A Book of Biblical Treasures: A Wealth of Treasured Knowledge from the Old and New Testament Bibles

By Sinthera Dodson

A Book of Biblical Treasures contains a wealth of biblical knowledge that answers some of those most difficult questions about the deities of the Godhead. It is a learning tool for knowing about the Trinity of the Godhead and what are the things that separates one from the other. It is also an educational tool for understanding the Bible. It has information that encourages its readers to look deep within their spiritual being as to the person that God created them to be, and it ignites the hearts and minds of all its readers to want a solid relationship with God through acknowledging him as Creator of all things in heaven and upon the earth. Finally, A Book of Biblical Treasures leads all its readers through God's plan of salvation for all of humanity, and it teaches the effectiveness of prayers in our lives as human beings by teaching us all two of the most important prayers intended for mankind: the Teaching Prayer and the Saving Prayer. This book contains mostly scripture from the King James Version of the Bible.

"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" (2 Tim. 2:15).

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Jan 16, 2022
• ISBN: 9781098076795

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The Treasure Chest: God the Creator

Creator or Father

That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.

—Proverbs 8:21 KJV

According to Merriam-Webster, the most often figuratively used definition for the treasure chest is that it is a large box that is filled with gold, silver, jewels, etc. The chest reveals two events listed under six main topics : how humanity came to be and who created all things? The Bible is a treasure chest filled with all the glories and riches of God, waiting to be opened by all who desire someday to be an heir to the throne. God has opened the treasure chest of heaven to pour out blessings upon everybody that desires to have an eternal relationship with him. Many of the Old Testament’s biblical patriarchs who were regarded as fathers of the human race, such as Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and the sons of Jacob, and the New Testament’s apostles of Christ all spoke of the blessings of God.

Listed here are some of the blessings of God that are mentioned in the Bible: Moses charged the prophet Aaron to speak this blessing over the Israelites daily, The LORD bless you, and keep you. The prophet Jeremiah said, That people are blessed when they trust in the LORD, and put their hope in the LORD. And the apostle Luke stated that, as believers of Christ Jesus, Christians should give, and it shall be given unto them; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. Like these blessings listed here, within the Bible are revealed all the blessings of God as both Creator and Father of all things that are created. Proverbs 10:22 states, The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

During his sermon on the mountain, Jesus spoke of nine of the blessings of God which are listed here: Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. The treasure chest is truly the possessor and keeper of all the blessings of God that dwells within it.

God the Creator

Who Is God?

After countless hours of research and studying of various biblical documentations and books, I believe that God, from the beginning of creation, has been the biblical narrator of his own story and that he is very compassionate when dealing with the sins of all humanity. It is the Christian religious belief that God is the beginning and the end of all that is. There’s no mention of God’s existence before the creation of the heavens and the earth. He just simply is. God is the center and driving force of biblical literature as we know it today, but the true awesomeness of God can only be seen in the book of Job, where God confronts Job and his friends. God, in the form of questions, reveals to Job the omnipotence of his awesome powers. He first tells Job that he laid the foundations of the earth. Then he reveals himself to Job in a question forum between the two of them. God told Job that he alone knew the diameters of the earth and that he only had measured the length of the earth and placed markers upon the earth to show the width of it. He said that he knew where the foundations of the earth fasten together. He also said that he brought the cornerstone, who is Christ Jesus, down upon the earth so that when the workers of all evil band together against God’s people, then Christ and the archangels will have the victory.

As God continued to reveal his mighty powers to Job, he asked Job, Who shut up the sea with doors, when they flood the banks, as if it had issued out of the womb? God said that he made the cloud the garment for the waters upon the earth and thick darkness of the clouds as swaddling blankets for them, and that by his decree, the clouds stop pouring down rain at a certain amount so that it does not flood the whole earth. He set boundaries for both the clouds and the waters so that together, they will not flood the entire earth. God said that he commands the waters to stop and go no further, and he orders the waves how high to rise up in the ocean. Finally, God displayed to Job that he knew the time when the wild goats of the rock gave birth to their young and when the deer delivered her calf.

God is also a compassionate Creator who cares about everything in heaven and on the earth that he has created. He unveils himself to people as a loving Father and the moral author of biblical history that governs mankind. He is revealed as a proud Father watching over all of humanity. God’s characteristics are limitless, and it’s only through his numerous recorded accounts and interactions with mankind that they are aware of God’s infinite powers and mercies. Therefore, scripture tells that no human being can fully know the true essences of God, the Father of all creation.

