" Christian
hope"
I believe we humans generally understand Christian hope
as wishful thinking, as in "I Sure hope something good and not bad will
happen." This is not what we read in our Bibles, when we read our Bibles
it says Christian hope means: The biblical definition of hope : Faith, Confidence,
Assurance, Trust, Expectation, Anticipate, Freedom from Fear and Anxiety to
list a few.
Please read along with me...
Philippians 1:621st Century King James Version (KJ21)
6 being confident of this very thing, that He who hath begun a good
work in you will perform it until the Day of Jesus Christ.
Results of search for "Hope", Greek Lexicon:
560. apelpizo ap-el-pid'-zo from 575 and
1679; to hope out, i.e. fully expect:--hope for again.
1679. elpizo el-pid'-zo from 1680; to
expect or confide:--(have, thing) hope(-d) (for), trust.
1680. elpis el-pece' from a primary elpo
(to anticipate, usually with pleasure); expectation (abstractly or concretely)
or confidence:--faith, hope.
2070. esmen es-men' first person plural
indicative of 1510; we are:--are, be, have our being, X have hope, + (the
gospel) was (preached unto) us.
4276. proelpizo pro-el-pid'-zo from 4253
and 1679; to hope in advance of other confirmation:--first trust.
4328. prosdokao pros-dok-ah'-o from 4314
and dokeuo (to watch); to anticipate (in thought, hope or fear); by
implication, to await:--(be in) expect(-ation), look (for), when looked, tarry,
wait for.
5049. teleios tel-i'-oce adverb from 5046;
completely, i.e. (of hope) without wavering:--to the end.
Result of search for "hope" Hebrew Lexicon:
982 batach baw-takh' a primitive root; properly, to
hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as 2620);
figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure:--be bold (confident, secure,
sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to)
trust.
983 betach beh'takh from 982;
properly, a place of refuge; abstract, safety, both the fact (security) and the
feeling (trust); often (adverb with or without preposition) safely:--assurance,
boldly, (without) care(- less), confidence, hope, safe(-ly, -ty), secure,
surely.
986 bittachown bit-taw-khone' from 982;
trust:--confidence, hope.
2342 chuwl khool or chiyl {kheel}; a primitive root;
properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e.
(specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear;
figuratively, to wait, to pervert:--bear, (make to) bring forth, (make to)
calve, dance, drive away, fall grievously (with pain), fear, form, great,
grieve, (be) grievous, hope, look, make, be in pain, be much (sore) pained,
rest, shake, shapen, (be) sorrow(-ful), stay, tarry, travail (with pain),
tremble, trust, wait carefully (patiently), be wounded.
2620 chacah khaw-saw' a primitive root; to flee for
protection (Compare 982);
figuratively, to confide in:--have hope, make refuge, (put) trust.
2976 ya'ash yaw-ash' a primitive root; to desist,
i.e. (figuratively) to despond:--(cause to) despair, one that is desperate, be
no hope.
3175 yachiyl yaw-kheel' from 3176;
expectant:--should hope.
3176 yachal yaw-chal' a primitive root; to wait; by
implication, to be patient, hope:--(cause to, have, make to) hope, be pained,
stay, tarry, trust, wait.
3689 kecel keh'-sel from 3688;
properly, fatness, i.e. by implication (literally) the loin (as the seat of the
leaf fat) or (generally) the viscera; also (figuratively) silliness or (in a
good sense) trust:--confidence, flank, folly, hope, loin.
4009 mibtach mib-tawkh' from 982;
properly, a refuge, i.e. (objective) security, or (subjective)
assurance:--confidence, hope, sure, trust.
4268 machaceh makh-as-eh' or machceh {makh-seh'};
from 2620;
a shelter (literally or figuratively):--hope, (place of) refuge, shelter,
trust.
4723 miqveh mik-veh' or miqveh (1Kings 10:28)
{mik-vay'}; or miqvet (2 Chron. 1:16) {mik-vay'}; from 6960;
something waited for, i.e. confidence (objective or subjective); also a
collection, i.e. (of water) a pond, or (of men and horses) a caravan or
drove:--abiding, gathering together, hope, linen yarn, plenty (of water), pool.
5452 cbar seb-ar' (Aramaic) a primitive root; to
bear in mind, i.e. hope:--think.
5453 Cibrayim sib-rah'-yim dual from a root
corresponding to 5452;
double hope; Sibrajim, a place in Syria:--Sibraim.
7663 sabar saw-bar' erroneously shabar (Nehemiah
2:13, 15)
{shaw-bar'}; a primitive root; to scrutinize; by implication (of watching) to
expect (with hope and patience):--hope, tarry, view, wait.
7664 seber say'-ber from 7663;
expectation:--hope.
8431 towcheleth to-kheh'-leth from 3176;
expectation:--hope.
8615 tiqvah tik-vaw' from 6960;
literally, a cord (as an attachment (Compare 6961));
figuratively, expectancy:--expectation ((-ted)), hope, live, thing that I long
for.
Christian hope is "confident expectation." a firm assurance regarding things that are
unseen, unclear and unknown (Romans
8:24-25;Hebrews
11:1,7).
Hope is a fundamental component of the life of the righteous (Proverbs
23:18). Without hope, life loses its meaning (Lamentations
3:18;Job
7:6) and in death there is no hope (Isaiah 38:18;Job 17:15).
The righteous who trust or put their hope in God will be helped (Psalm 28:7),
and they will not be confounded, put to shame, or disappointed (Isaiah 49:23).
The righteous, who have this trustful hope in God, have a general confidence in
God's protection and help (Jeremiah
29:11) and are free from fear and anxiety (Psalm 46:2-3).
The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen
