Monday, September 14, 2020

The Face of YHVH

Who has seen the face of YHVH?

Moses (Moishe) talked face to face with YHVH (LORD) in the Tabernacle (Exodus 33:9-11). Yet, YHVH told Moses that no man could see His face and live when Moses asked to see His face on the mountain (Exodus 33:20-23).

After that, YHVH said that Moses saw His form and face (similitude) when He talked with Moses (Numbers 12:6-8).

How can all of these things be true?  Is this an irreconcilable contradiction?  Or have people misunderstood the nature of YHVH?

The first clue is when the Creator created man and woman.  The Creator said, let us make man in our image, then created man and woman in the image of the Creator (Genesis 1:26-27).   How can man and woman both be created in the image of the Creator?  And who is this "us"?

The answer is right in the verse in plain Hebrew.  The word translated as God is "Elohim", which is plural and literally "Gods" aka "Mighty Ones".  This word is not just used of the Creator.

The Hebrew word "El" is used of an idol god (masculine singular).   The feminine singular of "El", "Eloha", is used of  the idol goddess of the Zidonians.  The plural of "El", "Elohim", is used of the idol gods (plural) of other nations, angels, and human judges.

So, the Creator is plural, not singular.  This is why the Creator could make both man and woman in the image of the Creator.  The plural Creator, Elohim, is collectively called YHVH in the summary of the creation work.

So, does this mean there are multiple Gods in the Law of Truth (Torah aka The Law)?  Not exactly.

The answer to how Elohim (plural) can be one YHVH is found in the Sh'ma (Deuteronomy 6:4).  In the Sh'ma, the Hebrew word "yachid" is not used of YHVH, but rather the Hebrew word "echad".

The Hebrew word "yachid" means "uniquely one".  It is used of Isaac being the only son of promise given to Abraham.  It is like referring to an individual instead of a team.

The Hebrew word "echad" means "joined together as one".  It is used of the bodies of Adam and Eve being joined together as one body in sex.  It is like referring to a team collectively, instead of referring to each individual separately on that team.

So, the Sh'ma literally says, "Listen up Israel, YHVH our Gods are joined together as one YHVH."

So, the fact that YHVH exists as more than one God joined together to form one YHVH is right in the Sh'ma in plain Hebrew.  YHVH is one entity composed of individual Gods.

YHVH is more than just a team.  None of the individual Gods that make up YHVH can be separated from each other, any more than wet can be separated from water.

Who are these individual Gods?

The first one who is clearly identified is the Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) at the beginning of the creation narrative (Genesis 1:2).

The second one is the Son, who had a form like a man in the fiery furnace (Daniel 3:25).  He is the Son of Elohim.

["Elah" in Aramaic is the same as the singular "El" in Hebrew, but "Elahim" in Aramaic is the same as the plural "Elohim" in Hebrew. Note that the plural form is used in this passage, not the singular form.]

If one God is the Son, then there must be another God that is the Father.

The Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) said that His Son would rule over a Kingdom forever (2 Samuel 7:13-14).  This is the same Son that the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) said He would beget to rule over the whole Earth (Psalm 2:7-9).  This same Son would be called the mighty God and the everlasting Father when he was born as a man (Isaiah 9:6).

[The Son is called the singular "El" (God), not the plural "Elohim" (Gods), in this passage.]

So, the Son of the Father of Truth existed and appeared to people before he was born as a man.

The Father of Truth speaks to people through His Son (Hebrews 1:2-5).  The Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) is His Son (Hebrews 4:14).

So, when people saw the face of YHVH, they saw the Man of Truth.  No person has seen the face of the Father of Truth, except the Man of Truth (John 6:45-47).

That is how Moses could see YHVH face to face, but not be able to see the face of YHVH and live.  He saw the face of the Man of Truth, but he could not see the face of the Father of Truth.

Moses is not the only one to have seen the face of YHVH. 

YHVH appeared to Abraham to make a covenant with him as God (Genesis 17:1-2).  Abraham (Abram) heard the words of Gods when he was promised all the land of Canaan (Genesis 17:3-8).  YHVH spoke to Abraham with a command for every man in his house to be circumcised (Genesis 17:9-14).  Abraham heard His voice concerning Sarah (Sarai) having a son (Genesis 17:15-18).  Abraham heard His voice say that the covenant would be made with Isaac (Yitzakh) (Genesis 17:19-22).

