El Olam's Name backs up the reliability of His covenant promises made to Abraham and then through the New Covenant God's promises to all sinners who are saved by grace through faith. Though they are past with us, they are in regard of God’s eternity present with Him; there is no succession in eternity as there is in time. His understanding (Speaks of His Omniscience) is inscrutable. Next He describes His unspeakable blessedness in communion with His Father. Lovingkindness is the idea of faithful love in action and often in the OT refers to God's lovingkindness expressed in His covenant relationship with Israel (His "loyal love" to His "Wife" Israel [see Hos 2:18, 19, 20, Isa 54:5, Jer 31:32] = His "loyalty to covenant"). APPLICATION: Since God is everlasting, He can accomplish whatever He wishes, whenever He wishes, or as Solomon writes (see below) "IN HIS TIME." He lived near trees (Ge 14:13), and entertained Yahweh under a tree (Ge 18:1). 34 And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines for many days. Charles Ryrie: yesterday. (cp Ps 16:11-note); . O Lord, answer this our petition, for Jesus' sake. We will wait upon the Lord (My Father's Names - online recommended resource). As Abraham faced the coming years, he knew that God would not change and that “underneath [were] the everlasting arms” (Deut 33:27-note). Genesis 13:15 (Jehovah to Abram = Ge 13:14) for all the land which you see, I will give it to you and to your descendants forever. Joshua told his people. By this she meant, “as long as he liveth, he shall be lent to the LORD” (v. 28). Let Him be God in your life today. It is no mean and undeserving person who is calling. It is the equivalent to the English lower case god.El and Shaddai thus form a compound name for God. There is nothing desirable save God; let us, then, desire only him. Jesus has eternal attributes. ‘El Olam’: the Age-Lasting, the Age-Ruling God, or the King of all ages. And yet we are so fainthearted that if the anger of a single prince or king, nay, even of a single neighbor, is to be borne, we tremble and droop in spirit. These new experiences as they come are, however, not merely a matter of personal satisfaction, blessed though that is; they tend to prepare the soul for still greater accomplishments. (cp Jn 17:3) In the ancient world it was especially important to know the name of the deities in order to invoke their presence and obtain help from them (albeit a deceptively futile practice for pagans for there is only One True God Who is able to help!) A W Pink comments on the implications of El Olam: Instead of ceaseless change and decay in all around we see, as now, there shall be fixity, permanence, peace and blessing. There is no wiggle room. He is the same yesterday, today and forever (Hebrews 13:8). 26:4). In other words, God had revealed to Abraham that He was "able to raise men even from the dead; from which he also received him (Isaac) back as a type." (3) The enjoyment of God will be as fresh and glorious after many ages as it was at first. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial-name to all generations. As our high priest in heaven (Heb 4:15-16-note). El Olam has been interested in and intimately involved with His creation from everlasting to everlasting (Amen!). When he needed protection, wisdom or peace, God was there. El Olam is “God who has His own purpose in time,” or, the “God of this time.” It implies that God is working His will behind the scenes, and that His purpose will eventually be completed. The root meaning of the word olam is that which is “secret,” “hidden,” “concealed,” or “unknown.” Olam implies an unknown or indefinite period of time. Bears all its sons away; As he ever gives us grace, let us ever render to Him the glory of it. Advocate (1 John 2:1) Comforter (John 14:16) The consolation of Israel (Luke 2:25) Pleader, mediator ( 1 Timothy 2:5). For this reason we must study in depth the Names of God, not just knowing the Names "superficially" (e.g., knowing a specific title such as Jehovah Jireh, as excellent as that title is) but knowing His Names intimately, "Biblically" knowing how and why God chose to reveal them and what impact His self revelation had on the saints to whom they were revealed and continues to have on our lives today. Third, El Olam is the changeless One. The Psalmist speaks to the everlasting ways of Jehovah, writing that... Psalm 33:11 The counsel of the LORD stands forever (olam), The plans of His heart from generation to generation. Spurgeon on Psalm 48:14: There are some who are so ready to comfort the wicked, that for the sake of ending their punishment they weaken the force of language, and make for ever and ever mean but a time; nevertheless, despite their interpretations we exult in the hope of an eternity of bliss, and to us "everlasting, " and "for ever and ever" mean what they say. He was thus reminded of God's unchangeableness