The Holy Trinity—Master List

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The Biblical Doctrine of the Trinity: An Exhaustive Reference

The doctrine of the Trinity is rooted in the Bible’s affirmation of monotheism—that there is only one true and living God—and yet it simultaneously reveals three distinct Persons who are fully and equally God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. This is not a contradiction but a mystery consistent with the scriptural witness.

I. The Foundation: Monotheism

• Deuteronomy 6:4 – “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.”
• Isaiah 43:10 – “Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.”
• Isaiah 44:6 – “I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god.”
• Isaiah 45:5-6, 21-22 – “I am the LORD, and there is no other, besides me there is no God.”
• Mark 12:29-32 – Jesus affirms the Shema: “The Lord our God, the Lord is one.”
• 1 Timothy 2:5 – “For there is one God…”

II. The Deity of Each Divine Person

A. The Father is God

• John 6:27 – “The Father, who has set his seal on him.”
• 1 Peter 1:2 – “According to the foreknowledge of God the Father…”
• Romans 1:7 – “Grace to you and peace from God our Father.”
• Galatians 1:1 – “God the Father, who raised him from the dead.”

B. Jesus Christ is God

• Isaiah 7:14 – “she will name Him Imanuel (God with us).”
• Isaiah 9:6 – “His name will be called…Mighty God.”
• Jeremiah 23:6 – “And this is His name by which He will be called, ‘The LORD (YHWH) Our Righteousness.’”
• Matthew 1:23 – “And they shall name him ‘Imanuel’, which translated means ‘God with us.’”
• John 1:1 – “The Word was God.”
• John 1:18 – “The only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.”
• John 20:28 – Thomas: “My Lord and my God!”
• Romans 9:5 – “Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever.”
• Titus 2:13 – “Our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.”
• 2 Peter 1:1 – “Our God and Savior Jesus Christ.”
• Hebrews 1:8 – “But of the Son he says, ‘Your throne, O God, is forever and ever.’”
• Philippians 2:6 – “Though he was in the form of God…”
• Colossians 1:15-17 – “In him all things were created.”
• Colossians 2:9 – “In him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily.”

C. The Holy Spirit is God

• Acts 5:3-4 – Lying to the Holy Spirit is lying to God.
• 1 Corinthians 3:16 – “God’s Spirit dwells in you.”
• 2 Corinthians 3:17 – “The Lord is the Spirit.”
• Hebrews 9:14 – “The eternal Spirit.”
• Psalm 139:7-8 – Omnipresence of the Spirit.
• Some quotes in the Old Testament spoken by Yahweh are said (in the NT) to have been spoken by the Holy Spirit (Acts 28:25-27; Heb. 10:15-17)

III. Distinction of Persons

• John 5:20,30,32,37 – The Father and the Son are not the same person.
• John 14:16 – Jesus will ask the Father to send another Helper.
• John 15:26 – The Spirit proceeds from the Father, sent by the Son.
• John 17:5 – Jesus speaks of the glory he had with the Father before the world existed.
• Matthew 3:16-17 – At Jesus’ baptism: the Father speaks, the Son is baptized, the Spirit descends.

IV. Unity of the Three Persons

• Matthew 28:19 – “Baptizing them in the name [singular] of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”
• 2 Corinthians 13:14 – “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit.”
• Ephesians 4:4–6 – “One Spirit… one Lord… one God and Father.”

V. Interchange and Indistinction in Roles

• 1 Corinthians 10:9 – The Israelites tested Christ in the wilderness, though YHWH is the referent in Numbers.
• Romans 8:9 – Spirit of God and Spirit of Christ used interchangeably.
• Romans chapter 8 (whole chapter) all three referred to interchangeably.
• Acts 16:6–7 – The Holy Spirit and Spirit of Jesus guide Paul. Used interchangeably.
• 2 Corinthians 3:17–18 – “The Lord is the Spirit.”
• 1 Peter 1:11 – The Spirit of Christ in the prophets.

VI. The Work of the Trinity

A. Creation

• Genesis 1:1–3,26 – God creates, Spirit hovers, plural language used.
• Psalm 148:5 – Commanded by God, creation exists.
• John 1:1–3 – The Word created all things.
• Colossians 1:16 – All things created through and for the Son.

B. Revelation

• John 1:17-18 – The Son reveals the Father.
• John 16:13-15 – The Spirit glorifies the Son, sent by the Father.
• Mark 13:11 – The Holy Spirit speaks through believers.
• 2 Corinthians 13:3 – Christ speaks in Paul.
• Hebrews 1:1-2 – God spoke through the Son.

C. Sanctification

• Hebrews 2:11 – Jesus as sanctifier.
• 1 Peter 1:2 – Sanctification of the Spirit.
• Jude 1 – Sanctified by the Father and preserved in Jesus.

D. Supplying Ministers

• Jeremiah 3:15; 26:5 – God gives shepherds.
• Matthew 5:10 – Blessed are the persecuted for righteousness.
• Acts 13:2 – The Holy Spirit sets apart Paul and Barnabas.
• Acts 20:28 – The Spirit appoints overseers.
• Ephesians 4:11 – Christ gives apostles, prophets, etc.

