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The transcription discusses the importance of understanding distinctions within the concept of the Godhead. It mentions that this is part of a broader study on the topic and encourages listeners to take notes and access additional resources on the website. It also emphasizes that agreeing on a particular concept of the Godhead is not necessary for salvation. The transcription then provides a recap of the previous episodes in the series, covering various topics such as terminology, the meaning of names, and the concept of original sin. It concludes by discussing the advantages of understanding distinctions, including avoiding confusion, sharpening critical thinking skills, and reducing misunderstandings. It uses the example of an optical illusion to illustrate how different perspectives can lead to different interpretations. Did you know there are some important and significant distinctions between the individuals that are sometimes considered for the concept of the Godhead? In this teaching, we will unpack some of those important and significant distinctions straight from Scripture. So stick around as we explore some of these distinctions. You won't want to miss a single moment of this. So this teaching, or drach, is going to be all about distinctions as it relates to various individuals that may be considered for the Godhead. And this is part of our broader overall study of the Godhead subject. So make sure to have your notebook out so we can be taking lots of notes. There's going to be lots of scriptures, lots of definitions of common sense things that you probably never heard of before. You just kind of took it for granted and knew implicitly. But if you need any more notes than what we have or you happen to miss something, go to our website and click on the post for this episode, and there you'll be able to find the on-demand video as well as the drach slides that you see here on your screen. You'll also be able to find the notes that we took for this subject, and there's going to be a lot more in our notes than what you're seeing on your screen here. And also there's going to be the transcript if that so happens to be of use to you. And it's all right there on GodHindsTruth.com. We also made it convenient for you by placing a link directly to that post down in the description. And that should be there whether you are watching on a video platform or whether you're listening to an audio podcasting platform. The link should still be down there in the description for you nonetheless. So for anyone who may just be joining us for this Godhead series, we've done 10 episodes before this, and this is the 11th episode in our study on the Godhead. But the purpose of this series is so that you can start by knowing absolutely nothing about the Godhead, learn what Scripture says about various aspects and components that make up this doctrine of the Godhead, and then at the end come to a decision for yourself as to which of the four main concepts that you most agree with. Or maybe you say, hey, I don't agree with any of those, it doesn't make sense to me, or it seems like a subject in splitting hairs. Either way is fine with us. This is not something that your salvation is based on, so you're not required to agree or accept one particular concept of the Godhead in order to be saved. Whichever one you choose, you're still a brother or a sister in Messiah with us. Now just to recap what we have covered so far in this series, in episode 1 we went over various terminology and introduced the series. We went over the various concepts of the Godhead, or at least the four main concepts of the Godhead, and a quick overview of what is salvation, just to kick off the series. In episode 2, we went over the words God and Elohim as it comes from Hebrew. We went over the difference between names and titles and variant nouns, and what the words Elohim and God actually mean, in contrast to what we think it means nowadays. Episode 3, we went over the Shema, what it is, broke it down, the difference between ordinal and cardinal numbers, and how that relates to the Shema. In episode 4, we went over the phrase Son, or Sons of God, and how that applies to both direct meaning and also as an attribute of, and of course how that applies to angels, men, and of course our Messiah. In episode 5, we went over the meaning of names, what's in a name, various names of men, women, and places. Episode 6, we went over the phrase, Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, how that applies, where it comes from, in Matthew chapter 28, verse 19, how that was used in early writings, both in the long form and in the shortened form. In episode 7, we went over the word worship, and how words are constantly evolving, especially here in the English language. How the people in the Mediterranean, especially in Semitic cultures, like the Hebrews, how they showed respect, what worship actually means, how worship was used in both the Timnath, aka Old Testament, and the Brit Hadashah, aka