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Study Information Each week we will publish new information so you need to keep checking back. This section is filled with study guides to assist you in Scripture; helping to put biblical events into better perspective and give you the opportunity to study your Bible on a daily basis. Words of Scripture Requiring Explanation Text Common Version Modern Meaning Exd 5:8 Tale Number Exd 13:18 HarnessedIn ranks Exd 28:40 Bonnets Turbans Exd 34:15 Whoring Astray Exd 34:26 Seethe Boil Symbolic Language used in the Old and New Testaments Texts Symbols Meanings Dan 7:17 Beast A tyrannical heathen monarch Job 30:30 Black Affliction—anguish Isa 29:18 Blindness Ignorance Isa 34:3 Blood Slaughter—depth Job 18:15 Brimstone Desolation—torments Quotations from the Old Testament in the New Testament The close connection between the Old and New Testament is shown by the number of times the Old Testament is quoted in the New Testament. New Testament Book Old Testament Verse Occurence Acts of the Apostles 57 Romans 74 1 Corinthians 41 2 Corinthians 13 Galatians 16 Miracles Recorded in the Old Testament Miracles Location Text Murrain Egypt Exd 10:3-6 Boils Egypt Exd 10:8-11 Thunder, etc. Egypt Exd 10:22-26 Locusts Egypt Exd 11:12-19 Darkness Egypt Exd 11:21-23 The Names of God in the Old Testament (1 each week) "Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory [is] above the earth and heaven." Psalm148:13 In the Old Testament times, a name was not only identification, but an identity as well. Many times a special meaning was attached to the name. Names had, among other purposes, an explanatory purpose (e.g., Nabal, whose name means "fool," is the target of Abigail's explanation to David: "For as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him:" - 1Samuel 25:25). Throughout Scripture God reveals Himself to us through His names. When we study these names that He reveals to us in the Bible, we will better understand who God really is. The meanings behind God's names reveal the central personality and nature of the One who bears them. El Elyon (el el-yone') The Most High God Use in the Bible: In the Old Testament El Elyon occurs 28 times. It occurs 19 times in Psalms. El Elyon is first used in Gen 14:18. El Elyon in the Septuagint: ho theos ho hupsistos — the God most high Meaning and Derivation: El is another name that is translated as "God" and can be used in conjunction with other words to designate various aspects of God's character. Elyon literally means "Most High" and is used both adjectivally and substantivally throughout the Old Testament. It expresses the extreme sovereignty and majesty of God and His highest preeminence. When the two words are combined — El Elyon — it can be translated as "the most exalted God."(Psa 57:2) Further references of the name El Elyon in the Old Testament: Gen 14:18; Gen 14:19; Gen 14:20; Gen 14:22; Psa 57:2; Psa 78:35 Names of Jesus Christ The only begotten of the Father John 1:14 The only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father John 1:18 The first-born of every creature Col 1:15 His own Son Rom 8:32 A Son given Isa 9:6 Prophetic Warnings and Promises of Our Lord Cana The Rejection of the Jews and Acceptance of Gentiles Mat 8:11, 12; see Luke13:23-30 Nain The Destruction of Capernaum, Chorazin and Bethsaida Mat 11:20-24; see Luke 10:13-15 Sea of Galilee The Great Judgment Mat 13:30, 40-43, 49, 50 Capernaum The Persecutions that should Harass them, with Promise of Deliverance and of final Glory Mat 10:16-39 Capernaum His Flesh to be the Food of His People, with Promise of Resurrection and Eternal Life John 6:39, 40, 54-58 The Certainty of All the Promises of God For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us... was not Yes and No, but in Him was Yes. For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us. (2 Corinthians 1:19-20) As we have seen, some of the promises of God are "exceedingly great and precious." Others are very "unpopular." The former category of promises brings encouragement, strength, hope, comfort. For example, "The LORD will perfect that which concerns me" (Psalm 138:8). The latter category warns, awakens, humbles, prepares. For example, "Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution" (2 Timothy 3:12). Yet, whether we gladly embrace a "precious" promise or struggle with an "unpopular" promise, there is the absolute certainty of all the promises of God being fulfilled. Our present verses explain the basis of this certainty. The assurance is related to the very nature of Jesus Christ. When Paul and his missionary team preached about the Lord Jesus, it was not a "yes-and-no" message. "For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us...was not Yes and No." The character and message of Jesus is not characterized by uncertainty. He is faithful and sure. The message concerning Him, as well as the messages He proclaimed, is "Yes." They are all guaranteed realities. It is not that Jesus could be the Son of God. He is certainly such. It is not that Jesus might save all who call upon Him. Such is totally assured. It is not that some of His promises could possibly be fulfilled. Rather, all of them will absolutely be fulfilled. Ezekiel declared this truth concerning all of the Godhead. "For I am the LORD. I speak, and the word which I speak will come to pass...the word which I speak will be done" (Ezekiel 12:25, 28). Later, John added a particular word concerning our reliable Savior: "Jesus Christ, the faithful witness" (Revelation 1:5). No wonder then that "all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us." Our God is going to faithfully do everything that He has ever stated in every one of His promises. The result will be great glory to Him, as He fulfills His promises in and through our lives. Day by day throughout the family of God, some Christians live in the blessed certainty of God's promises, while others do not. The determining difference is faith versus unbelief. Joshua and Caleb of old entered into the promised land. The rest of that generation "could not enter in because of unbelief" (Hebrews 3:19). Dear Lord, I long to be a promise believer, living by faith in Your promises to me. Thank You for making it so simple and so available. You want to make promises to me, and You want me to count on You to fulfill them. I rejoice that all Your promises are Yes and Amen in Jesus Christ, my Lord!