p. 326 | A More Excellent Name

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · May 28, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 21.

A More Excellent Name

"A MORE excellent name." "Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they." As his goings forth have been from of old, from the days of eternity (Micah 5:2, Hebrew), so he has obtained the excellent name of "Son" of the Father, the "eternal God." Yea, he has obtained a "more excellent" name than that, for the Father calls him God, saying, "Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever. . . . Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows." That is, God the Father speaks to God the Son, and says, "Thy throne, O God," &c. And further the Father says to the Son, "Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands." And when he brought him into the world, he said, "Let all the angels of God worship him." This is he who died for us. This is he who hath humbled himself, and become obedient unto death, even the death of the cross, and for this reason God hath also again highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name; that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. This is the more excellent name of the most excellent Saviour of sinners, "Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." Isa. 9:6.