GOD THE FATHER REVEALED
| WHO IS
GOD THE FATHER? IS HE
INVOLVED WITH US ON EARTH? WHO IS
THE GOD OF THE OLD TESTAMENT? IS GOD
THE FATHER ETERNAL? CAN GOD
THE FATHER HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH
SIN? CAN WE
SEE OR HEAR GOD THE FATHER? HOW CAN
WE KNOW IF THE SCRIPTURE IS REFERRING
TO CHRIST OR THE FATHER IN THE OLD TESTAMENT? This article contains
new knowledge which has been lost
since the first era of God’s Church the Ephesus Era. Before we start our
Bible study on this all important
subject I would like to point out some vital study
helps for this paper. Strong’s concordance is
used throughout this article to
identify the Hebrew and Greek words used for the word
God. The Hebrew 3068 is the
word for Lord, or God. Strong’s
concordance has the following explanation for this
word: Yehovah, self existent,
or eternal Jehovah, and Jewish
national name for God. This 3068 can only be used when
referring to God the
Father only. The following
scriptures are proof: Gen 17:1 And
when Abram H87
was H1961
ninety H8673
years H8141
old H1121
and nine, H8672
the LORD H3068
appeared H7200
to H413
Abram, H87
and said H559
unto H413
him, I H589
am the Almighty H7706
God; H410
walk H1980
before H6440
me, and be H1961
thou perfect. H8549 Note that carefully I
am Almighty God this is God the
Father. Exo
20:2 I H595 am the
LORD H3068 thy God, H430
which H834
have brought thee out H3318
of the land H4480
H776
of Egypt, H4714
out of the house H4480
H1004 of bondage. H5650 Exo
20:3 Thou
shalt have H1961
no H3808
other H312
gods H430
before H5921
H6440
me. In this above verse the
Hebrew H430 is Elohiym and can be
used for either God the Father or God the Word. Or in
some cases can be
referring to both the Word and the Father. In this
verse H430 is referring to
the Father. This is easily proven because 1. You shall have no
other God’s before me. 2. This article will
prove that it was God the Father who
brought the children out of Egypt. WHO
IS
GOD THE FATHER? The following verses
prove that there is one
true
God. Joh 17:3
And this is eternal
life, that they may know
You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You
have sent. 1Co 8:4
Therefore concerning the eating of things
offered to idols, we know that
an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is
no other God but one. 1Co 8:5
For even if there are so-called gods, whether
in heaven or on earth (as
there are many gods and many lords), 1Co 8:6
yet for us there is one God, the Father, of
whom are all things, and we
for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are
all things, and through
whom we live. 1Co 8:7
However, there is not in everyone that
knowledge; for some, with
consciousness of the idol, until now eat it as a
thing offered to an idol; and
their conscience, being weak, is defiled. 1Ti 1:17
Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible,
to God who alone is wise,
be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. Zec 14:9
And the LORD shall be King over all the
earth. In that day it shall be
“The LORD is one,” And His name one. Isa 57:15
For thus says the High and Lofty One Who
inhabits eternity, whose name
is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, With
him who has a contrite and
humble spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble,
And to revive the heart of
the contrite ones. Jas 2:19
You believe that there is one God. You do
well. Even the demons believe
and tremble! Even the devils believe
that there is One God, how much
more the children of enlightenment should know about
their God the Father. Psa 83:18
That men may knowH3045
thatH3588
thou,H859
whose nameH8034
aloneH905
is JEHOVAH,H3068
art the most highH5945
overH5921
allH3605
the earth.H776 Did you notice this
verse? Whose name
alone is JEHOVAH. Jehovah is 3068 this is
solid proof that 3068 is God the
Father only. It says whose name alone is the Lord.
