The Word of God

John alone uses the glorious name. Describing Christ’s return in power and glory, he says, “His name is called The Word of God” (Rev. 19:13). It is beyond the mind of men to conceive all that is embodied in this name of His. John elsewhere speaks of Him as being the Word from the dateless past (John 1:1).

As words are the expression of thought, so Christ came as the expression or revealer of the Father. He appeared as the culmination of the revelation of the Father (John 1:18; 14:9).

How one wishes it could have been possible within the scope of this book on Bible men to have dealt with the manifold titles and designations of Christ, as well as His explicit names! One writer has suggested that there are 365 names and titles given to Him, whose name is above every name, that is, an inspiring revelation of Him for each day of the year. If, however, we could bring them all together what else could we do but sing with Charles Wesley?

Join all the glorious names

Of wisdom, love, and power,

That ever mortals knew,

That angels ever bore:

All are too mean to speak His worth,

Too mean to set my Saviour forth.