Agape and Hesed-Ahava. David L. Goicoechea

Strangers and Enemies are Jewish

      III, 6 Jewish Ahava for Yahweh and The Song of Songs

      III, 6.1 Where Each Image Expresses a Quality of Ahava

      III, 6.2 For his Banner over me is Ahava

      III, 6.3 And I am Sick with Ahava

      III, 6.4 For Ahava is Stronger than Death

      III, 6.5 And Many Waters Cannot Quench Ahava

      III, 6.6 For Yahweh’s Conversation is Sweetness Itself

      III, 6.7 And we Belong to each Other

      III, 6.8 And my Love’s Desire is for Me

      III, 6.9 And all my Desire is for Him

      III, 7 Hesed and Ahava in Hosea

      III, 7.1 Can we Compare, Contrast and Relate them?

      III, 7.2 Yahweh’s Ahava for Israel

      III, 7.3 And her Responsible Hesed to Him

      III, 7.4 And His Responsible Hesed for her

      III, 7.5 But she Goes a Whoring with a False Ahava

      III, 7.7 For even Though Israel Betray Ahava

      III, 7.8 And then Betray Hesed

      III, 7.9 Yahweh’s Hesed will Bring her Back to Ahava

      III, 8 How do Hesed and Ahava Relate in the Psalms?

      III, 8.2 Is Ahava Primarily Man’s Love for God (Psalm 33)

      III, 8.3 Even Though Hosea Reverses this Pattern

      III, 8.4 Hesed is Primarily God’s Love for us (Psalm 51)

      III, 8.5 And we must Love our Neighbor with Hesed (Psalm 69)

      III, 8.6 But Ahava must be our Primary Love for God (Psalm 117)

      III, 8.7 And we must Love our Neighbor with Ahava (Psalm 119)

      III, 8.8 And Come to See God’s Ahava for us (Psalm 119)

      III, 8.9 Which He Shows us with His Hesed (Psalm 119)

      III, 9 How do Hesed and Ahava Lead up to Agape?

      III, 9.1 Do the Jews have Four Opinions on Everything?

      III, 9.2 The Septuagint Usually Translates Ahava as Agape.

      III, 9.3 But how New is the Meaning of Agape in Matthew?

      III, 9.4 And How does Matthew Relate Hesed to Agape?

      III, 9.5 A Preview of Matthew’s Agape

      III, 9.6 A Preview of Matthew’s Many Voices

      III, 9.7 Does the Christ Expand a Davidic Hesed?

      III, 9.8 And Does Jesus Expand a Mosaic Ahava?

      III, 9.9 Are There Four Ways of Doing the Expanding?

      IV, 1 The Agape of Matthew’s Infancy Narrative

      IV, 1.1 Can be seen in terms of The Sermon on the Mount

      IV, 1.2 For its New Ahava-Agape for the Enemy

      IV, 1.3 Lets us see the Infancy Story’s New Hesed-Agape

      IV, 1.4 Especially in Four of Mary’s Predecessors

      IV, 1.5 And in God’s Love in the five Dreams

      IV, 1.6 And in Fulfilling the five Prophecies

      IV, 1.7 And God’s Hesed let the Magi Adore with Ahava

      IV, 1.8 As these Aliens Manifest the New Universal Love

      IV, 1.9 Of Agape that Governs The Infancy Narrative

      IV, 2 Agape in Matthew’s three Q Texts

      IV, 2.1 The Agape of the Historical Jesus of Q1

      IV, 2.2 Fits in with Matthew’s Doctrine of Reconciliation

      IV, 2.3 But the Jesus of Q2 is a Punisher

      IV, 2.4 With whom Matthew Himself Agrees

      IV, 2.5 For while He is Sympathetic to Judaism

      IV, 2.6 He is Highly Critical of the Jewish Leaders

      IV, 2.7 And He is Closer to Q2 than to Q3

      IV, 2.8 Does Matthew Alter many Prophecies?

      IV, 2.9 And know Jewish Leaders will Object?

      IV, 3 Agape in Matthew’s use of Mark

      IV, 3.1 Mark’s Agape appears in Matthew’s First Part

      IV, 3.2 Markan Agape introduces Matthew’s Second Part

      IV, 3.3 The Kingdom of Heaven is Preached

      IV, 3.4 Matthew Builds on Mark’s Agape for God’s Kingdom

      IV, 3.5 And on Mark’s Preaching of the Good News

      IV, 3.6 And of Mark’s Casting out of Devils

      IV, 3.7 And on Mark’s Healing of the Sick

      IV, 3.8 And on Mark’s Forgiveness of Sin

      IV, 3.9 Especially by the Suffering Servant

      IV, 4 Matthew’s Agape Seeks First the Kingdom of Heaven

      IV, 4.1 As the Son Reveals its Mystery in the Father

      IV, 4.2 By Teaching it Directly to the Disciples

      IV, 4.3 But Through Parables to the People

      IV, 4.4 With Hope that they will Understand

      IV, 4.5 And be Converted and Healed

      IV, 4.6 For this Mystery of the Kingdom is Joyful

      IV, 4.7 Even Though it is Sorrowful

      IV, 4.8 For it is Glorious

      IV, 4.9 In Manifesting the Unmanifest in its Unmanifestness

      IV, 5 And His Righteousness

      IV, 5.1 Matthew alone Stresses Seeking God’s Righteousness

      IV, 5.2 For Partial Obedience will not Suffice

      IV, 5.3 Either in Jewish Ethics

      IV, 5.4 Or in Jewish Good Works

      IV, 5.5 Or in their Code, Creed, Cult and Canon

      IV, 5.6 And Jesus Embodies Righteousness

      IV, 5.7 For Righteousness is Love in Action

      IV, 5.8 And it Helps Others in Reconciliation

      IV, 5.9 By Being Humble like a Little Child

      IV, 6 And thus makes Affection Righteous

      IV, 6.1 For Affection can be Self-centered

      IV, 6.2 But Agape can Orient it to the Other

      IV, 6.3 And Matthew’s Child has Righteous Affection

      IV, 6.4 That lets Everyone be Brother and Sister

      IV, 6.5 And lets Humble Little Ones be the Greatest

      IV, 6.6 For They are Dependent on Others

      IV, 6.7 And thus Live out Agapeic Praise

      IV, 6.8 And Agapeic Affectionate Gratitude

      IV, 6.9 And Agapeic Affectionate Petition

      IV, 7 And Eros Righteous

      IV, 7.1 Eros too can be Self-Centered

      IV, 7.2 As Was the Case with King David

      IV, 7.3 And it Can Cause Great Family Hatred

      IV, 7.4 But Jesus’ Agape can Redeem Eros.

      IV, 7.5 For Self-sacrificing Celibacy can take Us

      IV,