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Thursday, December 10 2009
El (pronounced in Hebrew as ale) is an element of the respective forms of the Name of God. A few examples: El-ohim, which is the plural form of a singular entity (El-ohim is the "Us" in "1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness" Genesis 1:26 KJV); El-elohe-Israel which means mighty one, the God of Israel ("33:20 And he erected there an altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel" Genesis 33:20 KJV); El-Shaddai which means The Almighty God ("17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect" Genesis 17:1 KJV).
The Name El was also used as a synchronic (i.e. descriptive) in the names of some of God's people (although many of Satan's people have also been given the same names). Examples: Daniel, Elijah, Elisha, Elizabeth, Samuel, Eleazar among numerous others. The Messiah Himself was also called Immanuel i.e. "1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us" (Matthew 1:23 KJV) which was a fulfillment of a prophecy that was given to Isaiah: "7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel" (Isaiah 7:14 KJV).
Gabriel and Michael
At least two angels have names that are composed with El in them: Gabriel (which in Hebrew means winner of God) and Michael (which in Hebrew means who is like God?).
Gabriel (pronounced in Hebrew as gawv-ree-ale) appeared, centuries apart, to the prophet Daniel, John the Baptist's father Zacharias and to Mary the mother of Jesus.
"8:15 And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man. 8:16 And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision [see also Daniel's River Vision]. 8:17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision." (Daniel 8:15-17 KJV)"1:11 And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. 1:12 And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him. 1:13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son [see The Other Miraculous Birth], and thou shalt call his name John." (Luke 1:11-13 KJV)
"1:26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 1:27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary [see The Conception Of Christ]. 1:28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women." (Luke 1:26-28 KJV)
Michael (pronounced in Hebrew as meek-haw-ale) has repeatedly defeated the loser Satan in battle. Michael also prevented Satan (the "patron saint" of all perverts; see also Sodomites) from abusing the dead body of Moses.
"12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon [see Dragons]; and the dragon fought and his angels, 12:8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him." (Revelation 12:7-7 KJV)"1:8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. 1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee." (Jude 1:8-9 KJV)
Fact Finder: Will Michael be very active at the time of the great tribulation and the first resurrection?
Daniel 12:1-2; see also The Great Tribulation and Resurrections
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This Day In History, December 10
1508: Pope Julius II, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, Louis XII of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon formed the League of Cambrai to attack Venice.
1520: Martin Luther publicly burned Pope Leo X's papal edict, Exsurge Domine, that ordered him to recant his "protestant heresies."
1817: Mississippi became the 20th of the United States.
1848: Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, nephew of emperor Napoleon, was elected president of France's Second Republic. It was to be short lived - in 1851 Bonaparte staged a coup to restore "the empire."
1845: The first pneumatic (inflated with air) tires were patented by British civil engineer Robert Thompson.
1865: German-born Leopold I, the first king of the Belgians and a highly influential force in European diplomacy, died. He was known as the "uncle of Europe" - among his many international royal relatives was his niece Queen Victoria of Britain.
1868: The world's first traffic lights, built near London's Parliament Square, began operation.
1896: Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel died; he made much of his fortune from his invention of dynamite and used it to start the Nobel prizes which continue to this day.
1898: The United States and Spain signed a treaty to end their war in the Caribbean and the Pacific.
1901: The first transatlantic wireless signal was received at St. John's Newfoundland. Guglielmo Marconi flew a box kite trailing copper wire to a telephone picked up clicking sounds transmitted from 2,000 miles / 3,200 kilometers away in Cornwall, England. Today, the hill from which the kite was flown is called Signal Hill.
1913: The "Mona Lisa" painting was recovered in Florence after having been stolen from the Louvre two years earlier.
1915: The first all-metal plane flew for the first time. Built by German Hugo Junkers, it was known as the "Tin Donkey."
1936: King Edward VIII of Britain abdicated to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson.
1941: Japanese shore-based bombers sank the British battleship Prince of Wales and battle cruiser Repulse.
1982: 119 countries, but not Britain or the United States, signed the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
1988: A severe earthquake in Armenia killed an estimated 100,000 people.
1995: NASA scientists received the first data from the space probe Galileo - a message beamed over 2.3 billion miles / 3.7 billion kilometers.
