Hesed: What are we waiting for …Pt2

Hesed: What are we waiting for …

A REPHRAIN is a repeated line or phrase in a song or poem, often at the end of each stanza, used to emphasize

STEADFAST LOVE is a term describing unwavering, committed, and enduring love, most famously used in the Bible to describe God’s lovingkindness (the Hebrew word hesed). It is a complex concept that encompasses mercy, grace, kindness, and faithfulness, representing a loyal and dependable love that never gives up

An excerpt of Deeper Christian says “Though this is a simple Hebrew word, its translation is quite complex. The translation into English can been rendered:

love
kindness
loving-kindness
steadfast love (or faithful love)
loyalty (or unswervingly loyal)
favor
mercy
beauty
righteous
devotion
faithfulness
favor
gracious covenant (or covenant loyalty)
grace
goodness
loving instruction
covenant friendship
Technically there are more, but those are the main variants.

This amazing and powerful Hebrew word (Hesed) occurs nearly 250 times throughout all the major divisions of the Old Testament (Law, Prophets, and Writings), 127 of which are in the Psalms (with 26 of those in Psalm 136 alone).

Though Hesed is translated in a variety of ways throughout the Old Testament, the best definition I’ve found comes from a book by Michael Card, where he translated Hesed as “when the person from whom I have a right to expect nothing gives me everything.”

Hebrews 4:12

12 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

Psalm 52:8
But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God’s house. I trust in God’s loving kindness forever and ever.

John 15:1-2
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer. Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

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