[Abraham saw the face of YHVH, who was one God (El).  Yet he heard the words of Gods.]

How could Abraham talk to one God who was called YHVH, and still hear the words of at least two Gods?

The Man of Truth only spoke the words that the Father of Truth gave him to speak (John 12:49-50).   So, whenever the Man of Truth spoke to someone they were hearing both his words and the words of the Father of Truth.

This is when Abraham rejoiced to see the face of the Man of Truth (John 8:56).  The enemies of the Man of Truth understood that he was saying that Abraham saw him when Abraham saw the face of YHVH (John 8:57-59).

Jacob (Yah'acov aka Israel) wrestled with a man all night (Genesis 32:23-26).  Then that man changed his name to Israel (Genesis 32:27-28).  Afterwards, Jacob stated that he had seen the face of Gods and lived (Genesis 32:29-30).

[The word used here is "Elohim".]

How could Jacob wrestle with a man and say that he had seen the face of Gods?

Whoever has seen the face of the Man of Truth has seen the face of the Father of Truth (John 14:9).  The Man of Truth is an exact replication of the Father of Truth (Hebrews 1:3).

So when Jacob saw the face of the Man of Truth, which was the same face as the Father of Truth, he saw the face of Gods.

So, whenever someone saw the face of YHVH, they were seeing the Man of Truth.

The Man of Truth appeared to Abraham (Abram) and promised him the land of Canaan (Genesis 12:7).  Later, he appeared to announce the birth of Isaac and the destruction of Sodom (Genesis 18).

The Man of Truth appeared to Isaac at Gerar to tell him to stay there during the famine, instead of going to Egypt (Genesis 26:1-3).  He then appeared to Isaac at Beersheba to confirm the covenant of Abraham with him (Genesis 26:23-25).

The Man of Truth appeared again to Jacob and again changed his name to Israel (Genesis 35:9-10).  He then promised to give the descendants of Israel the land that had been promised to Abraham and Isaac (Yitzakh) (Genesis 35:11-13).  He promised to make his descendants a multitude (Genesis 48:3-4).

The Man of Truth appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob by the name of God Almighty when he gave them these promises, but he never revealed his name of YHVH to them (Exodus 6:3-4).

[His name to them was El Shaddai - a single almighty God, not YHVH.]

The Man of Truth appeared to Balaam and gave him a word to speak to Balak (Numbers 23:4-5).  He met him a second time with a second message for Balak (Numbers 23:16-17).

The Man of Truth appeared to Samuel when he was a boy (1 Samuel 3:10-11).  He appeared again to him in Shiloh when Samuel was a grown man (1 Samuel 3:19-21).

The Man of Truth appeared to Solomon after he had dedicated the Temple (2 Chronicles 7:9-12).

The Man of Truth appeared to Isaiah (Yesha'yahu) the Prophet of Truth on his throne in Heaven (Isaiah 6:1-5).

The Man of Truth appeared to Jeremiah (Yirmeyahu) the Prophet of Truth with a message to tell the people of Israel that he still loved them despite their sin and that he would cause them to know joy again (Jeremiah 31:3-4).

The Man of Truth appeared to Ezekiel (Yechezq'el) the Prophet of Truth as a man on fire (Ezekiel 1:26-28).

Four hundred years later, people saw the face of YHVH when the Man of Truth was growing up.

Joseph and Mary saw the face of YHVH when the Man of Truth was born in a manger (Luke 2:4-7).  The shepherds saw the face of the face of YHVH when they came to the manger (Luke 2:16-18).

When the Man of Truth was forty days old, Simeon saw the face of YHVH in the Temple (Luke 2:22-28). Anna the Prophetess of Truth also saw the face of YHVH there (Luke 2:36-38).

Then Joseph and Mary returned with the Man of Truth to Nazareth, where all who came to their home could see the face of YHVH (Luke 2:39-40).

When the Magi came to the house in Bethlehem to give gifts to the Man of Truth as a young child, they saw the face of YHVH (Matthew 2:8-11).  After they left, the family of the Man of Truth fled to Egypt, where the people there saw the face of YHVH (Matthew 2:13-15).

After Herod the Great died, they returned to the land of Israel, where more people saw the face of YHVH (Matthew 2:19-21).  Then they returned to Galilee, where the Man of Truth grew up, and many people saw the face of YHVH (Matthew 2:22-23).

