Speaker: Pastor Neil Lindwall

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ESV Genesis 21:33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and called there on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God. 

Lord = יַהְוֶה YHWH, Yahweh, the proper name of the God of Israel. 

The Everlasting God = “El Olam ” (אֵל עוֹלָם). Can be translated “The God of Ages”, “The Eternal God”, “The Everlasting God”

Everlasting God. 

Tamarisk = eshel – a tamarisk tree with evergreen leaves – i.e. always green so symbolizing what is everlasting. Water droplets fall from its branches in the evening and evaporate during the morning – making this tree a proverbial symbol of comfort and relief. – HELPS Lexicon.

A tamarisk tree (genus Tamarix), also known as a salt cedar, is a hardy, long-lived flowering tree able to survive in the extreme desert environment. It is extremely drought-tolerant, surviving by sending taproots deep—sometimes over 30 feet—to reach the water table. The tree can live for 50 to 100 years or more, Some Tamarisks are known to survive for several hundred years.

El Olam, Means The Lord is a God of Continuity & Competence.

ESV Isaiah 26:4 Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.

Tzur Olamim (צוּר עוֹלָמִים) can be translated as "Everlasting Rock" or "Rock of Ages".  

Everlasting Rock.

The “Everlasting Rock” is a Call to Radical Trust, Peace, & Confidence. 

ESV Isaiah 40:28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.

Elohei Olam (אֱלֹהֵי עוֹלָם), translated "the Everlasting God,". 

God of Everlasting. 

Elohei Olam Means Our God is a God who is Transcendent & Reliable.

ESV Isaiah 40:29-31 He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. 30 Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; 31 but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

“Wait for the Lord” = qāwâ – properly, twist, stretch (BDB), "wound-up" waiting – remaining tied to its expectation; waiting that stays personally involved, usually with "positive tension" that "strains the mind in a certain direction in an expectant attitude, expectation, hope that "intensely awaits, for believers, faith-empowered believing that is "carved out, wound up, and ready to go!" God "winds them up" to best receive what He has stored up from eternity – preparing them for . . . what He has prepared for them! – Excerpts from The HELPS Lexicon.

ESV Jeremiah 10:10 But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and the everlasting King. At his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure his indignation.

Everlasting King = Melech Olam (מֶלֶךְ עוֹלָם), Eternal King.  

Everlasting King. 

Melech Olam Means Our God Is Real Truth, Life, Sovereign Authority.

NIV Revelation 1:5-6 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, 6 and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.

NIV Revelation 22:13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.” 

• Plant a Tree, Genesis 21:33. Make your Faith Permanent & Public.
• Trust The Rock, Isaiah 26:4. He Is Your Safety & Eternal Unchanging Hope.
• Expect the Everlasting, Isaiah 40:28. Wait, Expecting & Trusting, The Lord.
• Worship The King, Jeremiah 10:10. He Is Over All.