Who Is, Was, and Is to Come?

O. T. #2060 "Who Is, Was, and Is to Come?"

Nov. 3, 2021

Hosea 12-Part 2

Even the LORD God of Hosts: the LORD is His memorial. (12:5)

LET IT GLOW

Psalm 102:25-27 says, Of old hast Thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of Thy hands. They shall perish, but Thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt Thou change them, and they shall be changed: But Thou art the same, and Thy years shall have no end.

Have you thought about the fact that God will never change nor end?He is, was, and always will be. Even though the heaven and earth disappear, God will not. He is always with us. We know God is with us from the time we first trust in Jesus as our Savior, throughout our days of life, during our death, and forever, always, eternally. We find that in Hebrews 1:10-12; 13:5; Isaiah 34:4; Joshua 1:5.  

What a great promise!

LET IT GROW

Do you recall the name God gave to Israel as a memorial? Read our key verse. It is Jehovah, pronounced with a Y, not a J. (Don't know why it took me all these years to realize this.)

Jehovah means Self-Existent or Eternal.

This is what  name Israel would always know God as. In Exodus 3, we read where God told Moses that He was the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. When Moses asked God what to say when he was asked His name, God said, I AM THAT I AM. This was Jehovah. 

Asaph mentioned this in Psalm 83:18. Isaiah used it in 12:2 and 26:4.

This is Jehovah's memorial, which refers to a momento; recollection; commemoration; remembrance.

He is made known throughout all generations as Jehovah. He is the One who was, is, and is to come-the Eternal One.

Jesus told the Jews that He was before Abraham was, I am. (John 8:58) and Alpha and Omega, the beginning and ending, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. (Rev. 1:8)

You see, Jesus is God, part of the Trinity. Therefore, He always has been.

Don't dwell on that too much, for it will boggle your mind. We live in time and space, but God and Jesus do not. Take it by faith.

 

LET IT GO

Is Jehovah your God?

Do you believe in Jesus as Savior, God, Redeemer?

Do you know Him personally?

If not yet, simply believe and ask Jesus to forgive your sins and be your Savior. He will. Then you will have a relationship with Jehovah forever and ever.