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The Name Jesus

It is God’s saving name:

Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

It is the highest name:

Philippians 2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

It is God’s powerful name:

Acts 5:10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.

It is the name God wills to call over the Gentiles:

Acts 15:17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.

It is the baptismal name:

Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

 

Acts 8:16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

 

Acts 10:48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.

 

Acts 19:5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

 

Acts 19:6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

 

1Corinthians 1:13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?

 

Colossians 3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

I. Why is this magnificent name so important?

Acts 7:44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen. 45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus* into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David...

Hebrews 4:7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. 8 For ifJesus* had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.

*The name Jesus in these verses is the Latinized, Anglicized name of Joshua. The New Testament was written in Greek in which case the name Jesus would be Iesous. When the New Testament was translated into Latin and then into English from the Greek, the name became Jesus. Other names were Anglicized as well.

Even in the scripture we see the change in names when translated from one language or dialect into another.

Examples: Isaiah, became in the Aramaic language, Esias : Juda, became Judas : Joshua, became Jesus

II. How Joshua Got His Name

Numbers 13:1-3, 8, 16

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them. And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel...Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun...These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.

 

Strongs Concordance

1954 Howshea, ho-shay’-ah ; from 3467 ; deliverer ; Hoshea, the name of five Isr.: --Hosea, Hoshea, Oshea.3091 Yehowshuwa, yeh-ho-shoo’-ah, or Yehowshua, yeh-ho-shoo’-ah ; from 3068 [Yeh-ho-vaw’] and 3468 [yah-shah deliverance, prosperity, safety, salvation, saving. ] Jehovah-saved ; Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader:--Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua.
3444 Yeshuwah, ; yesh-oo’ ah, fem. pass. part of 3467 ; something saved, i.e. (abstr.) deliverance ; hence aid, victory, prosperity: deliverance, health, help, salvation, save, saving (health), welfare.
2424 Ihsouz Iesous, ee-ay-sooce’ : of Heb. or [3091] : Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua ), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Isr.: –Jesus.

Using the various meanings of the suffix Yah-shah such meanings could be rendered thusly,Jehovah who saves; Jehovah who makes free; Jehovah who gives liberty; Jehovah who makes safe; Jehovah who delivers; Jehovah who rescues; Jehovah who defends;Jehovah who preserves; Jehovah who gets victory.

Other Examples:

In Hebrew or Aramaic the word Jehoshua is Yeshua or Yeshuah.

 

The literal meaning of the word Oshea is Salvation.

 

The literal meaning of the word Jehoshua, Yeshua or Yeshuah is Jehovah is salvation.

 

The name that the angel spoke to Joseph was most likely Yeshua, or Yeshuah.

 

The name Jesus in the Analytical concordance is Yeshua or Yeshuah. Yesha is a shortened form of the word Yeshua and occurs in the Old Testament and is translated as salvation.

The word for salvation in the concordances is Oshea.

 

The name Jehovah-Yeshua means Jehovah is salvation.

III. The Name Appears

Sometimes the name, Yeshuah, is used impersonally in the Old Testament when it relates to God’s salvation or deliverance of Israel from her enemies

1. Exodus 14:13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation [Yeshua] of the LORD, which he will show to you today:...
2. 1 Samuel 14:45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation [Yeshua] in Israel?...
3. Psalm 71:15 My mouth shall show forth thy righteousness and thysalvation [Yeshua] all the day; ...
4. Isaiah 49:8 ...in a day of salvation [Yeshua] have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, ...

