Psalm 16:1-2 I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

At my initial reading of the horn of salvation here, my thoughts were directed to the Hebrew meaning associated with the horn. It was a symbol of strength in the oxen, the animal’s primary defense. Yet the term my strength had already been used earlier in that verse, so I wondered, was there a deeper meaning. Since our salvation is of the Lord in the ministry of the New Testament, I looked for a comparative there.

Matthew 11:29-30 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Something that is light is easily thrown off. The horns of an oxen prevent the yoke from being tossed off by the oxen. This imagery here is that because Christ is the head and the horns grow from the head, that Christ prevents us from shedding off the yoke.

We often look at salvation as being set free. We are freed from the pain and penalty of sin, sin no longer holds us in its death grip. Here we get a glimpse of the effect of salvation beyond being set free. That same salvation binds us in the yoke, the symbol of cooperative effort towards good works. The issue of Matthew 11:30 of the easy yoke and the light burden is one of comfort. One might say it is a comfort fit.

John 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

Abide with us forever, yet another confirmation that the horn of salvation keeps us from shedding the yoke of comfort, the Comforter.

Theology: the study of religious faith, practice, and experience : the study of God and God’s relation to the world : a system of religious beliefs or ideas

Polytheism: the belief that there is more than one god.

Atheism: the belief that there is no god.

Agnostic: one who cares not to argue the existence of God one way or the other.

These are your choices. Differences exist within the realm of theology as to His identity and how to worship that God. Judaism, Islam and Christianity are all based on the God of Abraham. They worship the idea of the same God in different ways. Some other religions exist that are not Abramic in origin, yet see the clarity of requirements for a monotheistic belief system.

I somewhat understand Judaism from an outsiders point of few since Christ was from the tribe of Judah. Being a follower of Christ my theology is Christian based. I have studied for decades and still there are many mysteries to uncover, if ever that may happen. I have not studied the others.

Recently I offered my opinion on this blog. I called it just that, my opinion. I even offered it up in bold text to make that point clear. Opinion is not doctrine, but since theology is theoretical in nature, being a study, because I have an opinion, it is part of theology, but it is not doctrine.

Job 6:24-26 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

I will allow these words to speak for themselves.