The Nature of God in the Old Testament

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This paper shows that the nature of God in the Old Testament is made up of His attributes, that make him at once personal and human-like, but also sets Him out as the transcendent, the absolute divinity, to which men should aspire for their own salvation. The paper shows that all these attributes are to be found in His names; God appearing thus as an abstraction, but also as something bearing a name, and therefore an identity. The paper quotes extensively from the Old Testament.

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"It is significant also, as Dyrness observes, that after the creation of the Heaven and Earth, the seventh day, the day in which God rests, is devoted to God himself, which means it is marked by his holiness. So, in the process of creation itself, the worship of God, and of his holiness , has its appointed place: " And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, for that in it he had rested from all his work, which God created and made. "( Gen . 2:3 )."

Sample of Sources Used:

• The Bible ( King James 's Version ) Internet Sacred Texts Archive http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm
• Childs , Brevard Exodus , SCM Press Ltd . , London , 1974
• Dyrness, Themes of The Old Testament Theology
• Eichrodt, Walther Theology of The Old Testament , SCM Press Ltd., London , 1961

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