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2. Names of God

3. Names of God
The Lord

4. The Back-Story

11. Yahweh – the Lord
What God says about his name, Yahweh
What this means for us
What this meant for Moses

12. God’s personal statement

13. Not quite like this ... From an applicant for a job with Tearfund:
“I am committed to love and serve the poo.”

14. God’s personal statement
I change mine God’s is unchanging

15. Exodus 34:5-7
Then the Lord came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the Lord. And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, ‘The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.’

16. The Lord
Ehyeh-asher-ehyeh: I AM WHO I AM. Whatever I am, I will be Yahweh – He is Self sufficient – relational – with us - unchangeable

17. The Lord, the Lord

18. compassionate and gracious
Rahum we-hanun: words that explain each other Rahum: feeling word Hanun: action word

19. slow to anger SLOW to anger Slow to ANGER
Targum: God is patient, the one who makes anger distant and brings compassion near
Slow to ANGER
Anger flows from love

20. abounding in love and faithfulness
Hesed
a word that wraps up all the positive attributes of God
Emet: reliability

21. maintaining love to thousands
Hesed – all the positive attributes of God again!
Nstr - guarding

22. forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin
Nasa – lift up, carry away
Character trait – who he is, not just what he does

23. doesn’t leave the guilty unpunished
But who by no means clears the guilty God’s end goal is a world set free from sin Justice is healing and renewal Justice is Yahweh’s promise that evil will be dealt with

24. And punishes children???
...he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents ...

25. To the third and fourth generation

27. To the third and fourth

28. thousands
3rd & 4th

29. Punishment
Love

30. What does this mean for us?
Isaiah 43:7: “Called by my name, created for my glory” How are we doing at carrying the name?

31. Compassionate and gracious Slow to anger Abounding in love and faithfulness Maintaining love to thousands Forgiving Doing justice

32. Moses’ response Ex 34: 8-9
At once, Moses fell to the ground and worshiped, saying, “Please, Lord, if you see anything good in me, please Lord travel with us, hard-headed as we are. Forgive our iniquity and sin. Own us, possess us.”

33. Moses was changed: Ex.34:29-30
When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the Lord. 

34. The Lord, the Lord: Compassionate and gracious Slow to anger Abounding in love and faithfulness Maintaining love to thousands Forgiving Doing justice