Maundy Thursday, April 9th, 2020
Photo-a-Day Challenge Word for today is: MESSAGE
Merriam-Webster Dictionary: MESSAGE
• a communication in writing, in speech, or by signals
• an underlying theme or idea
• a verbal, written, or recorded communication sent to or left for a recipient who cannot be contacted directly
• a significant point or central theme, especially one that has political, social, or moral importance
Thinking about the Bible and all the many stories recorded in it, tells me God has been offering messages since the very beginning. The very creation of the world was the audible voice of God. And, God continues to speak with us today through many different modes of communication and use of messages. I’ve included verses below from Genesis chapter 1, 2 and 3 highlighting the first recorded voices in the Bible. As you continue through the Bible God uses Prophets to rely messages to His people.
The Four Major Prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, and Daniel
The Twelve Minor Prophets: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi
What Does Prophet Mean?
The word prophet defines someone who gives the declarations of God. These men and women did not exist for their own glory but for the glory of God. The Hebrew word for prophet is Nebi, which is derived from the verb action, “to bubble forth” like a fountain. The English word for prophet comes from the Greek word prophetes which means to “speak for another, especially one who speaks for a god.”
*Reference: https://www.christianity.com/wiki/bible/who-were-the-major-and-minor-prophets-in-the-bible.html
Genesis 1:3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 20, 24, 26, 28, 29
“And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.”
“And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”
“And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.”
“And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.”
“And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years.”
“And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.”
“And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.”
“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”
“And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.”
Genesis 2:16-18
“And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.”
These are the first recorded words of man, speaking in the Bible.
Genesis 2:23
“And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”
The first recorded words of Lucifer (the serpent) in the Bible, speaking to Eve
Genesis 3:1
“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?”
Eve’s first recorded words in the Bible.
Genesis 3:2-3
“And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.”
These were the messages of the Old Testament, in the New Testament we receive God’s message through God’s Son, Jesus Christ. He becomes flesh and lived among men.
John 1:1-5,10-11,14
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”
ειρήνη – “Peace” in Greek, reference listed the below.
~Peace~ειρήνη~Charlotte 🌻🙏🏻❣️☀️
References:
https://www.christianity.com/wiki/bible/who-were-the-major-and-minor-prophets-in-the-bible.html
https://biblehub.com/greek/1515.htm
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