IX. Name Exchange (7th Step)

The names of the representatives, and the represented are changed or merged to reflect the new covenant relationship (To have one's name is to operate in his authority).

A. Marriage

Names of individuals often carry the evidence of past covenants (ex: John Jones Smith, or especially in Spain: Frederico Gonzales Ramirez Gutierrez Ramos).

Abram and Sarai were renamed to Abraham and Sarah:

No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations. (Gen 17:5)

Jacob was renamed to Israel:

So He said to him, "What {is} your name?" He said, "Jacob." And He said, "Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with G-d and with men, and have prevailed." (Gen 32:27,28)

C. B'rit HaChadashah

We have been given the power to ask of the Father is the name of the Son (power of attorney?):

And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover. (Mk 16:17,18)

Those in covenant relationship with G-d, in Y'Shua, have (or will be) given new names:

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives {it.} (Rev 2:17)

He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My G-d, and he shall go out no more. And I will write on him the name of My G-d and the name of the city of My G-d, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My G-d. And {I will write on him} My new name. (Rev 3:12)