| Grace and peace [∞]
In the pattern of two, Grace and peace are two sides of one thing: relationship.
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| God our Father and Lord Jesus Christ [∞]
In the pattern of two, the Father is the invisible Spirit [1] and the Lord Jesus Christ is the same God [2], but visible. [3]
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- ↑ ▸ ± Joh 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].
- ↑ ▸ ± Joh 14:9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou [then], Shew us the Father?
- ↑ ▸ ± Heb 1:3 Who being the brightness of [his] glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
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| God our Father [∞]
The word 'ab' אב means 'Father', 'green shoot', and 'fruit'. The nature of a father is that he gives life.
Father means 'after he created the heavens and the earth, he revealed himself to man'. This is the primary meaning.
Consider a child who looks at footprints in the sand and points saying, "Father". The child knows that the footprints are not his father, but signs that he has been there.
We point to the green shoot and say Father because it is evidence he gave the first life. [1] We point to the fruit and say father because it is evidence he gave us the second life. [2] He is father to both our flesh and our spirit.
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- ↑ ▸ ± Ge 2:7 And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
- ↑ ▸ ± Joh 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and [of] the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
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| Lord Jesus Christ [∞]
'Lord' in the Hebrew is 'Yahweh' יהוה. It is not merely an acknowledgement that we serve him and he is the master. It indicates that he is the master because he is God who revealed himself as "I am". [1] This is missed if the Greek is not translated to Hebrew for correlation.
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- ↑ ▸ ± Ex 3:14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
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