Finding Jesus in the Bible…So We Can Follow Him in Life
Bible Reading Plans
- Plan One: New Testament Only
- Plan Two: New Testament + Psalms
- Plan Three: New Testament + History
- Plan Four: The Entire Bible – Year 1 of 3, Year 2 of 3, Year 3 of 3
Don’t know which plan? Go to A Christ-Centered Bible Reading Plan: Quick Start.
Extras
Verse of the Day, Audio Capsule, and Video Minute
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I applaud this three-minute video and the speakers who contributed to its true and vitally important message. However, I can’t help but notice how it demonstrates secularism’s obliteration of First Amendment rights and its domination of American culture – and how secularism achieves its conquest no so much by law, but by inducing self-censorship. Nine of the ten speakers are avowed believers in God, Jesus, and the Bible – yet not one of those three words is uttered by any of them.
The sources cited as authoritative by the speakers are “data,” “research,” and “social science.” All of these are, of course, valid authoritative sources and deserve to be mentioned. However, such sources can only inform us after the fact – after the damage has been done to children and society. The authoritative sources that always warn us ahead of the fact – God, Jesus, the Bible – are not mentioned even by speakers who revere them. My point is not to criticize, but merely to notice – and mourn – the power of secularism’s grip on public speech.
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(Today’s Reading)
YHWH in the Old Testament
(Essay Installment 11)
Conclusion
You now know that the most prominent word in the English Old Testament is Lord – not God. You also know that the reason for this is that the most prominent word in the Hebrew Old Testament is YHWH – not “ELOHIM.” (Adding Adonai into the equation only increases the count of Lord.)
Perhaps the most logical reason someone might put forward for this is that YHWH was needed to distinguish Israel’s God from all the other gods referenced in Old Testament times. Whatever the reason, there is no denying that YHWH is the word that dominates the Hebrew Old Testament.
Now add another data point for comparison. When analyzing the New Testament, we find more occurrences of Lord, Jesus, and Christ than we do of God and Father. Think about that, would you? I’ll say more about it tomorrow.
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