But, sometimes it is used personally

1. Isaiah 62:11 Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation [Yeshua] cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

 

2. Revelation 22:12 And, behold, I [Jesus] come quickly; and myreward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

 

Jesus identifies himself as the Yeshua of the Old Testament

1. Isaiah 45:8 let them bring forth* salvation [Yeshua], and let righteousness spring up together; (RSV - *Let the earth open...andsalvation [Yeshua] sprout forth, and let it cause righteousness to spring up also).2. Jeremiah 23:6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
3. Jeremiah 33:16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness.
4. Jeremiah 51:10 The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.
5. Psalm 91:16 With long life will I satisfy him, and show him mysalvation Yeshua [Simeon] .
6. Luke 2:29 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: 28 Then took he him [Yeshua] up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, 30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, [Gr. soterion] 31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; 32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
7. Psalm 98:1 O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory. 2 The LORD hath made known his salvation [Yeshua]: his righteousness hath he openly shown in the sight of the heathen. 3 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
8. Romans 3:21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
9. Luke 3:6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
10. Acts 28:28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.
11. Psalm 118:14 The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation [Yeshua]. Ps. 118:15 The voice of rejoicing andsalvation [Yeshua] is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.

Jehovah is become Salvation [Yeshua]!

12. Ps. 118:21 I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation [Yeshua]. 22 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.Jehovah is become salvation [Yeshua]! Jehovah is becomethe head of the corner.

Jesus [Yeshua] calls himself the head of the corner!!!!

He is literally God’s salvation, God’s Yeshua!

13. Matthew 21:42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
14. Mark 12:10 And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
15. Luke 20:17 And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
16. Acts 4:11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
17. 1 Peter 2:7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner.

IV. The Great Hallel (praise) which was sung by the priest on the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles as he poured out water

Isaiah 12:1 And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. 2 Behold, God is my salvation [Yeshua]; I will trust, and not be afraid:for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is becomemy salvation [Yeshua]. 3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation [Yeshua] . 4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted. 5 Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth. 6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.

John 7:37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. 38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. 39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

Jesus identifies himself as the Yeshua of Isaiah, as the LORD JEHOVAH. The people are to drink from the wells of Yeshuah. Jesus Yeshua] says, "come unto ME and drink." IN JESUS CHRIST WAS THE FULLNESS OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD!

V. THE NAME OF OUR GOD

Psalm 51:2 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.Psalm 51:3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
Psalm 51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
PARALLELISM OCCURS OFTEN IN HEBREW POETRY
Psalm 20:5 We will rejoice in thy salvation [YESHUA] , and in the name of our God we will set up our banners:

VI. THE ONE THRONE, THE ONE OCCUPANT, THE ONE NAME, THE ONE FACE

Revelation 22:3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him

 

Revelation 22:4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.

 

Never in scripture is God’s throne depicted as more than one throne.

Throne is referred to 32 times in the book of Revelation in reference to God and/or the lamb. It is always one throne that is spoken of. Throne is referred to 8 times in other New Testament references, and again, it is always singular. There is one throne, not three. The lamb always appears out of (Gr. ek) the midst of the throne.

 

VII. The Magnificent Name - The Name Jesus

Rev. 3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

How many personal names are written upon the overcoming believer?

If the name Jesus is the highest name, Philippians 2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a (the) name which is above every name:

And the Father’s own name, John 17:11 Holy Father, keep them in thy name, the name which thou hast given me. NASB, plus Nestle’s. John 17:12 While I was with them I kept them in thy name which thou hast given me. NASB

 

And the only saving name, Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

Then, what is the new name that Jesus will write upon the overcoming believer?

How many names will the the overcomer have written upon him? The name of my God...my new name, one name or two?

Revelation 14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.

RV Revelation 14:1 And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him one hundred and forty and four thousand, have His Name and The Name of His Father written on their foreheads.

 

His Name, and The Name of His Father...one name? or two?

Revelation 22:3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: 4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.one master, or two? one face, or two? one throne, or two? one name, or two?

The Name? The Father’s Name, YHVH, Jehovah, Jehovah-Oshea, Jehoshua, The Father’s Name which was given to Jesus.

Matthew 28:19 Matt. 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

VIII. The Name of The Father Becomes the Name of Jesus

Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you inthe name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.Acts 10:48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord (RV Jesus Christ). Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.
Acts 8:16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
Acts 19:5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Galatians 1:12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. Jesus, according to Paul, was not a mere man.

