THE NAMES OF GOD
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<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 />
Medieval, rationalist Jewish philosophers (exponents of "Hakirah"-rational "investigation" from first<br />
principles in support of Judaism), such as Maimonides, describe Biblical Monotheism to mean that<br />
there is only one God, and His essence is a unique, simple, infinite Unity.<br />
Jewish mysticism gives a deeper explanation, by distinguishing between God's essence and<br />
emanation. In Kabbalah and especially Hasidism, God's Unity means that there is nothing<br />
independent of His essence. This is the stand also of the Eastern Churches. Since there can be<br />
nothing outside of God, in order to create – especially free willed beings - God will have to share his<br />
divinity with sentients. There has to be a Kenosis flowing out of love. Otherwise there will be no Sons<br />
of God with independence and responsibility. But then love is the basic nature of God and that is also<br />
shown in the Trinitarian aspect of God.<br />
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