Names

God gave us names based on their meanings. In the Bible, he also changed them. People still change their names, but not as often as they do in the Bible. Names usually show what a person is like and their personality. Some of the names and meanings for God are Elohim, which means creator God, and Yahweh, which means relationship God. Today, I don’t think that names mean as much as they did in the Bible. Back then, names were super important, and they were usually a name of one of your ancestors. That still happens today, but it is not to serious. Names are still chosen for their meanings, but they are usually just that because it sounds like a good name.

Call

In the bible, God calls Jacob, Isaac, and Abraham to go to a different land. He also promises that if they do, they will become a great nation. God still sometimes calls us today. We just need to read the Bible, trust God, and pray to him. Some people in my life have been called to tell others about God. My grandparents went to Hungary to be missionaries there. After about 4 years, they came home, and felt God’s call again, to go to Rehoboth, New Mexico, and teach in a school there.

Sinai Law

God gave us a law to protect us. If we didn’t have any rules to live by, the world would be chaos. God says that he can be our God, and we can be his people, but part of that is that we have to follow his laws. If there were no rules for us to follow, everyone would be killing, and hurting each other when they got mad, because there was no punishment. Pictures that relate to this would be seatbelts, or helmets, because they exist to keep us safe. To me, this means that God cares about us, so he wants to keep us safe.

A Savior

The people couldn’t keep the ten commandments, of Sinai covenant, so God gave them another covenant. The new covenant would be unconditional, so God would do his part no matter what. Also, this new covenant would be written on their hearts instead of on stone tablets. This covenant wouldn’t require animal sacrifices, because Jesus would be the new sacrifice. This new covenant would be based on God’s grace and forgiveness. When Isaiah gave them the new covenant, he gave many word pictures for God. When I think of a covenant, I think of communion.