IX. The name of Jesus, to Peter, to Philip, Paul was the name of the Father and of the son and of the Holy Ghost.

Psalm. 20:5 We will rejoice in thy (Yeshua) salvation, and in the name of our God(parallelism, the name of Yeshua is the name of our God) we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.

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The Man Christ Jesus

                Christology, simply put, is the study of Jesus Christ. Who is Jesus Christ? We do not hesitate to reply "He is God," and he certainly is. Some however, emphasize his deity almost to the exclusion of his humanity. We believe Jesus is God in flesh, and we must emphasize his divinity, but not to the exclusion of his humanity. Should we do so, his humanity becomes just an impersonal robe. Jesus becomes a mere body, a carcass that God has put on and wears into the world.

                 Christology, the study of Who Jesus Really Is, reveals him to be a man who actually lived on this earth. Jesus was the "historical figure," a man with a definite place in human history. He has reached and occupies the highest place any creature has ever reached, the right hand place. That man will ultimately be exalted to the highest place in all the universe. Now he is just below the majesty in the heavens, or as he put it, "at the right hand of power." When Jesus is exalted to his ultimate place, the very throne itself, he has promised to take us with him and to share all his achievements with us (Psalm 110:1, Isaiah 53:12, Revelation 3:21). The glory he has, he will share with us. The honor he has, he will share with us. The position he has, he will share with us. The spoils he earned by his suffering, he will divide with the strong. Jesus is God in flesh. That is a glorious message. He is also a man, and that full message surpasses everything. It deals with creation, why and how God created us. It deals with the whole plan of redemption— how we are redeemed. It deals with all that God foresaw and all that he predestinated. It deals with our eternal reward. It deals with the ultimate place of the child of God in heaven. The message of who Jesus is, and all that he is, is absolutely central to everything Christians believe. For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus (1 Timothy 2:5). It is a man who is our mediator, the man Christ Jesus. He is the mediator of the better covenant found in the New Testament. The Bible says the mediator is not the mediator of one but God is one.

Christ Jesus the man was born at Bethlehem. He did not pre-exist as the eternal son of God. The single greatest difference between what we believe and what Trinitarians believe relates to the pre-existence or non-pre-existence of the Son of God. The Trinitarian doctrine holds that Jesus pre-existed, that is, lived before Bethlehem, as the eternal Son of God, the second person in the Godhead. But we find no eternally existent Son of God in scripture. Certainly not in what God teaches us in the Old Testament. An Eternal Son and the corresponding eternal generation of the son are phrases coined by Origen. Walter Martin, former head and founder of the Christian Research Institute, stated on the nationally televised John Ankerberg Show that Origen's statements were heretical, even though they are believed by most Trinitarians. Jesus was not in Old Testament times, nor is he now the second person in the Godhead. He is simply God, the God of the Bible, who manifest himself to creation as a man. The word Godhead, "theotokos" in Greek, actually means "the deity." No one can be in the Godhead. There is nothing in scripture to support this. There is everything in scripture to support the truth that God is one, alone in his category. In Trinitarian thinking, and even in Oneness thinking carried over from Trinitarianism, the wordgodhead  is made to seem as a corporate term. The Godhead is thought of as being some sort of a panel, board, or composite of persons. We determine to put God and man in the godhead  in a certain way. Only God is the Godhead. Nothing can be in the Godhead  and only God is Divine. To say that someone or something is in the Godhead is inappropriate and unscriptural terminology. What scripture does express is the the fullness of the Godhead is in Christ. "All the fullness of the Godhead dwelleth in him bodily" (Colossians 2:9). Jesus was never and is not now the second person in the Godhead. Hebrews 1:3 tells us Jesus Christ is the express image [NIV states "exact representation] of his [God's] person. God is a person, an individual, an identity, a unique being. Scripture does not support the statement that within God's being are three persons. God is one individual, one person who was imaged forth on earth as Jesus Christ. Hebrews 1:3 speaks of God and man, a visible image of an invisible God. It does not put forth the idea of a plurality of persons in the Godhead, nor does any other scripture.

