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flow, there they flow again.

The grandest cycle of all began with the creation of the Son of God. Before there was anything, the
Son came forth as the only begotten of the Father. Through the Son the heavens and the earth were
made, and all they contain. We are now seeing the firstfruits of the creation returning to Christ as
those who are overcoming sons and daughters born of the Spirit of Christ are being cleansed of all
sin and that which defiles. Yet these are merely firstfruits. The entire creation must be restored to
the Son, and then the Son Himself will return to the Father so that He is “all in all.”

Thus, we see in the creation cycle the preeminence of the only begotten Son of God. At the same
time we understand that the Father is the source of all. It should not be surprising to anyone to learn
that the Son had to arise out from the Father. The very words “son” and “father” convey a sense of
order. A father always exists before a son. Likewise, a son always comes out of a father. Mankind
was created in God’s image. The mystery of the godhead is revealed in humanity. Even as a man
contains seed that must come out of the man to form something in his image, so too did the Son of
God proceed out of the Father.

Some may still be troubled, supposing that recognizing the Son as a creation (generation) of the
Father somehow diminishes His divinity. A believer may inquire, “How can Christ be the direct
generation of the Father and yet be One with the Father?” There are mysteries contained here, but
Yahweh has not left us without understanding. In the creation itself Yahweh has demonstrated the
glorious mystery of the godhead. He has revealed the relationship between Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit through the example of speech. Having written on this subject previously in the book God’s
Plan of the Ages, I will repeat a passage from that writing here.
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Some years back I was meditating upon the doctrine of the Trinity. I wanted to understand the nature
and relationship of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Yahweh, as He often does, brought
understanding through means of a parable.

As I was sitting before the Father He asked me, "If you want to see the soul of a man, how would
you view it?" I knew the soul to be invisible. It will not show up on an x-ray, or a CAT scan or MRI.
A person cannot take a picture of the soul of man. Nonetheless, the soul can be seen. Yahshua said,