THE LIVES OF THE PATRIARCHS #40 | THE LIFE OF MOSES #22

Pastor Christopher Choo

Lesson 3722

THE LIVES OF THE PATRIARCHS #40

THE LIFE OF MOSES #22

GOD'S MOST HOLY NAME: YHVH #15

3 REVELATIONS OF YHVH'S NAME GIVEN TO MOSES #10

YHVH M'KADDESH ( PART 1 )

It means "The Lord Who Sets Us Apart."

Holiness is thus the keyword.

The word "M'kaddesh" derives from the Hebrew word "qâdash" or "kadosh" and is translated in English to "sanctify", "holy", "dedicate", "consecrate", "sanctuary", or "hallow" — but primarily by the word "holy", as in "the Holy [M'Kaddesh] One". "Sanctify" means "to set apart an object or person to the dedication of the holy".

The word "M'kaddesh" alone first appears in Genesis 2:3 when God sanctified the Sabbath: "God blessed the seventh day and separated it as holy [m'kaddesh]..." (CJB) 

The word isn't mentioned again until Exodus 13:1,2  "Sanctify [m'kaddesh] to Me all of the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of animal. It is Mine."

The most fundamental, solemn, and impressive of all the attributes of YHWH is His holiness. 

1 Samuel 2:2  reminds us that "There is none holy [m'kaddesh] as Yahweh; For there is none besides You, Neither is there any rock like our God."

Why is the Name of God so important  that it supersedes what we learnt of Him as YHVH Rapha and YHVH Nissi?

Holinesss is the balance of all the attributes of Deity.

Power without holiness would degenerate into cruelty; omniscience without holiness would become craft; justice without holiness would degenerate into revenge; and goodness without holiness would be passionate and intemperate fondness doing mischief rather than accomplishing good.' 

It is this holiness which gives to God grandeur and majesty, and more than anything else constitutes His fullness and perfection.

And the wonder of it all is He wants to impart the glory and beauty of His Holiness to us all as it is impossible for us to achieve it on our own.

Now we understand what it means when He tells us, "You shall be holy [m'kaddesh]; for I Yahweh your God am holy [m'kaddesh] (Leviticus 19:2) or "I am Yahweh who sanctifies 

[m'kaddesh] you" (Exodus 31:13, Leviticus 20:8). 

As people inevitably become like the god or gods they serve, it follows then that the Holy God would require holiness in His people.

What spiritual lesson have you learnt today?

For me, it is how wonderfully exciting it is that our Holy God doesn't leave us struggling in our own strength, trying to achieve a state of holiness that's impossible to attain. 

No! He is "YHWH-M'Kaddesh", "The God Who Makes Holy".

What we cannot do on our own, He is willing to do in us if we let Him. 

Praise His most glorious Name of YHVH M'Kaddesh!