When Jesus was born, God became a father and Jesus Christ was the Son (Hebrews 1:5). God was never a Father in a procreative sense before Jesus was born. Malachi 2:10 asks, "have we not one Father?" Yes, we have one Father, God who created us. But God was not a Father in a procreative sense until Jesus Christ was born. Hebrews 1:5 clearly indicates this, "I will be to him a Father, he shall be to me a Son." There was no father-son relationship prior to the Lord's conception and birth. There was not, back in pre-Marian times a relationship between a father and a son, certainly not a divine father and a divine son as eternal persons. The Bible emphatically declares I will be to him a father, he shall be to me a son, a future prediction of a reciprocally exclusive relationship.

Christ possessed two identities, two capacities. Jesus was both God and man. He could act in his capacity as God. He could act in the capacity of man. He could speak as God and he could speak as man. As a man he said, "I thirst." As God he could say to the blind man or to the leper, "I will, be thou clean, " without any reverence to being deity. In him were two genders, divine and human. Gender, as used here, does not refer to sexual differences but to differences of class or category of being. He occupied two classes, the only one who ever did. He was God and man, God manifest in flesh (1 Timothy 3:16).

Jesus was simultaneously both father and son, God and man. Thomas said "My Lord and my God" (John 20:28). My Lord,  the exalted man, Lord and master of the church. My God, the creator of the universe. Jesus said, "I and my Father are one" (John 10:30). Jesus was the man in whom God was embodied with a will, a personality, a mind, a heart with which to love. The disciples knew him as a man, they did not know him as God. They knew the way he looked at them, the way he smiled, the way he talked, the aspects of his personality.

And yet the disciples knew much of what God was like from Jesus because he was the visible image of the invisible God as he subjected himself in all things to the Spirit of God. He behaved as God would behave. He said, "Lo I come in the volume of the book it is written of me to do thy will O God" (Psalm 40:7, Hebrews 10:7). The man Christ behaved as God because Jesus the man yielded his will, the will of the flesh, to the scripturally expressed will of the Spirit of God, saying, "Not my will, but thine be done" (Luke 22:42). Jesus personified the Spirit of God here on this earth in all things. Jesus was not simply a carcass or a robe. He was a man, willfully yielding to the Spirit of God.

The man was like other men in all ways except sinfulness. He prayed; he obeyed; he was subject in all things to God. He could not, and did not, use his divinity for his own benefit. When Satan said, "Command these stones that they be made bread," Jesus refused. He accepted human suffering, suffering even the death of the cross (Philippians 2:6-11).

The Father to Son, God to man, manner of speaking and relationship, is a temporary relationship for the purpose of redeeming mankind without human encroachment on divine prerogatives. The relationship began when the Lord was conceived, begotten. "I will be to him a Father, he shall be to me a Son." It will end when the mediatorial role of Sonship is completed. When every soul has had every opportunity to receive every benefit God made available to mankind as Jesus. Jesus will "Show us plainly of the Father" (John 16:25, 26). He will reveal himself as "God, all and in all" (1 Corinthians 15:28). We will learn that our brother (Hebrews 2:10, 17) is actually also our Father (Revelation 21:1-7 cf Revelation 22:13-16). He will always retain the identity of Jesus Christ, our Creator who became one of us in order to redeem us.

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The Right Hand of God

Psalm 110:l: "The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool." This Psalm is quoted five times in the New Testament. It is a key text in relation to our Lord's mission here on this earth. It is also one of the stumbling blocks to those who would see more than one person in the Godhead.

The fact that the LORD, the creator, said unto the Lord who came from David obviously determines that this had to be prophetic anticipation. David's Lord, the Lord that was the descendant of David, did not live when this Psalm was spoken. The LORD , capital L, capital O, capital R, capital D, in this verse is Jehovah. My Lord ,  in this case refers to the Messiah who descended from David. He did not exist yet except in the mind and plan of God. God could speak to the envisaged, Messiah through His prophetic word. God could lay down things in the Old Testament even when they did not yet exist. Romans 4:17: ". .. God who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were."

