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Jul 24, 2022 · Scripture also demonstrates that kavod can be seen or unseen. God revealed His kavod – His glory – to Moses in the wilderness, in the cloud, the pillar of fire, and on Mount Sinai. He tangibly showed His kavod in providing bread (manna) from Heaven, water from a rock, and many victories in battle. Just before Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the ...
wisdom of the Creator and display God’s greatness in a public way for all to see. No one can say the Creator God did not show himself (see Romans 1:20-21). Though creation is fallen because of sin, it is still capable of reflecting God’s glory and making him known: “The heavens declare the kavod of God; and the firmament shows his ...
Some ancient Hebrew words in the Bible that describe God’s magnificent nature are used a lot in Israeli culture today. However, in the modern Hebrew language they are rarely ever used in their original sense. Such is the case with the word kavod, which is the glory of God. If you visit Israel, you might hear someone say, Kol hakavod!
Today we focus on the middah (soul trait) of kavod (honor). Kavod comes up in a number of Jewish contexts, including: Lich’vod Shabbat (to honor Shabbat) Lichvod HaKodesh (honoring God) Kibud av va-eim (honoring father and mother) Lich’vod Torah (to honor Torah) Kavod haRav (honor of a rabbi or teacher) Kavod hameit (honor the dead)
In other instances of God’s visible kavod in the Pentateuch, three features are present (Ex 13:21-22; 16:10; 19:16-25; 24:17): 1. It is an experienced shared by a large number of people. 2. God’s glory is visible at a considerable distance from the observers. 3. God initiates the supernatural manifestation and He selects the time, location and
The Old Testament is therefore punctuated by the manifestation of the glory of God and, as one commentator rightly observes, ‘A survey of the references yields a tour of some of the Bible’s great moments - from the giving of the law (Ex. 24. 12-18), to the wilderness wanderings of Israel (Num. 14. 10, 21, 22; 16. 19, 42; 20. 6), and the worship of God in the tabernacle (Lev. 9. 6, 23) and ...
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Alan Morinis, Everyday Holiness (On Kavod:) Do not seek honor for yourself, but go out of your way to honor others. Honoring others...does not mean giving up the power and practice of exercising judgment, but puts the focus on moving away from unwise, useless, habitual, and even destructive acts of judgment. We start to move in that direction when we recognize the roots of th
