Revelation of God By Name (Nature) And he said, "Who are You, Lord?" Then the Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads." Acts 9:5 God reveals Himself to a person or a group by allowing them to experience Him by name/nature. Right now, Immanuel is revealing Himself to His body by allowing them to see, hear, smell, taste and feel the One who is with them all the time. Here are some others to whom God has made Himself known by encountering His name/nature. Studies included this article are: The Word of the Lord, The Lord and Almighty God; God of Abraham and Isaac, The God of Bethel and God Almighty; YHWH, I Am The Lord; The Word of the Lord; Jesus; Your Redeemer; The Lord your God, YHWH; I Am The Lord. To Abraham as The Word of the Lord, The Lord and Almighty God: Genesis 15:1 After these things the Word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward." Genesis 15:7 Then He said to him, "I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it." When Abram was ninety nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless. Genesis 17:1 To Jacob as The God of Abraham and Isaac, The God of Bethel and God Almighty: Genesis 28:13 And behold, the LORD stood above it and said: "I am the LORD God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants. Genesis 31:13 I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and where you made a vow to Me. Now arise, get out of this land, and return to the land of your family. Genesis 35:11 Also God said to him: "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body. To Moses as YHWH, I Am The Lord: Exodus 3:13-14 Then Moses said to God, "Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you, and they say to me, What is His name? what shall I say to them?" And God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And He said, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you. " Exodus 6:2-3 And God spoke to Moses and said to him: "I am the LORD. "I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name LORD I was not known to them. Page 1 2013 Patricia A. Velotta www.immanuelpracticum.com
To Samuel as The Word of the Lord: 1 Samuel 3:7 (Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, nor was the Word of the LORD yet revealed to him.) 1 Samuel 3:21 Then the LORD appeared again in Shiloh. For the LORD revealed Himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD. To Paul as Jesus: Acts 9:5 And he said, "Who are You, Lord?" Then the Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads." To Me as Your Redeemer: Isaiah 48:17 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: "I am the LORD your God, Who teaches you to profit, Who leads you by the way you should go. To Israel as the Lord your God, YHWH throughout the exodus and later reminded them through the prophets: I am the Lord your God (41x s) *Know that I am (5x s) *Exodus 6:7 I will take you as My people, and I will be your God. Then you shall know that I am the LORD your God who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. *Exodus 16:12 I have heard the complaints of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. And you shall know that I am the Exodus 20:2 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Leviticus 11:44 For I am the You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy. Neither shall you defile yourselves with any creeping thing that creeps on the earth. Leviticus 18:2 Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: I am the Leviticus 18:4 You shall observe My judgments and keep My ordinances, to walk in them: I am the LORD your God. Page 2 2013 Patricia A. Velotta www.immanuelpracticum.com
Leviticus 18:30 Therefore you shall keep My ordinance, so that you do not commit any of these abominable customs which were committed before you, and that you do not defile yourselves by them: I am the Leviticus 19:3 Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and keep My Sabbaths: I am the Leviticus 19:4 Do not turn to idols, nor make for yourselves molded gods: I am the Leviticus 19:10 And you shall not glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather every grape of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger: I am the Leviticus 19:25 And in the fifth year you may eat its fruit, that it may yield to you its increase: I am the Leviticus 19:31 Give no regard to mediums and familiar spirits; do not seek after them, to be defiled by them: I am the Leviticus 19:34 The stranger who dwells among you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Leviticus 19:36 You shall have honest scales, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Leviticus 20:7 Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am the Leviticus 20:24 But I have said to you, "You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey." I am the LORD your God, who has separated you from the peoples. Leviticus 23:22 When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field when you reap, nor shall you gather any gleaning from your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the stranger: I am the Leviticus 23:43 that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Leviticus 24:22 You shall have the same law for the stranger and for one from your own country; for I am the " Leviticus 25:17 Therefore you shall not oppress one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the Leviticus 25:38 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God. Leviticus 25:55 For the children of Israel are servants to Me; they are My servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt: I am the Page 3 2013 Patricia A. Velotta www.immanuelpracticum.com
Leviticus 26:1 You shall not make idols for yourselves; neither a carved image nor a sacred pillar shall you rear up for yourselves; nor shall you set up an engraved stone in your land, to bow down to it; for I am the Leviticus 26:13 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves; I have broken the bands of your yoke and made you walk upright. Numbers 10:10 Also in the day of your gladness, in your appointed feasts, and at the beginning of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be a memorial for you before your God: I am the Numbers 15:41 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Deuteronomy 5:6 I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. *Deuteronomy 29:6 You have not eaten bread, nor have you drunk wine or similar drink, that you may know that I am the Judges 6:10 Also I said to you, "I am the LORD your God; do not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell." But you have not obeyed My voice. Psalms 81:10 I am the LORD your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt; Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. Isaiah 43:3 For I am the LORD your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place. Isaiah 48:17 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: I am the LORD your God, Who teaches you to profit, Who leads you by the way you should go. Isaiah 51:15 But I am the LORD your God, Who divided the sea whose waves roared The LORD of hosts is His name. Ezekiel 20:5 Say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: "On the day when I chose Israel and raised My hand in an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob, and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, I raised My hand in an oath to them, saying, I am the Ezekiel 20:7 Then I said to them, Each of you, throw away the abominations which are before his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the Ezekiel 20:19 I am the LORD your God: Walk in My statutes, keep My judgments, and do them; *Ezekiel 20:20 Hallow My Sabbaths, and they will be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the Hosea 12:9 But I am the LORD your God, Ever since the land of Egypt; I will again make you dwell in tents, As in the days of the appointed feast. Page 4 2013 Patricia A. Velotta www.immanuelpracticum.com
Hosea 13:4 Yet I am the LORD your God Ever since the land of Egypt, And you shall know no God but Me; For there is no Savior besides Me. *Joel 2:27 Then you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel: I am the LORD your God And there is no other. My people shall never be put to shame. Joel 3:17 So you shall know that I am the LORD your God, Dwelling in Zion My holy mountain. Then Jerusalem shall be holy, And no aliens shall ever pass through her again. I am the Lord Pentateuch: 2 in Genesis, 17 in Exodus, 43 in Leviticus, 4 in Numbers, 2 in Deuteronomy = 68 Scripture taken from the New King James Version, copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Page 5 2013 Patricia A. Velotta www.immanuelpracticum.com