In response to man’s behavior, God will either bless or curse him. God’s love and mercies are great, but his anger is referred to many times in the scripture as being terrible. Psalm 66:5 says, Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men. Psalm 76:12 states, He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth. The biblical description of God’s characteristics is holy, perfect, good, and unchangeable, yet the physical characteristics of God is that he is Spirit and he is love. John 4:24 says, God is a Spirit. And they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth. John 4:16b says, God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. God is both consistent and trustworthy at doing amazing things through his love for mankind that is above and beyond all the things that the human mind could ever think or perceive. God himself declares to be above the limitations of his creatures and creative beings which are in the heavens and upon the earth. These limitations are first seen when Adam and Eve were cast out of the Garden of Eden. Genesis 3:22 states, And the Lord God said, Behold, the man has become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put fourth his hands, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever.

King David of old testifies in Psalm 139 that in relation to power, God is omnipotent. In relation to time, God is eternal with an indefinite continuous existence. In relation to space, God is omnipresent. And in relations to the earth and the universe, God can reside within them and outside them if he so chooses.

Who hath measured the waters in the hallow of his hand, and meted out heavens with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him? With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgement, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding? Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering. All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. (Isa. 40:12–17)

Although God created man in his own image, man’s attributes pale in comparison to the many attributes of God. As a personal being, God has given some of his moral character traits to all of humanity that can be related to and sometimes parallel each other, such as generosity, devotion, wisdom, kindness, righteousness, patience, fairness, goodness, anger, love, tolerance, spirituality, and justice. Psalm 31:19 says, Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!

The majority of the Bible teaches of the goodness and mercies of God, but it also speaks of his intense and harsh wrath and the ways that he punishes humanity for doing things that are not right and pleasing in his sight. God is so perfect that his perfection can be seen in his ability to be omnipresent at all times. He has attributes that far exceed any human beings’, such as completeness, unchangeableness, self-existence, and universal knowledge. His creative powers are so vast that he alone spoke a word and created a world out of nothing, and this is a power that no man on earth possesses. Genesis 1:1–3 states, In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the waters. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

One of the greater attributes of God that separates him from his creation is the perfection of his divine holiness because he will not lie. 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. Hebrews 6:18 states, That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us. Psalm 89:35 says, Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. God delights himself in truth and goodness but hates everything that is evil because he alone is both holy and pure. God is the shaker and mover of all life and has a designed purpose for all his creation. Jeremiah 29:11 states, For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. God, through his great sovereignty, brings all his purposes to pass, yet through his passiveness he allows human life circumstances to take their course. God’s actions are based upon the holiness of his loving character, and it is consistent.

However, from the beginning of all creation, God has given human beings the free will to make real choices with the knowledge that with every choice in life that is made, good or bad, there will be consequences. Since the beginning of creation, God has both respected and interacted with man while giving human beings a free will to do what is right. But sometimes man chooses to do evil rather than good. Human beings have long desired to have that relationship with God that he shared with Adam and Eve before the event in the garden with Satan.

Although there’s an endless struggle within mankind to regain that pure and honest relationship with God, it can only be accomplished when humanity realizes that the struggles of this world was not a creation of God but is found deep within the hearts of all human beings.

For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. if then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. For I know that in me [that is, in my flesh] dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. (Rom. 7:14–21)

God has total authority over humanity’s life choices, and it is only under the will of God that the ultimate fate of mankind is decided.

According to accounts recorded in the book of Genesis, God has proven himself to be Sovereign over the chaos of deception, death, and sin. Christians throughout the world acknowledge God as the power behind the extraordinary widespread of Christianity. Biblical history makes it evident that the entire history of mankind was designed by God for the purpose of redeeming all humanity from their sinful ways back to himself. Because of the great love God has for mankind, he keeps a purview on all of humanity. God loves his creation so much that he sacrificed his only Son to allow humanity to redeem itself from sin. John 3:16–17 states, For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Biblical Descriptions of God

One of the innermost descriptions of God can be found in the First Epistle of Paul the apostle to Timothy. Paul writes in Timothy 1:17, Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen, meaning that as eternal King, God is a lasting being that will exist forever and that he is without beginning or ending. It also means that he is an infinite Spirit who proves to be valid in all things in heaven and upon the earth for all times. In totality, God in all essence is essentially unchanging. This verse in Paul’s letter to Timothy also states that God is immortal, giving knowledge to the fact that he is a forever being, living forever and never dying. The invisibility of God makes possible his ability to be omnipotent and omnipresent at all times. His invisibility means that he cannot be seen by mankind, but he is seen within the actions of a man. Finally, as the only wise God, we can conclude that God is omnipotent (all-powerful) , omniscient (all-knowing) , omnipresent (present everywhere), and omnificent (creator of all things, possessing unlimited powers over all of creation).