New Testament. Episode 8, we went over the concept of spirit, what spirit actually means, how the Bible distinguishes between body, soul, and spirit, various uses of spirit in Scripture as it relates to men, supernatural beings like angels, Yahweh, and various attributes as well. Episode 9, we went over a specific, we had a specific episode about the Spirit of the Holy, otherwise known as the Holy Spirit, or antiquated phrasing, Spirit of the Holy Ghost. Anyways, we went over what that means, and how it is in connection with the previous episode we did on the general term spirit. We went over various problems that come up in the study of the Spirit of the Holy as it relates to capitalization, grammar, personification, various things like that. In our last episode, episode 10, we went over original sin. Now, you may have heard that before. If you didn't, we actually went over what is original sin. We also covered real quickly what is sin, how the Bible defines that. We went over the root of the doctrine of original sin, where that came from, how it's been used throughout the centuries, and how it's affected various denominations, especially the Reformers. We went over how Judaism views the concept of the doctrine of original sin, whether or not we are judged for others, the concept of the age of accountability, and showed examples from Scripture there. We also went over various logic reasons and applying that to the doctrine of original sin. So, if you didn't view that episode or happened to miss something in a previous episode, please go back and watch that in our on-demand videos. There's actually a playlist on our YouTube channel if you'd like to see that, or of course you can always go to our website, GodHonestTruth.com, click on the search function and search for any one of these various ones. There's also a dedicated menu just for this Godhead series under our teaching heading. So, go check that out on GodHonestTruth.com or check it out on our YouTube playlist. It's also on all of our other video platforms as well, Rumble and BitChute. They all get uploaded to all these places. So now, as we're talking about distinctions tonight, and we talk about various distinctions that we're going to look at between various individuals, we need to set a basis for understanding why we want to understand distinctions in the first place, and also understand how we should go about recognizing various distinctions. So, there's various advantages to understanding distinctions in just about any subject that you come across, especially when it comes to the subject of the Godhead. By distinguishing between similar concepts and otherwise recognizing distinctions, you can avoid confusion or even conflation at times. Recognizing distinctions helps you in evaluating various options more effectively, identifying distinctions sharpens your critical thinking skills because you understand at a deeper level the subject at hand when you understand the distinctions and the nuances that go into that various, whatever subject it is that you're studying. Exploring distinctions often reveals a false dichotomy that may be present, and it can reveal this false dichotomy to actually be even more complex than what you thought in the beginning, and you could discover even multiple options or a range of possibilities when in fact in the beginning you only thought that there might be two, it's either this way or this way. But examining and understanding these distinctions opens your mind and opens your understanding of that particular subject that you're studying. Examining distinctions can also help reduce misunderstanding, and this is big. Sometimes you can't see the trees for the forest, but when you examine the various parts like we're doing in this Godhead series, you actually understand and recognize the forest for what it actually is. You don't misunderstand it like you once did. Examining distinctions can also reveal gaps or opportunities that others or maybe even you might have overlooked before or that you're even overlooking now. Exploring various distinctions and understanding those distinctions can help you get smarter, in other words, and it can open up things and view things in a different light that you may not have viewed it in before. And even if you understand these things and you're still of the same opinion, it could help you to understand why other people view things the way they do regarding a certain subject. Take, for instance, this picture that we showed in our very first episode that I got from Dr. Leighton Flowers of Soteriology 101. Here you see a certain picture on your screen if you're watching on video. Now, most people come up with one of two options. At first when you look at it, you can see either a duck or a rabbit, all depending on your viewpoint. But if you look at it from a different angle, if you look at it from a different way or turn your head or whatever, you may see the other option. In my case, when I initially look at it, I see a duck. But looking at it closer and looking at