The LORD could lay down in his word the prophetic plan that would apply to the Messiah. "The LORD said unto my Lord." Revelation 22:16: "I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star." Jesus said he is the root and the offspring of David. Jesus was both the root and the offspring, he was both the LORD , capital L, capital O, capital R, capital D, who created Adam from whom David descended, and he was Daivd'sLord, the man who was born at Bethlehem, that descended from David.

When Jesus was on this earth, he was always God; God manifest in the flesh. From conception, birth, and throughout his childhood, adulthood, all the way to his crucifixion, Jesus was God manifest in the flesh. When he was here on this earth, he did not come out and say I am God Almighty. He came close. The works that he did testified to the fact that he was God. He did those works without prayer, many times. He would simply say "I will, be thou clean. Go wash in the pool of Siloam, come seeing" (John 9:7). At Lazarous' grave he prayed, but he said "I don't need to pray, I pray for their sakes." Then he said, "Lazarous come forth" (John 11:43). To the wind and waves he said, "Peace be still" (Mark 4:39). The works that he accomplished attested to his identity as God, but the words concerning his Deity never came from his mouth. Jesus probably came the closest to admitting who he really was when he said, "Philip, have I been so long time with you and yet thou hast not known me. He that hath seen me, hath seen the Father" (John 14:9). But he did not say I am God almighty. This did not mean he was not God.

Now if he was God in any sense, there is only one sense in which he could have been God. He had to be THE GOD, because there is only one God, and he is indivisible. When John 1:1 says the word was God, God himself, and when Thomas said, "My Lord and my God" (John 20:28) there was only one sense in which he could be God. He had to be indwelt in total by the omnipresent and omnipotent God. The Bible very clearly says that he was. Colossians 1:19; 2:9: "For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily." Everything was in him. John said God gave not the spirit by measure unto him (John 3:34). Jesus said the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works (John 14:10). So, there is only one sense in which Jesus could be God. The Trinitarian sense that says he was indwelt by the eternal son of God fails because there was no eternal son of God. There was no second person. There was no inferior being in eternity. There was no subordinate individual in Heaven that could come down and indwell Christ. There is only one God.

The only way Jesus could be God was for the one God to be in him. In Psalm 110 the Creator speaks of the incarnation. "The Lord said unto my Lord, sit thou at my right hand, until. . .." The word until  seems to indicate a time when Jesus will not have to sit at the right hand. Right hand, no matter how we phrase it, seems to be a second position. "...sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool." There is indicated in this right hand position a sense of imminent promotion. I do not believe that up in heaven there is one person of the Godhead with another person of the Godhead sitting at his right hand actually.

The Bible says there is one God and one mediator between man and God, the man Christ Jesus (1 Timothy 2:5). Jesus was a man and as a man he performed mediatoral tasks. The term right hand is a priesthood term. As a priest Jesus acted in a go-between role. A role in which he could take us to the throne. Because of his sinlessness, his mercy, and his grace, he could make intercession for us. It is not as though Jesus were in heaven praying and actually interceeding with another divine being who was God. Jesus was in the role of being a mediator, an intercessor, a priest. He assumed those roles when he became a man. Praise the Lord. Our Lord became a man.

When we tell the story of God becoming a man, it is really only half of the story. The story is not over yet. We are about to see some of it being fulfilled. But we are living in that period of time when Jesus is a mediator, an intercessor, a high priest. He is in this position of right hand. But the scripture says, ". . . sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool." What is this indicating? It is indicating that there will be a promotion. You will be at my right hand, until  I make thine enemies thy footstool. Where can Jesus go from the right hand position? How can he get any higher than the right hand position? The only answer is to elevated to the very throne itself. At the right hand Jesus is in a position as a crowned princeuntil  his enemies are made his footstool.

