AGAPE

“Because anomia(Torah-lessness) is multiplied, most people’s love will grow cold” (Matthew 24:12). Almost everyone agrees that God is love. Far fewer ask what Scripture means by the word, or why it grows cold. This book reads the passages where the Bible itself defines love, from Eden to the last chapter of John, and lets them speak.

“For this is the love of God — that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.” (1 John 5:3)

Love in Scripture is not a feeling to admire but a covenant to keep. The man and the woman become one flesh; the one who joins himself to the Lord becomes one spirit; and the word yada, to know, runs from Eden to John 17:3, “that they may know You.” This book follows that love through the Song of Songs and Hosea to the cross, and to the shore where Yeshua asked Peter three times whether he loved Him.

• The Greek and Hebrew words for love, and the loves Scripture condemns

• One flesh, one spirit, and yada: from Genesis 2:24 to eternal life

• “Love is strong as death”: the Song of Songs, Hosea, and Isaiah 53

• “Tend My sheep”: John 21, Daniel in Babylon, and the wedding door

• Born of the Spirit and grown to maturity in Messiah

• The age when anomia is multiplied and love grows cold, Matthew 24:12

Every Scripture passage is quoted in full from the Yeshua Literal Version (YLV), with the key Hebrew and Greek words explained in plain English.

The Original Ekklesia, Book 6.