If not now, how about in Old Testament times?
2006-11-16 02:55:09 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The bible book of Psalms is really a grouping of musical praises, or prayers, to the Almighty. At least twice these written prayers refer to God as "a father".
(Psalm 68:4-5) Jah, which is his name; and jubilate before him; 5 A father of fatherless boys and a judge of widows Is God in his holy dwelling.
(Psalm 103:13) As a father shows mercy to his sons, Jehovah has shown mercy to those fearing him.
Interestingly, both Psalm 2:7 and Psalm 89:26 do *NOT* represent a prayer from the human King David to his Almighty "Father". Instead, both Scriptures prophesy the words of Christ Jesus. Psalm 89:20 uses the appellative "David" as a prophetic reference to Jesus Christ's sitting on the throne as God's Messianic King in restoration of the Davidic kingship.
(Psalm 2:7) Let me refer to the decree of Jehovah; He has said to me: “You are my son; I, today, I have become your father.
(Psalm 89:20-27) David my servant; With my holy oil I have anointed him... 26 He himself calls out to me, ‘You are my Father, My God and the Rock of my salvation.’ 27 Also, I myself shall place him as firstborn, The most high of the kings of the earth.
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2006-11-16 08:24:05 · answer #1 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He is refferred to as God and in some Jewish religious songs as Father like "Aveena Malkaneu" {Or father, our Kling He was called Jehovah or just God in the Old Testaments time and Yewah.
2006-11-16 03:00:49 · answer #2 · answered by devora k 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, Jehovah is called our Father.See Isa 63:16, 1 Chron 29:10
2006-11-16 08:18:44 · answer #3 · answered by trustdell1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christianity is the only religion in which u build a personal relation ship with God, and you become a son of the father..
2006-11-16 03:01:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
In various prayers, especially prayers of penitence, G-d is often referred to as 'Avinu Malkaynu", "Our Father, Our King".
But this should not be confused with the christian term 'Father' as referring to the father of jesus. In Jewish prayer, we as G-d to act towards us as a father acts towards a son, with love and mercy...not as the unreachable acme of a trinity.
2006-11-16 03:05:22 · answer #5 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God is sometimes reffered by Jews as "avinu shebashamayim" [our father in the sky (i.e- heaven)], and the Ashkenazi Jews often use the term "avinu malkenu" (our father, our king).
2006-11-18 05:32:51 · answer #6 · answered by yotg 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Judaism and the Old Testament distorted falsified .
2006-11-16 03:01:38 · answer #7 · answered by rony f 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
We sometimes describe our relationship to Him as our Father.
2006-11-17 04:52:46 · answer #8 · answered by ysk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that they use His Hebrew name Adoni (I am not sure of the spelling).
2006-11-16 03:00:06 · answer #9 · answered by tim 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I call Him "Father, Jesus, Abba, Lord....they're all scriptural.
2006-11-16 03:08:40 · answer #10 · answered by lookn2cjc 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