Jesus is ELOHIM: The God of Israel

Can anyone explain to me how Jesus can be ELOHIM of Israel and YAHWEH (that would mean he is the Most High God) and yet be subordinate at the same time, as patriarchal/complementarian scholars claim in their heretical and hierarchical eternal sonship theology?

Ezekiel and John both identify Jesus as being the God of Israel. And, of course, we have the plain statement of Thomas--"My LORD and my GOD." How many Gods would a Jewish man have had? 

There are many scriptural witnesses to the fact that Jesus is YAHWEH, Ezekiel 43:1-3 as compared to Revelation 1:13-15 being just two of them.

Afterward he brought me to the gate even the gate that looks toward the east And behold the glory of ELOHIM of Israel came from the way of the east and his voice was like a noise of many waters and the earth shined with his glory 3: And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar ^{EK 1:26-28} and I fell upon my face

Jesus is ELOHIM of Israel whose voice is as the noise of many waters ^{Revelation 1:13-15}. Jesus [The WORD ^{John 1:1}] is the one who was on the throne at the river Chebar, the one Ezekiel described as the appearance and Glory of YHWH ^{EK 1:26-28}.

There is no hierarchy within the Godhead. And as such, according to prominent complementarian scholars, there can be no gender-based hierarchy within marriage, ministry, or anywhere else. 

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Yes, these books all dovetail nicely with one another in how the Godhead factors into the God & Women conversation. 

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No Gender-based Hierarchy in Marriage, Church, or Society...and Here's Why

There is a connection between gender-based hierarchy among humans and hierarchy within the Godhead. The Bible says, "Out of the mouths of two or three witnesses, let every word be established."

The number of scriptural witnesses that Jesus is the Almighty is a whole lot more than just two or three. That means the number of scriptural witnesses to biblical equality/autonomy of the sexes is a whole lot more than just two or three. 

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Yahweh Elohim, the One from EVERLASTING was born in Bethlehem

 My on-track reading was in Habakkuk this morning, and Hab 1:12 caught my attention: "Are you not from EVERLASTING O Lord my God my Holy One? This is a reference to YAHWEH ELOHIM, which brought to mind the prophecy of Messiah in Micah 5:2 where it was predicted that the one who is from EVERLASTING would be born in Bethlehem.

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Jesus is JehovaH

 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow of things in heaven and things in earth and things under the earth And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is YAHWEH  [1]

Philippians 2:10-11

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[1] Philippians 2:10-11 is a quote from Isaiah 45:20-23 where YAHWEH declares there is no Savior besides Him and that to HIM, every knee would bow and every tongue would swear.  

ALL  the fullness of the Godhead dwells in YAHWEH YESHUA in physical form. Jesus is YHWH.

This is an excerpt from The Hungry Hearts Bible Commentary edited by this author.

If there is hierarchy within the Godhead: Jesus is at the top

  Wherefore the God also has highly exalted him and granted to him a name which is above every name [1]

Philippians 2:9

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[1] (Philippians 2:9) The term, Ho Theos [the God] always refers to the Godhead/YHWH (of which all the fullness resides in Jesus in physical form). Within the eternal councils of the Godhead it is agreed that the mortal Christ Jesus—YHWH Yeshua—would forever be exalted as the highest power in existence. All other powers [excluding the Godhead], both good and evil, are **surrendered to the man Christ Jesus. If there is any hierarchy within the Godhead, which there is not, YHWH Yeshua would be at the top.

**See commentary on Revelation1:1 for translation of the Greek word, didomi (Strong’s G1325).

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Air-Tight Case Against Hierarchy Within the Godhead

 

 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus Who existing in the [physical] form of God [1] deemed it not [a] robbery [2] to be equal with God But [nevertheless] made himself of no reputation and took upon him the form of a servant and was made in the likeness of humanity And being found in fashion as a mortal he humbled himself and became obedient unto death even the death of the cross [3]

Philippians 2:5-8 [TR]

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[1] (Philippians 2:6  All the fullness of the Godhead dwelled in Jesus in physical form ^{Colossians 2:9}. This is an air-tight verse showing complete equality within the godhead.

