sole, and exclusive Divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ The builders have rejected the chief Corner-Stone. What wonder, then, that their temple should have utterly fallen down! Thus fulfilling the Lord’s own prediction concerning it; “Verily I say unto you, there shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.” Mat. 24: 2. But in the New Christian Church, called the New Jerusalem, Jesus Christ is acknowledged aa the supreme and only God—the Foundation and everlasting Support of the church. Thus “the Stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the Head of the corner.”
Again: Jehovah God calls himself i am. “God said unto Moses i am that i am; ‘and He said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, i am hath sent me unto you.” Ex. 3 : 14. Jesus Christ calls Himself by the same name. “Before Abraham was i am.” John 8: 58. And again He says “If ye believe not that i am, ye shall die in your sins” 8: 24. “Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of Man, then shall ye know that i am.” ib. v. 28
Can it be believed that there are two Beings, each of whom might with propriety designate Himself in this manner? If not, then Jesus and Jehovah must be identically the same Divine Being.
Again: Jehovah God calls Himself the first and
