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OUR FATHER, HELL AND HEAVEN : M. M. NINAN
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Strong's Concordance 6942. qadash
qadash: to be set apart or consecrated
קָדַשׁ Word: Original
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: qadash
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-dash')
Short Definition: consecrate
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin denominative verb from qodesh
Definition to be set apart or consecrated
NASB Translation
become consecrated (2), become defiled (1), become holy (1), consecrate (43), consecrated (35),
consecrates (7), consecration (2), declare holy (1), dedicate (2), dedicated (8), dedicating (1), holier (1), holy
(5), keep (1), keep it holy (2), keep the holy (3), made it holy (1), manifest my holiness (2), prepare (2), prove
myself holy (2), proved himself holy (1), purified (1), regard as holy (1), sanctified (9), sanctifies (10), sanctify
(12), set them apart (1), set apart (4), set apart the consecrated (2), show himself holy (1), transmit holiness
(2), treat me as holy (3), treated as holy (1), vindicate the holiness (1), wholly dedicate (1).
Qadash is being clean. God defines what is right and what is wrong, what is moral and what is
not moral. In order to be clean God will have to move away from uncleanness or wash away
the uncleanness. If a sinner comes into the presence of God what will be his reaction? What
can God do. Is there a place where God is not present, where God can place the sinner?
Since this cannot be, the only solution for God is to wash away the dirt
1 Peter 1:14 - 19 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance,
but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; because it is written, "YOU SHALL
BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY.". If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one's work,
conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth knowing that you were not redeemed with
perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood,
as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.
God is Spirit
“God is spirit,” He declared, “and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth” (John 4:24
This declaration is with regard to how to worship. Our contact point as man to YHVH is
through the spirit which is part of God Himself within every man. God is a Spirit does not define
God nor his character, it defines his dimension of existence. The only definition of God in relation to
His character is what we had in the Exodus passage.
God is Love
In the NT we have the best definition; "God is Love"This is actually the only definition of God in terms
of who God is and His Character in relation to Man and within the Trinity.
This is why the ultimate expression of God's love to man is found in the cross. The whole Christian
Faith hangs on this understanding. All actions of God are to be understood in terms of His love.
Love comes first and all others emerge out of this character, even judgment, punishment and death.
OH even the hell.
"God proved his love on the cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died it was God saying to the
world—I love you." Billy Graham
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