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other than God the Father manifested in the flesh, as we have seen earlier. That is why Christ rightly declared, "1 seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth" (John 8:50). For did not the Holy One of Israel proclaim in Old Testament days: am the LORD: that is my name and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images" (Isaiah 42:8; Isaiah 48:11). Surely, the servant of Yahweh, Christ, "whom I uphold:
mine elect, and in whom my soul delighteth..." (Isaiah 42:1), on whom, John tells us, rested the glory of the Father, was none other than God the Father manifested in His own flesh. To the question of the prophet, "to whom was the arm of the Lord revealed?" The New Testament writers answer, "webeheldhis glory, the glory as the only begotten of the Father." Not many were those who knew "to whom was the arm of the Lord reveled" for, as Paul explained: "had they known it, they would not have crucifiedtheLordofglory"(ICorinthians2:8). "Thegloryasoftheonly
begotten of the Father" also means God the Father incarnate as God-Mai\ because Chnst and the Father are one. Since the manifestation in flesh took place. He will remain God-Man forever and ever (John 10:30; 14:8-11; John 17:5).
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fH brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person" ^*2-3). The prophet Isaiah had already announced: "And the glory
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withtheoilofgladnessabovethyfellows." This record a conversation between two divine persons. Rather,
Psalms 45:6-7, a prophetic passage concerning the
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wells all His fullness bodily, the heir of all things (Hebrews ^ loving promise to Eve and to Abraham concerning the
Prephecy of Isaiah 59:16 says, "...he saw that there was no man, and 6re t at there was no intercessor: therefore his arm (his word)