I express my thanks to my former student assistant, Courtney Dotson, for helping gather materials used in preparing this paper. I also thank my wife, Jane Allis-Pike, for providing feedback on an earlier draft of this paper. Botterweck and H. Ringgren, trans. Willis, G. Bromiley, and D. Leland Ryken, James C.
Mark E. Koehler, W. Baumgartner, and J. Furthermore, the examples provided here represent broad categories of usage. The interested reader can pursue the finer points of this discussion by consulting Mitchell and other sources cited in my notes.
See comments on this by J. As emphasized above, the blessing comes from God when one is in a proper relationship with him. John W. Post-temple sources on the priestly blessing include the Mishnah, Sota and Tamid See Marin H. Cross and E. The line in question 4 is fragmentary, however, as is the rest of the inscription.
Line 4 reads brk yhw [—]. Aitken cites Crawford, Blessing and Curse , —58, as agreeing with his assertion. However, F. Yet it seems more likely that we have here the beginning of a theophoric PN [personal name]. Likewise, I do not consider the claim by Crawford and Aitken including their comments on line 7 of the same inscription to be conclusive at the present time. See also the discussion in the previous note.
Besides that disputed reading, the only other possible example in an Israelite inscription of a human invoking a blessing on Deity is line 5 of KAjrud 15, in the faded remains of ink writing on plaster. This form is not dealt with further in this study. Furthermore, Israelites in antiquity and in the present may conclude that living a faithful, virtuous life is a form of praising God; however, that is not the focus of this study. For a classic sermon on consecration, see Neal A. In my experience, such usage, presumably influenced by familiarity with the Bible, is rarely if ever employed by Latter-day Saints in the twenty-first century.
Subscribe to Our Newsletter. Religious Studies Center Religious Education. Site Search. Chadwick , and Matthew J. Grey , Editors. Go to Book. Show Citation. Download as PDF. People Blessing People on Behalf of God [13]. We pray for blessings for others. The Bible even tells us to bless God: the song of the three young men in the fiery furnace in Daniel 3 calls on all of creation—sun, moon, stars, fire, ice, wind, rain, sea creatures, birds, cattle, men and women—to bless the Lord.
The concept of God blessing us is pretty straightforward. As St. It takes only a moment to examine our lives and begin to recognize the myriad of ways in which God blesses us. But what does it mean for us to bless God? Does God need anything from us? Well, no. But we need to give something to God. Justice—the virtue that requires us to give to each person his due—requires us to offer our sacrifice of thanksgiving to God in return for his many blessings.
So the kind of blessing we are called upon to offer to God is fundamentally different from the kind of blessing God bestows on us. We use the same word to refer to two distinct but related actions. From the earliest biblical accounts, the Lord calls people to honor Him through worship in every phase of life. Moses instructed people to worship the Lord, and the Psalms Psalm ; Psalm are filled with such instruction. In the Bible, the blessing the Lord is the:.
The word for blessing comes from the Hebrew noun barakah , which is used to explain the covenant favor and goodness of the Lord. As we consider both words, they are both similar in that they mean a blessing and a benediction from God Numbers In doxology, we exalt the Lord for His blessing Psalm Benediction though begets doxology. The granting of divine blessing points to an intimate relationship between a benevolent benefactor and his unworthy recipients.
A generous benefactor gives and graces while the unworthy recipient receives and rejoices with the blessing as a bond between them. The Lord richly blesses His people, and His people, in turn, bless Him for the blessing He confers on them. Every blessing of the Lord, which is all undeserved, should result in the worship of the Lord. The word blessing is linked to four biblical principles in the Scripture:.
Within these four biblical principles, blessing takes on a much richer and more specific meaning. In Genesis 1 , the first blessing was given on the fifth day, humanity on the sixth day, and the Sabbath on the seventh day.
Life in Eden was lived under the blessing of the Lord. Thus, the Lord cursed the Serpent, the woman, and Adam for their rebellion. Humanity, as a result of the cursing of God, no longer lives under divine favor but under the hand of judgment.
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