Closer to God, and
Closer to understanding and knowing God
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Portions taken from — https://hebrewrootsmom.com/9-hebrew-words-to-bring-you-closer-to-god/
1. Shalom שָׁלוֹם (pronounced sha-lōm): Shalom is a noun with many meanings. Its definition includes completeness, soundness, and welfare, along with harmony, prosperity, and tranquility. We’re left without an English word to convey all these, but searching the Bible for the word shalom can illuminate its more profound significance. Believe it or not, understanding shalom can help us better understand our God’s character!
In his book, “Not the Way it’s Supposed to Be,” Cornelius Plantinga of Calvin Theological Seminary says the following about shalom:
“The webbing together of God, humans, and all creation in justice, fulfillment, and delight is what the Hebrew prophets call shalom. We call it peace, but it means far more than mere peace of mind or a cease-fire between enemies. In the Bible, shalom means universal flourishing, wholeness, and delight – a rich state of affairs in which natural needs are satisfied and natural gifts fruitfully employed, a state of affairs that inspires joyful wonder as its Creator and Savior opens doors and welcomes the creatures in whom he delights. Shalom, in other words, is the way things ought to be.”
By examining the word shalom, we can also better know Jesus, our Messiah. Isaiah calls Jesus the “Prince of shalom” in verse 9:6. Of all the terms above that are used to define shalom, Jesus has those qualities and is the Prince of them!
We can also use other words from the same root word to better understand what Jesus is Prince of. “Whole,” “it was worth it,” “perfect,” “was paid for,” and “paid for in advance” are meanings of words that come from the same root as shalom. It’s no coincidence that those concepts are part of our story as well. The perfect Prince of Shalom found us worth it and paid for our sin, making us whole!
2. Hallelujah הַלְלוּיָהּ (pronounced hal-loo-yah): You already know this one. It’s a word we use in song and otherwise to praise God all the time! Hallelujah is made up of halal and Jah. Halal means “to praise,” “to shine,” “to be boastful,” “to act foolish,” and other similar terms. Jah or Yah is short for the name of God in the Bible, Yahweh. So, hallelujah is to praise God, make Him shine, boast in Him, or even go crazy worshiping Him!
Revelation 19:1-6
“After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying— Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God… And a second time they said, ‘Hallelujah!’ … And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne saying, ‘Amen. Hallelujah!’ …Then I heard something like the voice of a great multitude and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying— Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns.”
3. Yeshua יֵשׁוּעַ (pronounced yeh-shoo-uh): This word is often translated as “Joshua” in the Hebrew Old Testament. It’s also the name of Jesus, our Savior! So, wait. If his name is actually Yeshua, why do we call him Jesus? Where did that come from?
Where Yeshua is found in the Hebrew Old Testament, it is translated into English as Joshua. It was a male name in Bible times, and there are a few different Joshuas or Yeshuas in the Bible. When translated from Greek to English in the New Testament, it underwent a couple of transitions and then became Jesus.
Many now argue that the name Jesus is incorrect and, therefore, should not be used, but we should be careful not to get sidetracked by this. Jesus lived in a multilingual area, and he would have also been. He probably taught and conversed in different languages as necessary. What’s important here, and in Jesus’s teachings— is to preserve the word’s meaning.
More Than Just a Name.
Beyond being a name, the word Yeshua is used throughout the Hebrew scriptures, meaning “salvation.” It was derived from the Hebrew word yasha, which means “to deliver” or “to rescue.” There are many well-known examples of where it’s used in the Old Testament, but here are a couple of my favorites:
Exodus 15:2
“The Lord is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation [Yeshua]; This is my God, and I will praise Him; My father’s God, and I will extol Him.”
Psalm 62:2
“He only is my rock and my salvation [Yeshua],my stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken.”
Isn’t it wonderful that Jesus’s name was the very thing he would do for us? Others with this same name in the Bible were also saviors of some type. Joshua led the Israelites during a time of numerous victories while conquering the land of Canaan. Yeshua, the High Priest, was the first High Priest in the rebuilt Temple following its destruction by the Babylonians. Isn’t it amazing that this important High Priest, the bridge from the Israelites to God, shares a name with our High Priest (Heb. 4:14) and way to God (John 14:6)?
4. Chesed חֶסֶד (pronounced che-sed, with the “ch” sound coming from the throat, as in Bach): Known for its difficulty translating into English, this word contains a “chet,” a letter with a sound called a guttural. Since we don’t have true gutturals in English, it can be difficult to say this word correctly. Go ahead and practice. Say “Bach” – like the composer. Say it out loud. Listen for the sound at the end of the word, then say it at the beginning of chesed.
