Discovering God's New Name for Me

When we think of God giving new names, we might think of Abraham, Sarah and Peter, to name a few. When God does this, the new name represents a change he is bringing about in us. The name reveals the essence of the person. Wherever we may be in life, God sees our potential and is changing us with his grace. With this change comes a new purpose and a new destiny. 

I received my new name in 2010. I didn't realize back then that God could give new names to us. I now use this name as a "nom de plume". It is not my intention to hide my identity, however, the name has a significant meaning for me and really resonates with my soul and my purpose. 

One night, after looking through Carl Jung's Red Book, I was unable to sleep. I kept hearing these words in my head repeating over and over, loud and clear, "Nehara--that's YOU!"  I finally gave in and looked it up. It turns out that it is an Aramaic female name meaning "Light"! That really hit me hard and the fact that it was in Aramaic was meaningful to me in a deeply personal way. 

Aramaic is the language that Jesus spoke, and it is a dead language.  I've always felt a connection with Jesus. His soul. Even during the many years that I was lost and misguided. Before I reverted back to the roots of my Catholic upbringing. God knows I like solving mysteries and that if he speaks to me in a language I have to decipher, I will have validation that it is not just from my own imagination. I believe Jesus spoke to me that night. This name is very sacred to me. It’s a name that I have never heard of before. I honestly believe that this message was not a deception or false light, and I really have been trying to use discernment when it comes to the messages and visions I have received over the years. I can tell which experiences may have been leading me astray, but not this one.

I chose the last name Seraphine, but perhaps was guided to. It is a Hebrew name which means "the burning ones". It is a name used in the Bible for the six-winged angels with wings of fire that surround the throne of God. It also means "to burn" or "to set on fire".  The seraphim in Christian angelology are the highest-ranking celestial beings in the hierarchy of angels. 

ser·aph

[ˈserəf]

NOUN

seraphim (plural noun)

1. an angelic being, regarded in traditional Christian angelology as belonging to the highest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy, associated with light, ardor, and purity.

There is a strong recurrent theme in my life of holding darkness to the fire--of burning and purification. I wasn't really familiar with the meaning of the name when I picked it, I was just drawn to the name.

As sons and daughters of Christ, it makes sense that he would give a special name to us. Have you received a new name from God? Have you always felt that your name should be another one in particular? 

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.’ (Revelation 2:17)

 He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My new name. (Revelation 3:12)

ETA: As I was writing this (revised version of an old blog), about the name Jesus gave me in Aramaic, The Golden Girls was on in the background and Sophia said "...the language Jesus spoke". Oh my GOSH if that's not a sign, I don't know what is. Dorothy mentioned he spoke Hebrew, but I'm pretty sure it was Aramaic. :-)