Jeremiah Chapter 23

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6 23:6. this is his name by which he will be called. When someone is
) called a certain name it does not mean the person is what the name
means. In this Messianic prophecy, Jesus is prophetically referred to as
being called Yahweh our Righteousness. This does not mean that Jesus is
being literally identified as Yahweh (LORD) simply because Jesus is being
called that name. For example, about ten chapters later in Jeremiah,
Jerusalem is also called, Yahweh our Righteousness, and Jerusalem is
obviously not Yahweh (Jer. 33:16). So, calling something a certain name
does not mean it is what the name says it is, or even that two things that
have the same name have identical attributes in all respects.
Being called a certain name is often done simply because the object shares

some similarity, likeness, connection, or representation of the name it is

called. For example, when Abraham called the mountain on which he was
about to sacrifice Isaac Yahweh will provide, he was not literally calling
the mountain Yahweh. Similarly, calling an altar Yahweh my banner does
not mean that the altar is Yahweh either, even if Moses called it that:
Moses built an altar and called it Yahweh is my Banner (Exod. 17:15).
Furthermore, Gideon also built an altar, but gave it a different Yahweh
name. He called it Yahweh is Peace. Judges 6:24 says, So Gideon built
an altar to Yahweh there and called it Yahweh is Peace. These verses show
that just because something is called Yahweh (Lord), that does not make
it literally Yahweh.
An important clarification in the verse is that the Messiah will be called (not
will be) Yahweh our Righteousness because God Almighty will work His
righteousness through His anointed one, Jesus the Christ. The city of
Jerusalem will also be called Yahweh our Righteousness because God will
work His righteousness there and that righteousness will extend over the
entire world. [For more on the subject of names and being called,
see commentary on Matt. 1:23].
For more information, see Graeser, Lynn, and Schoenheit, One God and
One Lord: Reconsidering the Cornerstone of the Christian Faith, 4th ed.
(Indianapolis: Spirit and Truth International, 2010), p. 430.
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