Amen Defined:
• Firm, faithful, something asserted or confirmed.
• “Surely, of a truth or truly.”
• It is a word that’s actually more than 2,500 years old! In Hebrew, it shares remarkable similarities to the word for “believe” (amam), meaning faithful.
• The primary reason people say “amen” is to voice agreement with what has been said.
• The word “amen” is prominently used in three of the world's largest religions, Christianity,
Judaism, and Islam.
Agreement or Affirmation:
• Numbers 5: 22 - Amen’s first appearance in the Bible.
• Deuteronomy 27: 15-26 - Moses shares a long list of curses from God, and Israel demonstrates its agreement with each one by saying amen.
• Numbers 8: 6 - As Ezra blessed God, everyone answered, "Amen."
An Endorsement of Praise and Prayer:
• Psalm 41: 13 - “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, From everlasting to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.”
• Romans 11: 36 - “For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory
forever, Amen.”
• Matthew 6: 13 - Jesus finishes the Lord’s Prayer with Amen.
The Truthfulness of an Inspired Document:
• Jude 25 - Jesus has all dominion and authority - Amen
• Revelation 22:21 - The last verse of the Bible closes with Amen. In fact, many of the New Testament epistles close with Amen.
The Faithfulness of God:
• 2 Corinthians 1: 20 - In this instance, “Amen” means firm or faithful.
• Revelation 3: 14 - “And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true witness, the Beginning of the creation of God, says this.”
• Isaiah 65: 16 - The God of truth. In this verse, the word truth comes from the Hebrew word
Ameen.
Jesus Used This Term:
• Usually, people say Amen at the end of a prayer. But Jesus used this Hebrew word at the beginning of a statement which was unique.
• John 8 :58-”...Truly, truly, I say to you...”
• John 8: 34 - “...Truly, truly, I say to you...”
• John 8: 51 - “Truly, truly, I say to you...”
• Matthew 6: 13 - Jesus closed the Lord’s Prayer with “Amen.”
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