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A Name Above Every Other Name
The name “God” is today a generic name, but the word god may apply in
the lower case while thinking of God in the upper case. After all which
God/god would bless this world in its present condition? So the world
assumes that the word God, as in God bless applies accurately to God in
the uppercase. However, there are many different names to which the
connotation “God” is inaccurately applied. Humanity from the earliest of
days wanted to know God’s actual name; Moses asked so that he too may
know. Humanity has been instructed to accept the name of God as
instructed and most do not yet have it right. Each segment uses a name they
are most comfortable using, and there are many gods so to speak. However,
Christians too have been ill instructed and misuse God’s name, or stutter
when asked what that name is and remain confused. Jesus is the specific
name, which the Father bestowed upon His Son—”a name above every
other name.” The Son of God was Divine, a supernatural being, but to the
common mind He seemed to be only a normal man. He came in the name
of the Father; the Father gave Jesus His name- no other name is truly
applicable. Those of this world called Him the Christ, even offering a
genealogy to support their expectation [see Matthew 1]. However, did Jesus
have a genealogy according to the law? Was his genealogy as recorded,
descending from Joseph’s ancestry? No, His essence was of God, not of
Joseph his stepfather, and lineage always applied to the father not the
Mother.
Christianity, or all who originally followed Jesus, followed a Messianic
message, a mission. The name “Christ” evolved from the original context of
the meaning deliverer, messiah, and was an epithet when applied to Jesus.
The prophecy was this: “The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a
son, and they will call him “Immanuel”, which means “God with us.”
(Matthew 1: 23)
This is precise because that was a Divine purpose. Later,
prophecy was used and the epithet added, because of the purpose the
Hebrew people wanted Jesus to fulfill, according to their mis-
understanding. They began to use the name that matched what they
understood. The name derived from their understanding was Messiah the
singular purpose of a mere man. Jesus was given this name by the world
around him to satisfy what they understood the scriptures foretold – are
those scriptures incorrect?