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WHO IS JEHOVAH ?

A COMPREHENSIVE BIBLE STUDY OF THIS ESSENTIAL DOCTRINE
 
 

IS JESUS CHRIST YHWH?

PREFACE

The importance of this subject warrants the utmost care in selecting a correct translation of the Bible. The following translations are recommended as being generally faithful to the Hebrew and Greek:
                   King James Version
                   American Standard, 1901 (Watchtower Edition)
                   New American Standard Bible (Creation House)
                   The Bible in Living English (Watchtower Edition)
                   New International Version (Zondervan Bible Publishers)

INTRODUCTION

The following workbook is designed to enable any serious student of the Bible to investigate in great detail what the Bible teaches on the subject of the deity or godhead of Jesus Christ.  It is expected that the reader will be faithful in looking up all the scripture passages, in examining the context of each passage and in having a willing and open mind to accept whatever the Bible teaches even if it contradicts his previous religious convictions.  In John 7:17, Jesus reminds us that religious truth can be obtained only by those who approach the subject with a willing attitude.  Jesus said: “If any man is willing to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak from myself.”

PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS

1.  Is it scriptural possible for God to take upon Himself human nature and to become a man in every sense of the word? (Mark 10:27;  Ps. 135:6;  Job 42:2;  Dan. 4:34-35).___________________________
     The reader must acknowledge that “all things are possible with God” (Mark 10:27).  Thus, we must admit at the very outset of our study that it is possible for God to be incarnate in human form.  To approach the deity of Christ with the assumption or presupposition that it is not  possible for Christ to be deity is to reveal a lack of openness to the Scriptures and a rationalistic attitude which says, “Don’t confuse me with the facts.  My mind is already made up.”  We should not limit what God can or cannot do simply on the basis of what we think He can or cannot do.  Any theology which tells God  that He cannot do a certain thing (unless it is contrary to His nature) is not only poor theology, but it also borders on being blasphemy.
2.  Literally speaking, is there only one God or are there many gods?  Does the Bible teach monotheism or polytheism?  (Isa.  43:10,11;  44:6,7;  45:5,6,21-13;  46:9;  Acts 19:26;  Gal. 4:8 ) __________________
3.  Even though literally speaking there is only one true God and the “gods” of the heathen are nothing but man-made idols (Ps. 115:1-8), the word “god” was at times used in a figurative manner or sense to describe someone or something which had a godlike function.  Thus, Moses was to function as a godlike judge over Pharaoh (Ex. 4:16).  Satan is figuratively called “the god of this age” (2 Cor. 4:4).  The judges over Israel were called Elohim, that is, “gods” in Ex. 21:6;  22:8, 9 etc., because  like God, they held the power of life and death over men.  While Moses, the judges, angels and even Satan himself are, at times, called “god” in a figurative sense, are they ever said to be God by nature? _____________________________
Are we ever told to bow before them and give them divine worship?____________________________
Are we told to pray to  them?_______________________________________________
Are we ever told to place our ultimate faith, hope, trust, and love in them?  _____________________
Are the divine characteristics such as eternity or omnipotence ever attributed to them?  ______________
While they may have been called Elohim (God), were they ever called YHWH  (Jehovah)? _____________
4. Since there is only one true God, will this God share His glory with anyone else? (Isa. 42:8) ____________
5. Can we worship any created being or thing?  ___________Or does the Bible teach that we are to worship God alone?  (Deut. 6:13) ___________________________

OLD TESTAMENT SURVEY

1.  In the beginning, did YHWH create one man "in His image and likeness," using Himself as the pattern? (Gen. 1:26-27, 2:7) _________

2. Does a man have three parts--body, soul, spirit? (I Thes. 5:23, Rev. 6:9-11) ________ Does YHWH have three parts? ________

3.  Did YHWH ever come down to earth and manifest Himself to people in the form of a man?  (Gen. 18:1-5, 13, 17, 22; 32:24-30;  cf. 35:1-3, 9-13;  Ex. 24:9-11; Isa. 6:1-9)  ___________________________
 