Joseph and Mary took the Man of Truth with them to Jerusalem for Passover every year and the people of Jerusalem saw the face of YHVH (Luke 2:41).  The religious professionals at the Temple saw the face of YHVH, when they discussed the scriptures with twelve year old Man of Truth (Luke 2:42-47).

Afterwards, the Man of Truth returned with Joseph and Mary to Nazareth, where he grew into a man and everyone in Nazareth saw the face of YHVH (Luke 2:51-52). 

Many people saw the face of YHVH when the Man of Truth made himself known to the world.

When the Spirit of Truth landed on the Man of Truth at his baptism, the Father of Truth declared him to be His beloved Son, who had the face of YHVH (Luke 3:21-22). Forty-three days later, everyone at the wedding in Cana saw the face of YHVH when he turned the water into wine (John 2:7-11).

Then the Man of Truth came into the lands of Zebulon and Nephthalim, where the people who sat in darkness saw a great light when they saw the face of YHVH (Matthew 4:12-17). Then he called some fishermen and they left everything to follow him, when they saw the face of YHVH (Matthew 4:18-22).

When the Man of Truth began his ministry, great multitudes saw the face of YHVH (Matthew 4:23-26).  When he taught in the synagogues of Galilee, people saw the face of YHVH (Mark 1:39).

When the Man of Truth delivered the Sermon on the Mount, great multitudes saw the face of YHVH (Matthew 5:1-2).  When he healed great multitudes in the plain, they saw the face of YHVH (Luke 6:17-19).

Multitudes saw the face of YHVH at the baptism services led by the Man of Truth in Judea (John 4:1-3).

The outcast Samaritan woman saw the face of YHVH when she talked to the Man of Truth at the well (John 4:6-9).  All of the despised Samaritans in her village saw the face of YHVH when he stayed with them until he returned to Galilee (John 4:40-43).

When the Man of Truth went up to the mountain to meet Moses and Elijah (Eliyahu), his three disciples saw his face shined brighter than the Sun because it was the face of YHVH (Matthew 17:1-5).

When Lazarus was called out of the grave by the Man of Truth, he saw the face of YHVH (John 11:39-45).  Great multitudes saw the face of YHVH, when they welcomed him as the Messiah of Israel, because he had raised Lazarus from the dead, (John 12:12-18).

Many more people saw the face of YHVH when the Man of Truth spent his final days in the Temple. 

The money changers and the religious professionals saw the face of YHVH when they were confronted by the Man of Truth in the Temple (Matthew 21:12-16).  Both his enemies and the attentive crowds saw the face of YHVH when he taught daily in the Temple (Luke 19:47-48).

The religious professionals saw the face of YHVH when they questioned the Man of Truth about his authority to teach in the Temple (Matthew 21:23-27).  His enemies saw the face of YHVH when he spoke parables against them to the multitudes in the Temple (Matthew 21:45-46).

The multitudes in the Temple saw the face of YHVH when the Man of Truth warned them against the hypocrisy of the scribes and Pharisees (Matthew 23:1-3).  Many people saw the face of YHVH near the Temple treasury, when he commended the widow woman for giving more than the rich (Mark 12:41-44).

Some Greeks saw the face of YHVH when they sought out the Man of Truth in the Temple (John 12:20-22).  Then he declared that the time of suffering was at hand and the Father of Truth gloried his name out of Heaven, so all in the Temple who heard His voice saw the face of YHVH (John 12:23-29).

Even more people saw the face of YHVH when the Man of Truth was treated like a criminal.

A multitude of soldiers and temple guards in the garden that night witnessed Judas kiss the face of YHVH, when he betrayed the Man of Truth (Luke 22:47-48).  They beheld the face of YHVH, when the Man of Truth restored the ear that had been severed from the servant of the High Priest (Luke 22:49-51).  The chief priests, Temple captains, and elders of Israel saw the face of YHVH, when they took him to be tried by the High Priest (Luke 22:52-54).

At the house of Annas, the former High Priest, one of the officers of the Temple guards struck the face of YHVH, when he did not like the answer that the Man of Truth gave (John 18:22-24).

Then the many people lied before the face of YHVH, when they bore false witness against the Man of Truth (Mark 14:55-59).  Then Caiphas the High Priest looked upon the face of YHVH, when he put the Man of Truth on trial and those at his house condemned him to die (Mark 14:60-64).  They struck the blindfolded face of YHVH, when they mocked his claim to be a Prophet of Truth (Mark 14:65).

