Over the last 10 years, in my study of God’s Word and Ancient Hebrew letters, in a discipline call Etymology, the Lord showed me something interesting in two of the Names of God that I studied. One is Prince of Peace, which is Sar Shalom in Hebrew. The other Name of God is Everlasting Father, which is El Gibbor in Hebrew. In my study of Names of God, I use an etymological approach, looking at the meanings of Hebrew letters as found through Archeological research. I know some do not accept that letters of Hebrew have meaning--but the research using archeological studies, which that I have done, shows that they do have meaning.
There are two different letters in Hebrew which focus on similar concepts—the concept of ‘lifting up’.
- In the Name of God—Prince of Peace, Sar shalom, the first letter of Sar in the Name is שַׂ which is pronounced ‘s’ as in the word sin or the word since. It means lifting up. This Name of God is found in Isaiah 9:6.
- In the Name of God—Mighty God, El gibbor, a letter used in that Name is גִּ which is gimmel, which can mean to lift up. This Name El Gibbor is found in Isaiah 9:6.
The concept of lifting up is seen in both letters. When it is applied to the Names of God, it suggests that both of these Names of God, have something to do with lifting up. In the Name, Prince of Peace, Sar shalom—it would indicate that a prince’s job is to lift up. In the Name, Everlasting Father, it would suggest that a Mighty God is lifting something up. What is that something? The letter בּ, beyt, which is used in that of that name and refers to a House—or a Family.
From the study of the Name of God, Prince of Peace above, it suggests that a Prince is to lift up those whom he is prince over. Putting those two meanings together, the Name, Mighty God refers to lifting up the family, with God who is over his family as the Head lifting up His family! Both names have the concept of lifting up. Our God is one that lifts up. He is one that encourages—which is just one way of lifting up. Lifting up is way of showing that God cares for us. Much more could be said, but what we have shared about this concept of lifting up should help us to be thankful that we have a God who cares about us and lifts us up both as individuals and as a family. God’s Name is worthy to be praised.
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