Father God Old Testament
In addition to the sense in which god is father to all men because he created the world and in that sense fathered the world the same god is also uniquely the law giver to his chosen people.
Father god old testament. God is our father. 1 chron 17 13. The surprising truth is that the people of old testament times had scant knowledge of god the father. In the old testament god is the father of israel and israel is his son in the context of god forgiving and redeeming israel.
I want you to see or learn what is said about him in the old testament. Jeremiah 3 4 jeremiah 3 19. 2 10 or the father of certain individuals 2 sam 7 14. Actually the father is alluded to throughout the old testament.
Today i want to kind of stroll through some of the breadcrumbs that have been left behind in the old testament that give us pretty good hints that god the father exists. Throughout the bible we find god portrayed as a father. But he is alluded to and actually mentioned several times. However in the new testament the message is clear.
This portrayal however is surprisingly rare in the old testament. While the jews of jesus s day were hesitant to call god their father and angry at jesus for doing so jesus claimed god as his father and taught his followers to do the same. 89 26 only fifteen times. Old testament according to marianne thompson in the old testament god is called father with a unique sense of familiarity.