The Redemptive Names of God

In a previous blogpostthe Creatorship Names of God yalijadiliwa. In this blogpost the Redemptive Names of God are discussed.

Yehova – ‘I am that I am’

And God said unto Moses, I Am that I Am: and He said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you. And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is My Name for ever, and this is My memorial unto all generations (Kutoka 3: 14-15)

For I am the Lord, I change not (Malaki 3:6)

Yah (Jah the holy Name) abbreviation of Jehovah

The Lord is my strength and song, and He is become my salvation: He is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him (Kutoka 15:2)

For he said, Because the Lord hath sworn that the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation (Kutoka 17:16)

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation (Zaburi 68:5)

Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord (Zaburi 150:6)

Jah-Elohim – Bwana Mungu

Umepaa juu, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; ndio, kwa waasi pia, ili Bwana Mungu akae kati yao (Zaburi 68:18)

Jah-Jehovah – Lord Jehovah

Tazama, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation (Isaya 12:2)

Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength (Isaya 26:4)

Jehovah-Elohim – The Lord God, the Redeemer-Creator

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens (Mwanzo 2:4)

Jehovah-Elohim-Sabaoth – Lord God of Hosts

O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah (Zaburi 84:8)

Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts (Yeremia 15:16)

Jehovah-Elyon – The Lord Most High

I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High (Zaburi 7:17)

Jehovah-Gibbor – The Lord is Mighty

The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, ndio, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies (Isaya 42:13)

Jehovah-Hosenu – The Lord our Maker

O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker (Zaburi 95:6)

Jehovah-Jireh – The Lord will provide

And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah Jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen (Mwanzo 22:14)

Jehovah-Kanna – The Lord Who is Jealous

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, wala kuwatumikia: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God (Kutoka 20:5)

For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God (Kutoka 34:14)

Usivisujudie, wala kuwatumikia: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God (Kumbukumbu la Torati 5:9)

Jehovah-Mekaddeskum – The Lord who sanctifies

Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, akisema, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you (Kutoka 31:13)

And ye shall keep my statutes, na kuzifanya: I am the Lord which sanctify you (Mambo ya Walawi 20:8)

Jehovah-Nissi – The Lord is my Banner

And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi (Kutoka 17:15)

Jehovah-Raah (Râ’âh) – The Lord is my Shepherd

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want (Zaburi 23:1)

Jehovah-Rapha – The Lord that heals

If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee (Kutoka 15:26)

Jehovah-Sabaoth – The Lord of Hosts

And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there (1 Samweli 1:3)

Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory (Zaburi 24:10)

How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts (Zaburi 84:1)

Ndiyo, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God (Zaburi 84:3)

Adonai-Jehovah-Sabaoth – Master Lord of Lords

Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel (Zaburi 69:6)

Jehovah-Shalom – The Lord our Peace

Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites (Judges 6:24)

Jehovah-Shammah – The Lord is There, ever-present

It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord is there (Ezekieli 48:35)

Jehovah-Shaphat – The Lord is Judge

Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the Lord the Judge be Judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon (Judges 11:27)

Jehovah-Tsidkenu – The Lord our Righteousness

In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, the Lord our Righteousness (Jer 23:6)

Jehovah-Jehoshua-Christos – The Lord Jesus Christ (Jehovah’s Saviour Anointed)

And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for He shall save His people from their sins (Mathayo 1:21)

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord (Luka 2:11)

And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ (Luka 2:26)

The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, Until I make thy foes thy footstool. Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ (Matendo 2:35-36)

Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Mbali zaidi ya wakuu wote, na nguvu, na uwezo, na utawala, na kila jina linalotajwa, sio tu katika ulimwengu huu, bali pia katika yale yajayo. (Ephesisans 1:20-21)