[1] ELOHIYM:
All
references to “God” in Genesis chapter one are Strong’s Hebrew reference 430,
“Elohiym”). The word refers to more than two (Martin/Ankerberg 1985).
There is a word in Hebrew that refers to more than one but not more than two,
but Elohiym is not that word. The word “Elohiym, is a reference to the Triune Godhead.
Genesis 1:1 specifically tells us that it is the Triune God--the Godhead---who
created all things (Isaiah 44:24, 45:18, John 1:3,10). This is first Biblical
evidence that Jesus is Jehovah, not simply a subordinate that God “used” to
create all things. According to Philippians 2:10-11, which is a New Testament
quote of Jehovah who is speaking in Isaiah 45:23, Jesus is the LORD GOD—Yahweh
Elohiym—of Genesis1-3. The fullness (entirety) of the Godhead resides in
Jesus in physical form (Colossians
2:9). We serve a Triune God who is one.
The Holy of Holies literally means the Holy place of the Holy Ones—i.e.,
the Godhead (Cooke). Do we understand how God can be three yet be one? No, we
do not. It is as impossible for man to analyze and pry apart the Godhead as it
would be to attempt to separate the soul and spirit; only God has sufficient
understanding and power to accomplish such a thing in His triune personage and
yet remain one. It is sin to theologically transform the Triune Godhead into a
hierarchal, idolatrous, triad.
[2]
Strong’s Hebrew
reference 8064 Heaven is, “SHAMAYIM.” The word is used exclusively for all
references to heaven from Genesis through Psalm 78:8. In these passages, only
the context can determine which “heaven” the verse is referring to, whether the
sky, beyond the sky (space), or the third Heaven Paul was caught up to.