Now that we know how it sounds, what does it mean? It’s commonly translated as mercy, kindness, lovingkindness, and goodness. It’s often used to convey God’s love toward His people, but, somewhat like God, it is much more complex than our first impression shows. Here are some very different examples of chesed’s use in the Bible.
Exodus 34:6-7
“Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed— The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in loving-kindness [chesed] and truth; who keeps lovingkindness [chesed] for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”
Chesed translated conveys an attitude or behavior that shows an overflow of zeal or a lack of boundaries. Chesed comes from the Hebrew root meaning “eager and ardent desire.” It is not a specific action— but the passion or motivation behind it.
God’s Infinite Love.
When God describes His love for us using the word chesed— He’s telling us that He has a boundless, overflowing love for us! Inside His love for us is His infinite grace, immeasurable love, inexhaustible forgiveness, and unlimited charity. And seriously, Guys? None of us deserve that. I don’t care how great you think you are. We’re nothing but selfish, disobedient specks in this universe. What an awesome God we have that He would extend His chesed to us!
5. Shema שְׁמַע (pronounced shuh-ma): This word is the first one in The Shema, Deuteronomy 6:4-9, which is recited regularly by Orthodox Jews and by many Christians. It’s also the verse Jesus refers to when asked what the greatest commandment is.
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
“Hear [Shema], 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. These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.”
In addition to “hear,” shema is also translated elsewhere in the Old Testament as “report,” “fame,” “tidings,” “loud,” and “speech:” It Requires Action.
If you take the word with its context, however, it means more than the culmination of these words. In Deuteronomy 6— Shema is a command to not only hear God’s words but to act on them. I think of it in the same way as when I tell my children to listen. I don’t only mean for them to stop what they’re doing and hear what I say. I mean for them to hear and internalize what I say so that they remember and obey it.
This meaning is the same as shema can have. We need to pay attention—always studying God’s Word and spending time in prayer with Him so we can hear His words in the first place. Then— we need to internalize what He says— not just read or hear it, and forget it. We need to remember it (when required), obey it and apply it to our lives.
6. Mashiach מָשִׁיחַ (pronounced ma-shee-ach): This word can be translated as “messiah,” but more literally means “anointed one.” In most places in the Bible, the English is “anointed one.” Only two verses translate it as “Messiah.”
When used to refer to Jesus as the Messiah— Yeshua HaMashiach is used. Yeshua [or Yahshua] HaMashiach means “Jesus the Messiah” or “Jesus the Anointed One.”
Why Anoint?
The process of anointing someone with oil served to set that individual apart for service to God. It was used in the Old Testament to appoint priests (Ex. 29:7) and to establish kings over God’s people. Saul and David were appointed in this way (1 Sam. 10:1 and 2 Sam. 16:12-13), and prophecy in the Old Testament speaks of Jesus as Mashiach, “anointed one.”
Daniel 9:25
“So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem— until Messiah [Mashiach] the Prince— there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with plaza and moat, even in times of distress.”
In this verse, Mashiach is usually translated as “Messiah” instead of “Anointed One,” but the Hebrew word is the same. Jesus is truly our Mashiach! He has been anointed by God, chosen, and appointed to be our king and high priest!
7. Davar דָּבָר (pronounced duh-var): The most basic translation of davar is that it means “word.” It can also mean “speak,” “pronounce,” “formalize,” “thing,” or “establish.”
Here are some examples of its use in the Old Testament.
Exodus 6:10-11 – “And the Lord spoke [davar] to Moses, saying, “Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the sons of Israel go out of his land.”
Genesis 18:14 – “Is anything [davar] too difficult for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, at this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”
Genesis 15:4 – “Then behold, the word [davar] of the Lord came to him…”
Although davar is translated as three different English words in the verses above, it means all of them. The context of each is used to derive the word’s meaning in each situation in which it’s used so that the essence of the scripture is not lost.
But things get exciting when davar is translated from Hebrew into Greek in the New Testament. This word is translated into two different Greek words: logos, which refers to a written word, and rhema, which refers to the utterance or the thing that was said.
Jesus, Our Written Word: At the beginning of the book of John, Jesus is referred to as “the Word.” Logos is the Greek word used here, so we can conclude that Jesus is a type of written word. He was here on earth in a physical form and could be “read” as people could watch him and listen to him teach about God and himself. Some of these people recorded the events of his life on earth so we, too, can “read” him.
