I Shall Not Want – Psalm 23:1

Limu, Strong Shepherd, Hebrew, Lack, Decrease, Lacking, Need, eḥ·sār, lō, rō·‘î, Yah·weh, lə·ḏā·wiḏ, miz·mō·wr, יְהוָ֥ה, לְדָוִ֑ד, Shepherd, Yahweh, David, Psalm, Psalm 23, chaser, חָסֵר, khaw-sare',Bible, God, Kings, Jesus, Anointed, Christ, Provides, Sheep,Flock, Glory, Assyrian, Greek, Life, Crook, Thoughts of God, ThoughtsOfGod.com, David Reese

The archetypal Shepherd is used through the Bible as the one who cares for the sheep, people. This is said of God and His kings. In Jesus of Nazareth we have the King of Kings and the Good Shepherd in the anointed Christ.

Lord, Lord, Did We Not

Matthew 7, Lord, Jesus, Κύριε, Church Invisible, Church Visible, Born of Spirit, Christian, God, Mythoughts, Thoughts of God, David Reese

In Matthew 7, Jesus makes a statement that should give each of us pause to consider our personal relationship with Him. Jesus said that not everyone who calls out to Him “Κύριε, Κύριε”, “Lord, Lord” are of His flock, the household of God. If people who claimed to follow Jesus, to the point of producing miracles, did […]

Two Evils: Forsaking God & Trusting Our Work

"For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, The fountain of living waters,  To hew for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns  That can hold no water. Thoughts of God, David Reese

“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, The fountain of living waters, To hew for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns That can hold no water. The first and greatest evil in this verse, and really in general, is turning away from God’s life giving Spirit. Being turned from God is death, not because God is punishing us, but that God is life. His Spirit has always been, and […]

YHWH tetragrammaton (יהוה‎) Yod He Waw He

Names of God: YHWH tetragrammaton (יהוה‎) Yod He Waw He - Jehovah Nissi (The Lord Is My Banner) Jehovah-Raah ( The Lord Is My Shepherd) Jehovah Shammah (The Lord Is There) Jehovah Tsidkenu (The Lord Is Our Righteousness Jehovah Mekoddishkem (The Lord Your Sanctifier) Jehovah Jireh (The Lord Will Provide) Jehovah Shalom (The Lord Is Peace) Jehovah Sabaot (The Lord of Hosts) Jehovah Elohim Israel (The Lord, The God of Israel)

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 […]