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God, is through the Son? Then, it
was he whom Moses saw in the mount, when seeing God's back
(Exodus 33:23, 34:5-7).
It was he, whom Abraham spoke
to, while pleading for the lives of those in Sodom
(Genesis 18:20-25)
and it was he, whom the king saw
in the fire with the three Hebrew boys
(Daniel 3:25)!
Then, it really is true, what the Old Testament prophet recorded of him, in his writings:
Come ye near unto me . . . I have not spoken in secret from the
beginning, from the time that it was, there am I:
and now the LORD God,
and his Spirit,
has sent me. (Isaiah 48:16)
Incredible! The LORD God (the Father) and his Spirit (the Holy Spirit), have sent our Lord
(Christ) into the world to deliver us –and that's Old Testament!
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government
shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful,
Counselor,
The mighty God,
The everlasting Father,
The Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6)
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was possible for David to say of Christ,
"The
Lord said unto my Lord, sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?" Focusing on one problem in the text, he asked,
"If
David then call him Lord, how is he his son?" (Matthew 22:44,45).
They understood
that Christ would be the son of David (David's descendant -Isaiah 55:3) but how could David's descendant
be his "Lord"?? Worst (what they really didn't want to think about) how could David's Lord, have a Lord?
That was like saying, "God said to my God..." How can God speak to God?? Does not the scripture say,
"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord." (Deut. 6:4)
and— what of wise, King
Solomon's, description of God:
. . . Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain
thee; . . .
". . . Do not I fill heaven
and earth? says the Lord."
(II Chron. 6:16, Jeremiah 23:24)
and John, in his glorious gospel
declares, "No
man has seen God at any time; the only begotten son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him."
(John 1:18).
Ah, so that's it!
But, can it be? Can it? Can it be that all we know of
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