Behold The Man (Jn.19:5)
Now opening his mouth, Peter said, "By revelation I now take hold of that which makes no distinction in God. But now, of every nation, he who fears Him and works righteousness is favored through Him. The Word which was sent to the children of Israel preaches good news of peace through Jesus Christ that He is Lord over all. You came to know that word which spread throughout all of Judea. Now beginning at Galilee with the Baptism which John preached: This Jesus of Nazareth, confirmed God of very God by the Holy Spirit and power, who went out giving grace and healing all those oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him. And we are witnesses of everything of what was made effectual in both the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem, how He was executed upon a cross. This man, God raised up the third day and offered Him to be made known, not to all the people, but to witnesses who were chosen beforehand by God, even us when we ate and drank with Him after the resurrection from His death. And He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify, namely, that He is, who was ordained by God to be Judge of the living and the dead. All the prophets bear witness to His forgiveness of sins, through the receiving of His name, for all who believe in Him." (MAST)
We went over in our previous study that Jesus is Lord over all and how He demonstrated this fact by the various miraculous works of grace that He did throughout Jerusalem and Galilee. We also uncovered a distinction that Peter made in how Cornelius was to hear the Word of Truth. He was not to receive it as the word of men, but as the Logos of God (1Thess.2:13), which Peter clarified and reaffirmed by beginning with the witness of John and onto the witness of Christ; preaching one Baptism in Christ. Peter was necessary as the authoritative witness to affirm how Cornelius heard and received the Word, and to bear witness to the Spirit of the Logos being imparted to the house of Cornelius.
Luke 8:16–18 (NKJV)
16 “No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a vessel or puts it under a bed, but sets it on a lampstand, that those who enter may see the light. 17 For nothing is secret that will not be revealed, nor anything hidden that will not be known and come to light. 18 Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he seems to have will be taken from him.”
The Word of the Angel from heaven did not carry enough authority to bear witness of the flesh and blood of God the Son, who died for sinners. The full testimony had to bear witness to the baptism of John (water)(repentance)(Lk.20:4) and the baptism of Christ (blood)(death)(Lk.12:49,50); and of the Law, which John testified of its fulfillment in the arrival of the Christ (Lk.3:16-17; Mk.1:15); and of the affirmation of the Holy Spirit, which was seen by the works that Christ did among men through the sign of His resurrection from the dead, bearing witness in Heaven and in the earth, which proves of a greater witness than the “rhema” of men (vs.37).
1 John 5:6–13 (NKJV)
6 This is He who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. 7 For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one. 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son. 10 He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. 11 And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
The earlier manuscripts exclude a portion of this passage; and therefore I believe that it is necessary for us to retain the TR’s account, which gives greater credibility to the author’s intent; and if we follow John’s main point that the witness of God is greater than man’s, we will conclude that his purpose in teaching two testimonies was to make that very point. Looking carefully at verses 7&8 we see that there are two testimonies: one of which is from Heaven in the Spirit of the Triune nature of God, which are the three persons that make up the substance of the Life of God; and the other is of the spirit of man in flesh and blood (Jn.3:6), which are the basic elements that make up the substance of the life of man. Therefore, John is contrasting the witness of heaven with the witness of man, and has determined that God’s witness is greater through Jesus Christ coming from the Life of the Father and the Holy Spirit, by taking on the life of man through the water and the blood, to bear witness of the Life of the God in heaven (Jn.3:5). In Christ the two testimonies become one, in a hypostatic union, when heaven and earth kiss each other in the birth, death and resurrection of the Christ.
1 John 4:4 (NKJV)
4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
Verse 9 clearly gives reference to the witness in verse 7; and therefore verse 7 should remain as the infallible and inerrant Word of God. Verse 8 is teaching the spirit of man, not the Spirit of God; and therefore should not be capitalized. When John says that “this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son,” it is referring to verse 7 regarding the whole unity of the witness of Heaven in God. It is not merely referring to the testimony of Christ coming in the flesh; and if it was, it would void John’s argument altogether. Therefore, we conclude by the two testimonies that to possess the Life of God, we must have the witness of the Son. He who does not have the Son does not have eternal Life. The Life of God comes through the Name of the Son of God. How we understand the Name – Lord over all – as it applies to us concerning our relationship to Christ, is what will excuse us from the eternal damnation of our body and soul in hell, and grant us access into the very Life of God in heavenly places. If you have not submitted to Christ as Lord over all, you will suffer under His power as Judge of the living and the dead forever and ever. But as we continue our study of Peter’s witness to Cornelius, Deo volente (God willing), we will also receive the effectual work of Christ in our heart and submit to Him as Lord over all.
