"O Little Town of ..."

[alon]

 Well, it is that time of year. Everywhere we hear oh little town of Bethlehem" sung by our happy "cousins." Most of you already see where this is going, but let's go anyhow.

The ebrew name is actually "beit'lechem," or "House of Bread. “Lechem” also means “food, nourishment.” When we pray "give us this day our daily bread," we actually are asking for our our daily nourishment.

“Lechem” is first mentioned in the Bible when Adam sinned. God told him thenceforth “by the sweat of your brow you shall eat [lechem]” (Gen. 3:19). "How graciously fitting, therefore, that the Last Adam was born in the House of Bread. He came to redo what Adam had undone—and to do it even better. By the sweat of Jesus’ face, by his effort and sacrifice and his bearing of the curse for us, we now eat of him, the Bread of Life, and live forever." (Chad Byrd).    

[garrett]

Dec 23, 2023 6:30:50 GMT -8 alon said:

 Well, it is that time of year. Everywhere we hear oh little town of Bethlehem" sung by our happy "cousins." Most of you already see where this is going, but let's go anyhow.

The ebrew name is actually "beit'lechem," or "House of Bread. “Lechem” also means “food, nourishment.” When we pray "give us this day our daily bread," we actually are asking for our our daily nourishment.

“Lechem” is first mentioned in the Bible when Adam sinned. God told him thenceforth “by the sweat of your brow you shall eat [lechem]” (Gen. 3:19). "How graciously fitting, therefore, that the Last Adam was born in the House of Bread. He came to redo what Adam had undone—and to do it even better. By the sweat of Jesus’ face, by his effort and sacrifice and his bearing of the curse for us, we now eat of him, the Bread of Life, and live forever." (Chad Byrd).    

Excellent! Thank you for posting this. I was recently thinking about the word Bethlehem in its Hebrew form. This took my thoughts further.