Hebrews 2:5-7: "For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak. But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him? Thou madest him a little lower than the angels. . .." Actually, he was made the lowest of the low. He was born in a stable. His parents were Galileans. His mother was perhaps, a young Hebrew girl, possibly only sixteen years old. His father was a carpenter. When he became a man, he became one of us, he became our brother. Jesus tasted all the things that we taste, except sin. He became very low, actually even lower than that because he ended his life nailed to a tree. Like the most despised, accursed criminals.

"Thou crownest him with glory and honour and didst set him over the works of thy hands: Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now, we see not yet all things put under him" (Hebrews 2:8). Remember the Lord said, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. "But, now we see not yet all things put under him." It is not done yet. Jesus is still in the mediatorial role.

Hebrews 2:9-14: "But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. Verse 10: For it became him for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. Verse 11: For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one; for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren. Verse 12: Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee. Verse 13: And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, behold I and the children which God hath given me Verse 14: Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil." Look at that, ". . . that through death, he might destroy him. . .." "And deliver them. . .." Those are two great things. That our Lord sits at the right hand until  they are done. Our Lord occupies a position of intercession, until  they are done, until  "he" is destroyed, and until  "they" are delivered.

Verse 15". . . deliver them who through fear of death, were all their lifetime subject to bondage." Verse 16: "For verily he took not on him the nature of angels: but he took on him the seed of Abraham." Verse 17: "Wherefore, in all things it behooved him to be made like unto his brethren. . .." Jesus absolutely lived like a human being. There was not a time when he was not God, but he did not strut his stuff, if I could say it that way.

Paul wrote to the Phillipians and said that he made himself of no reputation (Philippians 2:7-9). He did not come out and say, I am God Almighty. Although that is what he really was. He was also Jesus Christ born at Bethlehem. He was also the man. He was made in all ways like unto his brethren. He got thirsty, he got hungry, he needed to wash like we do. Perhaps he got lonely, he got a little frightened, he prayed, cried and was in agony. The Bible says "And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly" (Luke 22:44). It says he was praying "more earnestly." It is not as though he was not in earnest in the first place, but he experienced degrees of those things as a human being. And he died, rose again, and was glorified.

It is not over yet. "Until, I make thine enemies they footstool." There is a time coming when our Lord will no longer be at the right hand. The Bible says ". . .until  I make thine enemies they footstool." I would like to repeat that I do not believe there is in heaven a deity with Jesus at His right hand. I do not believe there is a positional relationship that two persons are occupying, two side by side positions. I do believe that our Lord in his mission is in an intercessory position, a priesthood position, he is in a mediatoral position. He is acting the go-between because he is putting enemies under his feet.

"Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed" (I Corinthians 15:51). Verse 52: "In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible." At the last trump we will get a body likened unto his glorious body. There is more. One might say, I will get to heaven and be with the Lord, and rightly so. But our Lord will still be putting enemies under his feet. Which enemies? We are part of that first ressurection but that is not the whole ressurection. Christ was the first fruits, he rose from the grave two thousand years ago. Those that are Christs' will rise when he returns. There is a little subsequent rapture found in Revelation 6:9 of those who give their lives during the tribulation period. ". . . of them that were slain for the Word of God, and for the testimony which they

held. . ." In other words, death is still conquering. Revelation 7:9: "After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands." There is another group of tribulation martyrs, they also must be raptured.

There is still another group of tribulation martyrs who must be raptured. "And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints" (Revelation 15: 2, 3).

These are all things the Lord has yet to do in his role as mediator, in his role as intercessor, in his role as the man Christ Jesus. Revelation 19:11-19 speaks of the Battle of Armegeddon. Our Lord is involved in this. This is an enemy that has to be destroyed, the Anti-Christ. He has to drive sinners from the face of the earth, and so he is still involved in these activities of putting enemies under his feet. Verse 11: "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war." Verse 12 "His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written that no man knew, but he himself." Verse 13 "And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called the Word of God." Verse 14 "And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean." Verse 15 "And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God." This is our Lord. This is our Messiah. He is still in his messianic role. He is still conquering enemies. Another conquest of Jesus is found in Revelation19:20: The beast and false prophet are taken and they are cast alive, into the lake of fire, burning with brimstone. The devil, the old serpent, is bound one thousand years (Revelation 20: 2). In verse three the old serpent is cast into the bottomless pit and shut up and a seal set upon him that he should deceive the nations no more until the thousand years be fulfilled. After that he must be loosed a little season. Even after the thousand years of peace there is still the opportunity for the devil to be loosed and to deceive the people that only lived for the Lord because it was the law that they had to live for the Lord. That has yet to take place.

