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Saturday 9 January 2016

God

God's  is a name that says He needs no name. Like the postage stamps where the UK stamps have no country on them, just the monarch's head, because it shows the history that the UK monarch invented them at a time there were no other countries with stamps. So always the creator uniqueness allows the UK to be the only country to have a stamp with no country name. God created people and naming is part of His creation. Before Abraham and Moses He gave no name to people to use to identify Him or distinguish Him bevause only He is God and the worship of gods did not take away from His uniqueness. Other gods had no such uniqueness, each was one of several or many. Egypt had several so they tended not to say 'the God' but 'a god'. God changed all that. He made them know He is The God. Did you know there is a famous artefect from one of the Thutmose pharoahs reigns (I tend to associate these with Moses rather than Rameses) mentioning the Canaan area as 'land of The God'? The real existence of any particular god was questionable. Multiple gods required a situation to be resolved - what distinguishes The God who Moses met. Well this god actually is. And He can have that as His name because He names Himself. He invented naming. So His name need not really be a name. He just is. Enough said.