The Mystery of Yahweh Revealed

Understanding the Godhead and Elohim

Robert Russell Marquardt

• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9781638741343
• eBook ISBN: 9781638741350
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Crime & Mystery Literature
• Index: Literature

Mankind exhibits a habit of devising objects to worship, ranging from real and imagined beings, which became commonly accepted over time in their human societies. No efforts were spared as they created elaborate rituals and places of worship replete with idols in various forms and splendor. Generations of followers of charismatic leaders cause the masses to often accept new and radical teachings resulting in the surfacing of yet another religious sect. Using the element of fear regarding the assurance of their salvation has caused entire generations of followers to submit to man-made religious forms.

This book both exposes false religious concepts and focuses on the proven existence of the only true royalty that has brought all spiritual and material objects into existence.

The author asks the reader to have an open mind uncluttered by the influences of current religious beliefs.

The First Coming of Yahweh

Prepare ye the way of the Lord and make his paths straight

—Matthew 3:3

John the Baptist spoke these words as he quoted the Old Testament prophecy found in Isaiah 40:3. The ancient prophet used the tetragrammaton in this passage, which we know to be Yhwh (Yahweh). John realized the fulfillment of this prophecy in Yahshua that was taking place at that very time. He knew that no one other than the Yhwh of the prophecy could fulfill it. We will discredit the validity of the literal fulfillment of prophecies if we only regard them in a symbolic sense. If we make a habit of doing this, all prophecies will become vague and difficult to discern. This passage quoted by John can come alive if we recall that Yahshua was Yahweh, the Son manifest in flesh form and therefore had a literal fulfillment. In saying “Prepare ye the way of the Lord (OT Lord—Yahweh), John knew that Yahweh was soon to be present.

You shall not tempt the Lord your God. (Matthew 4:7)

In this recorded encounter, Jesus refuted the temptation of the devil described in this biblical account of his testing by implying that he was the one the above scripture was referring to. After each of the devil’s tempting suggestions to him, his reply was always a quote from Old Testament Scripture (Matthew 4:4, 7, 10). This particular response (verse 7) is found in Deuteronomy 6:16, where the word Lord in the OT was again originally Lord (Yhwh—Yahweh!).

Yahshua was clearly saying, “You shall not tempt me, Yahweh the Son—your God (Deity).” After all, Satan had access to the various strata of the heavens where he became rebellious to God. It is evident from this account that Satan knew Yahshua was Yahweh in the flesh and wanted to seize this opportunity to tempt him in the lesser form of a human (the Son of Man). If this encounter were not a literal confrontation between a form of Yahweh and the adversary, the scripture quoted by the Son would be inappropriate. Yahshua was more than just a representative of Yahweh—He was Yahweh in the role of the Son; therefore, the scripture is directly applicable, and the devil was literally tempting “the Lord (Yahweh) your God.”

We are on our way to a clear and thorough understanding of the fullness of the Godhead as we proceed.

Just Who Was and Is Jesus?

Deity and the Son

Hebrew written historical documents are evidence to the fact that “Jesus of Nazareth” of the Bible actually existed in a recorded time of their history. But who was this charismatic person whose followers spawned a new major world religion?

Since his appearance on the scene and his stirring messages and works, there has been much speculation about the supposed “divinity” of the biblical figure Jesus (Hebrew Yahshua). It may have taken many by surprise when he asserted that he was the “Son of God.” After restoring a blind man’s sight, he asked him,

Dost thou believe on the Son of God? He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him and it is he that talks with you. (John 9:35–37)

and,

Him, who the Father hast sanctified, and sent into the world…because I said, I am the Son of God. (John 10:36)

Anyone stating something like this today would be either laughed at or put away somewhere.

Yahshua stated that he had a prior heavenly existence with his “Father” while he was talking (praying) to Him, overheard by others.

And now, O Father, glorify me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. (John 17:5)

Did that “glory” mean that he shared the same substance with his Father? Or had he just been “with” the Father? Or was he a lesser being who shared an existence of sorts in that place of “glory”? Did he possess divine qualities in a pre­earthly existence? Was he perpetually in subjection to another higher being or was he coequal, as the world of Christendom claims? Several biblical quotes state that he was “begotten.”

It is also written in the second Psalm, Thou art my son, this day I have begotten thee. (Acts 13:33)

and,

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth. (John 1:14)

Are these stating that he had a “beginning” and had not always been in existence? A disciple named Stephen “saw” the Son standing at the right hand of God.

But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God. (Acts 7:55–56)

It needs to be said that none of the individuals in the Bible who saw heavenly apparitions ever said that they saw the “third person” (the Holy Spirit) of a contrived Christian “Trinity.”

While the terms Father and Son could imply that these are two separate intellects, we need to recall that the term Yahweh does not signify or represent a single individual person but as we know persons. Yahweh is composed of divine quality “expressions” of spiritual essence or energy that have been manifested in history in various roles to accomplish divine will, each of which represents a part of the organism of Yahweh. As we saw earlier, when Yahweh “spoke” creation into existence, that utterance out of his “mouth” was the Logos (Word), which was later identified as Yahshua.

In the beginning was the Word (Greek Logos), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. All things were made by him; and without him was not anything that was made. (John 1:1–3)

In this sense, Yahshua created all things.

But to us there is but one God, the Father; of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. (1 Corinthians 8:6)

What is the fellowship of the Mystery, which from the beginning of the world has been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ. (Ephesians 3:9)

Yet we know that Yahweh is the Creator.

For thus saith the Lord (Yhwh) that created the heavens; God (elohim) himself that formed the earth and made it; he has established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited; I am the Lord (Yhwh); and there is none else. (Isaiah 45:18)

So, was it Yahweh or Yahshua? Were there two Creators? Could this be double­talk, so no one could ever understand this? We are about to. In the scriptural account, Yahweh is said to be the Almighty,

I am the Lord (Yhwh) and there is none else; there is no god beside me.” (Isaiah 45:5)

Most assuredly there are not two Creators. But now we can understand the complexity of the Yahweh energy if we discern properly, can’t we? We will continue to be confused endlessly if we do not view this correctly. The essence of Yahweh will be understood, and we will have understandable clarity on who, or what, Yahweh is. Yahshua is also portrayed as the Alpha and Omega (the First and the Last), signifying eternal.

And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying to me, Fear not; I am the first and the last. (Revelation 1:17, 18)

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Table of contents

• Chapter 1
• Deity and the Son
• Who, or What, Is It?