Saturday,November 08, 2003
THE NUMBER THREE RELATES TO THE GODHEAD. In order to properly understand the being of the true and living God we must be able to discern, from the scriptures, both the Oneness that makes Him to be God and the Triunity of His being. An extreme stand on either will lead into a misinterpretation of His being and nature. As we have already noted, we have a constant example in the man which He created, one yet three. The proclamation of the Word cannot be denied, there is but one God [Elohiym] which in itself is plural. The word one is the word echad and bears the connotation united. Showing strongly that God is not singular but is incorporated into unity. There is no closer union in all of the universe than that which makes God to be God. It imperative that we come to an understanding that while He is One {perfectly united}, the only true God He is at also in essential quality, Triune. Deut. 6:4 As such, He is LORD or Jehovah. The only being who is very existence, life and essence. Outside of Him, everything else in the universe has been created, and that by Him. He would BE as the only living force, if nothing else existed. Were everything else done away with, He would still BE. There is no possibility of the LORD not being what He always has been, what He is and always shall be.
HOW EASY IS IT TO UNDERSTAND HIM? The Apostle Paul writing about the Godhead stated that man has no excuse for not comprehending the being and person of God. The invisible things are clearly seen in the created world around us. Rom. 1:20 That may sound like an oxymoron, seeing the invisible, how can that possibly be? Take for instance, the most common element on the earth, water. A substance without which there would be absolutely no life on earth. It is very visible, tangible and useable. Yet water is composed of invisible gases, which remain invisible until combined and then the invisible, hydrogen and oxygen [H2O] is highly visible and is made to be extremely necessary to all life. Man is left without an excuse as he views and studies that which he calls nature.
THE NATURE OF WATER. Water can be a solid, a liquid or a gas. No other substance appears in these three-forms within Earths normal range of temperature. The molecules that make up water are always moving, and therefore the form water takes depends on how fast they move. The molecules in solid water (ice) are far apart and almost motionless. The molecules in liquid water are close together and move about freely. The molecules in water vapor, a gas, move more violently and bump into one another. World Book. The more man increases his knowledge of the created elements which surround us the more he bears a responsibility to acknowledge the presence of the Lord in every created thing. The Lord has taken of His own nature and being and incorporated it within the things that He has created. All are invited to come and partake of the waters of eternal, spiritual life. Rev. 21:6