Man and his Maker:

I’ve been a Christian for over 35 years and for the first 30, when I read the Old Testament, the Lord God was one member of the Trinity.

He was the Father God of the New Testament,  the Old Man frowning down at us from the throne. 

The Law giver and judge.  A scary God to be feared and obeyed.

Then I had a revelation:  I remembered the story of Moses and the burning bush:

Exodus 3:1-8. Names of God Bible:  (I use this Bible to emphasis the different names and Natures of the Godhead).

Moses at the Burning Bush

3 Moses was taking care of the sheep of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. As he led the sheep to the far side of the desert, he came to Horeb, the mountain of Elohim.

2 The Messenger of Yahweh appeared to him there as flames of fire coming out of a bush. Moses looked, and although the bush was on fire, it was not burning up. 3 So he thought, “Why isn’t this bush burning up? I must go over there and see this strange sight.”

4 When Yahweh saw that Moses had come over to see it, Elohim called to him from the bush, “Moses, Moses!”

Moses answered, “Here I am!”

5 Elohim said, “Don’t come any closer! Take off your sandals because this place where you are standing is holy ground. 6 I am the Elohim of your ancestors,[a] the Elohim of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at Elohim.

7 Yahweh said, “I have seen the misery of my people in Egypt, and I have heard them crying out because of the slave drivers. I know how much they’re suffering. 8 I have come to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and to bring them from that land to a good land with plenty of room for everyone. 

First off  let us look at the Names of God.  Elohim is Hebrew or Chaldee for God the Creator and Supreme Ruler of all.

Yahweh is Hebrew or Chaldee for Lord or the self Existent or Everlasting One.

So in the passage above we have Moses at the mountain of Elohim  (God).  When the Messenger of Yahweh, (The Everlasting One) appeared as flames of fire in a bush that was not consumed.

Whrn Yahweh noticed that  Moses was paying attention,  Elohim called out: “Take off your shoes this is holy ground”.

Elohim explained he was the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and Moses hid his face.

Then Yahweh spoke:  “I have seen the misery and heard the cry of the people. I know how and why they are suffering and will rescue them and bring them to a land of milk and honey”.

Moses was the man who knew the Godhead best, he referred to them as Lord and God and Spirit, he knew the three faces or Natures of the Godhead  and spoke of them as individuals.

He told us Eve said the Lord gave her Cain and Able,  they gave offerings to the Lord, the Lord rejected Cains and Cain left the presence of the Lord.

Later she tells us God gave her Seth, Seth had a son named Enosh and then men began to call upon  the name of  (or Worship)  the Lord. 

That is what started my quest.  I have been  searching and studying the Word ever since,  determined to understand and share this, to me, a new truth,  or understanding of the Godhead.

I hope you will follow along and be blessed by the experience.

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