There is one thing that has been ingrained
in the Jewish mind from the beginning of his knowledge of God. That is: There
is one God, and only one God. In early Christianity it was exactly the same
way. Unfortunately; some have taken severe liberties with the word of God and
changed that unchangeable doctrine to suit the philosophy of their age. What we
need to do is look to the bible and see what the bible has to say about the
Godhead. Is there one God or three? Three persons manifest as one, or one God manifest
in three modes of operation? Let’s see what “thus sayeth” the word.
The doctrine of the Godhead has been a
controversial subject since the third century after Christ’s ascension to
heaven. People for whatever reason, were
not content to take the word of God at face value. They had to spiritualize it,
use Greek philosophy, add in their agnostic viewpoints, until they could
explain it in man’s terms instead of in the simplicity of God’s terms.
Simplicity is something that man seems to desire to avoid when speaking of God.
People tend to make things more difficult in order to increase their stature by
eliminating others, less educated, from their level. However, God moved on men
to write at the common man’s level so that all could understand.
Again, in order to teach, preach, explain, expound, or whatever
other term you wish to use. I am going to present here a “thus sayeth the word” study on the
subject of the Godhead.
There is a lot of ground to cover so fasten your seatbelts and
hang on!!!!!
1.
There is only one God
One of the first things a Hebrew child was taught was
that there is only one God. Let’s read Deuteronomy 6:4.
Deuteronomy
6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our
God is one LORD:
This is a key foundation of personage of God. but
there are many other scriptures that make it very plain there is only one God.
Many people would like you to think that we only have a handful of scriptures
on which to hang our scriptural hat when it comes to the Godhead. Bah! Humbug!
We have many, many scriptures on which we can lay our hat. Here are just a few
for you on the subject of one God.
Deuteronomy 4:35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou
mightest know that the LORD he is
God; there is none else beside him.
Deuteronomy 4:39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the
earth beneath: there is none else.
Deuteronomy 32:39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I
make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is
there any that can deliver out of my hand.
Isaiah 43:10-11
Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have
chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God
formed, neither shall there be after me.
I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there
is no saviour.
Isaiah 44:8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that
time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God
beside me? yea, there is no God; I
know not any.
Isaiah 45:21-22 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared
this from ancient time? Who hath told
it from that time? have not I the
LORD? and there is no God else beside
me; a just God and a Saviour; there is
none beside me. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I
am God, and there is none else.
Isaiah 46:9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else;
I am God, and there is none like me,
James 2:19 Thou believest that there is one God;
thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
If even the devils believe there is one
God, and they saw him personally before getting kicked out of heaven. Who are
we to doubt that there is only one God!!
2.
Jesus is that one God
Now, since the scriptures teach
that there’s only one God, and since Jesus is God, he must be the only one true
God. Let’s compare what the Old Testament and the New Testament have to say
about God and Jesus:
Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you
a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his
name Immanuel.
Matthew 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and
shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being
interpreted is, God with us.
Therefore Jesus is God with us.
3.
Jesus is the Mighty God
Isaiah 9:6 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, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father,
The Prince of Peace.
This
scripture prophesies the birth of Christ. Jesus is called the mighty God and the everlasting Father in this
scripture signifying that he would be the physical incarnation of God.
4.
Jesus is God the healer
Isaiah 35:4-6 Say to them that
are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a
recompence; he will come and save you. Then the eyes of the blind shall be
opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of
the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the
desert.
Who in all of scripture first opened
the eyes of the blind? Who healed the sick, opened the ears of the deaf, made
the lame to walk again? Jesus Chirst that’s who! Who then is this passage in
the Old Testament talking about then?
God that’s who. Who fulfilled all these promises in the New Testament? Let’s go to the New Testament and find out.
Matthew 11:4-5 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John
again those things which ye do hear and see: The blind receive their sight, and
the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised
up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
Looks
like this passage is talking about Jesus. He must be God!!
Luke 8:38-39 Now the man out of whom the devils were departed
besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying, Return
to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he
went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus
had done unto him.
In
this passage it says show how great things God has done and then the man
published what Jesus had done. The man was there when it happened, I don’t
think he could be wrong about who healed him.
5.
Jesus is God
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and
we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of
grace and truth.
Let’s see here, the word was made flesh and dwelt
among us. The word was God, the word was Jesus. Wouldn’t that be sufficient
proof that Jesus is God? It doesn’t get much plainer than that. God manifest
himself in the flesh so that we his own could behold him.
John 20:28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my
God.
Thomas
walked with Jesus for three years. If he wasn’t God, you would think Thomas
would have been convinced of it by now. After all he was “doubting Thomas….”
6.
God is our Savior
2 Samuel 22:3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my
shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour;
thou savest me from violence.
Isaiah 43:11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no
saviour.