There is no other Jehovah,
there is only One God the Father, 3068 is only used
for God the Father. How many times in
scripture does God the Father have to
say that He is the One True God before people will
believe Him? There is One
True God, He is God the Father and there is His born
Son, Jesus Christ. These amazing
scriptures are solid hard evidence of truth
which has been suppressed in God’s church since the
disciples. This is amazing
and yet totally backed up by scripture. It is time for God the
Father to be revealed. We have not
known who He is. We have not known that there is ONLY
ONE TRUE GOD this has not
been revealed till now. This is new knowledge
for this era of the church. Joh 16:25
“These things I have
spoken to you in figurative
language; but the time is coming when I will no
longer speak to you in
figurative language, but I will tell you plainly
about the Father. Did you read that? Read
it again slowly let this fabulous
knowledge sink into your mind and heart, Christ said
He will show us plainly
about the Father. This is that time now, we are now
being shown the Father
plainly. Ask yourself honestly: Do you know who the
Father is? Did you know He is the
one true God? Did you know that
knowledge of Him has to be revealed? Did you know that this
is the time for Him to be revealed
plainly by Christ? Did you know that He
was the Father of the Word, before
creation began, and that the Word is the born Son of
God the Father? Note that I said The
Word is the BORN Son of God, before
creation. If you did not know all
of the above then this is new
knowledge for you. Now look at these
amazing scriptures, the fact that the
knowledge of God the Father has been suppressed since
the time of the disciples
is made plain in the Eras of the Church. Notice these scriptures
carefully. Rev 2:4
Nevertheless I have
this against you, that you
have left your first love. This is Christ
addressing the first Era of the Church, the
Church at Ephesus. What have they left? Their first
love. What is the first love? Luk 10:27
So he answered and said, “ ‘YOU SHALL LOVE
THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL
YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, WITH ALL YOUR
STRENGTH, AND WITH ALL YOUR
MIND,’ and ‘YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’ ” This is the first love,
to love God with all your heart
and mind. Now this love of the Father was forgotten,
they did not continue to
love God, in the first Era of God’s church, they left
their first love. God was
left out of things since the first era of God’s
church. To lose the love of God
means that knowledge of Him will
soon be lost also. We know this is true because of our
past friends in the
church, when they lost the love of God. It did not
take long for most of the
knowledge of Holy Days and knowledge of Him to be
lost. Let’s look at some
vital knowledge about God the Father
and Jesus Christ which has been lost since the Ephesus
Era of God’s church. I will mention here the
fact that Jesus Christ is the born
Son of God. This birth occurred before creation began.
Let’s look at a few
scriptures on this subject. Joh 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God, and the Word
was God. Joh 1:2
He was in the beginning with God. Joh 1:3
All things were made through Him, and without
Him nothing was made that
was made. In the
beginning was the Word: This means at some
time, at a commencement, at a time
called the beginning. Please note eternity
has no starting point. This means at a point
of time called the beginning, the
Word [who we know is Christ] came into existence. And the
Word was with God: Once the Word existed
He was then with God, they were then
together… before this God the Father was alone. And the
Word was God: Once He was born He was
God, He was the Son of God. THE WORD AND JESUS
CHRIST ARE ONE AND THE SAME. THE WORD
IS GOD. JESUS CHRIST IS GOD. He was in
the beginning with God: At His birth He was
with God the Father, after this period
of time called the beginning. All
things were made through Him: God the Father made all
things through Jesus Christ. And
without Him nothing was made that was
made: God the Father made all
things through Jesus Christ. Let’s
see if we understand and examine this a little closer. In the
beginning was the Word. We stated here that a
particular point in time was called
the beginning. Eternity has no starting point but a
time called the beginning
has a starting point. I will ask you a very
interesting question. Have the
heavens and the earth always existed with no
beginning? Or were they at some
point in time brought into being? The answer is
undoubtedly that there was a time when they
never existed and that at some time they had a
starting point. I am sure every
reader would agree with this point, now that we have
that firmly in our minds
turn to Gen 1 v 1. Gen 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and
the earth. This verse in the
beginning is saying that the heavens and
the earth at some point in time called the beginning
came into being, before
that point in time they never existed. It is the same
with John 1 v 1-3. In the
beginning was the Word at some point in time He came
into existence by a Birth. Before that time He did
not exist. He was born a Son of
God, He had a starting point, He has not inhabited
eternity the scripture tells
us that there is ONE God who has inhabited eternity.
ONE TRUE GOD. We see here plainly
that the knowledge that the Father is
in fact the Father of the Word before He was born of
Mary has been suppressed.
The disciples knew it but since the first era of God’s
Church the knowledge has
been lost. So we see that the
knowledge of God the Father and Christ
His Son, has been left by the 1st Era of
the Church, but now see
this amazing new knowledge. The last era of God’s
Church, the Laodicean Era, has the
knowledge of Christ and God the Father restored,
notice the following. Rev 3:14
“And to the angel of
the church of the
Laodiceans write, ‘These things says the Amen, the
Faithful and True Witness,
the Beginning of the creation of God: Notice that line, the
beginning of the creation of God,
this is referring to Christ and the fact that He was
born in the beginning of
Creation. How interesting. This knowledge of the
Father appears to have been
suppressed notice these following scriptures on this
very subject. Luk 11:52
“Woe to you lawyers!
For you have taken away the
key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves,
and those who were entering
in you hindered.” Notice that the key of
knowledge was taken away. Joh 16:31
Jesus answered them, “Do
you now believe? Joh 16:32
Indeed the hour is
coming, yes, has now come,
that you will be scattered, each to his own, and
will leave Me alone. And yet I
am not alone, because the Father is with Me. Mat 11:27
All things have been
delivered to Me by My
Father, and no one knows the Son except the
Father. Nor does anyone know the
Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son
wills to reveal Him. Did you notice that
scripture? Read it again the knowledge
of the Son is revealed by the Father and the knowledge
of the Father is
revealed by the Son. THIS IS
REVEALED KNOWLEDGE If we want to know
about the Father we need to go on our
knees and ask for this knowledge to be given to us.