John 1:1
“In the beginning was the Word [Logos], and the Word [Logos] was with God, and the Word [Logos] was God.”
The Power of God’s Word: Later in the New Testament, Hebrews 11:3 tells us that God’s word created something out of nothing.
Hebrews 11:3
“By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word [rhema] of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.”
In this verse, the Greek rhema is used in place of “davar,” which is translated into English as “word.” But the implication of this verse is to show us just what kind of power there is in God’s spoken words! God spoke davar into nothingness and created order, an entire universe, and even us!
Davar teaches us that we can “read” Jesus, our “written” Word. He has been there all along— from before creation— but came to earth so we could learn from him and rescue ourselves (with, and through him) from certain destruction. It also shows the power of God’s very utterances. He’s so awesome that things that previously didn’t exist— spring into existence— just at His word!
It’s unsurprising when these two concepts come together further into the New Testament. 1 Corinthians 1:23-24 calls Jesus “the power and the wisdom of God.” The Word— God’s davar— IS His very power and wisdom! Our Savior is the magnificent power and the infinite wisdom of God!
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To recap and fully understand our Lord God
a little bit better today
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With the Word of God, with our Lord, Savior, God, Father and Paraclete (bestfriend we are married to, the Comforter himself) —we come to, find, and attain— Completeness, Soundness, Welfare, Harmony, Prosperity, and Tranquility: he is the ONLY TRUE GOD, and only he brings to us these attributes; these are the internal nature of our God— and so much more— that we are being returned to, within our own vessels: SHALOM.
Cornelius Plantinga, made it very clear in his writings, that our God is the ethereal substance, in his Spirit, that meshes or webs, or weaves back together (from whence we came) God— and his humans, his creation— in justice, fulfillment, and delight; and this— the Hebrews call SHALOM.
It means far more than peace, or a cease-fire between enemies— of which we were before we reconcile to our Lord; and reconciliation takes place in all our parts, all our attitudes and perceptions, all our principles and beliefs, and deeds, opinions and actions: SHALOM (whom our God is) means— universal flourishing, wholeness and delight: a rich state of affairs where natural needs are satisfied, and natural gifts are fruitfully employed; it is a state of affairs that inspires joyful wonder as creation’s Creator and Savior opens doors and welcomes to him, creatures in whom he delights.
“SHALOM,” he says, “is the way things ought to be.”
And I couldn't agree more.
Our God brings all things back together into a functional, ideal, divine order once again— where once things were chaotic and in disarray, but with him— in yoking to him once again— he brings himself back into the picture and life, and in that— SHALOM is established once again; and the creature experiences Completeness, Soundness, Welfare, Harmony, Prosperity, and Tranquility; a universal flourishing, in wholeness, with delight.
Every time I read ‘universe,’ [which is where universal comes from] I recall what it stated in the root definition of the word, when I looked it up: all existing matter and space considered as a whole— the cosmos, a particular sphere of activity, interest, or experience; root definition: late Middle English: from Old French univers or Latin universum, neuter of universus ‘combined into one, whole,’ from uni- ‘one’ + versus ‘turned’ (past participle of vertere ).
I am reminded— HE IS EVERY REALM, or every verse or turning in space and time, and outside of space and time; he alone is the One who holds all things, is all things, and all things were created for him and his pleasure in them. When we come back to him, and marry him (covenant, partner), we are then, through the work of the Holy Spirit, our agreement with the truth, and to live the truth with God— are COMBINED INTO ONE WHOLE— again: this is the ‘body’ of Christ, a re-turning, a turning again— into becoming whole, or unified once again.
This is where we can SEE that we must change, repent, or return to him and his likeness and image once again; which means— return to his inner workings once again: we already look like him on the outside— it’s time we do on the inside, once again.
So— when I think of the cosmos, or the universe— I am reminded that they are just the spaces our God created into realms of himself, his mind, his conceptions and imaginings— and we were originally created to be as he is; and we need to return to be as he is— and all cosmoses, all of the combined verses or realms of God— will reopen to us: THIS IS MY DREAM, and I believe— other’s dreams too.
To come back into God, be one with him again, and with all others— and have every realm (kingdom space and imagining he created) open back up to us— no limitations, no walls, no blocks— just us and our God— fully knowing one another once again: THAT— is perfection, or wholeness to me; and I fully relish in those thoughts, understandings, and dreams of his: to know him, and to be known of him— HEAVEN.
