The apostle Thomas was theologically correct in exclaiming, “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:28). Y’SHUA IS YHVH—the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. This is really what 1 Corinthians 12:3, Romans 10:9 and Philippians 2:11 imply in saying “Y’shua is Lord.” Lord originates from Adonai, a veiled Jewish reference to YHVH.
Y'shua is Jesus Christ to the world. YHVH is God Yahweh in the Catholic versions of the Bible.
Why do you think Y’shua fulfilled a promise made by YHVH in the Old Testament? YHVH said, “I Myself will be the Shepherd of My sheep. I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak” (Ezekiel 34:15-16). Y'shua fulfilled the promise and then identified Himself as the Good Shepherd (John 10:11). And as if to emphasize in our minds what the “Good” means, He said, “No one is good—except God alone” (Mark 10:17).
Y’shua fulfilled another promise of YHVH (“All your sons will be taught by the Lord, and great will be your children’s peace”—Isaiah 54:13).
34 He had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So He began teaching them many things. MARK 6
22 The people were amazed at His teaching, because He taught as one with authority, not as the teachers of the Law. MARK 1
22 The people were amazed at His teaching, because He taught as one with authority, not as the teachers of the Law. MARK 1
Is there a contradiction when Isaiah 8:14 says YHVH is “the stone that causes men to stumble” and 1 Peter 2:8 says Y’shua is “the stone that causes men to stumble”? Is there contradiction when Isaiah 8:12, 13 says, “Do not fear what they fear… The Lord Almighty is the one you are to fear,” while 1 Peter 3:14, 15 says, “Do not fear what they fear… In your hearts set apart (Y’shua) the Messiah as (the) Lord (you are to fear)”? There is no contradiction because YHVH and Y’shua were one and the same (John 10:30).
They share one throne (Revelation 7:17, 22:1, 3) and one name (Matthew 28:19, John 17:11).
John 14:16 ("YHVH would send the Holy Spirit to His children") is not opposed to John 16:7 ("Y’shua would send the Holy Spirit to His children"). YHVH saying in Revelation 1:8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega (the beginning and the end), who is, who was, and who is to come, the Almighty” is not opposed to Y'shua saying in Revelation 1:17-18 “I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever!”.
Y’SHUA IS THE HOLY SPIRIT (2 Corinthians 3:17). Listen to His prayer the night before His death:
26 I have made You [Father] known to them, and will continue to make You known in order that the love You have for Me may be in them, and that I Myself may be in them. JOHN 17
And to what He said to His disciples:
7 It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you. JOHN 16
18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. JOHN 14
Forty days after His resurrection Y’shua ascended unto heaven then returned to earth in Spirit-form to indwell those who shall submit to water baptism. The NIV Study Bible noted that the Scripture talked of the “indwelling” by interchangeably naming Y’shua as the Holy Spirit (Acts 16:6), the Spirit of God (Romans 8:9), the Spirit (Romans 8:9), the Spirit of Y’shua (Acts 16:7), the Spirit of the Messiah (Romans 8:9), the Spirit of truth (John 14:16) and the Counselor (John 16:7).
17 Now the Lord [Y’shua] is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 And we, who with unveiled faces reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed [restored] into His likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. 2 CORINTHIANS 3
9 You are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of the Messiah, he does not belong to the Messiah. 10 But if the Messiah is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. ROMANS 8
13 When He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on His own… 14 He will bring glory to Me [Y’shua] by taking from what is Mine and making it known to you. 15 All that belongs to the Father is Mine. JOHN 16
8 I am the [Spirit of] truth. JOHN 14
27 And I will put My Spirit in you and move you to follow My decrees and be careful to follow My laws. 29 I will save you from all uncleanness. EZEKIEL 36
6 Because you are sons [of God], God sent the Spirit of His Son to our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, Abba, Father. GALATIANS 4
45 The first Adam became a living being; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit. 1 CORINTHIANS 15
THROUGHOUT THE SCRIPTURE, THE NAMES AND FORMS OF GOD VARIED BUT ONLY ONE GOD SPOKE.
Y’shua was the Ancient of Days who told Adam and Eve not to eat of the tree of life. Y’shua was the Lord of history, the God who made a covenant with Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and David. Y’shua was the Burning Bush who spoke with Moses and gave the Ten Commandments. Y’shua was the Word who became flesh and dwelt among us (John 1:14). Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made (John 1:3).
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. JOHN 1
Nowadays Y’shua is the Spirit who whispers to our hearts about LOVE and obedience.
