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Jun 13, 2015 · The Old Testament teaching on God's kingdom is the necessary context for making sense of Jesus’ teaching and preaching, especially His announcement that the kingdom of God was “at hand” (Matt 3:2). The Jews Jesus preached to knew that God was king. They knew that He had always been king.
- Kingship and Creation
See also Psalms 93:1-2; 95:3-6; 96:10; 104; 136:1-9. Simply...
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- Kingship and Creation
Early Jewish literature was not concerned with proving God’s existence or categorically defining God’s nature. In the Hebrew Bible , God plays many roles and has many personalities . God is a judge, lawgiver, liberator, creator , father, king, and shepherd.
- Instances Where God Is called ‘King’
- Instances of God as Ruler, Judge, Sovereign, Majesty
- Instances Where God Is Said to ‘Reign’
- God’s Enthroned Presence in The Context of Reigning as King2
Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises! For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm! (Ps 47:6–7) Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray. (Ps 5:2) You, O God, are my king from of old. (Ps 74:12) For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods. (Ps 95:3) Sho...
There is none like God, O Jeshurun, who rides through the heavens to your help, through the skies in his majesty. (Deut 33:26) Wealth and honor come from you; you are the Ruler of all things. (1 Chron 29:12, NIV) Ascribe power to God, whose majesty is over Israel, and whose power is in the skies. (Ps 68:34) But it is God who executes judgment, putt...
The Lord will reign forever and ever! (Exod 15:18) God reigns over the nations; God sits on his holy throne. (Ps 47:8–9) The Lord reigns; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake! (Ps 99:1) The Lord will reign forever, your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the Lord! (Ps 146:10) How beautiful upon the ...
But the Lord sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for justice. . . . Sing praises to the Lord, who sits enthroned in Zion! Tell among the peoples his deeds! (Ps 9:7, 11) The Lord sits enthroned over the flood; the Lord sits enthroned as king forever. (Ps 29:10) The Lord looks down from heaven; he sees all the children of man; from ...
Jun 13, 2015 · God will still rule over His people and over His world through a Davidic king. How, then, were God's people to make sense of the kingly corruption and failure in Israel's history? How, especially was Israel to understand the seeming abandonment of God's kingdom that the exile represents?
Jan 5, 2022 · In 1 Samuel 8:4-22, the Israelites declare that they want to have a king because all of the surrounding people groups had their own kings. The people of Israel declared to Samuel, “You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways; now appoint a king to lead us, such as all the other nations have” (1 Samuel 8:5).
Jun 13, 2016 · In any case, many scholars agree that Yhwh became the main god of the Jews only after the destruction of the kingdom of Israel by the Assyrians, around 720 BCE. How or why the Jews came to exalt Yhwh and reject the pagan gods they also adored is unclear.
Some Jews expected the messiah to be a descendant of King David (based on an interpretation of God’s promise to David in 2 Samuel 7 of an eternal kingdom). The Dead Sea Scrolls speak of two messiahs: one a military leader and the other a priest.
