Sentences with phrase «shalom which»

The Hebrew word Shalom which suggests a vision of the Hebrew people, of good life is translated inadequately as «peace».

Set in the period of the Judges, it was written after the times it describes.14 It may be an idealized picture, but it portrays in concrete, down - to - earth terms the shalom which Yahweh, the giver of shalom, intends for the people of God.

Not exact matches

In the Divine Garden there is true integrity of creation, which includes justice and shalom.

In the light of the Biblical vision of the Garden of Justice, Shalom, and Harmony (Integrity) of Creation, these religious and cultural resources, particulary appropriated by the poor and oppressed, can be revitalized to be flowers, fruits and even roots of various elements in the Garden of God, in which humans are gardeners.

It is what Randy S. Woodley calls a «shalom - based theology» which means peace that is communal, holistic, and tangible.

Here is a consistency to which I bear witness: we are always meant for community and love, always meant for wholeness and for shalom.

As Vice President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity I got to know their founders and leaders and began to esteem their apostolate — «Catholic Charismatic Renewal», which was developed in the U.S., «Focolare» and «Communione e liberazione» in Italy, Schoenstatt in Germany, «Shalom» in Brazil and others.

Biblically, the concepts of salvation and shalom describe a condition of community wholeness, in which each individual is in good health only when he or she is an integrated member of God's people.

Shalom's argument against the former relies on Grice's notion of «present total temporary states,» Shalom totally includes memory as an element in a «present total temporary state» and within this context charges that «what is called «memory» necessarily ceases to possess the property of «pastness» which is associated with memory» and required by Hartshorne's theory.

All this is implied in the great biblical vision of covenant and shalom, in which every family, clan, tribe and person has a place in which their God - given dignity is respected.

This is the ultimate defense of life, which has been wrought through the Cross and Resurrection of Jesus the Messiah of life and shalom.

Their ideal for society was Shalom, which we often translate as peace.

To fail to be one's true human self is to fail in maintaining on one's part the right relationship with God in the divine intention for mankind and at the same moment a failure in right relationships with other men and women and children, characterized as it should be by the caring, sharing, giving, and receiving which brings about a condition of peace and concord — which is shalom or abundance of life.

This is «redemption», not as if it were merely a rescue from human failure but as an indication of and an empowering for the «wholeness of life» (shalom, as the Hebrew has it) which God purposes for men and women both in their personal existence and in their social belonging.

As W. Sibley Towner of Union Theological Seminary in Virginia has stated, «Far from being an extraordinary ideal, shalom is the norm which is to be contrasted to the extraordinary out - of - orderness of warfare, disease, and the like» («Tribulations and Peace: The Fate of Shalom in Jewish Apocalyptic,» Horizons in Biblical Theologyshalom is the norm which is to be contrasted to the extraordinary out - of - orderness of warfare, disease, and the like» («Tribulations and Peace: The Fate of Shalom in Jewish Apocalyptic,» Horizons in Biblical TheologyShalom in Jewish Apocalyptic,» Horizons in Biblical Theology, vol.

Biblical scholar Paul Hanson writes, «Perhaps the best way to begin to understand shalom is to recognize that it describes the realm where chaos is not allowed to enter, and where life can be fostered free from the fear of all which diminishes and destroys» («War and Peace in the Hebrew Bible,» Interpretation, vol.

But as expressions of the shalom for which we were created and to which we are to witness, these visions are what people of faith live out even when the world refuses such visions.

«If one were to choose a single word to describe the reality for which God created the world, and in which he seeks to sustain the community of those who respond to his initiating grace..., that word would be «shalom.»»

To which he replies «Shalom» (1 Kings 2:13).

They place a high value on shalom and rush to the defense of the Torah principles on which it rests.

Here «the return of the LORD to Zion,» which the context makes clear is the return of the exiles from Babylon, is simply called shalom.

To which Samuel replies, «Peaceably,» literally, «Shalom» (1 Sam.

Shalom «describes the realm where chaos is not allowed to enter, and where life can be fostered free from fear of all which diminishes and destroys.

This is a point which Gerhard von Rad makes with great emphasis in his article «Shalom in the Old Testament,» Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, ed.

