THE FORGOTTEN PILLARS PART THREE

The personality of God receives very small attention today as a subject, yet it is one of the crucial elements in dealing with other doctrines pertaining to Adventism, such as the doctrine of Trinity, the Sanctuary service, 1844 and any other doctrine dealing with the Heavenly reality. The personality of God was a pillar of our faith. Today, it is almost forgotten. We propose a reasonable explanation for that. It is due to the evolution of the English language. What is meant by the term, “the personality of God”? The general understanding of the English word ‘personality’ has changed over the years. Today, ‘personality’ is generally viewed as, “the characteristic set of behaviors, cognitions, and emotional patterns”1 , but in the nineteenth, and beginning of the twentieth century, it meant “the quality or state of being a person”2 3 .