ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 Tusite 12 Sanuali 2021

I will bless those who bless you...

Te u ‘ofeina ‘a kinautolu te nau ‘ofeina koe 

Senesi 12 (Genesis 12)

(v. 3) I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you;

And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.

(v. 3) Pea te u ‘ofeina ‘a kinautolu te nau ‘ofeina koe, pea ko ia te ne tutuku‘i koe te u fakamala‘ia; pea ‘e monū‘ia ‘iate koe ‘a e fa‘ahinga kotoa pē ‘o e kelekele.

*Commentary: The Reformation Bible*

bless those. The extent of God's merciful and gracious intention is indicated in the Hebrew by a switch from the plural object of blessing to the singular object of cursing. The subsequent account of Abraham's life confirms that many will receive God's blessing through the unique seed of Abraham (22:18; Gal. 3:8; Rev. 7:9,10).

‘ofeina ‘a kinautolu. Ko e mafao atu ‘a e meesi mo e tuʻutuʻuni faimanaʻofa ‘a e ‘Otua´, ‘oku hā ia ‘i he liliu ‘o e tuʻunga faka-kalama ‘i he lea faka-Hepeluu´, mei he tuʻunga faka-palulali (“kinautolu”) ‘o e faʻahinga ‘oku huʻu ki ai ‘a e tapuaki´, ki he tuʻunga faka-singikulali (“koe”) ‘o e taumuʻa ‘o e malaʻia´. ‘I he hokohoko atu ‘o e fakamatala ki he hisitolia ‘o e ‘Epalahame´, ‘oku ne fakamoʻoni mai ki he tokolahi te nau monūʻia ‘i he hako laulōtaha ‘o ‘Epalahame (22:18; Kaletia 3:8; Fakaha 7:9,10).

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

GOD IS . . . (KO E ‘OTUA, ‘OKU . . )

Knowing God

In connection with this focus, the Puritan theologian Thomas

Goodwin makes an important point:

There is a glorious image of all God's attributes, which shines in the person of Christ ... and in the works which Christ hath done for us, and in the fruits and benefits that redound thereby to us: or in the works of Christ ... in us, now he is in heaven, leading us into communion with himself. And they all make a complete image, and that more perfect, of the riches of God's glory: and this the gospel treats of.

Fekauʻaki mo e fōkasi (fakamaʻunga) ko ‘eni´, ‘oku ‘omi ‘e he tangata teolosia Pulitani ko Tomasi Kutuuini ‘a e poini mahuʻinga ko ‘eni:

‘Oku tau maʻu ha ‘ata fakatalutalu ‘o e ngaahi ‘uluangaanga ‘o e ‘Otua´, ‘i hono huluʻi mai ‘e he pesona ‘o Kalaisi´...pea mo e ngaahi ngaue kuo fai ‘e Kalaisi maʻa kitautolu, pea mo e fua mo e ngaahi tapuaki ‘oku tafe hifo kiate kitautolu: pe, ‘i he ngaahi ngaue ‘a Kalaisi´...’iate kitautolu, pea ‘i he taimi lolotonga´, ‘oku ne tataki kitautolu ke tau feohi mo Ia. Pea ‘oku nau kau fakataha ke ‘omi ha ‘imisi ‘oku haohaoa ange ‘o e loloto mo lahi ‘o e langilangi ‘o e ‘Otua´: pea ko e lēkooti eni ‘a e koosipeli´.