it in a different way, I can see the rabbit in the picture. Of course, this is an optical illusion, but it illustrates the point that sometimes other people may see something different from the same thing you're looking at, and you can – looking at it from a different way can at least help you to understand why they see things differently than you do. And a lot of times there could be a basis for them seeing things the way that they do. But when we're studying this concept of the Godhead and studying distinctions, we – well, within the concept of the Godhead as a whole, various theories or concepts of the Godhead – trinitarianism, benetarianism, biblical unitarianism, and modalism or oneness as it's described nowadays, there's various individuals that are taken into account to make up these concepts. And usually the concepts involve either – well, especially Yahweh, but also Yeshua, men, and angels. And those are the four different people we're going to be examining tonight and the various attributes of each of those. Now to determine if someone is God, whether that be Yeshua, angels, or even men, we have to understand identity. And if we're going to say that someone is Yahweh, then we are identifying that individual with Yahweh. So we have to understand what identity actually is. We know this implicitly. But just to define it and put it into – put a finer tip on it, as it were, let's go and get it from the professionals, just to make a clear definition and have it in the back of our heads as we understand these distinctions that we're going to examine straight from Scripture even. So from encyclopedia.org, the principle of indiscernibility of identicals, that if two objects are in fact one and the same, they have all the same properties. From Christian philosopher Dr. Dale Tuggy, necessarily any A and B are identical only if they could not simultaneously differ. And finally from the University of Colorado philosophy department, in philosophy identical means is one and the same object. If they really are one and the same person, then the two of them must share all of their properties in common. So keep that in mind. And just as a thought exercise, here is some examples for you to keep in mind as well. Let's say, for example, if Samuel Clements is Mark Twain, then if Mark Twain is six foot tall, then so is Samuel Clements. If Mark Twain wrote Huckleberry Finn, then so did Samuel Clements. Likewise, if Clark Kent is Superman, then if Superman is bulletproof, then so is Clark Kent. If Superman has superhuman strength, then so does Clark Kent. And if Superman is faster than a locomotive, then so is Clark Kent. You see how that works? Both Clark Kent and Superman have all the same properties in common, just like was the example of Samuel Clements and Mark Twain. Now another concept that we know is common sense, but just to define it more fully and put it out there explicitly, the law of non-contradiction. This is where two things can't contradict each other in the same time and same sense. This is what I mean here from Wikipedia.org. In logic, the law of non-contradiction states that contradictory propositions cannot both be true in the same sense at the same time. Thomas Aquinas put it like this. One cannot reasonably hold two mutually exclusive beliefs at the same time. And for this also, let's do an example just to help you better understand this non-contradiction principle. Let's say I am both standing up and sitting down. That's a contradiction, and we know it's not true, so both of those situations can't be true. I can't both be standing up and sitting down. A student cannot be marked as both present and absent for the same class period. A ball can't both be in play and out of play at once in the same moment. Someone cannot be dead and alive at the same moment, and someone cannot be fat and skinny at the same time. So you see how this whole non-contradiction thing works? If someone is fat, they can't be skinny at the same time. Now they can go and get skinny, they can become skinny, but they can't be fat and skinny at the same time. Likewise, if someone can't be both dead and alive at the same time, a student can't be both present and absent at the same time in the same class period. So when we're examining these, understand this, that we cannot have two individuals with contradictory attributes or properties and have them both be the same individual. Make sense? So in this study of the Godhead, we're going to be studying various attributes, and the way we defined the term Godhead at the very beginning was that the study of the Godhead is the study of the makeup, essence, and or nature of God himself, and in this particular context it's really going to relate to who God or Yahweh is and how many is God or Yahweh. Now in this particular episode, or particular study of tonight, we're going to be studying both who is God or Yahweh, which will in turn lead to how many is God or Yahweh. So we're going to examine the following properties to discover if there's any distinctions between the