Revealing Abba in the Psalms | How Jesus saw God as Abba

Revealing Abba in Psalm 18

Your loving-kindness captivates My heart and wins My love and friendship Abba, My strength and My deliverer;

You Abba are a mighty fortress, a firm foundation, My strength and My shield and My defender; in You do I place My trust to destroy all that seeks to harm Me;

I will be Your ram’s horn, sounding deliverance from death and all My enemies; You have set Me high out of danger;

I call on Your name Abba in distress and You save Me; It is Your good pleasure to deliver Me from My enemies;

I am sorrowful unto death; as if a heavy weight is pressing in on Me; the pains and anticipation of death and the grave have rushed up upon Me;

In My distress, I called upon You Abba and cried to You My God: You always hear My voice and My cry comes to Your ears from Me; Your holy temple;

Then You answered Abba and Your voice shook the earth and the foundations of the enemy were moved because of Your great passion to come and put an end to death and all that destroyed Your beloved;

There I saw the breath that came from Your nostrils and fire from Your mouth to take pestilence on My enemy death as to devour it;

In a whirlwind You hovered over our darkness; And the angels announced Your arrival;

You veiled Yourself in mortality; clothing Yourself in human flesh; entering men’s darkness;

The brightness of Your glory swallowed up the darkness; The breath of Your judgment consumes all that the enemy uses to harm Your beloved;

You spoke from heaven and sent Me, Your Word, the light and the life, that shook the heavens with Your judgment against the corruption and death in the world; The breath of Your Spirit swallowed it up;

Your passion has directly and precisely delivered a death blow to the enemy, death: In Me, the enemy and its corrupt wisdom are put to shame and brought to nothing;

The wisdom of the world has been revealed for the death and destruction that it brought on Your beloved; and the breath of Your incorruptible life swallows it up;

You came from above and entered into My darkness, rescuing Me from destruction; delivering Me from death, and from all that sought to destroy Me;

The enemy thought it could stop Me when all sin and all death pressed in against Me; but the promise of Abba’s life upheld Me;

Abba delivered Me from death and brought Me into His holiest place, seating Me at His right hand, because I am His beloved Son in whom He delights;

Abba defends and destroys all that seeks to bring harm to Me, and His beloved; He is our great reward; in Me; He revealed the innocence of all people and rewarded them with His life;

I am fully persuaded that Abba will save Me from death and give Me His life; I have taken no thought of providing life for myself or trusting in the arm of man;

For Abba’s teaching and instruction in the way unto life are always before Me; His truths have captivated My heart.

Being fully persuaded of Your loving-kindness to give Me Your life Abba, it keeps Me from the iniquity of the world; that trusts in themselves for life.

You Abba, set straight that which was crooked by coming and destroying our enemy; death; declaring our innocence in Your sight.

You have testified to the hearts of all people, In Me, of Your loving-kindness and favor toward them; to give them Your life.

Those who see they cannot give themselves life will delight when they see Your heart to give them Yours, Abba; Those who do not will continue to labor in vain and experience hardships.

But You O Abba will save the afflicted when they cry out to You; and will bring an end to the death that oppresses even the ones trusting in themselves for life;

For You Abba, have given Me for a light in the world; A light unto life in the midst of darkness;

And how the word of My testimony has spoken of them; that they can pass through the enemies’ camp, the shadow of death victoriously;

As for Abba, His way is perfect not requiring any additions: And Me, the word of Abba, has been tried by the fire of His Spirit: His testimony is a certainty and an arm of protection for all who place their trust in Him;

Is there any other God than Abba; or any other foundation besides Him?

Abba is My strength and only in Him am I complete; He sets Me on solid ground. In Him I find wisdom and safety against the tactics of My enemies;

Abba has given Me as the sure evidence of His salvation; found at His right hand; He upholds all by His Word that was from the beginning.

You, Abba, make the barren fruitful;

You have directed My steps and influenced My heart in Your path. Pursuing My enemies and overtaking them; neither did You turn to the left or the right until all was consumed;

I have crushed the enemy under My feet, never to rise again; By You Abba, who strengthens Me; You have subdued all that rose against Me;

Abba, You have given unto Me power over all flesh to conquer the enemy death, that destroyed Your beloved; So that We might bring an end to it;

You bring destruction to death and the grave and will not repent; sending away all the corrupt wisdom that brought it upon the earth;

You delivered Me from death, testifying to Your everlasting kindness toward all people; and made Me the head of those who were once without hope;

When they behold Your goodness toward them Abba, in Me, they will trust in You and Your ability to save them from death;

And in beholding Your life, the wisdom of those trusting in themselves will fade away;

Abba is the God of the living, our Lord; He has exalted Me, and blessed Me, the author and foundation of eternal salvation for all people;

It is Abba who subdued the enemy under My feet; and set Me at his right hand, with a name above all heaven and earth;

I give thanks to You Abba; and sing praises to Your name declaring Your life and immortality for people of every tongue and every nation;

Abba brought great deliverance to His king; and has testified of His everlasting kindness toward all people in Me, His anointed; to David and his seed and all who are persuaded and believe on His name; forevermore.

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