Introduction to Holliness

Holliness

What is Holy?

What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think about the word Holy?

Whats the world perception about it?

Secular?

Orthodox Jews?

Messianic Jews?

Holy = set apart, separated from.

In the context of the Bible, Holiness refers primarily to the character and the attributes of God!

He is Holy, separated, transcends above all and pure.

----- Fact: 830 times the word Holy mentions in all its forms.

Nearly 350 times in the Pentateuch. ----

------Let us begin with the journey of discovering this mysterious term """Holy"""

Adam and Eve were created in a perfect world where they experienced Gods presence all the time.

Since the fall, we were seperated from God because He is holy, but in His great mercy, He provided a way for us to come back to His presence.

The first word Holy קדוש is seen in Gen. 2:3, where God separates Shabbat from the rest of the days.

God is higher than anything

-- 1 Sam. 2:2 - There's is non like our God --

Distinct from any being :

Ex. 15:11 , Ps. 86:8-10, 99:2-3

------ How pagans view the idea of holiness in OT times ----

Понятие являлось как формат

Above - Below mentality

Awe, dread, unapproachability, vitality, and mystery are the most common atttributes indicated in texts that reveal how the ancients perceived the holy. The aspect of separation between the sacred and the profane can be seen in each of these

Human worth was exhausted in the sole purpose of serving the basic need of the gods, in order to escape impending judgment. That dread of the holy was dealt with by a complex system of cultic appeasement that was, in essence, the attempt to manipulate the "gods, " which were personified spiritual and natural forces. Response to the "holy" resulted in the complex system of polytheistic pantheons of ancient cultures. They were similar in one regard: what was holy could never be trusted, only feared.

---- Both gods and humans had to be viewed with mistrust. ---

The powers, drives, and desires that ruled below were projected onto the above and labeled holy. The ethical implications resulting from this worldview were based solely on power and the attempt to coerce the holy ones to agree with one's agenda. Sacrifices were offered in hopes that a malevolent force could be outwitted by the satisfied power to whom the offerings were made. Consequently, those without status in those cultures suffered immeasurably. The weak, the young, women, the old, and outsiders were at the mercy of those able to enforce their will.

The idea of holy God, which you can speak to, and trust, was a ludicrous idea at that time.

- Whenever the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they all stood and worshiped, each at the entrance to their tent.

11 The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent. -

То что разделяло Бога Израиля это именно то самое понятие Его божественное качество, которое радикально отличалось от понятей того времени.

ויק' 11:44: "כִּ֣י אֲנִ֣י יְהוָה֮ אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֒ וְהִתְקַדִּשְׁתֶּם֙ וִהְיִיתֶ֣ם קְדֹשִׁ֔ים כִּ֥י קָד֖וֹשׁ אָ֑נִי וְלֹ֤א תְטַמְּאוּ֙ אֶת־נַפְשֹׁ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם בְּכָל־הַשֶּׁ֖רֶץ הָרֹמֵ֥שׂ עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃"

"Я свят" являлось тем основаниам которое отделяло народ Израилский от всех остальных.

והייתם קדושים - כי קדוש אני.

Consecration is the ongoing work of the Holy spirit to conform us to the image of Christ, through our obedience to Him.

Leviticus: 11:44-45

1 Corinthians 6:11

Separation Ex. 13:2 , Lv. 8:10… Dt, 15:19

Exodus 15:11

Genesis 38:15 - קדשה