Jesus' name in Hebrew is Yeshua which means salvation!
God's salvation involves a concern for physical as well as spiritual well- being.
The main idea of salvation is to liberate, deliver from evil, and free from oppression - safety, welfare, prosperity and victory are used to define this saving activity.
The essence of spirituality is for God's people to know the dynamic Presence and quickening power of The Lord at work on earth in their daily lives.
In the Middle Ages the concept of salvation revolved around the idea of escaping out of here and going to heaven.
The Hebrews didn't view salvation as deliverance from this world. Their commitment was not to escape this life but to know God's power and presence, which could transform their lives and their society.
The Hebrew thinking contrasted the Greek thinking - Hebrews stressed the wholeness of human beings. They were not afraid to be human. As a socially involved people, the Hebrews sought to live to the hilt entering into the fullness of the human experience.
They knew that to seek flight from this life by death was no permanent solution to the ills of this world. For instance in Acts 16:27 the Greek jailer at Philippe who thought of ending his life the moment Paul and Silas escaped from prison would of been strange to the Hebrew mind set of Paul and Silas. They believed God's presence in every experience of life - trusting themselves to His mercy and grace.
The Hebrews boldly affirmed their God given humanity. Again and again in scripture we see their identity was found in society, not in isolation from others. They did not view the earth as an alien place but as a part of creation. It was on earth and on earth alone that human beings highest deity and calling could be performed - namely that of bringing glory to their Maker thru the praise of their lips and the work of their hands.
Matt.25:31-36 is a vivid illustration of the definition of salvation - so to do the work of salvation is to Bring healing, relief and victory to those weighed down by the cares and concerns of the here and now.
Monday, December 17, 2012
Friday, November 9, 2012
Tidbits from the Hebraic
Each Hebrew letter has a meaning
Each letter has a number
Each word has a root meaning
Adding letters up of a word have a meaning
The letters from the word light (from the Hebrew) add up to 613 .
There are 613 commandments ( instructions, directions) from God for our lives.
The letters from the word child add up to 44
Father is 3
Mother is 41
Added together produces a child - 44
The letters of the word truth (emet in Hebrew, spelled Aleph,Mem,Tav) If you take the Aleph out you get the word met which means death. Truth without God is death. But when God is united with met, He resurrects a life.
Each letter has a number
Each word has a root meaning
Adding letters up of a word have a meaning
The letters from the word light (from the Hebrew) add up to 613 .
There are 613 commandments ( instructions, directions) from God for our lives.
The letters from the word child add up to 44
Father is 3
Mother is 41
Added together produces a child - 44
The letters of the word truth (emet in Hebrew, spelled Aleph,Mem,Tav) If you take the Aleph out you get the word met which means death. Truth without God is death. But when God is united with met, He resurrects a life.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Anokhi - Hebrew for I Am
Anokhi is a very powerful Hebrew word translated I AM. The basic word translated I AM is Ani. Adding khi makes the word a very definite, deliberate action. It means Because I AM. Anokhi is in the Hebrew scriptures over one hundred times. Ani is used several hunderds of times. When God says I AM, He does so with great and intense purpose.
Anokhi is referred to three times in the NT. Matt 22:32, Mk. 12:26, Acts 7:32. These verses all refer to the same verse in the Hebrew Scriptures, Exodus 3:6: And He said, I AM the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.
Here is a list of Scriptures where Anokhi is used:
Where Anokhi (I AM) is used, God is saying this with great and intense purpose.
God put extra emphasis in each of these verses, and he has determined to be your shield, to be with you, to be your Savior, to erase your transgressions and not remember your sins.
Gen. 15:1 Gen. 20:6 Gen 26:24 Gen. 28:15 Gen. 31:13 Gen. 46:3
Exodus 4:11, 12, 23. Exodus 20:2,5. Exodus 23:20 Exodus 34:10 Exodus 34:11
Deut:4:8 Deut.5:6,9,28 Deut.11:26 Deut:31:23 Joshua 11:6 Joshua 13:6
Judges 6:18 I Samuel 24:5 II Samuel 12:7 Isaiah 43:11, 25 Isaiah 44:24
Isaiah 46:9 Isaiah 51:12,15 Jeremiah 3:14 Jeremiah 6:19 Jeremiah 18:11
Jeremiah 29:11,23 Jeremiah 33:8 Jeremiah 35:14 Hosea 11:9 Hosea 12:10 Micah 3:8
Malachi 3:23 Psalm 46:11 Psalm 81:11
Wherever you see the I AM - God is speaking about something that he is determined to do,something very purposeful.
Anokhi is referred to three times in the NT. Matt 22:32, Mk. 12:26, Acts 7:32. These verses all refer to the same verse in the Hebrew Scriptures, Exodus 3:6: And He said, I AM the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.
Here is a list of Scriptures where Anokhi is used:
Where Anokhi (I AM) is used, God is saying this with great and intense purpose.
God put extra emphasis in each of these verses, and he has determined to be your shield, to be with you, to be your Savior, to erase your transgressions and not remember your sins.
Gen. 15:1 Gen. 20:6 Gen 26:24 Gen. 28:15 Gen. 31:13 Gen. 46:3
Exodus 4:11, 12, 23. Exodus 20:2,5. Exodus 23:20 Exodus 34:10 Exodus 34:11
Deut:4:8 Deut.5:6,9,28 Deut.11:26 Deut:31:23 Joshua 11:6 Joshua 13:6
Judges 6:18 I Samuel 24:5 II Samuel 12:7 Isaiah 43:11, 25 Isaiah 44:24
Isaiah 46:9 Isaiah 51:12,15 Jeremiah 3:14 Jeremiah 6:19 Jeremiah 18:11
Jeremiah 29:11,23 Jeremiah 33:8 Jeremiah 35:14 Hosea 11:9 Hosea 12:10 Micah 3:8
Malachi 3:23 Psalm 46:11 Psalm 81:11
Wherever you see the I AM - God is speaking about something that he is determined to do,something very purposeful.
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