Understanding the Godhead

 

For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse. Romans 1:20

The invisible or spiritual things of God can be clearly seen, understood, by the things that are made. There is no excuse for us not to understand the Godhead, which is clearly seen by looking at God's creation.

 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Genesis 1:1

Creation is a process, which began in the mind of God, with a thought.

 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep…

The earth is without form, nothing has been made yet. It is still just a thought in God's mind.

 And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. Genesis 1:2

The Spirit of God is His Might, His Strength, His Power, an Omnipotent Force or Energy.

 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. Genesis 1:3

God spoke, the word of God being His seed. "Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God." Luke 8:11.

Spirit and word; Energy and seed. These are the two divine attributes of God or "two anointed ones." Zech. 4:12-14.


 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Genesis 1:26

The "us" and the "our" is God, His Spirit or Energy, and His word or seed. Not 1, not 3, but 3 of 1.

Each of us is made in this way... a man, sows his seed, by his energy, into the woman, the potential mother.

This brings us to The Godhead so many are familiar with... Father, Son, Holy Spirit.


The Hebrew name for God is ELOHIM, in which we find the image of God.    EL=Father  OH=Son  IM=Holy Spirit

The "IM" in EL-OH-IM is the "I AM."

The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are represented in the three patriachs: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Abraham is referred to as " father."

Isaac is Abraham's son, Abraham's seed... "In Isaac shall thy seed be called." Romans 9:7.

Jacob is associated with the word "mighty"... "the mighty God of Jacob" God's might, strength, power, spirit or energy.

Genesis 49:24; Psalms 132:2,5; Isaiah 10:21; Isaiah 49:29; Isaiah 60:16

 

The three: father, seed, and energy are of one...

 For there are three which testify; the SPIRIT, and the WATER, and the BLOOD; and the three are of one. 1 John 5:7,8 (original Greek)

 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit: and these three are one. 1 John 5:7 (KJV).

Heaven symbolizing the spiritual. As (spiritual) fathers we have our word (be it truth or lie) and our spirit (be it holy or unholy).

 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. 1 John 5:8 (KJV)

The earth symbolizing the phsyical as we are physically made up of spirit, (the energy of the body) water, and blood.

Let's look at the three that "bear record in heaven" to see the spiritual...the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit .

Is our father God or the devil? Is our word the truth or a lie? Is our spirit love or fear?

If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. John 8:42

Jesus was the physical manifestation of the Word of God. Being the Seed of God he came forth from the loins of his Father.

"...neither came I of myself."  The seed does not sow itself. The father sows it by his energy, as God sowed His Word by His Spirit.

In the beginning was the word, and the word was with the God, and a god was the word. John 1:1 (orignal Greek )

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1 (KJV).

AND THIS IS WHERE ALL THE CONFUSION COMES FROM!

 

Both versions agree that "the word was with God," which Jesus attests to by saying "I and my Father are one."  John 10:30

The father and the seed are one (or more precisely) of one before the father's seed is sown into the mother. When the seed (the word of God) separated from the Father, from God (being sown into the earth) it (through the process of time) produced fruit, a son, a god, which is where the two versions diverge. The greek saying, "a god was the word," the KJV saying, "and the Word was God."

When the Jews took up stones to stone him (John 10:30) he goes on to explain that by saying "I and my Father are one" he is saying that his works and the Father's works are one. Jesus' works were good, as were the Father's... "And God saw that it was good."

Genesis 1:10, 12, 18, 21, 25 31.

"... Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God." John 10:33

Jesus never said he was God. The religious peoples of his day said he claimed to be God, just as they are claiming Jesus is God today.
God's works were the creation of a heaven and earth, Jesus' works providing the instruction for the creation of a new heaven and earth, a spiritual heaven and earth, which takes place through six spiritual days of spiritual works
(found in the first 6 churches of Asia).

If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; Say ye of him, whom the father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if you do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him. John 10:35-38

Jesus did not care if they did not believe him. He wanted them to believe the works, which is to obey the works, to put action to the works, which Jesus spoke of and illustrated while he was on earth. For it is through these works that we become a son of God, a god, having completed the creation of our "new heaven and earth" through the power of God's word, which being the holy seed of God is truth, which when sown into the heart through spiritual works causes our "first heaven and earth," (a creation that took place as a result of an unholy seed being sown into the heart through an unholy spirit) passes away.

 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse. Romans 1:20

THE GODHEAD IS THE FOUNDATION UPON WHICH ALL SPIRITUAL TRUTH IS BUILT.

 

Article written by Sandra L. Butler ~ Copyright 2000
Author; The Bible Decoded: breaking the ancient code
The Little Book for the soul: an ancient healing process

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