Was Betklehem’s Babe
God in Human Flesk?
Jekovak’s Names, Attributes and Authority Applied to Jesus by His Disciples Bÿ DR. JOSEPH
G. KENNEDY and prophecies. He wrought redemp tion, received worship, executed judg ment, ruled men and nations. He was God’s mouthpiece and ministrator up until the close of Malachi. The lan guage changes to the Greek in the New Testament. What became of this striking Personality? His name might change but His ministry was needed as much as ever by sinful men. Did not Jesus Christ do for men in the new dispen sation what Jehovah did for them in the old dispensation? Which one of all the ministries accredited to Jehovah in the Old Testament is not predicated of Christ by the writers of the New Testa ment? Let us set some of these texts side by side and see if we can escape the conclusion that Jehovah and Jesus Christ are one and the same person of the Godhead and that this second per son of the Trinity has always been the Mediator between God and man? I. THE DISCIPLES APPLIED JE HOVAH TEXTS TO JESUS CHRIST. (1) Voice. The voice of one that crieth, prepare ye—the way of Jehovah, Isa. 40:3; The voice of one crying—make ye ready the way of the Lord, Matt. 3:3. (2) Messenger. -Behold, I send My Messenger, and He shall prepare the way before Me. Mai. 3:1. (Jehovah the speaker). Be hold I send my messenger before Thy face who shall prepare Thy way. Mark 1 : 2 . (3) Redeemer. Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, Isa. 44:24. Jesus Christ—in whom we have our redemption, Eph. 1:7.
OD is—-unchangeable in His be ing.” There have always been three persons in the Godhead. No reorganization was neces sary at the time of the incar nation. The Second person of the Trinity has been the
Mediator between God and man since the beginning. Men were chosen in Christ Jesus “Before the foundation of the world.” Eph. 1:4. By what name was this Mediator revealed in the Old Testament? In the first verse the name Elohim meets us. This word is always trans lated God in our Bibles. This name re curs about two thousand five hundred times in the Old Testament. It is plural in form and suggests more than one person. This name is coupled with the work of creation, the exercise of might, the control of nature, the super vision of providences, etc. The name Jehovah is introduced in the second chapter and recurs about seven thousand times. In the common version it is translated LORD, all cap ital letters. In the American Revision it is reproduced Jehovah. This name designates God in His special dealings with men. Man’s creation, Gen. 2:7; Home, 2:8; Sin and Judgment, 3:9-16; Worship, 4:3-4; Punishment of world, 6:5-7; Salvation of faithful, 7:1; Cove nant witji men, 8:20; Deliverance from bondage, Ex. 12; Giving of the law. These are but samples of Jehovah’s relationship to men. In the Old Testa ment it will be found that Jehovah re veals "God’s personality, nature, will, work, and word. He punished sin, sup plied grace, made covenants, promises
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