4.  When YHWH was in His human form, did men actually see and touch Him?  (Gen. 16:13;  18:1-5;  32:24-30;  Ex.  24:9-11;  Isa. 6:1-9)  ______________________________________
 

5.  While Ex. 34:20 states that to see God in His absolute glory would mean instant death, evidently men could see YHWH in His human form.  Thus, Moses could see YHWH’s back without dying (Ex. 33:18-23). Abraham could wash YHWH’s feet (Gen. 18:1-4),  and Jacob could wrestle with YHWH’s body (Gen. 32:30; 35:1-15; Ex. 3:6).  And Isaiah escaped death even though he saw YHWH with his own eyes (Isa. 6:5). True? ________
 

6.  The key to unlock these mysterious appearances of YHWH in human form is found in John 1:1-18.  In vs. 1 of this passage, the Apostle John clearly points out that the WORD was not only ____________ YHWH, but He was____________. In vs. 2 he states that the ______________ was in the beginning with YHWH.  Thus whenever YHWH appeared in His human form, it was the ____________ that men saw and touched. In vs. 14, who did the WORD become? ______________ Was Jesus Jesus before He became Jesus, or was He the WORD? __________  What part of YHWH is the WORD? _______________ What part of YHWH is the Father? ______________  What part of YHWH is the Holy Spirit? ______________

7.   We are told in John 1:18 that no one has ever seen the Father in His own absolute and essential glory.  Yet, at the same  time, we are told the WORD, here called “the unique God,” has fully revealed the Father.  Thus, John 1:18 says that no one ever saw God the Father but they have seen God the WORD. Has anyone ever seen your soul or spirit? ____
     

Note:  The KJV’s “only begotten Son” comes from an error in the received text.  The proper Greek text reads “only God” and is being rendered so in most modern versions.  That the Greek word monogenes means “unique” or  “only” and  not “created” can be established by any Greek lexicon or by an examination of Heb. 11:17 where Isaac is  called  Abraham’s  monogenes son.  Since Abraham had many sons he had begotten (Gen.16:15; 25:6), Isaac was not the only  “created” son.  But Isaac was the “unique” son, being the heir of all things (Gen. 25:5).  Thus  monogenes means “unique”  or “only one of its kind.”
 

8.   John 1:18 helps us to understand the appearances of YHWH in human form in the Old Testament.  The Jehovah  God who appeared to Abraham, Jacob, Moses, Isaiah, etc., was none other than body part of YHWH named the WORD who would become Jesus Christ.  The WORD who was with YHWH of the Old Testament is the same person whom in the New Testament became Jesus Christ.

9.  Who was YHWH/man on earth who visited Abraham in Gen. 18?  The _________ . Who did the WORD become? (John 8:56-59)  _________
 

10.  Who was the YHWH/man who wrestled with Jacob? (Gen. 32:30; cf. Ex. 3:6) _________________
 

11.  Since the “God of Jacob” is the One with whom Jacob wrestled, and is later identified in Ex. 3:6 as YHWH, who could this God/Man be? (Ex. 3:6; cf. Gen. 35:2_13)  _____________  The most logical identification of YHWH/man of the Old  Testament is the _____________ who became flesh.
 

12.  God called Himself in Ex. 3:13, 14, by the name of ________.  In the New Testament, who also claimed this divine name?  (John 8:58,59) ____________________________
Now if Christ was only called Elohim (god) in a figurative sense like Moses or Satan, it would not be necessary to believe that He is God in His nature.  But Jesus is called YHWH and is different in every way from the figurative “gods.”
     
