Jesus ? "Not God" ? Savior ?

@the_MadJw May 29 "Watchtoweroid" would be the correct word.

@the_MadJw @theMadJW May 12 What IS "worship", churchoid?

@Keep_Smiling_4_Jesus May 19 Please help me understand how "churchoid" describe(s) me. Currently my description of myself uses other words.

@the_MadJw  May 28  You worship (place THEIR beliefs over God's word) you Church (congregation).

@Keep_Smiling_4_Jesus May 28 Please help me understand which congregation belief(s) for my worship over God's word.

@the_MadJw Do you REALLY believe that Jesus taught THAT?

@the_MadJw Do you REALLY believe that Jesus taught THAT?

Then the feast of the Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple in the Portico of Solomon. So the Jews surrounded him and began to say to him, “⌊How long will you keep us in suspense⌋? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly!”

Jesus answered them, “I told you and you do not believe! The deeds that I do in the name of my Father, these testify about me. But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep! My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. And I give them eternal life, and they will never perish ⌊forever⌋, and no one will seize them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can seize them from the Father’s hand. The Father and I are one.” 

Then the Jews picked up stones again so that they could stone him.

Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good deeds from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?”

The Jews answered him, “We are not going to stone you concerning a good deed, but concerning blasphemy, and because you, although you are a man, make yourself to be God!”

Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, “You are gods” * ’? If he called them ‘gods’ to whom the word of God came — and the scripture cannot be broken — do you say about he whom the Father set apart and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? If I do not do the deeds of my Father, do not believe me. But if I am doing them, even if you do not believe me, believe the deeds, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.”

So they were seeking again to seize him, and he departed out of their hand. 

