What follows will not be easy to grasp fully at first reading, but the importance of the subject will become more evident as your studies proceed. We include it at this point so that you will leave this Study having fully considered the Bible’s basic revelation about God Himself.
The name of God can be carried by anyone through whom He chooses to ‘manifest’ or reveal Himself. So men and Angels as well as Jesus can carry God’s Name. This is a vital principle which opens up so much of the Bible to us. A son especially may carry the name of his father; he has certain similarities with his father, he may have the same first name — but he is not one and the same person as the father. In the same way a representative of a company may speak on behalf of the company; he may telephone someone on business and say, ‘Hello, this is Microsoft here’; he is not Mr. Microsoft, but he carries their name because he is working on their behalf. And so it was with Jesus.
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Author: Duncan Heaster
Keywords: God manifestation, Jesus is God, Trinity, Tri-unity, Jesus is the word, Jesus was the word, The word is Jesus, Logos, Trinitarian
Bible reference(s): Genesis 1:26, Genesis 16:9-10, Genesis 16:13, Genesis 18:1-2, Genesis 19:1, Genesis 21:17-18, Genesis 22:11-12, Genesis 31:11-13, Genesis 32:30, Exodus 3:2-6, Exodus 23:20-21, Exodus 24:9-12, Exodus 33:20, Exodus 33:11, Judges 2:1-5, Judges 6:11, Judges 6:14-16, Judges 13:6, Judges 13:22, Psalms 82:1, Jeremiah 33:16, Isaiah 9:6, Ezekiel 48:35, John 1:14, John 5:43, John 8:24, John 8:28, John 10:30, John 10:34-36, John 14:9, John 17:5, John 18:6, John 18:8, Acts 7:30-33, Acts 7:38, Romans 9:5, Philippians 2:6, Colossians 1:15-16, Hebrews 1:2, Hebrews 1:8, Hebrews 1:10-12, 1 John 4:3, 1 John 5:7, 1 John 5:20, Revelation 1:8, Revelation 1:11, Revelation 3:12, Revelation 22:13
Source: Bible Basics.
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