13.  In the following Old Testament passages, we find that YHWH is spoken of in either direct or indirect language.  These passages are either quoted or alluded to in the New Testament.  Check and see if the new Testament writers applied the YHWH Old Testament passages directly to Jesus.  If they did this, it is obvious that they felt that the YHWH of the Old Testament is the Jesus of the New Testament.  After each series of scriptures, write out the particular YHWH name, title or function that is attributed to Jesus Christ.
       a. Ps. 23:1;  Isa. 40:1-11;  cf. John 10:1-14;  Heb. 13:20;  1 Pet. 2:25; 5:4. ______________________
       b. Ps. 50:1-6; cf. 2 Thess. 1:7-10___________________________________
       c. Ps. 68:15-18;  cf. Eph. 4:8. ___________________________________
       d.  Ps. 102:1, 12, 25-27;  cf. Heb. 1:10-12. _________________________________
       e.  Isa. 8:12-15;  cf. 1Pet. 2:8. ___________________________________
       f.  Isa. 40:3, 9, 10, 11;  cf. John 1:23;  Rev. 22:12. ______________________________
       g.  Isa. 43:3;  cf. Acts 3:14. __________________________________________
       h.  Isa. 44:6;  cf. Rev. 1:7, 8, 17, 18;  2:8;  22:13. _________________________________
       i.  Isa. 45:22, 23;  cf. Rom. 14:9-12;  cf. 2 Cor. 5:10; Phil. 2:10 _______________________________
       j.  Isa. 62:11, 12;  cf. Rev. 22:12. ____________________________________
       k.  Jer. 11:20;  17:10;  20:12;  cf. Rev. 2:23. _____________________________________
       l.  Jer. 23:6;  Zech. 3:8;  6:12;  Mal. 3:1,2;  cf. Matt. 11:10.  ___________________________
      m.  Joel 2:32;  cf. Rom. 10:9-15. ________________________________________
       n.  Zech. 12:10;  cf. John 19:37. _____________________________________
14.  Not only is Jesus identified as the WORD and YHWH of the Old Testament, but He is also given other names of God.  After each passage, write out the names or titles given to Christ.
       a.  Gen. 18:3;  cf. Acts 10:36. ____________________________________
       b.  Gen. 18:25;  cf. 2 Tim. 4:1,8. __________________________________
       c.  Gen. 32:30;  cf. John 1:1. _____________________________________
       d.  Gen. 35:11;  cf.  Gen. 35:1. ___________________________________
       e.  Ex. 3:14;  cf. John 8:58. ______________________________________
       f.  ps. 23:1;  cf. John 10:14. ______________________________________
       g.  Ps. 45:6;  cf. Heb. 1:8. _______________________________________
       h.  Isa. 7:14;  cf. Matt. 1;23. _____________________________________
        i.  Isa. 9:6;  cf. Luke 1:31-33. ____________________________________
       

 Note: In the Hebrew of Isa. 9:6, “Mighty God” appears without the definite article. But this is also true in such places as Isa. 10:21;  49:26.  Since YHWH is called "Mighty God" without the definite article in Isa. 10:20-21, the absence of the article cannot be interpreted to show that YHWH is just “a god” in a figurative sense.  In the same way, neither can the absence of the article in Isa. 9:6 reduce Jesus to “a god.”  But the comparison between Isa. 9:6 and  Isa. 10:20, 21 demonstrates that Jesus is the YHWH who is  the “Mighty God.”  After all, there cannot be two “Mighty Gods,” for there is only one God (Isa. 43:10).
       There is also an irrefutable scriptural logic behind the proposition that Jesus is YHWH.  In logic, the following syllogism is always valid:
                 A > B       a=b
                 B > C  or  b=c
                 A > C       a=c
                 In the same way, the teaching of Scripture can be arranged in conformity to the above syllogism.
                 Jesus is “Mighty God” (Isa. 9:6)
                 “Mighty God” is YHWH (Isa. 10:20-21)
                 Jesus is YHWH
                 The logical sequence cannot be shown to be invalid.  The conclusion is automatic and irrefutable.