8 Messiah Y’shua is the same yesterday and today and forever. HEBREWS 13
1 In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days, He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed Heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe. 3 The Son is [the sh’khinah] the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His being, sustaining all things [the entire creation] by His powerful Word. HEBREWS 1
WE MUST UNDERSTAND WHY Y’SHUA NEVER EXPLICITLY SAID “I AM GOD!”
Y’shua is a respecter of the human freewill. He would not preempt anyone’s freedom to choose which God to love and worship. It is left to every man to discern for himself who He really was and what was meant by His statements “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me” (Luke 4:18) and “I am the Light of the world” (John 8:12) and “I have come down from heaven” (John 6:38).
His God-being was so camouflaged that even Lucifer failed to see early on. The devil went to tempt Him in the wilderness, but to Y’shua’s credit, He rebuked him simply, saying, “Do not put the Lord your God to the test” (Luke 4:12).
IT IS NEVER TOO SOON TO ACCEPT THAT Y'SHUA IS GOD.
5 The Messiah… is God overall. ROMANS 9
20 We know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true—even in His Son Y’shua the Messiah. He is the true God and eternal life. 1 JOHN 5
Do your best to study, evaluate and identify the God we must love. Commandment No. 1 requires it. It is wise to know who really is the kingdom Owner, who is the source of life, and to whom we must be reconciled. Unfortunately much as we want to discuss the matter extensively, we have limited space; it cannot accommodate all the proofs that make evident why Y’shua is it. Besides, we better not discuss the matter extensively here because spoon-feeding you all the way might not be good for your spiritual growth.
Take the initiative of knowing God on your own. Read the Scripture and meditate on it. You are welcome to come and seek our help on passages you cannot understand. Better still, pray that God may flash inspirations and understanding to you as you read and meditate, because He would if you do.
Knowing the God we must love will shield us from being carried away by any false claim. Understanding why Y’shua is God will help us stand firm in our faith and explain its basis to our neighbors.
24 Unless you believe that I am who I claim to be, you will indeed die in your sins. JOHN 8 nlt
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Ironically, the very same people who physically crucified Christ, the Romans, were the first to herald that He is God. In the acrostic that they traditionally put on top of the crucified person's head [usually the crimes he committed] the acronym they put for "JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS" in Hebrew came out as "YHVH" that is why in John 19:19-22 the Jews were vehemently asking Pilate to replace it!
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Now that is a revelation. I did not know that INRI on Y'shua's head (which was placed as a form of sarcasm) comes out YHVH in Hebrew (and rather confirms the divinity of Y'shua). Thanks for the blessing, Pastor Jo!
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ReplyDeleteTrinitarianism is indeed wrong.
But sadly, both Oneness
(THREE MANIFESTATIONS BUT ONLY ONE AND THE SAME GOD)
and trinity doctrines try to make Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah our Lord, into Almighty GOD!!
And both doctrines state that you must believe that the Lord Jesus is Almighty GOD to be saved!!
In this regard, both doctrines do err and are scripturally wrong.
IMHO!
Both doctrines appeared hundreds of years after the ascension of Christ.
Both doctrines try to explain how Jesus can be both God and man at the same time!! The Godman!!
But the original faith which was once delivered unto the saints [Jude 3] did not suffer from this problem.
The original faith has always been
that there is solely ONE GOD,
the Father.
And Jesus of Nazareth, is the one man, the one human being whom Almighty GOD raised from the dead, made him, both Lord and Christ, and exalted him to His right hand.
Hence, Jesus of Nazareth is
the Lord Jesus Christ,
a man approved of Almighty GOD,
who is currently at the right hand of the ONE GOD in the heavens.
Whom we await for his return.
(1 Cor 8:4) ... there is none other God but one.
(1 Cor 8:6) But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him;
and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
(1 Tim 2:5) For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men,
the man Christ Jesus;
(1 Th 1:9-10) For they themselves show of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; 10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
Hundreds of years after the pure, true, apostolic faith was propagated;
Greek, Hellenistic and pagan philosophy/doctrines changed the human Jesus into a demigod then into a godman.
And in response, both the doctrines of the trinity and Oneness tried to solve this self-inflicted problem!
The solution therefore, is to return to the pure faith and doctrine as taught in the Scriptures:
that there is solely ONE GOD, the Father.
And there is solely one man, one human, whom the ONE GOD has made
"Lord of all", the man Messiah Jesus.
And indeed the day is coming where ...
(Phil 2:11) And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
May I suggest that one can prayerfully begin this journey of recovery by viewing a helpful video at
The Human Jesus
Take a couple of hours to watch it and be Berean about the points made; and prayerfully it will aid you in your quest for truth.
Yours In Messiah
Adam Pastor
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