When the sun rose, the Man of Truth was taken to the Sanhedrin, who condemned him because he said that they were looking at the face of YHVH (Luke 22:66-71).

Then the Sanhedrin led him to Pilate to accuse him of many things, because they did not believe that they saw the face of YHVH (Mark 15:1-5).  Then Pilate sent him to Herod Antipas, because he found no guilt when he looked in face of YHVH (Luke 23:4-7).

Herod looked upon the face of YHVH, when he questioned the Man of Truth before mocking him and sending him back to Pilate in a robe fit for a king (Luke 23:8-11).

Pilate looked into the face of YHVH, when he brought the Man of Truth into the Judgment Hall to personally question him and found no fault in him (John 18:33-38).

When the multitudes cried for Barabbas to be released and the Man of Truth to be crucified, they saw the face of YHVH (Matthew 27:20-23).  When Pilate washed his hands in a bowl of water and the crowd took responsibility for the death of the Man of Truth, they all saw the face of YHVH (Matthew 27:24-25).  The Roman soldiers scourged the Man of Truth, then spit in the face of YHVH, when they placed a crown of thorns on his head, dressed him in a royal robe, and placed a reed in his hand to mock his claim to be King of the Jews (Matthew 27:26-30).

When Pilate presented the Man of Truth wearing the royal robe to the Chief Priests and the officers of the Temple, they looked upon the blood covered face of YHVH and demanded that he be crucified (John 19:5-7).  When Pilate tried one last time to release the Man of Truth, the unbelieving Jews demanded that the King of the Jews be crucified, and chose Caesar as their only king as they looked upon the face of YHVH (John 19:12-15).

Then more people saw the face of YHVH when the Man of Truth was put to death.

Simon the Cyrenian look into the battered face of YHVH when he carried the cross for the Man of Truth (Luke 23:26).  A great multitude of believing Jews wept for him when they saw the battered face of YHVH (Luke 23:27).

The soldiers looked into the battered face of YHVH when they offered the Man of Truth wine mixed with myrrh (Mark 15:23). After they crucified him between two thieves, and he asked his Father to forgive them, they saw the forgiving face of YHVH (Luke 23:33-34).  Yet, after looking into the forgiving face of YHVH, they divided his clothes between them and gambled for his tallit (John 19:23-24).

Those who looked up to the see accusation of "King of the Jews" nailed above the head of the Man of Truth, looked up and saw the battered face of YHVH (Matthew 27:37).  Those who mocked him for this accusation while he was dying on the cross, laughed in the battered face of YHVH (Matthew 27:39-44). When one of the thieves repented of mocking him, and was told that he would join him in Paradise that day, he saw the forgiving face of YHVH (Luke 23:39-43).

When the Man of Truth told John the Jew (Yochanon aka the Apostle John) to take care of his mother, Mary saw concern for her welfare in the face of YHVH (John 19:25-27).

When the sky went dark from noon to 3 pm, no one could see the battered face of YHVH (Matthew 27:45).

When the Man of Truth cried out, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?", they thought that he was calling for Elijah (Eliyahu), because they did not realize that they were looking at the battered face of YHVH (Mark 15:34-35).  While the soldiers waited to see if Elijah would come to save him, they lifted up vinegar in a spunge to the battered face of YHVH (Mark 15:36).

When the Man of Truth cried out, and there was an earthquake when he died, the Roman solders feared, because they knew that they had seen the face of YHVH on the cross (Matthew 27:48-54).  When he cried out and the Temple viel tore from top to bottom, the Centurion knew that he had seen the face of YHVH on the cross (Mark 15:37-39).  This Centurion knew that the Man of Truth had the face of YHVH on the cross, when this righteous man cried out in full strength and died suddenly (Luke 23:46-47). 

When the soldiers pierced his side to make sure that he was dead, they looked up at the lifeless face of YHVH (John 19:33-34).

The formerly mocking crowds beat their chests in sorrow, because the events of his death showed that the Man of Truth had the lifeless face of YHVH (Luke 23:48).

Only a few people saw the lifeless face of YHVH when the Man of Truth was buried.

