In the 4,000 years from Adam until Christ, no one ever spoke to a Father in heaven – not Abraham, Moses, or any prophet – let alone to a Son of God. There was also no conversation in heaven between Father and Son. Later on, misunderstandings from the Trinitarian point of view were interpreted into the Holy Scripture, for instance, in regard to the statement: “Let us make man ...” (Gen 1:26) as well as Gen 11:7, where the Lord said, “Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”

The Lord God was neither talking to Himself nor was He speaking to another divine person but instead to the angels who surrounded Him. We see this con rmed time and again, as in 2 Chr 18:18-22, where the Lord had a conversation with the heavenly hosts standing on His left side and on His right side. In Isa 6:1-13 the Lord said to the seraphims who surrounded Him, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” (v. 8). he asked Job, “Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? ... When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shout- ed for joy?” (Job 38:4+7).

The Lord became like us when He took on human form as Son of God: “... made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men ...” (Phil 2:7). he gave His blood for the forgiveness of our sins: “For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.” (Mt 26:28), made the New Covenant with us, and gave us the adoption as sons: “And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts ...” (Gal 4:4-7).

It is good to know that the Lord/Yahweh of the Old Testament is The same Lord/Yahshua of the New Testament. Beginning in the Garden of Eden, the invisible, eternal God revealed Himself throughout the Old Testament in visible form as Lord. Accompanied by two angels, He visited Abraham: “And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre ... And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him ...” (Gen 18:1-2). The Lord continued to speak with Abraham (v. 17) while the two angels went on to Sodom (chap. 19). Jacob saw Him on the ladder that reached to heaven: “And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed ...” (Gen 28:12-15). he appeared to Moses in the burning bush (Ex 3), and then He revealed Himself to all of the people of Israel in the cloud and the pillar of re (Ex 40:34-38). To Moses the Lord even spoke face to face (Deut 34:10). The Prophet Micah saw the Lord on the throne (1 Kgs 22:19), as did the Prophet Isaiah (Isa 6). The Apostle John likewise saw Him on the throne: “... and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne ...” (Rev 4:2). This was not a second person but God, Who is actually Spirit, as Lord in visible form.

In the New Testament, God has revealed Himself as Father in heaven in His only begotten Son on earth. As Son He said, “I came forth from the Father ...” The disciples replied, “... by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.” (Jn 16:28-30). After He had completed His work of Redemption, He sat down as Son of Man at the right hand of God (Mt 26:63-64): “I ascend unto my Father, and your Father ...” (Jn 20:17). This had already been predicted in Ps 110:1: “... Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.” (Mt 26:64; Lk 22:69; see also Heb 1:13; Heb 2:7-8; and others). As Lord – not as Son – He could say,“Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.” (Jn 8:58).

The I am speaks in the Old and New Testament:

“I am the Lord, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.” (Isa 43:15).

“I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.” (Isa 43:25).

“Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the rst, I also am the last.” (Isa 48:12).

“Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus an- swered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.” (Jn 18:37).

The designation “I am” is found repeatedly in the Gospel of John: “I am the bread of life; I am the light of the world; I am the good shepherd; I am the resurrection; I am the way, the truth, and the life.”

“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Al- mighty.” (Rev 1:8).

“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the rst and the last.” (Rev 22:13).

In the 4,000 years from Adam until Christ, no one ever spoke to a Father in heaven – not Abraham, Moses, or any prophet – let alone to a Son of God. There was also no conversation in heaven between Father and Son. Later on, misunderstandings from the Trinitarian point of view were interpreted into the Holy Scripture, for instance, in regard to the statement: “Let us make man ...” (Gen 1:26) as well as Gen 11:7, where the Lord said, “Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”

The Lord God was neither talking to Himself nor was He speaking to another divine person but instead to the angels who surrounded Him. We see this con rmed time and again, as in 2 Chr 18:18-22, where the Lord had a conversation with the heavenly hosts standing on His left side and on His right side. In Isa 6:1-13 the Lord said to the seraphims who surrounded Him, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” (v. 8). he asked Job, “Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? ... When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shout- ed for joy?” (Job 38:4+7).

The Lord became like us when He took on human form as Son of God: “... made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men ...” (Phil 2:7). he gave His blood for the forgiveness of our sins: “For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.” (Mt 26:28), made the New Covenant with us, and gave us the adoption as sons: “And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts ...” (Gal 4:4-7).

It is good to know that the Lord/Yahweh of the Old Testament is The same Lord/Yahshua of the New Testament. Beginning in the Garden of Eden, the invisible, eternal God revealed Himself throughout the Old Testament in visible form as Lord. Accompanied by two angels, He visited Abraham: “And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre ... And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him ...” (Gen 18:1-2). The Lord continued to speak with Abraham (v. 17) while the two angels went on to Sodom (chap. 19). Jacob saw Him on the ladder that reached to heaven: “And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed ...” (Gen 28:12-15). he appeared to Moses in the burning bush (Ex 3), and then He revealed Himself to all of the people of Israel in the cloud and the pillar of re (Ex 40:34-38). To Moses the Lord even spoke face to face (Deut 34:10). The Prophet Micah saw the Lord on the throne (1 Kgs 22:19), as did the Prophet Isaiah (Isa 6). The Apostle John likewise saw Him on the throne: “... and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne ...” (Rev 4:2). This was not a second person but God, Who is actually Spirit, as Lord in visible form.

In the New Testament, God has revealed Himself as Father in heaven in His only begotten Son on earth. As Son He said, “I came forth from the Father ...” The disciples replied, “... by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.” (Jn 16:28-30). After He had completed His work of Redemption, He sat down as Son of Man at the right hand of God (Mt 26:63-64): “I ascend unto my Father, and your Father ...” (Jn 20:17). This had already been predicted in Ps 110:1: “... Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.” (Mt 26:64; Lk 22:69; see also Heb 1:13; Heb 2:7-8; and others). As Lord – not as Son – He could say,“Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.” (Jn 8:58).

The I am speaks in the Old and New Testament:

“I am the Lord, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.” (Isa 43:15).

“I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.” (Isa 43:25).

“Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the rst, I also am the last.” (Isa 48:12).

“Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus an- swered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.” (Jn 18:37).

The designation “I am” is found repeatedly in the Gospel of John: “I am the bread of life; I am the light of the world; I am the good shepherd; I am the resurrection; I am the way, the truth, and the life.”

“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Al- mighty.” (Rev 1:8).

“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the rst and the last.” (Rev 22:13).