ELOHIM

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”

Genesis 1:1

The portrait we see of God in the name Elohim is creator.  In Hebrew, it is the common name for God that is used most often and has to do with the first experience of man with Him through the power of creation.  Elohim is the masculine plural of El – the first name of God given in the Old Testament – although it is used with a singular verb or adjective indicating the existence of the Trinity.   The original meaning from El would be "the strong one" or "the foremost one" or "the mighty one" and is used in combinations such as El Shaddai, to describe the characteristics or attributes of the one true living God.

Some of the promises associated with the name Elohim:

“Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.”

            Psalm 100:3

“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”

            Psalm 139:13-14

“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

            Romans 8:38-39

“For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”

            Ephesian 2:10

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