Those of you who know me through my posts know that I am excited about how much the OT can teach us NT Christians. Some of you are quite turned off with the entire idea. But have patience with one more example.
There is a prayer the Jews still use that seems to be so old no one knows how old it is. Someone said that when Christ gave us the Lord’s Prayer, it was this prayer condensed, I checked it out. The sameness and the differences are most interesting. It is called the Amidah, it is not scripture,yet Christ must have known of it for the Lord’s Prayer is so similar although the Amidah is too long to copy on this post.
The first paragraphs of the Amidah talks of the holinessof God as does our prayer. Christ next said “Your Kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven”. At this point they differ, the Amidah asks for knowledge and understanding next.
When we study God’s Kingdom, we find that God wanted Israel to be that Kingdom, then that Christ was to be the beginning of this Kingdom of God that is different and new. Also, we know that the Holy Spirit would be given us for knowledge and understanding.
Next in both prayers is asking for forgiveness. The Amidah adds prayer for healing.
Next for both is asking for blessings, in the Lord’sPrayer it asks for daily bread, The Amidah goes into greater detail. It says “Satisfy us from your bounty and bless our year like other good years, for blessing; for You are a generous God who bestows goodness and blesses the years.”
The Amidah does not ask to deliver us from temptation, as ours does. The rest of the Amidah is for Israel, and praising God.
There is a passage I find interesting. “Blessed are You Lord who rebuilds Jerusalem,Speedily cause the scion of David Your servant to flourish, and increase His power by Your salvation, for we hope for Your salvation all day. Blessed are our Lord, who causes the power of salvation to flourish.”
There is a prayer the Jews still use that seems to be so old no one knows how old it is. Someone said that when Christ gave us the Lord’s Prayer, it was this prayer condensed, I checked it out. The sameness and the differences are most interesting. It is called the Amidah, it is not scripture,yet Christ must have known of it for the Lord’s Prayer is so similar although the Amidah is too long to copy on this post.
The first paragraphs of the Amidah talks of the holinessof God as does our prayer. Christ next said “Your Kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven”. At this point they differ, the Amidah asks for knowledge and understanding next.
When we study God’s Kingdom, we find that God wanted Israel to be that Kingdom, then that Christ was to be the beginning of this Kingdom of God that is different and new. Also, we know that the Holy Spirit would be given us for knowledge and understanding.
Next in both prayers is asking for forgiveness. The Amidah adds prayer for healing.
Next for both is asking for blessings, in the Lord’sPrayer it asks for daily bread, The Amidah goes into greater detail. It says “Satisfy us from your bounty and bless our year like other good years, for blessing; for You are a generous God who bestows goodness and blesses the years.”
The Amidah does not ask to deliver us from temptation, as ours does. The rest of the Amidah is for Israel, and praising God.
There is a passage I find interesting. “Blessed are You Lord who rebuilds Jerusalem,Speedily cause the scion of David Your servant to flourish, and increase His power by Your salvation, for we hope for Your salvation all day. Blessed are our Lord, who causes the power of salvation to flourish.”
