Episode 26. Solomon’s prayer for the blessing of the temple overflows in meaning, as he explores the role of grace in the history and future of the people of God. His blessing includes a prayer for you and for me. Join us in this episode exploring Grace in 1st Kings.

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“All the positive cultural changes in the world are due to Christianity.”

Despite its humble origins, the Church has made more changes on Earth for the good than any other movement or force in history. To get an overview of some of the positive contributions Christianity has made through the centuries,

And the reason why even nonchristians are doing this is because Christianity has so infiltrated the sensibilities of the world that we can’t stand the idea of war.

David: There are other non judeo-christian philosophies that predate christianity that focused on peacemaking.I would argue ‘Humanism’ predates Christianity. Confusius was a humanist. Aristotle could be considered one. 20 century western humanism is just another (re)incarnation so to speak.

Every culture has peacemakers and tyrants and those who twist religious zeal as mandates of heaven/devine right.  even in christianity and judism. 

romans were ‘developing’ ‘barbarian cultures’ well before christianity. So were the chinese and the american native cultures. I think it is naive to assume Christianity’s domanance was manifest destiny. It was just the justification for expansion based on survivalism (not current prepper meaning) and greed.

Survivalism is what motivates an individual/tribe/city/nation. That is a core humanistic value.

What Christ argued was giving up your life for others. That is contrary to survivalism and antithetical with manifest destiny.

However I can see from the perspective of a missionary that manifest destiny was a means that would allow for the ability to insert themselves into an otherwise inaccessible location.

Chen: favor, grace

adornment (1), charm (1), charm* (1), charming* (1), favor (51), grace (8), graceful (2), gracious (3), pleases* (1).

1 Kings 11:19

HEB: וַיִּמְצָא֙ הֲדַ֥ד חֵ֛ן בְּעֵינֵ֥י פַרְעֹ֖ה

NAS: found great favor before Pharaoh,

KJV: great favour in the sight

INT: found now Hadad favor before Pharaoh

Point: something that draws God’s attention to you

Chanan: beseech

1 Kings 8:33
HEB: שְׁמֶ֔ךָ וְהִֽתְפַּֽלְל֧וּ וְהִֽתְחַנְּנ֛וּ אֵלֶ֖יךָ בַּבַּ֥יִת
NAS: and pray and make supplication to You in this
KJV: and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:
INT: your name and pray and make about house

1 Kings 8:47
HEB: שָׁ֑ם וְשָׁ֣בוּ ׀ וְהִֽתְחַנְּנ֣וּ אֵלֶ֗יךָ בְּאֶ֤רֶץ
NAS: and repent and make supplication to You in the land
KJV: and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land
INT: in it and repent and make to you the land

1 Kings 8:59
HEB: אֵ֗לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֤ר הִתְחַנַּ֙נְתִּי֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה
NAS: of mine, with which I have made supplication before
KJV: And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before
INT: and may these which have made before the LORD

1 Kings 9:3
HEB: תְּחִנָּתְךָ֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִתְחַנַּ֣נְתָּה לְפָנַי֒ הִקְדַּ֗שְׁתִּי
NAS: which you have made before
KJV: and thy supplication, that thou hast made before
INT: and your supplication which have made before have consecrated

Original Word: חֵסֵד
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: checed
Phonetic Spelling: (kheh’-sed)
Definition: goodness, kindness

1 Kings 2:7
HEB: הַגִּלְעָדִי֙ תַּֽעֲשֶׂה־ חֶ֔סֶד וְהָי֖וּ בְּאֹכְלֵ֣י
NAS: But show kindness to the sons
KJV: But shew kindness unto the sons
INT: the Gileadite show kindness become eat

1 Kings 3:6
HEB: דָוִ֣ד אָבִי֮ חֶ֣סֶד גָּדוֹל֒ כַּאֲשֶׁר֩
NAS: great lovingkindness to Your servant
KJV: great mercy, according as he walked
INT: David my father lovingkindness great he

1 Kings 3:6
HEB: ל֗וֹ אֶת־ הַחֶ֤סֶד הַגָּדוֹל֙ הַזֶּ֔ה
NAS: great lovingkindness, that You have given
KJV: for him this great kindness, that thou hast given
INT: toward have reserved lovingkindness great this

1 Kings 8:23
HEB: שֹׁמֵ֤ר הַבְּרִית֙ וְֽהַחֶ֔סֶד לַעֲבָדֶ֕יךָ הַהֹלְכִ֥ים
NAS: covenant and [showing] lovingkindness to Your servants
KJV: covenant and mercy with thy servants
INT: keeping covenant and lovingkindness to your servants walk

1 Kings 20:31
HEB: כִּֽי־ מַלְכֵ֥י חֶ֖סֶד הֵ֑ם נָשִׂ֣ימָה
NAS: of Israel are merciful kings,
KJV: of Israel [are] merciful kings:
INT: for kings are merciful us put

Old Testament use of grace

GRACE: 

There is no word in Hebrew that can represent all the meanings of charis, and in the Septuagint charis itself is used, practically, only as a translation of the Hebrew chen, “favor,” this restriction of meaning being due to the desire to represent the same Hebrew word by the same Greek word as far as possible. And chen, in turn, is used chiefly only in the phrase “find favor” (Genesis 6:8, etc.), whether the reference is to God or men, and without theological importance. Much nearer Paul’s use of charis is ratson, “acceptance,” in such passages as

checedh https://biblehub.com/hebrew/2617.htm

ratsah https://biblehub.com/hebrew/7521.htm 

racham https://biblehub.com/hebrew/7355.htm

But a mere negative granting of pardon is a most deficient definition of the Old Testament idea of God’s mercy, which delights in conferring positive benefits. The gift to Abraham of the land of Canaan, liberation from Egypt, food in the wilderness, salvation from enemies, deliverance from exile-all of Israel’s history can be felt to be the record of what God did for His people through no duty or compulsion, grateful thanksgiving for such unmerited blessings filling, for instance, much of the Psalter. (from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)

New Words for Grace

checedh https://biblehub.com/hebrew/2617.htm
checed: favour
Original Word: חֵסֵד
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: checed
Phonetic Spelling: (kheh’-sed)
Definition: goodness, kindness
.
ratsah https://biblehub.com/hebrew/7521.htm
ratsah: to be pleased with, accept favorably
Original Word: רָצָה
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: ratsah
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-tsaw’)
Definition: to be pleased with, accept favorably
.
racham https://biblehub.com/hebrew/7355.htm
racham: to love, have compassion
Original Word: רָחַם
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: racham
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-kham’)
Definition: to love, have compassion
usually of God: with accusative of his people

Resources:

Bible Hub: use this resource site to discover the original Greek and Hebrew for the words in the Bible.

PrayerMate App: this is a fantastic app to keep yourself organized and faithful in prayer, and it also has free downloadable devotionals.