II. WHO, THEN, IS JESUS?
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HERE, then, we are confronted by the crux of the matter. It is the essential question. If Jehovah, the God of the Old Testament, is the one only God of heaven and earth, as He has proclaimed times without number throughout the Old Testament; if He is absolute, complete, indivisible, Creator and Ruler of the universe, such as the world accepts Him, who, then, is Jesus?
The answer is plain and indisputable: If Jehovah and Jesus are not identical, as we believe they are,—not merely united as Father and Son are united, by kindred interests; if they are not identical, unmistakably the same person and being—then Jesus is not God. There is no escape from this conclusion. For God is one and indivisible. He cannot exist in two separate and distinct persons, any more than you