and his dependableness. My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD... Moses argued with God, saying that no one would believe him. From a Biblical Hebrew perspective, the Hebrew word עולם (olam) literally means “beyond the horizon.” When looking off in the far distance it is difficult to make out any details and what is beyond that horizon cannot be seen. If not consider doing so for the next several weeks to months using the template of notes available on this website. Notice also that in order to "love Your Name" one needs to know Him by His Name! Keil on the tamarisk tree: The planting of this long-lived tree, with its hard wood, and its long, narrow, thickly clustered, evergreen leaves, was to be a type of the ever-enduring grace of the faithful covenant God. V. We call on Him because “thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses...have been ever [olam] of old” (Ps. Ps 135:13 Thy Name, O JEHOVAH, is everlasting (olam; KJV = endureth for ever). For those who have placed their faith in Jesus, they can know that they will never die the second (eternal) death because Jesus is El Olam (cp Heb 13:8-note). ("We shall not die") a death of affliction, which the people of God are subject to, as well as others; (affliction, testing)....is for their good, and in love and not wrath. While we will not know God by any new Names as did Abraham, we are promised new understanding of the Names He has already revealed. You lift us up on wings like eagles. Thy bread shall be given thee, thy waters shall be sure. Note that before encountering Abimelek, Sarah had given birth to Isaac, the son God had promised. (Heb 13:8-note). Spurgeon: By covenant engagements their security is fixed, and by suretyship fulfillments that safety is accomplished; come what may, the saints are preserved in Christ Jesus, and because He lives, they shall live also. (Tom Constable's Expository Notes on the Bible). For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. As a warrant for action: "Whatsoever ye do, do all in the name" (Col 3:17), etc. Comment: Clearly the NT associates Jesus Christ with "wisdom" calling Christ "the power of God and the wisdom of God" (1Cor 1:24), the One "Who became to us wisdom from God." You comfort those in need He cast thy lot for thee, cast thy lot on Him. THOUGHT: Can you see how internalizing this truth about El Olam's everlasting protection can buoy your faith that you have a trustworthy Protector? If God were not eternal, He were not--. When you abide in Him and live for His glory, you are partaking of the eternal. Later he built an altar by a tree at Mamre (Ge 13:18). Sufficient is Thine arm alone, Grace in them is a well of living water, springing up to everlasting life. Ecclesiastes 3:14 I know that everything God does will remain forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take from it, for God has so worked that men should fear Him. (Treasury of David—Psalm 73). Abraham's life was punctuated by a number of trees - His first stopping place in Canaan (Shechem) was by a tree (Ge 12:6). And so we must know what God teaches about His Great Name. (Treasury of David—Psalm 45). Thou, O LORD, hast appointed (ordained, designed) them (Babylonians - Jer 25:9-14 Ezek 30:25, 2Ki 19:25) to judge (NB: God's sovereignty over the nations - how much more over the lives of individuals! If He is our (Everlasting) dwelling place, shall we not be (Eternally) safe though the heavens should go to wrack (He is our Everlasting Foundation - Pr 10:25? Olam is used to express the eternal duration of the being of God (Ps 90:2, “From everlasting to everlasting”), and is the Hebrew synonym of the Greek aion, age. The hymn is a simple prayer based on the profound truth that the Eternal God Who created the universe controls all the elements of nature and can protect His own no matter how great the peril. To endless years the same, A thousand ages in Thy sight A time to give birth, and a time to die; 7. Paul describes how this secret is revealed, “To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God” (Eph 3:10). Now they may say to me, 'What is His name?' I am the resurrection and the life (not a temporal but everlasting, eternal life); he who believes in Me shall live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me shall never die (Ed: Shall not experience the "second death"). Patterson has a lengthy note on "everlasting" (or eternal - qedem): The Hebrew form means lit., “from aforetime” but is usually employed in the sense of (1) “from of old” (Neh 12:46; Ps 77:11; Isa 45:21; 46:9), (2) “from most ancient times” (Ps 74:12), or (3) “from everlasting” (Mic 5:2). 2. As such He is permanent, dependable, secure, stable, steadfast, One Who can be counted upon, and an immovable, unshakeable Source of protection in time of trouble! Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever You had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.... For a thousand years in Thy sight Are like yesterday when it passes by, Or as a watch in the night." Eternity is a duration without bounds or limits; now there are two limits of duration, beginning and ending; that which hath always been, is without beginning; that which always shall be, is without ending. David McCasland writes these devotional thoughts on Deut 33:26-27: A mother eagle builds a comfortable nest for her young, padding it with feathers from her own breast. Therefore, beloved, we can always count on Him for salvation and need turn to no other savior or religion. Pronunciation of El-olam with 1 audio pronunciation and more for El-olam. In fact, even the Names we have do not exhaust Him. He was brought … forth, the only begotten Son, a term that it is much safer to adore than to expound, expressing, as it does, what is unsearchable. The Everlasting God cannot be caught by surprise. El Olam sums up this attribute of His being. They point out that since the future was hidden (alam) from Abraham, he called on the name of the God who can mysteriously see into future ages (olam). El Olam is one of many Divine Names revealed in Genesis - El Elyon (Ge 14:18), El Roi (Ge 16:13), EL Shaddai (Ge 17:1), El-elohe-Israel (Ge 33:20), El-Beth-el (Ge 35:7). To know God's Name is to know Him in a "supernaturally intimate" way! In John 7 Jesus declared.... “If (the condition) any man is willing to do His will, (the promise) he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from Myself." (Tom Constable's Expository Notes on the Bible). (A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Genesis). Indeed, progressive revelation (more accurately "progressive illumination" for Biblical revelation is complete in Genesis to Revelation) should be the saints desire and experience - as we go through life (and grow in spiritual maturity) we, like Abraham, should learn more and more about God, so that we might worship Him with a greater awareness and awe even as did the Psalmist David.... (A Psalm of Praise, of David.) He was “the first of his works.” He was “destined and advanced to be the Wisdom and Power of the Father, Light and Life, and all in all, both in the creation and the redemption of the world” (Matthew Henry). These unconditional covenants serve as the anchor of their soul when times are difficult. May His Name increase as long as the sun shines; (Mt 12:21) "Our desire is to the remembrance of thy name." (Let this Vocal of "Shelter to Every Generation — stir the missionary embers of your heart!) And so it follows, God reveals Himself to us as fallen men, that we might secure His help, help which is based on His character, His Name! The Everlasting God, Who was, before all worlds, and will be, when time and days shall be no more. Abraham responded to the Lord’s love and grace in delivering him and his family from Abimelech and promising him the land of Canaan by worshipping Him. This further implies that He is self-existent even as taught in His great Name "I Am" (Ex 3:14). This name for God begins with El … As the cause of salvation: "For my name's sake", etc. Every day I will bless Thee, It were well if the truth of divine faithfulness were more fully remembered by some theologians; it would overturn their belief in the final fall of believers, and teach them a more consolatory system. In the Hebrew Bible El (Hebrew: אל ‎) appears very occasionally alone (e.g. The masculine plural ending does not mean "gods" when referring to the true … Redemption we can sing of as an accomplished act: it has been wrought for us, sent to us, and enjoyed by us, and we are in very deed the Lord's redeemed. Up to this point in the theophany He is described as coming forth, like the sun out of His chamber, heaven and earth reflecting His glory, but now He stands and measures the earth; He looks and the nations tremble, while all creation is affected, and earthquakes shake down the mountains. 25:46 indicates that the servitude was only until the year of Jubilee, showing that olam can mean a specific period as well as “everlasting”). OF GOD AS EL OLAM: It is the object of one of our Lord’s own prayers: “Father, glorify (aorist imperative) Your Name!” (John 12:28). (Psalm 86:12), Spurgeon: In eternity gratitude will prolong its praise. Yes the covenant Abraham made with a man (Abimelech) which secured the land he was to sojourned on, was but a reflection of the everlasting covenant God had made with him and in which He promised Abraham the land on which he sojourned for many days (Ge 21:34). Spurgeon comments: God's Name is eternal, and will never be changed. 