to Abraham was the Word of God, and that the latter has the fullest claim to
the Incommunicable Name 1 of God. The Lord Jesus confirms this
identification by saying: 'Verily, 2 verily, I say unto you, Before
Abraham was, I am.'
Whenever, therefore, it is stated in the Old Testament that God revealed
Himself to Adam, the father of mankind, to Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, to Moses
and other prophets, and spoke to them, it is evident that the Divine Speaker was
the eternal
(ازلي) Word of God
(كلمة
الله), who then for a time occasionally appeared in the
form of an angel or of a man, and who afterwards, 'in the fulness of time'
'became flesh and dwelt among us', becoming incarnated and being known as the
Lord Jesus Christ. For only through Him who is the one true Manifestation
(مظهر) of
God has God Most High ever spoken unto men.
From the passages which in the whole of this chapter we have quoted, alike
from the Old Testament and the New, it has been clearly proved that the Bible
teaches throughout the essential Deity of the Word of God, the Lord Jesus
Christ. We trust that every one of our respected readers will study this matter
for himself in the holy Scriptures, for we feel sure that, seeking with all his
heart for the truth, he will find it in Christ. Prejudice may blind men to the
teaching of the holy Scriptures;
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