As evening that started the High Sabbath approached, Joseph of Arimathaea asked Pilate for the body of the Man of Truth, who had the Roman Centurion give it to him upon confirming that he was already dead, who was the last Roman to see the lifeless face of YHVH (Mark 15:42-45).  Then Nicodemus helped Joseph prepare the body of the Man of Truth for burial and buried him in the tomb, being the last two people to see the lifeless face of YHVH (John 19:39-42).

Some of the women prepared additional spice to be applied to the body of the Man of Truth after the weekly Sabbath, when they planned to see the lifeless face of YHVH (Luke 23:55-56).

However, the enemies of the Man of Truth asked Pilate to put a watch to guard his tomb to prevent anyone from stealing the body and claiming he rose again, assuring that no one else would see the lifeless face of YHVH (Matthew 27:62-66).

However, this was not the last time that people saw the face of YHVH!

While Mary Magdalene headed towards the grave with another woman to arrive around sunrise of the day after the weekly Sabbath, there was a great earthquake when an Angel of Truth descended and rolled away the stone, causing the Roman soldiers to fall down as dead men, so they could not see the resurrected face of YHVH (Matthew 28:1-4). 

At this time, many tombs around Jerusalem opened up, and many of the dead Children of Truth (those who obey The Father of Truth because they love Him) arose to go into Jerusalem to tell people that they had seen the resurrected face of YHVH (Matthew 27:52-53).
 
When Mary first arrived ahead of the other women, she found the tomb empty, and told Peter the Jew (Sh'mon aka Simon aka Simeon aka Cephas aka The Apostle Peter) that someone had taken away the Man of Truth, so that she could not see the lifeless face of YHVH (John 20:1-2).  Peter the Jew and another Apostle of Truth ran to the tomb, found that grave clothes neatly folded, but did not see the lifeless face of YHVH before they returned home (John 20:3-10).

When Mary arrived with the other women, the Angel of Truth sitting on the stone told them to look in the tomb where they would not see the lifeless face of YHVH, for the Man of Truth had risen from the dead (Matthew 28:5-6).  When they went into the tomb, another Angel of Truth sat on the right side of the burial slab and told them that they would not see the lifeless face of YHVH, for the Man of Truth had risen from the dead (Mark 16:5-6).  As they stood inside the tomb wondering what was going on, the two Angels of Truth asked them why they were looking for the resurrected face of YHVH among the dead, when he had told them that he would rise again after the third day in the grave (Luke 24:4-7)?

Then the women left to deliver the message to the Apostles of Truth that the Angels of Truth had commanded, that they were to go to Galilee where they would see the resurrected face of YHVH (Matthew 28:7-8).

When Mary went back to the tomb crying, the two Angels of Truth sat at the head and feet of where the body of the Man of Truth had laid, and asked her again why she wept, to which she replied that she did not know where to go to see the lifeless face of YHVH (John 20:11-13).  Then she told who she thought was the gardener that she was looking for the body of the Man of Truth, but when he called her name, she looked into the resurrected face of YHVH (John 20:14-16).  He then told her to tell the rest of the disciples that he was ascending to see the face of YHVH in Heaven (John 20:17).

Mary Magdalene was the first person to see the resurrected face of YHVH (Mark 16:9). 

Then the other women saw the resurrected face of YHVH while on their way to tell the disciples the message of the Angels of Truth, and the Man of Truth told the women to deliver the same message (Matthew 28:9-10). 

At the same time, the enemies of the Man of Truth bribed the soldiers to say that his disciples had stolen his body, so people would not believe that anyone had seen the resurrected face of YHVH (Matthew 28:11-15).

When they arrived to tell this message to the Apostles of Truth and the other disciples in the house, the idea that they would again see the face of YHVH seemed like an idle tale (Luke 24:8-11).  Yet, when Peter the Jew returned to the tomb, he wondered why he only saw grave clothes and not the lifeless face of YHVH (Luke 24:12).

When Mary told the mourning disciples that she had seen the resurrected face of YHVH, none of them believed her (Mark 16:10-11).  Still she delivered the message that she had heard when she beheld the resurrected face of YHVH (John 20:18).

That morning was not the last time that someone would see the resurrected face of YHVH.

Later that day, two more of the Children of Truth saw the resurrected face of YHVH (Mark 16:12).

