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A Guide to Understanding God
Essence and Existence Essence is what a thing is—its defining nature. In finite things, essence sets limits on what something can and cannot be. For example, the essence of a…
Avi: The Hidden Name of the Father Behind the Tetragrammaton
I. Core Gematria & The Tetragrammaton Avi (אבי): 13 (Standard), 13 (Ordinal), 4 (Reduced). Ἀβί in Greek is the same. Meaning in Hebrew: My Father Deriving Yahweh (יהוה): 13 (Avi Std) +…
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God Is Love — So Why Does He Allow Suffering?
A Coherent Model of Agapē, Freedom, Justice, and Temporary Judgment 1. God’s Nature as Agapē (ἀγάπη) Agapē in Greek means self-giving love, willed benevolence, and the desire for the flourishing of the other.…
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The Mystery of God’s Essence: Divine Will as the Nature of God
Defining His Essence God’s essence is Will. In this sense, Will is not desire or decision, but the very act of being itself — the power by which existence arises…
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Beyond Stillness: The True God Versus the God of Classical Theology
Classical theology sees God as a timeless being that has always been complete and contains all things within His omniscience. He is viewed as pure actuality with no potentiality, that…