scriptural stones

(Dt. 30:14) But the word is very near to thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayst do it.

(Is. 55:11) ‘so shall my word be that goes out of my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in that for which I sent it.’

(Jon. 3:3) So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the LORD.

(Ps. 119:160) The sum of Thy word is truth: and every one of Thy righteous judgments endures for ever.

God – Eloah (אֱלוֹהַּ ); Lord – Adon (אדן); HaShem (the name)

(Gn. 9:9) And God said to Noah and to his sons with him,. . .“I now establish My covenant with you and your offspring to come;. . ” [emphasis added]  Noahic Covenant

(Gn.17: 1-2,4-5) ‘. . .As for Me, behold, My covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.. .but thy name shall be Avraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.“ note – ‘I am’ [‘אני] ‘El [אֵל] the One of the Mountain’ [אחד מההר] Shaddai [שַׁדַּי] Abrahamic Covenant

(Ex. 3: 6) “Moreover, he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Avraham, the God of Yiżĥaq, and the God of Ya῾aqov. And Moshe hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God. Mosaic Covenant

(Ex. 34:6-7) יהוה passed before him and proclaimed: “!יהוה! יהוה a God Compassionate and Gracious, Slow to Anger, Abundant in Kindness and Faithfulness, Preserver of Kindness to the thousandth generation, Forgiver of Iniquity, Willful Sin, and Error and Who Cleanses.—yet not remitting all punishment, but visiting the iniquity of parents upon children and children’s children, upon the third and fourth generations.” 13 merciful attributes of יהוה.

(Dt. 6:4)  ‘Hear, O Yisra᾽el: The Lord our God; the Lord is one! [לורד הוא אחד] [emphasis added] note -[Sh’ma Yisrael; Hebrew: שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל]

(1 Sm. 15:29) Moreover, the Eternal One of Israel does not lie and does not relent, for He is not a man that He should relent. [emphasis added]  [יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל – Israel/ God previals.] (SE)

(Is. 42:8) “I am Hashem, that is My name; I shall not give My glory to another, …” (SE) [emphasis added]

(Is. 43:11) “I, only I, am Hashem, and there is no deliverer aside from Me.” (SE)

(Is 44:1-2)   “Yet now hear, O Ya῾aqov my servant; and Yisra᾽el whom I have chosen:
thus says the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee; Fear not, O Ya῾aqov, my servant; and thou, Yeshurun, whom I have chosen.’ [emphasis added] e.g., Is. 41:8-9, 45:4, & 49:3. note – Yeshurun (יְשֻׁרוּן – Hebrew) rabbinically referred and interpreted Jeshurun to mean the Patriarch Israel.

(Is. 66:23) ‘And it shall come to pass, that every new moon, and every sabbath, shall all flesh come to bow down to the ground before me,’ says the Lord. [emphasis added] 

God is a:

• Provider, YHWH –Jireh  (יְהוָה יִרְאֶה‎ ) i.e., (Gn. 22:14) And Abraham named that site Adonai-yireh, whence the present saying, “On the mount of the LORD there is vision” 

• Protector, YHWH – Nissi (יְהוָה נִסִּי‎ ) i.e., (Ex. 17:15-16) ‘And Moses built an altar and named it Adonai-nissi. He said, “It means, ‘Hand upon the throne of the LORD!’ The LORD will be at war with Amalek throughout the ages.'”

• Everlasting, Olam – (עוֹלָֽם) i.e., (Gn. 21:33) ‘Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God.’

• Righteous,  Tsidkenu (צַדִיק) i.e., (Jr. 23:5-6) ‘See, a time is coming — declares the LORD — when I will raise up a true branch of David’s line. He shall reign as king and shall prosper, and he shall do what is just and right in the land. In his days Judah shall be delivered and Israel shall dwell secure. And this is the name by which he shall be called: “The LORD is our Vindicator.”

• Almighty, Shaddai – (שדי) i.e., (Gn. 17:1) When Avram was ninety nine years old, HaShem appeared to Avram, and said to him, “I am El Shaddai; walk before Me, and be perfect.” (SE)

and much more.

God’s Spirit, רוח הקודש, ruaḥ ha-qodesh (Hebrew) 

(Gn. 1:2 ) ‘The the beginning of God’s creating heavens and the earth — the earth being unformed and void, with darkness over the surface of the deep and the Divine Presence hovered upon the surface of the waters – ‘

(1 Sm. 16:13) ‘Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward…’ [emphasis added]

Repentence & God’s Forgiveness

God’s estimation of our heart supercedes are own estimation for God assesses the sincerety of a person’s repentence, willingness to follow God’s will and change, and surrender of personal will.  Repentence (teshuva)– is self-transformation, i.e., a heartfelt regret for sin, a heartfelt decision to not repete, and confess the heartfelt decision, and God listens and foregives.  The renewal of heart and life with God is what is sought. Throughout the scriptures God displays justice and mercy.

(Gn. 16:3-5) ‘. . .I will perform the oath which I swore to Avraham thy father;. . . . because Avraham obeyed My voice, and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.’ 

(Ex. 34:9-10) ‘. . . I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thy inheritance. And He said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among whom thou art shall see the work of the Lord.’  God showed mercy.

