"Compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and great in lovingkindness and faithfulness"
The Derakim was first spoken by God Himself on Mount Sinai, and it is the most quoted and alluded to description of God in the Bible (Exodus 34:6; Numbers 14:17-18; Nehemiah 9:17; Psalm 86:15; 103:8; 145:8; Jonah 4:2; Joel 2:13; et al.). New Testament authors chose their words very carefully to show that Jesus Christ revealed The Derakim in the flesh (John 1:14-18). Why then has this amazing description of God been almost totally ignored by Christian thinkers down through the centuries? The answer is not merely academic. Ultimately, it goes back to the Garden of Eden and the great battle between heaven and hell for the hearts and minds of humanity. As long as a person's understanding of God is not clear, they will remain in psychological, spiritual, and existential confusion. It is only when we see God as He really is that we find true peace, joy, purpose ... and discover the great secret of our existence--to bear God's image. "With our face unveiled, we see the Lord's glory like a reflection in a mirror, and we are being transformed into the same image, from glory to glory ... " (2 Corinthians 3;18)