HEAR, O ISRAEL. A Journey Into the Heart of God Through the Ancient Words of the Shema - Robert J Popoff;Robert John Popoff

What if the prayer Jesus prayed every single day of His life has been hiding in plain sight, and you have never been taught to pray it?

Every follower of Jesus has prayed this prayer. Most just do not know it yet.

Before the Sermon on the Mount. Before the cross and the empty tomb, there was the Shema. Six Hebrew words that Jesus prayed every morning and every evening of His earthly life. Words that sit at the very heart of what it means to love God.

Shema Yisrael. Hear, O Israel. The Lord our God, the Lord is one.

When a teacher of the law asked Jesus which commandment was the greatest, Jesus did not hesitate. He did not quote the New Testament. He quoted the Shema. If this was Jesus' answer to the greatest question ever asked, then every Christian owes it to themselves to understand what He was saying and why He said it.

Yet most Christians have never heard of the Shema. And that gap, between what Jesus prayed daily and what His followers know, may be the single greatest missing piece in the modern Christian life.

Many believers have never ventured far into the Old Testament. But to skip it is to pick up the last chapter of a story you have never read and wonder why it does not move you the way it should. Hear, O Israel teaches you the language the New Testament writers grew up speaking and shows you how those ancient Hebrew words lead straight to the heart of the gospel.

For Jewish readers, this book approaches the Shema with deep reverence for its roots, following the text carefully, honestly, and respectfully to where the Bible's own path leads.

This is the prayer that shaped the faith of Jesus.

It is time for His followers to learn it, pray it, and live it.

The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And He is still listening.