ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tokonaki 2 Sanuali 2021

the breath of life . . .

mānava mo‘ui . . .

Senesi 2 (Genesis 2)

(v. 7) And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

(v. 7) Pea na‘e ngaohi ‘e Sihova ‘Elohimi ‘a e tangata mei he efu ‘o e kelekele, ‘o ne hō ki hono ava‘i ihu ‘a e mānava mo‘ui; pea na‘e hoko ‘a e tangata ko e kakano mo‘ui.

*Commentary: The Reformation Bible*

man of the dust of the ground – the wordplay in Hebrew, “man” (Hb adam) and “ground” (Hb adamah) shows man’s close connection with the ground (2:5, 15, 3:19) and underlies Paul’s teaching that the first Adam was fashioned in a natural body for an earthly existance. The heavenly Son of Man (Dan 7:13) shared in this earthly state in order to secure for fallen people a spiritual body of imperishable glory in the resurrection of the redeemed (1 Cor 15:42-49).

breathed. This figure represents the Spirits creative activity (Ps 104:30; Ezek 37:1-10, 14).

tangata mei he efu ‘o e kelekele. – ko e filioʻi lea ‘i he lea faka-Hepelū, he ‘oku fuʻu vāofi ‘aupito ‘a e ongo ‘o e ongo foʻi lea´, (tangata mo e kelekele´) ‘i he hiki faka-Hepeluu´ pea fakahā mahino ai ‘a e fetuʻutaki ‘a e tangata´ mo e kelekele´. ‘Oku ‘omi ‘e Paula ‘a e fakakaukau ko eni´ ‘i heʻne pehē, ko e ‘Atama ‘uluaki´naʻe ngaohi ‘i ha sino fakanatula ke tuha mo e moʻui ‘i mamani´. Ka naʻe hoko mai mei langi ‘a e Fanautama ‘a Tangata´ (Taniela 7:13) ke ne ‘inasi ‘i he tuʻunga ‘o e sino fakanatula´ ke ne ikuna ai maʻae faʻahinga ‘o e tangata naʻe tō ‘i he angahala´, ha sino taʻefaʻaʻauha langilangiʻia ‘i he toetuʻu ‘a e kau huhuʻi´ (1 Kolinito 15:42-49). 

 mānava mo‘ui. ‘Oku hā heni ‘a e ngaue ‘a e Laumālie´ ‘i he fakatupu´ (Saame 104:30; ‘Isikeli 37:1-10, 14)

* study on the Attributes of God/ ako ki he ngaahi natula ‘o e ‘Otua *

GOD IS . . . (KO E ‘OTUA, ‘OKU . . )

Knowing God

What can we say about God? What must we say about God? These two questions are related but not identical. Even the Scriptures, the very words of God about himself, do not exhaust what can be said about him. Indeed, as finite (limited) creatures, we shall never be able to say everything about our infinite (unlimited) God even in our perfect eternal state in heaven. We study God not as he is in himself but as he is revealed in his Word.

Ko e hā ha lea te tau ala fai ki he ‘Otua´? Ko e hā ha lea pe fakamatala kuopau ke tau fai fekauʻaki mo e ‘Otua´? Ko e ongo fehuʻi ko eni´ ‘oku na felāveʻi ka ‘oku ‘ikai te na tatau. Naʻa mo e Folofola´, ‘a e ngaahi lea ‘a e ‘Otua´ fekauʻaki Iaa´, ‘oku ‘ikai pe ke fakaʻauliliki ‘a e ngaahi fakamatala fekauʻaki mo ‘ene ‘afio´. Pea ‘i heʻene pehee´, ‘i hotau tuʻunga ko e meʻa fakatupu (‘oku fakangatangata) ‘e ‘ikai ‘aupito pe te tau malava ke fai ha fakamatala fekauʻaki mo hotau ‘Otua (taʻe fakangatangata) ‘o aʻu ki hotau tuʻunga haohaoa ‘i hevani´. ‘Oku tau fai ‘etau ako ki he ‘Otua´, ‘o ‘ikai ‘i hono tuʻunga ‘oʻona ‘iate Iaa´, ka ‘i he tuʻunga ‘oku fakaeʻa kiate kitautolu ‘i heʻene Folofola´.