This Article: (4 Pages)
- 1. God
- 2. Calling on The Name
- 3. The glory of He Who Will Be
- 4. One
2) Calling on The Name
The Bible says
And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of He Who Will Be. (Genesis 4:26)
Literally they “began to-call in/at/with/by/on-name Yahweh.” To call is also to 'preach', 'address' or 'cry out to', 'proclaim', 'publish'.
Is there a difference between 'calling on the name of He Who Will Be' and merely 'calling on God'? There is great difference! There is also a point made to Moses.
And Mighty-Ones spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am He Who Will be: And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as Might/Strength of Powerful-Ones (El Shaddai), but by my name He Who Will Be I made Me not known to them. (Exodus 6:2-3 JPS)
When the gospel was preached to these three individuals, as individuals, the promises made to them as individuals were given by the Might or Strength of Powerful-Ones.
When Seth (meaning 'substituted') had a son Enos (whose name means 'men/mortal') there were now “men” plural, who believed in the promise made in the presence of Eve relating to the “seed”. They themselves were inheritors and partakers of that promise, and men as a class, or as a congregation formally and collectively addressed the One, who gave them the promise, by the name “He Who Will Be”.
There are some who may take this statement to Moses as negating the references to Yahweh Elohim before this time, but note how precise this is. It says specifically and that to these three men, and these three men alone, He was known as 'Might of Powerful-Ones'. The verse does not say “to the fathers” but to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The record shows that to others He was known by the name of 'He Who Will Be'. In other words, in the time of Moses a practice was being revived that had dated from the time of the birth of Enos (through whom the promised seed would come). The key is that the promises were made to the fathers as individuals, but when the man-son was born to Seth there was the beginning of a congregation who were different to the sons of Cain, and who collectively identified themselves with the promised seed.
Whether it was suggested by Yahweh Elohim or suggested by Seth, and used with permission by agreement, it does not matter, the Name they used to address the Creator was at that time “He Who Will Be”.
Therefore from early times the Spirit, that had hovered over the water at the beginning, had expressed an intent to, in the future, carry out an action. Therefore He was called by the name of “He who will be.” What was this action, or in other words Who would He be? We are told in effect by Seth that the name was in his son, named 'men-mortal', from whom would come the seed that He had promised that would destroy the seed of the serpent.
But there was an earlier purposed intent expressed in the collective will of the Mighty-Ones in a command made to Adam and Eve on the 6th day,
So Mighty-Ones created the man in his own image, in the image of Mighty-Ones created he him; male and female created he them. And Mighty-Ones blessed them, and Mighty-Ones said unto them, 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.' (Genesis 1:27-28)
The intent was that there be many humans that 'replenished' and by implication filled fully the earth, ruling over all the living things.
The promised 'seed' that He will become therefore was part of a two-fold purpose, which included filling the earth. But to call on the name, was to call on the purpose of the redemption in the provision of the 'seed'.
The Purpose of all Creation
We are told with authority that the eternal purpose does not change,
For I He who will be change not; therefore you sons of Jacob are not consumed. (Malachi 3:6)
Therefore the purpose behind the command to Adam and Eve to fill and rule the living things of the earth does not change. It is recorded three times that all the earth shall be filled with the glory of He Who Will Be. Moses is told this after Israel sinned. Moses asks,
“Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
And He Who Will Be said, “I have pardoned according to thy word: But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of He Who Will Be.” (Numbers 14:19-21)
What 'glory' is being spoken of? This is the heartfelt “over-arching” expressed purpose and intent of Deity. It is expressed as something that will surely happen in the future but which does not exist now. See how the glory of He Who Will Be is the same tense as the fact that “all the earth shall be filled”.
In a time when Israel's leadership was evil Habbakuk was told,
Woe to him that builds a town with blood, and stablishes a city by iniquity! Behold, is it not of He Who Will Be hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity? For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of He Who Will Be, as the waters cover the sea. (Habbakuk 2:12-14)
Again the intent of the name is expressed with a purpose being accomplished to be achieved in the future.
A prayer of David also speaks not of “He is” but of “He will be” and the ongoing work of “He who will become”
His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed. Blessed be He Who Will Be Mighty-Ones, Mighty-Ones of Israel, who only does wondrous things.
And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen (Psalm 72:17-19)
In context David's prayer is that all kings will serve the King and the King's son who has dominion over all the earth. The King's son is the conquering redeeming seed spoken of in Eden in connection with the name He who will become. David, just as Seth did, calls on, or preaches the name of He Who Will Be in relationship to the promised seed that 'crushes the oppressor'.
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