Be it known Kat when that time God brought forth YHWH/Yahweh/Jehovah he is not a Being, we did not know how God formed YHWH but we know that YHWH brought forth by God.
Santgem, so you do not think that Jehovah, the God we know in the OT, that He is not a Being? Well we do have Scripture that show He certainly always was in the image of a man, therefore a Being.
Ezekiel saw visions of God and there was great detail in the vision that came to him and it was a "likeness with the appearance of a man" that appeared to him in a whirlwind.
Eze 1:26 And above the firmament over their heads was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like a sapphire stone; on the likeness of the throne was a likeness with the appearance of a man high above it.
v. 27 Also from the appearance of His waist and upward I saw, as it were, the color of amber with the appearance of fire all around within it; and from the appearance of His waist and downward I saw, as it were, the appearance of fire with brightness all around.
v. 28 Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. So when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of One speaking.
Also God came down and "walked" with Adam in the garden of Eden.
Gen 3:8 And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
He appeared to Abraham a number of times.
Gen 12:7 Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To your descendants I will give this land." And there he built an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
Gen 17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.
v. 2 And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly."
v. 3 Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying:
v. 4 "As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.
v. 5 No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham...
Gen 18:1 Then the LORD appeared to him (Abraham) by the terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day.
v. 2 So he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground,
Jacob wrestles with God all night.
Gen 32:24 Then Jacob was left alone; and
a Man wrestled with him until the breaking of day.
Gen 32:28 And He said, "Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed."
Exo 6:2 And God spoke to Moses and said to him: "I am the LORD.
v. 3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name LORD I was not known to them.
1Co 15:47 The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second
Man is the Lord from heaven.
All these verses very distinctly show me that it was indeed a Being in the form/image of a man that the Father brought forth to be God over this creation.
Here is a place where Ray had spoke about Moses wanting to see God.
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Let’s look at this… where Moses wanted to see God.
Exodus 33:12 And Moses said unto the LORD, See, You say unto me, Bring up this people: and You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.
Did Moses say, did I find grace in this angel’s eyes? Is this an angel?
v.14 And He said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
v. 17 And the LORD (Is this an angel? Then Lord, Jehovah, Yhovah) said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that you have spoken: for you have found grace in My sight, and I know you by name.
v. 18 And he said, I beseech You, show me Your glory.
v. 19 And He said, I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
v. 20 And He said, you canst not see My face: for there shall no man see Me, and live.
v. 21 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by Me, and you shalt stand upon a rock:
v. 22 And it shall come to pass, while My glory passes by, that I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and will cover you with My hand while I pass by:
v. 23 And I will take away Mine hand, and you shalt see My back parts: but My face shall not be seen.
Are we talking about an angel? That if he saw the backside of an angel or the face of an angel that it would kill him? I don’t think so. This is the “Lord.” But it’s NOT God the Father.
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mercy, peace and love
Kat