E. Prayer and Access to God

• John 14:14 – Prayer in Jesus’ name.
• Ephesians 1:6; 2:18; 6:18 – Access to the Father through the Son by the Spirit.

F. Confirmation and Presence

• Matthew 3:16–17 – Father speaks, Son baptized, Spirit descends.
• Matthew 17:5 – Transfiguration: Father affirms Son.

G. Salvation

• John 6:63 – The Spirit gives life.
• 1 Corinthians 6:11,19-20 – Washed, justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit.
• Ephesians 1:7–9 – Redemption in Christ, purpose of the Father.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14 – Chosen by God, sanctified by the Spirit, called through the gospel.
• Titus 3:4–6 – Saved by the mercy of God, through the washing of rebirth by the Holy Spirit.
• 1 Peter 1:2 – Chosen by the Father, sanctified by the Spirit, sprinkled by the blood of Christ.

VII. Reflections on the Trinity vs. Unitarianism

The vast and cohesive scriptural evidence points not toward a polytheistic view of separate divine beings, nor a modalistic confusion of roles, but to a composite unity—one God in three co-eternal, co-equal persons. Attempts to affirm only the deity of the Father while still calling Jesus “God” result in philosophical contradictions or a slide into functional polytheism.
Trinitarianism is not heathen; it is the most faithful and biblically consistent view of the one God revealed in Scripture.
The early Church Fathers universally affirmed this faith:

• Ignatius of Antioch (c. 110 AD): “Jesus Christ our God.”
• Justin Martyr (c. 150 AD): “The Word … being God.”
• Tertullian (c. 200 AD): Coined the term Trinitas (Trinity).
• Athanasius (4th Century): Defended the full deity of the Son and the Spirit.

Conclusion: The doctrine of the Trinity is not an invention of philosophy or creeds—it is the testimony of the whole of Scripture, rightly understood.
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” – 2 Corinthians 13:14

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The Biblical understanding of the Trinity is founded on strict Monotheism — there is only one true God. (Deu 6:4; Isa 43:10; 44:6; etc.)
Yet, the Bible teaches and recognizes the Father as God (Jhn 6:27; 1Pe 1:2, etc)
The Lord Jesus Christ as God (Jhn 1:1,14,18; 20:28; Rom 9:5; Tit 2:13; 2Pe 1:1; Heb 1:8, etc)
The Holy Spirit is recognized as God (Acts 5:3-4; 1Co 3:16)
These three are distinct individuals or persons

• the Father and Son are distinct (Jhn 5:20,32,37; 17:5)
• the Father and Son are distinct from the Spirit (Jhn 14:16; 15:26)

These three are unified (Mat 28:19; 3:12-16; 2Co 13:14)

There exists some indistinction/interchange between the three:

• Jesus and the Father 1Co 10:9
• Between all 3 Rom 8:9
• Jesus and the Holy Spirit Acts 16:6-7; 2Co 3:17-18; 1Pe 1:11

The Work of the Trinity

Author of all Spiritual Operations 1Co 12:11; Col 1:29; Heb 13:21
Creator Gen 1:1-3,26; Psa 148:5; Jhn 1:1-3; Col 1:16
Inspiring people to speak Mrk 13:11; 2Co 13:3; Heb 1:1
Sanctifier Heb 2:11; 1Pe 1:2; Jude 1
Supplying ministers to the Church Jer 3:15;26:5; Mat 5.10; Acts 13:2; 20:28; Eph 4:11
Trinity works together in Revelation of God’s truth Jhn 1:17-18; 16:13
Trinity works together in prayer Jhn 14:14; Eph 1:6; 2:18; 6:18
Trinity works together in confirmation Mat 3:16-17
Trinity works together in salvation Jhn 6:63; 1Co 6:19-21; Eph 1:7-9; 2Th 2:13-14; Tit 3:4-6; 1Pe 1:2
As far as I can tell the Trinity is the best explanation of the references and information above.
I personally think there’s just too much evidence that seems to work in favor of it, including quotes from the early Church Fathers and it’s early formulation.
Also, on the flip side; I feel the Unitarian, whether admitted or not, has some problem with Polythiesm. If both Jesus and the Father can rightly be called “God” it seems to me those who affirm it, have an issue to one varying degree or other with a Polythiestic Pantheon where there is one Ultimate God but lesser Deities. This, to my mind, is far more ‘heathen’ than the Trinity could ever be.

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God is one Deut. 6:4

1. Yet, the word “one” means one in unity as well as one in number. It means unity in John 10:30; 1Jo 5:7; John 17:11,21-23 yet the 3 persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are spoken of as one in number and individuality. There is one God, the Father, one Lord Jesus Christ, and one Holy Spirit (1Co 8:6; Eph. 4:3-6)

   The Father being called God (1Co 8:6) the Son is called God (Isa 9:6; Heb 1:8; John 1:1-2,18; 20:28) and the Holy Spirit is called God (Acts 5:3-4) Thus, there are 3 separate persons in divine individuality and divine plurality. As individuals they can rightly be called God and as a collective they can be spoken of and referred to as God. The word “God” is used either as a singular or plural word, like “sheep.”

