This will be my introductory article in my series on Apologetics of The Faith once delivered unto the Saints! We live in an ecumenical world that throws away ABSOLUTES of God’s Word and simply adheres to popular belief.
We must not allow ourselves to become drawn to the enticement of world religion, but we must stand on the Absolutes of His Word! This is the only way to build ourselves a solidified fortress that can stand the wiles of
Paul wrote to the Church in Rome, and in Chapter three, he basically said it didn’t matter man’s opinion because the Word of God is the truth: He said let God be true, but every man a liar! In other words, it doesn’t matter if the whole world believes a certain doctrine, or hold a certain ideology: GOD’S WORD IS ABSOLUTE! The first absolute is GOD IS ONE!
I consider the inherent Truth of One God to be the most essential Doctrine in existence. It’s the oldest doctrine created in time. For it goes back to creation when God created the Heaven and the earth! Isaiah 44:24 reminds us, “Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;” According to my bible, there was no committee in Heaven, and you cannot adhere to the bible and say otherwise.
Any doctrine outside of God being
In Moses’ day, the world had a plethora of gods they worshipped. It was common to worship many deities depending on what your particular need was! Yet, God established Himself as ONE: He held different titles, THE I AM, if you needed healing, He was JEHOVAH-RAPHA. If you were in trouble, HE WAS JEHOVAH-NISSI. If you were in need of something, HE WAS JEHOVAH-JIREH! Yet, HIS NAME WAS YAHWEH, or in English, JEHOVAH!
Something to keep in mind when reading scripture: When we see LORD capitalized in the KJV, you can actually insert YAHWEH in its place, for that is the meaning! That helps us to understand the meaning of the scripture! When we read Isaiah 44, LORD is speaking of YAHWEH! Now, let’s look at another passage in Isaiah: YAHWEH is declaring Himself to BE ONE!
Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him. Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears. Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth. Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. (ISAIAH 43: 7-11 KJV)
JEHOVAH is plain spoken in this passage, and HE reminds us, there was no God before Him, nor after Him, and there is no SAVIOUR beside Him. I believe He’s trying to confirm GOD IS ONE! I’ll give one more passage in Isaiah that confirms GOD IS ONE:
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 beside me there is no God. And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them. Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any. (Isaiah 44:6-8 KJV)
This is another bold statement by Jehovah declaring Himself to be ONE! There was no committee at the beginning, there was no eternal begotten son or a triune
Zechariah is a profound book Because we find the Eschatology of this world! Chapter fourteen speaks of the DAY OF THE LORD, which most Theologians will agree it’s when HE comes to earth to pour out judgment upon the Evil One.
“Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south” (Zechariah 14:1 – 14:4 KJV)
This is speaking of the great battle of Armageddon when all nations will gather to war with Israel: Zechariah said, THE LORD (YAHWEH) will physically stand on Mt. Olives! Now, we know by scripture that God is a spirit, and no man has seen Him! Yet, Zechariah saw a vision of Him physically standing on Mt. Olives.
Verse Nine goes onto to say, “And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.” This is one of the greatest passages of scripture that emphatically shows the prophetic coming of God in
I’ll end with two more verses of scripture that will lead me into the second part of this series: YAHWEH BECAME FLESH, AND DWELT AMONG US! Zechariah saw it in Prophecy if you read Daniel, he saw it, and Isaiah prophesied He was coming!
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel (Isaiah 7:14 KJV)
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6 KJV)
The Old Testament is emphatic when it declares JEHOVAH as ONE! The Old Testament is precise when it prophesied He would become flesh! In part two of this series, I will show that JESUS CHRIST is indeed YAHWEH in flesh! This is a doctrine of essentiality, and I pray the Revelation of JESUS CHRIST is revealed to all who hunger for TRUTH!
God bless, JDS 🙏
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