Cleopas and the other disciple did not recognize the resurrected face of YHVH as they told the Man of Truth about all that had happened as they walked towards Emmaus (Luke 24:13-24).  They did not recognize the resurrected face of YHVH, when he explained how these had to happen according to the Original Covenant (Tanakh aka The Old Testament) (Luke 24:25-27).  It was only after they arrived in Emmaus, when he had broken the bread and gave it to them that they recognized the resurrected face of YHVH, who then vanished out of their sight (Luke 24:28-32).

When the two disciples arrived from Emmaus and told the disciples in Jerusalem that they had seen the resurrected face of YHVH, they did not believe them (Mark 16:13).

After this, Peter the Jew was the first Apostle of Truth to see the the resurrected face of YHVH (1 Corinthians 15:3-5).

Shortly after that, the Man of Truth came to where the disciples were hiding from his enemies and all of the Apostles of Truth saw the resurrected face of YHVH, except for Thomas the Jew (John 20:19-24).  When they told Thomas the Jew that they had seen the resurrected face of YHVH, he said that he would not believe them unless he touched the wounds of the Man of Truth himself (John 20:25).

When the two disciples from Emmaus found the eleven Apostles of Truth with some other disciples, they were discussing about how Peter the Jew had seen the resurrected face of YHVH (Luke 24:33-34).  As they told the Apostles of Truth about how they recognized the resurrected face of YHVH when he broke the bread, the Man of Truth appeared to them, showed them his wounds, and ate some food (Luke 24:35-43).

All twelve of the Apostles of Truth saw the resurrected face of YHVH at this time (1 Corinthians 15:5). (Matthias was one of the disciples who was with the eleven Original Apostles of Truth when they saw the the resurrected face of YHVH, and later became the twelfth Original Apostle of Truth (Acts 1:21-26).)

On the eight day, the Man of Truth appeared to the Apostles of Truth along with other disciples, then told Thomas to touch his wounds, so that he would know that he was seeing the resurrected face of YHVH (John 20:26-28).  He then told Thomas that those who believed without ever seeing the face of YHVH were blessed (John 20:29).  He then did many more signs in the presence of his disciples, so they would all be certain that they had seen the resurrected face of YHVH (John 20:30-31).

Then the Man of Truth scolded all eleven Original Apostles for not believing the reports of the witnesses he had sent, who had said that they had seen the resurrected face of YHVH (Mark 16:14).

More people asaw the resurrected face of YHVH in Galilee.

After this, all eleven Original Apostles of Truth went with many other disciples to a mountain in Galilee to meet the Man of Truth, and worshiped him when they saw the face of YHVH (Matthew 28:16-17).  More than five hundred disciples saw the resurrected face of YHVH at this time (1 Corinthians 15:6).

The Man of Truth then commissioned them to teach all nations to obey his commandments as well as be baptized, and that he would be with them until the end of the age, even when they could not see the face of YHVH (Matthew 28:18-20). 

Later, Peter the Jew went fishing with some of the other Apostles of Truth in the Sea of Galilee, but they did not recognize the resurrected face of YHVH, when the Man of Truth called to them from the shore (John 21:1-5).  When they caught many fish after following his instructions, Peter the Jew ran to the shore to see the resurrected face of YHVH (John 21:6-7).  After the others came, they all beheld the resurrected face of YHVH as they ate with him (John 21:8-14).

After they ate, Peter the Jew looked into the resurrected face of YHVH three times, when the Man of Truth asked him to take care of his flock, if Peter the Jew really loved the him (John 21:15-17).  Then he told Peter the Jew that when he was old he would be killed for telling the world that he had seen the resurrected face of YHVH (John 21:18-19).  Then the Man of Truth told Peter the Jew that it did not matter what happened to John the Jew, but Peter the Jew was to follow him, so he could once again see the face of YHVH in Heaven (John 21:20-24).

After this, the Man of Truth showed the resurrected face of YHVH to James the Apostle of Truth, the son of his mother Mary (1 Corinthians 15:7).

Many outside of Jerusalem afterwards saw the resurrected face of YHVH.

By the end of forty days, the Original Apostles of Truth had seen the resurrected face of YHVH many times as well as had seen many signs, which proved that they were not just having a vision (Acts 1:1-3).

Many disciples from Galilee followed the Man of Truth until they were not far from Jerusalem, where he told them that they were to bear witness to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem, that they had seen the resurrected face of YHVH as foretold by the Prophets of Truth (Luke 24:44-48).

