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Originally Posted by aron
Jesus is Jehovah made flesh. He presents us with the Creator, made a small, Nazarene Jew living under Roman occupation. And yet my concept of One God, the God of the Jews, is not troubled.
Look at the appellations: "You are the King of Israel!!" "You are the Holy One of God!!" "You are the Son of God!!" "You are the Messiah(Christ)!!" "You are the One who comes in the name of the LORD!!" Etc. Jesus denied none of these appellations. The Pharisees got upset because He called God His Father, and this made Him (so they said) God. But He never said, "I am God", in spite of many opportunities to do so.
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There is no way I would accept that Jesus was merely an emissary, acting in another's stead, as the centurion did. That would make Jesus as the created angels, yet oftentimes He did act as an emissary or messenger, and then was called the Angel of Jehovah.
Perhaps because I live in Jehovah Witness country, I have formed decisive opinions concerning Jesus and Yahweh / Jehovah. From these I will never back down. As you have said,
Jesus is Jehovah made flesh. Amen to that! Jesus is the eternal Logos, who was in eternity with God. The Logos Word
was with God, and the Logos Word
was God. That's the greatest mystery!