There is No One Like Our God: Part 1
(Selected Scriptures)
Psalms 86:8
Among the gods [there is] none like unto thee, O Lord; neither [are there any works] like unto thy works.
Supremacy-
•the state of being supreme
•supreme authority or power
Supreme-
highest in rank or authority; paramount; *sovereign; chief
of the highest quality, degree, character, importance, etc.: supreme courage
greatest, utmost, or extreme: supreme disgust
last or final; *ultimate
The God Above All Gods:
1) Psalms 89:5-8
And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? [who] among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all [them that are] about him.
O LORD God of hosts, who [is] a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
2) Praise for the Lord's Mercies-
Psalms 103:19
The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
3) God's Blessing on Israel-
Isaiah 44:6-8
Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; *I [am] the first, and I [am] the last; and beside me [there is] no God.
And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.
Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared [it]? ye [are] even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, [there is] no God; I know not [any].
*Isaiah 44:6c/Revelation 22:13
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
4) Daniel 4:34-35
And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion [is] an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom [is] from generation to generation:
And all the inhabitants of the earth [are] reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and [among] the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
The Humbled and Exalted Christ-
Philippians 2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
The Throne Room of Heaven:
Revelation 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
The Westminster Shorter Catechism
-Williamson
Q. 1. What is the chief end of man?
A. Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.
Genesis 1:26-28
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
So God created man in his [own] image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
•us (trinity) resemble
•our (trinity) represents
•image (a representative)
BLB Lexicon
Results for H6754 - tselem
צֶלֶם
Transliteration: tselem
Pronunciation: tseh'·lem
Part of Speech: masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology): from an unused root meaning to "shade"
Outline of Biblical Usage:
image
images (of tumours, mice, heathen gods)
•image, likeness (of resemblance)
mere, empty, image, semblance (fig.)
Root word meaning to "shade", I thought of a shadow.
Q) Explain How a Shadow Is Formed?
Answer: Shadow is an area of darkness formed when "the light" is stopped by an "object." Different "object" that stops "the light" include buildings and humans. The direction and length of the shadow changes with change in position and direction of source of light.
Shadow- Man
Object- Trinity
Light- image
Q) How Do Mirrors Work?
Answer: Mirrors are made up of layers of glass. Now usually when light travels it will travel in a straight unless it hits something, BUT when light hits a mirror it bounces or "reflects" back in the same direction. Which is why when looking in a mirror it "reflects" an exact "image" of whats looking into it except it looks backwards.
•likeness (resemblance)
BLB Lexicon
Results for H1819 - damah
דָּמָה
Transliteration: damah
Pronunciation: dä·mä'
Part of Speech: verb
Root Word (Etymology): a primitive root
Outline of Biblical Usage:
to be like, "resemble"
(Qal) to be like, resemble
(Piel)
to liken, compare
to imagine, think
(Hithpael) to make oneself like
(Niphal)
Dominion- "rule over"
Hebrew
radah (raw-daw')
a primitive root; to tread down, i.e. subjugate; specifically, to crumble off:--(come to, make to) have dominion, prevail against, reign, (bear, make to) rule,(-r, over), take.•God is sovereign (The Ruler over All)
•Adam ruled over beast (under God's authority)
•beast (under authority by it's Creator, God- and it's Ruler, Adam)
Adam- 1st King
Jesus- King of Kings
He was the first monarch but he fell and since he fell the Old Testament had to end with a curse."
"But in the New Testament there's a new king and that's why Matthew starts the New Testament because he is the one who presents the King.
The King is immediately presented.
The last Adam, the second Adam, the greater than Adam and He is a King who does not fall.
The first king fell and left a curse, the second King reigns and leaves a blessing.
One writer put it this way, the first Adam was tested in a beautiful garden and failed; the last Adam was tested in a dangerous desert and succeeded. Because the first Adam was a thief he was cast out of paradise but the last Adam turned to a thief on a cross and said, "Today, shalt thou be with Me in paradise".
The book of the generations of the first Adam ends with a curse, the book of the generations of Jesus Christ ends with a promise, "There shall be no more curse".
That's how Revelations ends."
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