Monday, October 20, 2008

YHWH has sent His only begotten Son



Yahweh the Almighty unto the prophets inspired by His Holy Spirit His Son's coming: That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. Genesis 22:17,18; 49:10.


For God sent forth his Son into the world, not for him to judge the world, but for the world to be saved through him. He that exercises faith in him is not to be judged. He that does not exercise faith has been judged already, because he has not exercised faith in the name of the only-begotten Son of God. Now this is the basis for judgment, that the light has come into the world but men have loved the darkness rather than the light, for their works were wicked. For he that practices vile things hates the light and does not come to the light, in order that his works may not be reproved. But he that does what is true comes to the light, in order that his works may be made manifest as having been worked in harmony with God." John 3:16-21




Therefore Jehovah himself will give YOU men a sign: Look! The maiden herself will actually become pregnant, and she is giving birth to a son, and she will certainly call his name Im·man´u·el. Butter and honey he will eat by the time that he knows how to reject the bad and choose the good. For before the boy will know how to reject the bad and choose the good, the ground of whose two kings you are feeling a sickening dread will be left entirely. For there has been a child born to us, there has been a son given to us; and the princely rule will come to be upon his shoulder. And his name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. To the abundance of the princely rule and to peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom in order to establish it firmly and to sustain it by means of justice and by means of righteousness, from now on and to time indefinite. The very zeal of Jehovah of armies will do this. Isaiah 7:14-16; 9:6,7





And upon him the spirit of Jehovah must settle down, the spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the spirit of counsel and of mightiness, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Jehovah; "And in loving-kindness a throne will certainly be firmly established; and one must sit down upon it in trueness in the tent of David, judging and seeking justice and being prompt in righteousness." Look! My servant, on whom I keep fast hold! My chosen one, [whom] my soul has approved! I have put my spirit in him. Justice to the nations is what he will bring forth. Isaiah 11:2; 16:5; 42:1









For out of Jerusalem a remnant will go forth, and those who escape from Mount Zion. The very zeal of Jehovah of armies will do this. 2 Kings 19:31 [Saying:] "I, even I, have installed my king Upon Zion, my holy mountain." Let me refer to the decree of Jehovah; He has said to me: "You are my son; I, today, I have become your father. Ask of me, that I may give nations as your inheritance And the ends of the earth as your own possession. You will break them with an iron scepter, As though a potter’s vessel you will dash them to pieces." Serve Jehovah with fear And be joyful with trembling. Kiss the son, that He may not become incensed And YOU may not perish [from] the way, For his anger flares up easily. Happy are all those taking refuge in him. God is your throne to time indefinite, even forever; The scepter of your kingship is a scepter of uprightness. You have loved righteousness and you hate wickedness.That is why God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of exultation more than your partners. In his days the righteous onewill sprout, And the abundance of peace until the moon is no more. Ps 2:6-9; 2:11,12; 45:6,7; 72:7







"And you, O Beth´le·hem Eph´ra·thah, the one too little to get to be among the thousands of Judah, from you there will come out to me the one who is to become ruler in Israel, whose origin is from early times, from the days of time indefinite. "Therefore he will give them up until the time that she who is giving birth actually gives birth. And the rest of his brothers will return to the sons of Israel. "And he will certainly stand and do shepherding in the strength of Jehovah, in the superiority of the name of Jehovah his God. And they will certainly keep dwelling, for now he will be great as far as the ends of the earth. And this one must become peace. Mic 5:2-5




"Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah has said: "Not for YOUR sakes am I doing [it], O house of Israel, but for my holy name, which YOU have profaned among the nations where YOU have come in." Eze 36:22. "And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be brought to ruin. And the kingdom itself will not be passed on to any other people. It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it itself will stand to times indefinite; Then it was that to Daniel in a night vision the secret was revealed. Consequently Daniel himself blessed the God of heaven. Daniel was answering and saying: “Let the name of God become blessed from time indefinite even to time indefinite, for wisdom and mightiness—for they belong to him. And he is changing times and seasons, removing kings and setting up kings, giving wisdom to the wise ones and knowledge to those knowing discernment. He is revealing the deep things and the concealed things, knowing what is in the darkness; and with him the light does dwell. Da 2:44,19-22



"And during that time Mi´cha·el will stand up, the great prince who is standing in behalf of the sons of your people. And there will certainly occur a time of distress such as has not been made to occur since there came to be a nation until that time. And during that time your people will escape, every one who is found written down in the book. And there will be many of those asleep in the ground of dust who will wake up, these to indefinitely lasting life and those to reproaches [and] to indefinitely lasting abhorrence. "And the ones having insight will shine like the brightness of the expanse; and those who are bringing the many to righteousness, like the stars to time indefinite, even forever. "And as for you, O Daniel, make secret the words and seal up the book, until the time of [the] end. Many will rove about, and the [true] knowledge will become abundant." And I saw, I Daniel, and, look! there were two others standing, one on the bank here of the stream and the other on the bank there of the stream. Then one said to the man clothed with the linen, who was up above the waters of the stream: "How long will it be to the end of the wonderful things? And I began to hear the man clothed with the linen, who was up above the waters of the stream, as he proceeded to raise his right [hand] and his left [hand] to the heavens and to swear by the One who is alive for time indefinite: "It will be for an appointed time, appointed times and a half. And as soon as there will have been a finishing of the dashing of the power of the holy people to pieces, all these things will come to their finish. " Now as for me, I heard, but I could not understand; so that I said: "O my lord, what will be the final part of these things?" And he went on to say: "Go, Daniel, because the words are made secret and sealed up until the time of [the] end. Da 12:1-9 And he himself will build the temple of Jehovah, and he, for his part, will carry [the] dignity; and he must sit down and rule on his throne, and he must become a priest upon his throne, and the very counsel of peace will prove to be between both of them. Zec 6:13




Jesus knew that the Hebrew understanding of God was the correct one as Jesus is a Jew. So, what, exactly, did the Jews who lived at the time of Jesus believe about God? Really, what did Jesus believe about God? Finding the answer to this question will help us to "worship what we know" John 4:22 as Jesus did and this information can only be found in the Holy Scriptures.We can begin with a simple statement made by the prophet Habakkuk over 600 years before Jesus lived on earth. Are you not from long ago, O Jehovah? O my God, my Holy One, you do not die. Hab 1:12. This means that the God of the Jews existed before all times, He has always existed and will always exist. He never dies!




Other Scriptures that Jesus and the Jews believed about this basic understanding about God can be found in the following verses: Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel from time indefinite to time indefinite. Blessed may you be, O Jehovah the God of Israel our Father, from time indefinite even to time indefinite. 1 Chronicles 16:36; 29:10. Rise, bless Jehovah your God from time indefinite to time indefinite. Nehemiah 9:5 Remember your mercies, O Jehovah, and your loving-kindnesses, for they are from time indefinite. Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel from time indefinite even to time indefinite. Amen and Amen. Before the mountains themselves were born, or you proceeded to bring forth as with labor pains the earth and the productive land, even from time indefinite to time indefinite you are God. Your throne is firmly established from long ago; You are from time indefinite. But the loving-kindness of Jehovah is from time indefinite even to time indefinite. Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel From time indefinite even to time indefinite. Psalm 25:6; 41:13; 90:2; 93:2; 103:17; & 106:48






Let the name of God become blessed from time indefinite even to time indefinite, for wisdom and mightiness—for they belong to him. Daniel 2:20. When the Bible states that God is "from time indefinite even to time indefinite" it is really saying that God has forever existed in the past, He always exists in the present, and He will always exist in the future. Again, the basic thought about God is that He never dies!This is very important to understand. Why is this? Because the apostle Paul, guided by God's holy spirit tells us: Moreover, without faith it is impossible to please Him well, for he that approaches God must believe that he is and that he becomes the rewarder of those earnestly seeking him. Hebrews 11:6 Exactly who is this God that we must believe "is", that is to say that He exists, has always existed and will always exist.





When we find out something about a person and we want to know who that person is, What do we ask for? Is it not true that we ask for that person's name? This brings us to the basic wrong idea that most people have about God. Most people who worship God have given him the wrong name. If we want to "worship what we know" as Jesus said and some of the Jews did, we must give God the correct name. Let us reason through the following Scriptures to see what they are teaching us: That with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Ro 15:6 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of tender mercies and the God of all comfort. 2 Corinthians 1:3






Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for he has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in union with Christ. That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the accurate knowledge of him. Eph 1:3,17 We thank God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ always when we pray for you. Col 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for according to his great mercy he gave us a new birth to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 1 Pe 1:3. Remember that Jesus told the non-Jewish woman: "We worship what we know". Therefore, Jesus worships the same God that we are supposed to worship. There is no place in the Bible that shows that Jesus worshiped himself. The wrong idea that most people have about God is that his name is Jesus. Jesus is not the God of the Jews and he is not the God we are told we should worship. Instead we are told to worship the God of Jesus as Jesus said: "God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth." John 4:24 Who, then is "the God of the Jews" Ro 3:29, "the God of Israel" Lu 1:68, and "the God of our Lord Jesus" Eph 1:17











"The God of our Lord Jesus" is spoken of as being the "the One who is and who was and who is coming" because He has always existed and will always exist. The Name of "The One True God Jehovah" means He who caused to become.




No man has seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son of God who is in the bosom position with the Father is the one that has explained him. John 1:18.





The enemies of God did not like the way that Jesus explained God, so they killed him. The Scriptures tell us the following about "the first things" : For I handed on to you, among the first things, that which I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; and that he was buried, yes, that he has been raised up the third day according to the Scriptures. 1 Corinthians 15:3-4





Remember, the basis of understanding "the God of our Lord Jesus" is that He cannot die; yet, Jesus did die and was dead for three days before "the God of our Lord Jesus" raised him up. Therefore, Jesus cannot be God. What makes the death and resurrection of Jesus so outstanding is that the Bible says he is "the firstborn from the dead". That means that no one before him was resurrected like he was; he was the very first.





What does this tell us about Jesus? For the death that he died, he died with reference to sin once for all time; but the life that he lives, he lives with reference to God. Romans 6:10

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