GENESIS - CHAPTER 2 > 2:4

GENESIS  CHAPTER  2

2:3  > In the Old Testament the same Hebrew word ( qodesh ) is translated sanctify, consecrate, dedicate, and holy. It means, set apart for the service of God. See following "sanctify," Genesis  2:3

2:4  > Lord ( Hebrew Jehovah ). 
( 1 ) The primary meaning of the name Lord ( Jehovah ) is" the self-existent One." Literally ( as in EXODUS  3:14 ), "He that is who He is, therefore the eternal I AM ." But Havah, from which Jehovah, or Yahwe, is formed, signifies also "to become," that is, to become known, thus pointing to a continuous and increasing self-revelation. Combining these meanings of Havah, we arrive at the meaning of the name Jehovah. He is "the self-existent One who reveals Himself." The name is, in itself, an advance upon the name "God" ( El, Elah, Elohim ), which suggests certain attribute of Deity, as strength, etc., rather than His essential being.
( 2 ) It is significant that the first appearance of the name Jehovah in Scripture follows the creation of man. It was God (Elohim ) who said, "Let us make man in our image" ( GENESIS  1:26 ); but when man, as the second chapter of Genesis, is to fill the scene and become dominant over creation, it is the Lord God ( Jehovah Elohim ) who acts. This clearly indicates a special relation of Deity, in His Jehovah character, to man, and all Scripture emphasizes this. 

( 3 ) Jehovah is distinctly the redemption name of Deity. When sin entered and redemption became necessary, it was Jehovah Elohim who sought the sinning ones ( GENESIS  3:9__13 ) and clothed them with "coats of skins" ( GENESIS  3:21 ), a beautiful type of a righteousness provided by the Lord God through sacrifice ( ROMANS  3:21__22 ). The first distinct revelation of Himself by His name Jehovah was in connection with the redemption of the covenant people out of Egypt ( EXODUS  3:13__17 ). As Redeemer, emphasis is laid upon those attributes of Jehovah which the sin and salvation of man bring into exercise. These are: ( a ) His holiness ( LEVITICUS  11:44__45;  19:1__2;  20:26;  HABAKKUK  1:12__13 );  (b ) His hatred and judgment of sin  ( DEUTERONOMY  32:35__42;  GENESIS  6:5__7;  PSALM  11:4__6;  66:18;  EXODUS  34:6__7 );  ( c ) His love for and redemption of sinners, but always righteously ( GENESIS  3:21;  8:20__21;  EXODUS  12:12__13;  LEVITICUS  16:2__3;  ISAIAH  53:5__6,  10 ). Salvation by Jehovah apart from sacrifice is unknown to Scripture.

( 4 )  In His redemptive relation to man, Jehovah has seven compound names which reveal Him as meeting every need of man from his lost state to the end. These compound names are: ( a ) Jehovah-jireh, "the Lord will provide" ( GENESIS  23:13__14 ), will provide a sacrifice; ( b ) Jehovah-raphe, "the Lord that healeth" ( EXODUS  15:26 ). That this refers to physical healing the context shows, but the deeper healing of soul malady is implied. ( c ) Jehovah-nissi, "the Lord our banner" ( EXODUS  17:8__15 ). The name is interpreted by the context. The enemy was Amalek, a type of the flesh, and the conflict that day stands for the conflict of Galatians  5:17__the war of the Spirit against the flesh. Victory was wholly due to divine help ( d ) Jehovah-Shalom, "the Lord our peace," or "the Lord send peace" ( JUDGES  6:24 ). Almost the whole ministry of Jehovah finds expression and illustration in that chapter. Jehovah hates and judges sin ( verses  1__5 ); Jehovah loves and saves sinners ( verses  7__18 ), but only through sacrifice ( verses  19__21)  ( see also ROMANS  5:1;  EPHESIANS  2:14;  ColOSSIANS  1:20 ). ( e ) Jehovah-ra-ah, "the Lord my shepherd" ( PSALM  23. ). In Psalm  22 Jehovah makes peace by the blood of the cross; in Psalm  23. Jehovah is shepherding His own who are in the world ( JOHN  10:7 ). ( f ) Jehovah-tsidkenu, "the Lord our righteousness." ( g ) Jehovah-shammah, "the LORD is present" ( EZEKIEL  48:35 ). This name signifies Jehovah's abiding presence with His people ( EXODUS  33:14__15;  1  CHRONICLES  16:27,  33;  PSALM  16:11;  97:5;  MATTHEW  28:20;  HEBREWS  13:5 ).    

2:4  > ( 5 ) Lord ( Jehovah ) is also the distinctive name of Deity as in covenant with Israel ( EXODUS  19:3;  20:1__2;  JEREMIAH  31:31__34 ).
( 6 ) Lord God ( Hebrew  Jehovah Elohim ) is the first of the compound names of Deity. Lord God is used distinctively: ( 1 ) of the relation of Deity to man ( a ) as Creator ( GENESIS  2:7__15 ); ( b ) as morally in authority over man ( GENESIS  2:16__17 );  ( c ) as creating and governing the earthly relationships of man ( GENESIS  2:18__24;  3:16__19,  22__24 ); and ( d ) as redeeming man ( GENESIS  3:8__15,  21 );  ( 2 ) of the relation of Deity to Israel ( GENESIS  24:7;  28:13;  EXODUS  3:15,  18;  4:5;  5:1;  7:6, etc:;  DEUTERONOMY  1:11,  21;  4:1;  6:3;  12:1, etc.;  JOSHUA  7:13,  19__20;  10:40,  42; ).

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