Himself to be the same. Unless it be believed, therefore, that Israel hath more Shepherds than one, it is plain that Jehovah and Jesus must be identically the same Being.
Again, we read in Jeremiah 23: 6, “Behold the days come saith Jehovah, that I will raise unto David a righteous branch, who shall reign a King and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth; and this is the name whereby He shall be called, Jehovah our righteousness.”
Again in Daniel 7: 13, 14, “I saw in the night visions, and behold, one like the Son of Man came with the clouds of heaven;—and there was given Him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages should worship[1] Him; His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed,” Here it is declared that all people, nations, and languages, should worship Him, whom the prophet saw, and who, as he says, was like unto the Son of Man; and that His dominion should be everlasting, and His kingdom, never be destroyed. In another chapter of the same prophet, we find similar language employed, where mention is made of the dominion and kingdom of the high god, and of the most high, or of
- ↑ This is the literal translation of the Hebrew word naphal, which, in our common version of this text, is rendered serve.