Many disciples saw the resurrected face of YHVH, when the Man of Truth commanded them to go into all of the world and preach the Good News of his resurrection, which would be backed up by miracles to prove their witness (Mark 16:15-18).  They saw power in the resurrected face of YHVH, when he told them to wait in Jerusalem for the promise of the Father of Truth, which would empower them to do those miracles (Luke 24:49).  They saw the resurrected face of YHVH, when he told them that the promise of the Father of Truth was baptism in the Spirit of Truth, not baptism in water (Acts 1:4-5).  He told them that he would not restore the kingdom of Israel until the Father of Truth decided it was time, but in the meantime, they were to let the whole world know that they had seen the resurrected face of YHVH, after they were given the power that comes from the baptism of the Spirit of Truth (Acts 1:6-8).

These disciples then went with the Man of Truth to the vicinity of Bethany, where they saw the resurrected face of YHVH blessing them (Luke 24:50). While he was blessing them, he began to rising towards Heaven, until they could no longer see the resurrected face of YHVH (Luke 24:51).  He rose until a cloud took the resurrected face of YHVH out of their sight (Acts 1:9).

The Man of Truth returned to Heaven, where he once again look upon the face of YHVH (Mark 16:19).

These disciples then worship the Man of Truth, for they had seen the face of YHVH (Luke 24:52).  Then two Angels of Truth asked them why they stood there looking up, when the Man of Truth would come back in the same way and people would again gaze upon the face of YHVH (Acts 1:10-11).

After the Man of Heaven returned to Heaven, people continued to see the face of YHVH.

Paul the Jew (Shaul aka Saul aka The Apostle Paul) saw the face of YHVH after the Man of Truth returned to Heaven (1 Corinthians 15:8).

Paul the Jew had his course corrected when he saw the face of YHVH on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:2-6).  Ananias saw the face of YHVH when he was told to pray for Paul the Jew (Acts 9:10-16).

Paul the Jew saw the face of YHVH when the Man of Truth gave him the Gospel before he went to Jerusalem three years later (Galatians 1:11-18).

Paul the Jew saw the face of YHVH when he was warned to flee Jerusalem and go to the Gentiles (Acts 22:17-21).

Paul the Jew later compared the Gospel that he received after he saw the face of YHVH fourteen year earlier to that of the Apostles of Truth in Jerusalem (Galatians 2:1-2).  The Gospel that he received when he saw the face of YHVH was the same as their Gospel (Galatians 2:6-9).

Paul the Jew continued to see the face of YHVH in many revelations (2 Corinthians 12:1).   He also knew a man who saw the face of YHVH in Heaven (2 Corinthians 12:2-4).

Paul the Jew saw the face of YHVH when he was imprisoned in Jerusalem and the Man of Truth told him that he was being sent to Rome (Acts 23:11).

Peter the Jew saw the face of YHVH again when he was old and his time to die was close (2 Peter 1:13-15). 

Then the last of the Original Apostles of Truth saw the face of YHVH again.

John the Jew heard the voice of the Man of Truth on the isle of Patmos when he was very old, so he turned to look for the resurrected face of YHVH (Revelation 1:9-12).  Instead, he looked into the glorified, exalted, triumphant face of YHVH (Revelation 1:13-16).  So, he fell at the feet of the Man of Truth as if he was dead when he saw the glorified, exalted, triumphant face of YHVH, before being told to write down what he saw (Revelation 1:17-19).

Afterwards, John the Jew was taken up to the throne room of Heaven, but the brightness around the throne obscured the face of YHVH (Revelation 4:1-5).  He saw the four beasts with six wings and the twenty-four elders fall in worship before the obscured face of YHVH (Revelation 4:6-11).

Then John the Jew wept because no one could be found worthy to approach the obscured face of YHVH to take the scroll from His hand (Revelation 5:1-4).  Then he saw the Lamb approach the obscured face of YHVH and take the scroll from His hand (Revelation 5:5-7).  Then he saw every created thing in the throne room begin to worship the Lamb, who was worthy to approach the obscured face of YHVH and take the scroll from His hand (Revelation 5:8-14).

Next, John the Jew saw the glorified, exalted, triumphant face of YHVH as the Lamb began to open the seals of the scroll (Revelation 6:1).  After the six seal was opened, he saw the people of Earth trying to hide from the wrathful faces of YHVH (Revelation 6:15-17).