There is no other way. Now to answer our
question at the start of this article:
Who is the Father? THE
FATHER IS THE ONE TRUE GOD. HE IS THE
ONLY GOD WHO HAS EXISTED FOREVER. HE IS
SELF EXISTENT. HE
INHABITS ETERNITY. HE IS THE
HIGH AND LOFTY ONE. HE IS THE
FATHER OF THE WORD. THE WORD
IS THE BORN SON OF THE FATHER BEFORE
CREATION. Some people think that
the Father is not directly involved
in our lives, let’s look at the following. IS
GOD
THE FATHER INVOLVED? We have had an idea
that God the Father has handed
everything over to Christ and that He is just up in
heaven at the controls of
the universe uninterested and unaware of what is going
on down here on earth. Nothing
could be further from the truth. God the Father is
totally interested in what
is going on here on earth and is involved heavily with
everything. He is not
out of the picture. We have imagined that God and the
Lord in the Old Testament
were mainly referring to Christ. Read on for the
truth, for new knowledge for
this era of the church. I am not trying to take
anything away from Jesus Christ,
He is our High Priest, Our Saviour, Our Elder Brother,
and the very Son of God,
but He Himself is in subjection to the Father and
always put the Father above
Himself in keeping with the scriptures. We are telling
you the truth about the
Father. This truth is revealed by Christ. {Matt 11 v
27} 1Co 15:27
For “HE HAS PUT ALL THINGS UNDER HIS FEET.”
But when He says “all things
are put under Him,” it is evident that He who put
all things under Him is
excepted. 1Co 15:28
Now when all things are made subject to Him,
then the Son Himself will
also be subject to Him who put all things under Him,
that God may be all in
all. Joh 14:28
You have heard Me say
to you, ‘I am going away
and coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you
would rejoice because I said, ‘I
am going to the Father,’ for My Father is greater
than I. The Father is working. Joh 5:17
But Jesus answered them, “My Father has been
working until now, and I have been working.” Our loving and great
God the Father loves us so much and
is so involved with us that He won’t do anything until
He reveals it to His
prophets. Amo 3:7
Surely the Lord GOD does nothing, Unless He
reveals His secret to His
servants the prophets. Let’s have a look at
the start of the human race and see
how God the Father was involved. Gen 3:8
And they heard the sound of the LORD God
walking in the garden in the
cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid
themselves from the presence of the
LORD God among the trees of the garden. Gen 3:9
Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to
him, “Where are you?” This is speaking here
of H3068 God the Father, right at
the start of the human race we see God the Father with
a hands on approach. It
was Him who talked with Adam and Eve. Astounding, but none
the less true. Gen 6:5
Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man
was great in the earth, and
that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was
only evil continually. God the Father is
stating that the world was filled with
wickedness and now He planned to do something about
it. Gen 7:1
Then the LORD said to Noah, “Come into the
ark, you and all your
household, because I have seen that you are
righteous before Me in this
generation. Here we see God the
Father, telling Noah to go into the
Ark, he and his family. God had a hands on approach to
the saving of the human
race through Noah, He knew that all of mankind was
wickedness, He was involved,
He was not far off somewhere. Gen 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the
LORD appeared to Abram and
said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and
be blameless. Gen 17:2
And I will make My covenant between Me and
you, and will multiply you
exceedingly.” Gen 17:3
Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked
with him, saying: Gen 17:4
“As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you,
and you shall be a father
of many nations. Gen 17:5
No longer shall your name be called Abram,
but your name shall be
Abraham; for I have made you a father of many
nations. Here we see God the
Father totally involved in making
Abraham the Father of many nations. He knew all about
Abraham, watched him
daily, and took great interest in the father of the
faithful. Gen 22:16
and said: “By Myself I have sworn, says the
LORD, because you have done
this thing, and have not withheld your son, your
only son Gen 22:17
blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I
will multiply your
descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the
sand which is on the
seashore; and your descendants shall possess the
gate of their enemies. Gen 22:18
In your seed all the nations of the earth
shall be blessed, because you
have obeyed My voice.” Here again we see God
the Father sending an angel down to
speak to Abraham, now that Abraham was tested and
proved faithful, God the
Father bestowed upon him this most fabulous blessing
of the Father of the