vs.39
And we are witnesses of everything of what was made effectual in both the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem; how He was executed upon a cross. (MAST)
Peter is validating all that Cornelius has heard by word of mouth; that is, what he has studied from the Old Testament, and what the Angel had testified to him from the Logos in heaven, as an eye witness of all that the Son fulfilled and made effectual in the land of Israel. Peter also testifies that he is not the sole witness and final authority on what took place, as we discovered the need for additional witnesses in a previous study, because of the limitations of Peter’s fallible memory. Thus, the Lord gave additional witnesses to help the church remember all that was said and done by Christ. In other words, there were multiple witnesses of what took place.
The Greek verb, epoiesen (to make), in the aorist indicative (was made) brings with it the full definition of producing an effect. Therefore, I took the liberty to add the English adjective, effectual. In Jn.19:12 the Jews used this word to describe to Pilate how Jesus made himself King; and thus was the cause of his execution on the cross that made salvation effectual for believers. Jesus uses the word in Mt.13:23 when describing the effects of producing fruit, both good and bad; depending on the root. Therefore, epoiesen, of its fullest definition, means to cause an effect and gives the translator the liberty to add the adjectival side of this verb.
Now Peter is giving this Gentile (Cornelius) the current limitations of this cause and effect at this point in church history. Peter clearly makes it known that "the land" is the possession "of the Jews," which Cornelius is currently exercising as surety for his lord – the Caesar of Rome. Peter doesn't deal with the morality or ethics of this, nor if it was righteous for Cornelius to exercise such authority over the land at this point. Now the ESV and the NKJV both use the pronoun "they" to say who put Christ to death, but it just doesn't belong with this context. Now to stand against the KJV only advocates, it is important to note that the earlier manuscripts preserved the Greek adverb, kai (and), which is most often used as a conjunction. But Luke is using it as the emphatic adverb of emphasis that it was Christ alone who was executed for this effectual work, which was absent from the TR. Therefore, I translated it (how) to emphasize the emphatic position of Peter's intention to mark off Christ's death as the effectual product of His works in the land of the Jews and especially in Jerusalem. In others words, the life and death of Christ is "how" or the "cause" of this effect that has reached as far as Caesarea.
Romans 9:6–8 (NKJV)
6 But it is not that the word of God has taken no effect. For they are not all Israel who are of Israel, 7 nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, “In Isaac your seed shall be called.” 8 That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed.
vs.40
This man, God raised up the third day and offered Him to be made known, . . . (MAST)
Peter, again, is making the emphasis on "this man". All that is made effectual comes through "this man" who was God of very God and took on the likeness of men (the water and the blood) to make known the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; the very testimony of Heaven. But it was the power of heaven that raised "this man" up on the third day of His death to offer and validate Him as the witness of Heaven (Jn.8:23). God gave Him not only to make "this man" known, but to make the fullness of God known. In other words, by "this man" God is made known. God is made known through all of these events concerning the man Christ Jesus; who was more than a man but truly God.
Matthew 27:54 (NKJV)
54 So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!”
The Greek verb, ginomai (become), is in the middle voice, which means that God is affected by His own actions by making "this man" known. "This man" was God's offering to make known the riches of God's grace to those who believe (Eph.2:7; Rom.9:22-24). By "this man" we know the Father's love for the creation (Jn.3:16). By "this man" God redeems the land of the Jews as an inheritance for His Son's bride (Num.35:33). By "this man" all is made known concerning the will of God and the future of Israel (Rom.11:26). By "this man" God is made known to not only the Jews but to Gentiles, also (Rom.9:24). By "this man" God sends the Holy Spirit into the world and fills the earth with His glory.
Habakkuk 2:12–14 (NKJV)
12 “Woe to him who builds a town with bloodshed, who establishes a city by iniquity! 13 Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the peoples labor to feed the fire, And nations weary themselves in vain? 14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
Psalm 72:17–19 (NKJV)
17 His name shall endure forever; His name shall continue as long as the sun. And men shall be blessed in Him; all nations shall call Him blessed. 18 Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, Who only does wondrous things! 19 And blessed be His glorious name forever! And let the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen and Amen.
John 14:5–7 (NKJV)
5 Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. 7 “If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.”
