Never thought about it this way: Salvina is a coworker of mine. She works in housekeeping and is from Iraq like many of the other housekeepers. Shes a young Christian, woman and speaks fluent Hebrew and Arabic with some English. I apologized to her yesterday for asking a question about specific locations in the Book of Mormon to verify their authenticity. As I imagined, they dont exist or ever existed, but what struck me was her face of bewilderment. Yesterday I apologized and she accepted stating that she pondered why I would ask her the location of places that arent real. (Stick with me here) I told about the religion of Mormonism. She never heard of it. I told her that I believe the Bible and everything it says. I stated that I believe the Bible to an authentic resource for history references. I believe in the people that the Bible mentions like the apostles, Mary mother of Jesus, and Jesus the Savior, himself (Yeshua Ha-Mashiach as she would know Him). I stated that I knew the names of them in Hebrew and believed the Holy Name of the Lord and that the Israelis would just say Hashem to state that His name is so holy; they dared not mutter the unutterable name. She nodded stating that she knew this and that she believes this as well. Salvina said that it was hard being a Christian (Catholic) in Iraq because some days we couldnt go to church because it was broken [or simply heavily damaged]. People were always telling us to change Islam; its your culture! Thats why [all of the Iragis who work here and our families] left and came here. I had to be honest with her. I dont know what thats like, I said humbly, Ive never had to suffer that. Thats why I dont like when people add or try to change the Bible because its history to us, she continued with a broken accent covered by a serious tone, These arent stories - they happened to real people in our home country - in our homeland. People shouldnt say that Jesus wasnt real or that the apostles didnt do what they said they did. Thats our history. It really happened. But people, like your [Mormon] friends want to change it ... and its not right. After thanking her, I solemnly walked to my van to go home and cried in prayer asking God forgiveness for taking church (gathering with other believers) for granted and for not truly accepting the holiness of not just Him, but His name. Today, I spoke with her again to ask one simple question. What does Elohim mean. Heres the answer: Elohim is plural for El. Both mean God except that El is singular for one personality of God and Elohim is the entire three-in-one God but used as a singular noun. She spoke in Arabic with some other ladies and they agreed and said to me, God is three but one God; not many gods. Jesus, Ben Elohim (literally Son of God) is God, the Spirit is God, and God the Father is God, and together they are One God. When you say Elohim, you are acknowledging all three as One God. She explained again translating the Hebrew and English in to Arabic to the other ladies. They nodded and said, Oh yeah. He is one God. This they said as they mimicked three fingers and crossing them together as one. Well, there you have it. There arent many gods (Isaiah 45:5) and the name alone states who God is - He is the Great Three in one God.
Posted on: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 16:52:41 +0000