God’s name

Yod he vav he, the four principles within man

October 24th 2023

In Hebrew, God’s name is made up of four letters: Yod He Vav He יהוה. These four letters correspond to the four principles within a human being: Yod, the spirit; He, the soul; Vav, the intellect; and the second He, the heart. But for these four principles to manifest themselves and incarnate, a fifth is needed: Shin שׁ, symbol of the union between spirit and matter, which is interposed between them at the centre. יהוה becomes יהשׁוה, that is, Yeshua, which is Jesus’ name in Hebrew. In this way, by proclaiming himself and by proclaiming all human beings sons and daughters of God, by asking them to work for the realization of the kingdom of God on earth, Jesus was simply insisting on human beings’ true mission: to incarnate the Deity. Jesus Christ is the Word made flesh. By enveloping Himself in flesh, God became human. Man and woman are but the physical manifestation of the Deity.*

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