Isaiah 44:6-8 Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god. 7 Who is like me? Let them proclaim it, let them declare and set it forth before me. Who has announced from of old the things to come? Let them tell us what is yet to be. 8 Do not fear, or be afraid; have I not told you from of old and declared it? You are my witnesses! Is there any god besides me? There is no other rock; I know not one.
The SHEMA [hear, active listen, understand it] sums it up the oneness of God – Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.
God’s name per Ross – El Shaddai as stated in the following scriptures from the NRSV including the bracketed phrase. El in Hebrew is strength or power. Shaddai’s root word could be breast, nurturing.
Genesis 17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, “I am God Almighty [Traditional rendering of El Shaddai]; walk before me, and be blameless.
Genesis 28:1 Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, and charged him, “You shall not marry one of the Canaanite women. 2 Go at once to Paddan-aram to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father; and take as wife from there one of the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother. 3 May God Almighty [Traditional rendering of El Shaddai] bless you and make you fruitful and numerous, that you may become a company of peoples.
Genesis 35:11 God said to him, “I am God Almighty [Traditional rendering of El Shaddai]: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall spring from you.
Genesis 43:13-14 13 Take your brother also, and be on your way again to the man; 14 may God Almighty [Traditional rendering of El Shaddai] grant you mercy before the man, so that he may send back your other brother and Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.”
Genesis 48:3 And Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty [Traditional rendering of El Shaddai] appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and he blessed me,
