Adam,
I agree with your names for the Father and the Son, and I was going to
post those named as well prior to you having done so. I have been
working on the following study for the name of the Holy Ghost for many
hours now both in scripture reading and in meditation. Overall, I
have tried to answer as closely as possible, and I may have been given
the answer to some extent. Please Adam take my work, and try
diligently meditate upon it.
First of all consider the word AHAVA meaning love in Hebrew (by the
way scripture says that God is love); moreover, it is said that the
first two letters in Hebrew mean to give and from this collectively
the entire word etymologically can be taken to mean I give. Remember
that Jesus said, "I WILL GIVE you the comforter" in regards to the
Holy Ghost, and Eve whom was given to man by God is named Havah (this
is a very similar word). Note as well that God made man in his image
and likeness, and just as Eve proceeded from Adam so too Christ whom
is called the second Adam causes the gift of the Holy Ghost to proceed
down on man in Pentecost after his death and resurrection. Also note
that I have noticed that the word ‘gift’ just in itself has been taken
to mean the name as a proper noun of the Holy Ghost by some people in
the scholarly community.
Consider the following in regard to love, "Dear friends, let us love
one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born
of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God,
because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He
sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through
him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and
sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends,
since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has
ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his
love is made complete in us. We know that we live in him and he in
us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and
testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the
world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives
in him and he in God. And so we know and rely on the love God has for
us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him."
1 John 4:7-16 (NIV) Overall, by love (AHAVA) the Father sent his son
into the world, and God is love. I am told that even Saint Augistine
found the Holy Ghost to be the love between the Father and the Son.
In reference to the Holy Ghost containing the two great witness the
following is said, "God made two great lights—the greater light to
govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made
the stars. God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on
the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from
darkness. Genesis 1:16-18 (NIV) Consider this in reference to the
following, "A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven: a woman
clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of
twelve stars on her head. She was pregnant and cried out in pain as
she was about to give birth", and note this is said in regard to Marry
giving birth to Christ. Revelation 12:1-2 (NIV) Also note that the
many stars in the sky refer to all those whom are in the Spirit and
are God’s children (they shine the light of God), and also note the 7
stars that Christ holds in his hand are the seven angels of the seven
churches according to Revelation as well.
Consider as well the following, "And God said, "Let the water teem
with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the
expanse of the sky." So God created the great creatures of the sea
and every living and moving thing with which the water teems,
according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind.
And God saw that it was good. God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful
and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the
birds increase on the earth." Genesis 1:20-22 Revelation makes
references to the many waters in regards to the many people, and also
note that the Holy Ghost is described as wind or air. The point is
that the Holy Ghost is what sustains all of creation in its most
direct relationship with it, but unlike the stars in the sky not all
of creation shines God’s light onto the earth even though much of
creation moves throughout the air and the waters and are sustained by
it.
Consider the following, "'Listen, O high priest Joshua and your
associates seated before you, who are men symbolic of things to come:
I am going to bring my servant, the Branch. See, the stone I have set
in front of Joshua! There are seven eyes on that one stone, and I will
engrave an inscription on it,' says the LORD Almighty, 'and I will
remove the sin of this land in a single day. " 'In that day each of
you will invite his neighbor to sit under his vine and fig tree,'
declares the LORD Almighty." Zechariah 3:8-10 (NIV) The stone with
the seven eyes is Christ with the seven horns and the seven eyes in
Revelation, and remember the staff of Aaron that had budded and
produced fruit as this is symbolized along with the seven horns and
seven eyes the Holy Ghost. Overall, the branch is what produces the
fruit, and according to the scripture the fruits of the spirit are
many. Also note that the neighbors being invited to sit under each
man’s fig tree is a result of Christ making the unclean clean by the
outpouring of the Holy Ghost (AHAVA).
