Fatherhood Of God In The Old Testament

2 10 or the father of certain individuals 2 sam 7 14.

Fatherhood of god 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. In the old testament god is the father of israel and israel is his son in the context of god forgiving and redeeming israel. The article provides an overview of the theme of god as father in the old testament and briefly its continuity in the new testament. 32 6 in deuteronomy 1 31 moses uses a metaphor in which he portrays god as the father of israel.

There god is specifically called the father of the nation of israel deut 32 6. We have to have a correct understanding of god if we are to understand the trinity and other major theological subjects. God the father in the new testament is the same god of the old testament. Though we cannot totally comprehend all aspects about god we can know what he has revealed about himself to us.

Jeremiah 3 4 jeremiah 3 19. Throughout the bible we find god portrayed as a father. There you saw how the lord. 89 26 only fifteen times.

The article offers an analysis of god as father in the contexts in which this. The author examines all of the texts where god is mentioned as father in the old testament as he relates to the nation of israel. The fatherhood of god in the old testament the fatherhood of god in deuteronomy 1 31. He says and in the wilderness.

Yet in chapter 11 we find a different prophetic picture. The fatherhood of god in hosea 11 1 4 hosea is most known for his prophetic marriage with a promiscuous woman and their prophetically named children which illustrate god s agony over the covenant breaking nation. This portrayal however is surprisingly rare in the old testament. 1 chron 17 13.

Fearing god is to become so acutely aware of his moral purity and omnipotence that one is genuinely afraid to disobey him.