Himself, as some ignorantly and blasphemously imagine John 1: 1 teaches, is proved to

be unscriptural and untenable. Jehovah is God, and there is none beside Him. We are not

yet ready to consider the proofs that Scripture contains, that the `Jehovah' of the O.T. is

the `Jesus' of the N.T.; we have here to examine Deut. 6: 4.  Here we have the title

already referred to "The Lord our God" Jehovah our Elohim "is one LORD (Jehovah)".

The word echad which is translated `one' here means a `compound unity'. Thus it is

used in Ezek. 37: 16, 17, where two sticks are taken by the prophet, the one bearing

the name of Judah, the other the name of Joseph, and he was told to "Join them one to

another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand". So, in Gen. 2: 24, the

word is used of the oneness of man and woman in marriage `they shall be one flesh'.

Instances can be multiplied.

In Numb. 13: 23, the spies cut down a branch which carried one cluster of grapes.

We are therefore compelled by the weight of evidence and the choice of words, to believe

in the `unity' of God, but that assent of the heart in the presence of Revelation does not

by any means indicate that the human mind can comprehend what is thus clearly revealed

to faith. What the consequence of such a revelation should be, is that with true humility

and wonder we should put our hand to our mouth, and worship rather than speculate,

refraining from the presumption that argues "If God . . . . . then He cannot be . . . . ." for

we have nothing in our experience to supply the necessary facts upon which to base an

argument or to draw conclusions.

The next subject that awaits our reverent investigation is the one already suggested,

namely, that the Jehovah of the O.T. is the Jesus of the N.T. Let us start with Deut. 6: 4.

The God of Israel is the `one Lord'. The Septuagint version translates the name Jehovah

by the Greek word kurios, and this title is used over and over again of the Saviour in the

N.T. It is not the Father Who is called "one Lord" in the N.T. it is CHIRST (Eph. 4: 5;

I Cor. 8: 6). It may not be clear to every reader that the N.T. consistently uses the title

kurios to translate the title Jehovah, so we pause to establish this fact. Rom. 4: 8 is a

quotation from Psa. 32: 2; Heb. 7: 21 quotes Psa. 110: 4, and in both cases Paul

follows the rendering of the Septuagint. Matt. 3: 3 quotes Isa. 40: 3 "Prepare ye the

way of the Lord" (Jehovah in the Hebrew of Isaiah kurios in the Greek of Matthew). In

addition to this evidence three passages, when taken together are sufficient to prove that

Jesus Christ is LORD, in this higher sense, they are Isa. 35:, Rom. 14: and Phil. 2:

Isa. 45: reiterates the truth that there `is none else'. The idea of `A God' or another who

holds the title is intolerable.

At the close of this tremendous chapter we read these words: