People have asked about the meaning behind the name of my latest book, Jehovah-Rapha: The God Who Heals. In Bible times, names were not only used for identification but to reveal someone’s purpose, nature, and authority. Jehovah is the Hebrew name for “I AM,” the unchanging, eternal God as revealed to Moses in Exodus 3:14. By adding a second part to His name, as He often did throughout Scripture, God revealed additional facts about His character and His care and concern for His children. In Exodus 15:26, He called Himself Jehovah-Rapha in Hebrew meaning, “I am the God who heals you.”
In naming the book, Jehovah-Rapha: The God Who Heals, I wanted to capture the heart of a loving God who’s nature is to heal and restore as revealed through the Biblical and modern day stories in the book. In essence, He is saying, healing isn’t just something I do. Healing is who I am!
Future books in this series will have similar titles: Jehovah-Jireh: The God Who Provides (Genesis 22:14); Jehovah-Shalom: The God of Peace (Judges 6:24); and Jehovah-Nissi: The God Who Conquers (Exodus 17:15). Jehovah-Jireh: The God Who Provides will be released in March 2017.