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Is God A Trinity PDF - Church of God Faithful Flock

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Who Was Jesus?cannot be two High Priests both holding the same <strong>of</strong>fice,so Melchizedek and Jesus Christ must be one and thesame.So we see that even in the first book <strong>of</strong> the Bible theplurality <strong>of</strong> <strong>God</strong> is shown, although clear understanding <strong>of</strong>this truth could not be known until Jesus came to reveal itin the New Testament. Jesus said," ... No man knows whothe Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but theSon, and he to whom the Son will reveal him" (LukeW,22).Jesus Came to Reveal theFatherA clear distinction is made in the New Testamentbetween Christ and the Father. The <strong>God</strong> that Moses sawand heard was not <strong>God</strong> the Father, again proving thatChrist was the <strong>God</strong> <strong>of</strong> the Old Testament. "No man hasseen <strong>God</strong> at any time; the only begotten Son, which is inthe bosom <strong>of</strong> the Father, he hath declared him" (John1:18). Christ came to earth to, among other things, revealthe Father and to show a family relationship that exists inthe <strong>God</strong>head. But more about that later.Unless Jesus had revealed the Father to us, there is noway for us to know Him. "All things are delivered unto me<strong>of</strong> my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but theFather; neither knoweth any man the Father, save theSon, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him"(Matt. 11:27).The Meaning <strong>of</strong> the Word YHVHIn the Hebrew <strong>of</strong> the original inspired text, there aretwo different names that are commonly used to refer to<strong>God</strong>. The word first used for "<strong>God</strong>" in Genesis is Elohim.The second word - which we will explain here - isYHVH (commonly, though erroneously, pronounced"Jehovah"). This word YHVH is generally translated"LoRD" (in capital letters) in the King James Version <strong>of</strong>the Bible. The first place it is used is in Genesis 2:7. It wasthe LoRD <strong>God</strong> - YHVH - who formed man out <strong>of</strong> thedust <strong>of</strong> the ground. It was the LoRD <strong>God</strong> that dealt

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