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To Know Him by Name Season 1: God Revealed Through His Names
January 12, 2024 · 20 min
Episode 1 of 3: God reveals Himself through His names. Watch this episode as Rabbi Schneider explains how God is an Us.
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0:00 So the Lord wants us to understand we can trust him. He loves us. And he reveals this to us in the Hebrew names and covenants that are given to us in the0:12 Hebrew Bible. I'm beginning a brand0:23 new series today that I'm calling To Know Him by Name, the Hebrew names and titles of God. Yeshua said in the book of Matthew chapter 13 that0:35 every scribe that comes to be a disciple of his would be like the owner of a mansion that's able to bring forth out of that mansion things0:47 old and new. A scribe was somebody that knew the Hebrew Bible. And so Yeshua says when someone knows the Hebrew Bible and then0:58 becomes a disciple of mine, he's gonna be able to bring forth treasures, both old treasures and new treasures. Jesus said salvation is from the1:10 Jews. And so we have so much treasure in the Hebrew scriptures, those scriptures that Jesus used, that the apostles used. There's so much treasure in1:21 there, but sometimes Christians spend almost no time in the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible and only read the New Testament. But when we take that approach of1:33 only mining the riches of the New Testament without mining the treasures in the Tanakh or Old Testament, we're overlooking and missing so much.1:46 And a prime example of this is when we study the Hebrew names of God in the Tanakh. Because in the Hebrew names of God, we come to discover who1:58 God wants to be to us. As we study the Hebrew names and titles of God, we find out who he is to us through the covenant that he made with us through Yeshua,2:10 and we also discover the titles by which he's called that describe to us his will and his works. So in this series, to know him by name, the names and titles2:22 of God in the Hebrew Bible, beloved children, we are going to go through the Hebrew scriptures and unearth how the Lord has revealed himself once again in his names and titles. Now if you think about this2:34 for a second, names mean something. So in other words, if you think back to your school days and you were let's say in high school, and there was somebody that caught your eye that you were interested and2:46 wanted to get to know, what was the first thing that you did? You wanted to find out what? What their name was. Because knowing their name brings you 1 step closer into2:57 relationship with that person. And so it is with the Lord. He's given us his names in order to bring us into a more intimate relationship with himself. And3:09 furthermore, he's given us his names so that we would learn to trust him through the revelation he's given us in his names. So for example, when the Lord reveals himself to3:21 us as God almighty, as El Shaddai, we begin to recognize God is all powerful, and there's nothing I need to be afraid of. Or when the Lord reveals himself3:32 to us as Yahweh Yireh, what he was telling us is, I am the Lord, your provider. So he's teaching us that we can trust him to3:44 meet our needs. If we don't have an understanding of who God is, it's gonna affect our actions, and it's gonna bring us to a place in life where we're3:56 not living in confidence in our relationship with him. A great example of this is in the book of Matthew chapter number 25. And in Matthew 25, Yeshua tells the story of a man4:08 who gave out talents. He was going on a journey, and before he went on the journey, he brought his servants together, and he gave them talents. And to 1 man, he gave 10 talents. To the4:20 next, he gave 5 talents. And finally, to the last, he gave 1 talent. And then this man that had given these talents to his servants went on the journey. Then he came back from the journey, and4:32 he called his servants to him. And he said to the 1, I've given you 10 talents. What have you done with those 10 talents? And the 1 that was given 10 talents, he had multiplied the talents. Then4:43 the 1 that had been given 5 talents said, you gave me 5. Look what I've done. He multiplied the talents. Then finally, Yeshua called the 1 that only had 1 talent. And he said, what have4:55 you done with the talent that I gave you? And the man said to him, I knew you to be a hard man. So this servant that only had 1 talent had a wrong5:07 understanding of who the Lord was. He said, I knew you to be a hard man. And he was living in fear of what he considered to be a harsh law giver. And as a result of his fear and his5:19 wrong perspective of who God is, again he saw God as a hard man, he buried his talent and did nothing with it. And so the point is is if we don't5:31 understand who God is, we're not gonna live fruitful lives. And even the little that we have will be taken away from us. And so the Lord wants us to understand we can trust5:43 him. He loves us. He wants to be our peace. He wants to be our victory. He wants to be our provider. Everything that we need, he is to5:55 us through Messiah Yeshua, and he reveals this to us in the Hebrew names and covenants that are given to us in the Hebrew Bible. So we're about to launch a6:07 journey forward in this direction, beloved ones. I hope you'll take some notes and hang on to your seat. It's gonna be a great journey to know him by name. So we're gonna dive in now.6:19 Very first verse of the Hebrew Bible, we have a title of God. All of us are familiar with the