I and the Father are [a]one.” John 10:30 NASB One – The Trinity. A doctrine that divided Christianity—not only from Judaism but from itself. In the early centuries of Christian development, the split over the proclaimed divinity of Christ broke the Christian world in two. Arius and Athanasius. It wasn’t a happy separation. Accomplished by murder,…
“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.” Deuteronomy 6:4 ESV Hear – It should come as no surprise that Hebrew thinking about Scripture is radically different from Greek thinking about Scripture. The difference is not in the language of Scripture itself. The Bible is written in Hebrew, Aramaic, a particular kind…
“Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one!” Deuteronomy 6:4 NASB Hear – Most scholars shy away from any discussion of Paleo-Hebrew. Everyone knows that Paleo or Proto Hebrew was the written language of Israel prior to the Babylonia captivity. There are some significant examples confirming this in archeological discoveries (you…
“Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one! Deuteronomy 6:4 NASB One – Paradigms, paradigms, paradigms. Everywhere we look, people operate according to paradigms. “Evidence” is a function of presupposed paradigmatic expectations. Once I have made up my mind about a worldview, I will find all the evidence I need to…
Hear, Israel, YHWH is our God, YHWH is one. Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear – The Hebrew verb shama means both “to hear” and “to obey, respond.” Moses does not call the people to listen to his words. He calls the people to do what the words say. In Hebrew, I do not hear unless I respond. …
Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one! Deuteronomy 6:4 Witness – When God’s children observe His commandments, He enables them to be a witness to Him. That’s the point of being Torah-observant. Yes, of course, living according to God’s Word brings joy and peace and well-being (God promises that). But…
“Hear, O Israel, the LORD is our God, the LORD is one!” Deuteronomy 6:4 What You See Hear – The great shema. Hear. In this pivotal text of the Old Testament, we are introduced to a different view of life. God’s paradigm is not our paradigm. Life is not based on WYSIWYG (What You See…
