Jesus and His God

Hebrews 10:5 - Therefore when he comes into the world, he says, "Sacrifice and offering you didn't desire, But a body did you prepare for me." -- World English.  These words and those following are a partial indirect quotation of Psalm 40:6-8. The writer of Hebrews added the words "but a body thou hast prepared for me." Evidently, this was the basis of the later "Christianized" version of the Septuagint.  It is being claimed, however, that " God prepares a body  to dwell in." In other words, it is being claimed that Jehovah prepares a body for Jehovah to dwell in, and Jehovah names Himself in this body, "Jesus."  However, it should be obvious that this is not what the scripture says. The author of Hebrews does not write that Jehovah was stating he was preparing a body for Himself to dwell in! While God dwells in Jesus as well as in Jesus' followers, this is not what is being discussed in Hebrews 10:5. See our study: God in Chris...

The claim is often made by trinitarians and oneness believers that there is one true God by nature, which is true. The trinitarians, however, add to that thought the only true God is three persons: (1) The Father, (2) the Son and (3) the Holy Spirit. They usually present scriptures that refer to all three with some form of the word for "GOD", and leave this as being proof that all three are the one God, the one Supreme Being. The Greek word in the New Testament for "God" is usually transliterated as THEOS (or QEOS). It is translated from forms of the Old Testament Hebrew word EL, which basically means “might, strength, power.” In the New Testament, forms of the Hebrew word EL are translated into Greek forms of the word THEOS. "God" in English, with a capital "G", most often means the Supreme Being. This, in effect, would correspond with the Biblical usages of forms of EL and THEOS as applied to Jehovah as being the Mighty One who is innately migh...