nations. God the
Father is involved. Exo 20:1
And God spoke all these words, saying: Exo 20:2
“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out
of the land of Egypt, out
of the house of bondage. Again we see the
amazing truth that God the Father brought
the Israelites out of Egypt and gave the Ten
Commandments. Exo 13:3
And Moses said to the people: “Remember this
day in which you went out
of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by
strength of hand the LORD brought
you out of this place. No leavened bread shall be
eaten. Our article, Two Gods
on the Mountain, gives the amazing
truth in more detail regarding the new knowledge of
how God the Father gave the
Ten Commandments. However I will repeat a small
section here. Exo 24:9
Then Moses went up, also Aaron, Nadab, and
Abihu, and seventy of the
elders of Israel, Exo 24:10
and they saw the God of Israel. And there was
under His feet as it were
a paved work of sapphire stone, and it was like the
very heavens in its
clarity. Exo 24:11
But on the nobles of the children of Israel
He did not lay His hand. So
they saw God, and they ate and drank. Exo 24:12
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me
on the mountain and be
there; and I will give you tablets of stone, and the
law and commandments which
I have written, that you may teach them.” Here we see that the
God that the elders saw in verse 10
is H430 {Elohiym} this word can be used for Christ or
the Father, but because
they ate and drank and saw Him we know that it was
Christ. Now in Verse 12 we see
the Lord {3068} God the Father,
called Moses up to the mountain and there the Father
gave Moses the Ten
Commandments. We know that you cannot see the Father,
so we know that Moses
spoke to Him in a cloud. Exo 33:9
And it came to pass, when Moses entered the
tabernacle, that the pillar
of cloud descended and stood at the door of the
tabernacle, and the LORD talked
with Moses. 1Ti 1:17
Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible,
to God who alone is wise,
be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. This is fabulous new
knowledge. We have never known that
the Father was involved with His creation like this
before. Now there are many many
more examples for us to learn
about but I suggest that you go to your concordance
and look up Hebrew 3068 and
in your own time do a study and see just how involved
God the Father is in our
lives, this is astounding knowledge. Now to
answer the Question Is God the Father
involved?: THE
ANSWER IS THAT HE IS 100% INVOLVED IN
EVERYTHING AND ALWAYS WILL BE. MOST OF THE OLD
TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES ARE TALKING
ABOUT THE FATHER. WHICH
GOD
IS BEING SPOKEN OF IN THE OLD TESTAMENT? This knowledge will lay
a solid foundation of what we want
to study. As we read the Bible and we come to the word
God or Lord, how do we
know if these words are referring to God the Father or
The Word? We don’t know
this absolutely vital knowledge unless we go to the
Concordance, look up the
meaning of the word, then look at the context and make
a decision based on
other scriptures on that subject. This is all part of
the vital knowledge of
God’s word. Everything must be in harmony and balance.
Remember God is not the
author of confusion. Here a little there a little. Now
also keep in mind that
who God the Father is has been lost till now. Here are
the names for God and
Lord in the Old Testament, from the King James +
translation of e-Sword. GOD
H430 Plural of
H433; gods in the ordinary sense;
but specifically used (in the plural thus,
especially with the article) of the
supreme God; occasionally applied by way of
deference to magistrates; and
sometimes as a superlative: angels, X exceeding, God
(gods) (-dess, -ly), X
(very) great, judges, X mighty. In the following verse
we see that 430 is Elohiym, this
word can be used for God the Father or The Word {Jesus
Christ} or in some
instances it can be used for both. We will sight some
scriptures to show some of the
meanings. This will allow us to determine which God
the scripture is referring
to. Gen
2:7 And the LORDH3068
GodH430
formedH3335
(H853) manH120 of the
dustH6083
ofH4480
the ground,H127
and breathedH5301
into his nostrilsH639
the breathH5397
of life;H2416
and manH120
becameH1961
a livingH2416
soul.H5315 We have used here the
Strong’s concordance to show the
numbers for the words God and Lord. In the above
verse, the word Lord is 3068
this can only be used for God the Father. In the above verse, the
word for God 430 is also used. It
can be either God the Father or Christ, but because we
see the 3068 used we
know that the 430 in this case is referring to God the
Father. Because of other Bible
knowledge {which we already know}
God the Father created all things by Jesus Christ. We
are confident and know
assuredly that this verse is referring to God the
Father, this is so plain and
simple. Gen
1:26
And GodH430
saidH559,
Let us makeH6213
manH120
in our imageH6754,
after our likenessH1823:
