Number 2

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

You will arise and have compassion on Zion; for it is time to be gracious to her, for the appointed time has come.  Psalm 102:13  NASB Be gracious – “Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, ‘The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in faithfulness and truth;’” (Exodus 34:6).   What’s number 2 in God’s self-disclosure?  The first…

Metonym

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

You will arise and have compassion on Zion; for it is time to be gracious to her, for the appointed time has come.  Psalm 102:13  NASB Have compassion – The first description of God’s character in Exodus 34:6 is raḥûm.  It comes from the Hebrew verb rāḥam, a verb that means “to love deeply, have mercy, be compassionate.”  The importance of this…