轉載 基要真理問答 (二) 上帝 9 . [ 耶和華 ] 是什麼意思 ?

轉載  基要真理問答

(二)  上帝  9 . [ 耶和華 ] 是什麼意思 ?

答 : 耶和華是希伯來文上帝名字的音譯  原意為 [ 自有永有 ]       

我們所相信的這一位上帝  是自有永有的  

( 出埃及記  Exodus  3 : 14 – 15 ) 

3:14 　神對摩西說：「我是自有永有的」；又說：「你要對以色列人這樣說：『那自有的打發我到你們這裡來。』」
 

And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
 

3:15 　神又對摩西說：「你要對以色列人這樣說：『耶和華─你們祖宗的　神，就是亞伯拉罕的　神，以撒的　神，雅各的　神，打發我到你們這裡來。』耶和華是我的名，直到永遠；這也是我的紀念，直到萬代。
 

And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

是昔在  今在  以後永在的全能者 

( 啟示錄  Revelation  1 : 4, 8 )

1:4 約翰寫信給亞細亞的七個教會。但願從那昔在、今在、以後永在的　神，和他寶座前的七靈，
 

John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;

1:8 主　神說：我是阿拉法，我是俄梅戛，（阿拉法，俄梅戛：是希臘字母首末二字），是昔在、今在、以後永在的全能者。
 

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.