REASONS TO BELIEVE:

The most common answer to the question ‘why’?, often starts with the word

‘because’,

denoting a reason.

According to the In the Merriam-Webster dictionary;

the word BECAUSE means:

for this cause / for this reason/

by reason of/ for the reason that

 

There are so many reasons to believe and so many Scriptures that contain the word because.

So, ‘for this reason’, there will be one of the ‘BECAUSE’ series added into the blog from time to time and archived in a separate page for reference.

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BECAUSE my God is my shield and my exceeding great reward I will not fear (Genesis 15:1).

Also My Shield, Maginni,

in the Hebrew text of 2 Samuel 22:3

Maginni in Hebrew is magen or meginnah:    a shield  מָגֵן

Transliteration: magen or meginnah
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-gane’)

The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; 
my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, 
my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. (Psalm 18:2)

In some verses, the KJV alters the word to ‘defense’ or ‘buckler’, (an old word for a shield).

A variation on this name of God is,        Shield of your help.

Strong’s Concordance number: 4043

Bible references:

2 Sam. 22:3; Pss. 7:10; 18:2; 28:7; 33:20; 115:9-11; 119:114; 144:2

HEBREW AND TRANSLITERATION

After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying,

A•char had•va•rim ha•e•le ha•ya d`var–Adonai el–Av•ram ba•ma•cha•ze

אַַחר הְַדבִָריםָ הֵאֶלהָ הָיה דְַבר–ְיהָֹוהֶ אל–ַ

Fear not, Abram; I am your shield, and your reward will be great.

le•mor al–ti•ra Av•ram Ano•chi ma•gen lach s`char•cha har•be me•od.

–ִתיָרא אְַברָםָ אנִֹכי מָגֵןָ לְךְׂ שָכרְָךַ הְרֵּבהְ מֹאד: