Loyal LoveLoyal Love

The attributes of God

“I shall make mention of the

lovingkindness of the Lord…”

Isaiah 63:7a

“I shall make mention of the

lovingkindness of the Lord…”

Isaiah 63:7a

חםדחםד

Hesed Hesed

LovingkindnessLovingkindness

LovingkindnessLovingkindness

Enduring loving loyalty to a covenantal relationship

Loyal love; Devoted love

“Unchanging Love” in a covenant/deal/relationship

Enduring loving loyalty to a covenantal relationship

Loyal love; Devoted love

“Unchanging Love” in a covenant/deal/relationship

LovingkindnessLovingkindness

The glue that bonds a relationship together

The glue that bonds a relationship together

HesedHesed Covenants in the Bible

AbrahamicMosaic

PalestinianDavidic

NewFinancial

FriendshipMarriage

Covenants in the Bible

AbrahamicMosaic

PalestinianDavidic

NewFinancial

FriendshipMarriage

Deuteronomy 7:9Deuteronomy 7:9

“Know therefore that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His lovingkindness to a thousandth generation…”

“Know therefore that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His lovingkindness to a thousandth generation…”

Case Study in HesedCase Study in Hesed

Who’s Who in Samuel?

Saul – king of Israel

Jonathan – Saul’s oldest son & apparent heir to throne

Mephibosheth – Jonathan’s son; crippled from age 5

David – anointed king; friend of Jonathan

Who’s Who in Samuel?

Saul – king of Israel

Jonathan – Saul’s oldest son & apparent heir to throne

Mephibosheth – Jonathan’s son; crippled from age 5

David – anointed king; friend of Jonathan

1 Sam. 20:14-151 Sam. 20:14-15

And if I am still alive, will you not show me the lovingkindness of the LORD, that I may not die? And you shall not cut off your lovingkindness from my house forever, not even when the LORD cuts off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth. So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David…

And if I am still alive, will you not show me the lovingkindness of the LORD, that I may not die? And you shall not cut off your lovingkindness from my house forever, not even when the LORD cuts off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth. So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David…

2 Samuel 9:1-132 Samuel 9:1-13

Then David said, “Is there yet anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?” … Mephibosheth…here is your servant! And David said to him, “Do not fear, for I will surely show kindness to you for the sake of your father Jonathan…you shall eat at my table regularly.”

Then David said, “Is there yet anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?” … Mephibosheth…here is your servant! And David said to him, “Do not fear, for I will surely show kindness to you for the sake of your father Jonathan…you shall eat at my table regularly.”

2 Samuel 19:24-302 Samuel 19:24-30

Mephibosheth, at great personal risk, remains loyal to David during Absalom’s rebellion.Mephibosheth loyally accepts David’s (seemingly) unfair distribution of Mephibosheth’s land.

Mephibosheth, at great personal risk, remains loyal to David during Absalom’s rebellion.Mephibosheth loyally accepts David’s (seemingly) unfair distribution of Mephibosheth’s land.

2 Samuel 21:1-92 Samuel 21:1-9

Now there was a famine in the days of David for 3 years…And the LORD said, “It is for Saul and his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death”…

Now there was a famine in the days of David for 3 years…And the LORD said, “It is for Saul and his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death”…

Joshua 9Joshua 9Joshua – “kill all in the land”Gibeonites act craftilyGibeonites act like foreigners & asked for a peace covenantJoshua did not seek the LordJoshua swears YHWH’s name (hesed) & makes a covenant w/themGibeonites become servants to the Jews even until Saul’s reign 400 years later

Joshua – “kill all in the land”Gibeonites act craftilyGibeonites act like foreigners & asked for a peace covenantJoshua did not seek the LordJoshua swears YHWH’s name (hesed) & makes a covenant w/themGibeonites become servants to the Jews even until Saul’s reign 400 years later

2 Samuel 21:1-92 Samuel 21:1-9

Now there was a famine in the days of David for 3 years…And the LORD said, “It is for Saul and his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death”… But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the oath of the LORD which was between them, between David and Jonathan.

Now there was a famine in the days of David for 3 years…And the LORD said, “It is for Saul and his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death”… But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the oath of the LORD which was between them, between David and Jonathan.

Good & Bad HesedGood & Bad Hesed

Hosea 6:4-5Hosea 6:4-5

What shall I do with you, O Ephraim … O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning cloud, and like the dew which goes away early. Therefore I have hewn them in pieces by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth; And the judgments on you are like the light that goes forth.

Bad HesedBad Hesed

What shall I do with you, O Ephraim … O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning cloud, and like the dew which goes away early. Therefore I have hewn them in pieces by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth; And the judgments on you are like the light that goes forth.

Bad HesedBad Hesed

LamentationsLamentations

Background: Jeremiah writes of the 3rd (final) attack of Jerusalem by Babylonia in 586 B.C.He witnesses utter despair: starvation, death, cannibalismHis witness the destruction and overthrow of his nation

Background: Jeremiah writes of the 3rd (final) attack of Jerusalem by Babylonia in 586 B.C.He witnesses utter despair: starvation, death, cannibalismHis witness the destruction and overthrow of his nation

Lamentations 3:20-24Lamentations 3:20-24

This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope. The LORD's loving-kindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Thy faithfulness. The LORD is my portion, says my soul, Therefore I have hope in Him.

Good HesedGood Hesed

This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope. The LORD's loving-kindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Thy faithfulness. The LORD is my portion, says my soul, Therefore I have hope in Him.

Good HesedGood Hesed

Main Teaching Point of the Book of Lamentations

Main Teaching Point of the Book of Lamentations

“For the Lord will not reject forever, for if He causes grief, then He will have compassion according to His abundant lovingkindness. For He does not afflict willingly, or grieve the sons of men.” (3:31-33)

The Heart of Lamentation’s ChiasmGod’s Hesed = Source of Strength

“For the Lord will not reject forever, for if He causes grief, then He will have compassion according to His abundant lovingkindness. For He does not afflict willingly, or grieve the sons of men.” (3:31-33)

The Heart of Lamentation’s ChiasmGod’s Hesed = Source of Strength

Does it really matter?Does it really matter?

It is a trustworthy statement: For if we died with Him, we shall also live with Him; If we endure, we shall also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He also will deny us; If we are faithless, He remains faithful; for He cannot deny Himself.

2 Timothy 2:11-13

It is a trustworthy statement: For if we died with Him, we shall also live with Him; If we endure, we shall also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He also will deny us; If we are faithless, He remains faithful; for He cannot deny Himself.

2 Timothy 2:11-13

Hesed ImplicationsHesed Implications Theologically Personally–Family

–Friends

–Work

–Church

Theologically Personally–Family

–Friends

–Work

–ChurchHope in the LORD; For with the LORD there is lovingkindness, and with Him is abundant redemption. (Psalm 130:7)

Hope in the LORD; For with the LORD there is lovingkindness, and with Him is abundant redemption. (Psalm 130:7)

Surely goodness & lovingkindness

will follow me all the days of my

life, and I will dwell in the house of

the LORD forever.

Surely goodness & lovingkindness

will follow me all the days of my

life, and I will dwell in the house of

the LORD forever.

Psalm 23:6Psalm 23:6