Jesus felt that the principles of Torah on which shalom rests were summed up in Leviticus 19:18: «You shall love your neighbor as yourself.»

In an important passage, Jeremiah urges the exiles in Babylon to seek the «welfare» (shalom) of the city to which they have been exiled, «for in its welfare you will find your welfare» (Jer.

Yahweh will make with them a covenant of shalom, which will include the banishment of wild animals, abundant showers, splendid vegetation.

When we recall what was promised in the Genesis stories — the holding back of chaos, land, posterity — the possibility emerges that shalom, which embraces all that and more, may be the quintessential promise, the epitome of all Yahweh's promises.

And the second is drawn from the heart of those provisions which concern the maintenance and management of shalom (Lev.

In the sermon at Nazareth which Luke sets forth as the grand opening of Jesus» ministry, he reminded his hearers of how the prophets of old extended shalom to Phoenicians and Syrians, and was nearly killed for what he said (Luke 4:16 - 30; cf. 1 Kings 17:8 - 24; 2 Kings 5).

The prophets, we remember, defended the Torah principles on which shalom rests, against rulers who sought to take advantage of the poor.

In this he stands squarely in the prophetic line; we remember their constant predictions of wars in which Yahweh would fight against Israel, or against the nations, as a punishment for their breaches of shalom.

It would be characterized by many of the marks of shalom with which we are familiar:

It is a concern epitomized by the Hebrew word shalom, which means wholeness and harmonious relationship in creation and in community.

To have integrity we must incarnate the shalom to which we call the larger society.

When the Hebrew says that God wills Shalom, he visualises a life which encompasses prosperity of the earth and people and their happiness, even at times victors over enemies.

The prophets were not against prosperity but they were concerned about the irresponsible ways in which riches were being misused, and that is the denial of Shalom.

Gush Emunim interprets shalom to mean either the acquiescence of the Palestinians to perpetual Jewish rule or some postapocalyptic tranquillity which the Messiah will bestow but which imposes no peacemaking obligations today.

Go into quiet contemplation of the word shalom that we translate as peace... and contemplate its full meaning, which is perfection, wholeness and completion... nothing missing, nothing broken.»

The content of this communication of the vision is the Messanic Reign in which Life and Shalom will prevail over against the power and violence of death.

You see, evil is defined by the absence of good, and so God by being the author of complete goodness or Shalom, makes possible the existence of things which are not good, or are evil.

And when sin entered the world and humanity to wreak havoc and chaos, God intervened again — with the redemptive mission of restoring Shalom — all that which God intended for us.

«In beautiful climax it leads in three members from the petition for material blessing and protection to that of the favour of Yahweh as spiritual blessing, and finally to the petition for the bestowal of the Shalom, the peace of welfare in which all the material and spiritual well - being is comprehended.

For those who might ask, I'm wearing my everyday favorites - the Shalom, a simple cowl, and a ten year old pair of felted mittens for which I don't know the pattern.

In New Shalom Sesame # 2: Chanukah - The Missing Menorah, which was just released in...

The incident, which happened at about 11:00 am on Wednesday at Adentan near the Shalom estate junction on the Adentan - Abokobi road, has left the community in a state of shock.

Chaim Motzen, Gigawatt Global's co-founder who led the development of the Agahozo - Shalom solar plant, said in an interview that OPIC's $ 400,000 grant came at «a critical time» for the project, which was conceived in 2012 but met hurdles as it neared closing on its financing agreements.

The $ 23.7 million solar project — built on a 50 - acre site leased from the Agahozo - Shalom Youth Village, established to care for children who lost parents to Rwanda's 1990s genocide — was developed by the Dutch - American firm Gigawatt Global with support from the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corp. (OPIC), a Power Africa partner; Scatec Solar ASA of Norway, which engineered and built the solar plant; and government investment arms and development finance institutions from the Netherlands, Norway, Finland, Austria and the United Kingdom.

My friend, Nina of Shalom Mama compiled a list of which essential oils should and shouldn't be used during pregnancy that I always refer to.

Traditionally, Shalom was only able to timetable this structure, by designating a year 10 period as a combined PE+RE period — which effectively constituted the «sixth» period in the block.