The many names of God relate to His attributes. These are just a few,
Moving to the Church Age, God has several names of God including:
YHVH-Yireh — "YEHOVAH will provide"
YHVH-Rapha — "Yahweh that healed"
YHVH-Niss"i — "YEHOVAH our Banner"
YHVH-Shalom — "YEHOVAH our Peace"
YHVH-Ra-ah — "YEHOVAH is the Way, my Shepherd"
In the Seven Letters to the Churches in the Book of Revelation Jesus has a unique name related to each church. Each church represents a period in church history; however, all are applicable to the churches of today.
Church The name of Jesus
Ephesus “He that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden lampstands”
Smyrna “The first and the last, which was dead, and is alive”
Pergamos “He which hath the sharp sword with two edges
Thyatira “The Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass”
Sardis “He that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.”
Philadelphia “He that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth”
Laodiceans “The Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God”
Again, the seven churches represent the church through the ages. Starting with the church of Ephesus which was the apostolic church through the church of Laodicea, the lukewarm church which pretty much sums up we’re were at today.
The church of Ephesus had gotten so involved in doctrine that “thou hast left thy first love.”
The church of Smyrna, the persecuted church. There was such great persecution of the early Christians that they were actually used as torches to light the pathways in the court of Nero.
The Church of Pergamos was the marriage between Christians and the pagan worship.
That church of Thyatira represented the medieval church that had that woman Jezebel, shades of the Inquisition.
The Church of Sardis was the dead church as the incompletion of the Reformation.
The church of Philadelphia is what we the Lord would that we all were, the missionary church. This is what we all should be about, witnesses for Lord Jesus as the time is short. If you listen carefully you can almost hear the beating of the horses’ hoofs.