After that, John the Jew saw a great multitude of people from every ethnic group worshiping before the faces of YHVH (Revelation 7:9-12).  These were the Children of Truth who came out of the Tribulation to stand before the faces of YHVH in the throne room (Revelation 7:13-17).

Later, John the Jew saw the hundred and forty-four thousand standing before the faces of YHVH in the throne room (Revelation 14:1-5).

One day everyone will see the faces of YHVH.

When the Man of Truth leads the army of Heaven and many will look upon the wrathful face of YHVH (Revelation 19:11-16).  When his enemies gather together to fight him, they will see the wrathful face of YHVH (Revelation 19:17-19).  When the Man of Lies (The Antichrist aka The Beast) and the Prophet of Lies (The False Prophet) are cast alive into the Lake of Fire, the last thing they will see on Earth is the wrathful face of YHVH (Revelation 19:20). When his enemies are slain with his sword, the last thing they will see on Earth is the wrathful face of YHVH (Revelation 19:21).

After that, everyone left on Earth will see the regal face of YHVH for a thousand years as the Man of Truth rules over the entire Earth (Revelation 20:4-6).

After that, everyone on Earth who does not want to be ruled by the Man of Truth will be destroyed when the wrathful face of YHVH sends fire down upon them (Revelation 20:7-9).  Then all of the Children of Lies (those who disobey the Father of Truth because they do not love Him) will stand before the throne of the Father of Truth to face the wrathful face of YHVH before they are thrown into the Lake of Fire (Revelation 20:11-15).

Then there will be a New Heaven and a New Earth where everyone will see the loving face of YHVH when the Father of Truth comes to live among people (Revelation 21:1-4).  All of the resurrected Children of Truth will glaze upon the loving face of YHVH when they see their Father (Revelation 21:5-7).  All of the ethnic groups of people in natural bodies will see the loving faces of YHVH when they bring their offerings to the Father of Truth and the Man of Truth in the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:22-26).  The Children of Truth will look upon the loving faces of YHVH as they serve the Man of Truth and the Father of Truth in reigning over the New Earth with them forever (Revelation 22:3-5). 

Which face of YHVH will you see?

Will you see the wrathful face of YHVH or the loving face of YHVH?

The Father of Truth does not want anyone to see the wrathful face of YHVH, but for all to repent so they can see the loving face of YHVH (2 Peter 3:9).  The invitation to see the loving face of YHVH, instead of the wrathful face of YHVH, is extended to everyone (Revelation 22:16-17).

So come into the House of Truth.

Over the last two thousand years, many of the Children of Truth have seen the face of YHVH in dreams and visions.  The Man of Truth has even appeared to thousands Muslims in these last days with manifestations of the Spirit of Truth, because they sought the Father of Truth with their whole heart.

This is what the Father of Truth promised, if anyone sought Him with their whole heart (Jeremiah 29:13).  So, the Man of Truth appeared to them to give them the Gospel, because no one can come to the Father of Truth, except thru him (John 14:6).  Then they left Islam to become part of the Children of Truth.

So, come into the House of Truth.

Many will soon see the face of YHVH after they are martyred during the Tribulation as John the Jew saw in the RevelationThe fullness of time is upon us.  The signs of the times are evident to those who with eyes to see.

However, no one has to go through the Tribulation to see the face of YHVH.

The Children of Truth who die before the Tribulation will see the face of YHVH when they are in Heaven with the Man of Truth (2 Corinthians 5:8).  They are literally dying to see the face of YHVH (Philippians 1:21-23).

So, come into the House of Truth.

However, not everyone will have to even die to see the face of YHVH.  Before the Tribulation, many of the living Children of Truth will meet the Man of Truth in resurrected bodies and see the face of YHVH with out having to die first (1 Thessalonians 4:14-18).

However, the Man of Truth warned that not all of the Children of Truth shall escape the Tribulation that will soon come upon all the Earth to see the face of YHVH in this way (Luke 21:34-36).
Only the worthy will hear the sound of the Trumpet.  So heed the warning of, "People get ready!".

Of course, the first step to being worthy to escape the coming Tribulation is to come into the House of Truth.

Those who come into the House of Truth will see the loving face of YHVH (Matthew 5:8).  So, surrender control of your life now to the Man of Truth, because you believe that the Father of Truth raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9).

Come into the House of Truth!





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