His Name is Jesus…

Zechariah 14:9 (NIV)

The Lord will be King over the whole earth. On that day there will be one Lord, and His name the only name.

Our Verse of the Day is a word from the Prophet Zechariah that foretells events surrounding the Second Coming of Christ. The Prophet Zechariah lived during the post-exilic time period when the Jewish people returned to Judah from Babylonian captivity around 538-536 BC.  The zeal for national restoration and rebuilding the temple was quite high among the remnant; and the prophetic words of this priest/prophet reflect what the Lord was doing among His people in that historical time.  Zechariah was a contemporary of the Prophet Haggai, and their messages correlate and resonate with the call to repentance and the promised blessings.  In Chapter 14, we read some of the final prophecies given by Zechariah who addresses the sovereignty of God in history, over people and nations – past, present, and future. This was the theological emphasis of the prophets during that period … pointing to the awaited Messiah-Ruler to come.  His Name is Jesus!

Zechariah 14:1-9 (NIV)

A Day of the Lord is coming, Jerusalem, when your possessions will be plundered and divided up within your very walls. I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city. Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations, as He fights on a day of battle. On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south. You will flee by my mountain valley, for it will extend to Azel. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come, and all the Holy Ones with Him. On that day there will be neither sunlight nor cold, frosty darkness. It will be a unique day—a day known only to the Lord—with no distinction between day and night. When evening comes, there will be light. On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it east to the Dead Sea and half of it west to the Mediterranean Sea, in summer and in winter. The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one Lord, and His name the only name.

Though I want to expound on other prophetic scriptures that speak to the Second Coming of Christ, my heart has been drawn to the sovereignty, the power, and the exaltation of the Name of the Lord! When Jesus returns, He will be king over the whole earth! On that day there will be one Lord, and His Name the only Name!” In my heart, the words declared through Prophet Isaiah are sealed:

Isaiah 45:22-25 (NIV)

“Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other. By myself I have sworn, my mouth has uttered in all integrity a word that will not be revoked: “Before me every knee will bow; by me every tongue will confess. They will say of me, ‘In the Lord alone are deliverance and strength.’” All who have raged against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.But all the descendants of Israel will find deliverance in the Lord and will make their boast in Him.

Philippians 2:9-11 (NIV)

Therefore, God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

My friends, the name of Jesus IS above every other name; and His Name shall be exalted in all the earth! As the Psalmist wrote, “Let them praise the name of the Lord, for His Name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens.” (Cf. Psalm 148:13) Peter declared: “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” (Cf. Acts 4:12) Yes, the name of Jesus was given to Him by the Father. (Cf. Matthew 1:21) “And this is His command: to believe in the Name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as He commanded us.” (Cf. 1 John 3:23) Indeed, “Glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt His Name together.” (Cf. Psalm 34:3) Hallelujah! Amen!

So Now You Know…

Have a Blessed Day!

“I have manifested Your Name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept Your Word. Now they know that everything that You have given me is from You. For I have given them the words that You gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me. I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours. All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them. And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in Your Name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one. ~ John 17:6-11