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Who is God?

In Genesis, He's the breath of life
In Exodus, the Passover Lamb
In Leviticus, He's our High Priest
In Numbers, the fire by night
In Deuteronomy, He's Moses' voice
In Joshua, He is salvation's choice
In Judges, the law-giver
In Ruth, the kinsman Redeemer
In First and Second Samuel, our trusted prophet
In Kings and Chronicles, He's sovereign
In Ezra, the true and faithful scribe
In Nehemiah, He's the rebuilder of broken walls and lives
In Esther, He is Mordecai's courage
In Job, the timeless Redeemer
In Psalms, He is our morning song
In Proverbs, wisdom's cry
In Ecclesiastes, the time and season
In the Song of Solomon, He is the lover's dream
In Isaiah, He's the Prince of peace
In Jeremiah, the weeping prophet
In Lamentations, the cry for Israel
In Ezekiel, He's the call from sin
In Daniel, the stranger in the fire
In Hosea, He is forever faithful
In Joel, He's the Spirit's power
In Amos, the arms that carry us
In Obadiah, He's the Lord our Savior
In Jonah, He's the great Missionary
In Micah, the promise of peace
In Nahum, He is our Strength and our Shield
In Habakkuk and Zephaniah, He's pleading for revival
In Haggai, He restores the lost heritage
In Zechariah, our fountain
In Malachi, He's the Sun of righteousness, rising with healing in His wings
In Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, He is God, Man, Messiah
In the book of Acts, He is the fire from Heaven
In Romans, He's the grace of God
In Corinthians, the power of love
In Galatians, He is freedom from the curse of sin
In Ephesians, our glorious Treasure
In Phillipians, the servant's heart
In Colossians, He's the Godhead Trinity
In Thessalonians, our coming King
In Timothy, Titus, Philemon He's our Mediator and our Faithful Pastor
In Hebrews, the everlasting covenant
In James, the One who heals the sick
In First and Second Peter, He is our Shepherd
In John and in Jude, He's the Lover coming for His bride
In the Revelation, He's King of kings and Lord of lords

(I adapted this from a wonderful song by Aaron & Jeffrey - "He is")

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