I, Jehovah

     The God of all existence, Jehovah, the Almighty, "And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, and by My name Jehovah, I never made Myself known to them." (Exodus 6:3) and He alone is God, "know today, and lay in your heart that Jehovah, He is God in the Heavens above and on the earth beneath; there is no other." (Deuteronomy 4:39). And there is only one Jehovah, "Hear, O Israel, Jehovah our God is one Jehovah." (Deuteronomy 6:4). However there are surely two divine beings, one is God, Himself, the Almighty and the only other divine being is His only-begotten Son, divine by the reality of inheritance, "Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of His way, from then before His works. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth ever was." (Proverbs 8:22,23). God and His Son, now named Jesus make up the Godhead.

      Jehovah is the Father of His Son, (then named Michael) and Jehovah God is also the Father of Adam and Eve, but not as His Only-begotten was brought forth, but by His act of creation, "And Jehovah God formed the man out of the dust from the ground, and blew into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." (Genesis 2:7), "And Jehovah God formed the rib which He had taken from the man into a woman, and brought her to the man." (Genesis 2:22). These points are confirmed in the New Testament, "And Jesus said to her, Do not touch Me for I have not ascended to My Father, but go to My brothers and say to them, I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God." (John 20:17). Jesus clearly settles any confusion as to who the Father is and who is God.

      The large majority of the Bibles that the Christian communities rely on do not contain the name of our God, "Jehovah" hence; a fair amount of deception is unknowingly accepted. The original language in the Old Testament is readily available, especially in the religious colleges, yet, few seem to have little interested in reading God's word as it was first written. The King James Version Bible includes His name four times, as opposed to 6747 times, that the name "Jehovah" appeared in the Masoretic Text. Reading God's word, as it was intended to be read is important for correct understanding of His word, as God wants it to be read and as Christ intended it to be read, by His inspiration to the various Bible writers, having been given the title of the "Word of God" in John 1:1.

      Some Christians who know and use the name "Jehovah" take liberty and claim that the name "Jehovah" was given to Jesus, "And a shot goes out from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch will bear fruit out of his roots. And the Spirit of Jehovah will rest on Him; He will have the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and power, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of Jehovah." (Isaiah 11:1,2). This verse is surely talking about Jesus, and it explains where His wisdom and understanding originated and that this Branch fears "Jehovah", however, not anywhere in God's word does it claim that "Jehovah" was a name given to His begotten Son. Jehovah alone is our Almighty God, "And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, Jehovah appeared to Abram and said to him, I am the Almighty God! Walk before Me and be perfect." (Genesis 17:1), "Jehovah" is the name of, "God Almighty" and only Him as Deuteronomy 6:4 (above) states.

      The Trinity doctrine has been much easier to accept since God's personal name has been substituted with a title, "Lord" or "God" which, this title has also been given to the Son, Jesus, distorting correct clarity. "lord", is also a title given to men, "as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord..." (I Peter 3:6), and servant also called their master "lord", this implies respect and is a common title in the Old and New Testaments, "For God is not God of confusion, but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints." (I Corinthians 14:33). God is only one and there is only one begotten Son of God, this is addressed in both Testaments, "To you it was revealed, so that you might know that Jehovah is God, and no one else beside Him." (Deuteronomy 4:35), "So says Jehovah, the King of Israel, and His Redeemer, Jehovah of host: I am the first and the last; and there is no God except Me." (Isaiah 44:6) "and His" was added to this translation (and the KJV) and not part of Strong's #1350. And again Jehovah speaks, "that they may know from the sunrise, and to the sunset, that there is none besides Me; I am Jehovah, and there is none else." (Isaiah 45:6) and, "But to us is one God, the Father, to whom are all things, and we to Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we by Him." ( I Corinthians 8:6) "through" has been mistranslated and if consistency is desired, read "The Creator" in this website. "But the mediator is not one but God is one." (Galatians 3:20), there are a host of other verses that proclaim the same, but one more will conclude my short list, "Yet I am Jehovah, your God from the land of Egypt, and you shall know no other gods then Me. For there is no Savior besides Me." (Hosea 13:4), this verse may confound the Christian community because they read the name Jehovah as the only "Savior" but the Christian needs to understand that, until Jehovah sent His only-begotten Son to establish His salvation, and in successfully doing so, Christ then, also becomes a Savoir, because it is Christ's blood that makes atonement for us, having become the "Lamb of God" who takes away the sins of the world, "on the morrow, John sees Jesus coming toward him, and said, Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world." (John 1:29) and, "since He must often have suffered from the foundation of the world. But now once, at the completion of the ages, He has been manifested for putting away of sin through the sacrifice of Himself." (Hebrews 9:26). Jesus is now, also our Savior, along with the originator of salvation, Jehovah, which explains Hosea's account of God's words. All 6747 times that "Jehovah" is used in the Old Testament is representing God Almighty and this changes the way some verses are understood by many of today's Christians, "O come, let us sing to Jehovah; let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation." (Psalm 95:1).

      There is but one Almighty God and there is but one only-begotten Son of God, now named Jesus, and they are equal, both being perfect and possessing the same qualities with one exception, Jehovah, Almighty God, the Father, possesses the supreme authority over all, because He is the Creator of all, and the sustainer of all. His only-begotten Son, Jesus the Christ, also has the self-sustaining powers within Himself, which He received when He was brought-forth from the Father, however, all the authority that Christ possesses, was given to Him by His Father, Jehovah, "All things were yielded up to Me by My Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son wills to reveal Him." (Matthew 11:27). It is important that we understand that Jehovah is our destination and Jesus is the "Way" to the His Father, and our Father,

"Jesus said to him, I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." (John 14:6). We are called to follow Jesus, in His perfect walk, according to God's commands, but also in seeking the destination, the Kingdom of God, where life is sustained for an eternity. Christ gave us understand of Jehovah by His inspiration to the many Bible writers and it should be read and understood as Christ intended it to be read, with its original content, with God's personal name, without all the translation changes that contaminate the purity of God's life-giving word. This requires us to invite Christ's spirit to speak to our conscience and our heart in reading God's word as close to the original as possible, blessing us with Jehovah's truth, and avoiding the intentions and the imaginations of man. Translations vary from Bible to Bible. The translations I use here are from the J. P. Green Interlinear Bible's "Literal Translation" which I admit is also not perfect but closer then most, plus it contains the Hebrew and Creek text with Strong's Concordance numbering system. Obviously God has not protected the various translations, which includes much of the Greek text. Caution is needed in reading God's word in your language, consistency of God's word is to be a goal.