O God, restore us, and cause your face to shine that we may be saved. O Yahweh God of hosts, how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people? You have fed them the bread of tears; you have given them tears to drink in full measure. You have made us an object of strife to our neighbors, and our enemies mock among themselves. O God of hosts, restore us and cause your face to shine that we may be saved. You uprooted a vine from Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it. You prepared a place before it, and it took deep root and filled the land. The mountains were covered with its shade, and the mighty cedars with its boughs. It spread its branches to the sea and its shoots to the river. Why have you broken down its walls, so that all who pass on the road pluck fruit from it? Swine from the forests devour it and creatures of the field feed on it. Please return, O God of hosts. Observe from heaven and see, and pay attention to this vine, even the stalk that your right hand planted, and concerning the shoot you strengthened for yourself. It is burned with fire, cut down. They perish at the rebuke of your face. Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of humankind whom you made strong for yourself. Then we will not turn back from you. Restore us to life, and we will proclaim your name. O Yahweh God of hosts, restore us; cause your face to shine that we may be saved. For the music director; on the Gittith. Of Asaph. Shout out to God our strength; shout joyfully to the God of Jacob. Lift up a song and strike the tambourine, the pleasant lyre, together with the harp. Blow the horn at new moon, at full moon, for our feast day, because it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. He made it a statute in Joseph when he went out against the land of Egypt, where I heard a language I did not know. “I removed his shoulder from a burden. His hands were freed from the basket. In this trouble you called, and I rescued you. Within the secret place of thunder I answered you; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah Hear, O my people, and I will admonish you; O Israel, if you would but listen to me. There shall be no strange god among you, and you shall not bow down to a foreign god. I am Yahweh your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it. But my people did not listen to my voice, and Israel did not yield to me. So I let them go in the stubbornness of their heart; they walked in their counsels. Oh that my people would listen to me; that Israel would walk in my ways. I would subdue their enemies quickly, and turn my hand against their adversaries. Those who hate Yahweh would cringe before him, and their fate would be forever. But he would feed him from the choicest wheat, and I would satisfy you with honey from a rock.” A psalm of Asaph. God stands in the divine assembly; he administers judgment in the midst of the gods. “How long will you judge unjustly and show favoritism to the wicked? Selah Judge on behalf of the helpless and the orphan; provide justice to the afflicted and the poor. Rescue the helpless and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.” They do not know or consider. They go about in the darkness, so that all the foundations of the earth are shaken. I have said, “You are gods, and sons of the Most High, all of you. However, you will die like men, and you will fall like one of the princes.” Rise up, O God, judge the earth, because you shall inherit all the nations. A song. A psalm of Asaph. O God, do not rest silently. Do not keep silent or be still, O God. For look, your enemies roar, and those who hate you have lifted their head. They devise cunning schemes against your people, and consult together against your protected ones. They say, “Come, let us annihilate them from being a nation, so that the name of Israel will be remembered no more.” For they have consulted together with a unified purpose. They have made a covenant against you: the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites, Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, with the inhabitants of Tyre. Assyria also has joined with them. They provide help to the children of Lot. Selah Do to them as you did with Midian, as with Sisera, as with Jabin at the wadi of Kishon. They were destroyed at En-dor; they became dung for the ground. Make their leaders like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their chiefs like Zebah and Zalmunna, who said, “Let us take as our possession the pastures of God.” O my God, make them like the tumbleweed, like the chaff before wind. As fire burns a forest, and as a flame sets afire mountains, so pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your storm. Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek your name, O Yahweh. Let them be ashamed and terrified forever, and let them be humiliated and perish that they may know that you, whose name is Yahweh, you alone, are the Most High over the whole earth. For the music director; on the Gittith. Of the sons of Korah. A psalm. How lovely are your dwelling places, O Yahweh of hosts! My soul longs and even fails for the courtyards of Yahweh. My heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God. Even a bird finds a home, and a swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, near your altars, O Yahweh of hosts, my king and my God. Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they can ever praise you. Selah Blessed is the man whose strength is in you; in their heart are the highways to Zion. Passing through the Valley of Baca, they make it a spring. The early rain covers it with blessings as well. They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion. O Yahweh, God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah Look at our shield, O God, and have regard for the face of your anointed one. Because better is a day in your courtyards than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be at the threshold of the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. Because Yahweh God is a sun and a shield; Yahweh gives grace and honor. He does not withhold good from those who walk blamelessly. O Yahweh of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts you. For the music director. Of the sons of Korah. A psalm. O Yahweh, you favored your land. You restored the fortunes of Jacob. You took away the guilt of your people; you covered all their sin. Selah You withdrew all your wrath; you turned from your burning anger. Restore us, O God of our salvation, and annul your vexation with us. Will you be angry against us forever? Will you prolong your anger generation after generation? Will you not again revive us, that your people might rejoice in you? Show us, O Yahweh, your loyal love, and grant us your salvation.

A psalm of Asaph. 

אלהים God stands in the divine assembly; 

he administers judgment in the midst of the אלהים gods. 

“How long will you judge unjustly 

and ⌊show favoritism to the wicked⌋? Selah 

Judge on behalf of the helpless and the orphan; 

provide justice to the afflicted and the poor. 

Rescue the helpless and the needy; 

deliver them from the hand of the wicked.” 

They do not know or consider. 

They go about in the darkness, 

so that all the foundations of the earth are shaken. 

I have said, “You are אלהים gods, 

and sons of the Most High, all of you. 

However, you will die like men, 

and you will fall like one of the princes.” 

Rise up, O אלהים God, judge the earth, 

because you shall inherit all the nations. 

For the music director, on the Gittith. A psalm of David. 

Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth, 

who put your splendor above the heavens. 

From the mouth of children and infants you have founded strength 

on account of your enemies, 

to silence the enemy and the avenger. 

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, 

the moon and the stars which you set in place— 

what is a human being that you think of him? 

and a child of humankind that you care for him? 

And you made him a little lower than heavenly beings, 

and with glory and with majesty you crowned him. 

You make him over the works of your hands; 

all things you have placed under his feet: 

sheep and cattle, all of them, 

and also the wild animals of the field, 

the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea, 

everything that passes along the paths of seas. 

