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Yet To Be #103

Day 14 What is in a name Part 5

His name shall be called Jesus or Yeshua in Hebrew. (Matthew 1 verse 21) The gospel of Matthew presents Jesus as the Messiah, the anointed one. At the beginning of the book, his earthly lineage is discussed making it evident that he is the offspring of King David. (Matthew 1 verse 1 then verse 16)


His Davidic lineage is very important for establishing him as the long-awaited Messiah who is to save his people. God made a covenant with David that his kingdom will have no end (2 Samuel 7 verse 13 and 14)
I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be his father and he shall be my son.”


Though God is speaking to David about his son Solomon who will build God’s house, this promise also eludes to the future King, God’s only begotten son, Jesus. Another passage where it is written that of his kingdom there will be no end is in the book of Isaiah chapter 9 verse 7.


The new testament is a fulfillment of the old testament and in the Lord Jesus Christ is the manifestation of all God’s promises.

Yet To Be #102

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord they God in vain.

Day 13 What’s in a name part 4

God is holy in character, in being and his name is holy. We are to come into his presence knowing who he is. The Psalmist states, “the Lord our God is holy.”


The word holy means, “exalted or worthy to complete devotion as one perfect in goodness and righteousness.” (Merriam-Webster)


We are to give to God praise and reverence (deep respect) for He is worthy of all adoration for our eyes should be fixed on him knowing he is near when we utter his name. (“but our eyes are upon thee.” 2 Chronicles 20 verse 12)


There was a practice in the ancient world used when making copies of the Torah. The Torah is a part of the Hebrew bible the first five books of the old testament. The scribes or the transcribers used a procedure in today’s society that would seem peculiar, showed how important the name of God was. There is one process out of the whole that speaks volumes. The copyists or scribes would wipe the pen and wash their entire bodies and change their clothes before writing the name, Jehovah.


Then, no document containing God’s Word could be destroyed, it would be stored or buried in a hiding place (a genizah) which was a burial ground or temple.


Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain ( in emptiness) is the second commandment. His name has meaning. There is not only reverential fear connected with his name but there is great beauty. Beauty can only be seen through the eyes of a true child of God walking in the ways of God with respect.

Yet To Be #100

What’s in a name.

Day 11 What’s In A Name Part 2

What’s in a name?  

There is much in his name. In his name there is power, there is life, there is love, there is fullness of joy. As the Proverbs of King David wrote so long ago, “the name of the Lord is a strong tower, the righteous run into it and is safe.” 

His name shows the richness of his character, the manifestation of his person, and the greatness of his divine being.  

In the New Testament of the Bible, there are two names given to the son of God aside from his numerous titles. It is these names that announce his salvific properties. The purpose of him coming into the world is to seek and to save those who are lost. These names are Jesus and Emmanuel.

Today, glimpse the beauty of that name Jesus. 

In Matthew 1 verse 2, the angel of the Lord came to Joseph, the earthly father saying, “thou shall call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sins. (Salvific attributes) Then to Mary, the earthly mother, the angel said to her, “ thou shall conceive in thy womb and bring forth a son, and shall call his name Jesus. The angel goes on to say, Jesus shall be great and shall be called the son of the Highest…and of his kingdom there shall be no end, echoing the book of the prophet Isaiah in chapter 9 verse 7. Here we are reminded of the fact that the old testament writings are mere shadows of the new testament and the life of the coming King.

The new testament though written in Greek, the name Jesus is the transliteration of the Hebrew name Yeshua into Greek then changed into English. He is the savior so there is a fullness in his name.  

(A transliteration is a conversion of a text from one script to another by swapping of letters of the first text into another similar-sounding text of another alphabet.)

Yet To Be #99

For God so loved the world

Day 10 The Word was God

The fourth book of the new testament called the Gospel According to John was written from AD 85 to AD 90.


The disciple and Apostle John looks at the “humanity of Christ while never losing sight of Christ’s divine nature.” It opens with the same words of the first book in the Bible, Genesis, in the beginning before time was the Word was, and the Word was with God and the Word was God.
The relationship between the Father and the Son is initialized in this verse and sets up the main purpose of the entire book which is to explore this unique union.


John’s presentation of Jesus as the Son of God is evident in the famous and keynote verse 16 of chapter 3.


For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believe on his name shall not perish but have everlasting life.

Yet To Be #97 & 98

All scripture is given by inspiration of God

Day 8 & 9 The Weekend

Jesus For Everyone, the Son of Man

The book of Luke in the new testament is the third gospel and also begins differently. Written by Luke who was a physician and possibly a Gentile, around AD 60 to 61 and some say possibly as far as AD70. Luke was not one of the original twelve disciples but was a follower of Jesus Christ.


