Sh’ma Yisrael (Shema Israel)
Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!
You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
YHWH tetragrammaton (יהוה) Yod He Waw He
The Lord ‘God’, YHWH, יְהֹוָ after the Masoretic Text (MT) and יהוה from the older texts, Jehovah YHWH Nissi: “The Lord Is My Banner” God is our rallying point and victory; the One who fights for His people Jehovah-Raah ( The Lord Is My Shepherd) YHWH Ro’i: “The Lord My Shepherd” The Lord is the […]
Reflections on Jonah: God’s Mercy
I recently went though the book of Jonah to see what God might have to say. I have started by simply drawing the story down to an outline of text. God, יְהוָ֔ה – Yhvh, begins the story by speaking to His servant, Jonah, telling him to goto Nineveh, the capital of Assyria. Jonah flees in […]
For to Me, to Live Is Christ and to Die Is Gain
For me there is no question. “To die is gain” and “to live is Christ”. I am confident that the minute I die, will be followed by movement into the presence of God. If that is not gain, I don’t know what is.
Names of God in the Bible
To Whom am I to pray? To whom am I to communicate? With whom am I to commune? Islam prays to الله Allāh, Judeo Christians to YHWH/God, Christians to Jesus, Hinduism to Shiva, Brahma, and Indra, The list of names used to address God is longer than the total number of languages which have existed. […]
Adonai: Lord or Master
Adonai (Lord/Master, ad-o-noy’, אֲדֹנָי) plural The singular form means “master, owner.” implying Authority, Provider Adonai ( = “Lord”), The MT has replaced the tetragrammaton (יהוה) YHWH with Lord