Yahweh, our Lord, 

how majestic is your name in all of the earth! 

 Therefore, since we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, putting aside every weight and ⌊the sin that so easily ensnares us⌋, let us run with patient endurance the race that has been set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the originator and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider the one who endured such hostility by sinners against himself, so that you will not grow weary in your souls and give up. You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood as you struggle against sin. And have you completely forgotten the exhortation which instructs you as sons? 

“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, 

or give up when you are corrected by him. 

For the Lord disciplines the one whom he loves, 

and punishes every son whom he accepts.” 

Endure it for discipline. God is dealing with you as sons. For what son is there whom a father does not discipline? But if you are without discipline, in which all legitimate sons have become participants, then you are illegitimate and not sons. Furthermore, we have had ⌊our earthly fathers⌋ who disciplined us, and we respected them. Will we not much rather subject ourselves to the Father of spirits and live? For they disciplined us for a few days according to what seemed appropriate to them, but he does so for our benefit, in order that we can have a share in his holiness. Now all discipline seems for the moment not to be joyful but painful, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness for those who are trained by it. 

Therefore strengthen your slackened hands and your weakened knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame will not be dislocated, but rather be healed. Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord. Take care that no one falls short of the grace of God; that no one growing up like a root of bitterness causes trouble, and by it many become defiled; that no one be a sexually immoral or totally worldly person like Esau, who for one meal traded his own birthright. For you know that also afterwards, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, because he did not find an occasion for repentance, although he sought it with tears. 

For you have not come to something that can be touched, and to a burning fire, and to darkness, and to gloom, and to a whirlwind, and to the noise of a trumpet, and to the sound of words which those who heard begged that not another word be spoken to them. For they could not endure what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.” And the spectacle was so terrifying that Moses said, “I am terrified and trembling.” But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to tens of thousands of angels, to the festal gathering and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous people made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and ⌊to the sprinkled blood⌋ that speaks better than Abel’s does. 

Watch out that you do not refuse the one who is speaking! For if those did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, much less will we escape, if we reject the one who warns from heaven, whose voice shook the earth at that time, but now he has promised, saying, 

“Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also heaven.” 

Now the phrase “yet once more” indicates the removal of what is shaken, namely, things that have been created, in order that the things that are not shaken may remain. Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be thankful, through which let us serve God acceptably, with awe and reverence. For indeed our God is a consuming fire. 

And an Israelite woman’s son, and he was an Egyptian man’s son, went out in the midst of the Israelites; and the Israelite woman’s son and an Israelite man fought in the camp. Then the Israelite woman’s son blasphemed the name, and he cursed, so they brought him to Moses — and the name of his mother was Shelomith the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan. Then they put him in custody so that the matter might be made clear to them in accordance with the mouth of יהוה Yahweh.

Then יהוה Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “Bring the curser outside the camp, and all the hearers shall place their hands on his head, and the whole community shall stone him. And you shall speak to the Israelites, saying, ‘Any man when he curses his אלהים God shall bear his sin. And he who blasphemes יהוה Yahweh’s name certainly shall be put to death; the whole community certainly shall stone him. As the alien, so the native shall be put to death at blaspheming his name.

Now those who had arrested Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had gathered.

But Peter was following him from a distance, as far as the courtyard of the high priest. And he went inside and was sitting with the officers to see the outcome.

Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false testimony against Jesus in order that they could put him to death. And they did not find it, although many false witnesses came forward.

And finally two came forward and said, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of אלהים God and rebuild it within three days.’ ”

And the high priest stood up and said to him, “Do you reply nothing? What are these people testifying against you?”

But Jesus was silent.

And the high priest said to him, “I put you under oath by the living אלהים God, that you tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of אלהים God!”

Jesus said to him, “You have said it. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

Then the high priest tore his robes, saying, “He has blasphemed! What further need do we have of witnesses? Behold, you have just now heard the blasphemy! What do you think?”

And they answered and said, “⌊He deserves death⌋!” Then they spat in his face and struck him with their fists, and they slapped him, saying, “Prophesy for us, you Christ! Who is it who hit you?” 

Now when it was early morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus in order to put him to death. And after tying him up, they led him away and handed him over to Pilate the governor. 

Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor’s residence. Now it was early, and they did not enter into the governor’s residence so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover.

So Pilate came outside to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?”

They answered and said to him, “If this man were not doing evil, we would not have handed him over to you!”

So Pilate said to them, “You take him and judge him according to your law!”

The Jews said to him, “It is not permitted for us to kill anyone,” in order that the word of Jesus would be fulfilled that he had spoken, indicating by what sort of death he was going to die. 

So when they had come together, they began asking him, saying, “יהוה Lord, is it at this time you are restoring the kingdom to Israel?”

But he said to them, “It is not for you to know the times or seasons that the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest part of the earth.”

And after he had said these things, while they were watching, he was taken up, and a cloud received him from their sight. And as they were staring into the sky while he was departing, behold, two men in white clothing stood by them who also said, “Men ⌊of Galilee⌋, why do you stand there looking into the sky? This Jesus who was taken up from you into heaven like this will come back in the same way you saw him departing into heaven!” 

 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which אלהים God gave him to show to his slaves the things which must take place in a short time, and communicated it by sending it through his angel to his slave John, who testified about the word of אלהים God and the testimony of Jesus Christ, all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud and blessed are those who hear the words of the prophecy and observe the things written in it, because the time is near! 

John, to the seven churches in Asia: grace to you and peace from the one who is and the one who was and the one who is coming, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth. 

To the one who loves us and released us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his אלהים God and Father — to him be the glory and the power ⌊forever and ever⌋. Amen. 

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, 

and every eye will see him, 

even every one who pierced him, 

and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. 

Yes, amen. 

I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the יהוה Lord אלהים God, the one who is and the one who was and the one who is coming, the All-Powerful. 

@BroRando June 13 Jesus was put to death on false charges. After Jesus admitted of being the Christ, the Son of God and being the Son of Man, the wicked jewish priest falsely accused agiain of being God. God is nobody's son. God is eternal, get over it.

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘יהוה Lord, יהוה Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘יהוה Lord, יהוה Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and expel demons in your name, and perform many miracles in your name?’ And then ⌊I will say to them plainly⌋, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who practice lawlessness!’ 

 Although אלהים God spoke long ago in many parts and in many ways to the fathers by the prophets, in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the world, who is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, sustaining all things by the word of power. When he had made purification for sins through him, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become by so much better than the angels, by as much as he has inherited a more excellent name than theirs. 

For to which of the angels did he ever say, 

“You are my son, today I have begotten you,” 

and again, 

“I will be ⌊his father⌋, and he will be ⌊my son⌋”? 

And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, 

“And let all the angels of אלהים God worship him.” 

And concerning the angels he says, 

“The one who makes his angels winds, and his servants a flame of fire,” 

but concerning the Son, 

“Your throne, O אלהים God, is ⌊forever and ever⌋, 

and the scepter of righteous is the scepter of your kingdom. 

You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; 

because of this אלהים God, your אלהים God, has anointed you with the olive oil of joy more than your companions. 

And, 

“You, יהוה Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the works of your hands; 

they will perish, but you continue, and they will all become old like a garment, 

and like a robe you will roll them up, and like a garment they will be changed; 

but you are the same, and your years will not run out.” 

But to which of the angels has he ever said, 

“Sit down at my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.” 

Are they not all spirits engaged in special service, sent on assignment for the sake of those who are going to inherit salvation? 

 Because of this, it is all the more necessary that we pay attention to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. For if the word spoken through angels was binding and every transgression and act of disobedience received a just penalty, how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation which had its beginning when it was spoken through the יהוה Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard, while אלהים God was testifying at the same time by signs and wonders and various miracles and distributions of the Holy Spirit according to his will. 

