Do you get the clear impression from Genesis that there is a distinction between Lord God and God Almighty?

Question

Is this distinction consciously made by Moses or whomever the true author of the Pentateuch is or was it from the words of Christ=Yahwheh=Jehovah=the Living God of the Hebrews? Is the Lord God of the Hebrews Christ? Is God Almighty the God that the Lord God speaks for? Is there a hierarchy of Father (God Almighty) and Son (Yahweh=Jehovah=Christ) and God Almighty's Spirit from the beginning? Did the Hebrews worship the Lord God thinking that the Lord God was God Almighty?

Answer 1

No
(to the first question in bold).

Moses and the other writers of the Hebrew Scriptures plainly recognized that YHWH (Yahweh or Yehowah or Jehovah) was the personal name of God Almighty.

(Genesis 17:1) Jehovah appeared to Abram and said to him: “I am God Almighty

(Exodus 6:2-3) God went on to speak to Moses and to say to him: “I am Jehovah. And I used to appear to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as God Almighty

(Ruth 1:21) Jehovah that has humiliated me and the Almighty that has caused me calamity

(Joel 1:15) the day of Jehovah is near, and like a despoiling from the Almighty One it will come!


Almost by definition, the term "Lord God" describes Yehowah... The Hebrew Scriptures use the expression "Yehowah God" dozens of times, but do not use the expression "Lord God" even once! Bibles which superstitiously remove the Divine Name may show the expression "Lord God" wherever they used it to replace "Yehowah God".


Incidentally, both Psalm 132:11 and Isaiah 9:7 explicitly mention that "YHWH" (Yahweh or Yehowah or Jehovah) is the One who seats the future Messianic king on the Davidic throne. Luke says that Jesus was given the throne by a person other than himself. Clearly, Jesus is not Jehovah.

(Luke 1:31-32) You are to call his name Jesus. This one will be great and will be called Son of the Most High; and Jehovah God will give him the throne of David his father [see Ps 132:11 and Isa 9:7]

Interestingly, this passage from Luke also clarifies that Jehovah is "the Most High" and "the Father" of Jesus.

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/na/index.htm?article=diagram_04.htm

Answer 2

I think you are on to something. If you read the Old Testament, the Trinity is actually there in it's writings, just kinda buried away. I'm not sure which they worshipped as God, but they probably didn't understand the idea of the Trinity, so they may have had contact from both Jesus and the Holy Spirit and simply understood them to be the same being, the same God. Jesus was supposed to be the Angel of the Lord they were always talking about in the OT. He appeared from time to time. The Spirit would talk to/through the prophets and write the scriptures through the men. The Bible says no man has ever seen the Father or heard His voice, so all the instances of God appearing and/or talking to men in the OT must have been the Son and the Spirit. The Father wasn't really revealed (He may have been mentioned by the Son or Spirit indirectly, but I'm not sure,) but they might have thought that the Son and Spirit were the Father. because they didn't know.

Answer 3

There are actually 2 distinct versions of the Adam and Eve story. This continues throughout the first five books. Bible scholars label it as two separate authors. They have more authors in the other books. They consider the J author to be northern and give the designation on the use of the name Jehovah for God. There is much more and I will just try to find a couple of links instead of typing out a book for you.

Before rejecting this wikipedia article because it was tagged, look at its discussion page to see what the objections were.
It is actually a good starter article and is only missing a few citations and definitions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentary_hypothesis

http://www.greek-language.com/bible/palmer/05torahauthorship.PDF

http://religion.ucumberlands.edu/hebrewbible/hbnotes/taunotes.htm

That should be more than enough for a good start and you can search more if you want to.

Answer 4

There are many names given to God in the Bible, referring all to the same God as you have listed some here. If you do a study on the original language you can find this information. You've got a great start.
Check out John 1:1, It says "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." This refers to Jesus Christ who was with God in the beginning.
I encourage you to seek God out in this question and do the research, Jeremiah 29:13 says, "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."
God's waiting for you to seek Him.

Answer 5

The Bible teaches that there is only 1 God.

Answer 6

all the same!!!!!!!!!!!