Thanks for joining us today to discuss a complex topic that tends to be downplayed. Next week, we will study New Testament verses about fearing God. We begin with defining the word “fear” in Hebrew. My source is an Israeli-based site:
“The Hebrew word translated into ‘awe’ in the Bible is yirah (יראה, pronounced yir-ah). It often directly translates into fear, like “fear of the Lord,” it can also mean respect, reverence, and worship. But make no mistake about it, yirah is strongly connected to ‘trembling.’” There you have it, “fear and trembling,” how humans act before God.
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