Jesus & Jehovah Compared

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Jesus & Jehovah Compared

• Their Singularity, Name & Glory• Their Sovereignty

• Role as Creators

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Jesus & Jehovah Compared• Role as Saviours

• Role as Judges

• Role as Coming Ones

• more remarkable statements

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Jesus & Jehovah Compared• Their Singularity, Name & Glory

OT Names – Yahweh, Yahweh- Elohim (of Armies), Yah, Elohim, El, Eloah, Holy One, Yahweh- Adonai, Adonai, Father, Shaddai, Rock (Cliff or Rocky Wall)

‘I Am’ texts – Exo.3:11-15; Joh.8:56-59

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• Their Singularity, Name & Glory

No other god (El) but Yahweh – Exo.34:14

The Word was God – Joh.1:1-3

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Yahweh will not share His glory – Isa.42:8; 48:10-11

Glory shared – Joh.17:5

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Jesus & Jehovah Compared• Their Singularity, Name & Glory

Yahweh is First and Last – Isa.44:6-8; 41:4

So is Jesus – Rev.22:12-13; 1:4, 8, 17

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Every knee shall bend to Yahweh – Isa.45:21-23

This text applied to Jesus – Rom.14:10-11; Phi.2:9-11

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“Lord, Lord” – “Your name” – “the Bridegroom”

Mat.7:21-22; 25:11-12

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the Shema – Deu.6:4

LXX verbatim in Mar.12:29

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Jesus received glory from man –

Luk.4:15

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Honoring the Son –

Joh.5:22-23

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Isaiah saw Christ’s glory – Joh.12:37-41

quoting Isa.53:1; 6:10

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Glory of God in the face of Christ – 2 Cor.4:6

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All the fullness of the Deity – Col.2:9

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A future epiphany – Titus 2:13

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The glory for the ages – Heb.13:20-21; 2 Pet.3:18

compare Rev.5:13

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• Their Sovereignty Yahweh’s supreme rule – 1 Chr.29:11-12; 2 Chr.20:5-6; Psa.103:19-22

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• Their Sovereignty Yahweh’s over-rule of all nations – Psa.22:27-28; Zec.14:16-17

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• Their Sovereignty Yahweh’s rule over the earth – Psa.89:8-9; Jer.31:35

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• Their Sovereignty Yahweh King of Israel – Isa.44:6; Zep.3:14-20 Jesus King of Israel – Joh.1:49; 12:13

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• Their Sovereignty all authority in heaven and on earth – Mat.28:18 all principality & authority in heaven and on earth, for Christ – Col.1:16

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• Their Sovereignty Yahweh of Hosts (Armies) – 281 OT occurrences

Jesus of Hosts (Armies) – Mat.25:31; Rev.19:11-15

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Jesus & Jehovah Compared• Their Sovereignty

Lord of lords – Deu.10:17; Psa.136:1-3 King of kings, Lord of lords – Rev.17:14; 19:16

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• Their Singularity, Name & Glory• Their Sovereignty

• Role as Creators

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• Role as Creators Elohim (Yahweh-Elohim) – Gen.1:1; 1:27; 2:4

also Isa.40:28

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Jesus & Jehovah Compared• Role as Creators

Yahweh alone created the heavens and the earth – 2 Ki.19:15; Neh.9:6

also Isa.44:24

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God (El) created the heavens and the earth – Psa.102:24-27

quoted verbatim (LXX) in Heb.1:10-12

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Yahweh will create a new heart – Psa.51:10; Eze.11:19-20; 36:23-29

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new creation “in Christ” – Rom.8:9-11; 2 Cor.5:17; Col.3:10

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• Role as Creators Jesus, the Word, created all things – Joh.1:1-3,

9-10

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• Role as Creators Christ created all things, visible and invisible – Col.1:14-16

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• Role as Creators Christ the Beginning – Rev.3:14

compare Gen.1:1 (LXX)

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• Role as Judges

• Role as Coming Ones

• more remarkable statements

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Yahweh alone is Saviour – Isa.43:11-13; 45:21-22; 63:7-14; Hos.13:4 Jesus alone Saviour – Acts 4:10-12

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Yahweh, Elohim, personal Saviour – Psa.40:16-17; 62:1-2; 70:4-5; Jer.17:13-14

Jesus, personal Saviour – Luk.19:9-10; Joh.10:9; Acts 15:11

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Yahweh, national Saviour – Psa.98:1-3; Isa.45:15-17; 60:16; Jer.31:7 Jesus, national Saviour – Luk.2:10-11; 30-32; Acts 13:23; 1 Cor.10:1-4

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Yah/Yahweh, Saviour to the righteous – Psa.118:14-15; 119:165-168, 173-5; Jer.4:14

Jesus, faith in Him gives righteousness, confession brings salvation - Rom.10:9-10

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• Role as Saviours Yahweh, Saviour from sin – Isa.45:8; 46:12-13; Eze.37:23 Jesus, Saviour from sin – Mat.1:21; 26:27-28; Acts 5:30-31; 1 Ti.1:15

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• Role as Saviours Yahweh-Adonai, Saviour in battle – Psa.140:7; Isa.33:1-4 Jesus, Saviour from enemies – Luk.1:68-76; Rev.19:11-13

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Jesus & Jehovah Compared• Role as Saviours – testimony of the Pastoral Epistles

“God our Saviour” – 1 Ti.1:1; 2:3; 4:10; Ti.1:3; 2:10; 3:4 “our Saviour Jesus Christ” – 2 Ti.1:10; Ti.1:4; 2:13; 3:6

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Jesus & Jehovah Compared• Role as Judges

Yahweh, Judge, Lawgiver, King, Saviour – Isa.33:22 also Isa.35:4; 51:4

Jesus, Judge – Joh.5:22, 30; 9:39; 12:31; Rev.19:11-13

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Jesus & Jehovah Compared• Role as Judges

Yahweh, Judge of nations – Isa.51:5 Jesus, Judge of nations – Mat.25:31-33

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Jesus & Jehovah Compared• Role as Coming Ones

Yahweh – Exo.20:24; Psa.69:16- 18; 101:1-2; Isa.26:20-21;

66:15-16; Lam.3:55-58; Hos. 10:12; Mic.1:2-4; Zec.2:10;14:1-5; Mal.3:1-5

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• Role as Coming Ones Jesus – Mat.24:30; 25:31; Joh.3:18-19; 1 Th.5:23; 2 Th.1:7-10; Rev.1:7-8; 4:8

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• More Remarkable Statements

a Son called “mighty God, Father of eternity” – Isa.9:6

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one name given to Father- Son-Holy Spirit – Mat.28:19

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“Only-begotten God”! – Joh.1:18

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“making Himself equal to God” – Joh.5:18

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“Lord of all” – Acts 10:36

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“the hand of the Lord” – Acts 11:20-21

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“blood of God”!!! – Acts 20:28

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• Conclusion

How many Unique Ones, Sovereigns, Saviours, Judges, Coming Ones are there?

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Jesus & Jehovah Compared