Ontology of God

Heart of the Matter Radicalized

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Prayer and Introduction

PRAYER – YAHAVAH

Del Audience Diligent seekers of you in Spirit and truth

In YESHUA’S Holy NAME HOTM RADICALIZED – A New Ontology of God July 1st 2025

Welcome to this months, Heart of the Matter Radicalized where we begin our third Quarter on New Ontologies – which we will explain in a moment. We had some good things lined up for our United Front Conference for August 1st and Saturday August 2nd but we are post-poning it until later – probably next year some time. We are so grateful to all who were in the que and will get back to you to when. However, we do have a conference focusing on helping people become cult-proof and that is September 12th.

Critique of Religious Idolatry

Every now and again I will run into somebody who watched us on television years ago and they will ask if I am still “bagging on the Mormons?” It’s a funny question when I think about it because I was never bagging on Mormons, I was bagging on Mormonism. And the answer, though far less direct today, is of course. Mormonism hasn’t changed anything in their stated course for the world – it is only allowing its member to speak more about Jesus than it ever has in the past. That is a good thing, in my estimation, and I meet members who appreciate this in their lives.

But Mormonism – like any “ism” is never out of my sights since I know what it is, I know what it does, and I know the through line doctrinally, theologically and practically – its an idol that inserts itself between the individual and God. As you are well aware, we think all religious appeals do that to some extent or another and that unsuspecting souls who think church allegiance is synonymous with being in relationship with God. But religious idolatry runs deep in the world today – even in Christianity – whose main idol among the faithful is . . . the Bible. This is the result of men doing something good but not doing it right in the Protestant Reformation.

The Bible as an Idol

The Good was they parted with Roman Catholic control and man-made manipulations over the world. That was good – so long indulgences, so long getting loved ones out of purgatory, goodbye priests, right? But losing those idols the reformers propped up another in God’s place – the Good Book. It reminds me of another instance told in the Good book when God gave Moses directions to craft a brazen serpent to hold up and when anyone in the nation was stung by these flying poison beasts, all they had to do was look up the brass serpent lifted up before them and they would not die. That was a pretty good gift to the Nation wasn’t it? I mean it literally saved lives.

But some 700 years pass, and the Nation, who loved idols, couldn’t resist using that gift in an idolatrous way. So, we read when Moses makes the thing in Numbers then we go 700 years out into their history – 700 years – and the nation is full of idolatry. And in 2Ki 18:1-4 we read:

“Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah. And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did. He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.”

Humans are natural idolators. Part of the reason seems to lie in the fact that we are made to worship something, and being material, we tend to want to put our faith and hope and trust in something we can see, touch, taste, smell, read, hold and actually trust. People go so far today as to call the Bible the Word – and I get it, its short for the written words of God in their minds. But the writer of Hebrews makes it plain who the genuine Word is for the world today when he…

Understanding the Word of God

Hebrew 1:1 In many and various ways God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets; but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. This is the same son who said after His resurrection, Matthew 28:18 “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.” He is the same son who said, John 14:6 I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. And who Paul described saying, Philippians 2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Yeshua every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Yeshua the Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Now listen, some people use the Bible to prop up their idolatry of it and a key passage they use is found in Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. But most fail to read beyond that passage and therefore miss the following passage that defines who the Word of God is to us as it adds Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

The Bible and Its Role

Is the Bible a gift? Certainly. We suggest that it is the most significant material gift to the world since the Spirit of Christ fell at Pentecost. But it is truly “a thing of pulp” compared to the direct Word of God made flesh. Where Christians today elevate the Bible up beyond its intended place, and the LDS elevate their church, their temple, the prophets, the brethren and the Book of Mormon, and Catholics their priesthood, God so loved the world He gave us His Son, the way, the truth and the life.

We might see the Bible like the owner of a brand new car would see the owners manual that has a preface describing the history of the car they bought. Sure, we read and learn and get to know the car better because of it. But the damn manual will not drive your car, tell you where to turn, or where to go. That is the Spirit of Christ within. Our prayer is to help people see the difference between the gifts God provides verses His Son. Get this right and you will step much closer to worshipping Him in spirit and truth.

Okay, let step into this months 5 x 5 – which nobody really cares about but me but I hope the segments will help bring followers of Christ into some new cultural forums.

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Cultural Insights

FIVE INSPIRING MUSICAL ARTISTS

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5. The Smithereens 4. Pennywise 3. The Barn Door Slammers 2. Mr Bungle (especially, California) 1. Tool

FIVE MIND-EXPANDING BOOKS

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5. Catch 22 (incomprehensible to get) 4. Les Miserable Victor Hugo (Norman Denny Unabridged) 3. No Exit (a play by Jean Paul Sartre) 2. Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace) 1. Ulysses (still working on)

FIVE STIRRING FILMS

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5. The Passion of Joan of Arc (Dryer) 4. Eye of God 3. The Cremator 2. Come and See 1. The White Ribbon

FIVE ARTISTS (of any kind)

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5. Giuseppe Arcimboldo 3. Francisco Goya 2. Francis Bacon (not the Phil) 1. Henry Fuseli (not Kramer) 1. Hieronymus Bosch (Tryptich)

FIVE MODERN HEROES

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5. Hospice Volunteers 4. Crossing guards 3. People in the food service industry 2. Security Guards 1. Police force

And with that let’s get into our subject of ontology which is another word for the make-up or construction of a thing – in our

The Doctrine of the Holy Trinity

Now, men have come forward in different places and times and have decided to codify the make-up of God into their own special summaries, right? Like idolators, men want something codified, even visual, something they can prop up and use to vet conversation and police the flock. The first policing in Christian history was when men feared losing control of the narrative that God put in the hands of the Holy Spirit and was formalized in the doctrine of the Holy Trinity, which defines God as three co-equal, co-eternal, uncreated “persons” known as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Of course, when you create an idol you’ve gotta create a symbol for the idol and here is a more popular symbol for the Trinity today (note the instructions added):

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The fact that the symbol gives instructions humors me because of the confusion that comes with the whole deal. Anyway, here are some other symbols for the man-made Trinity.

