Avinu Malkeinu, Ein Lanu Melech Ela Atah. Rabbi Akiva (50 – 135 AD) Avinu Malkeinu – Rabbi Akiva lived just after the time of Yeshua, during the time of the Messianic expansion to the Gentiles. He was a bit younger than Paul. He had and continues to have enormous influence over Judaism. In fact, the…
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Yeshua HaMashiach. 1 Corinthians 1:3 Our Father – Paul has just declared Yeshua to be God (verse 2). But without taking a breath, he immediately offers a salutation from “God our Father and the Lord Yeshua HaMashiach.” He doesn’t flinch. He doesn’t backpedal. …
“Our Father in heaven” Matthew 6:9 Our Father – If you spend any time with Christian commentaries on the Lord’s Prayer, you will soon discover the common assertion that this prayer is unusual because Jews did not address God as “our Father.” This idea seems to come from the work of a Christian German theologian…
Our Father in heaven Matthew 6:9 Our Father – The usual interpretation of this opening phrase focuses on fatherhood. Questions are raised about how we can understand God as Father if we lack examples of human fathers. This is, of course, a monumental problem in our culture today. With more and more children raised in…
