Tag: Shepherd

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.

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 […]

Nygren’s Agape and Eros: A Transvaluation of Love

it is the Christian conception of fellowship with God that gives the idea of Agape its meaning, mythoughts, thoughts of God, thoughtsofgod, David Reese, Anders Nygren, Nygren, Agape and Eros, Agape, Eros

In Greco-Hellenism the gods do not love man.  In Christianity, not only is God Agape but Agape is His very nature.  In Greco-Roman world the gods do not take part in a fellowship with man, Christianity places fellowship in the middle of the Agape motif.  Finally, Christianity is theocentric while Greek thought is egocentric.