Revelation 20:7, 8: "And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison. And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea." There is another little skirmish there, after the thousand years of peace. "And fire comes out from God out of heaven and devours them. Then the devil, verse ten, is cast into the Lake of Fire and brimstone where the beast and false prophet are, and he is tormented day and night forever" (Verse 9).

In Revelation 20:11-14 there is a Great White Throne ". . . and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. (12) And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened, which is the book fo life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. (13) And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. (14) And death and hell were cast into the Lake of Fire. This was the second death."

Some people will not escape out of the tribulation period if there had not been a mediator who shed his blood for them. Enemies must be conquered; battles won; intercessions made; mediation done. They may shed their own blood, but his blood also is evocatious. That they might be able to be raptured out of that tribulation period.

1 Timothy 6:15: "Which in his times. . ." Psalm 110, "Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool." Here is a little hint at a time significance. ". . . Which in his times he shall shew who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords. Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen."There is only one blessed and only Potentate. There is only one King of Kings and Lord of Lords. There is only one who has immortality. There is only one that dwells in the light that no man can approach unto. There is only one that fits that description, not two.

The Bible says Jesus shall show who is that blessed and only Potentate, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords, but he shall do it "in his times." This is the fulfillment of what Jesus said in John 16:25-27 when he says, Now I speak unto you in proverbs but in that day I will no longer say to you, I will pray the father for you. I will no longer be in that intermediate role. I will no longer be in that role of mediation. I will no longer be in that place where we are putting enemies under our feet; when we are fighting the devil; when we are fighting sin; when we are fighting sickness; when we are wiping up the earth and getting rid of all the sinners, and calling men from the graves and judging them. They will no longer have to play that part! And in that day, I will show plainly whose the Father. It says, "In his times he shall show who is his blessed and only Potentate and King of Kings, and Lord of Lords." That is when he will not be at the right hand any more. He will be on his throne, and we will be on his throne with him. He will be King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

1 Corinthians 15:24-28 is not a problem for Oneness Pentecostals. It certainly would be a problem to one believing Jesus was an eternal second person. I do not believe Jesus is an eternal second person. I believe he is a first person, that made himself of no reputation. He was the first person that came and found himself fashioned as a man (Philippians 2:6-9). He was a first person that allowed himself to be made a little lower than the angels (Hebrews 2:7). He was a first person who became so human that he experienced everything that humans experience (Hebrews 2:18). But he is not always going to be this lowly person. He will not always be in this role of mediation. He will not always going to be in this intercessory role. He is going to complete this work. The Bible says one of these days it is going to all be done, and Jesus is going to show us who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. He will show us plainly of the Father. I believe it is at that time that he is going to say, I am the Lord God Almighty. I came in flesh to redeem the world.

Paul said in 1 Corinthians 13, "Now we see through a glass darkly but then, face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known." An enemy will be put under his feet when the rapture takes place, because the death that holds all of his precious saints will be conquered. That part of death will be put under his feet. In Revelation 6:9 another part of death goes under his feet. Revelation 7:9 is another, and in Revelation 15:2 and 3, another bit under his feet. At the Battle of Armageddon, he puts another enemy under his feet. He puts the devil in the bottomless pit, then looses him for awhile to deceive more sinners until the fire of God comes out and destroys him. That is another enemy that is put under his feet.

In the Great White Throne judgment, all those in the graves hear his voice and come forth to be judged according to their works. Those who are righteous, and those who are filthy and unjust, those enemies are put under his feet. The Bible says "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted. . . "(1 Corinthians 15:26, 27). God is not included in what is to be under Jesus' feet.

