Bible Questions Answered:
“Pastor, we wonder if you could help
us out with this question, a brother in our bible group, maintains
that every time the name Elohim appears in the Old Testament, it
refers to the father, and that every time the name Yahweh, appears,
it refers to Jesus. Is this right thinking?...”
Randolph/ Winchester, Virginia
U..S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
No, it is an error to even think such
a thought.
This kind of thinking originates with
those who wish to make the trinity, three separate and distinct
persons.
Matthew 28:19 KJV (Jesus,
instructs, His disciples.)
Go ye therefore, and teach all
nations, baptizing them in the name of The Father, and of
The Son, and of The Holy Ghost:
Dear Bible student,
did you see it? The proof that, that kind of thinking is “false.”
It is the word
“NAME.”
Please notice
something, it is in the singular, “not,” in the plural!
That is it does not
say......
Go ye therefore and
teach all nations, baptizing them in the names of The
Father and of
The Son, and The
Holy Ghost.
SINGULAR, because the three are ONE.
“In the name of The Father, and of
The Son, and of The Holy Ghost:”
Are Elohim and Yahweh, used for the
same God? Yes!
Genesis 27:20 KJV
And Isaac said unto his son, How is
it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because
The Lord thy God brought it
to me.
Genesis 27:20 NOG
Isaac asked his son, “How did you
find it so quickly, Son?”
“Yahweh*
your Elohim** brought it to me,” he
answered.
*Lord - Yehovah (Yeh-ho-vaw):
Eternal: Jehovah , Jewish national name of God-Jehovah, The Lord.
**God - Elohiym (El-o-heem): The
Supreme God.
More
Scriptures:
Matthew 28:19 KJV
Go ye therefore, and teach all
nations, baptizing them in the name of The Father, and of
The Son, and of The Holy Ghost:
John 4:23 KJV
But the hour cometh, and now is,
when the true worshipers shall worship The Father in Spirit (Holy
Spirit) and in Truth (The
Lord Jesus): for The Father seeketh such to worship Him.
I Corinthians 6:11 KJV
And that is what some of you were.
But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the
name of The Lord Jesus Christ and by The Spirit (Holy Spirit) of our God (The
Father).
I John 5:7 KJV
For there are three that bear record
in heaven, The Father, The Word, and The Holy Ghost: and
these three are one.
God's name Elohim
and Yahweh.
Jeremiah
32:17,18 NOG
17 ‘Adonay Yahweh, you made heaven
and earth by your great strength and powerful arm. Nothing is too
hard for you.
18 You show mercy to thousands of
generations. However, you punish children for the wickedness of their
parents. You, El (Elohim), are great and mighty. Your name is Yahweh
Tsebaoth.
We can see that
Elohim, and Yahweh are the same God.
Was our Lord ever
referred to as Elohim? Yes!
Isaiah 40:3 NOG
A voice cries out in the desert:
“Clear a way for Yahweh. Make a straight highway in the
wilderness for our Elohim.
Isaiah 40:3 NLT
(Prophetic scripture concerning Christ.)
Listen! It’s the voice of someone
shouting, “Clear the way through the wilderness
for The Lord! Make a straight
highway through the wasteland for our God!
John 1:23 KJV
(John the baptist)
John said, “I’m a voice crying
out in the desert, ‘Make the way for The Lord straight,’ as the
prophet Isaiah said.”
Colossians 2:2
KJV
My goal is that they may be
encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the
full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know
the mystery of God, namely, Christ,
Trinity of God The
Father, God The Son, and God The Holy Spirit, and these are “one.”
Homily:
The over all best
explanation of such an unexplainable situation is that of water.
Water may be Ice,
steam, or liquid water and yet all is the same, water.
Three distinct
properties, and yet one substance.
I Corinthians
13:12 KJV
For now we see through a glass,
darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I
know even as also I am known.
One day, we as
Christians, followers of The Lord, we will understand perfectly, what
today seems only an enigma.
Prayer:
Acts 2:21 KJV
And it shall come to pass, that
whosoever shall call on the name of The Lord shall be saved.
Acts 4:12 KJV
Neither is there salvation in any
other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men,
whereby we must be saved.
Acts 16:31 KJV
And they said, Believe on The Lord
Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
