Happy Holy Name Of Jesus Day!
Bodie Hodge, M.Sc., B.Sc., PEI
Biblical Authority Ministries, January 3, 2026 (Donate)
Today is the ninth day of Christmas! It is the day we
remember the naming of Jesus and the significance of it. Some also honor this as
Triune Day; others even denote it as Malachi Day.
The Holy Name of Jesus Day reminds us of Who Jesus
is. He is the Creator who stepped into history and took on flesh and became our
relative—man. Jesus often called Himself the “Son of Man”. He was also called Emmanuel
which means “God with us”.
He is also called Mighty God, Prince of Peace, the “I Am”, the
Messiah (which means Christ), God, and so many more.
Christ is God in the flesh.
Being that He is God, many often study and honor the Triune
God on this day—hence Triune Day. Here is an excellent article to learn more
about the Triune God and the passages proving this nature of God in His revealed
Word.
Biblical
Authority Ministries: God Is Triune
Some also read the Athanasian Creed (reprinted below) as a
reminder of the nature of God. On the eighth day after His birth, Jesus was
circumcised in keeping with the Law of Moses. A local Levite priest would have
been the one to show up and perform the act. It is likely that he would have registered
his name on this date, for legal purposes.
If you would like to read more about the many names of God with Bible references see here.
Have a Happy Holy Name of Jesus Day!
Athanasian Creed, ~AD
500
“Whoever wants to be saved should
above all cling to the catholic [editorial note: meaning the universal] faith.
Whoever does not guard it whole and inviolable will doubtless perish eternally.
Now this is the catholic faith:
“We worship one God in trinity and
the Trinity in unity, neither confusing the persons nor dividing the divine
being. For the Father is one person, the Son is another, and the Spirit is
still another. But the deity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is one, equal
in glory, coeternal in majesty. What the Father is, the Son is, and so is the
Holy Spirit. Uncreated is the Father; uncreated is the Son; uncreated is the
Spirit. The Father is infinite; the Son is infinite; the Holy Spirit is
infinite.
Eternal is the Father; eternal is
the Son; eternal is the Spirit: And yet there are not three eternal beings, but
one who is eternal; as there are not three uncreated and unlimited beings, but
one who is uncreated and unlimited. Almighty is the Father; almighty is the
Son; almighty is the Spirit: And yet there are not three almighty beings, but
one who is almighty.
Thus the Father is God; the Son is
God; the Holy Spirit is God: And yet there are not three gods, but one God.
Thus the Father is Lord; the Son is Lord; the Holy Spirit is Lord: And yet
there are not three lords, but one Lord.
“As Christian truth compels us to
acknowledge each distinct person as God and Lord, so catholic religion forbids
us to say that there are three gods or lords. The Father was neither made nor
created nor begotten; the Son was neither made nor created, but was alone
begotten of the Father; the Spirit was neither made nor created, but is
proceeding from the Father and the Son. Thus there is one Father, not three
fathers; one Son, not three sons; one Holy Spirit, not three spirits.
And in this Trinity, no one is
before or after, greater or less than the other; but all three persons are in
themselves, coeternal and coequal; and so we must worship the Trinity in unity
and the one God in three persons. Whoever wants to be saved should think thus
about the Trinity. It is necessary for eternal salvation that one also
faithfully believe that our Lord Jesus Christ became flesh.
“For this is the true faith that we
believe and confess: That our Lord Jesus Christ, God’s Son, is both God and
man. He is God, begotten before all worlds from the being of the Father, and he
is man, born in the world from the being of his mother—existing fully as God,
and fully as man with a rational soul and a human body; equal to the Father in
divinity, subordinate to the Father in humanity.
Although he is God and man, he is
not divided, but is one Christ. He is united because God has taken humanity
into himself; he does not transform deity into humanity. He is completely one
in the unity of his person, without confusing his natures. For as the rational
soul and body are one person, so the one Christ is God and man.
“He suffered death for our
salvation. He descended into hell and rose again from the dead. He ascended
into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again
to judge the living and the dead. At his coming all people shall rise bodily to
give an account of their own deeds. Those who have done good will enter eternal
life, those who have done evil will enter eternal fire. This is the catholic
faith. One cannot be saved without believing this firmly and faithfully.”
Bodie Hodge, Ken
Ham's son in law, has been an apologist since 1998 helping out in various
churches and running an apologetics website. He spent 21 years working at Answers
in Genesis as a speaker, writer, and researcher as well as a founding
news anchor for Answers News. He was also head of the Oversight
Council.
Bodie
launched Biblical Authority Ministries in 2015 as a personal
website and it was organized officially in 2025 as a 501(c)(3). He has spoken
on multiple continents and hosts of US states in churches, colleges, and
universities. He is married with four children.
