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tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father' (Phil. 2:9-11 author's
translation).
Here the entire universe prostrates itself at the feet of the Lord Jesus. Once again the whole tenor of Scripture
brands as a lie the teaching that `Jesus Christ is the Creature and Servant-Son of God', and confirms the oft-repeated
claim of the equality of the Son with the Father. The worship of the Son equally glorifies the Father, but this is
entirely untrue if the Son be not God, for God Himself has declared that He will not give His glory to another.
When Peter wrote the words, `To Him be glory and dominion, for ever and ever, Amen', did he not mean us to
understand that he offered supreme worship and praise to the infinite God? and shall we dare to alter one word of the
ascription of praise in Revelation 1:5,6:
`Unto Him that loved us, and washed (loosed) us from our sins in His own blood, and hath made us kings and
priests unto God and His Father; to Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen'.
Here the words both in the English and in the Greek are identical, the worship is the same whether offered to the
God of all grace, or to the Saviour Who died. The utmost homage that heaven can pay is given to the Lamb and to
God in Revelation 5:8-14. In this passage the four living creatures and the four and twenty elders render worship to
the Lamb alone; then `ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands' of angels worship the Lamb
alone; then the whole universe worships the Lamb and the Eternal God together, and lastly the four living creatures
and the four and twenty elders worship God alone. To rob the worship given to the Lamb of its utmost value is to
rob the worship given to God also; both stand or fall together.
One more reference must suffice before we pass on to the concluding passages:
`I saw also the LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple. Above it stood the
Seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with
twain he did fly. And one cried unto another and said, Holy, Holy, Holy, is the LORD of Hosts: the whole earth
is full of His glory' (Isa. 6:1-3).
Here again we have seraphim rendering the highest worship of heaven to the Lord Who sat upon His throne.
Who is the One they worship? Is He a `creature'? is He a `Servant-Son'? No, for His name is Jehovah. John,
writing afterwards of this chapter says, `These things said Isaiah, when he saw His (Christ's) glory, and spake of
Him' (Christ). The Lord of Hosts of Isaiah 6 and the Lord Jesus Christ are One, and claim our undivided love,
worship and service. Let us then honour the Son even as we honour the Father.
`The title Jehovah is the grand, the peculiar, and incommunicable name of God. It neither is applied to any
created being throughout the Scriptures, nor can be applied in reason, for it imports the necessary, independent,
and external existence of the Most High' (Serle).
If we find prophetic declaration concerning Jehovah fulfilled in the Lord Jesus Christ, we have inspired
interpretation and unchallengeable warrant for believing that Christ is Jehovah, for otherwise the Scriptures would
be proved to have spoken falsely, and the whole basis of our faith destroyed. Take for example the following:
`The voice of Him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD (Jehovah), make straight in the
desert a highway for our God' (Isa. 40:3).
This was fulfilled in Christ, for Matthew 3:3 declares:
`THIS IS HE that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias (Isaiah) saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
Prepare ye the way of the Lord'.
Christ therefore is Jehovah, and Christ therefore is God. Luke 1:76 adds another testimony to this by saying
concerning John the Baptist:
`And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to
prepare His ways'.
Or compare the language of the following: