1.)Matt. 15:24 “I am not send but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
2.)Matt. 28:19 “go ye therefor, and teach ALL nations”
3.) Mark 13:10 “And the gospel must first be publish among ALL nations.”
4.) Luke 13:34-35 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem… Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.”
5.) Romans 1:16 “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to EVERY ONE that believeth; to the JEW FIRST and also the Greek.”
6.) Romans 10:1 “Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they might be saved
7.)Revelation 7:4(last one although I could do a lot more) “And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the Children of Israel.” (remember though that these are just the witnesses, not all of them that will be saved)

OK I’m done now I think, that was a load off my chest!

Recognizing that our ability to understand and, certainly, to clearly express our limited understanding of God has been a frustration to all mankind, I believe that the word “distinct”, as it appears in the second paragraph, may be somewhat of an overstatement of the case. My belief is that there is one God who manifests himself to us in the three basic relationships which he created within us namely, as a Father, as a mother (the Spirit) and as a peer (the Son). Like the husband represents the role of our sibling Christ (Ephesians 5:23), like the father represents the role of the Father (by name), so the mother also represents the role of the Holy Spirit. The role of God as Father and sibling are familiar to most of us but the mother role has attracted less attention so the following explains a bit more about that role.

Genesis 1:2 provides the first mention of the Spirit of God in the Bible, “. . . and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.” The Hebrew word for hovering in that verse is found in the Bible in only one other place, Deuteronomy 32:11, “. . . like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, . . .”. It is that frenzied hovering of a mother hen over her chicks that is described. While in Greek, the word for spirit (pneuma) is neuter, in Hebrew (ruach) it is female as it is in Aramaic (rucha) which Jesus probably spoke. The verb used to describe the actions of the spirit in the Old Testament Hebrew is generally feminine as well, e.g. II Chronicles 15:1 and I Samuel 19:20, 23. As the woman was created as a suitable helper for her husband (including helping to raise his children), Genesis 2:20b-22, her role as a mother is also the role of a parent that will duplicate, to some extent, the role of the father, the other parent. Keeping that in mind, look at some of the ways the scriptures present the Holy Spirit to us in the role of a mother; some unique to being a mother, others more related to being a parent.

1. The Spirit goes to God for us in ways beyond our spiritually immature understanding. Romans 8:26 see also I Samuel 1:10, 11

2. We are “born of the Spirit” into God’s family. John 3:5 John 6:63 see also Galatians 4:4

3. The Spirit helps our weaknesses. Romans 8:26 Ephesians 3:16 When a baby cannot can’t eat by himself, walk, talk, etc., who helps him or does it for him? When he gets older but can’t dress himself or read, who helps him or does it for him?

4. The Spirit lives with us. John 14:17 I Corinthians 3:16

5. The Spirit is our law. Hebrews 9:8 John 16:3 Romans 8:2-4 see also Proverbs 1:8 Proverbs 6:20

6. The Spirit never leaves us. John 14:16

7. It is serious to dishonor the Spirit. Mark 3:29 see also Leviticus 20:9 Proverbs 15:20 Proverbs 23:22

8. The Spirit teaches of God. John 14:26 I Corinthians 2:13 see also II Timothy 1:5

9. The Spirit comforts and counsels. John 16:7

10. The Spirit attends to our difficulties. Luke 12:11, 12

11. The Spirit disciplines. John 16:8 see also Proverbs 29:15

12. The Spirit provides identification for whose family you are in. Romans 8:14

13. The Spirit produces good fruit in conflict with influences outside the family. Galatians 5:16-23

14. The Spirit’s weapon in the conflict with influences outside the family is the Word of God. Ephesians 6:17

15. The Spirit enables us to love. Colossians 1:8

16. The Spirit gives joy. I Thessalonians 1:6

Therefore, one God manifests himself to us in three ways; the ways that represent the three basic relationships that we have with everyone else: Father, Mother and Sibling or Peer (He became one of us. Philippians 2:7). He is everything to us.

It is still difficult to comprehend how He can forsake Himself (Matthew 27:46, Mark 15:34, talking to Himself (including Luke 23:34) is a bit easier, especially for those of us who do it frequently), handing Himself over to Himself (Luke 23:46), pray to Himself and speak of two different “wills” (Matthew 26:39, Luke 22:42, John 5:30), not being alone because He is with Himself (John 8:16), doing nothing of Himself but only that which He taught Himself (John 8:28), not honoring Himself but honoring Himself (John 8:54), receiving commandments from Himself (John 10:18, 15:10), going to see Himself (John 14:12, 16:10, 20:17), being greater than Himself (John 14:28), knowing but not knowing (Matthew 13:32), etc. However, God is capable of more than I can imagine and has stated the unity in identity of what we call his “persons” on a consistent basis throughout the scriptures. I believe that John 10:30 and its many, many companion scriptures does not just say that the Father, Son (and Spirit) are unified in agreement and purpose but in identity as well. They are the same but choose to manifest Himself to us in all the ways that meet the needs that He created within us.

God, by means of his holy spirit, reveals through the scriptures that Jesus was sent by Yahweh, speaks for Yahweh, represents Yahweh, and was raised and glorified by the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Jesus never claimed to be, nor do the scriptures present Jesus as, the unipersonal God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, whom Jesus represents and speaks for. — Deuteronomy 18:15-19; Matthew 22:32; 23:39; Mark 11:9,10; 12:26; Luke 13:35; 20:37; John 3:2,17,32-35; 4:34; 5:19,30,36,43; 6:57; 7:16,28; 8:26,28,38; 10:25; 12:49,50; 14:10; 15:15; 17:8,26; 20:17; Acts 2:22,34-36; 3:13,22; 5:30; Romans 15:6; 2 Corinthians 1:3; 8:6; 11:31; Colossians 1:3,15; 2:9-12; Hebrews 1:1-3; Revelation 1:1.

God, by means of his holy spirit, reveals through the scriptures that Jesus is son of the only unipersonal Most High, Yahweh. Jesus is never spoken of as the “Most High”; he is not the only Most High Yahweh of whom he is the son. — Genesis 14:22; Psalm 7:17; 83:18; 92:1; Luke 1:32; John 13:16.

Blessed be the [unipersonal] God and Father of our Lord Jesus Chriat. — Ephesians 1:3; 1 Peter 1:3.