Names of Jesus
Almighty
Reference
Revelation 1:8
Meaning
Jesus is all-powerful.
Insights
Christ is the All-Powerful Lord. Nothing is beyond His reach or impossible for Him.
Related Titles (by root word and/or theme)
Mighty God, Mighty in Battle, Potentate, Power of God (Isaiah 9:6; Psalm 24:8; 1 Timothy 6:15; 1 Corinthians 1:24)
Author and Finisher
Reference
Hebrews 12:2
Meaning
Jesus is our start and finish.
Insights
Jesus was at the beginning of creation and will be there to the end. He is both the author of all that is and the one who sees His creation through to the end.
Related Titles (by root word and/or theme)
Alpha and Omega, Beginning and End, First and Last (Revelation 1:8; 21:6; 22:13)
Beloved
Reference
Ephesians 1:6
Meaning
Jesus is at the center of Gods love.
Insights
Christ is the Beloved Son of the Father, and as such, the desire of all people who love God. All who love God will be drawn to Jesus.
Related Titles (by root word and/or theme)
Desire of all nations (Haggai 2:7)
Associate of God (Zechariah 13:7)
Branch
Reference
Isaiah 11:1; Jeremiah 23:5; Zechariah 3:8; 6:12
Meaning
Jesus is the shoot from Davids line.
Insights
Jesus is the offshoot of the line of David and paradoxically also the root. He is the vine on which we depend for life and nourishment.
Related Titles (by root word and/or theme)
Nazarene (Netzer = Branch in Hebrew; Matthew 2:23; Isaiah 11:1)
Root of David, Shoot, Vine (Revelation 5:5; Isaiah 11:10; 53:2; John 15:1)
Bread of Life
Reference
John 6:32-35
Meaning
Jesus is our sustenance.
Insights
Jesus was born in Bethlehem, which means the house of bread. He is our spiritual nourishment and the sustenance of the world. All things are kept alive by Him.
Related Titles (by root word and/or theme)
Living Bread (John 6:51)
Living Water (John 7:37, 38)
Bridegroom
Reference
Matthew 9:15; John 3:29; Rev. 21:9
Meaning
Jesus leads and cares for us.
Insights
Jesus is the bridegroom and His church is the bride. He is the head of the church and cares for her.
Related Titles (by root word and/or theme)
Head of the Church (Ephesians 5:23)
Head of the Body (Ephesians 4:15, 16)
Bright Morning Star
Reference
Revelation 22:16
Meaning
Jesus lights our way.
Insights
Jesus is the brightest star in the heavens and the Light of the World. We shall not lose our way in His light.
Related Titles (by root word and/or theme)
Day Star (2 Peter 1:19)
Star (Numbers 24:17)
Sunrise (Luke 1:78)
Sun of Righteousness (Malachi 4:2)
Carpenter
Reference
Mark 6:3
Meaning
Jesus is one of us.
Insights
Jesus, the creator of wood, became a worker of wood, and died on a cross of wood (Galatians 3:13) for us.
Related Titles (by root word and/or theme)
Carpenters Son (Matthew 13:55)
Chosen One
Reference
Luke 23:35
Meaning
Jesus is Gods Chosen One.
Insights
Jesus is Gods Chosen One, chosen for glory and great sacrifice. We, in Him, are Gods chosen people.
Related Titles (by root word and/or theme)
Elect One (Isaiah 42:1)
Chief Cornerstone
Reference
Isaiah 28:16;
Psalm 118:22;
Ephesians 2:20;
1 Peter 2:6
Meaning
Jesus is our rock of safety.
Insights
Jesus is the cornerstone which the religious leaders rejected, but which God chose from eternity to build His house, a temple of living stone! We can rely on Him as our solid foundation.
Related Titles (by root word and/or theme)
Foundation, Living Stone, Precious Stone, Rock, Rock of Offense, Stone (1 Corinthians 3:11; 1 Peter 2:4; Isaiah 28:16; 1 Corinthians 10:4; 1 Peter 2:8; Psalm 118:22)
Door
Reference
John 10:9
Meaning
Jesus is our gateway.
Insights
Jesus is our opening to God. He is the only way to heaven.
Related Titles (by root word and/or theme)
Door of the Sheepfold (John 10:7)
See Way.
Emmanuel/Immanuel
Reference
Isaiah 7:14 8:8;
Matthew 1:23
Meaning
Jesus is God with us.
Insights
Jesus was born on earth as a real human being. He entered space and time to become one of us so we might be with God forever.
Related Titles (by root word and/or theme)
Only Begotten God (John 1:18)
Eternal Father
Reference
Isaiah 9:6; 1 John 1:1-3
Meaning
Jesus is forever.
Insights
Christ had no beginning and has no end. He is the source of time, space and all creation.
Related Titles (by root word and/or theme)
Head of the Creation of God (Revelation 3:14)
Faithful and True Witness
Reference
Revelation 1:5; 3:14
Meaning
Jesus is faithful.
Insights
Christ is Truth in the flesh. His witness is always faithful. We can trust His word.
Related Titles (by root word and/or theme)
Amen (Revelation 3:14)
Faithful and True (Revelation 19:11)
Truth (John 14:6)
Firstborn
Reference
Hebrews 12:23; Revelation 5
Meaning
Jesus is our elder brother.
Insights
Christ is the firstborn of the dead, the first-fruits of a new humanity, resurrected in new form. As our eldest brother (Hebrews 2:11), He is heir of all things. (The importance of the firstborn is also connected to Passover. At the Exodus, the firstborn child of the Hebrews was passed over. He was saved from death by the sacrifice of a lamb.)
Related Titles (by root word and/or theme)
First-fruits (1 Corinthians 15:20)
Firstborn from the Dead (Colossians 1:18)
God
Reference
John 1:1, 14-18; Romans 9:5; Titus 2:13; Heb. 1:8
Meaning
Jesus is God.
Insights
Christ is in His very nature God and all the fullness of that essence is in Him. He is worthy of our worship.
Related Titles (by root word and/or theme)
Fullness of God (Colossians 2:9)
See Son of God and Yahweh.
Head of the Church
Reference
Ephesians 5:23
Meaning
Jesus leads the church.
Insights
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