I don't think many people stopped reading the apocalypse over the following verse, which is a shame:
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"To the victor I will give hidden manna and I will give him white pebbleand on a pebble new name written out, which no one knows except the one who (receives it)."
God likes to change names at crucial times in the lives of people He has taken a liking to.
When he made a covenant with Abram, he changed his name to Abraham. In general, for a long time names had important meanings for their owners. In ancient Israel, names signified identity, and they were not the kind of names that are now given to newborns because their parents like them. Names had meaning. Not long ago I posted a text about the prayer of Jazeb, which in Hebrew meant "pain".
Abraham - means "father of a multitude."
Sarai had her name changed to Sara - princess.
Jacob (taking the place of others on - Israel (wrestling with God)
Simon - Peter
Saul - Paul.
So the followers of Jesus will receive new names here after the resurrection.
Women can: Compassionate, supportive, courageous.
Men e.g. - unyielding,
Look also at how, in addition to sayings with God at the center, which the current system has effectively eradicated from our colloquial speech, it has thrown out Old Slavic names:
Borzimir
Bozygniew
There are still some left: God-forsake, God-please.
Names were derived from a person's external features: Rus (fair-haired)
from human psychological characteristics: Cich, Matuł, Szczodr
Popular Women's:
Female names were created by adding the ending -a to the male name (e.g. Wszebora or Stronisława). Some elements occur only in feminine names: -wola (Boguwola, Bohuwola), -cześć (Przybycześć), -wieść (Dobrowieść), -włość (Boguwłość), -żyźń (Dobrożyźń, Świętożyźń). Also known are compound female names, whose male counterparts were not found in medieval documents: Cirzpisława, Częstobrona, Dobromiła, Dobroniega, Dziadumiła, Ludomiła, Ludźmiła, Niedomira, Nieluba, Niemiła, Włościsława, Wyszeniega.
With the above in mind, would you like the following names: Lukewarm, Surrendered, Fearful, Smart?
In Rev. 3 the Lord Jesus says:
"I am rich, and have become rich, and have need of nothing, and do not know that you are a pitiable wretch and pauper, blind and naked, I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be enriched, and that thou mayest wear white garmentsThat thy nakedness be not made manifest, and ointment, that thine eyes be anointed with it, that thou mayest see“
Don't be lukewarm and run to the end to receive the victory wreath.
24 Don't you know that when athletes run in a stadium, everyone admittedly runs, but only one gets the prize? Therefore tak run that you may receive it. 25 Everyone who stands to wrestle denies himself everything; they to gain a transient reward, and we an imperishable one. 26 Therefore I do not run blindly; I do not fight as if I were striking a blow in the void, 27 but I subdue my flesh and take it into captivity, so that when I preach to others, I myself may not be found unfit 1 Corinthians 9
In Revelation chapter 2, the Lord Jesus repeatedly PROMISES a reward:
“Winners I will eat of the tree of life which is in the paradise of God."
Winner will suffer no harm from the second death
The aforementioned pebble:
” Winners I'll give a little of the hidden manna and a pebble I'll give him white
Authority over Gentiles:
“ Winners And to him who does my deeds to the end, I will give power over the Gentiles, (27) and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, and they shall be as crushed vessels of clay;'
So I wish you perseverance and the promised reward with a good name
May God the Father bless you in the Name of Jesus Christ.
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Apparently, in that culture, the white stone signified the pardon of the convict.
interesting...
The scribes obscure the biblical message, while the disciples of Christ speak biblical truth.
Jesus' conversation with Nicodemus and the conspiracy of the chief priests and scribes against Jesus https://youtu.be/0qE4lapuWQM.
I've seen it over 5 times, and the parable of the prodigal son (from the same movie) dozens :). Still, thanks - I'd love to watch again 🙂 .
Mine comes from Lithuanian from the Middle Ages. I have already come to terms with it, since it was given to me by accident. The most important thing is to keep the "good name" as respect in the eyes of God.
I'm going to be a little controversial. Why do those who claim to be "reasonable progressives" and believe there is no God get so frothing at the mere mention of Him?
I found something interesting 🙂
Rev 3:12 Letter to the Church in Philadelphia:
"I will make the overcomer a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall come out of it no more, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my new name."
"and my new name" - Jesus will have a new name too 🙂