Abram became Abraham.
It\'s an Invitation to friendship with Him..
They show us that, when God offers a new name, more than simply a new calling is attached.
These recent examples throw light on this ancient practice of friendship and kinship.
Arthur Phillip became Woollarawarre.
James Cook became Terreeoboo.
Paul Gauguin became Tioka.
Robert Louis Stevenson became Teriitera.
However Name covenanting never went away.
And this is now.
But that was then.
The patriarchs and apostles exchanged names and so received new destinies.
Name covenanting seems at first like an archaic, long-discarded practice that disappeared in the first century around the time Saul became Paul.
Simon became Peter.
Jacob became Israel.
Abram became Abraham
