Where do you get the idea that God is a name? That's an ontological assertion about what He is. It seems absurd to me. God is not a sequence of Hebrew letters.Geert van den Bos wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2026 12:34 am The creator of heaven and earth is a Hebrew letter name, not a Greek letter name and also not a number.
RAMcGough wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2026 7:21 amWhere do you get the idea that God is a name? That's an ontological assertion about what He is. It seems absurd to me. God is not a sequence of Hebrew letters.Geert van den Bos wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2026 12:34 am The creator of heaven and earth is a Hebrew letter name, not a Greek letter name and also not a number.
God has many names. His primary Hebrew name YHVH is based on the three tenses of the word "to be" - "yiyeh, havah, hayan" and so reveals God's eternality.
Is that a joke? No serious student of the Bible would accept such a hyper-literalistic interpretation of Logos in that context. It's like saying Jesus has hinges and a knob because He said He was the Door.Geert van den Bos wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2026 8:22 am John 1:1
"In the beginning was the word and the word was directed towards God and God was the word"
a word is a building of letters
RAMcGough wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2026 8:57 amIs that a joke? No serious student of the Bible would accept such a hyper-literalistic interpretation of Logos in that context. It's like saying Jesus has hinges and a knob because He said He was the Door.Geert van den Bos wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2026 8:22 am John 1:1
"In the beginning was the word and the word was directed towards God and God was the word"
a word is a building of letters
Your response is irrational. You didn't answer my point at all. It seems like you don't take anything seriously. It's seems like you're just making meaningless jokes all the time.Geert van den Bos wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2026 9:23 amRAMcGough wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2026 8:57 amIs that a joke? No serious student of the Bible would accept such a hyper-literalistic interpretation of Logos in that context. It's like saying Jesus has hinges and a knob because He said He was the Door.Geert van den Bos wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2026 8:22 am John 1:1
"In the beginning was the word and the word was directed towards God and God was the word"
a word is a building of letters
the key was found in the number of fishes mentioned in John 21:11
written word = "teivah" = the ark that Noach build and also the basket in which baby Moses was laid
meausures of Noach's ark were 300 x 50 x 30
in other order spelling "lashon"= tongue (= flesh)
The ark was lifted upby the flood so that it's top with the skylight touched the 50th cubit above the earth --thus transforming the bent letter Nun in outstretched Nun -- that is also last letter of Daniel (12:13)
Etc.
"tov" = 17RAMcGough wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2026 9:33 am
Your response is irrational. You didn't answer my point at all. It seems like you don't take anything seriously. It's seems like you're just making meaningless jokes all the time.
Yes, we agree tov = 17 and that this is significant in relation to the T(17) = 153 fish of John 21, as explained in this post above:Geert van den Bos wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2026 11:26 am "tov" = 17
153rd word in Hebrew Genesis is "tov"
"tov" first occured in Genesis 1:4,
"vayar elohim et-haor ki-tov" and God saw the light to be good
so it is about the light on which John 1 expounds
John 1:4 "In it (the written word) was life and the life was the light of men.The light shines in the darkness and the darkness did'nt comprehend"
The darkness that was God's hidingplace
As far as I know, you never responded to this post.RAMcGough wrote: Sat Mar 14, 2026 6:49 amYes, that's a significant part of God's grand design based on the number 17.Geert van den Bos wrote: Fri Mar 13, 2026 10:36 am 153= T17 and 17 = "tov" = the 153rd word in the Torah
1717 = 17 (tov/good) x 101 (tzava/command) = The Will of God (τὸ θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ)
1Jo 2:17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
καὶ ὁ κόσμος παράγεται καὶ ἡ ἐπιθυμία αὐτοῦ, ὁ δὲ ποιῶν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ μένει εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.
Genesis 6:22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded (tzavah = 101) him, so did he.
וַיַּעַשׂ נֹחַ כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה אֹתוֹ אֱלֹהִים כֵּן עָשָׂה׃
And what is the good command of God? REPENT and BELIEVE THE GOSPEL! We must offer our very selves unto God as a living sacrifice (zebach = 17):
Rom 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Amen? AMEN!
Gospel = Hebrew "besorah" from root "basar/bisseir" .
That's an interesting connection your bring up. The words for "flesh" and "good news" are indeed based on the same three Hebrew letters. And within the book of Isaiah, they make their JOINT DEBUT in the 40th chapter, where the GOSPEL GOES FORTH!Geert van den Bos wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2026 12:48 pmGospel = Hebrew "besorah" from root "basar/bisseir" .
"basar"= flesh
"and the (written) word ( that was in the beginning ) became flesh (human language)"
The Gospel is notRAMcGough wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2026 1:30 pm
Like I said Geert, you need to REPENT and BELIEVE THE GOSPEL!
Amen.