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The significance of the confession "Jesus is Lord" is that when one confesses He is God over his or her life, then they are accepting Him as their Savior and that there is none other like Him. Romans 10:9 says "If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." Proverbs 18:21 says "Death and life are in the power of your tongue" which means that professing out loud is powerful. This is why when one confesses out loud that Jesus is the Lord and their Savior, they are given salvation and allow Him to take control over their lives.

The implications for governments that Yahweh is the King of kings and Lord of lords are that rulers on earth are accountable to God for whatever they do and that God promises protection and governments need to realize that they are responsible for whatever they do. The implications of removing God from a nation's currency and pledges, and ardently secularizing national life are they are rejecting God and promoting other sinful behaviors in society, which is sinful and immoral.

The personal implications of Yahweh being my King and of Jesus being the Messiah sent from God is that He is the final authority in my life. With Yahweh being the King over our lives, we can trust in His judgments and know that whatever He has in store for us is the best. As my Messiah, I know that because of Him, I have salvation. The advantages of being the subject of Yahweh as King is that He always knows what is right for us and our decisions are not better than His. So whatever He deigns for us will always be good and He has given each and every one of us a purpose. Because we have the King of kings on our side, we know that any battles we face have already been one. Submitting to the King on an everyday basis means learning to allow God to take complete control of everything in our life and letting Him mold us into the promises that He has in store for us. A person rejects Yahweh from being King over his or her life by not submitting to God and instead following their own paths and desires.

Tithing shows that a person acknowledges God as their King and Sovereign in the Old Testament so they are obligated to give a percentage of what they own to God. God says that people who do not do this are robbing God. Earthly kings were expected tithes so it is a person's duty to show the much more respect to God and give Him what is due. For us who live under the New Covenant, tithing is showing our submission to God and allowing Him to rule over our lives as King. We have to do this out of obedience because if we don't, God says we are cursed for having robbed Him.

"Justice" is getting what you deserve. "Vengeance" is revenge/retribution. Or getting back at someone for what they did to you. "Mercy" is not getting what you deserve." No, God cannot ignore sins justly. He has sent His Son to die for us and His sacrifice washes away our sins. On Judgement Day, God will judge each person and if He lets people get away scot-free, then it is not justice. God's love for us is so abundant He sent His Son die for us on the cross so that we might be saved. By believing in His death, we accept salvation and are welcomed into the kingdom. Without salvation, we would have no access into heaven, but God in His graciousness gave us the choice to accept Him and be made free.

As a Christian, we need to mirror God's actions and show Christ's image in us by being involved in society. We need to care for the less fortunate and help those in need.

(Isaiah 6:5) "Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts." In the presence of God's holiness, Isaiah's sin/uncleanliness becomes more apparent than ever and he realizes he is not worthy to stand before God in his mortal flesh. He is afraid that he would die in His presence. (Isaiah 6:6-7) "Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged." The coal from the altar is a symbol of purification. Isaiah's sin is taken away and he is made holy. Isaiah heard God asking, "Whom shall I send?" and he answered, "Here am I; send me."

The words repeated are "weary" and "faint" and "strength". The applications we should derive from this passage is that God does not grow faint or weary like man often does. He can renew our strength and cause us to run and not get tired. God gives us that strength so we need to rely on Him.

These are the names of God I can find in this passage: the Rock of our salvation, the great God, the great King above all gods, our Maker, The Lord our Maker, our God. He is the Maker of sea and the dry land. And we are His sheep and He is our shepherd. The psalmist tells us to worship and sing unto God and to be joyful.

The Potter/Creator/Maker can mold/create/make whatever He wants. He can decide its design, the purpose for it, and what to make it out of. He has ownership rights over what He makes. God is the Potter/Creator/Maker of all things and He has created us. When we allow Him to work in our lives, He molds us and makes us into the image that He wants us to be. Knowing that we belong to God, we need to live our lives the way He intended us to live. Our sense of purpose is to be more Christ-like in all we do.

It is ridiculous for a pot to second-guess the Potter because the pot came to the Potter as a clay and was molded into a pot. It cannot wish to be something else because it has no power over itself. God is the Potter and we are the clay. We shouldn't second-guess God because He knows the plans He has for us and they are of peace not evil, to give us an expected end so we need to put our trust in Him, knowing that His purpose for us is far better than anything we could come up with for ourselves. We Christians may second-guess God during our times of trouble, when we feel God isn't answering our prayers, or when we aren't happy with ourselves. A better attitude and behavior before our Creator would be to trust in God because He is the One Who molded us into His image and His ways are higher than our ways and His thoughts are higher than ours.

David's understanding of the Living God enabled him to challenge Goliath because He knew the true God, unlike the Philistines who worshipped idols. He also called God the Living God showing that he had seen God enable him to overcome challenges before and through Him, he was victorious. Because he knew this, he knew God would fight for Him and that through God, he could do anything. When God is on our side, who can be against us? This is something that David understood and challenged Goliath with complete faith in God to deliver. We should not take the Living God for granted or lightly as He is all-mighty and all-powerful. He is sovereign and reigns and rules over all. Everything is in His hands and He needs to be feared.

The idea of "first" and "last" reveals that God has no beginning and end and that He is eternal. He was there before anything was created and He always will be there. God Himself said "... I, the LORD--with the first of them and with the last -- I am He." (Isaiah 41:4). And again, "I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god." (Isaiah 44:6). (Revelations 1:8) "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty." This verse relates to God's revelation to Moses "I AM THAT I AM" because both verses show that God transcends beyond time and is everlasting. "I AM THAT I AM" means Self-existent One and this is what the verse also says.

I have no idea what it is like to "inhabit eternity", but I believe it will be extremely exciting and I am waiting to be able to live with God forever. It tells us in the Bible that as the bride of Christ, we will be ruling and reigning with God and there will be no more evil and the Lamb of God will sit on the throne. And we will not need the sun or moon to give us light, for the glory of God and Jesus is our light. There will be no darkness when we are with Him. So many emotions are inspired in me when I think of eternity. I am excited, eagerly waiting, in awe and much more.

God's name is I AM THAT I AM ("the Self-Existent One")/I AM WHO I AM ("He who will continue to be"). His name means He is the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. He is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He is the Past, the Present, and the Future. No other god can claim to be this as He is the one true God. God is eternal and His name attests to that. The idols worshipped by the Egyptians were false gods and were made of earth by men. Therefore, they had no power of themselves and are inanimate.