verse, in the beginning, God created the6:30 heavens and the earth. You'll see in my studio here that I've actually got in the studio in Hebrew the very first verse of the book of Bereshit, which means in the beginning in the6:42 beginnings God created the heavens and the earth. When we say the word God in Bereshit chapter 1 verse 1, what is the actual Hebrew6:54 there? The Hebrew title for God that's used in Genesis 1 1 is the name Elohim. In the beginning, Elohim created7:06 the heavens and the earth. Now the word Elohim comes from the singular use of that Hebrew word, which is El. And the word El just simply is7:18 translated as God. And what's interesting is that even pagan cultures use the name El to refer to their gods. So for example, the Canaanites, which you've all heard7:29 of, they refer to their god as El. So when the Lord revealed himself as God, the true God, the real God, he didn't just call himself El, he called7:41 himself Elohim. Because when you add the word or the or the the additional onto the end of a Hebrew word, it makes7:53 that Hebrew word plural, and oftentimes this is done to give the singular emphasis. So in other words, when you say Elohim, you're saying this is8:05 the 1 true God. He's not just a God. He's not just 1 of the many gods. But by giving it a plural narrative, it becomes he is the 1 true God.8:17 So sometimes you add I'm onto the end of a singular Hebrew word to give that word emphasis, And other times you add the word em onto the end of a8:28 singular Hebrew word to make it dimensional, to make it a plural form. So for example, we've all heard of the angels a cherub or a8:40 seraph. But often as we hear not just a reference to a single cherub or a single seraph, but we hear the cherubim, The8:51 seraphim, the angels. It's now plural. Cherub, seraph, singular. Cherubim, plural. So we add the I'm onto the end of the word to give it a plural form.9:04 So considering this phenomenon then, considering this fact, we ask ourselves, well, what does a plural on the end of the word El, which again is the9:15 singular form of God, but Elohim is the plural, why did God refer to himself as plural? Why did God reveal himself in plural form? In the beginning, Elohim,9:27 plural, created heavens and earth. Does it mean that there's more than 1 God? I mean, think about this. We're going into a profound mystery right now. Because we read in scripture that9:39 in the beginning, the Lord created mankind in his own image. And he said this, let us, he said, right? The Lord is speaking here. And he said, let us, notice9:51 the plural there, the Lord is speaking of himself, and he says, let us create man in our image. So there's there's a there's10:03 conundrum there. What what does he mean? Why is God saying let us, plural, make man in our, plural, image? Who was he talking to when he said us?10:16 Who was he referring to when he said our? Now the traditional rabbis teach that God was speaking to the angels. But obviously, that's not correct because God didn't create mankind in the10:28 image of the angels. He created us in his own image. Let us make man in our image, the Lord said. He's speaking about himself. Man is created in God's image. So10:39 why would God use the term us and are in referring to himself? And here's the mystery, beloved friends. Because God is10:50 multidimensional and he has relationship within himself. Let me say it again. God is not a singular11:01 unity, but he's a multidimensional unity. God is not a singular unity. He's a multidimensional unity, and he has11:13 relationship within himself. This is why we refer to God as being Father, Son, and Spirit. And yet each 1 has a unique personality. So for11:24 example, the Father is in relationship with the Son. The Son is in relationship with the Father, and yet they're both God. They're both God's essence. And yet there's real11:36 relationship there. So when the Lord says let us make man in our image, he's talking to the fellowship of the Father, Son, and Spirit that is within11:49 himself. Now, this is difficult for the human mind to comprehend because it's beyond the natural mind. The Lord said, even as the heavens are higher than the earth, so12:01 are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts. So we cannot comprehend how God is 1, how there's only 1 God,12:12 which by the way is the highest declaration of traditional Judaism. Here, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is 1. There's only 1 God. And yet within God,12:25 there is relationship and a multidimensional essence to him. And so when you think about, for example, God's creation of the12:36 family unit, right, moms, dads, brothers and sisters, this is actually a manifestation of the fact that there is community within the Godhead or even the body of12:48 Messiah. We're members 1 of another. Where does that come from? It comes from the fact that, listen now, key point, within the Godhead, there13:00 is community. There is community within the Godhead. God is never alone. God is never lonely. He's never alone13:13 because there's relationship, beloved friends, and community within himself. So I love this, that God is an us. Now, sounds13:25 almost heretical to say God is us. God is in us. But what did God say? He said, let us make man in our image.13:37 Taken out of context, this may sound off. But if you understand it truly from a spiritual perspective, it's life giving. Let me say it again. Let us, God described13:48 himself as us. Let us. He described himself as an us. Now, 1 of the things that this does for us in understanding