Paul also writes that the great mystery of godliness is that God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, and received up into glory. This verse identifies Christ as being God, meaning that he was God in the flesh as a man. He was justified in the Spirit in that he raised the dead and walked on water. God is seen of the angels when they ministered to Christ Jesus during his forty days of fasting in the desert. He was preached and believed upon in the secular world through the great commission, and finally, he was received up into glory after his death, when he ascended up in to heaven.

Biblical Descriptions of God

Supporting Scripture

Below are three portions of scripture that reveals the deity of God through Jesus Christ:

Revelation 1:4–6

John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Revelation 1:8

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

Revelation 1:12–16

And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

What Some Scriptures Say about God

The holy scriptures reveal God’s physical characteristics and attributes. It places the deity of God as Creator of all things with the name Jehovah , and it displays the powerful awesomeness of God as Creator and Father of all heaven and earth. I call this portion of the book The Relationship Section, which allows the reader to become acquainted with the Almighty God in a knowledgeable yet loving way. It gives answers to such questions as Who is God? What is the awesomeness of God’s powers? Why God created mankind? And what are some of the purposes for all of humanity on earth?

Who is God? Scripture states that God is the Creator of all things in the heavens and upon the earth, but he is much, much more than a Creator. God is the imminent driving force in which all of creation continues to exist. It is through his powers that mankind continues to lay down at night and not worry about whether or not he will awake the next day. So often the thing that causes all things to move and live and breathe is never considered until one of life’s tragedies happen. By giving great thought as to how the body functions and being in touch with the whole of creation is an understanding of the works of the hand of God. Many non-Christian scientists believed years ago that all creation happened during the Big Bang theory wherein they are proclaiming that there was a cataclysmic explosion in heaven that started the creation of earth and its universe. As a Christian believer, I deem that this explosion was God speaking things into existence or done at the command of God. Revelation 4:5 says, And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

According to biblical doctrine, God is a Spirit. John 4:24 says, God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. I like the definition that Arnold Neumaier gave of a spirit in one of his doctrines. He stated, A spirit is a force that influences the will of people. A spirit can be an anonymous force responsible for the atmosphere in a meeting of people, or for the mood within a person, it can also be as personal as the spirit of other people who shape our daily actions. It is called a spirit because it relates not to matter but to mind, soul, and feelings. Spirits can be loving, harmless or dangerous, fleeting or powerful, discreet or haunting, helping or hurting. They can inhabit places, memories, books, or people. Now if mankind were to believe Neumaier’s theory of a spirit, then we could come to the conclusion that the Big Bang was the voice of God speaking things into existence. Revelation 11:19 says, And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

The awesomeness of God’s powers are his abilities to be both omnipotent (possessing unlimited power with the ability to do anything) and omnipresence (possessing the ability to be present everywhere at all times). These abilities are the deistical aspects of God’s spirituality. This is the portion of God’s attributes that was given to only one person, his Son, Christ Jesus. The awesomeness of God’s powers is clearly seen within the beauty of the earth, such as the Grand Canyon, the Rocky Mountains, Luray Caverns, and the many more work of arts created by the hand of God. Psalm 104 describes the awesomeness of God’s powers:

Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind: Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever. Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. (Ps. 104:1–6)

Scripture tells that God created mankind as a gift for his only begotten Son. Revelation 4:11 says, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. John 17:24 says, Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. Colossians 1:16–17 says, For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. All of humanity’s solemn purposes on earth is to worship and glorify God the Creator. That glory should be immanently operating within us, and it should be seen in the way we live and interact with one another. As gifts of the Lord Jesus, his followers were given specific instruction by him before he ascended up into heaven, which was later noted as the Great Commission. All of humanity can identify themselves to the person of Christ as being heirs to the throne of God. There’s only one purpose for all of humanity that was given by the Lord Christ Jesus, which was the Great Commission that states, And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned (Mark 16:15–16).

