Exodus 6:1-8 The revealing of YAHWEH as Almighty God. YAHWEH
is the proper name of the one true God. The manner in which God led
Israel out of the bondage of Egypt showed them that YAHWEH is God.
Exodus 7:4 and 5, 14-17; 8:10, 22 This incredible event also showed
the Egyptians and the entire world that YAHWEH is God. God's salvation
for Israel and His judgment on Egypt is how He revealed His Identity.
Exodus 16:1-14 The manna from heaven revealed that He was YAHWEH
their God.
Exodus 20:1-7 After making clear His identity as YAHWEH their God,
He gave commandment that there were to be no other gods before Him.
Deuteronomy is a recapitulation of what was communicated in Exodus to
their fathers. Moses therefore repeated, and also more largely explained;
to which are likewise added several particular laws, instructions, and
directions. The time frame addressed is the fortieth year, eleventh month
when Israel was in the wilderness.
Deuteronomy 1:6-8, 10, 30-40 The people Moses addressed in the book
of Deuteronomy are the children of those who went into the wilderness.
Only two of the millions went into the Promised Land. All the rest died
in the wilderness, primarily because they refused to believe that YAHWEH
was the one true God. They held onto the false gods of Egypt. During the years
they lived in Egypt (about 210), everyone believed in the many gods of
Egypt. The reason God selected the ten plagues was it directly challenged
the gods of Egypt. Everyone they (Israel) knew believed in these gods. For
them to believe in YAHWEH, a monotheistic God, would have made them
outcasts or weird. Everyone believed in polytheistic gods.
Moses is declaring YAHWEH as Almighty God to a people who have
experienced His supernatural intervention all their lives fire by night,
cloud by day, manna, Mount Horeb, angel leading them, etc.
Deuteronomy 2:29, 31, 33, and 36; 3:2, 3, 18, 21-26 “YAHWEH” is used
439 times in Deuteronomy; “YAHWEH YOUR GOD,” 239; and “YAHWEH
OUR GOD,” 21 times. “YAHWEH” is used 1,555 times in the books of
Genesis to Deuteronomy. Christians who witness tell new people to read
the gospel of John to learn about God. It is no wonder that so many
people think Jesus is God because the emphasis is placed on Jesus with
the exclusion of God.
Thus, many followers of Christ are ignorant of the information YAHWEH provided
about Himself. It is absolutely impossible to understand the Son without
first knowing the Father.
Deuteronomy 4:23 and 24, 35-39; 5:6-10; 6:4 and 5; 7:9-11; 10:17-21
YAHWEH wants to be identified and worshipped.
Malachi 3:5-7 YAHWEH does not change. He is Who He is and has
always been. His identity did not change with the birth of His Son. 5,789
times, YAHWEH is used in the Old Testament, and not once is there the
slightest indication that He is three in one. Contrariwise is the powerfully
empathic communication that YAHWEH IS ONE. Yet, the commonly accepted
belief of most Christians is the Trinity dogma of the unity of Father, Son,
and Holy Spirit as three persons in one Godhead.
Ezekiel 25:17; 36:22-32; 39:7-10, 22 In Exodus, God's wrath against
Egypt and His salvation for Israel showed the world that He was
YAHWEH. So it will be at the end of the age.
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