Jesus and His God

Deuteronomy 32:39 (JUBILEE BIBLE 2000) See now that I, I [am] he, and [there are] no gods with me; I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; and there is not one that can deliver out of my hand. Deuteronomy 32:39 is often cited as proof that no one else can be legitimately be a god (mighty one) except Jehovah. "Gods" above is ELOHIM indefinite in the Hebrew, evidently being used in a plural sense. Obviously, in Deuteronomy 32:39, Jehovah is not referring to the angelic host, who are ELOHIM in Psalm 8:5. Nor is it excluding Moses from being ELOHIM before Pharoah. (Exodus 7:1) In context, God is probably referring to the false gods mentioned in verses 16,17,21. The idols of the nations have no might in them at all, thus they are not actually gods. These are those that are called "gods" as Paul mentioned in 1 Corinthians 8:1-6 and Galatians 4:8. None of these "gods" are with Jehovah. If one, however, should apply Supreme Being to ELOHIM in Deuteronomy 3...

Some trinitarians are using John 4:26 connected with Isaiah 43:10-12 and/or Isaiah 52:6 as proof that Jesus is Jehovah. The assumption is that Jesus' usage of the Greek phrase usually transliterated as "EGO EIMI", often translated as "I am he", in John 4:26 means that Jesus was declaring himself to Jehovah in Isaiah 43 and Isaiah 52, since Jehovah used "I am he" in those verses. However, in Isaiah 43 and Isaiah 52 Jehovah is declaring himself to be the one that he describes in the context, and likewise Jesus does the same thing in John 4:26. Let us examine who Jesus was declaring himself to be: John 4:25-26 - The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah comes," (he who is called Christ). "When he has come, he will declare to us all things." Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am he." -- World English. Jesus was not declaring himself to be the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, but rather he was declaring himself to ...

Ephesians 3:11 - according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in [instrumental EN (Strong's #1722), by means of] Christ Jesus, our Lord; Ephesians 3:12 - in [by means of] whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him. Ephesians 3:13 - Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory. Ephesians 3:14 - For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ, Ephesians 3:15 - from whom [This is evidently referring to the God and Father of Jesus] every family in heaven and on earth is named [evidently not referring to appellations, but rather to positioning -- Genesis 28:4] , Ephesians 3:16 - that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man. -- World English . John Ankerberg and John Weldon ( The Facts on Jehovah’s Witnesses , 1988 edition, page 14) claim that the above verses are impossible to understand i...

The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is on Me, because Jehovah has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the meek. He has sent Me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to captives, and complete opening to the bound ones; – (Isaiah 61:1, Green’s Literal) Isaiah 61:1 is often cited by trinitarians as an alleged reference to the trinity in the Old Testament. The claim is that all three alleged persons of the alleged triune God are mentioned in this verse, and thus it is claimed as a reference to the trinity. Actually, there is nothing in the verse at all about the trinity, nor is there any reference to three persons of the alleged trinity. What we do find is that Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Exodus 3:15), is being presented as one person as He is throughout the Bible. The Messiah is presented, not as being Jehovah, but as the one whom Jehovah anointed and sent. Then the Messiah speaks of Jehovah as "our God" in Isaiah 61:2, thus including himself in the ...

The Incredulity of Saint Thomas. (2022, December 12). In Wikipedia . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredulity_of_Saint_Thomas_(Caravaggio) John 20:17 legei autee ieesous mee mou haptou oupw gar IS SAYING TO HER JESUS NOT OF ME BE TOUCHING, NOT YET FOR 3004 0846_6 2424 3361 1473_2 0680 0681 3768 1063 anabebeeka pros ton patera poreuou de pros I HAVE ASCENDED TOWARD THE FATHER; BE GOING BUT TOWARD 0305 4314 3588 3962 4198 1161 4314 tous adelphous mou kai eipe autois anabainw THE BROTHERS OF ME AND SAY TO THEM I AM ASCENDING 3588 0080 1473_2 2532 1511_7 0846_93 0305 pros ton patera mou kai patera humwn kai theon TOWARD THE FATHER OF ME AND FATHER OF YOU AND GOD 4314 3588 3962 1473_2 2532 3962 4771_5 2532 2316 mou kai theon humwn OF ME AND GOD OF YOU. 1473_2 2532 2316 4771_5 John 20:28 apekrithee thwmas kai eipen autw ho kurios mou ANSWERED THOMAS AND HE SAID TO HIM THE LORD OF ME 061 2381 2532 1511_7 0846_5 3588 2962 1473_2 kai ho theos mou AND THE GOD OF ME! 2532 3588 2316 1473_2 Th...