Luke 2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a
Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
1 Timothy 4:10 For
therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living
God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
2 Timothy 1:10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our
Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and
immortality to light through the gospel:
The
above passages declare God as the Savior, and Christ our Savior? If God is our
Savior and Jesus is our Savior, and there is only one Savior, Then Jesus must
be God. Stands to reason doesn’t it?
7.
Jesus is God manifest in the flesh
Let’s
look at what the New Testament says about that first.
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and
we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of
grace and truth.
2 Corinthians 5:19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world
unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto
us the word of reconciliation.
1 Timothy 3:16 And
without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the
flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles,
believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Now the Old Testament:
Zechariah 12:10 And I
will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the
spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they
have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in
bitterness for his firstborn.
The speaker in the quotation in
Zechariah is none other that Jehovah. It’s God who says “ They shall look upon me whom they pierced”. How can they
look upon God who is a spirit (John
4:24). Very simple, in his manifested
flesh, as Jesus Christ, whom they pierced with a spear while on the cross at
8.
Jesus is God the judge
On
this subject we want to compare scriptures from both the Old Testament and the
New Testament. We all know there is only one Judge for our sins. Let’s see who
the scriptures say this is. After all, this is a “thus sayeth the word” bible
study. Notice first:
Romans 14:10 But why dost thou judge thy brother?
or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the
judgment seat of Christ.
Matthew 25:31-32 When the Son of man shall come in
his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne
of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall
separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the
judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
The passages which I have just read
declares Jesus Christ to be that judge. But now look at these passages:
Genesis 18:25 That be far from thee to do after
this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous
should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the
earth do right?
This is speaking of the judgment of
Revelation 20:12-13 And I saw the dead, small and great,
stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which
is the book of life: and the dead
were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to
their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell
delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man
according to their works.
God does the judging in the passages we just read:
Now lets read Revelation 22:12-13
Revelation 22:12-13 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according
as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the
first and the last.
In this passage a man brings a reward
for each mans work. This is a judge and that Judge is Christ Jesus. Since both
God and Jesus are judges, and there is only one judge, Jesus must be God.
9.
Jesus is the true God
1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an
understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is
true, even in his Son Jesus Christ.
This is the true God, and eternal life.
Jesus is the only true God, this passage alone should be
enough to convince anyone with a teachable heart and a tender heart toward
Christ and the leading of his spirit.
10.
Jesus
is the almighty God
Genesis 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old
and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
Now
there can only be one almighty, and God, Jehovah is the one. Now hear this
Revelation 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the
Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
So we’ve solved the great mystery.
Jesus is Jehovah the Almighty God in the flesh; not a second God, but the one
and only Almighty. Let us go a little bit further; God, Jehovah reiterated to
Jacob that he was the Almighty:
Genesis 35:11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and
multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall
come out of thy loins;
So
if God is almighty and Jesus is almighty, then Jesus has to be God since only
one person can be almighty. Otherwise if two people are equal of power, they
might be mighty, but neither is almighty.
11.
Jesus
is God the Creator
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the
heaven and the earth.
Malachi 2:10 Have we not all one father? hath not
one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother,
by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
John 1:1-3 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and
the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made
by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. (Jesus)
If the doctrine of the trinity is
correct we have two creators, which of course, is incorrect in light of the
scriptures. Who created all things? God did (Genesis 1:1). But Jesus did it in (John 1:1-3).
Now if you say that God and Jesus are separate
individuals or persons; who did all the work? God said he did, Jesus said he
did. Malachi 2:10
said that “One God” created us. Then it
is a settled fact that two didn’t. Either someone is doctrinally incorrect or
Jesus is God.
And
then let’s compare this with the scriptures below:
Isaiah 44:24 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer,
and he that formed thee from the womb, I am
the LORD that maketh all things; that
stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself; (God)
John 1:10 He was in the world, and the world
was made by him, and the world knew him not. (Jesus)
Isaiah 45:12 I have made the earth, and created
man upon it: I, even my hands, have
stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded. (God)
Colossians 1:16
For by him were all
things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and
invisible, whether they be thrones,
or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and
for him: (Jesus)
Psalms 100:3 Know ye that the LORD he is
God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. (God)
Revelation 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive
glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy
pleasure they are and were created. (Jesus)
12.
There
is only one Father
Malachi 2:10 Have we not all one father? hath not
one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother,
by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
Isaiah 9:6 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, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father,
The Prince of Peace.
Isaiah
says that the son is the Father, therefore to see Christ is to see the Father
John 8:19 Then said they unto him, Where is
thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known
me, ye should have known my Father also.
John 12:44-45
Jesus cried and
said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.
And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.
John 14:8-9 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it
sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet
hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and
how sayest thou then, Shew us the
Father?
