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TheOnenessofGod ♦ 75 23:5/6; Philippians 2:9-11.) God Himself proclaimed in Isaiah 52:6,
"Therefore my people shall know my name."
When the fullness of time came, God did satisfy the longings ofHis peo ple and revealed Himself in all His power and glory through the express image of His person and the name of Jesus (Isaiah 25:8,9). ChristJesus pos sesses the attributes of deity; divine offices and prerogatives belonging to Him. Things, which in the Old Testament are said of Jehovah, are in the New Testament said of Jesus Christ. Names of deity are given to Him. Divine worship was rendered to Him and accepted by him during the time ofHisearthlylife. HewasconsciousofbeingGodtheFatherincarnateand represented Himself as being such.
Thisisanareaofdeepmystery. HowcantheFather(divinity)andthe Son(fleshandblood)beoneperson? Thoughthisquestionseemsadifficult concept for many to understand; the scriptures, nevertheless, encourage a consideration of the mystery of God even Christ (Colossians 2:2; 2.^ Timothy 3:16). Jesus indicates that a true knowledge of him is
only through divine revelation (Matthew 11:27; Ephesians 1:16-20). ' ^ Word God and the word which was with God can be one person be ore birth, then it can be true that the word that become flesh and the Fat er incarnate are in one person after birth (John 1:1-14).
The study of the person of Christ to those who have no divine revelati<^ isverydifficult. ThereisnootherbeinglikeHim,sowecannotreason ^ the known to the unknown. Indeed, there is no one like Jesus. He is t ®
of our fathers in the Old Testament, and the God-Man in the New Testa
(Romans 9:5).
4.9 The Proof of God's Oneness
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ifestedinChrist. SincetheBibledoesnotsaythatGodwas the person of Jesus Christ, it is perfectly correct to say that God
incarnate. HeborethenameJesusandwasthemightyGod Father(Isaiah9:6). TheunionoftheFatherwiththeSonisnotlik® union of two distinct persons, but it is the coming of the Spirit wi and blood being one divine person, as man is spirit in flesh and
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