D. Granter of requests
This is why our petitions are brought to the Father.
Ephesians 1:17; Matthew 6:6; James 1:7

E. From everlasting to everlasting
These are very difficult concepts for the human mind to grapple with. We must take it on faith that God had no beginning and will have no ending. He has always existed.

Genesis 21:33; Deuteronomy 33:27; Psalms 41:13; 90:2; Revelation 1:8; 22:13

F. Male gender
Some recent Bible versions have attempted to render God in the neuter, or even in the female gender, but it simply won’t fly. God has always, only, emphatically represented Himself as the male gender.

Jeremiah 31:9, Isaiah 54:5; Psalms 47:2, 7

V. God the Father of Israel
A. Known for the first 2430 years after creation primarily as Almighty God or “I Am”

Exodus 3:14; 6:3; John 8:58–59

B. Known to Israel as Jehovah
Israel knew little or nothing of the second and third persons of the Godhead. They were only revealed after the coming of Jesus Christ. God chose to be known primarily as Jehovah from the time when He called Israel out of bondage in Egypt until the coming of the Son, Jesus Christ.

Exodus 6:3; Psalms 83:18

C. Figuratively referred to Himself as a Husband to Israel
Just as we saw in the last lesson that Jesus referred to Himself as the Bridegroom of the Church, God the Father portrayed Himself as the Husband to an adulterous nation.

Isaiah 50:1; 54:5; Jeremiah 3:8, 20; 31:31–32