Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him,
and bless his name.
Psalm 100:4
When you see the phrase, Bless His name, in the Psalms most of the time the Hebrew word for bless is barach. Barach could be interpreted, to bow down.
In the days that the Psalms were written they did not know the name of the most High. Yet they revered and worshiped His name. God told them that His name is I Am. They understood that His name was authority and salvatian. The Hebrew word for salvation is yeshua. We know that this is the Hebrew form of the name Jesus. I looked up the definition and was excited to see what all is meant by this name.
salvation, deliverance
a) welfare, prosperity
b) deliverance
c) salvation (by God)
d) victory
e) healing
It's exciting to know that faith in the name of Jesus brings all of these blessings. This is do to the fact that New Testament salvatian is based on the blood of Calvary. The blood of Calvary washes away our sins when we enter into that covenant when we are baptized in His name.
And now why tarriest thou ? arise , and be baptized , and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
Acts 22:16
Sometimes it's seems there's a lack of bowing before the name of the Lord in what we call "modern worship." Sometimes it seems like what we call a worship service is based on hype instead of true reverence for His name. By reverence I don't mean silence. True reverence for the name of the resurrected Saviour produces great joy. See Matthew 28:8
We should bring bowing befor the name of the Lord back into our worship as individuals and as congregations. I'm thankful I belong to a church that still has altar services. If you will worship and praise the Lord without being intimidated by modern worship tradition God will take notice and move on your behalf. I love the fact that the apostle Paul looked at this phrase about blessing His name and applied it to Isaiah's prophecy
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
Isaiah 45:22-23
Paul let us know that there is only one name that will one day bring us to our knees....
For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,
and every tongue shall confess to God.
Romans 14:11
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 2:9-11
Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day
Psalm 96:2
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