Hell

OUR FATHER, HELL AND HEAVEN : M. M. NINAN
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In the Old Testament YHVH's nature and character is described in the announcement of the Angels as
the Lord passed before Moses when Moses asked to see the face of God. God does not show His face
since no man can see His face and live. Instead Moses sees only the back of God - a part of God's
nature. We do not know what Moses Saw. But what is presented is a Royal entry of YHVH and the
declaration of who YHVH is as he enters the scene in the traditional Kingly fashion. It gives 13
attributes of God. This revelation came in the very Beginning of the giving of the Law, long before the
final revelation through Jesus the Son of God through His incarnation as Son of Man.
Thirteen Attributes of Mercy
(Shelosh Esreh Middot)
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"During the month of Elul and during certain festivals, the "Thirteen Attributes of Mercy" are recited
three times:
"The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love
and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but
who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the
children's children, to the third and the fourth generation" (Exod. 34:6-7)
According to various traditional interpretations, these thirteen attributes of God's Name may be
understood as follows:
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