THE REVELATIONAL PROCESS The Bible teaches that God revealed himself to people “at many times and in various ways” (Heb. 1:1–2).3 The most common nominal expressions in the Old Testament for this revelatory idea are the phrases “the word of Yahweh [or God]” ([אֱלֹהִים] דְּבַר יהוה, debar yhwh [˒elōhîm]), which occurs scores of times, and “the law [of Yahweh]” ([יהוה] תּוֹרַת, tōraṯ [yhwh]), the proper meaning of which is “instruction,” which in turn strongly suggests “authoritative divine