Thursday, December 31, 2015

WE SERVE AN OMNIPOTENT GOD!

There are fifty-seven Bible references to God as being the Almighty.  Forty-eight are in the Old Testament, and nine are found in the New Testament.  While there is nothing strange about where this name occurs in the New Testament (once in 2 Corinthians, and eight times in Revelation), the use of the term in the Old Testament is somewhat ironic.  In the Pentateuch (the five books written by Moses), six of the eight times are found in Genesis, with one in Exodus, and two in Numbers.  It is found twice in Ruth, Psalms, and Ezekiel; it appears once in Isaiah and Joel.  However, believe it or not, it appears thirty-one times in the Book of Job!  But when one thinks about it, the Book of Job is written to reveal that God is truly sovereign in the matters of man, as is the Book of Revelation!  Here are the New Testament verses containing the title "Almighty":

2 Corinthians 6:18 - "And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be My sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty."
Revelation 1:8 - "I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the Ending, saith the Lord, (Who) is, and (Who) was, and (Who) is to come, the Almighty."
Revelation 4:8 - "And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, (Who) was, and is, and is to come."
Revelation 11:17 - "Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, (Who) art, and wast, and art to come; because Thou hast taken to Thee Thy great power, and hast reigned."
Revelation 15:3 - "And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are Thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are Thy ways, Thou King of saints."
Revelation 16:7 - "And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are Thy judgments."
Revelation 16:14 - "For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty."
Revelation 19:15 - "And out of His mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it He should smite the nations: and He shall rule them with a rod of iron: and He treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God."
Revelation 21:22 - "And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it."

From Genesis to Revelation: 
"Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth" (Rev. 19:6).

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