2. Names/Titles of God prove a plurality of persons. The Hebrew word Elohim is the word for God in Gen 1:1 and in nearly 2600 other places in the OT. It is a uniplural noun meaning “Gods” and is so translated 210 times (Gen 3:5; Exo 22:28; 1Sa 4:8; Dan 2:11; 4:6-9; 5:11,14, etc.) Sometimes Elohim is used with plurality verbs and pronouns, “the Gods they caused me to wander” the monotheistic Abraham says in Gen 20:13 and in Gen 35:7 it reads, “there the Gods appeared unto him”

3. Plural pronouns are used of God, proving a plurality of persons (Gen 1:26; 3:22; 11:7; Isa 6:8; John 14:23; 17:11,22)

4. “Man has become like one of us” Gen 3:22 shows a plurality of persons.

5. God said, “let us make man in our image, after our likeness” Gen 1:26 “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him …” proves a plurality of persons, “Let US MAKE in OUR image” - 3 plural pronouns, “we, us, our” are used 6 times in four different texts: (Gen 1:26; 3:22; 11:7; Isa 6:8) whoever is being addressed has the potential in creating and since Gen 1:27 reads “God created” and uses the singular pronoun “his image” the plurality of God is proven.
   (The unanimous opinion of the early church fathers was God was convening with Christ)

6. 2 or 3 persons called God have been seen by the same men at the same time and place(s) yet as being separate persons. (Gen 16:7-11; 18:1-3,5,9-22; Dan 7:9-14; Mat 3:16-17; Jhn 1:31-34; Acts 7:54-60; Rev 6:16; 7:9-17; 21:22; 22:3)

7. 2 YaHWeHs are mentioned in Gen 19:24 one on earth and one in heaven. Compare to Isa 44:6 where 2 YHWH are also distinguished, “thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and HIS Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts” (ASV Emphasis mine)

8. Two persons are mentioned in the OT See Psa 8:5-6 w/ Heb 2:5-18; Psa 16:8-10 w/ Acts 2:25-36; Psa 22:1-22 w/ Mat 27:35,39-43,45-26; Heb 9:14; 10:5-12; Psa 40:6-10 w/ Heb 10:5-7; and Psa 45:6-7 w/ Heb 1:8-9

9. 2 Lords are mentioned sitting or standing side by side Psa 110:1,5; Mat 22:44; 26:64; Acts 2:33-34; 7:54-56; Rom 8:34; Eph 1:20; Col 3:1; Heb 1:3,13; 8:1; 10:12; 12:2; 1Pe 3:22; Rev 22:3

10. 2 persons are required and mentioned to understand the plain language of Psalm 2 whole chapter: Pro 30:4; Isa 4:2; 10:16-17; 28:16; 44:6; 49:1-10; 50:4-11; 52:13-53:12; 62:11; Mic 5:1-5; Jer 23:4-8; 33:14-26; Zec 3:8-10;6:12-13 In these passages one is anointed, becomes the Son of/is the Son of, is set by, is taught by, and serves the other; yet both are called YHWH, and or Lord

11. Three self acting persons—YHWH Jehovah God, the Christ, and the Holy Spirit, are all referred to as blessing, anointing, sending and serving or doing things for one another. Psa 110:1 + Acts 2:34-35; 1Cor 15:25; Heb 1:13; Isa 11:2; 42:1-7; 48:16; 59:21; 61:1-2; 63:1-14; Zec 12:10-13:2; Luk 24:49; Acts 16:7
    12.) Zec 1:7-21 Jehovah and the angel of Jehovah (also called Lord), Zec 1:19-20; 2:1-13) are talking together. One Lord says to the other Lord that he has sent him to Israel (Zec 2:8-13) one Lord refers to himself as me and to Jehovah of hosts as his and he (Zec 2:8-11) the conference continues throughout Zechariah until Zec 13:6-7 where both Lords are called “fellows” or “associate”

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The following quotes show that the doctrine of the Trinity was indeed alive-and-well before the Council of Nicea:

Polycarp (70-155/160). Bishop of Smyrna. Disciple of John the Apostle.

“O Lord God almighty … I bless you and glorify you through the eternal and heavenly high priest Jesus Christ, your beloved Son, through whom be glory to you, with Him and the Holy Spirit, both now and forever” (n. 14, ed. Funk; PG 5.1040).

Justin Martyr (100?-165?). He was a Christian apologist and martyr.

“For, in the name of God, the Father and Lord of the universe, and of our Savior Jesus Christ, and of the Holy Spirit, they then receive the washing with water” (First Apol., LXI).

Ignatius of Antioch (died 98/117). Bishop of Antioch. He wrote much in defense of Christianity.

“In Christ Jesus our Lord, by whom and with whom be glory and power to the Father with the Holy Spirit for ever” (n. 7; PG 5.988).
“We have also as a Physician the Lord our God Jesus the Christ the only-begotten Son and Word, before time began, but who afterwards became also man, of Mary the virgin. For ‘the Word was made flesh.’ Being incorporeal, He was in the body; being impassible, He was in a passable body; being immortal, He was in a mortal body; being life, He became subject to corruption, that He might free our souls from death and corruption, and heal them, and might restore them to health, when they were diseased with ungodliness and wicked lusts.” (Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson, eds., The ante-Nicene Fathers, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1975 rpt., Vol. 1, p. 52, Ephesians 7.)

Irenaeus (115-190). As a boy he listened to Polycarp, the disciple of John. He became Bishop of Lyons.

“The Church, though dispersed throughout the whole world, even to the ends of the earth, has received from the apostles and their disciples this faith: . . . one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them; and in one Christ Jesus, the Son of God, who became incarnate for our salvation; and in the Holy Spirit, who proclaimed through the prophets the dispensations of God, and the advents, and the birth from a virgin, and the passion, and the resurrection from the dead, and the ascension into heaven in the flesh of the beloved Christ Jesus, our Lord, and His manifestation from heaven in the glory of the Father ‘to gather all things in one,’ and to raise up anew all flesh of the whole human race, in order that to Christ Jesus, our Lord, and God, and Savior, and King, according to the will of the invisible Father, ‘every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth, and that every tongue should confess; to him, and that He should execute just judgment towards all …’” (Against Heresies X.l)

Tertullian (160-215). African apologist and theologian. He wrote much in defense of Christianity.

“We define that there are two, the Father and the Son, and three with the Holy Spirit, and this number is made by the pattern of salvation … [which] brings about unity in trinity, interrelating the three, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. They are three, not in dignity, but in degree, not in substance but in form, not in power but in kind. They are of one substance and power, because there is one God from whom these degrees, forms and kinds devolve in the name of Father, Son and Holy Spirit.” (Adv. Prax. 23; PL 2.156-7).

Origen (185-254). Alexandrian theologian. Defended Christianity and wrote much about Christianity.

“If anyone would say that the Word of God or the Wisdom of God had a beginning, let him beware lest he direct his impiety rather against the unbegotten Father, since he denies that he was always Father, and that he has always begotten the Word, and that he always had wisdom in all previous times or ages or whatever can be imagined in priority … There can be no more ancient title of almighty God than that of Father, and it is through the Son that he is Father” (De Princ. 1.2.; PG 11.132).
“For if [the Holy Spirit were not eternally as He is, and had received knowledge at some time and then became the Holy Spirit] this were the case, the Holy Spirit would never be reckoned in the unity of the Trinity, i.e., along with the unchangeable Father and His Son, unless He had always been the Holy Spirit.” (Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson, eds., The Ante-Nicene Fathers, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1975 rpt., Vol. 4, p. 253, de Principiis, 1.111.4)
“Moreover, nothing in the Trinity can be called greater or less, since the fountain of divinity alone contains all things by His word and reason, and by the Spirit of His mouth sanctifies all things which are worthy of sanctification …” (Roberts and Donaldson, Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. 4, p. 255, de Principii., I. iii. 7).

Conclusion

If, as the anti-Trinitarians maintain, the Trinity is not a biblical doctrine and was never taught until the council of Nicea in 325, then why do these quotes exist? The answer is simple: the Trinity is a biblical doctrine, and it was taught before the council of Nicea in 325 A.D.
Part of the reason that the Trinity doctrine was not “officially” taught until the time of the Council of Nicea is that Christianity was illegal until shortly before the council. It wasn’t really possible for official Christian groups to meet and discuss doctrine. For the most part, they were fearful of making public pronouncements concerning their faith.
Additionally, if a group had attacked the person of Adam, the early church would have responded with an official doctrine of who Adam was. As it was, the person of Christ was attacked. When the Church defended the deity of Christ, the doctrine of the Trinity was further defined. Generally speaking, it usually takes an error for a position to ‘have’ to be articulated. The fact that the Nicene Council was overwhelming in agreement should lend some evidence to who is on the right side of the issue.
The early church believed in the Trinity as is evidenced by the quotes above, and it wasn’t necessary to really make them official. It wasn’t until errors started to creep in that councils began to meet to discuss the Trinity as well as other doctrines that came under fire.