Consider the following, "I looked up again—and there before me were
four chariots coming out from between two mountains—mountains of
bronze! The first chariot had red horses, the second black, the third
white, and the fourth dappled—all of them powerful. I asked the angel
who was speaking to me, "What are these, my lord?" The angel answered
me, "These are the four spirits of heaven, going out from standing in
the presence of the Lord of the whole world. The one with the black
horses is going toward the north country, the one with the white
horses toward the west, and the one with the dappled horses toward the
south." When the powerful horses went out, they were straining to go
throughout the earth. And he said, "Go throughout the earth!" So they
went throughout the earth. Then he called to me, "Look, those going
toward the north country have given my Spirit rest in the land of the
north." Zechariah 6:1-8 (NIV) Overall, the four chariots or spirits
going out from the presence of the Lord are the four witness (Matthew,
Mark, Luke, and John), and the two bronze mountains appear to be the
two great witness whom are spoken about in Revelation with the powers
of Elijah and Moses as noted with the transconfigeration of Christ
(the two great witness appear as cast shadows with Aaron and Moses,
John and Jesus, Moses and Elijah, and the two witnesses of the New
Jerusalem).
Consider how the two witness and the four witness occur before the
throne of God in the temple of God mentioned in Revelation. "After
this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven
(the blood atonement of Christ opens the door I believe). And the
voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, "Come up
here, and I will show you what must take place after this." At once I
was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with
someone sitting on it. And the one who sat there had the appearance
of jasper and carnelian. A rainbow, resembling an emerald, encircled
the throne. Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones
(the twelve apostles and the twelve patriarchs), and seated on them
were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of
gold on their heads. From the throne came flashes of lightning,
rumblings and peals of thunder. Before the throne, seven lamps were
blazing. These are the seven spirits of God (This is the Holy Ghost or
the branch of lights). Also before the throne there was what looked
like a sea of glass, clear as crystal (God’s people come out of the
sea). In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures
(the four witness), and they were covered with eyes, in front and in
back. The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like
an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying
eagle. Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was
covered with eyes all around, even under his wings. Day and night
they never stop saying: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,
who was, and is, and is to come." Whenever the living creatures give
glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives
for ever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before him who
sits on the throne, and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They
lay their crowns before the throne and say: "You are worthy, our Lord
and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all
things, and by your will they were created and have their being."
Revelation 4 (NIV) The throne of God is the location of the ark of
the covenant on the atonement cover as this is the location that God
spoke from in the Hebrew scripture, and the two witness are the
cherubim on either side. Also note that the seven golden lamb stand
has four budding flowers, and I take this to refer to the four
witnesses. Most significant is the sea, and this is a huge water
container that the temple had that rested on I believe twelve statues
of bulls in four groups of three, and this was to represent the Red
Sea that Israel came out of (remember at this point the baptism of
Moses in the Israelites going under the sea, and remember as well the
baptism of the Holy Ghost or baptism of fire when the sea of glass is
mixed with fire) and it is thus the entry for us as it is for us the
baptism that brings us into the New Jerusalem.
Consider the following, "In that day seven women will take hold of one
man and say, "We will eat our own food
and provide our own clothes; only let us be called by your name. Take
away our disgrace!" In that day the Branch of the LORD will be
beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride
and glory of the survivors in Israel. Isaiah 4:1-2 (NIV) Again this
is a clear reference to the work of the Holy Ghost because the branch
of the Lord is what produces the fruit of the spirit of God, but note
that I will demonstrate that the branch is Christ according to other
scripture and thus the Holy Ghost is what projects from Christ.
Consider the following, "The word of the LORD came to me: "Take silver
and gold from the exiles Heldai, Tobijah and Jedaiah, who have arrived
from Babylon. Go the same day to the house of Josiah son of
Zephaniah. Take the silver and gold and make a crown, and set it on
the head of the high priest, Joshua son of Jehozadak. Tell him this
is what the LORD Almighty says: 'Here is the man whose name is the
Branch, and he will branch out from his place and build the temple of
the LORD. (this was the second temple) It is he who will build the
temple of the LORD, and he will be clothed with majesty and will sit
and rule on his throne. And he will be a priest on his throne. And
there will be harmony between the two.' The crown will be given to
Heldai, Tobijah, Jedaiah and Hen son of Zephaniah as a memorial in the
temple of the LORD. Those who are far away will come and help to
build the temple of the LORD, and you will know that the LORD Almighty
has sent me to you. This will happen if you diligently obey the LORD
your God." Zechariah 6:9-15 (NIV) Yes Jesus does say, "destroy this
temple and I will rebuild it in three days, and the branch is an
elusion to Christ rebuilding the temple (also note the four among the
branch). I find however that the branching is the work of the Holy
Ghost, and as a result I would say that Christ sits on the throne but
his horns and eyes are the thing that branches or produces fruit on
the branches.
