The Oneness of God Explored Further

The following article is in response to a comment by Ronald made to my post of last Sunday 9/27/08.

Dear Ronald:

You are correct that Isaiah describes Yahweh of Hosts as the Redeemer. This of course is Jesus the Christ before taking on human flesh. You conveniently overlook “and” which is a conjunction linking two separate subjects together. The King of Israel is one person; His Redeemer is a second person. These two persons are not the same person yet they are both referred to as I and me in Isaiah 44:6. Look at the passage again. “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 besides me there is no God”.

Another passage similar to Isaiah 44:6 is Psalm 110:1. “The Lord said unto my Lord, sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. In this passage notice: “the Lord” and “my Lord”. “The Lord” is speaking to “my Lord” which shows they are two persons.

Hebrews 1:1-9 shows God the Father and God the Son. “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 to 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; Being made so much better than the angels, as He hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. For unto which of the angels said He at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, when He bringeth in the first begotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship Him. And of the angels He saith, Who maketh His angels spirits, and His ministers a flame of fire. But unto the Son He saith, Thy Throne, O God, is for ever and ever: A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even Thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Notice where it says, “God, even Thy God,” and “unto the Son He saith, Thy Throne, O God,”. Both persons are referred to as God.

Consider John 5:17, 18 & 22,23. But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill Him, because He not only had broken the Sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father which hath sent Him.

The Koran states that without a doubt Allah is the final decisive Judge (Surah 95:8). Scripture points out that Jesus is the Judge of the whole earth and that Jesus is God. Therefore, couldn’t one say that Jesus is Allah? Yes, Allah in flesh.