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.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Parallels between Isaac and Jesus
Parallels ----- Isaac ---- Jesus
A Hebrew ---- Gen.21:3 ---- Mt.1:1
A son of promise ---- Gen. 17:19 ---- Lk. 2;29-32
Foretold by an angel ---- Gen. 18:10 ---- Lk. 1:26-33
Miraculous birth ---- Gen. 18:13 ---- Lk. 1:34-35
A blessing to the world ---- Gen. 22:18 ---- Lk. 2:29-32
Beloved by father ---- Gen. 22:2 ---- Mt. 3:17
Only son ---- Gen. 22:2 ---- Jn. 3:16
Undeserving of capital
punishment ---- assumed ---- Heb. 7:26
Carried wood to the sacrifice - Gen. 22:6 ---- Jn. 19:17
33 years old ---- Rabbinic teaching ---- Lk. 3:23
Brought to mount ---- Gen. 22:2 ---- Jn. 19:17
Went willingly to slaughter -- Gen. 22:9 ---- Acts 8:32
Sacrificed ---- Rabbinic teaching ---- I Cor. 5:7
Resurrected ---- Rabbinic teaching ---- Acts 2:31
A Hebrew ---- Gen.21:3 ---- Mt.1:1
A son of promise ---- Gen. 17:19 ---- Lk. 2;29-32
Foretold by an angel ---- Gen. 18:10 ---- Lk. 1:26-33
Miraculous birth ---- Gen. 18:13 ---- Lk. 1:34-35
A blessing to the world ---- Gen. 22:18 ---- Lk. 2:29-32
Beloved by father ---- Gen. 22:2 ---- Mt. 3:17
Only son ---- Gen. 22:2 ---- Jn. 3:16
Undeserving of capital
punishment ---- assumed ---- Heb. 7:26
Carried wood to the sacrifice - Gen. 22:6 ---- Jn. 19:17
33 years old ---- Rabbinic teaching ---- Lk. 3:23
Brought to mount ---- Gen. 22:2 ---- Jn. 19:17
Went willingly to slaughter -- Gen. 22:9 ---- Acts 8:32
Sacrificed ---- Rabbinic teaching ---- I Cor. 5:7
Resurrected ---- Rabbinic teaching ---- Acts 2:31
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
50 Parallels between Moses and Jesus
41. Moses said that the "little ones" in the wilderness would enter the Promised
Land Num.14:31
Jesus said that the Kingdom of God belonged to the "little ones" Mk. 10:14
42. Moses told the Israelites to remember and do all the commandments of the Lord
Num. 15:38-39
Jesus told His disciples to keep His commandments if they would abide in His
love. Jn. 15:10
43. Moses told the Israelites that God would show that He had sent Moses by doing
signs and wonders Num. 16:28
Jesus told His disciples that the works He did were to prove that the Father
was in Him and He was in the Father Jn. 14:10-11
44. Moses made a fiery serpent on a pole and the Israelites were healed when they
looked upon it Num. 21:9
Jesus was lifted up on a pole. All who looked upon Him by faith (as He took
their sin) were healed. Jn. 3:14-15
45. Moses chose 12 men, 1 of each tribe and sent them out (to scout) to bring
FRUIT Deut. 1:23
Jesus chose 12 men and sent them out to bear fruit Mt. 10:1
46. Moses said that in the mouth of 2 or 3 witnesses a truth would be established
Deut. 19:15
Jesus said that where 2 or 3 were gathered in His name, He would be in their
midst Mt. 18:20
47. Moses' relatives criticized and challenged him Num. 12: 1-2
Jesus' relatives criticized and challenged Him Jn. 7:5, Mt. 13:57
48. Moses was Israel's judge, the final authority in decision-making Ex. 18-22
Jesus will return to earth as a judge. All must appear before the "judgment
seat of Christ" II Cor.5:10, Jesus will judge all at His appearing II Tim.4-1
49. Moses reappeared after his death (on the Mt. of Transfiguration) Mt. 17:3
Jesus reappeared after His resurrection from the dead ( seen by many for
the next 40 days) Acts 1:3
50. Moses as deliverer was initially rejected by his people and took a gentile
bride Zipporah Ex. 2:11-14, 16-21
Jesus as Deliverer was initially rejected by His people and took a gentile
bride the Church II Cor. 11:2
Land Num.14:31
Jesus said that the Kingdom of God belonged to the "little ones" Mk. 10:14
42. Moses told the Israelites to remember and do all the commandments of the Lord
Num. 15:38-39