various individuals that we examine. We're going to be studying the property of mortality, omniscience, aka whether the person or the individual is all-knowing. We're going to be studying whether that individual has the ability to sin or be tempted. We're going to be examining whether that individual has the property of sleeping or needing to sleep. Whether that individual can perform miracles. Whether that individual can be hindered or not. And whether that individual can forgive sins or not. Now of course, all of these are going to be based on the standard bearer. The standard is going to be Yahweh. And if any of the individuals we examine have all the attributes of Yahweh, then we know that person is Yahweh. They are identical with Yahweh. And the four different individuals we're going to be studying is Yahweh as the standard bearer, Yeshua, angels, and humans. But remember, our standard is going to be Yahweh. So let's get right into it and this is where we're going to get into a deep dive of scripture. So make sure to have your notes ready or go check out the notes on GodHonestTruth.com. First up, we're going to be looking at the issue or the property of mortality. Now how does mortality relate to Yahweh? What is the property of mortality as it relates to Yahweh? From 1st Timothy chapter 6 verse 16. Who alone has immortality? Stating that Yahweh alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or is able to see, to whom be respect and everlasting might, Amen. As it relates to Yeshua from 1st Peter chapter 3 verse 18. As even Messiah once suffered four sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to Elohim, having been put to death, indeed in flesh, but made alive in the spirit. As it relates to angels, Luke chapter 20 verses 35 and 36. But those who are counted worthy neither marry nor are they given in marriage, for neither is it possible for them to die any more, because they are like messengers, or angels, and are sons of Elohim, being the sons of the resurrection. As it relates to men, this should be fairly obvious, but let's give you some scripture. Hebrews chapter 9 verse 27. And as it awaits men to die once, and after this, the judgment. So here we can see that Yahweh is immortal and cannot die. But Yeshua, the angels, and humans, all can die. They have mortality. Once again, let's look at some more scriptures on the issue of mortality. Psalms chapter 90 verses 1 and 2. Yahweh, you have been our refuge in all generations, before the mountains were born, for you had brought forth the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are El. Again with Yeshua, 1st John chapter 3 verse 16. By this we have known love, because he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. As it relates to angels, and the devil who led them astray was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the prophet are, and they shall be tortured day and night forever and ever. As it relates to humans, Romans chapter 5 verse 12. For this reason, even as through one man sin did enter into the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned. So here we can see again that Yahweh is immortal, he is eternal, he cannot die. From this example also we see again that Yeshua did die. Here in this verse for the angels in Revelation we see that they are going to be tortured forever and ever. That sounds like they are going to be existing and not dying, so we can see that angels probably here don't die. And I misspoke earlier. It says that angels don't die, that it will be like the angels who don't die. I want to clarify that. So angels don't die. Humans here in this example, again we see that humans do die. So take all that into account, and we will put it into one convenient chart for you at the end, just to show you in plain graphics, because I'm a visual learner, and I'm sure a lot of you out there are too, so make sure to stay tuned until the end for that convenient simplified graph. But here we're going to show you the actual scriptural evidence for everything that we're going to put forth. Moving on to the property of omniscience, Psalms chapter 147 verse 5 for Yahweh. For it is our master and mighty in power, there is no limit to his understanding. For Yeshua, Mark chapter 13 verse 32. But concerning that day and the hour, no one knows, not even the messengers in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. For angels, Mark chapter 13 verse 32. But concerning that day and the hour, no one knows, not even the messengers, or angels, in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. For humans, 1 Corinthians chapter 13 verse 9. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. Again for omniscience. For Yahweh, Psalms 139 verses 1 through 4. O Yahweh, you have searched me and know me. You understand my thoughts from afar. You sift my path and my lying down, and know well all my ways, for there is not a word on my tongue. But see, O Yahweh, you know it all. For Yeshua, Luke chapter 2 verses 51 and 52. And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was subject to them, but his mother kept all these matters in her heart. And Yeshua increased in wisdom and stature and in favor with Elohim and men. For angels, we don't have another one. It's that one verse as far as omniscience goes as far as angels. It's pretty clear to set the point as far as it goes for angels. And for humans, 1 Corinthians chapter 2 verse 9. But as it has been written, eye hath not seen and ear hath not heard, nor hath entered into the heart of man what Elohim hath prepared for those who love him. So as far as all-knowing goes, we can see our standard Yahweh knows all. Everything that can be known, Yahweh knows. When it comes to Yeshua, we see that he does not know all because he did not know the day or the hour of the end times. We also see here in Luke chapter 2 that Yeshua increased in wisdom and knowledge. Angels, we saw that they did not know the day or the hour either, so they are not all-knowing. And of course, we obviously know that humans are not all-knowing, but we saw the verses for ourselves. And this is just a small portion of the verses that show this concept of omniscience as it relates to the four different individuals that we're examining tonight. Now moving on to ability to sin or tempted to sin. Start out with Yahweh, James chapter 1 verse 13. Let no one say when he is enticed, I am enticed by Elohim, for Elohim is not enticed by evil matters and he entices no one. So Yahweh cannot be tempted, that's the standard. Let's look at Yeshua, Hebrews chapter 4 verse 15. For we do not have a high priest unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has tried in all respect as we are, apart from sin. For the angels, 2 Peter chapter 2 verse 4. For if Elohim did not spare the messengers who sinned, but sent them to Tartaros and delivered them into chains of darkness to be kept for judgment. And for humans, Romans chapter 3 verse 23. For all have sinned and fall short of the esteem of Elohim. Again with the ability to sin or tempted to sin. For Yahweh, Romans chapter 1 verse 22 through 23. Claiming to be wise, they became fools and changed the esteem of the incorruptible Elohim into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and of four-footed beasts, and of reptiles. So Yahweh is incorruptible, he cannot sin, he cannot be tempted. With Yeshua, Matthew chapter 4 verses 3 through 4. And the trier came and said to him, If you are the son of Elohim, command that these stones become bread. But he answering said, It has been written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of Yahweh. And this is where Yeshua is in the wilderness and he's being tempted or tried by Satan. For the angels, Ezekiel chapter 28 verse 16. By the greatness of your trade, you became filled with violence within, and you sinned. So I thrust you from the mouth of Elohim, and I destroyed you, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. This is where we're talking about Satan, who was an angel, he sinned, he was tempted, and then he sinned, and he was cast out of heaven. For humans, Romans chapter 3 verses 10 through 12. As it has been written, There is none righteous, no, not one. There is no one who is understanding, there is none who is seeking Elohim. They all have turned aside, they have together become worthless. There is none who does good, no, not one. So we can see in our examination of this property of ability to sin or tempted to sin that Yahweh does not sin, cannot sin, and we see also that Yahweh cannot be tempted or enticed to sin. Now we saw with Yeshua that he was tempted to sin, but he did not sin. So he was tempted, he could be tempted, but he did not sin. With the angels, we saw that they can be tempted to sin, and some of them did sin, as is obvious from the rebellion of Satan and his followers being kicked out of heaven. With humans, obviously, we are tempted to sin and we do sin. That's obvious when we saw here for ourselves the scriptures stating and proving as much. Now with sleeping being our standard, we're going to examine Yahweh first. Psalms chapter 121 verses 2 through 4. My help comes from Yahweh, maker of the heavens and earth. He does not allow your foot to be moved. He who watches over you does not slumber. See, he who is guarding Yisrael neither slumbers nor sleeps. That's our standard for Yeshua. Luke chapter 8 verses 23 through 24. And as they were sailing, he fell asleep. And they came to him and woke him up, saying, Master, Master, we are perishing. And he awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water. And they ceased and there came a calm. As far as angels go, Revelation chapter 4 verse 8. And the four living creatures, each having six wings, were covered with eyes around and within. And they do not cease day or night, saying, Set apart, set apart, set apart. Yahweh else should die who was and who is and who is coming. Now with this one right here, it says that they do not cease day or night. This leads me to believe that they do not sleep. And finally with humans, Mark chapter 14 verse 37. And he