God is Being (Exodus 3:14). He is not the things which exist; that is pantheism, which is false. Instead, God is the being that existing things have.

Likewise:

God is Truth (John 14:6). He is not the things which are true; that is pantheism, which is false. Instead, God is the truth that true things have.

Likewise:

God is Goodness (Mark 10:18). He is not the things which are good; that is pantheism, which is false. Instead, God is the goodness that good things have.

Likewise:

God is One (1 Tomothy 2:5). He is not every single thing; that is pantheism, which is false. Instead, God is the oneness that every single thing has.

These are the Transcendental names of God: He is Being, or just “He Is” (which is the meaning of the name “Yahweh”, “He Who Is”). God is the Truth. God is Good.

“One” is how God’s name is expressed in the language of mathematics. Notice the pattern on display above: The things of the created order are not God, because that would reduce everything to God, which is pantheism. But, by virtue of God’s creating things distinct from Himself, He supplies them with aspects of Himself: Being, Truth, Goodness, and Oneness. They are things which have God in, alongside, and of them.

To the extent that a thing is true, we can consider the thing, in itself; and we can also consider the truth of the thing. God is the Truth. He is there, alongside the thing, supplying it with Himself (as Truth); and thereby makes it true.

This “alongsidedness” of God with His creation is expressed in one of the simplest, fundamental math facts that we learn as children. When children first begin to learn their multiplication tables, they start with the simple fact that one multiplied by any number, is equal to that number.

1x1=1

1x2=2

1x3=3

Etc.

To put it another way, every number is expressible as itself times One.

Do you see the “alongsidedness”? God, as One, exists “alongside” every number.

He is with us, alongside us, in so many ways. In that we are One of ourselves, there is God with us.

Further reading:

The Transcendental Attributes of Being

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