Hebrews 1:1 states that “God [The Father] … has in these last days spoken unto us by His Son.” Hebrews 1:3 goes on to state that the Son is “… the brightness of His glory, and the EXPRESS IMAGE OF HIS PERSON [GOD THE FATHER‘S PERSON].” Since God the Father is the divine Person spoken of in verse one and the Son is spoken of in verse three as “the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His Person [God the Father’s Person],” the Son must be that Person!
The Greek word for “Person” is “hypostasis,” meaning “essence of being.” Notice that this verse of scripture does not say that Jesus is a second divine person apart from God the Father, but rather, Jesus is “the EXPRESS IMAGE OF GOD THE FATHER’S PERSON. According to this scripture, Jesus is the selfsame divine essence of the Person of God the Father. This fact is backed up by many other scriptures, including Colossians 1:15 which states that Jesus is the only “Image of the Invisible God” that we will ever see.
The Bible plainly reveals that the divine person called Jesus is the selfsame divine person as God the Father: “You are MY WITNESSES, SAYS YAHWEH [GOD THE FATHER], and MY SERVANT WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN [the Messiah]: that you 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 YAHWEH: AND BESIDE ME THERE IS NO SAVIOR.” Isaiah 43:10-11 In a recent formal debate, I asked an evangelical Trinitarian pastor, “Who is the speaker in Isaiah 43:10? He replied, “The Father.” Then I asked him, who is the “chosen servant” in this passage of scripture? He reluctantly replied, “Jesus.” Then I responded, “Since God is the speaker in this passage of scripture, why did God the Father say concerning His chosen servant, “that you may know and believe ME, and UNDERSTAND THAT I AM HE?” The Trinitarian pastor was quiet because it was obvious that he did not know how to explain how this passage of scripture could support the trinity doctrine.
Rather than trying to answer my question or to try to explain this scripture all he said was that he did not understand what I was trying to say. So I repeated my point again, “Since God is speaking about the future coming of His Messiah [MY SERVANT WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN], God the Father has to be the one speaking in this scripture. Then God the Father goes on to clearly state concerning His Son: “… that you may KNOW and BELIEVE ME, and UNDERSTAND THAT I AM HE.” Here Yahweh God the Father clearly identifies Himself as the future Person called Jesus the Messiah.
If Jesus is a second divine person who is not the Father then how can the Father say, “I AM HE” when referencing His Son?” The Trinitarian pastor had no rational answer, nor could he explain this passage of scripture. God the Father goes on to state: “Beside ME THERE IS NO SAVIOR.” Since Jesus is called “The Savior of the World (1 John 4:14),” and since God the Father has said that He would never give His glory “to another” divine or human person (Isaiah 42:8), Jesus the Messiah has to be the Divine Person called God the Father manifesting Himself as a human being.
“I AM YAHWEH: THAT IS MY NAME; AND MY GLORY WILL I NOT GIVE TO ANOTHER.” Isaiah 42:8 Jesus Himself clearly stated: “… if you believe not that I AM HE, you shall die in your sins (John 8:24).” Jesus was clearly quoting the Words of God the Father as they were recorded in Isaiah 43:10: “… that you may KNOW and BELIEVE ME, and UNDERSTAND THAT I AM HE.” Likewise Jesus identified Himself as God the Father when He said, “Before Abraham was I AM (John 8:58).” Compare the words of Jesus with the words of God the Father in Exodus 3:14 “And God said unto Moses, ‘I AM THAT I AM … I AM has sent me unto you.’” The import of these words are obvious, when Jesus said, “Before Abraham was I AM,” He was identifying Himself as the same Divine Person as “God the Father.” That is why the Jews took up stones to
kill him. We know there can only be ONE SAVIOR of mankind. Luke 2:11 emphatically calls Jesus our Savior: “For unto you is born this day in the city of David a SAVIOR, which is Christ the Lord.” Matthew 1:21 states, “And she shall bring forth A SON, and you shall call HIS NAME JESUS: FOR HE SHALL SAVE HIS PEOPLE FROM THEIR SINS.” 1 John 4:14 further calls Jesus “THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD.” God the Father clearly said in Isaiah 43:11 “Beside ME THERE IS NO SAVIOR.” Yahweh God the Father also predicted that He would one day manifest Himself as the One who would
be pierced: “… and THEY SHALL LOOK UPON ME WHOM THEY HAVE PIERCED (Zechariah 12:10).” Zechariah, who did you say would be pierced? Zechariah quotes the Words of Yahweh God the Father, “THEY SHALL LOOK UPON ME WHOM THEY HAVE PIERCED!” Did you catch the import of these words? The Hebrew Prophets plainly revealed that Jesus the Messiah would be God the Father revealed as a man.