28:8). God hath life in Himself (Jn 5:26). As well might He His being quit For we have a Lord greater than all the world. If it was in rebellion, or if in an unfaithful act against the Lord do not save us this day! The Everlasting God is actively (not passively like "Deism" teaches) involved in our lives. In such cases, perhaps God had a secret plan for the slave who made this special commitment. By obeying Christ's commands you will gain more than you can give. My Hope for years to come, He is fixed in a covenantal relationship and needs not to fear passing misfortunes. The tamarisk tree is a long lived, evergreen, a fitting symbol of the covenant Abraham made with Abimelech. Acts 4:24–31). There are many such books. In context this passage refers to the return of Christ to triumph over His enemies and the enemies of the nation of Israel. 23:3). In the days of His life on earth (Heb 2:9-note; Heb 5:7-8-note). The first verse reads: Eternal Father, Strong to Save, Our heart leaps for joy as we bow before One who has never broken his word or changed his purpose. Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever (olam). THOUGHT: Beloved, we can apply this truth to our life, for Habakkuk's confident declaration is the same declaration every child of El Olam can triumphantly proclaim. Elmer Towns picks up on the idea of hidden or secret in the derivation of Hebrew word olam commenting that... El Olam, the Everlasting God, is a secret name for God, hinting at His mysterious nature. The simple answer is yes, in the context of these verses (חֻקַּ֥ת עוֹלָ֖ם), "olam" means an eternal law, forever, exactly as the ESV translation implies. Genesis 21:33 Psalms 90:1-2 Isaiah 40:28 Romans 1:20. Spurgeon: The eternal God is the well-spring of our bliss. When God seems to be crushing us or bewildering us with life-threatening providences, how should we respond? This is truth worth living for! To secure and consummate our salvation (Heb 7:25-note; Heb 9:28-note). Abundant nourishment shall fit thee to bear all thy labours and trials. We shall see how this new revelation of God to Abraham was a distinct preparation for a crisis that was to come in his life. Beloved, do you wrestle with the doctrine of eternal security, believing as some teach that you can lose your salvation? Before the mountains were born (came into existence - implies before Creation) or You gave birth to the earth and the world, Even from everlasting (olam) to everlasting (olam), You are God (elohim)....For a thousand years in Thy sight is like yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night" (Psalm 90:1-2, 4), Spurgeon comments: Before those elder giants had struggled forth from nature's womb, as her dread firstborn, the Lord was glorious and self sufficient.... God was, when nothing else was. And I will praise Thy Name forever and ever. As John Owen reminds us... Everything God does He does as the triune God. But when Abraham calls on El Olam, he is calling for God to protect the Promised Land from the enemies of Abraham's descendants after he died. Art not Thou from everlasting, O Jehovah? Moses "the man of God" (Don't miss that Biblical description! In Canaanite mythology, El builds a desert sanctuary with his children and his two wives, leading to speculation [by whom?] (Exodus 3:13-15), EVERLASTING GOD which refers to an age or time. And so we begin at the beginning, focusing on Him Who has no beginning nor end, El Olam, the Everlasting God! Why are there so many names for God? Failure to obey dims and dulls the spiritual understanding. While time is measured out by days, Jesus shall be glorious among men. One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons. They exhaust us—we will be able to spend an eternity learning of their full implications—but they do not exhaust the Inexhaustible. Who alone works wonders. I have blessed peace with my Lord so near, "Taking shelter" in the Lord is an idiom for seeking his protection. The psalmist also tells us that God is faithful. Could our sins be perfectly expiated had He not an eternal divinity to answer for the offences committed against an eternal God? 33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree (Tamarix aphylla) at Beersheba, and there he called on the Name (Ed: He worshipped) of the LORD, the Everlasting God (El Olam). God’s abiding for ever is the plea Jeremiah makes for his return to his forsaken Church (Lam 5:19). Amen and Amen! (Jn 16:24). This connection between eternity or age, and mystery, is seen in the way Paul related the idea of a dispensation to mystery: If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery ...Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit (Eph. Therefore this truth about El Olam is vital to recall to mind that we might shore up our sagging faith and be enabled to confidently hold forth the shield by which we can fend off the fiery missiles of the evil one (Eph 6:16-note). Therefore (term of conclusion) comfort (present imperative) He who was absolute over Pharaoh in Egypt is not one whit the less today the King of kings and Lord of lords; still do His chariot wheels roll onward in imperial grandeur, none being for a moment able to resist His eternal will. In short, God's Names are all that by which He makes Himself known to men and all that He shows Himself to be. Throughout humankind history EL OLAM has been manifested and has revealed his purposes to men. In Zech 3:10 dwelling under one's tree was a sign of peaceful security. The LORD'S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, The tree would also function as a marker of one of Abraham's sites of worship and as a memorial or memory aid to the acts of God. Variant spellings: None TWOT Reference: 1631a Strong’s Reference: 5769 El Olamin the Septuagint: [ho] theos [ho] aiônios…the everlasting God. People today need just such a God as the eternal, unchangeable Lord, El Olam. THOUGHT: Beloved, we all suffer "setbacks" but El Olam never does and thus is ever able to help those who cry out in their time of need. Will be forever mine. In Him we live and move and have our being. THE PROPER RESPONSE He hath life in Himself; all creatures have their life in Him, and from Him. What is the significance of God's Name as El Olam? Oswald Chambers echoed this foundational principle declaring. etc. John Gill comments on His ways are everlasting: All He does in time, every step He takes, is according to His counsels, purposes, and decrees in eternity, which infallibly come to pass; nor can He be hindered and frustrated in the execution of them; as He has begun, He will go on; as He has set up His kingdom in the world, He will support and maintain it; and though there are many obstructions in the way of it, He will go on, and remove them, until He has thoroughly established it, and brought it to its highest glory, which He has designed; all mountains and hills are nothing before Him; He can soon make them a plain; see Re 11:15: or, "the ways of the world are his"; the world is under his government, and all things in it subject to his providence; he can rule and overrule all things for his own glory, and the good of his interest, and he will do it; everything is subject to his control, and under his direction; not a step can be taken without his will. Verse: The Mighty One, God, the Lord (Jehovah), the Mighty One (El), God (Elohim), the Lord! As a corollary: Habakkuk was wrestling with a difficult question - Why would God use an evil nation to punish His chosen people? Let all nations call Him blessed. This awesome view of God would now inform all of Abraham’s dealings. (Vocal Version). (Ps 111:9). (Gaebelein, A. C. The Annotated Bible, Volume 5: Daniel to Malachi), Henry Morris writes: The literal fulfillment must be at His glorious coming (the Second Coming) following the Great Tribulation of the end-times. He is a sun to give light and life to all creatures, but receives not light, or life from anything, and therefore He hath an unlimited life; not a drop of life, but a fountain; not a spark of a limited life, but a life transcending all bounds. This name teaches us that God created time, yet exists outside of and beyond it. Christians have one God by many names. As a terror to transgressors: "My Name is dreadful among the heathen." And so Habakkuk's conclusion based on the truth he knew about God is "We will not die". El Olam is uncreated. David has a great prayer based on the fact the everlasting way... Search me, O God, and know my heart; David Dickson: Thou art from everlasting to everlasting the same unchangeable God in purpose and affection toward us thy people, and so Thou art our God from everlasting, in regard of Thy eternal purpose of love, electing us, and in regard of Thy appointing redemption for us by the Redeemer (Our Source of Everlasting Salvation - Isa 45:17). As the everlasting God, El Olam, stands outside of the temporal events of history. God's hesed denotes His persistent and unconditional tenderness, kindness and mercy, a relationship in which He seeks after man who is not seeking after Him! And they are at your disposal, to come to your aid in time of need! He will remember His own covenant, but He will not remember His people’s sins. He hath commanded His covenant for ever. The prophet Habakkuk describes the everlasting ways of God... Habakkuk 3:6+ He (The Holy One = Hab 3:3) stood and surveyed the earth; He looked and startled the nations (Ed: The implication is that this will be a glorious global appearance [cp description in Hab 3:3], surely the Second Coming - cp Rev 1:7-note). And so as we walk in obedience, surrendered to and enabled by the indwelling Spirit of Christ (Phil 2:13NLT-note), our Teacher (Jn 16:13, 14, 1Cor 2:12, 13, cp 1Jn 2:20, 27) will be our "Illuminator" of increasing degrees of spiritual knowledge (Cp this pattern in Col 1:10-note). (Treasury of David—Psalm 72), I will give thanks to You, O Lord my God, with all my heart, And will glorify Your Name forever. “I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever” (1 Sam. 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