Meeting Adonai: Beloved Owner

#3 Sovereign Lord and Owner

Posted: Sunday, May 19th, 2019
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God moves radically toward us and deals mightily with us when we see and receive Him as Adonai. Meeting Adonai, Owner and Master, changes everything.

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Genesis 15:2 exegesis Bible
And Abram said, Lord GOD Adonay…

Adonai has another meaning: Master, Lord and OWNER. It is plural but also possessive. Adonai is the Triune God as our Master and Lord.

Adon-Adonai: Jehovah our Ruler. A vigorous name of God expressing divine dominion; reveals God as the absolute Owner and Lord.[1]

Adonai (Genesis 15:2): Master, Lord, Owner. The name usually refers to Jesus.

We belong to God by creation and to the Father by Christ’s purchase of us by Blood.

1 Corinthians 6:20 CJB
The fact is, you don’t belong to yourselves; for you were bought with a price.

[1] Smith, S. & Cornwall, J., The Exhaustive Dictionary of Bible Names (81), North Brunswick, NJ: Bridge-Logos, 1998.

Other Devotionals in Meeting Adonai Series

#5 Our God Is a Shield to Us #4 Choosing to be Owned
#3 Sovereign Lord and Owner (Currently Viewing)
#2 Our Triune God Revealed #1 A New Intimacy with God Meeting Adonai, Beloved Owner #48 God Gives Everything #47 The Death of Disobedience #46 Life Out of Death #45 Adam's Nature #44 The Master Masters #43 Independent Isolation #42 Created Free #41 Adonai is All Wisdom #40 The Rule is God's #39 Endurance From Adonai #38 The Tower of God's Name #37 Sword of Gideon #36 Adonai's One Man Army #35 Adonai Rules the Army #34 Responding to Adonai's Intervention #33 Ready to Be Mastered #32 The Famous Fleece of Gideon #31 Fear of Adonai, Bowing Worship