and let them have dominionH7287 over the
fishH1710
of the seaH3220,
and over the fowlH5775
of the airH8064,
and over the cattleH929,
and over allH3605 the earthH776,
and over everyH3605
creepingH7431
thing that creepethH7430
upon the earthH776. In the above verse, we
see this verse is referring to both
God the Father and Jesus Christ, because it says let
us and in our image and
after our likeness. The word God 430 is
used but means both Gods. Exo
24:10 And they sawH7200 (H853) the GodH430
of Israel:H3478
and there was underH8478
his feetH7272
as it were a pavedH3840
workH4639
of a sapphire stone,H5601
and as it were the bodyH6106 of heavenH8064
in his clearness.H2892 In the above scripture,
we know that the 430 here spoken
of is Christ only because they saw Him, later verses
show they ate and drank
with Him. But the Father called Moses up and gave him
the Commandments. This is
again a clear plain and easily understood scripture. So we see three plain
examples of how God 430 can be
spoken of as: 1. the Father only. 2. both the Father and
the Son. 3. and the Son only. H3068 From
H1961; (the) self Existent or eternal;
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God: Jehovah, the
Lord. Compare H3050, H3069. This is the number for
God 3068 which can only be used for
God the Father only. Exo
20:1 And GodH430
spakeH1696
(H853)
allH3605
theseH428
words,H1697
saying,H559
Now we see God {430}
and Lord {3068} spoken of here in
this verse. So we know that this is speaking of God
the Father only, the 430 in
the three instances mentioned above are referring here
to God the Father. We know that He brought
the children out of Egypt and we
know that He will have no other gods before Him. Because the following
numbers are used infrequently in the
Old Testament we will not elaborate on their meaning. H410 Shortened
from H352; strength; as adjective
mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of
any deity): God (god), X
goodly, X great, idol, might (-y one), power,
strong. Compare names in -el. Gen 16:13 And she
calledH7121
the nameH8034
of the LORDH3068
that spakeH1696
untoH413
her, ThouH859
GodH410
seestH7210
me: forH3588
she said,H559
Have I alsoH1571
hereH1988
lookedH7200
afterH310
him that seethH7200
me? This is similar to 430
in that it can be used for the
Father or Christ. H3069 A
variation of H3068 (used after H136, and
pronounced by Jews as H430, in order to prevent the
repetition of the same
sound, since they elsewhere pronounce H3068 as
H136): God. This is self
explanatory the 3069 is the same as 3068 and
would therefore be used for only God the Father. Jdg
6:22 And when GideonH1439
perceivedH7200
thatH3588
heH1931
was an angelH4397
of the LORD,H3068
GideonH1439
said,H559
Alas,H162
O LordH136
GOD!H3069
forH3588
becauseH5921
H3651 I
have seenH7200
an angelH4397
of the LORDH3068
faceH6440
toH413
face.H6440 LORD
H3068 The same
as for God. H136
Adonay
Lord Master An
emphatic form of H113; the Lord (used as a
proper name of God only): (my) Lord. 2Sa
7:22 WhereforeH5921
H3651
thou art great,H1431
O LORDH3068
God:H136
forH3588
there is noneH369
like thee,H3644
neitherH369
is there any GodH430
besideH2108
thee, according to allH3605
thatH834
we have heardH8085 with our ears.H241 H113 From an
unused root (meaning to rule);
sovereign, that is, controller (human or
divine):lord, master, owner. Compare
also names beginning with Adoni. This word may not
necessarily be used in speaking about
God the Father or the Son, as it could be used for
master or a human. H7706 Shadday……the
almighty This word is used over
40 times in the Old Testament.
Because it means the almighty it is referring only to
the Father. H433 Eloah……a
deity…… This word is used over
50 times in the Old Testament and
also has the meaning where it can be used for a false
god. H5945
Elyone
The most High Gen
14:18 And MelchizedekH4442
kingH4428
of SalemH8004
brought forthH3318
breadH3899
and wine:H3196
and heH1931
was the priestH3548
of the most highH5945
God.H410 H3071
Jehovah
Nissi The
Lord is
my banner Exo
17:15 And MosesH4872
builtH1129
an altar,H4196
and calledH7121
the nameH8034
of it Jehovahnissi:H3071 H7462
Jehovah
Raah The
Lord my shepherd Psa
80:1 To the chief MusicianH5329
uponH413
Shoshannimeduth,H7802
A PsalmH4210
of Asaph.H623
Give ear,H238
O ShepherdH7462
of Israel,H3478
thou that
leadestH5090
JosephH3130
like a flock;H6629
thou that dwellestH3427
between the cherubims,H3742
shine forth.H3313 H7495
Jehovah
Rapha Raphah
The Lord who heals Psa
103:3 Who forgivethH5545 allH3605 thine
iniquities;H5771
who healethH7495
allH3605
thy diseases;H8463 H8033
Jehovah
Sham The
Lord is there Eze
48:35 It was round aboutH5439
eighteenH8083
H6240
thousandH505
measures: and the nameH8034
of the
cityH5892
from that dayH4480
H3117
shall be, The LORDH3068
is there.H8033 H6664
Jehovah
Tsedeq The
Lord our Righteousness Jer
23:6 In his daysH3117
JudahH3063
shall be saved,H3467
and IsraelH3478
shall dwellH7931
safely:H983
and thisH2088
is his nameH8034
wherebyH834
