HEBREW WORD STUDY – DRAWING NEAR – KARAV קרב Deuteronomy 4:7: “For who is a great nation whose God is coming near to them as Jehovah your God is, in all our prayers to Him. James 4:8 “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.” There is a story in Jewish
James 4:8: “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.” “Before we search for God, God is searching for us.” Abraham Heschel I find this quote by Abraham Heschel posted all over the Abbey. Odd that a Catholic Monastery will put up a quotation from a Jewish theologian for a Protestant Hebrew
Deuteronomy 30:2-3: “And (you) shalt return unto the Lord thy God,” James 4:8: “Draw nigh to God and he will draw nigh to you.” There is one striking similarity between all these verses that talk of returning to God or drawing near to Him and that is that it is us who
Deuteronomy 30:2-3: “And shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and they children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; that then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and
