Copyright © 2006 By Doug Lawrence. All Rights Reserved.
Catechism Of The Catholic Church Reprinted With Permission.
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Thanks to our Savior and His Holy Catholic Church, we know Yahweh God a lot
better today than the early Hebrews did, so we usually just call Him “God”
(affectionately and respectfully).
Romans 8:15 For you have not received the spirit of bondage again in fear: but
you have received the spirit of adoption of sons, whereby we cry: Abba (Father).
Galatians 4:6-7 And because you are sons, God hath sent the Spirit of his Son
into your hearts, crying: Abba, Father. Therefore, now he is not a servant, but a
son. And if a son, an heir also through God.
The “spirit” of the word, “Abba” is most correctly translated as “daddy” or “papa”.
Through our Baptism into the Church, of which Jesus is the head, we now have
the right to truthfully and affectionately call His Father our own.
When the Son of God gave us the “Our Father” or “Lord’s Prayer” He followed the
common practice of the time and did not use the Holy Name, saying instead, “Our
Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name.”
Another way we give thanks and praise to God is by employing the traditional word
“Alleluia” in song or prayer (meaning: hallowed be the name of Yahweh).
The 14th century illustration shows Moses kneeling before the “Burning Bush”.
Examine it carefully and note two interesting details:
1)
Moses has horns.
2)
The figure of God looks exactly like Jesus.
So, you thought only Satan had “horns”? Actually, Moses spent so much time in
the presence of God that his whole body became transformed. He certainly had a
supernatural “glow” about him (the “halo effect” commonly employed by religious
artists to indicate a blessed or holy person).
Look at Exodus 34:29-30:
And when Moses came down from the Mount Sinai, he held the two tables of the
testimony, and he knew not that his face was horned from the conversation of
the Lord. And Aaron and the children of Israel seeing the face of Moses horned,
were afraid to come near.
When St. Jerome translated the Old Testament into Latin, there was no easy way
to describe the “halo effect”, so language was used indicating “projections from the
head or face”.
Today, we know that the “projections” were shafts of light (radiance), but the Latin
rendering looked like “horns”, so there you have it. Many statues from earlier times
also show Moses with “horns”.
This is also true of Satan’s “horns”. Though fallen, he remains an angel.
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