Adoring, in the biblical context, refers to the act of worshiping, revering, and expressing deep love and respect for God. It is an integral aspect of the believer's relationship with the Divine, characterized by both inward devotion and outward expression. The concept of adoration is woven throughout Scripture, highlighting the importance of recognizing God's majesty, holiness, and sovereignty.

Old Testament Context

In the Old Testament, adoration is often expressed through worship, sacrifice, and obedience to God's commandments. The Hebrew word often associated with adoration is "shachah," which means to bow down or prostrate oneself. This physical act symbolizes the heart's posture of reverence and submission to God.

One of the earliest examples of adoration is found in Genesis 24:26, where Abraham's servant "bowed down and worshiped the LORD" after finding Rebekah as a wife for Isaac. This act of worship was a response to God's faithfulness and guidance.

The Psalms are replete with expressions of adoration. Psalm 95:6 invites believers to worship: "Come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker." This verse emphasizes the humility and reverence due to God as Creator.

New Testament Context

In the New Testament, adoration is centered on the person and work of Jesus Christ. The Greek word "proskuneo" is often used, meaning to kiss the hand in reverence or to fall upon the knees and touch the ground with the forehead as an expression of profound reverence.

The Magi's visit to the infant Jesus is a notable example of adoration. Matthew 2:11 states, "On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they fell down and worshiped Him." Their gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh further symbolize their adoration and recognition of Jesus' kingship and divinity.

Jesus Himself taught about the nature of true worship in John 4:23-24 : "But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him. God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and truth." This passage underscores the importance of sincerity and authenticity in adoration.

Adoration in the Life of the Believer

For the believer, adoration is both a personal and communal practice. It involves prayer, praise, and the study of Scripture, all of which draw the believer closer to God. Adoration is not limited to formal worship settings but is a lifestyle of acknowledging God's presence and lordship in every aspect of life.

The Apostle Paul encourages believers to present their bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, as an act of spiritual worship (Romans 12:1). This call to a life of holiness and devotion is a form of adoration that transcends mere ritual.

In the book of Revelation, adoration reaches its climax as the heavenly hosts and redeemed saints worship God and the Lamb. Revelation 5:13 declares, "And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying: 'To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power forever and ever!'"

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A Soul Gazing on God
... the hope of Israel,' and, regarding the whole as one long exclamation of adoring
contemplation, 'A glorious throne,' or 'Thou glorious throne, high from the ...
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Sunday-School Hymns.
... Catching the chaste fishes,. Heavenly milk, etc. "are necessarily avoided in making
good English of the lines, and the profusion of adoring epithets in the ...
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One of Paul's Thanksgivings
... Whereas praise"pure, emancipated, enraptured, adoring praise,"is the
supremest and the most perfect of all kinds of prayer. ...
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Christ's Birth
... Meanwhile the Blessed Virgin, borne up in ecstasy, was now gazing downwards, adoring
her God, whose Mother she had become and who lay on the earth before her ...
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God.
... his revelations of God are subjective and given to us by glimpses in scattered verses,
which, however intimate and exquisite, have not the adoring wonder of ...
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A Song of the Temple
... Blessed music of the saints she heareth,. And adoring singeth she with them. ... Blessed
hour when I shall find!"adoring. In the glory of Thy holy place! ...
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The Inner Chamber
... Welcome me to Thy seclusion sweet". Let me still, and restful, and adoring,. ... In the
Spirit and in truth adoring. Him whom none but eyes anointed see". ...
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A Prayer for Lord's Day.
... May we employ in work divine These solemn, these devoted hours; O may our
souls adoring own The grace which calls us to thy throne. ...
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The Glorious Master and the Swooning Disciple
... soaring thought! Rise then, my brethren, as on eagle's wings, and let your
adoring souls magnify and extol the Lord your Savior. When ...
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Final Settlement of the Church by St. John
... who for so many years was left upon earth to "tarry" for the Lord, on Whose Breast
he had leaned, and Whose teaching had filled his soul with adoring love, and ...
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Adoring (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Adoring (1 Occurrence). Luke 17:15 One of them, seeing
that he was cured, came back, adoring and praising God in a loud voice, (WEY). ...
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Adorn (13 Occurrences)

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Adoration
... and prerogatives, the acknowledgment of them in words of praise, together with the
visible symbols and postures that express the adoring attitude of the ...
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Worship (332 Occurrences)
... On the face of the Bible narratives, the instinct of communion, praise, adoring
gratitude would seem to be the earliest moving force (compare Genesis 4:3, 4 ...
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Noah (55 Occurrences)
... On leaving the ark Noah's first act was to erect an altar, the first of which there
is any mention, and offer the sacrifices of adoring thanks and praise to God ...
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Lips (199 Occurrences)
... follow the Septuagint, which presupposes a slightly different Hebrew text, and renders
peri sephathenu, "fruit of our lips," ie adoring gratitude or, as the ...
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Praising (35 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Luke 17:15 One of them, seeing that he was cured, came back, adoring
and praising God in a loud voice, (WEY RSV NIV). Luke ...
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Calves (34 Occurrences)
... follow the Septuagint, which presupposes a slightly different Hebrew text, and renders
peri sephathenu, "fruit of our lips," ie adoring gratitude or, as the ...
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Adore (1 Occurrence)

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Cured (62 Occurrences)
... away. (WEY). Luke 17:15 One of them, seeing that he was cured, came back,
adoring and praising God in a loud voice, (WEY DBY). Luke ...
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