"And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all"(1 Corinthians 15:28) It was not necessary to put Jesus Christ under the Father's feet. That is not what this means. Jesus Christ was always subject to the Father. "Lo, I come. In the volume of the book it is written of me to do thy will, O God" (Psalm 40:7,8 cf Hebrews 10:7). He was always subject to the will of the Father, who was in him. He said, "Not my will, but thine be done"(Luke 22:42). "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit" (Luke 23:46). He was always in subjection. It was not necessary to put Jesus under anybody's feet. What is, "put under feet" and whose feet is it put under? It is put under the feet of our Lord Jesus Christ, because Psalm 110 says, ". . . Sit thou at my right hand, until  I make thine enemies thy footstool." These are all negative things that are put under his feet. One might ask, "Was the son a negative thing?" The "sonship" was a negative thing. The sonship   by which he played this inferior role. The sonship by which he had to go about the earth and never take any glory for himself, and make himself of no reputation. The sonship  by which he saved mankind, by which he worked through the tribulation period and then on out into the thousand years of peace and then out into the White Throne Judgement as he conquered enemy's death. That sonship office or position will finally be done away with.

Will he not be Jesus Christ then? Yes, he will be Jesus Christ. He made himself a man. He became a man. He took upon himself our nature. He will always be a man, but he will not always be the son. He will be God, all and in all! I am glad we know who Jesus is right now. We are not in the dark about that. He is the Almighty God. But the day is going to come when he will say, "I no longer have to say I will pray the Father for you. . . I will show you plainly of the Father. I am the Father. I was the son, I am the Father. I am Jesus Christ, the Lord God Almighty, the Alpha, the Omega, the beginning and the end."

Night will not be found in the 21st chapter of Revelation. Why? Darkness has been put under his feet. There is no need of the sun, nor the moon, nor the stars, nor the candlelight. Why? He has put all that under his feet. The Bible says there will be no sorrow there; there will be no pain; no suffering or death, because he has put all that under his feet. He will take a handkerchief and dry the tears from our eyes. As he has put all these enemies under his feet. Then he will be God all in all.

Our Lord is going to take us with him to glory! He said, "In my Father's house are many mansions" (John 14:2). He had to speak that way because he was in a sonship role. When he conquers all these enemies, he says, "to him that overcometh will I grant to sit down with me in my throne, even as I also overcame" (Revelation 3:21). Notice we are not to sit down with him on the right hand side of the throne. The right hand position was necessary as was the sonship role only until all things have been put under the feet of Jesus. Jesus is on the throne and he is going to share it with us.

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Do Babies and Children Go to Heaven? What about Unborn Babies?

This is a question that many parents, especially the grieving ones who have lost a baby or child wonder,"Will I see my child in Heaven one day?". The short answer is yes. This also goes to babies who died while still in the mothers womb. Below I will list the scriptures that prove that all babies go to Heaven;

Matthew 19:13-15

The Little Children and Jesus

 "Then people brought little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked them.

 Jesus said, 'Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.' When he had placed his hands on them, he went on from there."

1 John 2:12,13

Writing for the children

 "I am writing to you, dear children,because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name. I am writing to you, fathers,because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one."

2 Samuel 12:21-23

Babies who pass can't come back to us, but we will go to them

 "His attendants asked him, 'Why are you acting this way? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but now that the child is dead, you get up and eat!' He answered, 'While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let the child live.’ But now that he is dead, why should I go on fasting? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me."

Jeremiah 1:5

Unborn babies are pure

"Before I formed you in the belly I knew you; and before you came out of the womb I sanctified you, [and] I ordained you as a prophet unto the nations."

These verses tell us without a doubt that all babies and children go to Heaven! If you are grieving the loss of a child, whether it was through a miscarriage or any other means, I cannot even begin to imagine the pain you're going through... But hopefully now you can have that peace of mind knowing that your child is in a world much better than this one, and that they are being given a happiness and joy that no one in this world could have provided them! And best of all, remember that one day you will get to see your precious child again!

God bless,

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