The prophet Isaiah plainly declared that Jesus the Messiah would be “… the ARM OF YAHWEH REVEALED (Isaiah 53:1-3)!” The apostle John plainly confirmed to us that Isaiah saw Jesus’ “glory and spake of Him” as the “arm of Yahweh revealed (John 12:37-41).” Can Yahweh God’s ARM really be another separate and distinct divine person beside Himself? Any scholarly Christian who reads Isaiah chapter 53 will know that this scripture is a prophetic passage speaking about Jesus the Messiah.
“Who has believed our report? And to whom is THE ARM OF YAHWEH REVEALED? … He is despised and rejected of men …” Isaiah 53:1-3 “I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways (Jesus the Messiah) … he shall let go my captives … Thus says Yahweh … men of stature shall come over unto you, and they shall be yours: they shall come after you; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto you, they shall make supplication unto you, saying, SURELY GOD IS IN YOU; AND THERE IS NONE ELSE, THERE IS NO OTHER GOD. TRULY YOU ARE A GOD THAT HIDES YOURSELF, O GOD OF ISRAEL, THE SAVIOR.” Isaiah 45:13-15
All scholarly Christians who study Isaiah chapter 45 will know that this passage of scripture is speaking about the Messiah who will reign on earth for one thousand years. All men will then know that there is only ONE GOD and that ONE GOD WILL BE SEEN IN JESUS AS “THE ONLY POTENTATE KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS (1 Timothy 6:15,16).” The prophet Isaiah clearly revealed that God the Father is the God of Israel who will hide Himself as the future Savior. Isaiah further revealed that the Messiah would be the “arm of Yahweh revealed” as Jesus our Savior (Isaiah 53:1).
The fact that Jesus also hid His true identity by speaking in proverbs proves that He is the same divine Spirit of God the Father with us as a man: “These things have I spoken unto you in PROVERBS [Proverbs is translated from the Greek word, “Paroimia” = “puzzles or riddles”]: but the time comes, when I shall no more speak unto you in PROVERBS [puzzles or riddles], but I shall show you plainly of the Father (John 16:25).” Jesus spoke in puzzles or riddles concerning the deity of the Father because He chose to hide His true identity as God with us as a man? Therefore Jesus must be God the Father who “hides” Himself, “the God of Israel, the Savior.”
The apostle Paul confirmed Jesus’ promise in John 16:25 that Jesus would eventually show us plainly of the Father in the future: “Which in his times he [Jesus] shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of Kings, and the Lord of Lords; who only has immortality, dwelling in the light which no man has seen, nor can see.” 1 Timothy 6:15-16 “And Yahweh shall be King over all the earth: In that day there shall be ONE YAHWEH, and HIS NAME ONE!” Zechariah 14:9 Bible scholars know that Zechariah chapter fourteen is speaking about Jesus the Messiah who will reign over all the earth during His one thousand year reign as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
In that day the earth’s inhabitants will no longer be deceived into believing that Yahweh is three divine persons with three divine Names. For all shall then know that Yahweh God is only “ONE YAHWEH, AND HIS NAME (IS) ONE.” Jesus Himself informed the apostle Philip that to see Jesus is to see God the Father. “Lord show us the Father and it will suffice us. Jesus said unto him, Have I been so long a time with you and yet have you not known Me, Philip? He that has seen Me has seen the Father …” John 14:8,9
My seventeen year old son may have some of my physical characteristics and even some of the qualities of my personality but he could never say anything like the words that Jesus spoke to Philip. Can you imagine a school teacher saying to one of his students: “Son can you please show us your father?” Then the student replies, “Have I been so long a time with you and YET HAVE YOU NOT KNOWN ME? He that has seen me has seen My Father.” No ordinary son could ever speak these words about seeing his father unless he was crazy.