He is the Principle (prince) one of wholeness, perfection, and it was worth it, paid for— and paid for in advance: all definitions and meanings of the root of SHALOM: and this is our story, the perfect love story: a Father and Creator of his beloved creation (us), who gave himself in all his perfection and wholeness, laying his life down to redeem (buy back) his beloved that was lost and estranged from him— all of it worth it, all of it perfect/whole and with a purpose of combining us back together with him (reformation into his image, with and by his Spirit marrying to us, and we working with him at this reunion and reintegration into One) —and it was paid for in full, and paid for IN ADVANCE: he gave himself from the foundation, or inception of the physical realm, just to make sure everyone had this opportunity to rejoin him.
The perfect Prince (principled one) of SHALOM found us WORTH IT, and PAID FOR OUR SEPARATION IN FULL (sin debt) —making us, once again, combined and whole— as we re-turn to him once again (repent means turn again).
And so we shout— Hallelujah to praise God all the time! To praise and to shine back upon him what he has shined upon us— and to be boastful of him and his love and provision, and to act foolish in love toward him, unabashedly. And so we praise Jah [or Yah] —Yahweh, of whom Yahshua is the Son, the Word of God incarnated into a clay body: God fully manifest, which is what the Godhead bodily means.
Revelation 19:1-6
“After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying— Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God… And a second time they said, ‘Hallelujah!’ … And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne saying, ‘Amen. Hallelujah!’ …Then I heard something like the voice of a great multitude and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying— Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns.”
YESHUA יֵשׁוּעַ (pronounced yeh-shoo-uh), or Yahshua means— Joshua, which means: God Delivers, or saves. Jesus lived in a multilingual area, and he would have also been multilingual. He more than likely taught and conversed in different languages as necessary. And his name, is more than just a name— it’s a title, attributes of God expressed, and it’s the family name— or reputation of conduct: and it means salvation itself— and all this stems from Joshua, or God delivers, or rescues his creation that was estranged, or lost, or out of union with him— and not combined, whole and as One any longer.
Yeshua/Yahshua— the High Priest— was the first High Priest in the rebuilt Temple, following its destruction by the Babylonians. This has so much more spiritual significance to us than what we may pick up in a first go ‘round with this, intellectually.
He is the first ‘high’ priest— ruling, principle one— to reinhabit that temple of God, following the disassembling of Babylon: spiritually speaking it states that….
The holy Spirit, giving to us all to receive since Yahshua’s crucifixion— is the spirit of the High, ruling, principle One (Yahshua’s spirit, who is one with the Father, if you’ve seen him, you’ve seen the Father: more than sight outer, sight of inner persons) —who will REINHABIT US— the temple of God, once we come out of her (Babylon), and her ways: it’s the combined oneness of returning to God once again, in the inner temple— mind, emotions, opinions, principled belief, actions, wills, etc— and becoming reintegrated back into wholeness, or oneness, unity and perfection: the body of Christ.
Hebrews 4:14
“Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God— let us hold fast our profession.”
We are priests— under the high one, meaning— he outranks us, and is over us, as we are subordinate to him, surrendered, and obedient; and we are kings— under his kingship— if we are in him (and thus, anointed, on both accounts).
And he loves us with a CHESED love: that of mercy, kindness— loving kindness— and goodness: his love conveys an attitude or behavior that shows an overflow of zeal, and a lack of bounds. Chesed comes from the Hebrew root meaning “eager and ardent desire.” It is not a specific action— but the passion or motivation behind it.
God’s Infinite love knows no bounds, no boundaries it cannot penetrate— lest man reject him and his love; no stone that we hide beneath, nor any prison gate that he will not penetrate to retrieve his beloved: it is a boundless, passionate and motivated love— TO DELIVER HIS PEOPLE, TO RESCUE THEM— and that rescue or deliverance— is to deliver himself to them, and them— to himself: to be combined, integrated into him again (one with him, as he and the Father are), to return us to himself— and to be whole again, in him.
Inside His love for us is His infinite grace, immeasurable love, inexhaustible forgiveness, and unlimited charity.
And he is our MASHIACH מָשִׁיחַ (pronounced ma-shee-ach): The word translated as “messiah,” but more literally means “anointed one.” Yeshua [or Yahshua] HaMashiach means “Jesus the Messiah, or Jesus the Anointed One.”
Anointing is done for priests— to be set apart unto God, as well as kings— to be ordained and established in the earth: and we are both, if we are in Christ, for Christ is both a priest by profession, name, character and attributes; and he is King most high, or leader most high with all dominion over his creation— to which we have been given a bit of his dominion in this realm, to walk out, according to his leadership over us: as high Priest, and high King, over all other priests and kings.