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Christ “Anointed One”

A. Preexistence of:

• Affirmed in OT — Psa 2:7; Pro 30:4; Dan 7:13; Mi 5:2
• Confirmed by Christ — Jhn 8:57-58; 3:13; 6:33,38,62; 8:23; 16:28; 17:5
• Proclaimed by Apostles — Jhn 1:1-3,12,14,18; Col 1:15-19; Php 2:6-8
• John the Baptist taught — Jhn 1:30
• Other Passages relating — Isa 9:6; Zec 12:10;13:7; 1Co 10:4; 2Co 8:9; Heb 1; Heb 11:26;
• (Angel of YHWH?)
• “In the beginning” Jhn 1:1-3,12,14,18; 17:5,24; Col 1:17; 1Jo 1:1; 2:14
• “Descended from heaven” Jhn 3:13,31-36; 6:38,39,62; 8:23
• “Come from the Father” Jhn 1:18; 3:16,17,34; 5:36-38; 6:29,38,46,57; 7:27-29; 8:42; 10:36; 13:3; 16:30; 17:5,8,18; 1Jo 1:1-3
• “Before Abraham was” John 8:56-58

B. Deity/Divinity of:

• His own testimony regarding — Jhn 7:29; 8:12-21,25-47; 10:25-38; 14:1-24; 15:8-27; 16:15; 17:1-8
• His own Scriptural citations regarding his Deity —
• Jacob’s dream of YHWH Jhn 1:50-51 + Gen 28:13-17
• Shepherd Psa 23:1; 95:7-8 + Jhn 10:11,27-28
• Word forever Mrk 13:31 + Psa 119:89 + Isa 40:8
• Mouth of Infants praise Mat 21:15-16 + Psa 8:1-2
• Shared glory/equal honor Jhn 17:5 + Isa 42:8 + Jhn 5:23
• Immutable hand Isa 43:13 + Jhn 10:28-30
• Fount of living water Jer 2:13 + Jhn 4:10;7:37
• Light Isa 60:19-20 + Jhn 8:12 + 1Jo 1:5; Jam 1:17
• Judge of all Psa 62:12;96:13; Joel 3:12; Isa 62:11 + Mat 16:27; 25:31-46; Jhn 5:22-23 + Zec 14:3 + Acts 1:6-11
• I AM Exo 3:14; Deu 32:39; Isa 43:10 + Jhn 8:24,28,58; 18:5-8
• Bridegroom Isa 62:5; Hos 2:16 + Mat 25:1; Rev 21:1,9
• First and Last Isa 41:4; 44:6; 48:12; Rev 1:7-8 + Rev 1:17-18; 2:8; 22:12-16
• Acknowledged by Christ Jhn 20:28,29
• Predicted in Scripture Isa 9:6; Jer 23:5-6; Mic 5:2; Zec 12:9-10; Mal 4:5
• Acclaimed by witnesses Jhn 1:1-3,14,18; Mrk 2:7-8; Luk 5:21-22; Jhn 5:18; 10:33
• Affirmed by Apostles Rom 9:5; Php 2:5-6; Col 1:16-17; 2:9; Tit 2:13; 2Pe 1:1; Heb 1:8-10
• Creator Jhn 1:1-4,10; 1Co 8:6; Eph 3:9; Col 1:16-17; Heb 1:2; 8:10; Rev 3:14
• Equality with God Jhn 5:17,18,23; 10:30,38; 12:44-45; 14:6-11; 15:23; 17:10,21-23; 2Co 5:19; Php 2:5-6; Col 1:15; 2:9; Heb 1:3-4,10-12; 13:8
• Mutuality with God Mat 11:27; Jhn 5:17,18,23-27,37,43; 12:44-45; 14:23; 16:23-32; 17:9-12; 2Th 1:2; 1Ti 1:2
• Called God Isa 7:14 + Mat 1:23; Isa 9:6; Jer 23:5-6; 33:16; Mat 4:7; Jhn 1:1-4; 10:33; 20:28; Acts 20:28; Rom 9:5; Col 1:15,19; 2:9; 1Ti 3:16; Tit 1:3;2:13; 2Pe 1:1; Heb 1:8,10; 1Jo 5:20
• Called YHWH Isa 40:3 + Mat 3:3; Mrk 1:1-3; Luk 3:4; Jhn 1:23
• Jacob’s dream of YHWH Jhn 1:50-51 + Gen 28:13-17
• YHWH’s glory Isa 6:1-3 + Jhn 12:41
• YHWH first and last Isa 41:4; 44:6; 48:12-16 + Rev 1:17; 2:8; 22:12-16
• YHWH Rock Psa 18:2; Isa 44:8 cf Isa 8:14; Deu 32:37 + 1Co 10:4; 1Pe 2:6 + Isa 8:14
• Call on YHWH Joel 2:32 + Acts 7:59-60; Rom 10:12-13; 1Co 1:2
• Confessed as YHWH Isa 45:23 + Phil 2:9-11
• YHWH our righteousness Jer 23:5-6 + 1Co 1:30
• YHWH pierced Zech 12:10 + Jhn 19:34-37
• YHWH praised by Infants Psa 8:1-2 + Mat 21:15-16
• YHWH ascended on high Psa 68:18 + Eph 4:7-10
• YHWH Creator Heb 1:10-12 + Psa 102:25-27
• Inferred as YHWH: By works~
• Calming Storm Mat 8:23-27; Mrk 4:39-41 + Psa 107:28-29; 89:8-9
• Walks on water Mrk 6:48-51 + Job 9:8 “I Am” Mat 14:27-33 “Why did you doubt?” Nu ch.14
• Receives Worship
• Forgives sin Mrk 2:5-12 + Is 43:25; Num 14:19-20; Psa 25:18; 32:5; 85:2; Jer 31:34; 36:3
• Healer of Infirmities Psa 103:2-5; 147:3 + Mat 12:15; 15:30; Luk 4:18,40; 6:19
• Feeding Crowd in wilderness Mrk 6:31-44; Jhn 6:1-14 also Mrk 8:1-9 + Exo ch. 16
• By reference~Peter’s plea, like Isaiah’s Luk 5:8-10 + Isa 6:5
• Seek and save the Lost Eze 34:16 + Luk 19:9-10
• Forgiver of sins Luk 7:36-50
• Good Shepherd John 10:11-13 + Eze 34:2,4
• King of Jews 1Sa 8:6-7 + Mat 2:2; 27:11
• Pilate’s sign “Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews” — acronym-acrostic YHWH — Yeshua HaNazaret VaMelek HaYehudim Jhn 19:19 + Zec 12:9-10
• YHWH’s fellow/associate Zec 13:7 + Php 2:6
• YHWH for whose glory all things were created Pro 16:4 + Col 1:16
• YHWH Messenger of the Covenant Mal 3:1; 4:5 + Luk 2:6-27
  