For he did not subject to angels the world to come, about which we are speaking. But someone testified somewhere, saying, 

“What is man, that you remember him, or the son of man, that you care for him? 

You made him for a short time lower than the angels; 

you crowned him with glory and honor; 

you subjected all things under his feet. 

For in subjecting all things, he left nothing that was not subject to him. But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him, but we see Jesus, for a short time made lower than the angels, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, so that apart from אלהים God he might taste death on behalf of everyone. For it was fitting for him for whom are all things and through whom are all things in bringing many sons to glory to perfect the originator of their salvation through sufferings. For both the one who sanctifies and the ones who are sanctified are all from one, for which reason he is not ashamed to call them brothers, saying, 

“I will proclaim your name to my brothers; in the midst of the assembly I will sing in praise of you.” 

And again, 

“I will trust in him.” 

And again, 

“Behold, I and the children אלהים God has given me.” 

Therefore, since the children share in blood and flesh, he also in like manner shared in these same things, in order that through death he could destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and could set free these who through fear of death were subject to slavery throughout all their lives. For surely he is not concerned with angels, but he is concerned with the descendants of Abraham. Therefore he was obligated to be made like his brothers in all respects, in order that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in the things relating to אלהים God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people. For in that which he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted. 

 Therefore, holy brothers, sharers in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession, who was faithful to the one who appointed him, as Moses also was in his household. For this one is considered worthy of greater glory than Moses, inasmuch as the one who builds it has greater honor than the house. For every house is built by someone, but the one who built all things is אלהים God. And Moses was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony to the things that would be spoken, but Christ was faithful as a son over his house, whose house we are, if we hold fast to our confidence and the hope we can be proud of. 

@Keep_Smiling_4_Jesus June 13 How many humans have violated the Ten Commandment(s) so Holy Righteous Judgement should be eternal separation from Holy God's ❤️ Love ?

@Keep_Smiling_4_Jesus June 13 Who has lied ? cheated ? stolen ? lusted ? adulterized ? idolized ? murdered ? (keeping a grudge against someone is a form of murder) ...

@BroRando June 13 Don't you kow you are judged by how you judge others?

Therefore, let us make every effort to enter into that rest, in order that no one may fall in the same pattern of disobedience. For the word of אלהים God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, both joints and marrow, and able to judge the reflections and thoughts of the heart. And no creature is hidden in the sight of him, but all things are naked and laid bare to the eyes of him to whom ⌊we must give our account⌋.

Now when the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. And all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them from one another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he will place the sheep on his right and the goats on the left.

Then the king will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world! For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me as a guest, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you cared for me, I was in prison and you came to me.’

Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘יהוה Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you as a guest, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and come to you?’

And the king will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, in as much as you did it to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it to me.’

Then he will also say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you accursed ones, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels! For I was hungry and you did not give me anything to eat, I was thirsty and you did not give me anything to drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me as a guest, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not care for me.’

Then they will also answer, saying, ‘יהוה Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and not serve you?’

Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Truly I say to you, in as much as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’ And these will depart into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” 

Thus says יהוה Yahweh, the king of Israel, and its redeemer, יהוה Yahweh of hosts: 

“I am the first, and I am the last, and there is no god besides me. 

Now after the death of Jehoiada, the princes of Judah came and bowed down to the king. Then the king listened to them. And they forsook the house of יהוה Yahweh, the אלהים God of their ancestors and served the Asherahs and the idols. And wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem on account of this guilt. But he sent prophets among them, to bring them back to יהוה Yahweh. And they testified against them, and they did not obey. 

Then the Spirit of אלהים God clothed Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people and said to them, “Thus says אלהים God: ‘Why are you transgressing the commandments of יהוה Yahweh so that you will not succeed? For you have forsaken יהוה Yahweh, so he will forsake you.’ ”

Then they conspired against him and stoned him with stones at the command of the king in the courtyard of the house of יהוה Yahweh. So King Joash did not remember the loyal love that Jehoiada his father had shown to him, and he killed his son. And as he was dying he said, “May יהוה Yahweh see and avenge!” 