that God14:00 is an us is it helps to relate to the world outside us, to people that we are in relationship within the world, not as being separate from us,14:12 not a me versus them mentality, not a separation between me and the people that I'm in relationship with in life, but rather that we're in community together, even as14:23 God is in fellowship with the Father and the Son, let us make man in our image. We then look at other people in terms of community14:35 rather than separation. So in other words, if I'm in relationship with you and I'm talking to you, I'm not looking at you just as being separate from me, but I'm looking at the 2 of us together14:47 as being in relationship. And so now you and I together are us. And so this really can deliver people from loneliness and feeling isolated from everybody. When you understand that God14:59 is us, that there's community within the Godhead, that we've been brought into relationship with the God who is us and who is community, it transforms our worldview so that we begin to15:11 look at at at relationships and and society as not being separate from 1 another, but we look at us all in being in community together. And it really does a lot to deliver15:23 people from a sense, once again, of isolation and of loneliness. I hope that this is helpful for you. Listen to what I'm saying. I'm not saying that there's more than 1 God. I'm saying that within the15:34 Godhead, there's the Father, Son, and the Spirit. He's a multidimensional God. There's relationship within him. He is in us. He made us in his image, and and I should say, let us15:46 make man in our image, in our image, and we take that and digest it, we recognize that when we come in to relationship with Elohim15:59 who created us, we begin to think like he does, and we stop seeing ourselves as separate from others, but we start seeing everybody around us that we're in16:10 relationship in being community with us. And this is why the Scripture tells us, don't look out merely for your own interest, but look out also for16:22 the interest of others. So I I when I when I realized this, when the Lord really sovereignly revealed this to me by his spirit, it was very very transformative for me that16:34 God is community. And that so oftentimes because of being defensive and being afraid in life, we can begin to think of the world as the world against16:46 me. Right? Me against the world. Or that song long ago back from the seventies, remember, I think it was Neil Diamond. I am a rock, I am an island, or the solitary16:58 man. And we kinda think, you know, we've got our fist up against the world because we gotta survive, and you know, we gotta fight, and everybody's against us. And if we don't fight, then we're gonna end up, you know,17:07 being casualties in life. But God wants to transform our thinking, to recognize he's a God of love, he's a God of community, He is community within himself.17:18 And he wants us to live in relationship to others with this same, beloved, type of paradigm. Finally, as we close today's broadcast, focusing17:30 on the fact that God is the 1 that created us, in the beginning, Elohim created us in his own likeness, in his own image, when we really believe that we have a17:41 creator that created us to love him and to be loved by him, we then can begin to define who we are based on that paradigm. Unfortunately,17:53 too many of us don't have much revelation of this. And so we're trying to get our identity from the world by how much money we have, by what our job title is,18:05 by how beautiful we are. So we're seeking for identity from the world because we haven't yet fully discovered, myself included, who we are to the 1 that made18:17 us in his own image. David said in Psalm 1 39 that he was fearfully and wonderfully made. And David said it was too great for him even to understand18:29 this mystery that he was created in the image of the creator. And so he said, you form me in my mother's womb, and I will give thanks to you for I'm fearfully and wonderfully made. Beloved 1, you18:41 are more than you think you are. I want to encourage you today to look up. Don't look out to the world to determine who you are or to find out who you are. Stop looking at your Facebook18:53 feed and look to the 1 that made you. Look to Elohim, ask him to reveal to you how much he loves you and who you really are.19:05 Ask him to restore to you the identity that he made for you and the identity that he wants you to walk in as you come to the revelation that you too, like King David, are19:16 fearfully and wonderfully made. I know in my heart that when I'm able to sacrifice something to the Lord, whether it's an act of obedience, whether it's denying my19:27 flesh, whether it's in my finances, I know that when I choose to sacrifice myself to him, it brings me into a sense of feeling connected. What's really19:39 interesting is that the Hebrew word that is translated sacrifice in English, the Hebrew is korban. And not only does korban mean sacrifice,19:51 but the literal root of it means to draw near. So what's the point? When we make a sacrifice to the Lord, when we sacrifice our lives to him, what happens is20:03 we are brought near, we draw near to him, and as a result, he draws near to us. I want to encourage you. Be faithful to the Lord with your finances. Make a sacrifice to20:14 him. And when you do, beloved ones, out of love and with right motives, the result will be is that you will be brought near to him and experience his blessing on your life.
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