God is not a person but persons. This is very evident when we read the Biblical account of creation. Let's read it together.
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Genesis 1:26, 27
Notice verse 26 where He says, "Let us..." and then "our image, after our likeness". There are plural adjectives being used here. Then in verse 27 we are back to the singular use of God. What is being lost in this text in the English translation? There are feminine and masculine Hebrew descriptions being used here. The one way we can pick up on this in the English language is verse 27 "...male and female created He them". However, the feminine sense is used more than just here in these verses.
The Godhead
Think of it, man AND women are created in the image of God. "The Holy Ghost" or "The Holy Spirit" of God is God, and is referred to in the feminine sense. Isn't this interesting? So indeed if we both man and women are made in the image of God, then there must be a feminine member of the Godhead. Later on after God created Eve, notice this.
21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. Genesis 2:21-24
The Feminine
As the Holy Spirit of God is one with God, the woman is one with the man she marries. Here we get some insight into this arrangement. As woman is in subjection to man, so the Holy Spirit carries out God's commands. We see this all through the Scriptures where the Holy Spirit acts on the Word Of God. As the "woman" was the helper for man, the Holy Spirit is called a helper as well.
7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 1 John 5:7
God is a Family
We get some more insight about the makeup of God. It is not one person but a family. Once again John uses plural and singular expressions in his explanation of God.
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. John 1:1-5
The Holy Spirit Is Our Mother
In this sense you can understand that the Holy Spirit is like our mother. A righteous feminine entity with the power and name of God. So when Jesus prays to His Father, His Mother also is listening. The Father being the head of the family He addresses His prayer to Him. Yet, Jesus Himself is considered a father.
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. - Is 9:6
This isn't so hard to understand to humans, many sons become fathers. It isn't so hard to understand that everyone in a family shares the same name either. They sharing the same name also share the same meaning. Jesus' Father is never named in the Bible and the Holy Spirit is called the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost. We only know the Father as Father.
Yeshua And Yehovah
Yehovah and Yeshua are the same person, then there is the Father, then Holy Spirit. Yes, God came to earth in the form of a man because He is fully God and fully Man. How? We are created in his image. There are 3 distinct persons here that make up God. The Father, the Son & the Holy Spirit. This is why God said, "Let us make man in our image". Then it was "male and female created He them".
Holy Spirit in Masculine Sense
Now when the Holy Spirit is referred to in the Bible it can also be referred in masculine sense as well. Notice this next verse I will share with you.
26 but the Advocate, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and shall bring to your remembrance all things that I have said to you. John 14:26
Do not let this confuse you. Many times women are referred to in the masculine sense. The very word "mankind" also refers to women. When a wife says something, it is as if her husband said it also. Of course these days Satan has totally ruined marriage in the way it is to be understood, but from a Biblical view, we see that they are one. Additionally, Jesus could be stating that the Father, {He shall} shall teach you all things through the "Holy Spirit". Notice also that it is not Jesus but the Father that sends the Holy Spirit, interesting huh?
Our Future
Many times Jesus is referring to us as sitting on His Throne with Him. He also refers to us as becoming one with Him and God. Does this not blow your mind?
21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. Rev 3:21
Then we becoming one with God.
21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. John 17:21-23
The Family of God
So, now, we can understand the family of God and perhaps your role in it. Exciting to say the least. Can you imagine yourself sitting on the Throne of God? Maybe now you will understand your trials and tribulations. Maybe now you will understand what it means to be a Christian. This is not something to be taken lightly, to be called to the family of God you must be as Christ taught us to be. You must be chosen by Him and follow His commands. Then our mother, the feminine Holy Spirit of God is the vessel that feeds us our information and gives us strength. However, with all intents and purposes, we refer to the Holy Spirit as "He" because the Holy Spirit carries out the will of our Father.
The Family You Always Wanted
So, just imagine, Our Father, our Mother the Holy Spirit, Our Father/Big Brother Yeshua/Yahovah and all of us, sitting at the table of God. What a family!
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