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Unless stated otherwise, the World English version of the Bible is used throughout, with forms of the holy name supplied at appropriate places. God's Holy Name, however, is presented as "Jehovah" irrespective of how it is rendered in any translation.
The God of the Old Testament identifies Himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and He identified Himself by the name EHYEH (often rendered as "I am"; it is a form of the same name as Jehovah of Exodus 3:15).
Exodus 3:6 - "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob."
Exodus 3:13 - Moses said to God, "Behold, when I come to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you;' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' What should I tell them?"
Exodus 3:14 God said to Moses, "[EHJEH ASHER EHYEH]," and he said, "You shall tell the children of Israel this: "[EHJEH] has sent me to you."
Exodus 3:15 God said moreover to Moses, "You shall tell the children of Israel this, 'JEHOVAH, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.EHJEH and JEHOVAH are two different forms of the one holy name of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The Bible never speaks of more than one holy name of God.
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In Hebrews 1;1,2, the God of the Old Testament who spoke through the prophets of old is presented as being one person, and Jesus is presented as being the Son of that one person. Thus, Jesus is the Son of Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Likewise, in Acts 3:13-26, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, who spoke to and through Moses, is identified as only one person, and Jesus is referred as the prophet like Moses. -- Deuteronomy 18:15-19.
The God of Jesus
Jesus called the God of the Old Testament, "My God." In doing so, he speaks of the God of the Old Testament as one person, not three persons. The default reasoning is that Jesus is not the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Matthew 27:46 -- About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" That is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
Mark 15:34 -- At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which is, being interpreted, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
John 20:17 -- Jesus said to her, "Don't touch me, for I haven't yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers, and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.'"
Revelation 3:12 -- He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will go out from there no more. I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my own new name.
In foretelling the Messiah sent by Jehovah, Micah 5:4 refers to Jehovah as "his God [ELOHIM]," only one person.
Micah 5:4 - He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the strength of Jehovah, In the majesty of the name of Jehovah his God: And they will live, for then he will be great to the ends of the earth.
Isaiah records the Messiah as prophetically referring to Jehovah as "our God". -- Isaiah 61:1,2.
In speaking to the Son of the only Most High, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is referred to as "your God" in the following scriptures:
Psalms 45:7 -- You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.
Hebrews 1:8,9 -- of the Son he says... You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; Therefore God, your God, has anointed you With the oil of gladness above your fellows.
Hebrews 1:1,2 presents the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as one person, and says that the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob speaks to us through His son.
The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is referred to in the New Testament as being one person who is the God and Father of Jesus. -- Romans 15:6; 2 Corinthians 1:3; 2 Corinthians 11:31; Ephesians 1:3,17; 2 Peter 1:3.
In speaking to the Son of the only Most High, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is referred to as "your God" in the following scriptures:
Psalms 45:7 -- You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.
Hebrews 1:8,9 -- of the Son he says... You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; Therefore God, your God, has anointed you With the oil of gladness above your fellows.
Hebrews 1:1,2 presents the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as one person, and says that the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob speaks to us through His son.
The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is referred to in the New Testament as being one person who is the God and Father of Jesus. -- Romans 15:6; 2 Corinthians 1:3; 2 Corinthians 11:31; Ephesians 1:3,17; 2 Peter 1:3.
Acts 3:13-26 presents the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as a unipersonal God, who has raised Jesus up as the prophet like Moses (as foretold in Deuteronomy 18:15-19), and who has raised Jesus up from death.
Various scriptures are often presented to allegedly prove that Jesus is the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob. Since we have discussed these scriptures elsewhere, we will not present a discussion of them here, but we have linked the scriptures below to our scripture pages that provide links to related studies.
Likewise, in John 17:2, Jesus does not claim this authority as being the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, but this authority is given to him by the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. John 17:1,3 shows that Jesus believed that his Father is the one person who is "the only true God." Isaiah 61:1,2 presents this only true God who sent Jesus as being only one person.
Nor does the authority given by the only true God to Jesus mean that Jesus -- by receiving this authority from only true God -- became the only true God due to having received this authority; this would mean that before Jesus was given this authority he was not the only true God until he had been given the authority from the only true God; of course, in reality none of this means at all that the authority that Jesus received from the only true God means that Jesus is the Most High, the Almighty, or the only true God.
In Acts 10:36, the one being referred to as the "Lord of all" probably is "God" who is being spoken of as doing these things by means of Jesus the Anointed One. (Acts 2:34-36) "God" is referring to only one person who is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as can be seen by Acts 10:38, where it says "God anointed him [Jesus] with the Holy Spirit and with power." Isaiah 61:1 has the Anointed One saying: "Jehovah has anointed me." Acts 2:36 presents this God as one person: "God made him [Jesus] both Lord and Christ [Anointed One]." Thus, even if Jesus is spoken of as "Lord of all" in Acts 10:36, Jesus is such because the unipersonal God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob made him both Lord and Christ (Anointed One). Again, it is evident that in anointing Jesus, the glory that only belongs to the Most High is excluded. -- 1 Corinthians 15:27.
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Did Peter Say Jesus is God?
