“Unto thee it was shown, that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God; there is none else beside him. Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. … Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.” (Deut. 4:35-36+39).

God always revealed Himself only to His people, and that as the only One, the Eternal; to the other nations He remained hidden. His manifestations throughout the entire Old Testament in all of the four thousand years from Adam until Christ were manifold. However, only at the beginning of the New Covenant did He reveal Himself as Father in heaven and in the Son on earth. Therefore, none of the prophets spoke of a Father in heaven, let alone prayed to a Father in heaven. Yet there are many promises in reference to the birth of the Son as well as our adoption as sons and daughters of God:

“I will be his father, and he shall be my son.” (2. Sam. 7:14; 1. Chr. 17:13).

“I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.” (Ps. 2:7-8).

“Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.” (Ps. 2:11‑12).

“But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts. I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.” (Ps. 22:9-10).

“He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.” (Ps. 89:26-27).

“Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” (Isa. 7:14).

In Isa. 9:6 we are told who the Son is: “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”

“Unto thee it was shown, that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God; there is none else beside him. Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. … Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.” (Deut. 4:35-36+39).

God always revealed Himself only to His people, and that as the only One, the Eternal; to the other nations He remained hidden. His manifestations throughout the entire Old Testament in all of the four thousand years from Adam until Christ were manifold. However, only at the beginning of the New Covenant did He reveal Himself as Father in heaven and in the Son on earth. Therefore, none of the prophets spoke of a Father in heaven, let alone prayed to a Father in heaven. Yet there are many promises in reference to the birth of the Son as well as our adoption as sons and daughters of God:

 “I will be his father, and he shall be my son.” (2. Sam. 7:14; 1. Chr. 17:13).

“I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.” (Ps. 2:7-8).

 “Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.” (Ps. 2:11‑12).

 “But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts. I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.” (Ps. 22:9-10).

 “He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.” (Ps. 89:26-27).

 “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” (Isa. 7:14).

In Isa. 9:6 we are told who the Son is: “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”