Heavenly Names

There were five men named in the Bible whose names were given to them because of specific instructions sent to their parents from God. These five were:

 

Ishmael, the son of Abraham and Hagar, his wife’s maid.

Isaac, the son of Abraham and Sarah

Solomon, the son of King David and his wife Bathsheba

John the Baptist, the son of the priest Zacharias
   and his wife Elisabeth

Jesus, the son of God and the Virgin Mary.

Now comes the question about why were these five chosen to be named by God.

The New Testament makes it clear because of the connection between Jesus and John the Baptist that the work they were predestined to perform was of utmost importance in God’s redemption plan for the people of the World and God wanted to honor them by letting the World know what their eternal names were.

But what was there about Ishmael, Isaac and Solomon that they were chosen by God to have certain names and so important that God would provide them with those names when they were born into this life?

I believe that with Ishmael and Isaac, both being the sons of Abraham and their role in the future makeup of the Middle Eastern Nations, their importance as heirs of Abraham and God’s covenant with him made it special enough for God to select their names.

Solomon on the other hand stands out as the son of King David who was noted to be after God’s own heart and was chosen as the one to build the Temple of God in place of his father David because of David’s bloody life of engaging in wars, besides being a known murderer of Bathsheba’s husband.

But were these the only men in the history of the Israeli nation who were proven to be great men? Besides Jesus and John, were Ishmael, Isaac and Solomon all so important in history more so than many others to be selected to be named by God?

Jesus was mentioned in another of my writings that His name was given to Joseph and Mary because that was his name when He was with God the Father before the Earth was created. Could it be that the others, Ishmael, Isaac, John and Solomon were also sons of Heaven, being in the original family of God before the creation? Why else would it be so important for these specific names to be given to them to warrant a messenger of Heaven to instruct their parents to use these names?

There are many other cases throughout the Bible where certain individuals had their names changed by God or by Jesus. Maybe all of us have heavenly names that we possessed before entering into this physical life, but it wasn’t important enough for a messenger from Heaven to be sent for us to change our names during this short life on Earth. Make known that the Bible says, those that overcome will be given a new name. Could it be that our names are now written in Heaven just waiting for that day of redemption when, not only will we put on new bodies that will last for eternity, but will also take on our new names which our Heavenly Father knows us by and has know us before the foundation of the World.

Something to think about.

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