Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Abraham and Sarah

Regularly, this blog asks: “Are there any Old Testament proofs that hint at the Triune nature of God?”. In this post, we will look at the Hebrew letter “ה” (English “h”; pronounced “hay”; transliterated “”). Pictorially, this Hebrew letter may signal “three [lines]-forming-One,” which could then indicate “Triune.” Note: The name Elohim [“Gods”]—on the same basis of “three-forming-One”—can be denoted in Hebrew by merely using this one Hebrew letter made up of three lines, “ה,” which is (1) technically called a Monogrammaton,* which is (2) a one letter signal that, by itself, can stand for or indicate “God” Himself, and which could (3) also indicates “Trinity,” if the “three-in-One” (letter-idea) holds theological water.

This letter “ה” may also have a connection with the renaming of Abram and Sarai in Genesis 17.

Genesis 17 starts with God the Son speaking with Abram, and saying, “I [God the Son] am One of the El Shaddai [‘God the Mighty Ones’ (masc. pl.) = Trinity; the Hebrew for El Shaddai is 'שני']. Walk before Me [God the Son], and be blameless.” Then, in Genesis 17:5, 15, God the Son gives Abram and Sarai new names—“Abraham and Sarah”. Now let us see how these names are written in Hebrew:

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Just by adding the letter “ה”, the names Abram and Sarai were changed to Abraham and Sarah. Possibly the same letter “ה,” used to denote the Triune God, was added to the names Abram and Sarai to distinguish them as further promoters and worshipers of the true God, the Triune God.

What do you think? Makes you wonder, right?

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