Blessed are you if...
If? Sometimes I have the odd thought. I wonder things like, isn't "if" a flag word for a cause - effect relationship? So I wonder, aren't blessings by the "grace of God"? Was Y'shua-Jesus telling us that there are conditions to blessing? And why do some people insist that the word translated "blessed" should be translated "happy"?
Back to Hebrew. Did you know that there are two Hebrew words that we translate "blessed"? The one most of us are familiar with is barak something given to another in worship. It means to kneel, to praise. It is the exact opposite of curse. The other word for blessing, the one that is often translated "happy" is ' esher.
' Esher is an action verb. You are doing something when you ' esher. It is something you do with a goal in mind. The reason it is sometimes translated "happy" is because you do something that leads to bliss. It is a human (believer) word about our choices and the bliss-joy that follows those choices. While it is not "unmerited favor" it is important.
Here is today's sample 'esher verse.
If? Sometimes I have the odd thought. I wonder things like, isn't "if" a flag word for a cause - effect relationship? So I wonder, aren't blessings by the "grace of God"? Was Y'shua-Jesus telling us that there are conditions to blessing? And why do some people insist that the word translated "blessed" should be translated "happy"?
Back to Hebrew. Did you know that there are two Hebrew words that we translate "blessed"? The one most of us are familiar with is barak something given to another in worship. It means to kneel, to praise. It is the exact opposite of curse. The other word for blessing, the one that is often translated "happy" is ' esher.
' Esher is an action verb. You are doing something when you ' esher. It is something you do with a goal in mind. The reason it is sometimes translated "happy" is because you do something that leads to bliss. It is a human (believer) word about our choices and the bliss-joy that follows those choices. While it is not "unmerited favor" it is important.
Here is today's sample 'esher verse.
Proverbs 8:32
Listen (shama) children, bliss--joy comes to
those who guard The Way.
What choice must we do to be happy? Guard The Way, the path
of life. Do not let anything into your life that is not of the Almighty.
Does that mean you will feel joy not watching the movie that everyone else is going to see? Maybe not. But when you see Y'shua face to face , the joy you will experience because you do not need to hang your head in shame will be bliss!
Mrs. Hagerty, January 9, 2016
Does that mean you will feel joy not watching the movie that everyone else is going to see? Maybe not. But when you see Y'shua face to face , the joy you will experience because you do not need to hang your head in shame will be bliss!
Mrs. Hagerty, January 9, 2016
I "barack" for you in prayer, and hope i am bringing you "esher" in life.
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