Revelatory Names of God. It was the START of the Revelation of the Multi-faceted Nature of God. BUT ONLY A START.

THERE WOULD BE MUCH MORE TO FOLLOW.

There is a strong tendency in the human nature to want to "camp" around any revelation God makes of Himself to us. Those revelations usually bring bright fires of revival with them, and they feed our souls as we learn something more about the God of the Universe. If we do not continue to learn more of God, those bright fires of one time soon lose their luster and become a bed of has-been clinkers. There is not very much excitement nor warmth in a burned-out camp fire. Yet, many Christians are still huddling desperately around one or more of those has-been revival fires, and wondering why they are so cold in their souls.

It is not because there is no more warmth in God or in serving Him. It is because God has chosen to REVEAL more of Himself, and we could not/would not accept and walk in the new Revelation of Himself.

It is MOST DANGEROUS to "look the other way" when God sheds light on more of Himself. It can only lead to stagnation, and another religious denomination. Rusting hulls on the shores of time.

The God that Abraham knew can make us all rich, but if that is our main goal in serving Him we are selling ourselves short, as we shall see in another article to come in the future.