[2] (Philippians 2:6) One cannot steal what one already owns. One’s own identity, cannot be considered stolen property. 

The Greek word, translated as “robbery ^TR,” is the noun harpagmos. A noun is a person, place, or “thing.” Despite this, in Philippians chapter two, translators consistently render, harpagmos, as a verb—an action word: e.g., something “to be grasped at” (action), or “robbery” (action) rather than the already existing thing (noun) that it is.

Jesus, rightly, does not consider his intrinsic equality and existence  as himself, Yahweh, to be ill-gotten-gain, because there is no hierarchy within the Eternal Godhead. Equality as God (YHWH) and with God (YHWH) is [and always has been] intrinsically his.

All references to YHWH are references to the Eternal Godhead, and not the "the Father." The Father is a member of the Godhead, as are the Son and the Holy Spirit. All three, individually and/or collectively, call themselves YAHWEH.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Being with God and being God, is not something Jesus acquired at some point in his existence. It is simply who he is. 

Paul wrote that the fullness (the absolute entirety) of the Godhead resides in Jesus in physical form. Peter called Paul's writings scripture. 

Jesus is God, and God never changes. The Godhead never changes. And, at no time, did the WORD, Jesus, ever give up his eternal existence and identity as Yahweh, the I AM of the Burning Bush—not even when he entered the kosmos in human flesh. 

[3] (Philippians 2:5-8) These three verses are an air-tight witness to absolute equality within the Eternal Godhead, answering every question as to how there is no hierarchy within the Godhead while at the same time, Jesus was an obedient son to his father.

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Revelation 1:1 Unpacked

 

 Revelation 1:1 as read in most Bibles, "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him to shew to his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified [it] by his angel to his servant John."

The Hungry Hearts Bible commentary Literal and expanded Reading:

The unveiling [of] Jesus Christ that THE GOD ^YHWH is causing to come forth [from] the same, to show the servants [of] the same, that [those things] which by a binding decree _G1096 [and] in a sudden manner [will] come to pass and he [Jesus] sent to make it known by his messenger to his bondsman John  

The English word apocalypse comes from word apokalypsis, which the words "The Revelation" in our Bibles is translated from. The Greek word apokalypsis carries a very different connotation from that which most English-speaking peoples connect with  the Revelation which means the revealing, the unveiling, things made clear. It is used of events by which things [or states or persons] that were previously withdrawn or hidden from view, are now made visible to all.

Some say the Revelation is that Jesus is Messiah, and when he comes the 2nd time to earth, he will be revealed as Messiah to those who rejected the first time. But that is not the unveiling we read of in Revelation 1:1. Jesus had already been revealed as Messiah to his mother before he was conceived. He was revealed to the Jews by Anna and Simeon [at the Temple] after he was born. He was revealed to John and the Jewish people at his baptism in the river Jordan. He was revealed in his Kingdom appearance at the transfiguration. 

Many scholars agree with Larkin, who taught that the unveiling [revealing] is not the revealing of the person of Jesus Christ himself but rather the revelation of events that will occur suddenly, swiftly, within a short space of time, immediately prior to his return to earth [2nd Coming] at the battle of Armageddon.

The Revelation is not meant to be a cryptic book impossible to understand. It is meant to be understood. And to underscore this, a blessing is promised to those who take the time to read (and take to heart) the words of the prophecy contained in Apokalypsis.

The unveiling [of] Jesus Christ that THE GOD ^YHWH is causing to come forth [from] the same, to show the servants [of] the same, that [those things] which by a binding decree [and] in a sudden manner [will] come to pass and he [Jesus] sent to make it known by his messenger to his bondsman John  

Christians mistakenly attribute most references to God as a reference to “the Father,” when in fact most references to God [in the Bible] are to the Godhead, to Jehovah [YHWH]. This is the case in Revelation 1:1. Jesus is part of the Godhead which is one and the members experience perfect unity in all things. 

Both individually and collectively each member of the Godhead is called Yahweh (YHWH). In Acts 17:29, Romans 1:20, and Colossians 2:9, we read that all the fulness of the Godhead resides in Jesus in physical form. That means that Jesus participated in all conversations within the Godhead and with the decision for the Revelation to proceed from the Son to the messenger and to his servant, John. Therefore, Revelation 1:1, cannot be used to establish hierarchy within the Godhead.  

