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07/31/12 4:55 AM
I don't believe anyone on earth knew Jesus' name until Gabriel made the Annunciation to Mary.
It seems you are using the word name in way which is not conducive in knowing God but more of a a way of identifying the existence of a person or entity . God does not have a name such as we do today which is necessary to tell each other apart when communing with each other.
All of the different names of God point to certain immutable aspects of His invisible authority..God is Spirit and not a man as us.
All of the Old testament saints knew the name/authority of "Jehovah is Savior"(the meaning of the word Jesus) which is not dependent on His outward manifestation that He took upon Himself for thirty three years, as that which we do not know Him after today according to that outward manifestation..(2Co 5:16)
1Pe 1:11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
It is the same Spirit of Christ that dwelt in the old testament saints as that which dwells in us today. And while we look back to that glory as the finished work of the gospel, they looked ahead by the the same name/authority in regard to those who walk by faith and not by sight.
But the men of God looked for the Messiah from shortly after the Flood onward. Jacob mentioned "Shiloh" in a manner that showed his sons had heard that prophecy before. And I believe David knew He was God's Son, without knowing His name.
The word Shiloh seems to point towards another the immutable attribute of God ,as the Peaceful One, or the comforting one, pointing to I believe, the peace of God that surpasses all understanding .
And in the same way in regard to names of God in that they point toward certain immutable attributes of God, like for instance in Exodus below.
Exo 6:3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
In that verse Jehovah is simply saying I believe, that by the authority in lieu of a Savior I was not know to them . It was during this time period that the Lord was working towards delivering as a Savior His people from the bondage of this world which was typlfied by Egypt, just as that which was promised before hand to Abraham 400 years earlier, passed on to Isaac, and unto Jacob and this concourse in Exodus 6 was the beginning of fulfilling that prophecy spoken to them four hundred years earlier.
While He did appear to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Almighty ,which speaks in general of His power and authority, by the authority/name of Him as a Savior millions of Hebrew were saved from that bondage .Altogether it was a vivid picture as a parable of our salvation.
In Isiah 43 the Lord (Jehovah) clearly identifies the word Jehovah as the Savior that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob knew him not by seeing that fulfillment in regard to four hundred years was still ahead of them and what was prophesied was know in a experiential way by those of that era.
But looking at the word Lord (Jehovah) we can see I believe how the word reflects the immutable attribute of God as our Savior
Isa 43:3 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
Another interesting note, I believe in regard to the name "Jesus" (Jehovah is Savior) the Greek rendering of the Hebrew word Joshua, is that in the Old testament is when Joshua 's name was changed from Hosea (Savior) to Joshua (Jehovah is Savior) which also, I believe helps us to understand another of His immutable attributes in lieu of His name Qanna the Hebrew word for Jealous which I believe reflects the name change to Hosea knowing Jehovah as our Saviour will not share His glory with another
Num 13:16 These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
Exo 34:14 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
Strongs lexicon...07067 qanna' {kan-naw'}from 07065; TWOT - 2038b; adj
AV - jealous 6; 6 1) jealous (only of God)
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