[The Harp of God by J. F. Rutherford]@TWC D-Link bookThe Harp of God CHAPTER VII 30/46
The name Jesus means Savior of the people.
That was his earthly name.
It is more particularly associated with him as the sin-bearer, or one who made his soul an offering for sin, who suffered for us and who bore our sins--the one whom the Prophet describes as "the man of sorrows". [276]When he arose from the dead Jehovah highly exalted him and gave him a name above all other names.
He was once a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief.
Now, resurrected from the dead, he is the exalted one; hence the Apostle declares: "Being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath 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."-- Philippians 2:8-11. [277]God has decreed that since the earth was the scene of Jesus' suffering it shall be the scene of his glory, and all creatures shall bow at the name of Jesus, and that every creature shall confess that Jesus is Christ and is the Lord. [278]On the day Jesus arose from the dead and on several occasions thereafter he appeared unto his disciples and others who specially loved him.
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