ART

Art
art
–verb Archaic.
2nd pers. sing. pres. indic. of BE. Also the 3rd person plural

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Origin:
equiv. to ear- (see ARE 1 ) + -t ending of 2nd pers. sing.


It is so interesting that Jesus would use the word art or are as the case may be. Our Father who are in heaven….. If he was speaking to only one person, he would have said Our Father who is in heaven. Notice that the definition above speaks of the second person singular. It comes from the verb to be. If we were to conjugate that verb, we would get:

I am
You are(2nd person singular)
He/She is
We are
You are (2nd person plural)
They are


The second person singular would be used when addressing the Father only, thereby making it, Our Father who is in heaven, but that is not what Jesus said. He said who are in heaven. On the other hand the 2nd person plural can be used if the entire Trinity were being addressed. How do we know which Jesus was teaching us to use? All we need do is read, “The Father and I are one” John 10:30
It stands to reason that Jesus was teaching us to speak to the Father as more than one person! It is a very subtle change all with the use of the word “are.” He knew this prayer would go on through the ages and that we would still be using it in the 21st Century. Therefore, He used the word, “are” to show more than one person. To be specific, He showed us that we were really speaking to 3 persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. All of that by using one simple interchangeable verb “are or art.”
I love knowing that this prayer is addressed to all three persons of the Holy Trinity! Some of us automatically relate better to the Father. Some relate better to Jesus. And some relate better to the Holy Spirit. Behold what manner of love is here for us that we can focus on the whole Trinity or just one person of the Trinity.


And speaking of the word art, the other definition would be that which is held as beauty in the eye of the beholder. Here is another appropriate name for us to call our heavenly Father. We, who revere Him, hold him in our hearts as exactly that, something or rather someone of great beauty. The words of Daniel honor Him as praiseworthy and glorious and exalted above all forever. Dan3:52. If that’s not art, what is?

Together these two meanings, the conjugated BE, and the beauty, give us the glory of the Trinity. The Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit all woven together, all painted together, all given together to us as art, a beautiful thing to behold.