What's astonishing about the first naming of God is that an abused and forsaken slave girl 2000 years after creation gives a name to her Creator. My father and I were talking recently about the extreme lengths of time that pass before anything like a codification of laws appears among the people of God and even the development of language or the instinct to name God which was previously reserved as an expression of dominion over creation. That members of creation should name their Creator is wild; that God accepts the name given to Godself shows the compassion God has for us especially when we are wronged by one another as seen to be possessions to be cast aside.
Thank you for this reminder Joel!
What's astonishing about the first naming of God is that an abused and forsaken slave girl 2000 years after creation gives a name to her Creator. My father and I were talking recently about the extreme lengths of time that pass before anything like a codification of laws appears among the people of God and even the development of language or the instinct to name God which was previously reserved as an expression of dominion over creation. That members of creation should name their Creator is wild; that God accepts the name given to Godself shows the compassion God has for us especially when we are wronged by one another as seen to be possessions to be cast aside.