Holy week Monday Day 2 of Yancey’s contemplation
During Jesus’ earthly visit, he introduced what Yancey
called “profound changes in how God was viewed…To Jews who dared not pronounce
the Name, Jesus brought the shocking intimacy of the Aramaic word ABBA. It was a familiar term of family affection,
onomatopoeic like ‘Dada,’ the first word many children spoke. Before Jesus, no one would have thought of
applying such a word to YAHWEH, the Sovereign Lord of the universe. After him (Jesus) it became a standard term
of address even in Greek speaking congregations; imitating Jesus, they borrowed
the foreign word to express their own intimacy with the Father.” Abba
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