BA14
We are to know God through Yeshua.
Category: God & Yeshua
Type: Positive
Form: Explicit
Source dataset: New Testament
Uniqueness: Not unique
Classical commandment: No
New Covenant Literal Application
Applies to Person Categories: Everyone
Literal Application: mandated
More explanation about New Covenant Literal Application
The New Covenant Literal Application Code (NCLA) is an interpretive guide used by the authors to indicate which person categories a mitzvah applies to, and at what level of literal compliance.
It combines person categories such as Jewish, K'rov Yisrael, and Gentile, together with male/female distinctions and an application level such as mandated, recommended, optional, or prohibited.
This code reflects the authors' interpretive opinion and is provided for prayerful consideration. On this page, the technical code is summarized into plain language to help new readers understand it more easily.
Detailed codes: GFm - Gentile female, mandated | GMm - Gentile male, mandated | JFm - Jewish female, mandated | JMm - Jewish male, mandated | KFm - K'rovat Yisrael female, mandated | KMm - K'rov Yisrael male, mandated
Bible references
Key NT Scriptures
- John 8:19
- John 12:45
- John 14:7
- John 14:9
Supportive NT Scriptures
- Hebrews 8:11
- John 1:12
- John 8:54-55
- John 10:14-15
- John 14:6
- John 17:20
- 1 John 5:20
- Matthew 11:27
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8
Supportive OT Scriptures
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Isaiah 43:10
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Jeremiah 31:32
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Commentary
Rabbi Michael Rudolph
There are two aspects to knowing God. The first is knowing about God – his attributes – what He is like. We can know him in that way through both Scripture and Yeshua because Yeshua and God the father are united, and Scripture tells us that “in him bodily, lives the fullness of all that God is.” ( Colossians 2:9) . The second aspect of knowing God is being in personal relationship with him – dialoguing with him – knowing him as a person. We can only know God that way through Yeshua, because God is a spirit being and Yeshua has been given the responsibility of connecting us to him through the Holy Spirit: “Yeshua said, "I AM the Way- and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except through me. Because you have known me, you will also know my Father; from now on, you do know him- in fact, you have seen him." ( John 14:6-7) . Those who knew God in the Old Testament knew him through Yeshua as well, though they were probably not aware of it and did not have the clarity of New Testament revelation.
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