What Some Scriptures Say about God

Supporting Scripture

Below are glimpses into some of the most powerful scripture taken from the Holy Bible that displays the awesome powers of God and the purpose for all humanity that serves and believes on the name of Jesus Christ:

Genesis 1:1–2

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Exodus 3:14

And God said unto Moses, I Am that I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you.

Exodus 6:3

And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.

Exodus 33:19–23

And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy. And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live. And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock: And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.

Exodus 35:5

And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.

Leviticus 11:44

For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Numbers 6

The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace (Num. 6:24–25).

And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream (Num. 6:12:6).

Deuteronomy 4:24

For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.

Psalm 18:46–48

The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted. It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me. He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.

Proverbs 30:5

Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

Joel 2:11–13

And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it? Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

Luke 1:37

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

John 4:24

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

2 Timothy 1:7

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

In the Name of the God of Israel

Genesis 4:26 says, And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD .

The most popular names given to God in the Hebrew Scriptures is the Lord and Jehovah. God, the Creator of all heaven and earth, was given many name titles by mankind, but when Moses asked God, Who are you? God’s reply to Moses was I AM that I AM.

Below are some of the names that are mentioned in the Bible that the holy men of God referred to the Creator of all things as. The first two names listed below are the names that many of the Greek and Hebrew people called Jehovah God, which refers to both God’s deity and power.

Elohim—the Hebrew name for God.

Theos—the Greek name for God

Other Referred Names of God

Adonai: LORD, Father, Master, or Owner. Adonai is a Hebrew name of God in the Bible. It is the true name of the Abrahamic God that was not supposed to be spoken out loud and was only to be read by Jews while praying or reading the Torah.

Ancient One of Days: God the Father (Dan. 7:9, 13, 22). Ancient One of Days was how Daniel saw God in a vision that he had of God seated on his heavenly throne. Until the Ancient of days came, and judgement was given to the of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.

El elyon: God Most High (Gen. 14:18–20). El elyon is a description of the God of the Israelites in the Hebrew Bible.

El shaddai: God Almighty (Gen. 17:1). El shaddai or Shaddai is another name of Israel’s God that is also in the Hebrew Bible.

Jehovah (Yahweh): the God of Israel (Exod. 6:3; Ps. 83:18; Isa. 12:2; Isa. 26:4). Jehovah is the holiest name of God in Hebrew.

Jehovah-jireh: the Lord provides (Gen. 22:14). Jehovah-jireh is a name of a place where Abraham’s faith was most severely tested in the Hebrew Bible.

Jehovah-nissi: the Lord is my banner (Exod. 17:15). Jahovah-nissi is the name that Moses called the altar that he built when the Israelites celebrated their defeated over the Amalekites at Rephidim.

Jehovah-rapha: the God Who Heals (Exod. 15:26). Jehovah-rapha is the Hebrew name that God calls himself where he spoke to the Israelites, saying, If thou will diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statues, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: For I am the LORD that healeth thee.

Jehovah-shalom: the Lord is peace (Judg. 6:24). Jehovah-shalom is the name of the altar that Gideon built at Oprah where the angel appeared to him.

Lord God of Israel: Jehovah is victory (Judg. 5:3–5). Lord God of Israel is a name Deborah and Barak used in their song of victory over Sisera.

Majesty: Highness, Excellency (Heb. 8:1). Now of the things which we have spoken, this is the sum: we have such a high priest who is set on the right hand of the throne of the majesty in the heavens.

The Holy One of Israel: the Savior (Isa. 45:11; Jer. 51:5; Ps. 78:41; 1 Sam. 15:29). The Holy One of Israel emphasizes the unique relationship between God and Israel. It was the favorite title Isaiah used for God.

The Lord of Hosts: Savior and Protector (1 Sam. 1–13). The Lord of Hosts is a place in Shiloh where Elkanah went outside the city to worship and sacrifice unto the Lord.

Yahweh (YHWH or JHVH): I am who I am (Exod. 3:11–15). Yahweh is a Hebrew name of God in the Bible. The event that Moses encountered at the burning bush is where God reveals himself to Moses concerning the bondage of the Israelites from the Egyptians.