       

        j.  Isa. 10:20;  cf.  Acts 3:14. _________________________________________
        k.  Isa. 44:6;  cf.  Rev. 22:12-16 (v. 13). ________________________________
 

15.  The Old Testament prophesied that while Christ was to be born in Bethlehem,  His origin should be traced back to eternity itself.  How does Micah 5:2 describe this origin of Christ? _____________________

       Note:  The words “from everlasting” are also used to describe the origin of YHWH in Ps. 90:1, 2.  Did YHWH have a beginning?  _________ How does Ps.. 90:2 express the eternity of YHWH? ____________
Since the same Hebrew word is used in Micah 5:2 as found in Ps.. 90:2, what does this tell us about the WORD Who would become Christ? _______________________________________________

CONCLUSION

In the Old Testament the Messiah is clearly prophesied as the coming of YHWH in human form to redeem a lost and sinful humanity (Isa. 40:1, 9-11).  To prepare the way for the incarnation of YHWH, the WORD appeared in human form on many occasions so that the people of God would be prepared to see and touch the living God when He came to die on the cross (Zech. 2:10).  The Messiah is none other than the body of YHWH incarnate as a human being.

NEW TESTAMENT SURVEY

1.   At the very outset of the New Testament, John the Baptist is sent to prepare the way for the coming of ______________
      (Isa. 40:3, 10;  cf. Matt. 3:1-3;  Luke 1:76).  Granted that John the Baptist clearly came to prepare the way for the coming of  YHWH, did he ever identify Jesus as the One of whom he spoke? (John 1:23, 30) ______
2.   The angel who announced the incarnation to Mary instructed her  that her child would be “Immanuel” (Matt. 1:23).  What does this name mean?  ___________________________________
3.   When the beginning  began, was  the Word (Who would become Christ) already existing in eternity itself? (John 1:1) ___________________
4.    John identifies this eternal Word as _________________ in John 1:1.
       Note:  It is grammatically impossible to translate John 1:1 as “the Word was a god.”  The absence of the definite article in John  1:1 does not mean “a god” should be translated in such places.  John calls the WORD “God” to identify the divine nature  of the WORD.
5.   Who is the Creator of the universe?  (John 1:3;  Col. 1:16, 17;  Heb.1:10-12,2:10) _________________

