{"id":3586,"date":"2021-03-19T01:03:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T06:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/?p=3586"},"modified":"2021-03-20T04:14:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-20T09:14:41","slug":"heaven-in-his-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/heaven-in-his-eyes\/","title":{"rendered":"Heaven in His Eyes&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2399 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/chag0q3i94r.jpg?resize=145%2C146&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"146\" \/>The Spirit cries out, &#8220;The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever&#8221; (Isa. 40:8). This verse sets up a great contrast between <em>olam ha-zeh and olam haba<\/em> \u2013 between this present world and the heavenly realm. King David states, &#8220;Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you (\u05d5\u05b0\u05d7\u05b6\u05dc\u05b0\u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05db\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05df \u05e0\u05b6\u05d2\u05b0\u05d3\u05bc\u05b6\u05da\u05b8). Surely all mankind stands as a mere vanity&#8221; (Psalm 39:5). Yet we hunger and ache for love that fulfills the infinite depth of our hearts: &#8220;My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks you (Isa. 26:9). I say to the LORD, &#8220;You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you&#8221; (Psalm 16:2). Our hearts are restless until they find their rest in God, the Eternal, the abiding, and true&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>For me, heaven doesn&#8217;t mean walking streets of gold, living in heavenly mansions, or wearing crowns of glory. These things are pictures to help us envision something deeper still. After all, what would &#8220;heaven&#8221; be if you were on the outside looking in? If it is anything at all, heaven is a sense of home, of acceptance, a place where you are &#8220;inside out&#8221; and yet completely loved. In short, heaven is nothing less being loved and accepted by the Lord, and hearing him say, &#8220;I love you; you belong to me; I call you my friend&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hebrew Lesson<\/strong><br \/>\nIsaiah 43:1b Hebrew reading:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3588\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/isa43-1b-analysis.gif?resize=519%2C550&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"519\" height=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3586-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/isa43-1b-jjp.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/isa43-1b-jjp.mp3\">https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/isa43-1b-jjp.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/Blessings\/Blessing_Cards\/isa43-1b-lesson.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isaiah 43:1b Hebrew Lesson print (pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Spirit cries out, &#8220;The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever&#8221; (Isa. 40:8). This verse sets up a great contrast between olam ha-zeh and olam haba \u2013 between this present world and the heavenly realm. King David states, &#8220;Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-dvar","category-hebrew-reading-practice"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3586"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3597,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3586\/revisions\/3597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}