ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 Monite Fepueli 15, 2021

Do not be afraid…I myself will go down with you

‘oua te ke manavahē… te u ‘alu hifo mo koe ‘e au

Senesi 46 (Genesis 46)

(v. 3-4) 3 Then he said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you into a great nation. 4 I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you up again, and Joseph’s hand shall close your eyes.”

(v. 3-4) 3 Pea ne folofola mai, Ko ‘ELA au, ko e ‘Otua ‘o ho‘o tamai: ‘oua te ke manavahē ke ‘alu hifo ki ‘Isipite, he te u ngaohi koe ‘i ai ko e kakai lahi: 4 te u ‘alu hifo mo koe ‘e au ki ‘Isipite, pea te u mātu‘aki ‘ohake koe: pea ko Siosifa te ne pooki ho mata.

*Commentary: The ESV Study Bible*

I myself will go down to Egypt. God had made and kept similar promises when Jacob went to Paddan-aram (see 28:15).

I will also bring you up again (46:4) is both a promise of the exodus from Egypt like 15:13-16 and a reassurance that Jacob himself will be buried in the Promised Land. God reassures Jacob that his journey to Egypt will not undermine the divine promises that center on Canaan. Although Jacob will  die in Egypt (49:33), he will then be buried with his ancestors, Abraham and Isaac, in Canaan (49:29-50:13). While the patriarchs died before witnessing the fulfillment of God's redemptive purposes for the whole world, they believed that their eternal destiny was secure because of their relationship with God (see Heb. 11:12-16,39).

*Tohi Vete: Tohitapu Ako ‘a e ESV*

te u ‘alu hifo mo koe ‘e au ki ‘Isipite. Naʻe fai ‘e he ‘Otua´ ha palomesi tatau kia Sekope ‘i heʻene ‘alu ki Mesopotemia (28:15).

Pea te u mātu‘aki ‘ohake koe; ko e palomesi ‘o e ‘ekisoto mei ‘Isipite´ 15:13-16 pea mo e fakapapau ‘e tanu ia ‘i he Fonua ‘o e Talaʻofa´. Naʻe fakamanatu ‘e he ‘Otua´ kia Sekope, ko ‘ene ‘alu ki ‘Isipite´ ‘e ‘ikai uesia ai ‘a ‘ene palomesi fekauʻaki mo Kenani´. Pea neongo ‘e mālōlō ‘a Sekope ‘i ‘Isipite (49:33), ka ‘e tanu fakataha pe ia mo ‘Epalahame mo ‘Aisake (49:29-50:13). Pea neongo naʻe pekia ‘a e kau Peteliake´ kuo teʻeki ke nau mamata ki hono fakakakato ‘o e ngaahi talaʻofa ko eni ki mamani´, ka naʻa nau tui ‘e fakahoko kotoa koeʻuhi´ ko ‘enau tauhi ki honau ‘Otua´

(Heb. 11:12-16,39).

GOD IS . . . (KO E ‘OTUA, ‘OKU . . )

2        GOD IS SIMPLE

            Doctrine

The concept of divine simplicity is not easy to understand, but we must prioritize this vital truth taught by theologians throughout church history. God is free from all composition. He is not the sum of his parts. There is not one thing and another in God. Rather, whatever is in God, God is. He is absolute, which means that there are no distinctions within his being. As absolute, God alone is the sufficient reason for his eternal existence.

2        KO E ‘OTUA´, ‘OKU LAULOTAHA

            Tokāteline

Ko e fakakaukau ‘o e tuʻunga laulōtaha ‘o e ‘Otua´ ‘oku ‘ikai ko ha meʻa faingofua ke tau mahinoʻi, ka kuopau ke tau matuʻaki tokanga ki he moʻoni ko eni naʻe akoʻi ‘e he kau faiako teolosia ‘i he hisitolia ‘o e siasi. ‘Oku tauʻatāina ‘a e ‘Otua´ mei ha ngaahi kupu pe kongokonga. ‘Oku ‘ikai ko e ola ia ‘o ha ngaahi fika ‘oku tātānaki ke maʻu ai ha foʻi moʻoni. ‘Oku ‘ikai ke ‘i ai ha meʻa kehe, pea kehe ‘a e ‘Otua´. Ka, ko e hā pe meʻa ‘oku tau lau ko e ‘Otua´, ko e ‘Otua´ pe ia. ‘Oku taʻeliua, ‘o ‘uhinga ‘oku ‘ikai ha faikehekehe ‘i hono tuʻunga ‘iate Ia pe. Pea ‘i hono tuʻunga pau taʻeliua, ko e ‘Otua´ tokotaha pe, ‘oku ‘iate Ia ‘a e ‘uhinga mo e makatuʻunga ‘o ‘Ene moʻui ‘iate Ia pe.