There could be nothing plainer at
this point. But that Jesus is the Father. The Father is not seen except in and
through Christ, His tabernacle. God in the past has employed many different
ways of manifesting Himself. For instance, to the Israelites, He used the cloud
by day and the pillar of fire by night. To Moses he was the burning bush. Many
people believe that the theophanies of the Old Testament were manifestations of
God in a visible form.
13.
God
is a spirit
John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Matthew 1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on
this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came
together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
The Holy Ghost is a spirit and is the Father of Jesus. God is
a spirit and is the Father of Jesus. So the Holy Ghost is God. God sends his
spirit to do things because it is omnipresent, his flesh, which is Christ,
isn’t.
Hebrews 1:1-3 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time
past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us
by his Son, whom he hath appointed
heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness
of his glory, and the express image
of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had
by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
The writer of the Hebrews simply means that
God is manifested in the flesh (1Tim
3:16). The Son is flesh, the Father is
the spirit. The Father begat the son as His tabernacle through which he has
manifested Himself and spoken to us; and not as some teach as a second person.
We see the Father in and through Christ.
2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness,
hath shined in our hearts, to give
the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 21:3 And I heard a great voice out of
heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his
people, and God himself shall be with them, and
be their God.
Revelation 22:3-4 And there shall be no more curse:
but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall
serve him: And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
You will notice that there is only one throne. It is
the throne of God and the Lamb. If
the trinity doctrine is correct, there would be two on the same throne. Which
means the throne is divided, which it isn’t, or there would be more than one
throne, which there isn’t.
This is not difficult. Remember that God is a spirit
and the Lamb is the tabernacle. That is the reason the scriptures use the terms
His servants, His face, His name. So then there is only one on the throne.
Now we’ll show that the spirit of
God and the spirit of Christ is one and the same:
Ephesians 4:4 There
is one body, and one Spirit,
even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
You
will notice that he said there is only one spirit, not two or three.
Acts 5:3-4 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath
Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it
remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own
power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied
unto men, but unto God.
When they lied to the Holy Ghost they were lying to God
Romans 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in
the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have
not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Paul first says, it is the Spirit of
God in us, then calls it the Spirit of Christ; thus making no difference.
Therefore proving that the Spirit of God, and the Spirit of Christ are one and
the selfsame Spirit.
14.
Jesus
is God the “I AM”
Let’s
do some more Old Vs New Testament comparisons:
Exodus 3:14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I
AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of
John 8:58 Jesus said unto them, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I
am.
Isaiah 43:10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have
chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God
formed, neither shall there be after me. (God)
John 8:24 I said therefore unto you, that ye
shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. (Jesus)
I don’t think it gets any more clear than this folks.
15.
Jesus
is the first and the last God
Let’s start with the Old Testament:
Isaiah 44:6 Thus saith the LORD the King of
Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am
the last; and beside me there is no
God.
Isaiah 48:12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and
New
Testament:
Revelation 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending,
saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Revelation 1:17-18 And when I saw him, I fell at his
feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I
am the first and the last: I am he
that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have
the keys of hell and of death.
Revelation 2:8: And unto the angel of the church in
For those who believe that God and
Christ are separate. Please explain how two could be first or two could be
last. In a race two could tie, but the designation first denotes a winner. This
also should prove that Jehovah God of the Old Testament and Jesus Christ of the
New Testament are one and the same.
16.
Jesus
is “God the fountain of living waters”
Jeremiah 2:13 For my people have committed two
evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken
cisterns, that can hold no water.
Jeremiah 17:13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that
forsake thee shall be ashamed, and
they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have
forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
Jeremiah declares God to be the fountain of living waters. Let’s compare that with the following New Testament scriptures:
John 4:14 But whosoever drinketh of the water
that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him
shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
John 7:37-38 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried,
saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth
on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living
water.
God says that I am the fountain of living
waters. Jesus says, come unto me and drink of the living waters. The scriptures
don’t teach of two fountains of living water, but rather, that Jesus is
Jehovah.
17.
Jesus
is “God the Rock”
Deuteronomy 32:4 He
is the Rock, his work is perfect:
for all his ways are judgment: a God
of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Psalms 18:31 For who is God save the LORD? or who is
a rock save our God?
1 Corinthians 10:4
And did all drink
the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed
them: and that Rock was Christ.
Now let us examine the above scriptural quotations.
Moses in Dueteronomy 32:4
said that “God is the rock”. Paul in 1 Corinthians 10:4 says “And that
rock was Christ Jesus”. The clearness of the scriptures dictate that God and
Jesus are one and the same.
Now
notice again,
Psalm 18:31 “For
who is God save the LORD?”
In
other words, the Lord is God. Not just any Lord, but “THE LORD”. Read the below
scripture:
Acts 9:5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And
the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
I would have to think that it is very plain, “The
Lord” said I am Jesus. If Jesus is the Lord, and the Lord is God, then Jesus is
God. God will make his truth plain if we will only open our eyes to see and our
ears to hear what his scriptures say.
