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God the Father

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	<!-- interlanguage:start -->[[ko:아버지 하나님]][[vi:Ðức Chúa Trời Cha]][[es:Dios Padre]]<!-- interlanguage:end -->[[File:Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn - Return of the Prodigal Son - Google Art Project.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|''The Return of the Prodigal Son'' by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1669: The parable of the prodigal son shows us the love of God the Father.]]'''God the Father''' is a general term used when Christians call [[God]], and it refers to the male image of God. The actual beginning point of God being referred to as Father was since [[Jesus Christ]] came. After Jesus called God “Our Father in heaven,” the saints too called God “Father.” When we distinguish God as the Father, [[God the Son\|the Son]], and [[the Holy Spirit]], [[Jehovah]] is God the Father. However, according to the biblical truth of the [[Trinity]], God the Father Jehovah, God the Son Jesus, and God the Holy Spirit are essentially the same God, the Father.		<!-- interlanguage:start -->[[ko:아버지 하나님]][[vi:Ðức Chúa Trời Cha]][[es:Dios Padre]][[pt:Deus Pai]]<!-- interlanguage:end -->[[File:Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn - Return of the Prodigal Son - Google Art Project.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|''The Return of the Prodigal Son'' by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1669: The parable of the prodigal son shows us the love of God the Father.]]'''God the Father''' is a general term used when Christians call [[God]], and it refers to the male image of God. The actual beginning point of God being referred to as Father was since [[Jesus Christ]] came. After Jesus called God “Our Father in heaven,” the saints too called God “Father.” When we distinguish God as the Father, [[God the Son\|the Son]], and [[the Holy Spirit]], [[Jehovah]] is God the Father. However, according to the biblical truth of the [[Trinity]], God the Father Jehovah, God the Son Jesus, and God the Holy Spirit are essentially the same God, the Father.

	==The Reason God Is Called Father==		==The Reason God Is Called Father==

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Manna

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	<!-- interlanguage:start -->[[ko:만나]][[vi:Mana]][[es:El maná]]<!-- interlanguage:end -->{{그림 \|만나.jpg\|너비= 300px \|정렬=오른쪽섬네일 \|타이틀=Israelites gather manna in the desert.}}		<!-- interlanguage:start -->[[ko:만나]][[vi:Mana]][[es:El maná]][[pt:Maná]]<!-- interlanguage:end -->{{그림 \|만나.jpg\|너비= 300px \|정렬=오른쪽섬네일 \|타이틀=Israelites gather manna in the desert.}}
	'''Manna''' (Hebrew: מָן)<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.studylight.org/lexicons/eng/hebrew/4478.html \|title=Strong's #4478 - מָן \|website=StudyLight.org \|quote= }}</ref>is the mystical food that the Israelites received from [[God]] during their 40-year journey in the desert. It was a staple food for them along with quails in the desert.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+105%3A40&version=NIV \|title=Psalms 105:40 \|publisher= }}</ref> Manna means "What is this?"<ref>[https://www.hebrewversity.com/word-mannamean-hebrew/ WHAT DOES THE WORD “MANNA”MEAN IN HEBREW?], ''Hebrewversity''</ref> It may be because when God first gave Manna to the Israelites, they said to each other, “What is this?” (Hebrew: man hu? Hebrew phrase: מָ֣ן ה֔וּא).<ref>Francis Brown, Samuel Rolles Driver, Charles Augustus Briggs, Wilhelm Gesenius, Edward Robinson, pg. 577, ''Hendrickson Publishers Marketing'', LLC, September 2018, The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.studylight.org/lexicons/eng/hebrew/1931.html \|title= Strong's #1931 - הִיא \|website=StudyLight.org \|quote= }}</ref><ref>[https://biblehub.com/hebrew/4478.htm 4478. man], ''Bible Hub''</ref> It is said that it tasted like wafers made with honey and was white like coriander seed.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+16%3A31&version=NIV \|title=Exodus 16:31 \|publisher= }}</ref> There was no manna coming down the day after the Israelites ended their 40-year life in the desert and entered the land of Canaan and ate their produce.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+5%3A12&version=NIV \|title=Joshua 5:12 \|publisher= }}</ref>		'''Manna''' (Hebrew: מָן)<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.studylight.org/lexicons/eng/hebrew/4478.html \|title=Strong's #4478 - מָן \|website=StudyLight.org \|quote= }}</ref>is the mystical food that the Israelites received from [[God]] during their 40-year journey in the desert. It was a staple food for them along with quails in the desert.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+105%3A40&version=NIV \|title=Psalms 105:40 \|publisher= }}</ref> Manna means "What is this?"<ref>[https://www.hebrewversity.com/word-mannamean-hebrew/ WHAT DOES THE WORD “MANNA”MEAN IN HEBREW?], ''Hebrewversity''</ref> It may be because when God first gave Manna to the Israelites, they said to each other, “What is this?” (Hebrew: man hu? Hebrew phrase: מָ֣ן ה֔וּא).<ref>Francis Brown, Samuel Rolles Driver, Charles Augustus Briggs, Wilhelm Gesenius, Edward Robinson, pg. 577, ''Hendrickson Publishers Marketing'', LLC, September 2018, The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.studylight.org/lexicons/eng/hebrew/1931.html \|title= Strong's #1931 - הִיא \|website=StudyLight.org \|quote= }}</ref><ref>[https://biblehub.com/hebrew/4478.htm 4478. man], ''Bible Hub''</ref> It is said that it tasted like wafers made with honey and was white like coriander seed.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+16%3A31&version=NIV \|title=Exodus 16:31 \|publisher= }}</ref> There was no manna coming down the day after the Israelites ended their 40-year life in the desert and entered the land of Canaan and ate their produce.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+5%3A12&version=NIV \|title=Joshua 5:12 \|publisher= }}</ref>