The Bible has a thing for name changes.

Abram gets an upgrade where he becomes Abraham. Simon gets a glow-up, too; Jesus changes his name to Peter, "the Rock." And Jacob goes medieval on an angel and he gets himself rebranded as Israel. 

And they aren’t the only ones. You get into the book of Revelation and Jesus says this:

(Revelation 2:17)

To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.

Wait, you get one of these new names, too! A super-secret name for forever and ever once you get to heaven.

Wait- what if you like your current name? Or what if you don’t like your new one? What’s with all these changing names in the Bible- and do you have to change your name once you get to heaven- and does the Book of Enoch perhaps shed some insight on this?

I find this to be weird, and I’d like to explore why it’s in the Bible. 

Turn to Revelation 2, and let’s get weird.

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0:00 - Introduction

1:35 - Enoch 5 & Cursed Names

6:40 - Changing Names

8:15 - A New Name Written Down in Glory

18:00 - Your Role in Heaven

22:25 - Next Time

23:20 - The Rest of the Story

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