God the Father is central to all true religion, as He is the beginning and the sum of all things. He is everything concerning what we are, what we are doing, and where we are heading. All true belief systems must start with Him, for without Him, we are nothing and can do nothing. He is revealed as YHWH, the only deity Israel knew, the One who made a covenant with them and revealed Himself to Moses on the mount. He is the singular Being they understood, though also identified as Elohim, a plural noun indicating more than one Being, understood as the Family of God. The Father, alongside the Son, forms the two eternal divine Beings of Elohim, revealing Themselves to humanity as a family structure of Father and Son, always existing side by side in perfect harmony. They act, think, and speak with unity of purpose, being of one mind. He is unique, with no one else like Him, the only true God, and united in purpose with the Son. This unity and uniqueness make Him alone worthy of worship, demanding unwavering devotion and obedience from us, as He condescended to reveal Himself and choose us out of this world. In the Old Testament, hints of the Father's existence appear from the very first verse in Genesis, where Elohim, a plural term, suggests a group, and the phrase "Let Us make man in Our image" indicates a joint decision by the Father and the Son. Though not always known to ancient Israel, the Father was deeply involved in monumental acts like the creation of man, the expulsion from the Garden, and the scattering at Babel, working in perfect harmony with the Son to move His plan for humanity forward. His sovereignty is evident in these interventions, setting the course of history toward fulfilling His purpose of creating God-like sons and daughters. Further revelations in Psalms and other Old Testament passages, viewed through a New Testament lens, show the Father as the One who calls the Son "My Son" and "My King," indicating His senior position. He is the Ancient of Days in Daniel, a term suggesting eternity, paralleling the meaning of YHWH as the ever-living One, a description applying to both Father and Son. The Father is greater, as acknowledged by the Son, and is portrayed as the loving, Almighty Father on His throne in heaven, receiving praise and glory, pouring out His love, and working tirelessly with the Son to bring us into His everlasting Kingdom.

God the Father, though largely unknown to the world, is deeply involved in His plan to bring many sons to glory through Jesus Christ. He sent Jesus to reveal Himself to us, offering a precious gift of knowledge and hope. His personal involvement was crucial in Christ's sacrifice and resurrection, and He remains actively engaged in the lives of His children, personally regenerating His saints. He, along with Jesus Christ, promises to keep and preserve us with Their power. Despite the world's ignorance of Him, a time will come when the knowledge of the LORD God will cover the earth as the waters cover the sea. The only way to truly know God the Father is through His revelation in Jesus Christ and the implantation of the Holy Spirit. Jesus came in human flesh to fully declare the Father to His called and chosen people, while God has purposely hidden His identity from the world and revealed it to His church. The tenderness of the relationship, described as Our Father in heaven and the God and Father of the Lord Jesus, embodies a wealth of love and grace, central to Christ's message. Fatherhood reflects the essence of the Godhead, with love as its main attribute, making God the Father the epitome of love. God the Father and Jesus Christ form the Godhead, two distinct Beings in total agreement and of one purpose, as revealed in scriptures like Psalm 110 and John 1:1. Before anything else existed, God and the Word coexisted, both composed of spirit, working in harmony as creators. God the Father created all things through Jesus Christ, authorizing the works of creation carried out by the Word. He is the ultimate source of biblical truth, directing Christ, who carries out His will without hesitation, united in mind and purpose. God the Father qualifies us for the Kingdom of God, working alongside Jesus Christ, as we remain obedient to Their unified voice. He is the creator and sustainer of the universe, revealing Himself through the natural world and through His Son, though this revelation is largely ignored by the world. His existence and nature are affirmed in the Bible, which declares that in the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Creation itself points to a universal mind with a master plan, making more sense to accept God as Creator than to assume an orderly universe arose without Him. Although the human mind cannot fully comprehend God due to its limitations, we can still know Him through a personal relationship of faith and study of the Bible's teachings about His nature. His attributes, revealed in Scripture, include being Spirit, omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, eternal, immutable, and unchangeable, as well as perfect, just, true, wise, loving, merciful, graceful, holy, and righteous. As Spirit, He has no physical form yet possesses form and shape, reflected in humanity made in His image. His immutability ensures His character, will, purpose, and counsel remain unchanging, providing a foundation for our hope and confidence in Him. God the Father's laws and truth are constant, unchanging from eternity, establishing sins like adultery and murder as wrong across time. His fatherly grace does not avert judgment on the unrepentant, as He remains the moral Ruler and supreme Judge of creation. Through Jesus Christ, He offers salvation and eternal life to His potential children, embodying fatherhood as original, selfless love that anticipates, forgives, educates, and communicates sincerely. We are encouraged to pray to Him for all good things, seeking to attain His ideal of perfection.