Consider the following, "'The days are coming,' declares the LORD,
'when I will fulfill the gracious promise I made to the house of
Israel and to the house of Judah. "'In those days and at that time I
will make a righteous Branch sprout from David's line; he will do what
is just and right in the land. In those days Judah will be saved and
Jerusalem will live in safety. This is the name by which it will be
called: The LORD Our Righteousness.' (Jehovah Tsidkenu) For this is
what the LORD says: 'David will never fail to have a man to sit on the
throne of the house of Israel, nor will the priests, who are Levites,
ever fail to have a man to stand before me continually to offer burnt
offerings, to burn grain offerings and to present sacrifices.' " The
word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: "This is what the LORD says: 'If
you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night,
so that day and night no longer come at their appointed time, then my
covenant with David my servant—and my covenant with the Levites who
are priests ministering before me—can be broken and David will no
longer have a descendant to reign on his throne. I will make the
descendants of David my servant and the Levites who minister before me
as countless as the stars of the sky and as measureless as the sand on
the seashore.' " Jeremiah 33:14-22 (NIV) We know that Christ is of
the tribe of Judah and our high priest forever in the order of
Malkezadek whom was paid the tithe through Levi whom paid the tithe
through Abraham, but God is very firm that Levi will never fail to
stand before the lord continually through the two great lights or two
great witness (sun and moon). My understanding is that thus when the
end comes Christ will reveal himself to everyone, and every knee will
bow and at that time like Saint Paul having Christ suddenly shown to
him the Jews will know whom God is and be saved. On the other hand
the two witness are shown in the Exodus to be Moses and Aaron whom are
the great lights that stand before the Lord as they can go at their
appointed times into the Most Holy place, however some could say thus
that the covenant with the son and moon had been broken in those terms
(the problem is that Christ is the son of David whom sits on the
throne and this would exclude him from sitting on the throne according
to the above prophesy). Overall, Just as the crucifixion of Christ
cased his flesh to be torn and thus the curtain around the temple as
well was torn thus causing no separation from the holy and everything
else causing what was unclean to be considered clean, thus we must
also consider the name Jehovah Tsidkenu (the righteous branch) to be
referring to that outpouring as Christ gave up the ghost (the elusion
to Christ in the branch however cannot be misunderstood).
Consider also the following, "I will place shepherds over them who
will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or terrified, nor
will any be missing," declares the LORD. "The days are coming,"
declares the LORD, "when I will raise up to David a righteous Branch,
a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the
land. In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in
safety. This is the name by which he will be called: The LORD Our
Righteousness." Jeremiah 23:4-6 (NIV) Yes this does refer to Christ
as king of the house of David, but at the same time it is the Spirit
that produces the fruit of the Spirit. The horns and eyes of the
lamb, the spirits of God, the Holy Ghost is the outpouring of love
from the crucifixion that brings about this righteousness.
Yes the ninth chapter of Romans in describing God’s sovereignty does
indicate that the Jews are thrown out like Ishmael, and not everyone
whom is Israel is truly Israel but at the same time God has prepared
the Jews and returned them to their land after all these centuries for
a purpose. Is that purpose that God would save them in the end by
revealing himself to them like Saint Paul?
In all consider the Holy Ghost as love (Havah) in this verse, "In love
a throne will be established; in faithfulness a man will sit on it—one
from the house of David— one who in judging seeks justice and speeds
the cause of righteousness." Isaiah 16:5 (NIV) Also consider that in
the first chapter of John the Logos is the word, and the Word is the
inward though of God projected outwardly and thus the thought of God
is like (as I use the analogy) the Father, the embodiment of this
throughout is Christ, and the impact of this thought as it comes out
of the mouth of God is like its love that it manifests (the Holy
Ghost). Consider that the Father decides to give a wedding banquet
for his son, this banquet is for Christ the bride groom of the New
Jerusalem whom is the vine, and the Holy Ghost has to go out into the
city and invite everyone out of love and out of love everyone that
does attend is given the clean garments washed in the blood in order
to attend the feast and be closed in righteousness (this is the fruit
of the vine of Christ the work of the Holy Ghost). Overall, the Holy
Ghost is the most immediate person of the Trinity as he brings a
person into all truth out of Love, but it is the Father whom is the
vine dresser whom cuts off what does not bare fruit in Christ.
Pray about this Adam, and do not hesitate to attempt to clarify my
points.