Jesus is Mashiach, or the “anointed one;” and we are anointed with his anointing, we are partnered with his Spirit, and we become, or are combined into his Spirit once again— becoming whole and unified, integrated and perfected in Christ, through his Spirit covenanting with us: and thus— we are anointed as little priests and kings, under the High Priest and King of our profession: as we profess, and as we subordinate ourselves under his rule, his leadership in our lives.
Romans 8:14
“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.”
These are anointed with his Spirit, his approval, his anointing— and are the light of the world, as he said: the sons/children of God.
And because of this, we— SHEMA— or we hear, listen, heed, obey, and execute his leadership commands in our lives: we love him with everything we’ve got, and everything we can— all our strength we give him, all our mind and minding we give him— and we turn it over to him— we cease to lean on our own minds, thinking, reasoning, opinions, attitudes or behaviors now; our emotions come under discipline, we cast down all things not of him, all things different than him, all things of another minding, of another attitude, of another conduct and character: and we see where even a good sentiment— that is not led of God— is a satanic behavior.
Like where Peter thought it was good to think, say, and align with stopping Jesus from dying: and the Lord said to him— Get behind me satan, you savor not the things of God— but of men: which really meant— You have sentiment, care or concern for my life, but not my mission, nor are you led of the Father, or the Spirit of God right now; for if you were— you would know I must do this, in order to save mankind.
So, you see— we can move satanically, even in good care, or with earthly, lower logic reasoning/wisdom/good sense (as that is what wisdom means, good sense) —and be using the carnal, earthly, sensual, devilish reasoning or good sense (wisdom) —and realize we can be satanic, even with care or concern for someone’s life: I have watched this happen time and time again, and man not perceive that he is not led of the Spirit of God, but of his own reasoning, perception, care, concern or logic. And as Peter learned— stood opposed to God incarnate (Yahshua), all because he cared, but had no idea what he was doing, or how he was not being led of the Spirit of God— but by his emotions.
We must be mindful of this, and if we are moved by our own desires, comforts, opinions, or reasonings: because we can easily be moved, like a chess piece for satan— and have zero idea we are going against heaven’s mandate from the High King, himself.
Satan loves to take hold of anointed kings and priests— and use them for his agenda: God— seeks for a man to know him, and his will— and to do it.
Mark 3:35
“For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.”
SHEMA truly means— hear, report, fame it (proclaim it), with tidings, loudly in your speech: it requires an action on our part: hearing— is tightly tied to DOING.
He will tell us, instruct us, and then expect us to follow his command— this is the true definition of SHEMA, and Jesus did this flawlessly with our Father: he is our example of the proper relationship to our God and Father: SHEMA, he means for us to hear, and internalize, what he says— so that we remember and obey it: this is what a Lord is.
We need to pay attention—always studying God’s Word and spending time in prayer with Him so we can hear His words— then— we need to internalize what He says— not just read or hear it, and forget it. We need to remember it, obey it and apply it to our lives: this is when all of him (all his realms of the uni, or one verse/turning) opens up to us; this is when we combine again, return to him again, and understand Oneness with God, as two become one Spirit in Christ Jesus: and we understand wholeness of our mind, wholeness of our emotions, wholeness of our souls.
Because we surrender, hear, heed, obey, integrate him into us again, come under him in authority, and return to One— where we left him; and this is the Lost, being found, the estranged— reuniting, reconnecting, reintegrating with God once again: and Yahshua— the anointed one who gave himself as the perfect sacrifice to return creation to himself (God) once again— came for, and the mission he accomplished— truly brings us into, if we understand salvation fully, and the God of.
And this— this last portion is what I wrote all of this, and delved into all of this with him— for: it is the Word himself, and what can he not do?
DAVAR דָּבָר (pronounced duh-var): means “word.”
It can also mean speak, pronounce, formalize, a thing, or establish.
And usage, in this one— sticks out to me SO MUCH!
Genesis 18:14
“Is anything [Davar] too difficult for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, at this time next year— and Sarah will have a son.”
We know that DAVAR means— Word, but in this case, if we read that verse once again with the proper contextual meaning, and use the root of the word that is meant— it reads: Is any thing, or ANY WORD given by God, a decree given and spoken by God, where his word goes out, and does not come back void— is ANY WORD given— TOO DIFFICULT FOR GOD TO ACCOMPLISH??
