"Who Art in Heaven"
After Our Father comes “Who Art.” In common terms this means “is” or “exists.” Our Father is real, He exists not in myth or legend, but in truth. He is here and we acknowledge His being. We can go to Him and know He will be there; we can speak and know He listens; we can listen and know he will answer us because He is real. He calls himself “I am” so we can be assured without question, “He is.”
“In Heaven.” With this simple phrase Yeshua begins to instruct us about who our Father actually is. Being In his presence is being in heaven. Heaven is not a location as we often imagine, it is a relationship. All we could ever want or need is perfectly fulfilled by His presence and only by His presence. Nothing else is needed, nothing else matters; when we are with Him we have everything. No hunger, no pain, no loss, no fear, no need, no doubt; nothing but the pure experience of His presence. When we are in His presence, creation is fulfilled and we are complete.
"Hallowed be Thy Name"
“Hallowed” is often translated as sacred and revered, yet it is more. Hallowed is perfect in goodness and righteousness. It is one venerated above all others, holy and deserving of our total praise and honor; one whom we can only worship in ever increasing exaltation, never being able to give the full measure of glory so richly deserved.
“Thy name” in our age refers to a person’s identity. Bob instead of Larry; or Alice not Sue. In earlier times, it meant much more. A name spoke of a person’s character. A name included all of the attributes possessed by that person, their truthfulness, honesty, compassion, trustworthiness. A name is the summation of a person’s very being. So, it is here too.
The hallowed name of God is worthy of everything we can possibly give, and then even more.
After Our Father comes “Who Art.” In common terms this means “is” or “exists.” Our Father is real, He exists not in myth or legend, but in truth. He is here and we acknowledge His being. We can go to Him and know He will be there; we can speak and know He listens; we can listen and know he will answer us because He is real. He calls himself “I am” so we can be assured without question, “He is.”
“In Heaven.” With this simple phrase Yeshua begins to instruct us about who our Father actually is. Being In his presence is being in heaven. Heaven is not a location as we often imagine, it is a relationship. All we could ever want or need is perfectly fulfilled by His presence and only by His presence. Nothing else is needed, nothing else matters; when we are with Him we have everything. No hunger, no pain, no loss, no fear, no need, no doubt; nothing but the pure experience of His presence. When we are in His presence, creation is fulfilled and we are complete.
"Hallowed be Thy Name"
“Hallowed” is often translated as sacred and revered, yet it is more. Hallowed is perfect in goodness and righteousness. It is one venerated above all others, holy and deserving of our total praise and honor; one whom we can only worship in ever increasing exaltation, never being able to give the full measure of glory so richly deserved.
“Thy name” in our age refers to a person’s identity. Bob instead of Larry; or Alice not Sue. In earlier times, it meant much more. A name spoke of a person’s character. A name included all of the attributes possessed by that person, their truthfulness, honesty, compassion, trustworthiness. A name is the summation of a person’s very being. So, it is here too.
The hallowed name of God is worthy of everything we can possibly give, and then even more.
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