• YHWH judge of all Psa 96:13; + Rev 19:11-20
  
• As Warrior Ex 15:3; Psa 24:8 + Rev 19:11
• Breathe of his mouth Isa 11:4; Job 4:9 + 2Th 2:8; Rev 1:16; 2:12,16; Rev 19:15
• Faithful and True Rev 3:14; 19:11 + Rev 21:5
• Blood on Garments Isa 63:3 + Rev 19:13
• Lord of Lords Deu 10:17; Dan 2:47; 8:25 + Rev 17:14; 19:16; 1Ti 6:15
• Return to Mt. Olivet Zec 14 + Acts 1
  
• Lord of Glory Psa 24:7-8 + 1Co 2:8; James 2:1

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Jesus “Yahweh Saves” (see note on “Christ”)

• As God–YHWH God’s pictographic name meaning— “yood-hand” “hey-behold” “vav-nail” “hey-behold” since Hebrew is a verb first language—God’s Name literally means, “Behold, the Hand; Behold, the Nail”
• Yahweh as Creator (Gen 1:26-27; Isa 44:24; Jhn 1:1-3,10; Col 1:16-17; Heb 1:1-3,8-12 + Psa 102:24-27)
• Taking Adam’s blame for sin (Gen 3:12 + Zec 12:10; Jhn 19:19)
• Eve believes she got a man YHWH[?] (Gen 4:1)
• Adam’s Genealogy prophetic names (Gen 5) “the Blessed God shall come down”
• Yahweh giving new law on Mount (Exo 19-20 + Mat 5-7) “God said”~ “But I say”(to add to God makes Him God)
• Yahweh Word never passes away (Isa 40:8 + Mat 24:35)
• Yahweh’s Law a way of life and death (Deu 30:19; + Mat 7:13-14, 24-27)
• Yahweh saving his people with mighty hand and outstretched arm (Deu 26:8 + Jesus’ life and crucifixion)
• Yahweh feeding multitudes in wilderness (Exo 16 + Mat 14:13-21)
• Yahweh dwelling with his people (Exo 25:8; Ezk 37:27; Zec 2:10 + Mat 1:23; Jhn 1:1,14,18)
• Yahweh commissions people to Promised Land (Gen 28; Jdg 1 + Mat 28:18-20; Jhn 1:49-51)
• Yahweh promises his presence in conquest (Gen 28; Exo 3:12; Josh 1:5; Mat 28:18-20)
• Yahweh King over Israel (1Sa 8:7; Isa 44:6; Jhn 19:19) — Pilate’s sign “Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews”~ acronym-acrostic YHWH — Yeshua HaNazaret VaMelek HaYehudim (Jhn 19:19 + Zec 12:9-10)
• Yahweh as Calming storms (Psa 89:8-9; 107:23-30 + Mrk 4:39-41)
• Yahweh as walking on water (Job 9:8 + Mat 14:22-33; Mrk 6:48-51) — Jesus identifies and comforts with “I am” Exo 3:14; Isa 51:12; 52:6 Why did you doubt? — Peter/like Israel doubted God— Mat 14:30-31; Nu ch14
• Receives worship Mat 14:33
• By reference — Peter’s plea, like Isaiah’s Luk 5:8-10 + Isa 6:5
• Yahweh Rejected (Exo 16:8; 1Sa 8:7 + Isa 53; Jhn 1:11)
• Yahweh Shepherd (Psa 23:1; Jhn 10:11)
• Yahweh seated on Throne (Isa 6:1-3 (10) + Jhn 12:40,41 + Rev 3:21; 7:17)
• Yahweh Stone of stumbling (Isa 8:14; + 1Pe 2:8)
• Yahweh’s teaching rejected (Deu 32:18; Jer 9:13; 31:32 + Jhn 6:52-66)
• Yahweh the God with us, (Isa 7:14 + Mat 1:23) Mighty God, Father of Eternity (Isa 9:6; Mic 5:2; + Jhn 1:1-3,10)
• Yahweh alone who is God. (Isa 44:24 + Jhn 1:1,18,50-51; 20:28) — Savior (Isa 43:11 + Acts 4:12; Tit 2:13) ~Rock (Isa 44:8 + 1Pe 2:6-8)
• Yahweh who sends himself (Isa 48:12-16; Zec 12:10)
• Yahweh our Righteousness (Jer 23:5-6 + 1Co 1:30)
• Yahweh seeks and saves lost (Ezk 34:16 + Luk 19:9-10)
• Yahweh as Giving rest (Exo 33:14; Mat 11:28)
• Yahweh source of life (Deu 30:20 + Col 3:3-4)
• Yahweh Healer of Infirmities (Psa 103:2-5; 147:3 + Mat 12:15; 15:30; Luk 4:18,40; 6:19)
• Yahweh forgiver of sin (Mrk 2:5-12 + Isa 43:25; Num 14:19-20; Psa 25:18; 32:5; 85:2; Jer 31:34; 36:31)
• Yahweh Worker of Wonders (Exo 3:20; 4:8-9; 15:11 + Jhn 2:1-12; 9:1-41)
• Yahweh as Giving the Spirit (Jhn 14:26; 15:26; 16:7; 20:22; 2Ti 1:7-9)
• Yahweh as having his own people (Eze 37:23 + Tit 2:11-14)
• Yahweh vs. lawlessness (Barabas) chosen beside him (Exo 32; Lev 20:2-5; 2Ki 17:16; 21:6; Jer 32:35 + Mat 27:16; Mrk 5:17; Luk 23:18; Jhn 18:40; Acts 3:14)
• Yahweh as First and Last (Isa 44:6; 48:12-16 + Rev 1:17; 2:8; 22:13-16)
• Yahweh as power over life and death (Gen 6:3; Deu 32:39; Jhn 17:1-2; Rev 1:18)
• Yahweh as upholding all things (Job 38:33-37; Psa 104:1-35; 145:16-17; Acts 17:28 + Col 1:16-20; Heb 1:3)
• Yahweh as Bridegroom (Isa 62:5; Hos 2:16 + Mat 25:1; Rev 21:1,9)
• Yahweh as Comforter (Isa 51:12; 2Co 1:3-4; + Mat 11:28; Jhn 14:18)
• Yahweh as causing all things to work together for good (Gen 50:20; Book of Job; + Rev 2:10)
• Yahweh ascended (Psa 68:18 + Eph 4:7-10)
• Yahweh from whom all blessings flow (Jam 1:17; Jhn 14:14)
• Taste and see Yahweh is good (Psa 34:8 + 1 Pe 2:3)
• The Unchanging Yahweh (Mal 3:6 + Heb 13:8)
• Yahweh as all in all (1Co 15:28 + Col 3:11; Eph 1:23)