This book as well as the book of Acts both begin with a preface addressed to Theophilus ( in Greek means friend of God). It is a record of the life and ministry of Jesus. Luke gives a detailed account of the genealogy of Jesus, unlike Matthew who gave a lineage through Joseph his earthly father, but through the virgin Mary the mother of Jesus emphasizing the important fact that he was born of a woman and was made flesh. A human body was prepared for him (Hebrews 10 verse 5), he was man, sin apart.


It was in that same body wherein he died, was in the tomb, and God well pleased with him raised him in that same body from the grave and seated him at His right hand in heaven. We can therefore say he has taken manhood into the Glory.


Luke being a gentile presents the gospel for everyone. Matthew presents Jesus as the Messiah for the Jewish race and Mark presents him as a servant, Jesus came to seek and save anyone regardless of occupation or social status. He is the savior for everyone.


(reference: 2 Timothy 3 verse 16, 2 Peter 1 verse 21, and Luke 19 verse 10)

Yet To Be #96

He is touched by the feelings of our infirmitie

Day 7 Who Can Declare God but God…

There are the other two gospels, Mark and Luke not mentioned in the last post but still hold great importance declaring his character in a name.


The gospel of Mark was written between the mid-50s to 60s AD by John Mark. The same John Mark in the book of Acts deserted Paul and Barnabas but came back to work with Barnabas on mission work. Peter later called him his “son”.


Mark presents Jesus as the Servant, a person who performs duties for others. In this book, the Son of God is a lowly man walking this pathway on earth in perfect obedience to the Father. Verse one introduces the entire book by stating this is the good news of Jesus Christ, the gospel, the Son of God. Here too the author calls him Jesus, his earthly name in conjunction with the title Christ, the Messiah, the promised King, the anointed one, and then solidifies the truth that by calling Jesus as the Son of God, his divine person.


The book jumps right into his acts by omitting his birth and leaping straight to his baptism and ministry. He is the Servant of God, doing the work the Father sent him here to do meanwhile, he is also the lowly man performing deeds for his people. He brought himself down, making “himself of no reputation and took upon himself the form of a servant and was made in the likeness of man” to understand us, to feel and be a part of us.


He is touched by the feelings of our infirmities (our weakness)but in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin, meaning he is God and therefore holy. And though, he is the Son of God, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered.
(reference: Mark 1 verse 1, Hebrews 4 verse 15, Philippians 2 verse 7, and Hebrews 5 verse 8)

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Eat, drink and be merry.

13 of 14 The Origins of Valentine’s Day

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Cupid and Psyche – Anthony Van Dyck

February 14th was first a pagan feast day which was later changed by Pope Gelasius 1 in AD 496 to a Christian feast day to honour Valentine. There are many legends surrounding this day claiming Saint Valentine as a priest who was martyred in AD 269 for his kindness and love to the persecuted Christians in Rome. Then later in the 14th and 15th centuries, Valentine’s Day became associated with romantic love.

“Because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry.”  Ecclesiastes 8 verse 15

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The 5 Love Languages

#11 of 14 Touch

Physical touch – being close to and caressed by your partner (Gary Chapman’s 5 Love Languages) Romantically, touch is a way of giving and receiving love.

Touch is a fundamental form of non–visual perception, one that plays a crucial role in nearly all of our sensory experiences (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 2021)

“Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn my beloved.” Song of Solomon 2 verse 17a

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I am my beloved’s and his desire is toward me

#10 of 14 My Favorite Love Poems

“I am my beloved’s and his desire is toward me” – Song of Solomon 7 verse 10

“Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments.  Love is not love which alters when it alternations finds” – William Shakespeare (Sonnet 116)

“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.  I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach.” – Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Sonnet 43)

“Grow old along with me the best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made” – Robert Browning

“O my Luve is like a red, red rose that’s newly sprung in June; O my Luve is like the melody that’s sweetly played in tune” – Robert Burns

“Drink to me only with thine eyes and I will pledge with mine or leave a kiss within the cup, and I’ll not ask for wine” – Ben Jonson 1616

“Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave” Song of Solomon 8 verse 6

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Whispering sweet nothings…

#8 of 14 Sweet Nothings

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Couples in love speak a special language, called Sweet Nothings.  The whisperings of love and romantic talk to each other.  Sweet nothings was first noted in a poem by English novelist Mary Elizabeth Braddon in 1776, “as low he bend o’er her he loves so dear, to whisper some sweet nothing in her ear.”

“…it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh,” Song of Solomon 5 verse 2