he shall be called,H7121
THE LORDH3068
OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.H6664 H6942
Jehovah
Qadash The
Lord that sanctifies you Exo
31:13 SpeakH1696
thouH859
also untoH413
the childrenH1121
of Israel,H3478
saying,H559
VerilyH389
(H853)
my sabbathsH7676 ye shall keep:H8104
forH3588
itH1931
is a signH226
betweenH996
me and you throughout
your generations;H1755
that ye may
knowH3045
thatH3588
IH589
am the LORDH3068
that doth sanctifyH6942
you. H5769
Olam
Olam Everlasting God Jer
10:10 But the LORDH3068 is
the trueH571
God,H430
heH1931
is the livingH2416
God,H430
and an everlastingH5769
king:H4428
at his wrathH4480
H7110
the earthH776
shall tremble,H7493
and the nationsH1471
shall notH3808
be able to abideH3557
his
indignation.H2195 H7067
Qanna
Jealous God Deu
5:9 Thou shalt notH3808 bow
down thyselfH7812
unto them, norH3808
serveH5647
them: forH3588
IH595
the LORDH3068
thy GodH430
am a jealousH7067
God,H410
visitingH6485
the iniquityH5771
of the fathersH1
uponH5921
the childrenH1121
untoH5921
the thirdH8029
and fourthH7256
generation of them
that hateH8130
me, H3070
Yireh
Jehovah will see to it or provide. Gen
22:14 And AbrahamH85 calledH7121 the nameH8034
of thatH1931
placeH4725
Jehovahjireh:H3070
asH834
it is saidH559
to this day,H3117
In the mountH2022 of the LORDH3068
it shall be seen.H7200 H3073
Shalom
Jehovah is peace Jdg
6:24 Then GideonH1439
builtH1129
an altarH4196
thereH8033
unto the LORD,H3068
and calledH7121
it Jehovahshalom:H3073
untoH5704
thisH2088
dayH3117
it is yetH5750
in OphrahH6084
of the Abiezrites.H33 H6635
Tsaba Lord of Hosts Psa
84:3 Yea,H1571
the sparrowH6833
hath foundH4672
an house,H1004
and the swallowH1866
a nestH7064
for herself, whereH834
she may layH7896
her young,H667
even(H853)
thine altars,H4196
O LORDH3068
of hosts,H6635
my King,H4428
and my God.H430 This covers most of the
names for Lord or God which can
refer to the Father in the Old Testament. Once again,
the reader is encouraged
to do their own study into the other words used. We
suggest this for time and
space allowed here. The answer to the
question, which God is being spoken of
in the Old Testament? THE
READER WILL NEED TO DETERMINE WHICH HEBREW
WORD IS BEING USED, BUT MOST ASTOUNDINGLY THE
MAJORITY OF USES OF GOD AND LORD
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT ARE REFERRING TO THE FATHER
ONLY. THIS KNOWLEDGE HAS BEEN
LOST SINCE THE DISCIPLES. IS
GOD
THE FATHER ETERNAL? Isa 57:15
For thus says the High and Lofty One Who
inhabits eternity, whose name
is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, With
him who has a contrite and
humble spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble,
And to revive the heart of
the contrite ones. Deu 33:27
The eternal God is your refuge, And
underneath are the everlasting arms;
He will thrust out the enemy from before you, And
will say, ‘Destroy!’ 1Ti 1:17
Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible,
to God who alone is wise,
be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. The answer to the
Question Is God the Father Eternal? GOD THE
FATHER IS THE ONE ETERNAL GOD. CAN
GOD
THE FATHER HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH SIN? We have always believed
that God the Father could not have
anything to do with sin. I have always believed that
but never really
understood why. The only scripture that I know of that
is used to state this is
the following: Mat 27:46
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with
a loud voice, saying, “Eli,
Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU
FORSAKEN ME?” The reason Christ cried
out these words is not because God
the Father could not have anything to do with sin, but
the following is the
reason… Christ came to earth to
die for our sins. He alone had to
bear the sins of the whole earth. He and the Father
were so very close the pain
when God the Father could not be with Him for that
short while, was immense. To
bear these sins was a penalty that Christ had to bear
alone, it was not the
fact that God the Father could not have anything to do
with sin, the fact was
that Christ simply had to bear it alone. That was why
He came to earth, to pay
the penalty for our sins. God the Father did not have
to do this. Notice this astounding
scripture. Heb 1:3
who being the brightness of His glory
and the express image of His person, and upholding
all things by the word of
His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins,
sat down at the right hand
of the Majesty on high, Did you notice what
that scripture said? BY HIMSELF
PURGED OUR SINS. Christ had to pay the
penalty by Himself. This is why the
Father could not be with Him. 1Pe 2:24
who Himself bore our sins in His own
body on the tree, that we, having died to sins,
might live for righteousness by
whose stripes you were healed. Again we see: Who
himself bare our sins. The Father simply
could not help Jesus at that crucial time. To be with
Christ at that time would
have meant that His sacrifice would have been in vain.