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Angel of Yahweh

• Gen 16:8-14 Omniscience (tells Hagar about future descendants) Omnipotent (promises to make specific future occur) Recognized as God (Hagar calls the Angel “God who sees” Correlation to Christ (has familiar tenderness of Jesus in the Gospels. Like woman caught in adultery (Jhn 8:1-11) Hagar has been misused and the Angel comes in understanding and sympathetic way
• Gen 22:11-12 speaks as God, identifies Himself as God (have not withheld your only son, from Me) Correlation with Christ (the Father sacrifices His Son to give eternal life Jhn ch3)
• Gen 31:13 recalls Jacob’s dream (Gen 28:12) where the Angel identifies Himself as “the God of Bethel” who revealed Himself previously to Jacob.
• Exo ch3 Identifies as God: If we weren’t told at the beginning this was an angel, we wouldn’t even know it. The rest of the narrative shows Moses speaking to God.
• Recognized as God: Moses turns his face away because he is afraid to look upon God (verse 6).
• Demands worship: The angel tells Moses to remove his shoes because the ground in the angel’s presence is holy.
• Omniscience: The angel tells Moses he has heard the cries of the afflicted in Egypt (verse 7).
• Omnipotence: The angel’s message is that he will use Moses to deliver his people. Throughout the exchange, the angel promises to display his power to Egypt.
• Omnipresence: When Moses expresses doubt, the angel promises to be with him (verse 12).
• Immutability: When the angel reveals the name of God as “I AM,” it signifies God’s timeless and unchangeable nature.
• Correlation with Christ: Here we see the angel of the Lord demonstrating a characteristic we recognize from Jesus’ ministry.
• He is empowering Moses to release his people from bondage (Luk 4:16–21). Exo 14:19-20; 13:21-22
• Angel of Yahweh is a protector of the Israelites
• Identified as God: At one moment the guiding phenomenon is linked to God, and later identified as the angel of the Lord. Num 22:22-35
• Angel of Yahweh shows distinction from YHWH God here. Balaam is unable to see the Angel until is given vision to see.
• Distinct from God: Here we see both God and the angel of the Lord as separate agents in the same story.
• Identified as God: The angel identifies Balaam’s sin as a personal affront.
• Sovereignty: The angel talks about potentially taking Balaam’s life, but it doesn’t appear to be an order. The comment is delivered in a way that indicates the angel’s own authority. Jdg 2:1-5
• Angel of the Lord points to himself as the one who delivered Israel from the Egyptians, is the keeper of Israel’s covenant, and requires obedience. As a consequence of their insubordination, the angel informs the Hebrew nation that he’s withdrawing his protection from them. Angel takes credit for what the entire Biblical witness associates with God. Jdg ch 13
• Sovereignty: The angel informs Manoah and his wife how he plans to use Samson.
• Identified as God: Monoah recognizes that they have seen God (verse 22).
• Accepts worship: When Manoah offers to sacrifice a goat to the angel, the angel tells him to sacrifice it to the Lord. But the author of Judges tells us that the angel only said that because Manoah didn’t understand who he was talking to (verses 15–16). When it’s all over and Manoah is worried about being killed for seeing God, his wife tells him “If the Lord had desired to kill us, He would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering from our hands…” (verse 23). Correlation with Christ: The angel of the Lord refuses to give Manoah his name because it is wonderful (or incomprehensible), which seems to hint to his identity as Wonderful, Counselor, and Mighty God (Isa 9:6) 1Ch 21
• The Angel of Yahweh executes judgement over Jerusalem—a role associated with Jesus Zec 1:12; 3:4
• Correlation with Christ: Zechariah portrays the angel of the Lord as a mediator for Israel, an opponent of Satan, and a purifier of the righteous. These are all ministries associated with Jesus in the New Testament.

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Divinity of Jesus Christ in Early Christian Writings

He is Lord of all the world, to whom God said at the foundation of the world, “Let us make man after our image, and after our likeness.” Barnabas (c.70-130, E),1.139.

Let us reverence the Lord Jesus Christ, whose blood was given for us. Clement of Rome (c.96, W), 1.11

God Himself was manifested in human form for the renewal of eternal life. Ignatius (c.105,E), 1.58

Continue in intimate union with Jesus Christ, our God. Ignatius (c.105,E), 1.68

I pray for your happiness forever in our God, Jesus Christ. Ignatius (c.105, E), 1.96

The Christians trace the beginning of their religion to Jesus the Messiah. He is called the Son of the Most High God. It is said that God came down from heaven. He assumed flesh and clothes Himself with it from a Hebrew Virgin. And the Son of God lived in a daughter of man. Aristides (c. 125, E), 9.265

Truly God Himself, who is Almighty, the Creator of all things, and invisible has sent from heaven, and placed among men, the One who is truth, and the Holy and incomprehensible Word … God did not, as one might have imagine, as one might have imagined, send to men any servant, angel or ruler … Rather, He sent the very Creator and Fashioner of all things–by whom He made the heavens … As a King sends his son, who is also a king, so God sent Him. He sent Him as God. Letter to Diognetus (c.125-200) 1.27.

Brethren, it is fitting that you should think of Jesus Christ as of God–as the Judge of the living and the dead. Second Clement (c.150), 7.517.

The Father of the Universe has a Son. And He, being the First Begotten Word of God, is even God. Justin Martyr (c 160, E), 1.184.

The above quotes were taken from: “A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs”. David W. Bercot Hendrickson Publishers, 1998 pp. 93-94

Justin Martyr quotes Jesus as God —

1. “The Father of the universe has a Son, who also being the first begotten Word of God, is even God.” (Justin Martyr, First Apology, ch 63)
2. “Christ is called both God and Lord of hosts.” (Dialogue with Trypho, ch, 36)
3. Moreover, in the diapsalm of the forty-sixth Psalm, reference is thus made to Christ: ’God went up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.” Dialogue with Trypho, ch 37
4. “Therefore these words testify explicitly that He [Christ] is witnessed to by Him who established these things, as deserving to be worshipped, as God and as Christ.” — Dialogue with Trypho, ch. 63.
5. Justin Martyr in Chap. LXVI. He (Justin) Proves From Isaiah That God Was Born From A Virgin. (Chapter Title, Chap. LXVI)
6. “And Trypho said, “You endeavor to prove an incredible and well-nigh impossible thing; [namely], that God endured to be born and become man … some Scriptures which we mention, and which expressly prove that Christ was to suffer, to be worshipped, and [to be called] God, and which I have already recited to you, do refer indeed to Christ.” (Dialogue with Trypho, ch 68)
7. [Trypho to Justin] “…you say that this Christ existed as God before the ages, and that He submitted to be born and become man”
8. “Whence to God alone we render worship.” (Justin Martyr, First Apology, ch 17) Yet, Justin says that they worship Jesus Christ as God. “Therefore these words testify explicitly that He [Christ] is witnessed to by Him who established these things, as deserving to be worshipped, as God and as Christ.” — Dialogue with Trypho, ch. 63.