Note: in this article I write about the Christian God, my God, as other religions believe differently.
Link to previous related blog article: A Different View of Baptism and the Trinity (the word trinity is not in the Bible)
I have been on a journey to find the truth about God and this morning my thoughts took a paradigm shift. I am of course not totally sure if what I write here is true, but it is a possibility that occurred to me. The name Elohim is frequently given as the name of God, particularly in Jewish translations of the Old Testament. Elohim may be singular, but usually indicates the plural. God is referred to as us in Genesis, and this obviously implies more than one being or persona.
Link to previous related blog article: A Different View of Baptism and the Trinity (the word trinity is not in the Bible)
I have been on a journey to find the truth about God and this morning my thoughts took a paradigm shift. I am of course not totally sure if what I write here is true, but it is a possibility that occurred to me. The name Elohim is frequently given as the name of God, particularly in Jewish translations of the Old Testament. Elohim may be singular, but usually indicates the plural. God is referred to as us in Genesis, and this obviously implies more than one being or persona.
Genesis says that man was created in God's image, and it says both male and female humans were created, and if God is referred to as us, is God therefore both male and female? Who exactly does us refer to: Father and Son and Spirit, as all three were involved in the creation of the world?
In the Bible we read the term first begotten. Isaac was said to be the first begotten son of Abraham and Sarah. Begotten in this context implies bringing into being via reproduction, and I've read of this being the promise. This is not creation as such, but a child is begotten via the child's parents.
Today I read Hebrews 1, which mentions that Jesus is the first begotten of God, and is God's heir. Then too, that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father: "But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:" (John 15:26 KJV) (I have read that the Hebrew for Holy Spirit in the Bible denotes that the Holy Spirit is feminine, but this is not the case in other translations, where the Holy Spirit may be male or neutral)
Was Jesus begotten in heaven first by the Father as God's infant Son, the Word, and all things were then formed through Him as God's Heir to the throne in the very beginning, before He was ever begotten on earth?
Matthew 1:18 says, "Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost." Mary was Jesus' earthly mother here on earth and there are many Bible verses stating that Jesus said He was the Son of Man when He was on earth, and I think He meant He was sent to earth in human form. The verse says Mary was found to be with child of the Holy Ghost, and I used to assume this must mean the Holy Spirit caused conception to occur in Mary, and was the necessary male counterpart, because this is how we conceive and reproduce, but I now believe the verse is stating literally that Mary carried the Holy Spirit's baby, and the Holy Spirit literally placed this baby, an infant Son, in Mary's womb. Mary's DNA might never ever have featured in baby Jesus being created and perhaps Mary was a surrogate mother only. This also implies to me the possibility that the Holy Spirit may be a feminine counterpart, though I have no Biblical basis to say so and this is a possibility only. The Bible does say Mary was blessed amongst all woman to have been chosen to carry Jesus: "And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb." (Luke 1:42 KJV) Jesus Christ was the first begotten Son of the Holy Spirit and the Father, as both are mentioned in relation to Him, and He is the begotten Son of God. Somehow seeing the relationship in this context makes me weep for Jesus, God's Son, so much more.
My musing makes me see the phrase, God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, the Godhead Three in One, very differently. I picture a Heavenly family, with the Father and the Holy Spirit and the Son, and they reign together forever as a Heavenly Head of Hosts, with the Son inheriting the crown to be King.
Was Jesus begotten in heaven first by the Father as God's infant Son, the Word, and all things were then formed through Him as God's Heir to the throne in the very beginning, before He was ever begotten on earth?
Matthew 1:18 says, "Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost." Mary was Jesus' earthly mother here on earth and there are many Bible verses stating that Jesus said He was the Son of Man when He was on earth, and I think He meant He was sent to earth in human form. The verse says Mary was found to be with child of the Holy Ghost, and I used to assume this must mean the Holy Spirit caused conception to occur in Mary, and was the necessary male counterpart, because this is how we conceive and reproduce, but I now believe the verse is stating literally that Mary carried the Holy Spirit's baby, and the Holy Spirit literally placed this baby, an infant Son, in Mary's womb. Mary's DNA might never ever have featured in baby Jesus being created and perhaps Mary was a surrogate mother only. This also implies to me the possibility that the Holy Spirit may be a feminine counterpart, though I have no Biblical basis to say so and this is a possibility only. The Bible does say Mary was blessed amongst all woman to have been chosen to carry Jesus: "And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb." (Luke 1:42 KJV) Jesus Christ was the first begotten Son of the Holy Spirit and the Father, as both are mentioned in relation to Him, and He is the begotten Son of God. Somehow seeing the relationship in this context makes me weep for Jesus, God's Son, so much more.
My musing makes me see the phrase, God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, the Godhead Three in One, very differently. I picture a Heavenly family, with the Father and the Holy Spirit and the Son, and they reign together forever as a Heavenly Head of Hosts, with the Son inheriting the crown to be King.
I wonder, is there to be a first begotten daughter at a time of God's choosing? Or maybe this is Jesus' bride referred to in the Bible? I don't know and of course only time will tell, and God will show the way.
A verse in the ancient text called, the Gospel of Hebrews, considered a lost apocryphal book, has Jesus saying, "Even did my mother, the Holy Spirit, take me by one of my hairs and carry me away to the great mountain Tabor. (Origen, Commentary on John 2.12.87)" (taken from the topic called Gospel of Hebrews in Wikipedia)
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