Who is Jesus?/Book 1/Part 2/Chapter 2
II. WHO, THEN, IS JESUS?
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HERE, then, we are confronted by the crux of the matter. It is the essential question. If Jehovah, the God of the Old Testament, is the one only God of heaven and earth, as He has proclaimed times without number throughout the Old Testament; if He is absolute, complete, indivisible, Creator and Ruler of the universe, such as the world accepts Him, who, then, is Jesus?
The answer is plain and indisputable: If Jehovah and Jesus are not identical, as we believe they are,—not merely united as Father and Son are united, by kindred interests; if they are not identical, unmistakably the same person and being—then Jesus is not God. There is no escape from this conclusion. For God is one and indivisible. He cannot exist in two separate and distinct persons, any more than you or I can. He must exist precisely as we do, one soul in one body, except that the Divine soul and the Divine body must be infinite.
The Jehovah of the Old Testament does not leave any room for quibbling in this matter. Not only does He insist that He is God alone, but He says that He will not give His glory to another.
"I am Jehovah: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another." (Isa. 42:8.)
Nor will He permit any other to be called Saviour or Redeemer. Think of the significance of these statements:
"I, even I, am Jehovah; and beside me there is no Saviour." (Isa. 43:11.)
"I am Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt acknowledge no God beside Me; for there is no Saviour beside Me." (Hos. 13:4.)
"That all flesh may know that I Jehovah am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer." (Isa. 49:26; 60:16.)
"Thus saith Jehovah, the king of Israel, and His Redeemer, jehovah of Hosts, I am the First and I am the Last; and beside Me there is no God." (Isa. 44:6.)
These statements would seem to be final in the matter. We repeat:
If Jehovah is not identical with Jesus, then Jesus is not God, nor is He Redeemer and Saviour. We must accept the indisputable documents in the case.