Establishment of the Trinity

So while the concept of God’s triune nature developed over time, the Trinity was formally established during the Council of Nicaea in 325 CE. This council, convened by Emperor Constantine, addressed the Arian controversy, which questioned the divinity of Jesus. The council affirmed the Nicene Creed, declaring Yeshua to be “of one being with the Father.” The Council of Constantinople in 381 further clarified the Holy Spirit’s role and affirmed the three persons in one God. And because to the victor goes the spoils, the Trinity became ensconced in the minds of believers to the point that today most of the world of Christ affirming people use the term as code for a true believer versus a false, even a going to hell, one. From the Catholics, to the Orthodoxies, to the Anglicans, low-church, high church, no-church and all protestant expressions have glommed on to this version of God.

Alternative Views on God’s Nature

When we get out the Restorational groups, the Disciples of Christ affirm the Trinity, but the LDS, and Jehovah’s Witnesses, and a few others provide their own ontological descriptions of God, with the LDS being the most non-biblical version because their founder said that he saw God the Father in a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man’s – which goes directly against the words of Christ who said, John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. And John 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. And conflicts with the verbiage of Paul who wrote, 1st Timothy 6:13-16 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; 14 That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: 15 Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; 16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

The first place we as Yeshuan’s look is the owners manual to discover the make up of God. We do not look outside of its contents to describe Him. We look at passages plainly, then we look at context, then we look at what Delaney calls the through line of the Bible – Genesis to Revelation – to know Him and His Son. We embrace Paul’s warning in the manual found in Colossians 2:18 where he wrote, “Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind.” And would never allow a visionary, a collective, a council of men determine what the manual, when consulted by context and the Spirit, make plain.

What is plain to us about the make-up of who it calls God?

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God is from everlasting to everlasting. Therefore, God was never created nor made. God has a personal pronoun name and He wanted His name known. It is not “the Trinity,” not Yehovah. Not Jehovah. Not Yaway. We maintain (admitting we could be wrong) that His name is YAHAVAH. We maintain that God is One and that God is one perfect seamless without distinction plural. We maintain that in the beginning God defines His

Understanding God’s Nature

Making man in His image, “male and female” made He them. We clarify that God is not male nor female, but is instead perfect masculinity and perfect femininity and this is one of the best ways to know Him and His make-up. We maintain in the Old Testament that God was demonstrably far more masculine than feminine in how He related to the Nation of Israel, and that we see this in His protective, warlike hand, His fire and thunder, His wrath, His Law and other general depictions. We maintain that His feminine side was also present, but not reigning in that former age. Finally, we agree with scripture that, in whatever form He exhibits, that . . .

Biblical Descriptions

Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? Deuteronomy 4:24 For YAHAVAH thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God. Deuteronomy 4:31 (For YAHAVAH thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them. That . . Deuteronomy 6:4 YAHAVAH our God is one YAHAVAH. Deuteronomy 7:21 . . . YAHAVAH your God is in the midst of you, a great and terrible God. Deuteronomy 10:17 For YAHAVAH your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regards not persons, nor taketh reward. 2nd Chronicles 30:9 For YAHAVAH your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.

Further Old Testament Teachings

That in the Old Testament Ezra 8:22 The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him. That Job said, Job 27:3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; And Job 33:12 Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man. And Job 36:5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. That in the Old Testament we read Psalm 7:11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. Psalm 14:5 . . . for God is in the generation of the righteous. Psalm 45:6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. Psalm 47:7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. Psalm 50:6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself.

Psalm 68:20 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from deathSeparation from God—now overcome. Physical death remains, but it no longer separates us from life with God.. Psalm 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. Psalm 99:9 Exalt YAHAVAH our God, and worship at his holy hill; for YAHAVAH our God is holy. Psalm 115:3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. Daniel 2:47 Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret. Matthew 22:32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. John 3:33 . . . that God is true. John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. 1st Corinthians 1:25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. 1st Corinthians 14:33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. 1st John 1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 1st John 3:20 For if our heart

The Expression of God in the New Testament

Matthew 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

We will speak to the New Testament expression of the one perfect plural God in August, Yeshua of Nazareth, a far more feminine expression of God where humanity can clearly see in and through His life, teachings, death and resurrection, what God’s solution to the fallen world looks like – And its not Law, wrath, anger, fire, toxic masculinity but is far more patient, kind, forgiving, loving, longsuffering, peaceful, considerate, merciful, that the Law of God came through Moses, but grace and truth came though Yeshua the Christ, God with us, God incarnate, the God-man – something so absurd to His own that they killed him for it.

Grace and Truth Through Yeshua

The bottom line remains, without God giving us His Son – Himself incarnate – we would forever be alienated from the One perfect more “masculine than feminine” plural God of consuming fire, proving that even God’s solution for the world is not in Law but in grace, in spirit, and in truth.

Conclusion

See you in August.