came to them and found them sleeping and said to Kepha, Shimon, are you sleeping? You were not able to watch one hour? So here we can see that Yahweh as our standard does not sleep nor slumber. And we saw with Yeshua that Yeshua did sleep. We saw with the angels, the example given here would lead us to believe that angels do not sleep. And with humans, we saw from scripture that obviously humans do sleep. So there is our examination of sleeping. And then moving on to forgiveness of sins or forgiving sins. As our standard, let's look at Yahweh in Hebrews chapter 8 verse 12. Because I shall forgive their unrighteousness and their sins and their lawlessnesses I shall no longer remember. So obviously Yahweh can and does forgive sins. Let's look at the other individuals that we're studying tonight. With Yeshua, Matthew chapter 9 verses 6 and 8. But in order for you to know that the Son of Adam possesses authority on earth to forgive sins. And then verse 8. And when the crowd saw it, they marveled and praised Elohim who had given such authority to men. With the angels, Isaiah chapter 6 verses 6 to 7. And one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongs from the slaughter place. And he touched my mouth with it and said, See, this has touched your lips, your crookedness is taken away, and your sin is covered. Now let me pause right here on this one real quick. This section in Isaiah, Isaiah is actually seeing a vision. But take it for what you will when you go back and read that particular vision. Whether it's this point that we're looking at in verses 6 and 7 where it's actually part of the vision, or if it's actually later on when the angels then show him the vision. So take it for what you will, whether or not this is part of the actual vision. If it was, then the angel is not actually forgiving his sins. But if it's not part of the vision, then we can take it that angels probably do have the ability to forgive sins. So take that for how you will. Go study that out for yourself and come to your own conclusions. But we're not going to test you out whichever way you go with that. With humans and forgiving sin, John chapter 20, verses 21 through 23. And having said this, he breathed on them and said to them, Receive the set-apart spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them. If you retain the sins of any, they have been retained. So here, our standard is Yahweh who does and can forgive sins. Yeshua, we can see here from the scriptures clearly, that Yeshua did forgive sins. He was given that authority by Elohim. With Isaiah, with the angels, we see that it might be up in the air, but the way I take it is that even angels were given that ability also to take away sins or forgive sins. But here in John with humans, we see that Yeshua gave his disciples the authority and the power obviously to forgive sins. He says that if you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them. So there is the property of forgiving sins. Now let's look at the property of being able to perform miracles. As our standard, let's look at Yahweh in Exodus chapter 14, verse 21. And Moshe stretched out his hand over the sea, and Yahweh caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided. With Yeshua in Matthew chapter 8, verses 2 through 3, and see a leper came and bowed before him, saying, Master, if you desire, you are able to make me clean. And stretching out his hand, Yeshua touched him, saying, I desire it, be cleansed. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. With the angels, Genesis chapter 19, verse 11, then they struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, and they wearied themselves to find the door. And with humans, 1 Kings chapter 17, verses 21 through 22. And he cried out to Yahweh and said, O Yahweh my Elohim, I pray, let the life of this child come back to him. And Yahweh heard the voice of Eliyahu, and the life of the child came back to him, and he lived. Again, with you in miracles, with Yahweh, Exodus chapter 4, verses 2 through 4. And Yahweh said to him, throw it on the ground. So he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent. And Yahweh said to Moshe, reach out your hand and seize it by the tail. So he reached out his hand and took hold of that, and it became a rod in his hand. And with Yeshua, Mark chapter 5, verses 2, 8 and 13. Immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, for he had said to him, Come out of the man unclean spirit. And the unclean spirit came out and entered into the pits. With angels, not much more, but there's other examples, we just didn't get it up here. With humans, Acts chapter 16, verse 18. But Shaul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, I command you in the name of Yeshua Messiah to come out of her. And it came out that same hour. So with the property of doing miracles, we can see obviously that Yahweh does and can perform miracles. We saw with Yeshua, he did many miracles here on earth. With angels, angels did miracles. And humans as well, humans also did miracles. We saw