Jesus told His disciples to keep His commandments if they would abide in His
love. Jn. 15:10
43. Moses told the Israelites that God would show that He had sent Moses by doing
signs and wonders Num. 16:28
Jesus told His disciples that the works He did were to prove that the Father
was in Him and He was in the Father Jn. 14:10-11
44. Moses made a fiery serpent on a pole and the Israelites were healed when they
looked upon it Num. 21:9
Jesus was lifted up on a pole. All who looked upon Him by faith (as He took
their sin) were healed. Jn. 3:14-15
45. Moses chose 12 men, 1 of each tribe and sent them out (to scout) to bring
FRUIT Deut. 1:23
Jesus chose 12 men and sent them out to bear fruit Mt. 10:1
46. Moses said that in the mouth of 2 or 3 witnesses a truth would be established
Deut. 19:15
Jesus said that where 2 or 3 were gathered in His name, He would be in their
midst Mt. 18:20
47. Moses' relatives criticized and challenged him Num. 12: 1-2
Jesus' relatives criticized and challenged Him Jn. 7:5, Mt. 13:57
48. Moses was Israel's judge, the final authority in decision-making Ex. 18-22
Jesus will return to earth as a judge. All must appear before the "judgment
seat of Christ" II Cor.5:10, Jesus will judge all at His appearing II Tim.4-1
49. Moses reappeared after his death (on the Mt. of Transfiguration) Mt. 17:3
Jesus reappeared after His resurrection from the dead ( seen by many for
the next 40 days) Acts 1:3
50. Moses as deliverer was initially rejected by his people and took a gentile
bride Zipporah Ex. 2:11-14, 16-21
Jesus as Deliverer was initially rejected by His people and took a gentile
bride the Church II Cor. 11:2
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
50 Parallels between Moses and Jesus
31. God spoke with Moses face to face Ex.33:11, Num.12:8 Face to Face is a hebrew
idiom which means mouth to mouth.
Jesus had an intimate "face to face" relationship with God, His Father Jn.14:31.
32. Moses fasted for 40 days and 40 nights when he received the Torah (the
instructions and directions of how to live) Ex.34:28.
Jesus fasted for 40 days and 40 nights when He was tempted in the wilderness
Mt.4:1-2.
33. Moses' face shone with the glory of God. Ex. 34:29.
Jesus' face shone with the glory of God Mt. 17:1-12.
34. God told Moses how He wanted to be worshipped - the Tabernacle (mishkan) Ex.40.
God told Jesus how He wanted to be worshipped - "spirit and in truth"
Jn:4:23-24.
35. Moses,a prophet, was a mouthpiece for God. He spoke the words God gave him
Ex.19:7-8.
Jesus, as a prophet spoke the words that God gave Him Jn.8:28-29.
36. Moses commanded the children of Israel to keep their lamps burning continually
Lev. 24:2.
Jesus commanded His children to put their light on a lampstand and let shine it
before men Mt.5:15-16.
37. Moses fed the children of Israel (a multitude) in a supernatural way Ex. 16:15.
Jesus fed a multitude (5000) with five loaves and two fishes Mt. 14:19-21.
38. Moses was faithful in God's house Num. 12:7.
Jesus, the High Priest of our profession, was faithful to Him that appointed
Him Heb.3:16.
39. Moses beseeched God to pardon the iniquity of His people Num. 14:19.
Jesus, on the cross, beseeched God to forgive the iniquity of those who were
crucifying Him Lk. 23-34.
40. God listened to Moses Num. 14:20.
God listened to Jesus. Jn. 11:41-42.
idiom which means mouth to mouth.
Jesus had an intimate "face to face" relationship with God, His Father Jn.14:31.
32. Moses fasted for 40 days and 40 nights when he received the Torah (the
instructions and directions of how to live) Ex.34:28.
Jesus fasted for 40 days and 40 nights when He was tempted in the wilderness
Mt.4:1-2.
33. Moses' face shone with the glory of God. Ex. 34:29.
Jesus' face shone with the glory of God Mt. 17:1-12.
