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CALLED BY GOD'S NAME??? WHO WAS IT??
WHO WAS CALLED BY GOD'S NAME???
ISRAEL!
In the Bible, being called by God's name (or having God's name placed upon someone) is a deep statement of identity, ownership, and intimate relationship rather than just a casual label.
Belonging and Ownership: In the ancient Near East, putting one's name on something (like cattle, land, or a house) meant it belonged to them. When God says His people are "called by My name" (such as in 2 Chronicles 7:14), it signifies that they are His personal possession.
Close Personal Knowledge: In scripture, a name (shem) represents a person’s core character, reputation, and existence. When God calls someone by name, it shows that He knows them intimately—the way a close friend or shepherd knows an individual. For instance, Isaiah 43:1 reassures Israel, "I have called you by name; you are mine".
Association with Divine Protection and Character: Bearing God’s name means you represent Him in the world. Just as a child carries a parent's family name, God's people are expected to reflect His attributes—such as holiness, mercy, and justice—and in return, they receive His covenant protection and presence through hardships.
Designation for a Purpose: To be called can also mean being chosen or ordained for a specific task, mission, or ministry within God's plan.
2 Chronicles 7:14
if My people who are CALLED BY MY NAME will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
Isaiah 43:7
Everyone who is CALLED BY MY NAME, Whom I have created for My glory; I have formed him, yes, I have made him.”
Isaiah 65:1 “I was sought by those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’ To a nation that was not CALLED BY MY NAME.
· 1 Kings 8:43. hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, that all peoples of the earth may know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that this temple which I have built is CALLED BY YOUR NAME.
· 2 Chronicles 6:33. then hear from heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, that all peoples of the earth may know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that this temple which I have built is CALLED BY YOUR NAME.
· Isaiah 4:1.
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, “We will eat our own food and wear our own apparel; Only let us be CALLED BY YOUR NAME, To take away our reproach.”
· Isaiah 43:1 The Redeemer of Israel
But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have CALLED BY YOUR NAME; You are Mine.
· Isaiah 45:4. For Jacob My servant’s sake, And Israel My elect, I have even CALLED BY YOUR NAME; I have named you, though you have not known Me.
· Isaiah 63:19. We have become like those of old, over whom You never ruled, Those who were never CALLED BY YOUR NAME.
Jeremiah 7:10
and then come and stand before Me in this house which is CALLED BY MY NAME, and say, ‘We are delivered to do all these abominations’?
Jeremiah 7:11
Has this house, which is CALLED BY MY NAME, become a den of thieves in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 7:14
therefore I will do to the house which is CALLED BY MY NAME, in which you trust, and to this place which I gave to you and your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
Jeremiah 7:30
For the children of Judah have done evil in My sight,” says the Lord. “They have set their abominations in the house which is CALLED BY MY NAME, to pollute it.
· Jeremiah 14:9. Why should You be like a man astonished, Like a mighty one who cannot save? Yet You, O Lord, are in our midst, And we are CALLED BY YOUR NAME; Do not leave us!
Jeremiah 15:16
Your words were found, and I ate them, And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; For I am CALLED BY YOUR NAME, O Lord God of hosts.
Jeremiah 25:29
For behold, I begin to bring calamity on the city which is CALLED BY MY NAME, and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished, for I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth,” says the Lord of hosts.’
Jeremiah 32:34
But they set their abominations in the house which is CALLED BY MY NAME, to defile it.
Jeremiah 34:15 Then you recently turned and did what was right in My sight—every man proclaiming liberty to his neighbor; and you made a covenant before Me in the house which isCALLED BY MY NAME.
· Daniel 9:18. O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and see our desolations, and the city which is CALLED BY YOUR NAME; for we do not present our supplications before You because of our righteous deeds, but because of Your great mercies.
· Daniel 9:19 O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God, for Your city and Your people are CALLED BY YOUR NAME.”
Amos 9:12
That they may possess the remnant of Edom, And all the Gentiles who are CALLED BY MY NAME,” Says the Lord who does this thing.
Acts 15:17
So that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, Even all the Gentiles who are CALLED BY MY NAME, Says the Lord who does all these things.’
***Who are the GENTILES that possess the title, "CALLED BY MY NAME?"
*THE GENTILES were scattered Israel, the diaspora.
ACTS 15
12 Then all the multitude kept silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul declaring how many miracles and wonders God had worked through them among the Gentiles. 13 And after they had become silent, James answered, saying, “Men and brethren, listen to me: 14 Simon has declared how God at the first visited the Gentiles to take out of them a people for His name. 15 And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written:
16
‘After this I will return
And will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down;
I will rebuild its ruins,
And I will set it up;
17
So that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord,
Even all the Gentiles who are called by My name,
Says the Lord who does all these things.’
18 “Known to God from eternity are all His works. 19 Therefore I judge that we should not trouble those from among the Gentiles who are turning to God, 20 but that we write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from things strangled, and from blood. 21 For Moses has had throughout many generations those who preach him in every city, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath.”
What the Bible teaches that THE MATRIX is!!! SHOCKER!!!!
KJV
Exodus 13:12
That thou shalt set apart unto the Lord all that openeth THE MATRIX, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the Lord's
Exodus 13:15
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the Lord slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth THE MATRIX, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
Exodus 34:19
All that openeth THE MATRIX is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.
Numbers 3:12
And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth THE MATRIX among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
Numbers 18:15
Every thing that openeth THE MATRIX in all flesh, which they bring unto the Lord, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.
THE MATRIX in KJV
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THE WOMB in NASB and in many other English translations.
Still sounds MATRIX DEEP to me!
NASB
Exodus 13:12
12 you shall devote to the Lord the first offspring of every WOMB, and the first offspring of every beast that you own; the males belong to the Lord.
Exodus 13:15
15 It came about, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that the Lord killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore, I sacrifice to the Lord the males, the first offspring of every WOMB, but every firstborn of my sons I redeem.’
Exodus 34:19
19 “The first offspring from every WOMB belongs to Me, and all your male livestock, the first offspring from cattle and sheep.
Numbers 3:12
12 “Now, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of every firstborn, the first issue of the WOMB among the sons of Israel. So the Levites shall be Mine.
Numbers 18:15
15 Every first issue of the WOMB of all flesh, whether man or animal, which they offer to the Lord, shall be yours; nevertheless the firstborn of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem.
Ottoman Empire 1299-1922
Ottoman Empire Dates
- Beginning Date: 1299 (proclaimed by Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman dynasty, in Anatolia)
- End Date: 1922 (when the Ottoman sultanate was officially abolished)
Key Timeline Milestones
- Foundation (1299): Osman I established the independent principality that grew into the empire.
- Capital Expansion (1326): Capture of Bursa, which later served as an early capital.
- Conquest of Constantinople (1453): Sultan Mehmed II captured the Byzantine capital, cementing imperial dominance.
- Peak of Power (1683): The empire reached its maximum territorial extent under Suleiman the Magnificent and subsequent rulers before the second siege of Vienna failed.
- Dissolution (1922–1923): Following defeat in World War I, the last sultan, Mehmed VI, was deposed in 1922, and the Republic of Turkey was proclaimed under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in 1923.
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