Acts 3:15 -- and the Prince of the life ye did kill, whom God did raise out of the dead, of which we are witnesses. -- Young's Literal . Acts 3:15 -- You killed the author of life, the very one whom God raised from the dead. We are witnesses of this. -- Common English Bible . Acts 3:15 (CSB) And you killed the source of life, whom God raised from the dead; we are witnesses of this. -- Holman Christian Standard Bible . Some offer Acts 3:15 as a proof of the trinity. It has been claimed that Jesus is the Creator of the universe  and thus this is alleged to prove that Jesus is God Almighty, and therefore one of the person of the alleged triune God. Evidently, the phrase "Prince of Life" is being assumed to mean the absolute source of all life, and thus that this would mean that Jesus is God who created the universe. The word rendered " prince " above is a compound word that roughly means chief or first leader. It can refer to the chief source. It is used again in A...

Exodus 29:45 - And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. Exodus 29:46 - And they shall know that I am Jehovah their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them: I am Jehovah their God.   Exodus 29:45,46 has been presented as proof that supposedly Jehovah (Yahweh) had promised to come to earth and live among his people. Evidently, the thought is that Jesus is "Jehovah" who is speaking in these verses, and thus that Jehovah Jesus came to earth to dwell among Israel in the first century.  This is being imagined and assumed in order to support the trinitarian concept that Jehovah (Yahweh) is three persons, and that Jesus is a person of Jehovah. We definitely find nothing in Exodus 29 that presents Jehovah as being more than one person, or that the promised Messiah would be a person of Jehovah. There is definitely nothing in Exodus 29:45,46 that says that Jehovah will become a human being with a glory lower than ...

One has presented us with the following: "Look!!! our God and Redeemer, Yahweh Himself has come." No scripture citation is given, and we have not found any scripture that says the above. This may appear in some translation, but so far, we have not found it, so we are left to guess as to what scripture, if any, is being referred to.  Evidently, this is presented with the assumption that if Jehovah "has come", that it must be referring to Jesus who came to earth. In other words, it is being imagined, assumed, added to and read into what is written that Jesus is Jehovah (Yahweh), since it was Jesus who came to the earth. The fact is that it was Jehovah, whom Jesus is depicted as referring to as "our God", who sent Jesus to the earth. -- Isaiah 61:1,2; Galatians 4:4; 1 John 4:9. Nevertheless, Jehovah (Yahweh) came to deliver His people, the children of Israel from bondage in Egypt. (Exodus 3:8) He did this through Moses and Aaron. --- Exodus 3:10; Numbers 33:1...

John 16:7 all egw teen aleetheian legw humin sumpherei BUT I THE TRUTH AM SAYING TO YOU, IT IS BEARING TOGETHER 0235 1473 3588 0225 3004 4771_6 4851 humin hina egw apelthw ean gar mee TO YOU IN ORDER THAT I SHOULD GO OFF. IF EVER FOR NOT 4771_6 2443 1473 0565 1437 1063 3361  1437_2 apelthw ho parakleetos ou mee elthee pros I SHOULD GO OFF, THE PARACLETE NOT NOT WOULD COME TOWARD 0565 3588 3875 3756 3361 2064 4314  3364 humas ean de poreuthw pempsw auton pros YOU; IF EVER BUT I SHOULD GO, I SHALL SEND HIM TOWARD 4771_7 1437 1161 4198 3992 0846_7 4314 humas YOU. 4771_7 John 16:13 hotan de elthee ekeinos to pneuma tees WHENEVER BUT SHOULD COME THAT (ONE), THE SPIRIT OF THE 3752 1161 2064 1565 3588 4151 3588 aleetheias hodeegeesei humas eis teen aleetheian pasan TRUTH, HE WILL GUIDE YOU INTO THE TRUTH ALL, 0225 3594 4771_7 1519 3588 0225 3956 ou gar laleesei aph heautou all hosa NOT FOR HE WILL SPEAK FROM HIMSELF, BUT AS MANY (THINGS) AS 3756 1063 2980 0575 1438 0235 3745 akouei l...

Psalms 83:18 - That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, Art the Most High over all the earth.-- American Standard Version . It is being claimed that "Jehovah" in this verse is Jesus. Mormons believe that throughout the Old Testament that "Jehovah" is always Jesus, and "Jehovah" is never the Father of Jesus. We still have not found any good explanation of how they apply this assertion in Psalm 83:18, and many other scriptures where it is obvious that Jehovah is not Jesus. Jehovah is certainly shown to be the God of the Messiah in Micah 5:4, as well as Isaiah 61:1,2 (Compare with John 17:1,3; Ephesians 1:3). The default reasoning should be that Jesus is not his God, Jehovah. Some trinitarians claim that "Jehovah" is Jesus in Psalm 83:18. Evidently what they would read into this verse is that Jehovah is three persons and that this verse "Jehovah" refers to their alleged "second person" of Jehovah, which they...

