Chapter One

In The Beginning Was The Word

    Hi, I’m Pastor Bob Farr of The Philadelphia Church.  Now this is a very brief description of who I am, but if you really want to get to know me, you need much more information.  It takes effort to get to know someone well enough to have a personal relationship with them.

    This is not my first effort at writing this chapter of this book. You might have seen it on our first website, http://www.thephiladelphiachurch-stonefort.org. I had always been taught that Jesus was Jehovah. So when I first wrote this chapter, I was able to find plenty of New and Old Testament scripture to support that train of thought, in the King James English translation of the Bible. The problem was I had also started to use and study the Jay P. Green Sr. Hebrew, Greek and English, Interlinear Bible. In that use I discovered four Greek names for God, Theo, Theos, Theon and Theoi. Though it is plain to see that there are four Greek words for God that are used constantly in the New Testament. But there is only one Strongs Concordance reference number, which is 2316 for Theos. The definition for Theos is simply, God, true or pagan. But when you put a signifier in front of Thoes, it should have been translated The Theos, (in my opinion) signifying the true God of Israel Jehovah. In Greek caricatures, this signifier looks like an upside down lollypop. Remember there is only one Strongs Concordance number for all four words. So for the other three I had to go to my Complete Word Study Dictionary, Edited by Spiros Zodhiates Th.D. for a deeper understanding of the words. The word Theo is the root of all four words. The definition for this word is the fullness of the Godhead. And what that means is that Theo describes all the Deities that make up the Godhead, kind of like a family name such as Israel. 

    The word Theon is only used in connection with the Father. Now as for the word Theoi, it is plural. It is the Greek equivocate of the Hebrew word Elohiym meaning more than one God. As I said I had always been taught That Jesus was Jehovah. But as I was studying Acts chapter 7 verse 55 in my Interlinear bible and to my surprise it reads Acts 7:55 But being full of Spirit Holy looking intently into Heaven, he saw glory of THEOI, and Jesus standing at the right of THEOI. That’s right it said that Jesus was standing with more than one God! So, that being true, it’s not possible, that Jesus can be Jehovah. Now I made a commitment to God and myself not to get stuck on what I have been taught by men. I know this Bible is right and the world is wrong. Now it was time to study these words throughout the New Testament, and be honest with what I Fond. This chapter will help everyone see the Godhead much clearer.         

    The purpose of this chapter is to show beyond a Shadow of a doubt, who this Word of God is and who He is not!  Let’s start in the Gospel of John Chapter 1 verse 1 using the Interlinear Bible. John 1:1 In beginning was the Word and the Word was with The THEON and THEOS was the word. 2. This One was in the beginning with The THEON. This part of chapter 1, of the gospel of John is parallel to the first part of Genesis Chapter 1. So let’s stay with the Interlinear Bible for a literal translation. Genesis Chapter 1 verse 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (Now the word God here is the Hebrew word Elohiym. The Strongs Concordance Reference number for Elohiym is 430. It is a plural noun Meaning more than one God, Pagan or true. Knowing this can help you to understand the bible so much better. So in the beginning more than one God created the heavens and the earth. But how is that possible? When James 2:19 Says, You believe that God is one, you do well. Not just here but every time in the New Testament where it implies one God, the words are The Theos. The Theos is one, The Theon is one and Jesus is one. All are now Spirit and they have one purpose. But they are separate Gods. Let’s go back to Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness: and let them rule over the fish of the sea, And over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creepers creeping on the earth. You see if there is just one God the Bible doesn’t make any sense. There are at lest two here. So how do they get to one God? Well it’s because they only knew one, Jehovah or Yahweh. This is the God that talked to them through the prophets, parted the Red Sea and did all the great works that they saw! Let’s look at Genesis 2:4 These are the births of the heavens and the earth when they were created in the day that Jehovah was making the earth and heavens. The King James Bible translates Jehovah as Lord. This was done in order to imply Jesus is Jehovah. I hope to shed some light on this, so that you can see who is who. The father is the one talking in Genesis one and Jehovah is the one doing the work. The word Jehovah or Yahweh “either is acceptable”. Comes from the Hebrew sign of God (YHWH or YHVH) it’s known as the Tetragromatron. The words Jehovah And Yahwey are created by adding the vowels from the word AW-DONE, (Strongs concordance number 136) and changing the Y to a J in the English and German Translations. Either way, Jehovah or Yahwey is a specific Elohiym. Is this enough evidence to say that there is more than one God? Lets Go Back to the Gospel of John verse 1:18 No man has seen God (Theon) at any time. Now let’s go to John 5:37 for the words of Jesus. And the Father Himself, which has born witness of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His shape. If this is true, then who did the children of Israel hear in Exodus 20 and who did they see in Exodus 24 1-11 And He Said to Moses, Come up to Jehovah, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship you afar off. And Moses alone shall come near Jehovah: but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him. And Moses came and told the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the ordinances: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, all the words, which Jehovah has said we will do. And Moses wrote all the all words of Jehovah, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to Jehovah. And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half the blood he sprinkled on the altar. And he took the book of the covenant, and read it in the hearing of the people: and they said, all that Jehovah has said we will do, and be obedient. And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, behold the blood of the covenant, which Jehovah has made with you concerning all these words. Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up: And they saw the Elohiym of Israel: and there was under His feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in it’s clearness. And upon the nobles of the children of Israel He laid not His hand: also they saw Elohiym, and did eat and drink. So unless Jesus lied about no one ever hearing The Father’s (THEON’S) voice at any time or seeing His shape, which we all know that is not possible. Then the only possible answer is that, John 1:1 must be telling us, that in the beginning Was the Word (or Jehovah or The Theos) and the Word was with The Theon (or The Father) and the Word was The Theos. And Genesis 1:1 must be saying In the beginning God (Elohiym or The Father and Jehovah) created the heavens and the earth. And Genesis 1:26 is saying, Let US (The Father and Jehovah) make man in OUR image, after OUR likeness: Please don’t take my word for anything. If you don’t have a Hebrew/Greek/English Interlinear, Bible Buy one and study it for yourself. I simply want the truth for me and for you!

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