6.  When the Jews sought to kill Jesus, the Apostle John tells us that their primary reason was that Jesus claimed that God was His Father in a unique sense not shared with any other being.  Then John adds his own understanding of what Jesus meant when He said that God was His Own Father.  What did John say?  (John 5:18).  ___________________________
7.  Having stated that Jesus was “equal with God” the Father in John 5:18, this equality is further expanded in John 5:23.  We are to give equal ____________ to the Father and to the Son.  The words “even as” reveal that all worship and _______  we show to the Father must also equally be given to Jesus Christ.  If someone does not give Christ equal honor with the Father, what does John give as the consequences in the in the second half of verse  23? _______________________
8.  In John 10:31, the Jews attempted to stone Jesus.  Why ?  (verse 30) __________________________
9.  Since the Jews would not have been upset if Jesus simply meant “I and My Father are one in purpose and in work,” what was their understanding of Jesus’ words “I and My Father are One”?  (vs. 33) ______________
       Thus, the Jews clearly saw that Christ was claiming to be YHWH.  Just as they tried to stone Him for what they felt was blasphemy in John 10:31, what did they do when Jesus called Himself YHWH’s name “I AM” in John 8:58,59? _________________________________________________________
10.  If you do not believe that Jesus is “I AM,”  what will happen to you?  (John 8:24) __________________
11.  After Christ was raised from the dead, He proved His bodily resurrection to doubting Thomas by letting him see and handle the wounds on His body which He received on the cross (John 20:27).  Thomas was convinced of Christ’s bodily resurrection and, also, he spoke to Jesus directly calling Him various names.  The words “unto him” in  vs. 28 reveal that Thomas was not simply making an exclamation into the air but what he said must be applied “unto him,” that is, Christ Jesus Himself.  What did Thomas call Christ?  (vs. 28) _______________
12.  Did Jesus rebuke Thomas for taking God’s name in vain or attributing to Him that which belongs only to God the Father? (vs. 29) __________  Jesus approved of Thomas’ words because He is Thomas’ Lord and God.
13.  In the New Testament, did angels allow themselves to be worshipped by men? (Rev. 19:10, 22:8, 9;  cf.  Col. 2:18). ________
14.  Did the Father ever say to angels “you are My Son”? (Heb. 1:5) _________
15.  Whom do the angels worship?  (Heb. 1:6) ________________________
16.  When the WORD who would become flesh appeared to Isaiah as YHWH in human form, what were the seraphim doing?  (Isa. 6:1-5) _____________
17.  Is it therefore possible for Christ to be only an angel? __________
18.  Should men be worshipped?  (Acts 14:11-18) ___________
19.  Whom did the disciples and apostles worship?  (Matt. 2:2,11; 8:2; 9:18;14:33; 28:9,17; Luke 24:52; John 9:38; 1 Cor.1:2)  __________________
20.  In Acts 20:28, whose blood purchased the church? _____________
21.  According to Rom. 9:5, who is “over all” and “God blessed forever”?  ________________________
22.  Who is the “Rock” of  Israel?  (Deut. 32:1-4) ________________  What did the people of Israel do to the Rock YHWH?  (Deut 32:15-18) _____________________
23.  Who was the Rock of Israel (YHWH) referred to in the Old Testament? (1 Cor. 10:1-4)  ____________
24.  In whom does “the fullness of deity dwell in bodily form”? (Col.2:9) ____________________________
25.  In Titus 2:13, who is called “our great God and Savior”? _____________________________
26.  Who is called the same thing in 2 Pet. 1:1? ____________________________________
27.  Who is the true God and eternal life in 1 John5:20 ? ___________________________________
28.  Did the Father share His glory with the Son?  (John 17:5) _________________________
       Would the Father share His glory with a created being? (Isaiah 42:8) ______________ What conclusion does this naturally lead to? ________________________________________
29.  In Col. 1:16, we are told that Christ created all ______________. All _______________ were created ____ Him and   _____ Him. (vs. 16)  We are also told in vs. 17 that Jesus Christ existed _______________ all __________ came into being.  He is the Sovereign Sustainer of the universe because He “holds together” or “upholds” all __________ (vs. 16).

       Note:  The New World Translation has “all other things” instead of  “all things.”  The Greek does not have the word “other” in the text.  The verse simply says that Christ created “all things.”
 

        The book of Hebrews demonstrates the superiority of Christ in His person and in His work over that of the Old Testament economy.  The key word in the book of Hebrews is “__________________” (1:4;  7:19, 22; 8:6; 9:23; 12:24). This word points out the qualitative superiority of Christ’s nature.  He is, by nature, in terms of His being better than anyone and anything else in the universe.
       a.  Heb. 1:1-3 shows us that Christ’s revelation of the Father is “better” than the Old Testament revelation given by the ___________________________________
       b.  Heb. 1:4 states that Christ is “better” ( superior in His  being) to the ________________. The  reasons  why  Christ cannot be  viewed  as  an  angel are as follows:
            1.  He inherited a better ___________________(vs. 4).
            2.  The Father never at any time ever said to any angel _____________________________ (vs. 5)
            3.  Instead of the angels viewing Christ as an equal or just an angel like them, the Father commanded that the angels  should _______________  Christ to show that Jesus is superior to them (vs. 6).
            4.  The Father calls the angels _____________ and His ministers ____________ (vs. 7).
            5.  In contrast to what He calls  the angels, the Father calls Christ __________  when He said, “Thy throne, O _______, is forever and ever” in vs. 8.
           

Note:  Some have tried to translate the Greek as “your throne is God.”  But this does not follow the actual wording of  the verse in the Greek text, and the picture of the Father being sat upon as someone’s chair.  Also, it would imply that the Son is “better” than the Father, for it is only obvious that the person who sits on a chair is superior to that chair. The whole point of the passage is to show that the Son is “better,” that is, superior to the angels. He is  superior because He is God.  The Father can call Christ “God” in Heb. 1:8 just as the Son calls the Father “God” in John 5:18.