Moses part at sea, various other things, Eliyahu and Peter and others, they raised people from the dead. We see also with Shaul and many others, they cast out unclean spirits, they exorcise people. So Yahweh, Yeshua, angels and humans all did miracles. Now as it comes to the property of hindrance, being hindered or not being able to be hindered, we're going to start out as always with our standard and that is Yahweh in Luke chapter 1, verse 37. Because with Elohim, no matter shall be impossible. With Yeshua, Matthew chapter 13, verse 58. And he did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief. Angels, Daniel chapter 10, verse 13. But the head of the rule of Persia withstood me 21 days, and see, Michael, one of the chief heads came to help me, for I had been left alone there with the sovereigns of Persia. And with humans, 1 Thessalonians chapter 2, verse 18. We would therefore have come to you, I indeed Shaul, more than once, but Satan hindered us. Now again with the property of hindered or hindrance, our standard Yahweh in Matthew chapter 19, verse 26. And looking intently, Yeshua said to them, with men this is impossible, but with Elohim all is possible. With Yeshua, Mark chapter 6, verses 5 to 6. And he was unable to do any miracle there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick ones and healed them, and he marveled because of their unbelief. And he was going around among the villages teaching with the angels. Again we already showed one verse, but I'm sure if you find any others, let us know. Yahweh was the one we found to illustrate this property of hindrance. But with humans, again, we just had one there, but I'm sure you can come up with some other ones to show that obviously humans can be hindered. But we can see from the scripture, as far as the property of hindrance goes, as our standard, Yahweh cannot be hindered. With him, all things are possible and nothing is impossible, so says the scriptures. With Yeshua, we see that he can be hindered at times. With angels, we saw that they can be hindered, and as we know and saw, humans obviously can be hindered in various ways at various times. So that is the property of hindrance, and we have only looked at a handful of properties, but that should be sufficient to come to a conclusion, and whatever conclusion you come to is absolutely fine with us. But in summary, just to kind of wrap all this up, and for our neat little visual table here, as it comes to Yahweh, Yeshua, the angels, and humans, these various properties that we looked at are A, immortal, or immortality, Yahweh was immortal, Yeshua obviously was not immortal, with the angels, they're still up in the air, but it seems like the angels are going to live forever, because we can see that some angels stand around the throne, and they do not cease singing the praises day or night, and we can also see that the demons and Satan will be thrown into the lake of fire and be tortured day and night, forever and ever. Humans, obviously, are not immortal. As far as omniscience or all-knowing, we see that Yahweh is all-knowing, but that Yeshua is not, the angels are not, and humans, obviously, are not. He cannot be sinned, he cannot be tempted. Yahweh, obviously, cannot sin, and he cannot be tempted. Yeshua was tempted, but did not sin. The angels, obviously, can be tempted, and some of them actually did sin. Humans, obviously, sin. As far as sleeping, Yahweh does not sleep nor slumber. Yeshua, he did sleep, though. The angels, that's up in the air, decide for yourselves. Humans, obviously, we do sleep, and we have to sleep. Performing miracles, we see that Yahweh can and does perform miracles. Yeshua did a great many number of miracles. Angels can do miracles, and humans can do miracles as well. There's a great many examples all throughout Scripture of humans performing various miracles. As far as hindrance, we can see that Yahweh, with him, nothing is impossible. With him, all things are possible. So Yahweh cannot be hindered. He is unhindered. Yeshua, he was hindered from time to time. Angels were hindered from time to time, and obviously, humans can be hindered from time to time as well. The forgiving of sins. Yahweh does and can forgive sins. Yeshua does and can forgive sins. Angels, that's up in the air, decide for yourselves, but again, whichever way you go, you're still a brother and sister Messiah to us. Humans, we saw that from Scripture, that humans can forgive sin. That was an authority that was given straight from Yeshua to his disciples. So just to wrap this up, recognizing and understanding distinctions helps us to avoid both confusion and conflation. So we don't conflate two different individuals that we should not be conflating. It reduces misunderstanding about whichever subject that you're studying, but here was the subject of the Godhead. And recognizing and understanding distinctions can also reveal things you hadn't thought about before and helps clarify the understanding of the Godhead. 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