Apocalypse Revealed (Coulsons) n. 81

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81. 'And for the sake of My Name hast laboured, and not fainted' signifies devotion and work to furnish themselves with, and also to teach, the things that are of religion and its doctrine. By the 'Name' of Jehovah or the Lord in the Word is not understood His Name, but everything by means of which He is worshipped; and because He is worshipped in accordance with the doctrine in a Church, by His 'Name' is understood everything of doctrine, and in the universal sense everything of religion. These things are understood by the 'Name' of Jehovah because in heaven no other names are given than those involving anyone's quality, and the quality of God is everything by means of which He is worshipped. He who does not know this signification of 'name' in the Word can understand only the name, and in this alone there is nothing of worship and religion. [2] Accordingly, he who keeps in mind this signification of the Name of Jehovah in the Word, at the place cited, is going to understand of himself what is signified by it in the following places:-

In that day shall you say, Confess Jehovah, call upon His Name Isa. xii 4.

O Jehovah, we have waited for Thee, the desire of our soul is to Thy Name, by Thee will we make mention of Thy Name Isa. xxvi 8, 13.

From the rising of the sun shall he call upon My Name Isa. xli 25.

From the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, My Name is great among the nations; and in every place incense is offered unto My Name, for My Name is great among the nations: you profane My Name, when you say the table of Jehovah is polluted; indeed you sniff at My Name, when you bring that which is torn, lame and sick Mal. i 11-13.

All peoples walk in the Name of their God, and we will walk in the Name of Jehovah our God Micah iv 5.

Every one who is called in My Name I have created into My glory, I have formed him Isa. xliii 7.

Thou shalt not bring the Name of thy God to nought, for Jehovah will not hold him innocent who brings His Name to nought Deut. v 11.

They shall worship Jehovah in one place, where He shall put His Name Deut. xii 5, 11, 13, 14, 18; xvi 2, 6, 11, 15, 16;

besides in many other places. Who is unable to see that in these passages it is not only the Name that is understood? [3] In like manner [a man can understand of himself what is signified] in the New Testament by the Name of the Lord, as in these places:-

Jesus said, You shall be hated of all [men] for the sake of My Name Matt. x 22; xxiv 9, 10.

Where two or three are gathered together in My Name, there am I in the midst of them Matt. xviii 20.

Everyone who forsakes houses, brothers, sisters for the sake of My Name, shall get an hundredfold, and eternal life Matt. xix 29.

As many as received Him, to them gave He power that they might be the sons of God, to those believing in His Name John i 12.

Many believed in His Name John ii 23.

He who believes not is sentenced already, because he has not believed in the Name of the Only begotten Son of God John iii 17, 18.

They who believe shall have life in His Name John xx 31.

Blessed is He Who comes in the Name of the Lord Matt. xxi 9; xxiii 39; Luke xiii 35; xix 38.

[4] That the Lord as to the Human is the Name of the Father [may be seen] in these places:-

Father, glorify Thy Name John xii 28.

Hallowed be Thy Name, and Thy kingdom come Matt. vi 9;

also Exod. xxiii 20, 21; Jer. xxiii 6; Micah v 4 [H.B. 3]. That the 'name' in the case of others is the quality of worship [may be seen] in these:-

The shepherd of the sheep calls his own sheep by their name John x 3.

Thou hast* a few names in Sardis Rev. iii 4.

I will write upon him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, New Jerusalem, and My new name Rev. iii 12,

and elsewhere. From these quotations it can now be established that 'for the sake of My Name thou hast laboured and not fainted' signifies devotion and pains to furnish themselves with, and also to teach, the things that are of religion and its doctrine. * The Original Edition has Habeo (I have), probably a printer's error for Habes (Thou hast), as in n. 165 and elsewhere.


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