@BroRando June 15 Curious why use the Name Jehoiada?

 For every high priest taken from among men is appointed on behalf of people in the things relating to God, in order that he can offer both gifts and sacrifices on behalf of sins, being able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and led astray, since he himself also is surrounded by weakness, and because of it he is obligated to offer sacrifices for sins ⌊for himself also, as well as for the people⌋. And someone does not take for himself the honor, but is called by God, just as Aaron also was. Thus also Christ did not glorify himself to become high priest, but the one who said to him, 

“You are my Son, today I have begotten you,” 

just as also in another place he says, 

“You are a priest ⌊forever⌋ according to the order of Melchizedek,” 

who in the days of his flesh offered up both prayers and supplications, with loud crying and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard as a result of his reverence. Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered, and being perfected, he became the source of eternal salvation to all those who obey him, being designated by God a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek. 

Why are nations in tumult, and countries plotting in vain? 

The kings of the earth establish themselves, and the rulers conspire together against יהוה Yahweh and his anointed: 

“Let us tear off their bonds, and cast their cords from us!” 

He who sits enthroned in the heavens laughs. 

The Lord derides them. 

Then he speaks to them in his wrath, and in his fury he terrifies them: 

“But as for me, I have set my king on Zion, my holy mountain.” 

I will tell the decree; יהוה Yahweh said to me: 

“You are my son; today I have begotten you. 

Ask from me and I will make the nations your heritage, and your possession the ends of the earth. 

You will break them with an iron rod. 

Like a potter’s vessel you will shatter them.” 

So then, O kings, be wise. 

Be warned, O rulers of the earth. 

Serve יהוה Yahweh with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 

Kiss the Son lest he be angry and you perish on the way, 

for his anger burns quickly. 

Blessed are all who take refuge in him. 

A declaration of יהוה Yahweh to my lord, 

“Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool.” 

יהוה Yahweh will send out your mighty scepter from Zion; rule in the midst of your enemies. 

Your people ⌊will volunteer⌋ in the day of your power. 

In holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, you will have the dew of your youth. 

יהוה Yahweh has sworn and he will not change his mind, 

“You are a priest forever according to the manner of Melchizedek.” 

O Lord, at your right hand 

he will shatter kings in the day of his anger. 

He will judge among the nations; 

he will fill them with corpses. 

He will shatter the ⌊rulers⌋ of many countries. 

He will drink from the stream by the road; 

therefore he will lift up his head. 

But he said to them, “In what sense do they say that the Christ is David’s son? For David himself says in the book of Psalms, 

‘The Lord said to my Lord, 

“Sit at my right hand, 

until I make your enemies 

a footstool for your feet.” ’ 

David therefore calls him ‘Lord,’ and how is he his son?” 

@Keep_Smiling_4_Jesus June 16 How can Jesus Christ be both 'Lord' (eternal יהוה) and David's son ?

@Brother Rando June 16 Because Jesus is not the (eternal יהוה). Jesus was SENT by the (eternal יהוה).

@Brother Rando June 16 There, I answered what you and your forefathers could not. Jesus is not Jehovah, rather the name Jesus gives witness to his Father and God which is translated 'Jehovah is Salvation'.

Now the birth of Jesus Christ occurred in this way. His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found ⌊to be pregnant⌋ by the Holy Spirit. So Joseph her husband, being righteous and not wanting to disgrace her, intended to divorce her secretly. But as he was considering these things, behold, an angel of the יהוה Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. And she will give birth to a son, and you will call his name ‘Jesus,’ because he will save his people from their sins.” Now all this happened in order that what was spoken by the יהוה Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled, saying, 

“Behold, the virgin ⌊will become pregnant⌋ and will give birth to a son, 

and they will call his name Emmanuel,” 

which is translated, “אלהים God with us.” And Joseph, when he woke up from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and he took his wife and ⌊did not have sexual relations with⌋ her until she gave birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus. 

