What's in a name?
Posted on June 1, 2011 by Pastor Tom
The passage begins with another title or section header. “These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.” Notice, it’s not the account of man. It starts with the heavens and the earth. Verses 5 and 6 describe the state of the earth prior to the creation of this paradise. There is no shrub of the field, no plants of the field, no rain and no one to work the land. These verses anticipate a transformation.
But before we see how God provided paradise for the man and the woman, notice what Moses calls God. He does not use the same name translated “God” in Genesis 1. This is the Lord God who made the earth and the heavens. God is the Hebrew Elohim. It is the majestic name Moses gives to proclaim the mightiness and majesty of God. But Lord is Yahweh. This is the personal, intimate name of God in the Old Testament. Moses combines the two suggesting that what is about to be told will reveal both God’s character as sovereign creator and His loving concern for mankind.
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