(Nm. 14:19-10) ‘Pardon, I pray thee, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of thy love, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Miżrayim until now.’ And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word:’ [emphasis added]  God’s pardon.

(1 Kin. 8:39) “then hear Thou in heaven Thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart Thou knowst; (for Thou, Thou only, knowst the hearts of all the children of men). (King Solomons prayer)

(Is. 1: 18) Come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins be like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be white as wool.[emphasis added]

(Is. 1:27) Zion shall be saved in the judgment; Her repentent ones, in the retribution.

(Is. 55:7) Let the wicked one foresake his way and the iniquitous man his thoughts; let him return to HaShem and He will show him mercy; to our God, for He is abundantly forgiving. 

(Ez. 18:20, 22) ‘. . . the righteousness of the righteous shall be accounted to him alone, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be accounted to him alone. . . All his transgressions that he committed will not be remembered against him; he shall live because of the righteousness that he did. [emphasis added] 

(Ez. 36:27) And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My decrees and guard my ordinances and fulfill them. [emphasis added] note – God’s promise of a new heart and spirit to those who turn to God.  

(Jon. 3:10) God saw what they did, how they were turning back from their evil ways. And God renounced the punishment He had planned to bring upon them, and did not carry it out.’ [emphasis added]

(Mc. 6:6-8) With what shall I approach the LORD, Do homage to God on high? Shall I approach Him with burnt offerings, . . . Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, The fruit of my body for my sins? He has told you, O man, what is good, And what the LORD requires of you: Only to do justice And to love goodness, And to walk modestly with your God? [emphasis added]

(Ps. 32:5) ‘I acknowledged my sin to Thee, and my iniquity I have not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions to the Lord; and Thou didst forgive the iniquity of my sin. (Selah)

(Ps. 51: 3-6)’Have mercy upon me, O God, as befits Your faithfulness; in keeping with Your abundant compassion, blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly of my iniquity, and purify me of my sin; for I recognize my transgressions, and am ever conscious of my sin. Against You alone have I sinned, and done what is evil in Your sight; so You are just in Your sentence, and right in Your judgment.  [emphasis added] note – [King David pleas Hashem for foregiveness for his sins.]

(Ps. 51:18-19) For You do not desire a sacrifice, else I would give it; a burnt -offering You do not want. The sacrifices God desires are a broken spirit; a heart broken and humbled, O God, You will not despise. [emphasis added] note – [King David describes God’s desired sacrifice for foregiveness of sins.]

Humanity & God

(Gn. 3:5) but God knows that as soon as you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like divine beings who know good and bad. [emphasis added]  

(Is. 55:6-7) Seek the LORD while He can be found, Call to Him while He is near. Let the wicked give up his ways, The sinful man his plans; Let him turn back to the LORD, And He will pardon him; To our God, For he freely forgives. [emphasis added] 

 (Jr. 16:19-20) O LORD, my strength and my stronghold, My refuge in a day of trouble, To You nations shall come From the ends of the earth and say: Our fathers inherited utter delusions, Things that are futile and worthless. Can a man make gods for himself? No-gods are they!

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Concepts

Faith  – [firm belief in something for which there is no proof.] (merriam-webster.com)

Belief – [Something that is accepted, considered to be true, or held as an opinion : something believed] (merriam-webster.com)

Mercy (Ps. 51:3) ‘Have mercy upon me, O God, as befits Your faithfulness; in keeping with Your abundant compassion, blot out my transgressions.’ note – [God withholds the deserved punishment on those who are born again.]

Grace  – But for the grace, given by God to the repentant person without merit, the person remains with the consequences of sin before the eyes of God.  Also, note Isa. 64:5-6 ‘. . .all righteous deeds are like a filthy garment. And all of us wither like a leaf,…our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.’  note – [God knows who has a changed heart and grants them grace.]

Selah – Rendered as ‘true and certain’ (Ibn Ezra) and or a notation for reflection.

On God’s will

‘. . . I behold it, but it is not near: there shall come a star out of Ya῾aqov, and a sceptre shall rise out of Yisra᾽el, . . .’ (Nm. 24:17)**

‘On that day Hashem will bring punishment with His harsh, great, mighty sword, upon Leviathan, the barlike serpent, and upon Leviathan, the twisting serpent, and He will kill the great fish that is in the sea. (Is. 27:1) (SE)

‘Behold, my servant shall prosper, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
Just as multitudes were astonished over you, saying, ‘Surely his visage is too marred to be that of a man, and his form, to be that of the sons of men:
so shall he startle many nations; kings shall shut their mouths: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they perceive.’
(Is. 52:13-15) [emphasis added] (written approx. 700 BC)

  “and they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” (Jr. 31:34) [emphasis added]

“For the Israelites shall go a long time without king and without officials, without sacrifice and without cult pillars, and without ephod and teraphim. Afterward, the Israelites will turn back and will seek the LORD their God and David their king—and they will thrill over the LORD and over His bounty in the days to come.” (Hos. 3:4-5)**

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*The referenced citations are from the Koren Jerusalem Bible (KJB  1977), otherwise they are referenced as noted, i.e. Artscroll Tanach, Stone Edition, 2011 (SE).

** text referencing the mashiach מָשִׁיחַ – messiah.