           6.  After the Father calls Christ ____________ in vs. 8, He calls Him __________ in vs. 10.  Both verses are quotations from the Old Testament.  The word “Lord” in vs. 10 comes from Ps. 102.  The  exact name of God that is used in Ps. 102 is___________ ( Ps. 102:1,2, 25-27).  Thus the Father not only calls Christ “God” but also _____________.  The YHWH of Ps. 102 is the _____________ of  Heb. 1:8-12.
             7.  According to Ps. 102:25-27, who created the world? ____________  To what natural and logical conclusion do the above answers lead you? _______________________________
             8.  According to Ps. 102:26 and Heb. 1:11,12, all created things are temporary and not eternal.  Everything will perish.  But in contrast to the temporary character of created reality, YHWH remains the same (Ps. 102:26,27). In the Old Testament YHWH declared in Mal. 3:6, “I, YHWH, do not ___________________________.” These classic Old Testament YHWH passages are applied without hesitation to Jesus Christ.  Christ is “the  ________  yesterday, today, and ______________” (Heb. 13:8).  The Father points this out in Heb. 1:11-12. He said that created things will “__________” (vs. 12).  The context will allow only the one interpretation, that Christ is superior to the angels because He is the eternal WORD and YHWH who created all things.  While all created things decay and ultimately come to an end,  Christ remains ever the same.
             9.  The last argument of the author of Hebrews to prove that Christ is superior to the angels is found in 1:13, 14.  Did the Father ever at any time ask an angel to sit at His right hand?  ________.   To sit at the Father’s right hand is to share in the Father’s glory and dominion.  Did the Father ever say to any angel, “Sit at my right hand” while I will serve you  by “making your enemies your footstool”?  _________.  While the Son sits enthroned next to the Father, with the Father Himself bringing honor and glory to the Son by subduing His enemies, the angels are but  “ministering ________________,” sent forth to minister to “______________.”

CONCLUSION

Jesus Christ is both God and man.  He is the WORD, the body part of YHWH incarnate as a human being.  The New Testament writers with out hesitation took the classic YHWH Old Testament passages and applied them directly to Christ.  Jesus is given divine titles and worshipped as deity by angels and by men.  It is impossible to escape the deity of Christ and do justice to the new Testament Scriptures.

 Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form [The WORD] of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:5-11

 Used by permission:
HOW TO ANSWER A JEHOVAH’S WITNESS
Robert A. Morey 1980
BETHANY HOUSE PUBLISHERS
 