And he then speaks of what humans call a miracle— a child will be born to a man and woman— beyond child bearing days.
Jesus— Our Written Word, and our Rhema Word: At the beginning of the book of John, Jesus is referred to as “the Word.”
Logos is the Greek word used here, so we can conclude that— Jesus is a type of written word. He was here on earth in a physical form and could be “read” as people could watch him and listen to him teach about God and himself. Some of these people recorded the events of his life on earth so we, too, can “read” him.
John 1:1
“In the beginning was the Word [Logos], and the Word [Logos] was with God, and the Word [Logos] was God.”
The Power of God’s Word: Later in the New Testament, Hebrews 11:3 tells us that God’s word created something out of nothing.
Hebrews 11:3
“By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word [rhema] of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.”
The implication of this verse is to show us just what kind of power there is in God’s spoken words! God spoke DAVAR into nothingness— and created order, an entire universe— and even us!
DAVAR teaches us that we can “read” Jesus, our written Word. He has been there all along— from before creation— but came to earth so we could learn from him and rescue ourselves (with, and through him) from certain destruction. It also shows the power of God’s very utterances. He’s so awesome that things that previously didn’t exist— spring into existence— just at His word!
1 Corinthians 1:23-24 calls Jesus “the power, and the wisdom of God.”
The Word— God’s DAVAR— IS His very power and wisdom!
Our Savior is the magnificent power and the infinite wisdom of God!
And if he has spoken it— will he not perform it??
Numbers 23:19
“God is not a man— that he should lie; neither the son of man— that he should repent: has he said it— and shall he not do it? Or has he spoken it— and shall he not make it good?”
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Many of us are waiting on words that God has spoken over our lives— in either rhema words given (meaning, spoken directly to us in the Spirit, by the Spirit of God, like he did with Yahshua), or in his written word— that he has given us as promises— in his timing, and in due season.
I am comforted today, as I read the meaning of all of these words— and the great God that we truly have: one of the love of chesed— a boundless love for us, one of shalom— godly order restoring us back into wholeness and soundness, and unity with him again; the anointed one of the Father, who expects us to shema unto him (listen, heed, obey, do/perform, become one with him and his command) —so that his Word will become TRUE for us, so that we will have the fulfillment of DAVAR (the word) with us again— speaking to us, pronouncing to us, formalizing things and establishing them with and unto us again: the one of deliverance— delivering himself to us once again, wherewith we cry— HALLELUJAH— God is back with man: Emmanuel!!
I, just like you all— must wait for God’s deployment of all things into my life; and I must believe he is working all this suffering for our good (both his and mine— and even yours— as we are one collective in his body); and I must be waiting with cheerful expectation of his person coming to me (that is what patience means— cheerful expectation as we wait).
For when his person is come unto me— he brings all he has with him: and knows when the perfect timing is; my job— is to be ‘at peace’ with him in the process: this— we have been working on, and in— in the past couple days.
I walked a day of peace with him yesterday, as the first day of deactivating my Facebook profile (for now); it was a SUBLIME DAY, I said to him; and did not know if it was him saying it, or me: two as one.
But sublime means— of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe; used to denote the extreme or unparalleled nature of a person's attitude or behavior; elevate to a high degree of moral or spiritual purity or excellence; root definition— mid 16th century— in the sense ‘high up’: partly via French from Latin sublimis, probably from sub- ‘up to’ + limis, limus ‘oblique’.
Oblique— to be slanted toward.
I’m going to agree with him— that this is a good way to be toward one another, and that I was high up in him, and slanted toward him more so yesterday— and that, indeed— was a sublime day together.
I pray we have many more like it, and that with the reduced speech, words, and voices right now— that I will continue to hear him clearly, be at shalom in his presence, praise him in hallelujahs, honor his name, reflect his chesed love, walk in his anointing as a priest and king under him, hear, listen, heed, obey and walk out his command in my life, and then— allow his DAVAR— his Word, to come to me fully; and with his Word coming to me fully, and not void of meaning or fulfillment, but bringing a wholeness to me, bringing me back into him as he integrates me once again…
I will SEE, TASTE and KNOW —HIS GOODNESS— as his Word manifests to me, and is fulfilled in my life— as his person inhabits his temple once again, and his righteousness (his) —is restored within me: that I shall see salvation in the land of the living, as he makes his way to me— and brings me back home to him.
God bless you all, I pray this has blessed you in the ways that it has blessed me: and I am in good hands right now— as are you. 😉
