I AM

I AM : M. M. Ninan
Gen 48:15 Then he blessed Joseph and said, "May the God before whom
my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd
all my life to this day,
So, in the Psalm of Asaph the Choirmaster, he addresses God as the
Great Shepherd who sits enthroned.
Psa 80:1-3 Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock;
you who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth before Ephraim,
Benjamin and Manasseh. Awaken your might; come and save us. Restore
us, O God; make your face shine upon us, that we may be saved.
When the shepherds go from place to place, the head of the
household, the Father Patriarch usually stays at one central place
where there is water all the time and tracks the journey of the
children, guide them, sent provisions and help as needed. This is
the picture we have in Jacob’s family. It was easy for the Jews to
visualize God as the Father Shepherd who sits enthroned among
the cherubim. This is reflected in the Hebrew author’s picture:
Heb. 13:20-21 May the God of peace, who through the blood of the
eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great
Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will,
and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to
whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen
God is the one who supplies all our needs while we who are
laboring in the field requires.
When Jesus ascribed himself as the Shepherd, he was claiming also
the root of David’s ancestry.
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