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Yet To Be # 104

Day 15 What’s in a name Part 6

Another name for the Son mentioned in the gospel of Matthew is Emmanuel. The meaning of this name in Hebrew is God with us. Giving him this name goes back to the book of Isaiah chapter 7 verse 14.


“A virgin shall conceive and shall bring forth a son and call his name Immanuel or Emmanuel.” Matthew 1 verse 23 is a direct quotation from the book of Isaiah. The name Emmanuel conjoins two Hebrew words “El” meaning God and “Immanu” meaning with us.


One more thing to note is this name does not appear anywhere else in the New Testament.
At that time before Christ, the Jewish nation was under the heavy hand of the Rome empire and the people were looking for a savior. After the death of King Solomon, the dividing of the kingdom, then the ten tribes carried away into Assyria, the Maccabean Revolt even by the birth of Jesus which was under the Roman empire, the people of God were referred to more and more as Jews.
No longer called or revered by the surrounding nations as God’s chosen people.


As said before, they endured hardship and sorrow under the yoke of Rome but remembered the promise by the prophets of old of a Messiah who will save them. In the fullness of time, God sent forth his only Son to fulfill his promise to his people, Israel.
“He will save his people from their sins.” Matthew 1 verse 21

Yet To Be #101

Draw me, we will run after thee.

Day 12 What’s in a name Part 3

In biblical times, anointing someone sets that person apart. Aromatic oil was poured on the person’s head. Some oils used in those days were frankincense, the king of oils best for healing. Myrrh is used in burials as a perfume mixed with aloe to help cover the stench of death. Cassia as in Exodus 30 is good for maintaining physical health and when used with aloes and myrrh as in Psalm 45 verse 8, helps to fragrant garments. These oils are sweet-smelling to the olfactory system, smooth and pleasant.


King Solomon wrote in his song chapter 1 verse 3, his name is as ointment poured forth using the name of the Lord as a simile, a comparison to the sweet smell of oils in those days. It is not enough to know the Lord’s name or to merely speak his name but it goes beyond these points into a profound understanding of the soul drenching beauty of his person, in his name.


God knows his son’s name. The intimacy between the Father and the Son is so strong, so secret to them alone that when a child of God utters his Son’s name in worship, the essence of his Son in that name ascends to God by the Holy Spirit as a divine scent forever peculiar, attractive and pleasant in the nasals of the Father.


Therefore do we love thee. Lord, draw us, we will run after thee. Song of Solomon chapter 1 verse 3 and 4.

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.)

My Ode to Romance Countdown to Valentine’s Day

I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine.

#5 of 14 The Love Song

Troubadour’ Entry – Jakob Emanuel Gaisser

Love songs express the emotions felt by the writer or singer to the one they love.  One such song can be found in Song of Solomon ( 22nd book of the Bible)

Also called Canticle of canticles.  It is a song or a chant known to be written by King Solomon approximately 930 BC of the old testament Bible.  The song tells of simple love between a husband and his wife, emotionally, spiritually and physically.  Metaphorically speaking it is also a relationship between Christ and his bride, the Church. 

“I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine.” Song of Solomon 6 verse 3