In Philippians 2:9, Paul again identifies the only Most High, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as one person, saying "God also exalted him (Jesus)." "God" here refers to one person; Jesus is not spoken of as the Most High, since Jesus is the one that as being spoken of being exalted by the Most High, and it is evident that Jesus is not being included in "God" who exalted Jesus. Thus, rather than claiming that Jesus is the Almighty Jehovah, Paul shows that Jesus is not the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Likewise, the Most High does not need another to give him a name, an office, as the Most High, for he, by nature of his being the Most High, is the Most High innate. On the other hand, Jesus is given a name, that is an office, that above every name. Again, it is evident that the name of the Most High is excluded, since it is the Most High is the One who is given this "name" to Jesus. (1 Corinthians 15:27) Thus, Philippians 2:9,10 shows that Jesus is not the Most High, the Almighty God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Philippians 9:11 shows that all homage given to Jesus is is to the glory of the unipersonal God (spoken of in Philippians 2:9), the Father of Jesus.
Did Peter Say Jesus is God?
In Philippians 2:9, Paul again identifies the only Most High, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as one person, saying "God also exalted him (Jesus)." "God" here refers to one person; Jesus is not spoken of as the Most High, since Jesus is the one that as being spoken of being exalted by the Most High, and it is evident that Jesus is not being included in "God" who exalted Jesus. Thus, rather than claiming that Jesus is the Almighty Jehovah, Paul shows that Jesus is not the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Likewise, the Most High does not need another to give him a name, an office, as the Most High, for he, by nature of his being the Most High, is the Most High innate. On the other hand, Jesus is given a name, that is an office, that above every name. Again, it is evident that the name of the Most High is excluded, since it is the Most High is the One who is given this "name" to Jesus. (1 Corinthians 15:27) Thus, Philippians 2:9,10 shows that Jesus is not the Most High, the Almighty God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Philippians 9:11 shows that all homage given to Jesus is is to the glory of the unipersonal God (spoken of in Philippians 2:9), the Father of Jesus.
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Links to Studies Related to Philippians 2:5-11
Daniel 7:13,14 - I saw in the night-visions, and, behold, there came with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. There was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
There is absolutely nothing here that indicates that the one "like a son of man" is the Almighty. And like the other scriptures, if what is said here means that Jesus is the Almighty, then it would mean that he was not the Almighty until the dominion was given to him from unknown source who would evidently need to be greater than the Almighty. In reality, since this dominion is given to Jesus by another, then this scripture actually proves that Jesus is not the Almighty.
Links to Studies Related to Philippians 2:5-11
Daniel 7:13,14 - I saw in the night-visions, and, behold, there came with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. There was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
There is absolutely nothing here that indicates that the one "like a son of man" is the Almighty. And like the other scriptures, if what is said here means that Jesus is the Almighty, then it would mean that he was not the Almighty until the dominion was given to him from unknown source who would evidently need to be greater than the Almighty. In reality, since this dominion is given to Jesus by another, then this scripture actually proves that Jesus is not the Almighty.
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Son of Man and Son of God
Neither in the Old Testament or the New Testament do we find anything that reveals Jesus as the God of the Old Testament; that idea does indeed have to be imagined beyond what is written, assumed, added to, and read into, each and every scripture that is presented to allegedly prove that Jesus is Jehovah (Yahweh).
For study on the following scriptures, links are provided to show that the scriptures presented offer no proof of the trinity, or that Jesus is the God of the Old Testament.
Son of Man and Son of God
Neither in the Old Testament or the New Testament do we find anything that reveals Jesus as the God of the Old Testament; that idea does indeed have to be imagined beyond what is written, assumed, added to, and read into, each and every scripture that is presented to allegedly prove that Jesus is Jehovah (Yahweh).
For study on the following scriptures, links are provided to show that the scriptures presented offer no proof of the trinity, or that Jesus is the God of the Old Testament.
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Isaiah 63:16
See the study: "You are Our Father -- Click Here to search the RL site for Isaiah 63:16
Isaiah 64:8
See the study: "The Potter, Father of Israel -- Click Here to search the RL site for Isaiah 64:8.
Malachi 1:6
See the study: A Son Honors His Father -- Click Here to search the RL site for Malachi 1:6.
Isaiah 61:1; Luke 4:18
See the study: The Spirit of Yahweh on the Anointed One -- Click Here to search the RL site for Isaiah 61:1.
2 Corinthians 3:17
See the study: Yahweh, the Spirit
Revelation 1:4 -- Is Jesus called "who is and who was and who is to come?
See the study: Who Is, Was, To Come - Jesus?
Revelation 11:17 -- Click Here to search the Restoration Light sites for more concerning this scripture.
Revelation 15:3 -- Click Here to search the Restoration Light sites for more concerning this scripture.
Revelation 16:7 -- Click Here to search the Restoration Light sites for more concerning this scripture.
Revelation 16:14 -- Click Here to search the Restoration Light sites for more concerning this scripture.
Revelation 19:6 -- Click Here to search the Restoration Light sites for more concerning this scripture.
Revelation 19:15 - Click Here to search the Restoration Light sites for more concerning this scripture.
Revelation 21:22 - Click Here to search the Restoration Light sites for more concerning this scripture.
Revelation 1:8 - Click Here to search the Restoration Light sites for more concerning this scripture.
Revelation 22:17 - Click Here to search the Restoration Light sites for more concerning this scripture.
Isaiah 41:4; 44:6; 48:12
See our study: Alpha and Omega, The First and the Last
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