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. God the Father works in perfect loving unison with His Son, sending the pre-existent Word, who became Jesus Christ, to earth to do His will and to save the world. The Father sent His Son, and He speaks the words of God, sustained by the will of the One who sent Him. The Father is the One to whom Christ returned, where both now sit in glory and majesty. God the Father testified in advance of His Son's awesome future role, calling Him God and affirming Him as a member of the God Family. The Father's love for Jesus reaches its achievement in the awe-inspiring act of His resurrection, commanding Him and giving Him authority to lay down His life and take it up again. Only the Father could restore Jesus' existence, acting in accordance with a divine plan motivated by love for each other and for humanity. Jesus always directed focus to the Father, teaching us to pray to Our Father in heaven, hallowing His name, and seeking His will to be done on earth as it is in heaven. The Father is the preeminent term for the Supreme Being in Jesus' teaching, expressing His essential nature and relationship to human beings as a father to his children, yet in an infinitely higher and more perfect degree. The heavenly Father is perfect and good, contrasting with human imperfection, and He desires to shower blessings while exercising self-control to avoid spoiling His children. The Father has a constant flow of loving concern, actively working out His plan of salvation for each individual, with all things lying in His power as the pinnacle of self-governance. Jesus and the Father are always working together, coordinating Their efforts for the good of all, with Jesus under great duress still desiring the Father's will to reign over His own. The Father is the standard of goodness, determining it, and providing safety, peace, and sustenance to all beings who turn to Him. Jesus encourages us to ask the Father for things according to His will, assuring us of receiving what is good, as the Father is free from imperfection and ready to help for our ultimate good. His goodness shines on all, even the unjust and His enemies, revealing His perfection through Christ's teachings as the ideal to which we should seek to attain. Jesus knows the Father as no one else does, in a unique and intimate relationship central to His teachings, reflecting truth, purity, holiness, and perfection. From His first realization to His last moment, Jesus' mind is on the Father's will, power, and glory, with the Father bearing witness to His perfect sonship, declaring Him as His beloved Son in whom He is well pleased. The Father loves the Son, entrusting Him with His message and power, giving all things into His hand, and ensuring no doubt of Jesus' importance in the process of redemption and salvation. Jesus is the exclusive agent of true understanding of the Father, revealing Him with authority, and reflecting the Father's glory as an exact image, so that seeing Jesus is seeing the Father. Through Christ, we may know God as our Father, developing a personal, intimate relationship with Him, who remains unseen but all-seeing and benevolent. Our conduct should be determined by awareness of the Father's presence, striving to do His will, to act, love, and forgive as He does, and to be perfect as He is perfect. The Father loves us as much as He loves Jesus, forming a Family where we are in the Father and the Son, seeking an intimate relationship like Christ's with Him. The Father's fatherhood extends to all humanity as their Creator, with everyone born as a potential heir of His kingdom, receiving His love and care even if they become His enemies, yet only true sons in a moral sense receive His fullest blessings. The Father's love flows unimpeded and unrestricted, not determined by the morality or obedience of others, as He is love itself. The Father speaks through the Son, mediating the system of grace, and is the s

God the Father stands as the ultimate model of fatherhood, providing a perfect example amidst the flawed records of human fathers. He demonstrates His care by guiding Israel back to the Promised Land during the Second Exodus, ensuring they walk by rivers of waters and in a straight path where they will not stumble. He works with them by giving His Spirit and leading them in the way they should go, showing His fatherly concern both physically and spiritually. His Fatherhood over Israel is undeniable, as He called Abraham out of idolatry, gave Isaac through a miracle, chose Jacob before birth, and redeemed the children of Israel from Egyptian slavery with mighty acts. He made them a nation under His laws at Sinai, brought them into the Promised Land, blessed them with kings, watched over them, disciplined them, scattered them, and lavished blessings upon them. He promises to bring them back to Himself in the Millennium, making Israel the nucleus of Jesus Christ's Kingdom. The Israelites understood God as their Father, not only by creation but also by covenant, recognizing Him as the One who stands in the place of a Father to them. This understanding extends to both physical and spiritual Israel, affirming His role as Father to the church of God. Despite His children often going astray, He finds ways to bring them back, desiring all to come to repentance and aiming to have billions of children in His Kingdom. His fatherly traits are encapsulated in Psalm 103, offering a checklist for godly fatherhood. He forgives and heals, showing that children need to know they can seek and receive forgiveness upon contrition, allowing them to move forward. He redeems through self-sacrifice, demonstrating the essence of godly love by giving of Himself. His loving kindness and tender mercies crown His children with nobility and beauty, infusing every act with steadfast love and compassion. He provides not just basic needs but also education, skills, and opportunities, going beyond mere sustenance to enrich lives. God is perfectly righteous and just, rendering to each according to their deeds without partiality, rewarding good and punishing bad behavior. He makes His ways known through instruction and example, teaching His children verbally and through His actions, as seen with Moses and the children of Israel. He is slow to anger, tempering justice with mercy and granting grace when appropriate, applying wisdom in dealing with His children individually for their ultimate maturity and well-being. In all these ways, God the Father provides the pattern for righteous fatherhood, guiding human fathers to emulate His example in rearing their children.