The End of the Treasure Chest Section

The Diamond: Jesus the Christ

Emmanuel—God with Us

Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

—John 5:39 KJV

According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of a diamond is that it is a native crystalline carbon that is the hardest known mineral on the earth. It is usually nearly colorless, that when transparent and free from flaws is highly valued as a precious stone, and that it is used in industries, especially as an abrasive. The description of this precious stone truly describes our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Like the diamond, Jesus is free from flaws and very highly valued in the Christian community, so I thought that it would only be fitting that the only strong deliverer be in comparison with this strong yet magnificently beautiful stone. Jesus is stronger than any other man that ever lived on the earth, in that he gave his life willingly so that all of humanity might have a right to enter freely into the kingdom of God.

Jesus is the Holy Son of God who was sent down from heaven to restore humanity back to God. According to the apostle John, Jesus was the living Word of God and the way, truth, and life that connects the spirit of mankind to the Spirit of God. The power of forgiveness and to obtain salvation was given to all of humanity through the life, death, and resurrection of Christ Jesus. The birth of Christ was not performed through an ordinary conception, which meant that he was not conceived of man but of the Holy Spirit. The diamond is a durable stone that represents Jesus perfectly, and its brilliance displays the very essence of his deity as God.

Jesus Christ

Who Is Jesus the Christ?

W ho is Jesus the Christ? Many biblical theologians believe that when God gave Moses the accounts of the creation of man upon the earth, which is documented in the first book of the Torah (the book of Genesis), the spiritual being that God was speaking to when he said , Let us make man, was Christ Jesus. As God begin to create humans upon the earth according to the Old Testament accounts, the Trinity or members of the Godhead were always present with him. Genesis 1:26 says, And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. During Moses’s accounts of the creation of man and the handing down of laws under the authority of God, he wrote indications of Christ throughout the five books of the Torah. Although Moses never mentioned or called whatever deity that God was talking to by name, we can be assured that they were of the same or similar attributes as God. Moses used other names, words, and hints to describe a coming savior for the people of Israel, all of which are assumed by many biblical scholars as him speaking of Jesus.

Some of the references or chosen titles Moses used to call attention to the coming of a savior for the children of Israel are listed here in accordance to their books. From the book of Genesis, the Judge and Shiloh. From the book of Exodus, Joshua, the angel of the Lord, Bread from heaven, and Manna. From the book of Leviticus, the Holy God. From the book of Numbers, the Star or the Sceptre. And from the book of Deuteronomy, a prophet.

According to an Old Testament account, the birth of Jesus was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah: For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. It was not until some thousands of years later in the New Testament that the apostle John in his gospel referred to Jesus as the living Word that came down from God, but nobody paints a more descriptive and beautiful picture as to who Jesus is than King Solomon.

According to biblical scripture, King Solomon in the book of Proverbs gives a great introductory into Christ Jesus as being the inherent part of God’s Spiritual being. Proverbs 3:19–20 states, The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. Solomon referred to the physical attributes of God as wisdom, understanding, and knowledge, which most religions deem that he is speaking of Christ, and that his advice to humanity is that mankind should strive to obtain the wisdom, knowledge, and understanding of what the will of God is, and that it is the duty of all humanity to live a life like Christ. Proverbs 4:7 says, Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

Christ is second only to God the Father in the hierarchy of the deities in heaven. The way that he became known as the savior of the world was through his followers acknowledging and witnessing the powers of the miracles that he performed. According to King Solomon’s book of the Proverbs, when Jesus is referred to as wisdom, knowledge, and understanding, Solomon begins to describe him as the wisdom that dwells with prudence in the attempt to disclose the knowledge of witty inventions. Solomon states that the fear of the Lord is to hate evil, which includes pride, arrogancy, and the evil ways of mankind and those who are disobedient and opposes the Word of God. Solomon said that counsel, sound wisdom, understanding, and strength all belonged to the Lord. He also acknowledged that by wisdom, kings reigned and princes decreed justice, and that through knowledge, princes, nobles, and even all the judges are made rulers over people and things that are upon the earth.