The unveiling [of] Jesus Christ that THE GOD ^YHWH is causing to come forth [from] the same, to show the servants [of] the same, that [those things] which by a binding decree [and] in a sudden manner [will] come to pass and he [Jesus] sent to make it known by his messenger to his bondsman John   

Most words in the Greek and Hebrew languages have a variety of applications. The Greek word didomi (G1325), usually translated as give or gave, is no exception, but it can also be translated as “surrender” (Martin [on Matthew 28:18 and Revelation 20:13]). It can also be translated as “cause to come forth” (Strong’s definition 3:C in Blue Letter Bible [on Revelation 20:13]).

Examples where didomi should not be translated as give or gave:

• Revelation 1:1 The unveiling… that was caused to come forth (Andersen)
• Revelation 20:13 The sea surrendered or “caused to come forth” the dead… (Martin, Strong)
• Matthew 28:18 All powers are surrendered to me in heaven and earth (Martin)

Matthew 28:18 is a perfect example of hierarchical-English-translation-theology obscuring the true meaning of a Bible verse. In this verse, most English translations record Jesus as saying that all power in heaven and earth was given to him. The hierarchical assumption is that this power was bestowed on him as a gift to a subordinate from a superior. What Jesus really said was that all powers in heaven and earth were surrendered to him—surrendered to the man Christ Jesus—the risen human. 

The powers that are surrendered to him are the powers of darkness Paul writes of in Ephesians chapter six. Whether these powers like it or not, they will be forced to acknowledge that Jesus is YHWH, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:10-11, speaking of Jesus, is a quote from Isaiah 45:23. See also Romans 14:11. These verses alone prove that Jesus is Yahweh, but these verses are not alone. There are many more. 

The Godhead is YAHWEH

• The Father is YAHWEH
• The Son is YAHWEH
• The Holy Spirit is YAHWEH 

They have each been scripturally identified, individually and collectively, as members of the Godhead, YAHWEH

The unveiling [of] Jesus Christ that THE GOD ^YHWH is causing to come forth [from] the same, to show the servants [of] the same, that [those things] which by a binding decree [and] in a sudden manner [will] come to pass and he [Jesus] sent to make it known by his messenger to his bondsman John   

The things that are decreed and will come to pass in a "sudden manner” [and/or will be completed within a short space of time] are the events of the seven years immediately preceding the 2nd Coming of Christ at the battle of Armageddon.

John was not told the things he was seeing would happen "shortly." That is an unfortunate translation that has caused untold and unnecessary controversy. John was told the events revealed to him would occur in a "sudden manner" and be accomplished [run their course] within a very short space of time. 

From Revelation chapter four to the battle of Armageddon, is a total of seven and one-half years. We know the time-frame from the Book of Revelation itself and from the prophet Daniel. The seven and one-half year time-frame is broken into two three and one-half year periods that run consecutively. When the things revealed in the apocalypse begin, they will reach their conclusion very fast. This is confirmed by Jesus in Matthew 24:14-22. 

The Revelation contains four types of language, not three: 1.) Literal: John’s descriptions of what he sees in heaven are to be taken literally, as should some [if not all] of the spiritual phenomena he describes 2.) Figurative: This language is defined within the context of passage 3.) Symbolic: All symbols in The Revelation are unlocked and defined somewhere within the volume of scriptures) 4.) First-Century Descriptive, which should generally be taken as literal. John saw things not yet invented and thus described them as best he could using only the vocabulary and terms available to him in the first century (e.g., how would someone in the 1920’s have described a smart phone or a laptop?).

The unveiling [of] Jesus Christ that THE GOD ^YHWH is causing to come forth [from] the same, to show the servants [of] the same, that [those things] which by a binding decree [and] in a sudden manner [will] come to pass and he [Jesus] sent to make it known by his messenger to his bondsman John   

The messenger John conversed with, was not an angel. Connect the dots all the way through the Book of Revelation from Chapter one verse one (1:1) to chapter twenty-two verses eight and nine (22:8-9), and we see that the messenger is a fellow believer, one of John’s "brethren," a prophet. 

The messenger was a fellow human-being who may or may not have already passed on. Regardless, John was not talking to a ghost. This was not spiritism, which scripture forbids. This was all seen in a vision, where John was transported into the Day of the LORD. The scripture that reads, “He was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day,” could just as accurately read, “He was in the Spirit in the Lord’s day [transported into the Day of the Lord]).” The text gives students of the Bible options, here and in many other places throughout scripture, including Revelation 1:1. 

Scholars often use the scholarship of others they respect, and rightly so...when the scholarship is good. But what if the other is mistaken? There is never an excuse to blindly accept all previous scholarship. Though we do not reject all previous scholarship, we do our own research. Do our own contrast and comparison of the work of others. The resources are there. Use them, and do not fall into the trap of blindly accept someone else's conclusions. 

Questioning scholars is a legitimate exercise. Having so many resources, contrast and comparison is much easier done today than at any time in history. This writer has found contradictions in many famous works, including the Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, and W.E. Vines Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words. These are awesome resources, but they not infallible. No resource or teacher is. Always keep that in mind.

There are options as to how Revelation 1:1 is translated from Greek to English. And those options drastically effect the way that verse is understood. 

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How is the man the head of the woman?

 1 Corinthians 11:3 But I wish you to know that of every person the source is the Christ ^{Creator God—Colossians 1:15-19, 2:9} and [the] source of woman[kind] is the [first] man and the source of [the] Christ ^{in his incarnation as the human Messiah} is the God ^{Ho Theos—Jehovah [Jesus is Jehovah]} [1]

 Ephesians 5:23 For the man is the head of the woman even as Christ is the head of the Church [2]

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[1] There are two interpretations of 1 Corinthians 11:3, 8-12. One is hierarchical, and the other is chronological. Verses 8-12 are the contextual interpreters of 1 Corinthians 3:11. Context confirms the chronological interpretation of verse three is the correct one. But despite contextual evidence, verse three remains a hot-bed of controversy, largely because it is considered an ironclad, bedrock, verse subjecting women to men within the complementarian/male-headship movement. The grammar of 1 Corinthians 1:8-12, however, refutes traditional-role-religionist and complementarian male headship interpretations, by defining the verse as being prepositional (indicating movement or direction, in this case chronological flow), rather than hierarchical. 1 Corinthians 11:3 is a divine flow-chart:

1. The source of all humanity is the [Creator] Christ
2. The source of the [first] woman is the [first] man (God made the woman from the first man)
3. The source of the Christ [born of Mary] is God (Jesus is God)

This verse is a CHRONOLOGICAL [& circular] FLOW— NOT HIERARCHICAL: All things begin and end with the Creator God>all humanity>first woman from first man>Messiah born of Mary>[Jesus is] God>source of all humanity>source of first man the first woman>source of Messiah [born of Mary] [is] God>Jesus is God the Creator>humanity>the man>woman>Messiah>God….

It shows the source and chronological order of creation and appearance of humanity in the form of the first man, then the first woman, and finally the incarnate Messiah. It reveals the prepositional and chronological flow.

·         1.) 1 Corinthians 11:3 is a premier example of gender-biased-English-translation-theology. Regardless of how one defines kephale/head (whether source or authority) The Godhead is the source/creator and supreme authority over every human-being (Elohiym—the Godhead—created the heavens and the earth. He is creator/head/source of all people not just males ^{Genesis 1, John 1:1-3, Colossians 1:14-19, 2:9}. 

   Taken within the context of the entire Word of God, and understanding that all the fullness of the Godhead dwells in Jesus in physical form, there is no contradiction in recognizing Christ as Creator God at the beginning of verse three, which is the Divine Creative and Chronological Flow-chart of the Human Race. In scripture usage, the Greek word, aner [incorrectly translated as “man” in virtually every translation], cannot claim male exclusivity. In numerous instances, it is used of crowds/groups composed of both women and men. 

     In 1 Corinthians 11:3, the context is not hierarchical but rather chronological, so anēr is correctly translated, as human-being or “person.” The Creator Christ is the head/source of every human-being, not just of male humans.

·         2.) The first man—Adam—the beginning of the human race, was a special creation of God. He did not simply speak the human race into existence, he formed the first man from the dust of the earth with his own hands. The first man [the Greek specifically says “the” man—referring to only one man, Adam], who then became the head, the source of …

·         3.) …the first woman [only], and only in the sense that the first man’s body was the source from which God, with his own hands, formed the first woman. 

     Here is a perfect picture of absolute equality of the sexes. The first woman was just as much a direct creation of God as the man. God did not take one of his ribs or one of his cells, but rather one of his sides and formed an ezer neged, an equal counter-part [not a “help-meet,” which is a completely made-up word that does not exist in the Hebrew]. 

     The man himself had nothing to do with the creation of woman. He was the source only in the fact that God took one of his sides and used it to fashion the woman. The fact that God fashioned the woman from an entire side of the man, in no way diminished either him or her. He did not then become only half a person, nor was woman created a sub-[hu]man—doomed to subjugation to males for all eternity. 

     It cannot be found in scripture where the first man was designated as superior over the first woman based on chronology, or where all men are given command over all women based on order of appearance. The first man and the first woman were both special creations of God—fashioned with His own hands and not simply spoken into existence. God was the ultimate source of existence and life for both of them and ultimately the entire human race. 

   Both the man and the woman were commanded to dominate the earth (subdue and manage its resources) equally. The were never commanded to dominated each other. Male domination of females is a consequence of sin. Even role-religionists admit that no hint of hierarchy exists in the creation account of Genesis chapter one. Neither does it exist in the Hebrew language that Genesis chapter two was translated from. We find gender hierarchy only through gender biased translator supplements. 

·         4.) Christ/Messiah came from God [the Godhead] and entered the world as a human, born of a woman. To interpret this verse any other way, is to reduce God, as the Bible is clear that Messiah is God. Jesus claimed Jehovahistic identity.  On one occasion, the Jews sought to stone him because he told them they would die in their sins if they did not believe that he was the, I AM.

The chronological flow of 1 Corinthians 11:3,  From Creator/God/The Christ/Messiah, came the human race (the first man) >>> From the first man came the first woman >>> From the Godhead came the Christ [through a woman]. This chronology forms a perfect circle beginning with God and ending with God. Jesus is God. This is in absolute agreement with the entire volume of scripture concerning the creation and appearance of the first man, the first woman, and the birth of Messiah. The verse begins with the Godhead (for all the fullness of the Godhead dwells in Jesus in physical form) and ends with the Godhead. Jesus is God. It was Elohiym (the Godhead) who in the beginning created the heavens and the earth. And Jesus made the exclusive claim to be Elohiym (YHWH/Jehovah) when he said, “If you do not believe that I AM (EGO EMI), you will die in your sins.” The apostle wrote that the entirety of the Godhead resides in Jesus in physical form. Jesus is God.

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[2] Ephesians 5:28-29 explains what Paul meant when he wrote verse :23. 1 Corinthians 11:3 and Ephesians 4:15-16 show that Christ “as head” loves and nourishes the Church, which is his Bride. Paul may also have been addressing the issue of domestic violence and abuse, which was prevalent among Jews and gentiles and certainly would have carried over into the early Church as well. The Headship of Christ as Chief Cornerstone (Head of the Corner) is a direct reference to his function as The Capstone of the Church. There is only one capstone in the only building that has one, so the husband is not referred to, here, as the chief cornerstone in a marriage.

Jesus’ function as the head is described in Ephesians 4:15-16, which describes a human body using a building metaphor. In this passage the head is portrayed as a capstone. Jesus, as the Chief Cornerstone is building, edifying, and unifying the body. He will rule one day, but not yet, and there is no mention in this passage of ruling. At any rate, husbands cannot do what Christ did and continues to do in the building of his Body:

“But speaking the truth in love may grow up into him in all things which is the head even Christ from whom the whole body fitly joined together (“Fitly joined together” is a building metaphor) and compacted by that which every joint supplies according to the effectual working in the measure of every part making increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.” 

