God’s names
- 144. In the Bible there is a king who had overweight; do you know who he is? He was Eglon, king of Moab (Judges 3:17).
- 143. Did you know that the Bible speaks about a place where there were 12 springs and 70 palms trees? That place was Elim (Exodus 15:27) It was there where Israelites settled their second camp after having crossed the Red Sea.
- 142. Did you know the ark that Noah built was three stories? (Genesis 6:16).
- 141. Did you know two biblical characters were called by the names of planets? Yes, they were Barnabas (called Jupiter) and Paul (called Mercury) (Acts 14:12).
- 140. Did you know who was the king that in his illness did not seek help from God, but from the doctors? He was king Asa, when he became seriously ill from the feet (2 Chronicles 16:12-13).
- 139. Did you know Salomon wrote more than five thousand songs? (1 Kings 4:32).
- 138. Did you know that John the Baptist was the greatest of the prophet though he never performed a miracle? (Luke 7:28) He was the most convincing preacher (John 10:41-42).
- 137. Jacob and Esau were twins, The difference between both of them was that Esau was hairy and Jacob was hairless (Genesis 25:24-26; Genesis 27:11).
- 136. Did you know Sarah and Abraham were children of the same father? (Genesis 20:12-13).
- 135. Did you know that if you look for the 29th chapter of Job you will be in the middle of the Old Testament, and that if you look for chapter 8 Romans you will be in the middle of the New Testament?
- 134. Did you know the apostle Peter was married? We know that because Jesus healed his mother in law (Matthew 8:14-15).
- 133. Did you know that Paul preached the longest preaching in the Bible? “Until the sunrise” (Acts 20:7-11).
- 132. Did you know that John the Baptist dressed like Elijah the Tishbite did? They wore a dress of hair and around the waist a leather belt (Matthew 3:4) (2 Kings 1:8).
- 131. Did you know that Jesus sang with his disciples? (Mark 14:26).
- 130. Did you know that the Benjamites had such aim that they would not fail a hair with a sling? They were very skilled. Read about it in (Judges 20:15-16).
- 129. Did you know that John 3:16 shows the past, the present and the future? For God so loved (past) the world that he gave his only son, that whoever believes (present) in him shall not perish but have eternal life (future).
- 128. Did you know that in the Bible there are verses whose number of words is the same responding to its chapter and to its verse? Yes, both in the Old and in the New Testament, they are:
- Old Testament:
- ((Genesis 16:16) with 16 words
- (Genesis 30:30) with 30 words
- (Deuteronomy 29:29) with 29 words
- (2 Kings 16:16) with 16 words
- (Job 10:10) with 10 words
- (Isaiah 28:28) with 28 words.
- New Testament:
- (Matthew 20:20) with 20 words.
- (Mark 10:10) with 10 words.
- (Luke 22:22) with 22 words.
- (Acts 8:8) with 8 words.
- (Acts 24:24) with 24 words.
- (Romans 12:12) with 12 words.
- (Romans 16:16) with 16 words.
- (Revelation 18:18) with 18 words.
- 127. There is a letter that Paul wrote to the Laodiceans, but it is not written on the bible. Only the Laodicean and the Colossian church read it back then; (Colossians 4:16) says “After this letter has been read to you, see that it is also read in the church of the Laodiceans and that you in turn read the letter from Laodicea”, Did you know it?
- 126. Revelations is the only book in the Bible that says that you are blessed if you read it. (Revelation 1:3) “Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy”.
- 125. Did you know that Luke was not a disciple of Jesus, but Paul’s disciple, and also he was not Jewish, he was a Roman?
Names of God
JEHOVAH-ISHMILKJAMA
Meaning
Jehovah Man of War.
Enforcement
This is wonderful because our God is not like the Generals of the world who sit behind a desk and from there they run their battles. God is in the midst of the battle of his people.
Bible references
Exodus 15:3.
Commentary
This shows us a tremendous aspect of the character of God and it is related to the name of God "Lord of hosts". But in this case, he no longer only directs his armies, but fight in the war personally. God is trained for the battle, he is not a neophyte in this subject, he has never retreated and will never retreat from the battle. Some connotations of the word "Ish" are manly, virility, manhood. This has to be to the courage of the warriors who fight for a righteous cause. This word also means warrior in Hebrew. Rightly so, Hebrews 10:38 says "And I take no pleasure in the one who shrinks back". Once again, when we contemplate his character in the Old Testament we can see that in the New Testament we are transformed through Christ in his image. 2 Timothy 1:7 and 2:3 shows us that we are soldiers in a great battle, and that one of the main characteristics of a son of God is to be a man of war.
Names of Jesus
WONDERFUL COUNSELOR
Meaning
Jesus is our defense attorney.
Explication
Christ is our wonderful counselor before God. He is our mediator and intercessor, who calms us down and advices us. As our lawyer before God, He defends us in the court of justice of God, and he offers himself as payment for our transgressions. Christ himself is therefore identified as that “wonder” because we could say that Christ is “the wonder of God in person”. Not only is Christ the greatest "Wonder of God" but He is the one who has done and would do "Wonders" in his people. A counselor is someone who guides others by warning or exhortation. Christ said about himself, “my words are Spirit and are Life”. He also said, “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them, will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock” (Matthew 7). So, why not to think of Christ as that “wonderful counselor” as stated by the apostle Peter when he said, “you alone have the words of eternal life”.
Bible references
Isaiah 9:6.
Related names
Advocate (1 John 2:1) Comforter (John 14:16) The consolation of Israel (Luke 2:25) Pleader, mediator ( 1 Timothy 2:5).
Jesus is
God
Meaning
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God ( John 1:1).