34. God told Moses how He wanted to be worshipped - the Tabernacle (mishkan) Ex.40.
God told Jesus how He wanted to be worshipped - "spirit and in truth"
Jn:4:23-24.
35. Moses,a prophet, was a mouthpiece for God. He spoke the words God gave him
Ex.19:7-8.
Jesus, as a prophet spoke the words that God gave Him Jn.8:28-29.
36. Moses commanded the children of Israel to keep their lamps burning continually
Lev. 24:2.
Jesus commanded His children to put their light on a lampstand and let shine it
before men Mt.5:15-16.
37. Moses fed the children of Israel (a multitude) in a supernatural way Ex. 16:15.
Jesus fed a multitude (5000) with five loaves and two fishes Mt. 14:19-21.
38. Moses was faithful in God's house Num. 12:7.
Jesus, the High Priest of our profession, was faithful to Him that appointed
Him Heb.3:16.
39. Moses beseeched God to pardon the iniquity of His people Num. 14:19.
Jesus, on the cross, beseeched God to forgive the iniquity of those who were
crucifying Him Lk. 23-34.
40. God listened to Moses Num. 14:20.
God listened to Jesus. Jn. 11:41-42.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
50 Parallels between Moses and Jesus
21. God revealed His healing power through Moses Ex.15:26
God revealed His healing power through Jesus Mt.4:23
22. Moses gave God's people bread from heaven to eat (manna) Ex.16:15
Jesus said that He was the true bread from heaven that gives life
to the world Jn.6:33.
23. The whole congregation of Israel murmured against Moses Ex.15:24.
The Jews murmured at Jesus Jn.6:41.
24. Moses told the people to gather manna every morning- daily bread Ex.16:20-21.
Jesus taught His disciples to feed their souls with spiritual bread daily
Mt. 6:11.
25. People were ready to stone Moses Ex. 17:4.
People were ready to stone Jesus Jn. 10:31.
26. Moses received God's Law on a mountain and told the people what God expected of
them Ex19:3.
Jesus set the law back in its proper place on a mountain Mt.5:1. The Sermon on
The Mount.
27. God came to Moses in a thick cloud Ex. 19:9, 24:16.
God came to Jesus on the Mt. of Transfiguration in a thick cloud Mk.9:7.
28. Moses sprinkled the blood of the first covenant on the people Ex.24:8.
Jesus sanctified the people with His own blood, the blood of the New Covenant
Heb.13:12.
29. God gave Moses commandments to teach His people Ex. 24:12.
God gave Jesus commandments to teach His people Jn.13:34.
30. Moses interceded with God for Israel when he was angry with His people
Ex.32:11-14.
Jesus interceded with God on behalf of sinful man; He "made intercession for
the transgressors" Is.53:12 and became the final sacrifice for sin Mt. 20:28,
Heb.7:25.
God revealed His healing power through Jesus Mt.4:23
22. Moses gave God's people bread from heaven to eat (manna) Ex.16:15
Jesus said that He was the true bread from heaven that gives life
to the world Jn.6:33.
23. The whole congregation of Israel murmured against Moses Ex.15:24.
The Jews murmured at Jesus Jn.6:41.
24. Moses told the people to gather manna every morning- daily bread Ex.16:20-21.
Jesus taught His disciples to feed their souls with spiritual bread daily
Mt. 6:11.
25. People were ready to stone Moses Ex. 17:4.
People were ready to stone Jesus Jn. 10:31.
26. Moses received God's Law on a mountain and told the people what God expected of
them Ex19:3.
Jesus set the law back in its proper place on a mountain Mt.5:1. The Sermon on
The Mount.
27. God came to Moses in a thick cloud Ex. 19:9, 24:16.
God came to Jesus on the Mt. of Transfiguration in a thick cloud Mk.9:7.
28. Moses sprinkled the blood of the first covenant on the people Ex.24:8.
Jesus sanctified the people with His own blood, the blood of the New Covenant
Heb.13:12.
29. God gave Moses commandments to teach His people Ex. 24:12.
God gave Jesus commandments to teach His people Jn.13:34.
30. Moses interceded with God for Israel when he was angry with His people
Ex.32:11-14.
Jesus interceded with God on behalf of sinful man; He "made intercession for
the transgressors" Is.53:12 and became the final sacrifice for sin Mt. 20:28,
Heb.7:25.
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