Our Given Name?

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Does God have his own names for us. our parents named us when we are born. would those be our names in heaven. does God even know "my name" or "your name". do you think he has different names for us. that only he will call us by one day?
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[TWells]

In Genesis one of the "jobs" Adam is given is to name all the various animals in the Garden. When we give something a name we take the first step into bringing it into "personhood" because we have singled it out and given it an identity and communicated to it making it apart of a community.

Personhood can only exist within a community. For instance if you were the only 'thing' that existed would you really exist? We only exist in as much as we communicate and interact with other people or when we begin to develop personality. This is a major part of the doctrine of the Trinity. My point is that Man was given a purpose to bring creation into "personhood" to a certain extent. Some of the Church Fathers speculated quite a bit about this, especially St. Maximus the Confessor. I have come to believe that as the Logos is the mediator between God the Father and us and we are in the image of the Logos we are to act as the mediator between God and the rest of creation as we are its highest aspect and to ultimately bring the rest of creation into personhood. To some extent.

So to answer your question I dont believe God has a name for us as he left that up to us.

 

[God Soldier]

You'll be givin a new name when you go to heaven.

 

[scham]

God must know us by name, for he called us by name! he may have let the choosing of it down to our natural parents but he still calls us by what was choosen for us.

 

[JMRE5150]

You'll be givin a new name when you go to heaven.

Do you have scripture to back this up?

Please elaborate. Thanks.

 

[CeCe]

That was going to be my question too.

 

[Jedi]

I think it'd be neat to get a new name. You know, like you got an adult name whenever you went through a rite of passage in some cultures? And hey, didn't Jesus rename people all the time (i.e. Peter)? Heh, maybe I could be "Trogdor, the Burninator" (Okay, so maybe only the home star runner fans will get that joke).

Besides, I don't even know what my name means, and neither do any of the baby books it seems: "Brace." I can only presume it means "support," like the dictionary definition, and that would seem to go well with my middle name, William (Meaning "resolute protector"). Hmmm. Well, enough of my ranting. I think I'll just ask God about this "getting a new name in Heaven" business when I actually get to Heaven.