John 14:16–17 (NKJV)
16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.
vs.41
. . . not to all the people, but to witnesses who were chosen beforehand by God, even us when we ate and drank with Him after the resurrection from His death. (MAST)
We find here a limited effect of what took place in Jerusalem. The effect of His resurrection was "not made known to all the people" of Israel but only to those who were marked out by God before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before Him, as the living testimony on earth (Eph.1:2-9). These witnesses ate and drank with Him and had fellowship in His resurrection, which sparked new life in their souls.
Luke 24:13–32 (NKJV)
13 Now behold, two of them were traveling that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was seven miles from Jerusalem. 14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened. 15 So it was, while they conversed and reasoned, that Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. 16 But their eyes were restrained, so that they did not know Him. 17 And He said to them, “What kind of conversation is this that you have with one another as you walk and are sad?” 18 Then the one whose name was Cleopas answered and said to Him, “Are You the only stranger in Jerusalem, and have You not known the things which happened there in these days?” 19 And He said to them, “What things?” So they said to Him, “The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a Prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, 20 and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to be condemned to death, and crucified Him. 21 But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, today is the third day since these things happened. 22 Yes, and certain women of our company, who arrived at the tomb early, astonished us. 23 When they did not find His body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said He was alive. 24 And certain of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said; but Him they did not see.” 25 Then He said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?” 27 And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself. 28 Then they drew near to the village where they were going, and He indicated that He would have gone farther. 29 But they constrained Him, saying, “Abide with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent.” And He went in to stay with them. 30 Now it came to pass, as He sat at the table with them, that He took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. 31 Then their eyes were opened and they knew Him; and He vanished from their sight. 32 And they said to one another, “Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?”
When you eat and drink in the common graces of God, are you aware of His resurrected presence? Do you remember Him in the menial tasks of the day? Do you waste His common grace and use "this man's" name in vain? How much does His resurrected witness, as Judge of the living and the dead, dwell in your motivations throughout your daily life? Can you say of yourself that you carry about in your body the witness of the Spirit of Christ (2Cor.4:10)? If this testimony does not dwell in you, then you do not have the witness of heaven; and you are still in your sins.
Matthew 16:17 (NKJV)
17 Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.
1 Corinthians 15:17 (NKJV)
17 And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins!
vs.42
And He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify, namely, that He is, who was ordained by God to be Judge of the living and the dead. (MAST)
Now Peter was commanded to preach this testimony as an eye witness, who carried the weight of authority as a direct apostle of the Lord. Not only Peter but several others were given authority as eye witnesses of the cause (the life of Christ) and the effect (the death and resurrection of Christ) and even now of the giving of the Holy Spirit, who is the assurance of salvation to all who believe. And all of "this," that is, the effectual work of Christ comes to us by God through the name of "this man." For it was God who appointed Him to be the "one man" worthy to rise to the position as the Judge of the living and the dead.
Revelation 5:2–5 (NKJV)
2 Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals?” 3 And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll, or to look at it. 4 So I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open and read the scroll, or to look at it. 5 But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals.”
By the works of "this man," he has earned the right to Judge all. All men will be judged by the words that He spoke and the cross that He carried (Jn.12:48; 2Thess.1:8; 1Peter4:17). The cross stands as a judgment seat to all men; the dead and the living. He will judge all by this gospel that is preached by the mouth of men, who have seen and heard the testimonies of God; both of His flesh and blood and of the resurrected glory of Christ.
John 12:48 (NKJV)
48 He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him—the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.
2 Thessalonians 1:3–10 (NKJV)
3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other, 4 so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure, 5 which is manifest evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer; 6 since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you, 7 and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, 8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, 10 when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed.
1 Peter 4:17–18 (NKJV)
17 For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? 18 Now “If the righteous one is scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?”
The verb, zonton (living), is in the present tense and active voice, which means that through the resurrection of "this man," He actively sits as Judge of all the living and has judged all of the dead (1Pet.3:22; Lk.22:69; Acts2:33;24:15; Heb.9:27; Rev.20:11-15).
1 Peter 3:22 (NKJV)
22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.
Luke 22:69 (NKJV)
69 Hereafter the Son of Man will sit on the right hand of the power of God.”
Acts 2:33 (NKJV)
33 Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear.
Hebrews 9:27 (NKJV)
27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,
Revelation 20:11–15 (NKJV)
11 Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. 14 Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
Acts 24:15 (NKJV)
15 I have hope in God, which they themselves also accept, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust.
2 Corinthians 5:8 (NKJV)
8 We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.
Revelation 20:6 (NKJV)
6 Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death [the great white throne judgment] has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.
