From: 	 heb_roots_chr@mail.geocities.com
Sent: 	 Tuesday, August 19, 1997 9:47 PM
To: 	 Hebraic Heritage Newsgroup
Subject: Grace and Mercy


From:          James Olin Oden 
To:            "'heb_roots_chr@geocities.com'" <heb_roots_chr@geocities.com>
Subject:       FW: Are Christians "Under the Law" ???

> There are two primary words that communicate Grace.  They are the
> Strong's word (2580) which is the Hebrew word, "Chayn".  The other
> Hebrew word is the Strong's word (2617) which is the Hebrew word,
> "Chasayd".  "Chaysayd" is translated most of the time in the Bible as
> mercy or lovingkindness.  MERCY is GRACE!

Shalom Brother Chumney,

I recently (oh I guess a month ago) got my Hebrew Bible.  It contains 
both the Tanakh and B'rit HaChadashah.  Now the Tanakh, I must assume, 
is the Masoretic Text (i.e. This is not a translation).  B'rit HaChadashah 
(the New Covenant) is a Hebrew translation (I will never concern myself 
with what is the best English translation again [ha, ha]). Well, I have 
a long way to go in my learning of Hebrew, but one thing I was able to 
pick up immedietly, was just about every verse that in English had the 
word "grace" in it, in Hebrew had the word Chesed in Hebrew.  As matter 
of fact, Yochanan 1:14 where it says in English "...full of grace and 
truth", in Hebrew it says "Malei Chesed Ve'Emet".  The point being is
that the concept of grace is far older than the New Covenant as it was 
from the begining. Remember it was Y'shua who said the weightier matters 
of the law where:


   Faith, Mercy, and Justice


We all seem to be able to find the Justice in HaTorah, but I tell you the
Faith and Mercy are everywhere (this is especially evident in Hebrew).  

...James

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