THE NAMES OF GOD
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
<strong>NAMES</strong> <strong>OF</strong> <strong>GOD</strong> IN <strong>THE</strong> BIBLE: A DISPENSATIONAL APPROACH : PR<strong>OF</strong>. M. M. NINAN<br />
XIV<br />
<strong>THE</strong> DECAGRAMMATON<br />
Ten Letter Name of God<br />
Ten Letter Name of God is derived from running together the names of the first three Sefirot (divine<br />
emanations or attributes of God which are said comprise the mystical "Tree of<br />
Life"): Keter (Crown), Chokhmah(Wisdom), and Binah (Understanding):<br />
K-T-R-Ch-Kh-M-B-Y-N-H<br />
(Kuf-Tav-Resh-Chet-Khaf-Mem-Bet-Yud-Nun-Hey)<br />
These first three sefiroths are of special importance because<br />
they are the first three which came into “Existence”. Pre<br />
existent realities refer to God who has no character since they<br />
are beyond understanding and have no properties. This is<br />
because properties arise only with relationship between<br />
observer and the observed. Thus the first trinity to come into<br />
existence are the Keter (Crown), the Chokhmah (Wisdom),<br />
and Binah (Understanding) and they are one Echad. Thus<br />
the name KetherChokmahBinah is trinity but one God<br />
As a memory aid following Names are assigned to the ten<br />
spheres of the Kabbalistic Tree of Life:<br />
Keter — Ehyeh<br />
Chochmah — YHVH<br />
Binah — Elohim<br />
Chesed — El<br />
Gevurah — Gibur<br />
Tiferet — Eloah va-Da'at<br />
Netzach — Tzva'ot<br />
Hod — Elohim Tzva'ot<br />
Yesod — Shadai<br />
Malchut — Adonai<br />
96
Change language