But those who have been given the witness of the Holy Spirit are considered (forensically counted) already judged in Christ and the cross stands as a witness that their sins have already been satisfied by the death of Christ and are considered dead to sin and alive to God.
Romans 6:11 (NKJV)
11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Peter is not considering believers to be among "the living" in this verse; for they have already been judged and are reckoned dead by the cross of Christ and have access to the Fatherly forgiveness of God in Him (1Jn.1:9). The passing from the body of death into the immersion of the glorious body of Life in the joy of the Lord will be the final and only judgment a justified believer will endure before God.
Romans 7:24 (NKJV)
24 O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?
Matthew 25:23 (NKJV)
23 His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
Revelation 20:4–5 (NKJV)
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls [the mortal body not being redeemed (Rom.8:23;1Cor.15:54)] of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 5 But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
vs.43
All the prophets bear witness to His forgiveness of sins, through the receiving of His name, for all who believe in Him. (MAST)
First we will discuss the prophets who bear witness of Him. We read earlier about the men who were on the road to Emmaus and how they did not perceive the Christ; though He walked with them in the glory of His resurrection. In Lk.24:25,27 we hear Christ reference the prophets, from Moses to Malachi, who bore witness to the person and work of “this man” who would save His people from their sins. He was giving and validating the authority and witness of the Old Testament Scriptures and how they all testified to His birth, death and resurrection.
But here Peter states that they testify of the forgiveness of sins. Again, we have the Greek pronoun, touto (this), which is the demonstrative dative of who the Father has given for the forgiveness of sins. It is clearly referring to “this man” and follows along with Peter's train of thought as he uses the prophets as a secondary authority to also testify that through “this man” we have the forgiveness of sins. Therefore, all judgment that has come to the house of Israel through the prophets have been crucified with Christ as He became the curse for the sins of His people.
Malachi 3:9 (NKJV)
9 You are cursed with a curse, for you have robbed Me, Even this whole nation.
Galatians 3:12–14 (NKJV)
12 Yet the law is not of faith, but “the man who does them shall live by them.” 13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”), 14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Matthew 1:21 (NKJV)
21 And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”
Now "this salvation" comes only through His name, the name of Jesus of Nazareth, for name of Israel has been cursed through the sins of the sons of the nation. The name of Israel cannot be redeemed until it comes under the name of the Judge of the living and dead.
Romans 9:1–5 (NKJV)
1 I tell the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit, 2 that I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my countrymen according to the flesh, 4 who are Israelites, to whom pertain the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises; 5 of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, WHO IS OVER ALL, the eternally blessed God. Amen.
Romans 11:25–29 (NKJV)
25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. 26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come out of Zion, And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob; 27 For this is My covenant with them, When I take away their sins.” 28 Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are beloved for the sake of the fathers. 29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
43. His name. As in the Lord’s prayer: not simply the title, but all that is embraced and expressed by the name: Christ’s “entire perfection, as the object revealed to the believer for his apprehension, confession, and worship” (Meyer).
Vincent, M. R. (1887). Word studies in the New Testament (Vol. 1, p. 503). New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons.
We are not saved through merely the titles of our Lord but through all that His name expresses and defines concerning the nature and character of God. As Dr. Vincent rightly points out that the name of Jesus is the reputation of the "entire perfection" of God to cover transgressions.
Matthew 5:48 (NKJV)
48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
John 17:20–26 (NKJV)
20 “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; 21 that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. 22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: 23 I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me. 24 “Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. 25 O righteous Father! The world has not known You, but I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me. 26 And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”
Do you see that? Do you see how the brethren are perfected? The Law cannot be fulfilled in us apart from justification in the name of the Son. These alone are for whom the cross was carried; those who believe on “this name.” There is no other name under heaven given by which sinful man can be saved (Acts4:12). Our justification depends on how we understand and receive “this name.” Is there anything that you must do to be saved? The answer is how you have “heard” and believed on “this name.” Have you labored to understand “this name?” Have you called upon “this name” to saving of your soul? Have given full submission to “this name” as Judge of the living and the dead who knows all your sin. Has “this name” been written on your heart? His name – Lord over all – is good news to those of us who have been given a new name in Christ. Our identity is not in our national social security number, but in the name of Jesus Christ. He has given us the name Christian as a disciple of His school of thought (1Cor.2:16).
Revelation 3:11–13 (NKJV)
11 Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown. 12 He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him My new name. 13 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” ’
Numbers 6:27 (NKJV)
27 “So they shall put My name on the children of Israel, and I will bless them.”