Among humans, only Jesus has headship, not to be confused with ruling. At the time this is written, Jesus is not yet ruling in his kingdom but building and nourishing his Body. This passage bears witness to the fact that Christ’s headship has to do with the building, edifying/nourishing, and unifying of the Body of Christ.

Ephesians 5:29 tells us that Christ’s Headship includes the nourishment of the his Body.

Christ as the kephale of the corner (the capstone) is the only connection between the rest of the building [his Body] and the Godhead. And though there are many angles (corner stones) within the Body of Christ, there is only one Head of the Corner (capstone). And husbands are not capstones. That is why Jesus said, “I am the [only] way the truth and the [only] life no one comes to the Father but by me.”

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I coined the term "English-Translation-Theology" for a reason

Really enjoying a study of Hebrews with a group at my church. As usual, when I dig into the Greek, I find the most interesting things

...things that do not generally survive the migration from Hebrew or Greek into English translations.

I coined the term "English-Translation-Theology" for a reason

By many portions and many modes THE GOD[1] [who] spoke to [our] ancestors through the prophets[2] has in these last days spoken to us by [his "human" Risen] Son who [in his humanity is] appointed heir of all things by whom also  [the] eons are made ^{Colossians 1:16-17}                                                                  

Hebrews 1:1-2

The Hungry Hearts Bible Commentary

Below, is my commentary as to why I support the view that God became a man and Jesus--THE WORD--became the Son of God when he was conceived and born. The underlying Greek text of Hebrews chapter one, teaches that very thing, though that is difficult--if not impossible--to see, if we only read the English translations.

Sadly, most  translations, use English-Translation-Theology and translator supplements [that lack textual support] to marginalize Jesus, THE CREATOR, THE FIRST AND THE LAST, THE ALMIGHTY, by portraying him as a subordinate creature. 

This comes from the influence of Arius, whose subordinate son/eternal sonship doctrine was repeatedly rejected as false by previous generations of Christians [but is wholeheartedly embraced by organizations such as Watchtower Society, Latter Day Saints, and Seventh Day Adventists, and currently by many in the mainstream Christian community]. To date, translators continue to subliminally promote Arius' subordinate son doctrine via English-Translation-Theology and translator supplements that hide what the underlying texts really say and align with the Arian doctrine of the "eternal sonship," of the Messiah, which is an oxymoronic view considering Jesus is Immanuel. 

How can Immanuel [THE GOD  with us] somehow be a subordinate son to a more powerful almighty father?

As I stated in my book, Jesus, God of the Burning Bush: Eternal Father & Beloved Son, "Where insubordination is impossible, there can be no subordination." 

Jesus' birth, death, and resurrection was a completely volunteer operation. He was an obedient son but never a subordinate creature. At any time, he could have aborted his mission and rejected the cross. He could have done this without sin--without being insubordinate. Without sin, he could have called legions of angels to rescue him in Gethsemane, and said, "Forget this whole thing. I'm not going through with it!"

Matthew 26:53 (47-53)

Where insubordination is impossible, there is no subordination.   

 

But such is his love for us, that he did not do that. How awesome that the Creator of all things condescended to become one of his creations so we could spend eternity with him in glory! 

Romans 10:9-10 &13

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[1] The God [who spoke by the prophets] is…

Yahweh: Jesus is Yahweh [1 Timothy 3:6 God was manifest in the flesh, Acts 20:28 “God’s Church which he (God) purchased with his own blood]

Jehovah: Jesus is Jehovah [John 1:1 In the beginning was the WORD and the WORD was with God and the WORD  WAS GOD]

Adonay Elohiym: Jesus is Adonay Elohiym [John 20:28, And Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord (Adonay) and my God (Elohiym)]

ALL the fullness of the GODHEAD dwells in Jesus in PHYSICAL FORM [Colossians 2:9]

[2] The Greek words patrasin or patēr, depending on which text one reads, but both defined in Strong’s as the same word [G3962], are usually translated as “father,” but not always. Depending on context, the words can refer to both parents or to ancestors in general. Therefore, it is incumbent upon the reader to determine context and which usage is most accurate in a verse or passage. In Hebrews 1:1, the word ancestor is most accurate, as the prophets did not speak only to the patriarchs [Abraham, Issac, Jacob] but to all of the people—both women and men.

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