tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647459199037118361.post5157178498372901300..comments2023-04-27T03:41:19.574-07:00Comments on Biblical Languages Research: Elohim: Why "God" And Not "Gods"?R. Dalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14311813791464947447noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647459199037118361.post-6434284924912539232020-02-27T03:35:53.834-08:002020-02-27T03:35:53.834-08:00Stay in truth and purity to The Holy Scripture. Go...Stay in truth and purity to The Holy Scripture. God bless.Rightie Ohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07595364854825167447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647459199037118361.post-21523223913163504202020-02-27T03:34:51.772-08:002020-02-27T03:34:51.772-08:00In the Name of The Father, The Son and The Holy Sp...In the Name of The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit. Amen.<br /><br />I believe in The Day of Pentecost. In the righteous truth and actions that occurred. Amen.Rightie Ohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07595364854825167447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647459199037118361.post-27567197625375365682011-01-09T12:11:05.745-08:002011-01-09T12:11:05.745-08:00It explains why there is the use of the plural pro...It explains why there is the use of the plural pronouns ‘us’ and ‘our’ in reference to God in the book of Genesis in chapters 1:26 & 3:22. It explains God’s words to Isaiah and the language of John 1:1, 14 & 1 John 1:1-3. Let’s look at these passages:<br />Notice: Genesis 1:26 - God said, Let US make man in OUR image, after OUR likeness... <br /><br />Gen. 3:22 - And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as ONE OF US, to know good and evil…<br />Isa. 6:8, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for US?”<br />Why the use of plural pronouns? Because more than one being was involved in the Creation. <br />Notice further:<br />John 1:1 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. <br /><br />John 1:14 – “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”<br /><br />Who is this ‘word’ that was made flesh? Who was this Word that was God and who was the God that the Word was with?<br />It is Jesus. He was involved in the creation, and was God (or divine in nature) and also with someone called ‘God’. Who was this?<br /><br />Notice a few other passages that will provide the answer:<br />1 John 1:1-3 - That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.<br /><br />Thus, the Father was one of the ‘us’ in Gen. 1 and the Son, Jesus (called the ‘Word’ in John 1, was the other and both were involved in the Creation.<br /><br />We find also in Gen. 1 the mention of the ‘Spirit of God’. Who was this referring to? To understand this, let us notice a statement of Job.<br /><br />Job said in Job 33:4, “The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.”<br />Compare the wording in Gen. 1:2, “…the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters”. <br />Gen. 2:7, “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”<br />Do you see why Job says: “The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.”<br />What can we conclude from this?<br /><br />There are 3 beings referred to as ‘divine beings’ or God in the Bible.<br />They are also referred to as the “Godhead”.<br />We read of the ‘Godhead’ in connection with the creation. Speaking of God, we find in Rom. 1:20 – “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead…”<br />The apostle Paul in condemning the idol gods in Athens , mentioned the “Godhead” in Acts 17:29 – “we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.”<br />What is this Godhead? It refers to all the beings that are divine in nature and that were involved in the Creation and that thus make up God.<br />The term God is not a title, or a name, such as my name ‘Roger’; but it refers to a class of beings…’divine beings’.<br />My name is Roger, but my nature is human.<br />God is a term that refers to the nature of divine beings and there are 3 such beings: the Father, the Word which later became flesh (Son), and the Holy Spirit (Ghost).<br />The word ‘God’ is defined as simply divinity; as opposed to humanity. God is notRoger Brunerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16525490775003674996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647459199037118361.post-6656313098458679432011-01-09T12:10:35.856-08:002011-01-09T12:10:35.856-08:00It explains why there is the use of the plural pro...It explains why there is the use of the plural pronouns ‘us’ and ‘our’ in reference to God in the book of Genesis in chapters 1:26 & 3:22. It explains God’s words to Isaiah and the language of John 1:1, 14 & 1 John 1:1-3. Let’s look at these passages:<br />Notice: Genesis 1:26 - God said, Let US make man in OUR image, after OUR likeness... <br /><br />Gen. 3:22 - And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as ONE OF US, to know good and evil…<br />Isa. 6:8, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for US?”<br />Why the use of plural pronouns? Because more than one being was involved in the Creation. <br />Notice further:<br />John 1:1 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. <br /><br />John 1:14 – “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”<br /><br />Who is this ‘word’ that was made flesh? Who was this Word that was God and who was the God that the Word was with?<br />It is Jesus. He was involved in the creation, and was God (or divine in nature) and also with someone called ‘God’. Who was this?<br /><br />Notice a few other passages that will provide the answer:<br />1 John 1:1-3 - That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.<br /><br />Thus, the Father was one of the ‘us’ in Gen. 1 and the Son, Jesus (called the ‘Word’ in John 1, was the other and both were involved in the Creation.<br /><br />We find also in Gen. 1 the mention of the ‘Spirit of God’. Who was this referring to? To understand this, let us notice a statement of Job.<br /><br />Job said in Job 33:4, “The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.”<br />Compare the wording in Gen. 1:2, “…the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters”. <br />Gen. 2:7, “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”<br />Do you see why Job says: “The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.”<br />What can we conclude from this?<br /><br />There are 3 beings referred to as ‘divine beings’ or God in the Bible.<br />They are also referred to as the “Godhead”.<br />We read of the ‘Godhead’ in connection with the creation. Speaking of God, we find in Rom. 1:20 – “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead…”<br />The apostle Paul in condemning the idol gods in Athens , mentioned the “Godhead” in Acts 17:29 – “we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.”<br />What is this Godhead? It refers to all the beings that are divine in nature and that were involved in the Creation and that thus make up God.<br />The term God is not a title, or a name, such as my name ‘Roger’; but it refers to a class of beings…’divine beings’.<br />My name is Roger, but my nature is human.<br />God is a term that refers to the nature of divine beings and there are 3 such beings: the Father, the Word which later became flesh (Son), and the Holy Spirit (Ghost).<br />The word ‘God’ is defined as simply divinity; as opposed to humanity. God is notRoger Brunerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16525490775003674996noreply@blogger.com