Comments on: The Old Testament and Material Possessions http://me.jasonkuo.com/thots/2010/06/14/the-old-testament-and-material-possessions/ thots on sustainable spirituality in san francisco Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:23:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: zucchiniboy http://me.jasonkuo.com/thots/2010/06/14/the-old-testament-and-material-possessions/comment-page-1/#comment-502 zucchiniboy Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:40:26 +0000 http://me.jasonkuo.com/thots/?p=316#comment-502 Danny - interesting question. I think bless in the OT is used pretty widely (422 times on my simple search), and there are certainly many times where it refers to tangible blessings (the land, offspring), but it also refers to God's presence or more intangible things. Gordon Wenham writes on the Aaronic blessing passage, "Though blessing is a broad term, it has a quite specific content in the Old Testament. God blesses people by giving them children, property, land, good health, and his presence (Gen. 17:16; 22:17f.; Lev. 26:3 Danny – interesting question. I think bless in the OT is used pretty widely (422 times on my simple search), and there are certainly many times where it refers to tangible blessings (the land, offspring), but it also refers to God’s presence or more intangible things. Gordon Wenham writes on the Aaronic blessing passage, “Though blessing is a broad term, it has a quite specific content in the Old Testament. God blesses people by giving them children, property, land, good health, and his presence (Gen. 17:16; 22:17f.; Lev. 26:3

]]> By: DC http://me.jasonkuo.com/thots/2010/06/14/the-old-testament-and-material-possessions/comment-page-1/#comment-498 DC Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:08:31 +0000 http://me.jasonkuo.com/thots/?p=316#comment-498 Sam gave a somewhat provocative sermon a few weeks back that I'd love to get your feedback on, based on the Aaronic blessing. The main points were not controversial, but a he said a couple things I'm still chewing on. One, the word for "bless" as used in that verse (The Lord bless you and keep you") in the Bible usually refers to material blessings. Two, that David, when he volunteered to defeat Goliath, had a profit motive. He asked about the reward for defeating Goliath, and got it. This seems counter to your first #5. Honestly, I had trouble with both of those. You have a take? Sam gave a somewhat provocative sermon a few weeks back that I’d love to get your feedback on, based on the Aaronic blessing. The main points were not controversial, but a he said a couple things I’m still chewing on.

One, the word for “bless” as used in that verse (The Lord bless you and keep you”) in the Bible usually refers to material blessings.

Two, that David, when he volunteered to defeat Goliath, had a profit motive. He asked about the reward for defeating Goliath, and got it. This seems counter to your first #5.

Honestly, I had trouble with both of those. You have a take?

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