Christ had to do it
alone. The reason Christ had
to bear this alone, has nothing to
do with whether or not God the Father can have
anything to do with sin, but
because the Father had to forsake Christ for that
small amount of time because
the power of God the Father would have assisted Christ
if He had not forsaken
Him. Now that we have
cleared up the meaning of the two gospel
accounts of that period of time before Christ’s death,
let’s move on to the
issue at hand, can God the Father have anything to do
with sin? Who is the father of
lies, and the greatest sinner of all
time? None other than Satan himself. And yet we see
these amazing scriptures
which contain new knowledge and understanding on this
subject for us. Job 1:6
Now there was a day when the sons of
God came to present themselves before the LORD, and
Satan also came among them. Rev 12:9
So the great dragon was cast out,
that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who
deceives the whole world;
he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast
out with him. Rev 12:10
Then I heard a loud voice saying in
heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the
kingdom of our God, and the power
of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our
brethren, who accused them
before our God day and night, has been cast down. If God the Father
cannot have anything to do with sin,
then how is it that the Father conducts an audience
with the father of lies,
the greatest sinner of all time, Satan at regular
intervals? We see quite plainly
that one such occasion occurred
concerning Job, and in the second scripture we see
that Satan comes to God to
accuse us on a DAILY basis. This plainly states
that God the Father talks to Satan
regularly, so we see that He can have something to do
with sin. However we know
that He hates sin and that His very own Son had to die
because of sin. So we
know for sure that He absolutely hates sin but the
scriptures states that He
does come face to face with it on a daily basis. The answer to our
question can God the Father have
anything to do with sin?: YES…HE
HAS TO COME FACE TO FACE WITH IT ON A
DAILY BASIS BUT HE HATES SIN. CAN
WE
SEE AND HEAR GOD THE FATHER? Exo 33:20
But He said, “You cannot see My
face; for no man shall see Me, and live.” The scripture states
plainly that no man can see God the
Father and live. So how is it that we read in so many
scriptures that God the
Father appeared to Moses etc. and others throughout
the Bible? The answer to this
question is that God the Father appears
to man in a number of different ways. He appears in a cloud Exo 33:9
And it came to pass, when Moses
entered the tabernacle, that the pillar of cloud
descended and stood at the
door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with
Moses. He is an invisible God 1Ti 1:17
Now to the King eternal, immortal,
invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and
glory forever and ever. Amen. He appears in a vision Gen 15:1
After these things the word of the
LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be
afraid, Abram. I am your
shield, your exceedingly great reward.” He appears in a pillar
of fire Deu 5:4
The LORD talked with you face to face
on the mountain from the midst of the fire. He appears in a
whirlwind Job 38:1
Then the LORD answered Job out of the
whirlwind, and said: He appears in a dream 1Ki 3:5
At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon
in a dream by night; and God said, “Ask! What shall
I give you?” He appears to people in
these ways for to do otherwise
would mean they would die. As we have pointed out
previously God the Father has a
hands-on approach towards His creation and He is
involved with us, so we know
He has appeared to people. As we see in the above
scriptures, He does it in
different ways and He makes sure that those people
won’t be harmed. Joh 5:37
And the
Father Himself, who sent Me, has testified of Me.
You have neither heard His
voice at any time, nor seen His form. The above scripture is
interesting, but we must be careful
what context this is spoken, you see this was the
words of our Lord Jesus
Christ and He was speaking to the Jews of His day and
New Testament readers. He
was speaking to them personally and saying that they
themselves had not heard
or seen the Father. This is not referring to Old
Testament times. Other scriptures state
clearly that God the Father had
indeed spoken to men throughout time, I will sight
only two here for brevity,
but the reader can in their own time look up many more
such instances in their
own Bible study. The following scripture
shows clearly that when God the
Father spoke to Moses, in a thick cloud, He said that
the people MAY HEAR
WHEN I SPEAK WITH YOU. Exo 19:9
And the LORD said to Moses, “Behold,
I come to you in the thick cloud, that the people
may hear when I speak with
you, and believe you forever.” So Moses told the
words of the people to the
LORD. Notice that God points
out clearly that the people heard
Him but did not see Him. Deu 4:12
And the LORD spoke to you out of the
midst of the fire. You heard the sound of the words,
but saw no form; you only
heard a voice. Deu 4:15
“Take careful heed to yourselves, for
you saw no form when the LORD spoke to you at Horeb
out of the midst of the
fire, Gen 3:9
Then the LORD God called to Adam and
said to him, “Where are you?” Gen 3:10
So he said, “I heard Your voice in
the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked;
and I hid myself.” Mat 17:5
While he was still speaking, behold,
a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a
voice came out of the cloud,
saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well
pleased. Hear Him!” Notice again Christ
spoke to the Father and the people
heard the Father answer Christ. Joh 12:27
“Now My soul
is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save
Me from this hour’? But for
this purpose I came to this hour. Joh 12:28
Father,
glorify Your name.” Then a voice came from
heaven, saying, “I have both
glorified it and will glorify it again.” Joh 12:29
Therefore the people who stood by
and heard it said that it had thundered. Others
said, “An angel has spoken to
