Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

820 THE EvERLASTING CovENANT. [.January
Out even this is a surface translation of the comprehensive
meaning of these two first Hebrew words ; for the great name
carries with it the idea of the Will of the universe, also the
thought of a mental conRCiousnesa of capacity to be antl do
whatever He wiUR to do. The word " Elohim " empha11ize11
and gives direction to the inoorporate thought in the name
"Y ahveh: '' its significatiou, in a general way, is •• Power," and
its Rpecial mf:'aning, "All-Power." Therefore when God gave
this covenant, introduced by these two words, the most comprehensive
found in the entire Sct·iptures, he, so to speak. pledg-ed to
Israel his mind and will, and his almighty power, atul follows
it with the declaration, "Thou shalt have no other gcul:-4 before
me," or in my prestml'e. As the word "gocl" mtlanR power,
he here says, "Thou shalt have no other power before me in
which to trust."
The more comprehen11ive meaning of that n1une, hiM own
name, which God gave to Moses. is found in the lit.ral rendering,
"I will be what I will to be." The fint part of this name,
--"I will be,"-is alway11 in the form of a promise; and, therefore,
nearly all the propheta either preceded it or folluwed i'
by the word •• Elohim," which completeR the promise, •• I will
Le your God or Power.'' The fullneRs of the translation, •• [
will be what I will to be," carries with it the idl:!a of a decision,
a mental oouolu11ion. It was by the mintl power of God
(the Logos) that the worlds were made: theref,•re this name
implies and expreRsea the mind and purpnRe of God.-the mind
that has in it all-consciousness, all-knowing. and all-causing to
be or not to be.
When one takes this name, he takes with it the mind that
fills the universe, so calm, so immovable, so forward-moving
and causing, that all things yield absolute obedience to ita
mandates. Hecause of thi11 .J esns 11aid in that memorable prayer:
" I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gaveat
me out of the world." He said again (.John x. 25): "The
works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me."
Thus he plainly states that the power he possesses, that by
which he is enabled to take control of the forces by which be ia
surrounded, i11 by virtue of hia Father's name heing incorporated
in the very elements of hiR mind and spiritual existence.
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