God A-Z, 1(A)of26

~ “Ancient of Days” and 28 More ~

In this series we look at God’s names (formal and informal from Biblical and English languages) as well as clear descriptors of God from Scripture.  In 26 posts we look at names which start with a successive letter of the English alphabet.  (Only a sample of many references are provided.)  Each of these names / descriptors apply to one or more members of the Triune Godhead. 

ABBA (Father in Hebrew)  ~  Galatians 4:6

ABIR JACOB (The Mighty One of Jacob)  ~  Genesis 49:24

ABOVE  ~  Deuteronomy 32:11; Psalm 23:6b

ACCESS  ~  (Christ gives us access to God, The Father)  ~  Ephesians 2:18; 1 Timothy 2:5

ADONAI (Lord)  ~  Psalm 148:13

ADONAI TOV (The Lord is good)  ~  Psalm 25:8

ADOPTS  ~  Romans 8:15; Galatians 4:5; Ephesians 1:5

ADVOCATE  ~  1 John 2:1

AKAL ESH (Consuming Fire)  ~  Deuteronomy 4:24

ALETHINOS THEO (True God)  ~  1 John 5:20

ALL KNOWING  ~  Hebrews 4:13; Colossians 2:3; 1 John 3:20

ALL POWERFUL  ~  John 1:3; Colossians 1:16-17

All Sufficient One  ~  Genesis 17:1

ALMIGHTY  ~  Jeremiah 32:18-19; Revelation 1:8

ALMIGHTY GOD  ~     Genesis 17:1-2

ALPHA  ~  Revelation 1:8, 11, 21:6, 22:13

AMEN  ~  Revelation 3:14 (This is the only place in Scripture where Amen is a proper name, and it is the name of Christ.)

ANCIENT OF DAYS     ~  Daniel 7:9

ANGEL OF THE LORD  ~  Genesis 16:7

ANOINTED ONE  ~     Psalm 2:2

ANOINTS  ~  Luke 4:18; Acts 10:38

APOSTLE  ~  Hebrews 3:1

APPOINTS  ~  Acts 20:28

AROUND  ~  Psalm 125:2; Psalm 23

ASEITY (Latin aseite, literally “of oneself”)  ~  Exodus 3:14.  God is self-existent and self-sufficient and has no need of human beings or the rest of creation.

ATIK YOMIN (Ancient of Days)  ~  Daniel 7:9

AUTHOR AND PERFECTOR OF OUR FAITH  ~  Hebrews 12:2

AUTHOR OF LIFE  ~  Acts 3:15 (especially clear in the NIV)

AUTHORITATIVE (Sovereign)  ~  Proverbs 16:33; Colossians 1:15-17

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW

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