Solomon teaches that wisdom leads people in the ways of righteousness so that it might cause those that love it to inherit substance, and that wisdom is the only way that men can fill their treasures with good and godly things. In Proverbs chapter 8, the Holy Spirit through King Solomon gives an in-depth and detailed history of who Jesus was before he came to earth in the form of a man:

The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men. (Prov. 8:22–31)

Biblical theology reveals that Jesus as a man was recognized as the Jewish rabbi before the destruction of the Temple by the Roman army. Believed to be the Son of God incarnated or God in the flesh, Jesus is the historical figure for all of Christianity and the only begotten of God. Many Christians believes that Jesus saved all of humanity from sin and death through his own life, death, and resurrection. Biblical history tells that the birth of Jesus was remarkably humble in its circumstances yet divinely orchestrated in the way he was conceived. The first years of Jesus’s life is not mentioned in the Bible, but at the age of twelve, he was found in the temple by his parents, preaching to the rabbis, and they were all amazed at his unique wisdom and understanding while attending a Passover feast:

And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the mist of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers. And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? Thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? Wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business? (Luke 2:46)

The Gentile wise men from the east were the first to acknowledge the child Jesus as the king of the Jews. The secular authorities representing Herod the Great and his son, Archelaus, rejected Jesus as the Christ, the only begotten Son of God. Both the major and minor prophets of the Old Testament speak of the life, death, and resurrection of our savior. God himself confirms the virgin birth to Ahaz: More over the LORD spake again unto Ahaz saying, Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD. And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel (Isa. 7:10–14).

Micah the prophet spoke to the people of Bethlehem about Christ referring to him as the ruler of Israel. Bethlehem, also known as the House of Bread, was inherited by the tribe of Judah. During the time of Jacob, the father of the twelve tribes of Israel, Ephratah, was the ancient city name of Bethlehem Judah because of the fruitfulness of the land.

But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth, unto me that is to be Ruler of Israel; whose goings forth have been from old, from everlasting. Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth. (Mic. 5:2–4)

Also, the prophet Hosea spoke of the fleeing of Joseph and Mary with the child Jesus from Bethlehem to Egypt. When Israel was a child, then I love him, and called my son out of Egypt (Hosea 11:1).

Finally, John the Baptist spoke of making the pathway straight for the coming of the Lord Jesus into the world who would lead the people back to God the Father of all creation. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe (John 1:6–7). John bared witness of him, and cried, saying, He that cometh after me is preferred before me. For he was before me (John 1:15). The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sins of the world (John 1:29).

According to biblical history, eighteen years later, at around thirty years old, Jesus began his public teachings. It was John the Baptist that saw and announced Jesus as the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. Immediately after his baptism, Jesus retreated to the desert, where he was tempted by Satan for forty days and nights, but Satan did not succumb him. Jesus’s earthly ministry was characterized by many personal and powerful encounters with people as he traveled throughout the cities of Galilee. During the time of his teachings, the Jews of Jerusalem deemed Jesus to be a troublesome imposter. Jesus taught in parables of moral issues and the relationship of man with God.

Whenever Jesus described what the kingdom of God was like, he used seeds, weeds, yeast, vineyards, fishnets, farmers, sheep, servants, widows, and bridesmaids. Biblical history also tells that Jesus made the blind see, the mute talk, and cause the deaf to hear and the paralyzed to walk. He also cured diseases and raised the dead. He fed a mass of people with a few fish and a few loaves of bread on two separate occasions:

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, the kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. (Matt. 13:31–33)

Jesus was accused by both the Pharisees and Sadducees of teaching the people through the works of the devil to turn away from the teachings of Moses.

Jesus foretold of his own arrest, condemnation, and crucifixion according to all the four gospels. The sufferings that Jesus endured on his journey to the cross was the set accomplishments for which he was sent from the Father and Creator of the world in order to reunite all of humanity back to God. He was never misleading about the nature and purpose of his work here on earth. Jesus was fully aware of the harsh and cruel punishment that he would endure at the hands of the Roman soldiers, but he was also determined not to prevent the will that God had upon his life to be done.

Jesus’s downfall was planned by the Jewish leaders during a meeting with Judas Iscariot. Sold for thirty pieces of silver, Jesus was mocked, beaten, spat upon, blindfolded, and struck on the face, all for the sake of saving humanity. He challenged all the Jewish leaders through his actions and teachings, and in the end he waited for his assassins in the Garden of Gethsemane to be arrested, and later he was hung on a cross at Calvary. Jesus knew the consequences of his actions because before his crucifixion, he prayed about it in the garden: He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done (Matt. 26:42). And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt