MY BIBLE indicates to me that my first responsibility is to LOVE GOD WHOLLY and my 2nd to Love my neighbor as myself.
The Church in terms of an organization or even in terms of the Church Universal is a ways down my list.
In terms of Loving God and Honoring Him, I figure honoring, supporting, blessing those/that NATION HE SAID TO BLESS is a good way to make Him smile. I'm really into causing Him to smile.
Ezekiel 37:16-20
16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For
Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions [2270]: then take
another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for
all the house of Israel his companions [2270]:
17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in
thine hand.
18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt
thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of
Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his
fellows [2270], and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah,
and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their
eyes.
02270 chaber {khaw-bare'}
from 02266; TWOT - 598c
AV - companions 7, fellow 4, knit together 1; 12
adj
1) united
n m
2) associate, fellow, worshippers
3) companion
Modern Hebrew [chaver] 1 friend, comrade. 2 partner, associate. 3 fellow,
member. 4 scholar
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02266 chabar {khaw-bar'}
a primitive root; TWOT - 598; v
AV - couple 8, join 8, couple together 4, join together 3, compact 1,
charmer + 02267 1, charming + 02267 1, have fellowship 1, league 1,
heap up 1; 29
1) to unite, join, bind together, be joined, be coupled, be in
league, heap up, have fellowship with, be compact, be a charmer
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to unite, be joined
1a2) to tie magic charms, charm
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to unite with, make an ally of
1b2) to unite, join, ally
1c) (Pual)
1c1) to be allied with, be united
1c2) to be joined together
1d) (Hiphil) to join together, pile up (words)
1e) (Hithpael) to join oneself to, make an alliance, league together
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Modern Hebrew lit. "hand + hand" (yad + yad) = [yadid] 1 friend. 2 beloved.
03039 y@diyd {yed-eed'}
from the same as 01730; TWOT - 846a
AV - beloved 5, wellbeloved 2, loves 1, amiable 1; 9
n m
1) one beloved, beloved
adj
2) lovely
3039 from the same as 01730...
01730 dowd {dode} or (shortened) dod {dode}
from an unused root meaning properly, to boil; TWOT - 410a; n m
AV - beloved 34, uncle 16, love(s) 8, father's brother 2,
wellbeloved 1; 61
1) beloved, love, uncle
1a) loved one, beloved
1b) uncle
1c) love (pl. abstract)
Compare (same spelling, dalet vav dalet):
01732 David {daw-veed'} rarely (fully); Daviyd {daw-veed'}
from the same as 01730; TWOT - 410c; n pr m
AV - David 1076; 1076
David = "beloved"
1) youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel
Revelation 3:7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
Revelation 3:8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
YHWH + the letter dalet ("door") spells Yehuda.
from TWOT #431e:
delet is to be differentiated from other words of aproximately the same meaning. In relation to sha'ar "gate", delet represents only the swinging door, while sha'ar denotes the entire structure of the gate. In relation to petah "door, entrance", petah is the entrance to the house. delet is a device for closing and opening the entrance. Also, delet is used only in connection with a built house.