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To: SoothingDave
Ha Shem refers to God, the Divine Being. If He is One in the Father to you, than that is to what it refers. If He is Triune to me, than that is to what it refers.

Ha-Shem literally means "the Name". It is used in place of YHWH in spoken Hebrew, and occasionally in written Hebrew too (as a more modern substitution--in the past they more often used Adonai, 'the Lord', as a written substitute).

God also said to Moses, "Say this to the people of Israel, `YHWH, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you': this is My Name for ever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations. (Exodus 3:15)

Therefore David blessed YHWH in the presence of all the assembly; and David said: "Blessed art thou, YHWH, the God of Israel, our Father for ever and ever. (1 Chronicles 29:10)

YHWH, Ha-Shem, is here declared the Father. Not a separate person within the Godhead. It is this same God, the Father, as I cited earlier today, who is called Savior and Redeemer. The sons of God are not themselves gods, but rather are those who trust in and obey Him.

30,714 posted on 02/27/2002 6:36:26 PM PST by malakhi
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To: angelo
If a Christian is baptized in the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, then God is The One whose Name is Three.
30,720 posted on 02/27/2002 7:04:50 PM PST by RobbyS
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