The first five books called Pentateuch have a seeming triple authorship called YeHWist ELaHist and KoHeNist (priestly) but these are a hypothesis of Hermeneutic exegesis and not absolute, rather it is apparent that it came from the lack of defined terms (much as you did in the OP) which we now have and which clear up these complications.

The written Bible begins with Moses' writing in 1440 BCE, but is a narration by the LORD-GOD dictated to him, of a full history going back to the first man (chosen). There are a couple older compositions extant (namely Job and Enoch), but the story given Moses is the progressive revealing of the same '0nly' GOD (rather a Unity).

He says He was known before to the fathers as EL ShaDaI but not by His name.

EL is the word 'to/toward' as inevitable/inavertable hence "GOD" and 'mighty' but rather is simply 'meant to be/intended'. It's early ligature phase Archaic Hebrew glyph is found on 6 continents!

ShaDaI is the next oldest inscribed symbol for "GOD" found on tortoise shells in the early oracle-bone script of ancient China and pecked and scratched in rocks of the Indus valley. It is a name proper (boxed) 'SheNG Ti' being a Mountaintop Altar with Wood bound burning Incense Smoke to Heaven, and means "Heavenly Enthroned".

EL ALYoN (Over-Upon as 'Highest') is the common way of saying that in the 'Aramaean pass' and 'fertile crescent' of the Canaanites. That Hebrews (of which Abraham was the father) were certainly always Monotheistic is evident with the greatest/ultimate 'God of gods' AMuN ('continuance' as "we'll see with time...") in Egypt with the presence of Hebrews.

With Moses at the 'burning bush' a first person declaration ('E-HaYaH 'I-Exist') occurs which seems to become the covenant name... when the 'would be Israel' assemblage of descendants of Abraham by line of Isaac and Jacob come out and there is a personal name given in the third person (Ye-HaUaH 'He Becoming/proving To Be').

The Bedouin I was living with while plying the ancient trade routes and documenting the inscriptions once told me that the Ye'aH was the intoned vowel sound aspirations in a descending (Do-Re-Mi) scale or arpeggio:
iy eh uw oh uh ah ghaA
being the planets (like our weekdays)
wandering among the AlphaBeticals being consonantal.

Throughout the Dead Sea rift from the Hijaz and Negev and extending through to southern Egypt and the Sinai, are glyphed inscriptions from the Archaic and Proto phases of Hebrew writing, the earliest Hebrew ligatures have icons for Ye'aH as a Man being raised up by EL to flying above (and being crowned)! This may be the name (also YeHUaH) called upon from the time of Enos(h) father of Canaan (Ge.4:26).

The entire covenant hinges on "The Day" (an appointed time) and "where He would choose to establish His name there" (as a specific place), the day is the 7th day Sabbath and the place is Jerusalem where Himself staked the name at the location where Isaac was offered and a Ram provided.

YeShUaA Ha'NeTzaRI U'MeLeCh Ha'YeHUDIM

[edit on 2010/2/7 by YeHUaH ELaHaYNU]

Originally posted by LeoVirgo
Its hard to connect to spiritual things, when it is earthly things you seek.

That's very true. However, the only danger in that is that it leads to either/or thinking. You see, for most of my life, I have thought you could not live life on earth and be spiritual. You either had to live a spiritual life, with your head in the clouds all of the time,or you had to live with "your feet on the ground." It led to some problems in my life.

I am just now beginning to learn that you can intermingle the two.



[edit on 7-2-2010 by SpeakerofTruth]

"The Creator of All" does not intervene in any aspect of the human experience. 5th plane entities do.

And there is nothing "The Creator" would want humanity as a whole to accomplish on this physical plane. It´s more or less a bootcamp for souls to learn, experience, and clear karma off the soul energies to prepare for ascension.

Names for God are given by people - and are therefore suspect because people are liars.

All I know is that Jesus means gentleness, loving and nurturing.

About God - I am not sure.

But if we all followed what Jesus taught we would have no more wars and no more suffering.

That is why Jesus will arrive, and He will be sad, not angry, because anger is unknown to Him, except when He got really pissed off at the usurers.

He will be sad, because the world has not followed Him. On second thoughts, I think He will be totally pissed off.

He will say "I told you to love each other, yet there are wars - and I told you not to be a usurer, yet there are banks - that is IT! I HAVE HAD IT WITH YOU!"

Double post

[edit on 7-2-2010 by SpeakerofTruth]

Originally posted by seattletruth
It's interesting though that you brought up the 7 aspects of God... Because in the Quran it states that there are 7 layers of heaven.. Maybe that means 7 dimensions, which are all a part of God.

Lol....BINGO!!!! Man, I hate going to bed, but it's getting to be that time.Some of you are bringing up some great things. This is like a thread with topics within a topic. Awesome!!