Genesis 3:8 And they heard the voice of Jehovah God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah God amongst the trees of the garden. -- American Standard Version . And they hear the sound of Jehovah God walking up and down in the garden at the breeze of the day, and the man and his wife hide themselves from the face of Jehovah God in the midst of the trees of the garden. -- Young's Literal . And they heard the voice of Jehovah Elohim, walking in the garden in the cool of the day. And Man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah Elohim, in the midst of the trees of the garden. -- Darby Translation They heard the sound of Jehovah God approaching in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah God among the trees of the garden. -- Restoration Light Improved Version . There is definitely nothing in this verse that presents "Jehovah God...

Exodus 23:20 - "Behold, I send an angel before you, to keep you by the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared." -- World English . This scripture is being presented by some trinitarians as supposedly a reference to their added-on trinity dogma. One claims, "Though the word 'Trinity' is never found in the pages of Scripture,  It is a doctrine that is taught throughout the Scripture , both in the Tanakh and in the New Testament." In reality, Jehovah is presented as only one person throughout the Bible, and one cannot find the trinity doctrinal concept presented even once anywhere in the Bible. One has to created many trinitarian assumptions and then add those assumptions to, and read those assumptions into, any and every scripture presented that is claimed to be speaking of the added-on trinitarian concept. It is the one person who is Jehovah who sent the angel to guide Israel. The default reasoning is that the angel whom Jehovah sent is no...

Some readers interpret these passages as evidence for the Trinity, assuming that the elders are worshipping two persons of a supposed triune God. This interpretation, however, depends on assumptions that are not explicitly stated in the text. Who Are the Elders Worshipping? There is ongoing debate about the identity of the One being worshipped. Many argue that the elders direct their worship toward both the One seated on the throne and the Lamb. Others go further, suggesting that the Lamb is actually the same figure as the One seated on the throne. Yet the text allows for another possibility: the elders may be worshipping only the God of Jesus, as seen in Revelation 7:11. In this reading, their act of falling down is directed toward “Him who sits on the throne”—the one true God, the God of Jesus, as discussed in the study God, Who Was, Is and Is to Come . Does Worship of the Lamb Mean Jesus Is God Almighty? Even if the elders do offer worship to Jesus, this does not require the conclus...

The question has been asked, If the name “Jehovah/Yahweh” is so important, then why does Acts 4:12 say, “There is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name [v10 Jesus Christ] under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved”? Would this not have been the logical place for God to have used the name “Jehovah”? Acts 4:12 in the World English reads: There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, in [Greek, Strong’s #1722, instrumental “en”, by means of] which we must be saved! From the Westcott & Hort Interlinear: Acts 4:12 kai ouk estin en allw oudeni hee swteeria oude AND NOT IS IN OTHER NO ONE THE SALVATION, NEITHER 2532 3756 1510_2 1722 0243 3762 3588 4991 3761 gar onoma estin heteron hupo ton ouranon to FOR NAME IS DIFFERENT UNDER THE HEAVEN THE 1063 3686 1510_2 2087 5259_5 3588 3772 3588 dedomenon en anthrwpois en hw dei HAVING BEEN GIVEN IN MEN IN WHICH IT IS NECESSARY 1325 1722 0444 17...

Was Jesus claiming to be God Almighty in his words recorded in Matthew 19:16-22, Mark 10:17-22, or Luke 18:18-23? Was he claiming that he was not God Almighty? The word-for-word translation of Matthew 19:17 as presented from the Westcott and Hort Interlinear without the added words and punctuation: THE BUT SAID TO HIM WHY ME ASK ABOUT THE GOOD ONE IS THE GOOD IF BUT YOU ARE WILLING INTO THE LIFE TO ENTER BE OBSERVING THE COMMANDMENTS The word-for-word translation of Mark 10:18 as presented from the Westcott and Hort Interlinear without the added punctuation: THE BUT JESUS SAID TO HIM WHY ME YOU ARE SAYING GOOD NO ONE GOOD IF NOT ONE THE GOD The word-for-word rendering of Luke 18:19, without the added punctuation: SAID BUT TO HIM THE JESUS WHY ME YOU ARE SAYING GOOD NOT ONE GOOD IF NOT ONE THE GOD These verses are often referred to by trinitarians, oneness believers, and some others as being proof that Jesus was claiming that he is God Almighty. Non-trinitarians often refer to Jesus...

Did you know that Jesus himself has a God, a Supreme Being, who is Supreme over him? (Scriptures from the American Standard Version unless stated otherwise.) Micah 5:4 - And he shall stand, and shall feed his flock in the strength of Jehovah, in the majesty of the name of Jehovah his God: and they shall abide; for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth. Matthew 27:46 - And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Mark 15:34 - And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? John 20:17 - Jesus saith to her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended unto the Father: but go unto my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God. Romans 15:6 - that with one accord ye may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Chris...