But Jesus was not crazy when He stated, “HE THAT HAS SEEN ME HAS SEEN [GOD] THE FATHER!” For it is impossible for someone to be exactly like someone and not be that someone! Yahweh God clearly stated in Isaiah 46:9 “I am God, and there is none else, I am God, and there is none like Me.” Since Jesus is exactly like God the Father, He must be that Father.
If Trinitarian believers were to see Jesus in Heaven they would probably ask Jesus the same question that Philip asked when he said, “Lord show us the Father.” Oneness believers know that Jesus would respond the same way to the Trinitarian believers as He did unto Philip. “Have you not known Me? He that has seen Me has seen the Father.” For our wonderful Jesus is the only image of the invisible God that we shall ever see.
The prophet Isaiah clearly revealed the identity of the child born and Son given in Isaiah chapter nine verse six: “Unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given, and His Name shall be called, wonderful, counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the prince of peace.”
Since the Name of Jesus is the same Name as the Mighty God and Everlasting Father He must be that Mighty God and that Everlasting Father who has come to save us as a man.
CONCLUSION:
GOD THE FATHER AND JESUS ARE THE SAME DIVINE PERSON
GOD THE FATHER OF THE OLD COVENANT IS JESUS IN THE NEW COVENANT
1. OLD TESTAMENT – The Father identified Himself as Jesus.
“… Understand that I AM HE (Isaiah 43:10,11).”
1. NEW TESTAMENT – Jesus identified Himself as the Father.
“… If you believe not that I AM HE, you shall die in your sins. (John 8:24).”
2. OLD TESTAMENT – God the Father claims He is the Only Savior.
“BESIDE ME THERE IS NO SAVIOR.” Isa 43:11
2. NEW TESTAMENT – Jesus is the Only Savior.
1 John 4:14 calls Jesus “THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD.”
3. OLD TESTAMENT – God the Father is the pierced One.
“They shall look upon ME whom they have pierced.” Zechariah 12:103
3. NEW TESTAMENT – Jesus is the Pierced One. John 19:34,3
4. OLD TESTAMENT – God the Father will HIDE His true identity.
“Truly you are a God that HIDES yourself O God of Israel, the SAVIOR.” Isaiah 45:15
4. NEW TESTAMENT – Jesus hid His true identity by speaking in proverbs (John 16:25).
The Greek word for PROVERBS is Paroimia which literally means “puzzles or riddles.”
THE ONLY LOGICAL CONCLUSION THAT FITS ALL OF THE BIBLICAL DATA!
JESUS IS GOD THE FATHER WHO BECAME A MAN!
SINCE JESUS IS EXACTLY LIKE GOD THE FATHER HE MUST BE THAT FATHER
Isaiah 46:9 “I am God, and there is none else, I am God, and there is none like Me.”
It is impossible for someone to be exactly like someone and not be that someone.
GOD BEFORE THE INCARNATION AND GOD AFTER THE INCARNATION
Before the incarnation – Yahweh Rohi – The Self Existent One Our Shepherd
After the incarnation – Jesus is our Shepherd
Before the incarnation – Yahweh Tsidkenu – The Self Existent One Our Righteousness
After the incarnation – Jesus is Our Righteousness (Romans 5:17-18 / 2 Corinthians 5:21)
Before the incarnation – Yahweh Rapha – The Self Existent One Our Healer
After the incarnation – Jesus is our Healer (Matthew 12:16)
Before the incarnation – Yahweh Shammah – The Self Existent One Is Present
After the incarnation – Jesus is Present in His Church (Romans 8:9)
Before the incarnation – Yahweh Yirah – The Self Existent One Provides
After the incarnation – Jesus is our Provider (Luke 9:16)
Before the incarnation – Yahweh Maccaddesh – The Self Existent One Sanctifies
After the incarnation – Jesus is our Sanctification (Hebrews 13:12)
Before the incarnation – The Self Existent One Our Banner [Victory]
After the incarnation – Jesus is our Victory (Isaiah 25:8 / 1 Corinthians 15:57)
Before the incarnation – Yahweh Shalome – The Self Existent One Our Peace
After the incarnation – Jesus is our Peace (Isaiah 9:6)