Edited
 

FOR JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES

CREATION VERSES FROM THE

NEW WORLD TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE

Genesis 6:7 So Jehovah said: "I am going to wipe men whom I have created off the surface of the ground, from man to domestic animal, to moving animal and to the flying living creatures of the heavens, because I do regret that I have made them."
Isaiah 40:28 Have you not come to know or have you not heard? Jehovah, the Creator of the extremities of the earth, is a God to time indefinite. He does not tire or grow weary. There is no searching out of his understanding.
Isaiah 44:24 This is what Jehovah has said, your Repurchaser and the Former of you from the belly: "I, Jehovah. am doing everything, stretching out the heavens stretching out the heavens by Myself, laying out the Earth. Who was with me?
Isaiah 45:1 1,12   This is what Jehovah has said, the Holy One of Israel and the Former of him: "Ask me even about the things that are coming concerning my sons; and concerning the activity of my hands YOU people should command me. I myself have made the earth and have created even man upon it. I-- my own hands have stretched out the heavens, and all the army of them I have commanded."
Rev. 4:1 1 "  You are worthy, Jehovah, even our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power, because you created all things, and because of your will they existed and were created."
John 1:3 All things came into existence through him (Jesus)  and apart from him not even one thing came into existence.
Col. 1:13-17   He delivered us from the authority of the darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love by means of whom we have our release by ransom, the forgiveness of our sins. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of ALL creation; because by means of him all other things were created in the heavens and upon the earth, the things visible and the things invisible, no matter whether they are thrones or lordships, or governments or authorities. All other things have been created through him and for him. Also, he is before all (other) things and by means of him all (other) things were made to exist.
Heb. 1:10   And: "You (JESUS) at (the) beginning, O Lord, laid the foundations of the earth itself, and the heavens are [the] works of your hands.
Isaiah 43:10   " YOU are my witnesses,"  is the utterance of Jehovah, "even my servant whom I have chosen, in order that YOU may know and have faith in me, and that YOU may understand that I am the same One. Before me there was no God formed, and after me there continued to be none. I--I am Jehovah, and besides me there is no savior "
Acts 1:8    but YOU will receive power when the holy spirit arrives upon YOU, and YOU will be witnesses of me  (Jesus) both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the most  distant part of the earth" .
Acts 4:10-12    let it be known to all of YOU and to all the people of Israel. that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom YOU impaled but whom God raised up from the dead, by this one does this man stand here sound in front of YOU. This is 'the stone that was treated by YOU builders as of no account that has become the head of the corner.' Furthermore, there is no salvation in anyone else, for there is not another name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved "
Isaiah 44:6   "This is what Jehovah has said, the King of Israel and the Repurchaser of  him, Jehovah of armies, "I am the first and I am the last. and besides me there is no God.
Revelation 1:8    " I am the Alpha and the Omega, " says Jehovah God the One who is and who was and who is coming, the Almighty."
Rev. 1:17   And when I saw him, I fell as dead at his feet. And he laid his right hand upon me and said: "Do not be fearful, I (Jesus)  am the First and the Last,
Rev. 22:12,13    " Look! I  am coming quickly, and the reward I give is with me, to render to each one as his work is. I (JESUS)  am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
Rev. 22: 20,21    "He that bears witness of these things says, 'Yes; I am coming quickly."   "Amen! Come, Lord Jesus."  [May] the undeserved kindness of the Lord Jesus Christ be with the holy ones.
Isaiah 9:6    For there has been a child born to us, there has been a son given to us; and the princely rule will come to be upon his shoulder. And his name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God. Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
Matlhew 1:23   "Look!   The virgin will become pregnant and will give birth to a son, and they will call his name Immanuel," which means, when translated, "WITH US IS GOD."
John 5:18    On this account. indeed, the Jews began seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath but he was also calling God his own Father, making himself equal to God.
John 19:7   The Jews answered him: "We have a law, and according to the law he ought to die, because he made himself God's son."
Romans 14:11   for as it is written: "As I live,  'says Jehovah,'  to me every knee will bend down, and every tongue will make open acknowledgment to God."
Phil. 2:10-11    so that in the name of Jesus every knee should bend of those in heaven and those on earth and those under the ground"   and every tongue should openly acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.
 

Heb. 1:3-10 He [JESUS] is the reflection of [his] glory and the exact representation of his very being and sustains all things by the word of his power, and after he had made a purification for our sins he sat down on the right hand of the Majesty in lofty places.   So he has become better than the angels to the extent that he has  inherited a name more excellent than theirs. For example, to which one of the angels did he ever say: "You are my son; I , today, I have become your father"?   And again: "I myself shall become his father, and he himself shall become my son"?   But when he again brings his Firstborn into the inhabited earth, he says: "And let all God's angels do obedience to him."   Also, with reference to the angels he says: "And he makes his angels spirits, and his public servants a flame of fire."   But with reference to the Son: "God is your throne forever, and [the) scepter of your kingdom is the scepter of uprightness. You loved righteousness, and you hated lawlessness. That is why God, your God, anointed you (JESUS) with [the] oil of exaltation more than your partners."   And: "You [JESUS] at [the] beginning" O Lord, laid the foundations of the earth itself, and the heavens are [the] works of your hands.