Him.” Joh 12:30
Jesus answered and said, “This
voice did not come because of Me, but for your
sake. We see here quite
plainly that when God the Father spoke
people heard His voice. The answer to the
Question Can we see and hear the Father? THE
FATHER WAS HEARD BY MAN AND HE APPEARED IN
A CLOUD OR IN A VISION OR HE WAS INVISIBLE, OR IN A
PILLAR OF FIRE, OR A
WHIRLWIND OR IN A DREAM. The following scripture
shows clearly that the Father
spoke to the prophets. Heb 1:1
God, who at various times and in
various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by
the prophets, Heb 1:2
has in these last days spoken to us by
His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things,
through whom also He made
the worlds; I would like to relate
to you an interesting occurrence in
relation to this, and other articles. Recently I was asked
“Has anybody believed what you are
saying in your articles?” I would like to tell
you the answer to this interesting
question. Many many years ago a
man had truth to tell to the people,
he told them what things would surely come to pass in
their lifetime. The
people laughed at him and thought it was a joke. They
did not believe him, but
he kept on telling them for many many years. He
continued, they laughed and
derided him. More than likely they hated him. But
nonetheless the man
continued, because he loved them and he had a job to
do. This preaching went on
for many years and still the people
did not believe. Then finally one day, one fine and
sunny day, God decided
there would be delay no more. The people had heard the
warnings long enough to
decide if what they had heard was truth or not. And the man went to a
place of safety and his family with
him. Others could have come with him at that time, but
they did not believe
what he said, they were still laughing at him. The
weather was fine and sunny
and there was no threat of bad weather to come. So
they chose to ignore his
warning that he had told them for so many years. But then God closed the
door and after that time no one
could go to the place of safety even if they wanted
to. That place of safety
was the Ark. Noah’s Ark. But after Noah and his
family were safe in the Ark, God
waited a further 7 days before He sent a cloud in the
sky. Then the rain came,
the people were worried, they remembered the warnings
that they had been given. BUT IT WAS
TOO LATE, they had made their
choice, they chose not to believe the warning and to
ignore the truth of what
was going to happen. THEY DID
NOT BELIEVE…God
won’t
force us to believe Him…we have to make that choice. THE
PEOPLE DIED, THEY CHOSE DEATH, GOD SAYS
CHOOSE LIFE. It is the same today,
God sends His warnings to His
people, these articles are the truth, they are new
knowledge, soon the end will
come. We are now at this very time in the LAODICEAN
era of God’s church. Mr.
Armstrong was the physical leader of the Philadelphian
era, but that has ended.
Mr. Armstrong has been dead a long time. This is now
the last Era of God’s
church, the era that will lead into the time of
Jacob’s Trouble…this church is
asleep look at the description of the church in Rev 3
v 14-22. Rev 3:14
“And to the
angel of the church of the Laodiceans write,
‘These things says the Amen, the
Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the
creation of God: Rev 3:15
“I know your
works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could
wish you were cold or hot. Rev 3:16
So then,
because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor
hot, I will vomit you out of My
mouth. Rev 3:17
Because you
say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have
need of nothing’ and do not know
that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and
naked Rev 3:18
I counsel you
to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you
may be rich; and white
garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame
of your nakedness may not be
revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve,
that you may see. Rev 3:19
As many as I
love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous
and repent. Rev 3:20
Behold, I
stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My
voice and opens the door, I
will come in to him and dine with him, and he with
Me. Rev 3:21
To him who
overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My
throne, as I also overcame and sat
down with My Father on His throne. Rev 3:22
“He who has
an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the
churches.” This church is fast
asleep we are neither hot or cold,
will we accept this knowledge or say we are rich and
need nothing? Can we see
this new knowledge or do we need to anoint our eyes so
that we may see? Christ
says He is at the door, He is showing us new
knowledge. Will we open the door
to Christ when He knocks? When things are fine
and sunny that is when God asks DO
YOU BELIEVE ME? Jacob’s trouble may not start
tomorrow. So will we laugh at the
warning and disbelieve the new truths when they are
given to us. Will we be like the
people in Noah’s day and ignore this
end time message? Or will we believe and go into the
protection which God
provides? {Some will be spared the coming trouble,
some saints will be
martyred.} Brethren Jacob’s
Trouble is real, it is coming, it is
going to happen. We know that God wants to know if we
will believe Him in peace
time. It will be too late once things start to happen.
The church is being
measured right now. The plumb line has now been
dropped. Where are you
standing? Are you for God or are
you not? This is the Laodicean
church. Mr. Armstrong was the
physical leader of the Philadelphian
era of the church. But Mr. Armstrong died in 1986. This is the Laodicean
church on whom the end of the ages
have come. It is only fitting to end this end time new
knowledge with the words
of our saviour and Lord Jesus Christ. Let us give thanks to
God that the time has now come for
the Father to be revealed to us His servants. Joh 16:25
“These
things I have spoken to you in figurative
language; but the time is coming when
I will no longer speak to you in figurative
language, but I will tell you
plainly about the Father. |