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My Name is Noel and I Am Born of God, and I Pray that You May Be Also
For “unless a man is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.” But let me tell you what that means
Disclaimer: This article is not about me. This is just a prologue to four or maybe five articles on the Messiah.“Thou shalt call His name Jesus, they shall call His name Immanuel.” Why was Christ given these two names and what it means to us?
When God ascribes a name to a person, He foretells either His purpose for that specific individual or the people or nation. God oftentimes reveals His heart through the person’s name born at that particular time.
We see this from the accounts of people in the Old Testament Scriptures as well as in the New. He even changes the person’s name after he is called to indicate His intention concerning that person, e.g. Abram to Abraham (Gen. 17:5–6), Sarai to Sarah (Gen. 17:15–16), Jacob to Israel (Gen. 32:28), and Simon to Cephas (John 1:42; Matt. 16:18).
Within the Scriptures, people named their children after a certain event or situation in their lives, e.g. Jacob (Gen. 25:26) and his twelve sons (Gen. 29:32–35; 30:6–24; 35:18), Moses (Exo. 2:10), Samuel (1 Samuel 1:20), even Ichabod (1 Sam. 4:21).