18.
Jesus
is “ King of Kings and Lord of Lords”
Revelation 17:14 These shall make war with the Lamb,
and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings:
and they that are with him are
called, and chosen, and faithful.
Revelation 19:16 And he hath on his
vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
Now
compare these scriptures with the Old Testament scriptures:
Deuteronomy 10:17 For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a
great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh
reward:
Daniel 2:47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings,
and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.
19.
Jesus
is the “Coming One”
We
all agree that Christ is coming back. “The second time.”
Hebrews 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear
the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second
time without sin unto salvation.
Acts 1:11 Which also said, Ye men of
As
we have seen, the scriptures plainly teach that God is coming back. Let’s just
read a few more scriptures:
Titus 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of
the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
Paul makes plain the fact that God
is our Savior, and that He is coming back after us.
Philippians 3:20 For our conversation is in heaven;
from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
Paul also makes it plain in Philippians that Jesus
is our savior. Do we have two saviors? No, but it does make it plain that Jesus
and God are one and the same.
Praise
God for the truth. There is a vast difference between “Bible Truth” and “Man’s
theory.” Bible truth teaches the “Oneness” of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Men’s theory teaches the trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Have you ever
found the word trinity in your bible? Of course not. But you did find the word
“One” in many, many places. Please read the following scriptures:
Job 6:10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea,
I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed
the words of the Holy One.
Psalms 16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in
hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. (Speaking of Jesus, death, burial, and
resurrection).
Isaiah 29:23 But when he seeth his children, the
work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and
sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.
For those who may not know it, Jacob is
Isaiah 40:25 To whom then will ye liken me, or
shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
Isaiah 41:14
Fear not, thou worm
Jacob, and ye men of
Isaiah 43:14 Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel;
For your sake I have sent to
Isaiah 43:15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of
Now
the New Testament:
Mark 1:24 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art
thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
Luke 4:34
Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to
destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.
1 John 2:20 But ye have an unction from the Holy
One, and ye know all things.
The list could go on for many pages,
but I think that you get the idea.
20.
The
phrase “The Right Hand”
Is the phrase “the right hand” a physical position or
a symbol of power? The Bible teaches it to be a symbol of power. Please read
the following scriptures:
Exodus 15:6 Thy right hand, O LORD, is become
glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
Psalms 118:15-16 The voice of rejoicing and salvation
is in the tabernacles of the
righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly. The right hand of the
LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
The passages which we’ve just read
make it plain that the right hand is a position of power. Jesus speaking of the
“right hand” also makes it very plain that it’s a position of power.
Matthew 26:64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast
said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man
sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
Mark 14:62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall
see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds
of heaven.
Many
use Acts 7:56 to prove that
the right hand is a physical position. They will say that “Stephen saw Jesus
standing on the right hand of God.” Now it would look very funny to Jesus
standing on an actual hand. It doesn’t even make sense, especially since Jesus
is said to be sitting on the throne in heaven. But for the good of those who
insist that it is a physical position we will quote Acts 7:56 and then go on to Verse 59.
Acts 7:56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens
opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
Acts 7:59 And they stoned Stephen, calling
upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus,
receive my spirit.
So Stephen was seen calling upon God
and addressing him as ‘Lord Jesus.” Yes Stephen knew the truth, that God and
Jesus are one and the same. He made it very plain in his last words. Please
note that he says “Lord Jesus receive my spirit.” In this connection read:
Ecclesiastes 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the
spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Now if you say that the right hand
is a physical position, that Stephen saw two persons, one at the right of the
other. Why then did Stephen being an Israelite, knowing the scriptures from his
youth, having been taught Deuteronomy 6:4 call Jesus God?
Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
Why did he ask Christ to receive his
spirit instead of God? Because he knew that Christ is God. That he was standing
in the full power and glory of the Almighty God, as is his rightful place, not
in a physical position.
21.
Jesus
is the “King of
Isaiah 44:6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the
LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
Matthew 21:5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto
thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
So God is the King of Israel in Isaiah, and Jesus came to them as King in Matthew. Yes, clothed in flesh just as he will when he comes
to take home his bride.
Zechariah 14:9 And the LORD shall be king over all
the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
To the inquisitive soul, to the true seeker of truth.
Beyond a shadow of a doubt it has been proven that God and Christ are one and
there is no trinity. When you know who Jesus Christ truly is, you will have a
much deeper relationship with him. You will understand things better, your eyes
will be opened up in other areas as well. You will walk in more power than any
demon from hell can ever hope to defeat.
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Seek God, pray,
fast, but don’t take what you have learned here and hide it under a bushel.
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Your life can
never be the same from this point onward.
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You either
believe the scriptures or you make God a liar
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Remember, God and
his word are one and the same (John
1:1). When you disbelieve the word, you
call God a liar.