“Christ” isn’t Jesus’ last name. It means the Anointed One, and the anointing oil had an actual recipe. David waited years between the oil and the throne, and Jesus read His own anointing aloud in His hometown synagogue.
Gideon was hiding in a winepress when God called him a mighty warrior. He built an altar and named it Jehovah Shalom — The LORD Is Peace — before the battle had even started.
Abraham climbed a mountain carrying everything for a sacrifice except the sacrifice. What he said to his son became one of God’s names — and a promise he couldn’t have known the size of.
A runaway servant girl, alone in a desert, gave God a name no prophet had: El Roi, the God Who Sees Me. If you’ve ever felt invisible, this name is for you.