@Brother Rando June 16 Jehovah's Name in Greek is spelled Ιεχώβα

Καὶ πῶς μὲ οὐδεμίαν ὁμοιότητα ἠμπορεῖ νὰ γνωρισθῇ, τὸ μαρτυρᾷ ὁ αὐτὸς Θεὸς, ὀνομαζόμενος Ἰεχωβᾶ, διὰ τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος (Ησ. μςʹ. εʹ.), τίνι με ὁμοιώσατε καὶ μὲ ἐξισάσετε καὶ ἐπαραβάλετέ με, καὶ ἐπερωμοιάσετέ με, διὰ νὰ εἶμαι ὅμοιος μετʼ ἐκεῖνον; ὥστε ὁποῦ οὐδένας νοῦς ὄχι μόνον ἀνθρώπινος, ἀλλὰ οὔτε ἀγγελικὸς ἠμπορεῖ νὰ καταλάβῃ, ἢ γλῶσσα νὰ τὸ ἑρμηνέυσῃ.

Question 10. I would have this Mystery of the holy Trinity more fully explained to me.

Answer. No Comparison can be made, which would fully explain this Mystery; so as that we should clearly comprehend, how God, who is in Essence but One, should be Three in Person. No likeness, nor Example, can sufficiently express him; as God, whose name is Jehovah, doth himself testify; saying (Isai. 46:5), To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be alike? For the Mind of Man, or Angel, is unable to conceive, or to express this wondrous Truth: wherefore we should wisely say, with the Apostle (2 Cor. 10:5), Casting down Imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the Knowledge of God; and bring into Captivity every thought to the Obedience of Christ. We believe, with a firm Faith, that God the Father, self-existing from Eternity to Eternity, depending on none, begot the Son, and produced the Holy Ghost: As St. Athanasius, in his Creed, doth more fully, and at large, declare. And being contented with this Simplicity of Faith, let us search no farther. For the inquisitive Searcher into the hidden things of God is forbidden in holy Scripture (Sirach 3:21), Seek not out the Things that are too hard for thee; neither search the Things that are above thy Strength; but what is commanded thee, think thereupon with Reverence; for it is not needful for thee to see with thine Eyes the Things that are in secret. Let it therefore suffice us, that those same Scriptures of the old Law, at the same time that they declare unto us one God, do also teach us Three Persons, (Gen. 1:26) God said, Let Us make Man after Our Image and in Our Likeness. And (chap. 3:22), Behold the man is become as one of Us; and (chap. 11:7), Go to, let Us go down and there confound their Language. And the Prophets expressly declare this saying (Isai. 6:3), And one (Angel) cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, Lord Sabaoth, the whole Earth is full of his Glory. In like manner the holy Psalmist (Psal. 33:6), By the Word of the Lord were the Heavens made, and all the Host of them by the Spirit of his Mouth. To this same purpose the blessed Scriptures, and the Doctors of the Church are full.

@Brother Rando June 16 Jehovah's Name in Hebrew is Yahweh

@Brother Rando June 22 God's Name in Very Old Bibles... Enjoy!! Dated from 1877 to 1477.

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘יהוה Lord, יהוה Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘יהוה Lord, יהוה Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and expel demons in your name, and perform many miracles in your name?’ And then ⌊I will say to them plainly⌋, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who practice lawlessness!’ 

Now when the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. And all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them from one another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he will place the sheep on his right and the goats on the left.

Then the king will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world! For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me as a guest, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you cared for me, I was in prison and you came to me.’

Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘יהוה Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you as a guest, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and come to you?’

And the king will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, in as much as you did it to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it to me.’

Then he will also say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you accursed ones, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels! For I was hungry and you did not give me anything to eat, I was thirsty and you did not give me anything to drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me as a guest, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not care for me.’

Then they will also answer, saying, ‘יהוה Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and not serve you?’

Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Truly I say to you, in as much as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’ And these will depart into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”