Most points have been taken from Dr. Michael Heiser’s “Two Powers of Heaven” teachings. http://twopowersinheaven.com
If YHWH and Yeshua are two distinctly separate beings, then how can they both be married to Israel?
(If YHWH told Israel that He will remarry her and then Yeshua is identified as the bridegroom, logic dictates that YHWH is Yeshua)
• YHWH is the husband of Israel
(Isaiah 54:5, Jeremiah 3:14, Ezekiel 16:8)
• YHWH divorced Israel.
(Jer 3:6-10, Hos 2:2, Isa 50:1; )
• YHWH says that Israel will (future tense) be remarried to him (not his son).
(Hosea 2:16, Hosea 2:19, Jeremiah 3:14.)
• Yeshua is the bridegroom, who will (future tense) be married to Israel.
(Matthew 9:15, Mark 2:19-20, 2 Corinthians 11:2, Ephesians 5:27, Revelation 19:7-9, 21:9-11)
• Israel is the Bride of Christ. They are one in the same.
(Isa 54: 4-8; Jer 2:1-3; 3:6-25 and Hos 1, 2, 3 esp 2:16, 19-20)
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Note: The Torah prohibits a son from marrying any of his fathers previous wives. (Deuteronomy 22:30, 27:20, Leviticus 18:8, Leviticus 20:11).
Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible: "A man shall not take his father's wife,.... Not marry her, whether his own mother, or a stepmother; or even, as Aben Ezra thinks, anyone that was deflowered by his father."
Therefore it is impossible for the son (Yeshua) to marry any his fathers ex-wife (Israel) unless Yeshua was the one who was married to Israel in the first place.
Is YHWH going to remarry Israel, or Is Yeshua going to marry Israel? The bible tells us both is true. The only way to breach the inconsistencies of the OT and the NT is to have Yeshua being a manifestation of YHWH (The Father) rather than a separate person, or expression of His will. They have to be two but one.
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If YHWH and Yeshua are two distinctly different people, then how can they both be creator of all things?
• Yeshua created all things.
• (John 1 and Col 1:16)
• "YHWH" is identified as the creator
• (Gen 2, Job 38, Isaiah 37:16, 42:5, 45:7, 45:18, 66:2, Psalm 96:5, Prov. 3:19)
Both cannot be true unless Yeshua is a manifestation of YHWH. Two but one.
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The embodied Word in the OT is revealed as YHWH:
Jeremiah 1:4 -- The "Word of YHWH" came to Jeremiah
Jeremiah 1:6 -- Jeremiah identifies the Word as "YHWH".
Jeremiah 1:7 -- identifies the Word of YHWH as YHWH himself.
Jeremiah 1:9 -- YHWH put his hand on Jeremiah's mouth.
In these few verses we find the "Word of YHWH" is used interchangeably with "YHWH" who possessed human form. This is consistent with John 1:1 "...and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
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Yeshua, "only begotten" or "only kind/unique" :
Greek: Monogenēs
Until late 19th/20th century assumed by many:
Monos (only) + Gennaw ("to beget")
Later discoveries (Papyri):
Monos ("only") + genē ("kind/type/unique")
"Genē" is also used to describe Isaac in Hebrews 11:17 "his only begotten son," . But we all know that Isaac was not the only begotten son of Abraham .... Isaac was unique, the son of the promise. The monogēs of Abraham.
Therefore Yeshua likewise is not the "only begotten son," but the unique son. The only type of his kind. The monogēs.
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A few other things to note:
Exodus 3:2 says that "the Angel of the Lord appeared" in the flame in the bush.
Exodus 3:4 says that it's YHWH in the bush, calling out to Moses.
Thus, God is both the Angel of the Lord and YHWH.
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Genesis 31:10-13 The Angel of YHWH identifies himself as "the God of Bethel."
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Genesis 48:14-16 in Jacobs blessing to Ephraim he identifies the "Angel" as God.
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Judges 6:11 The Angel of the Lord sits under a tree.
Judges 6:12 The Angel of the Lord appears to Gideon.
Judges 6:14 says "and YHWH turned to him and said..."
Judges 6:16 says "And YHWH said to him"
Thus, God is both the Angel of the Lord and YHWH.
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Exodus 23:20: YHWH sends an "Angel"
Exodus 23:21: The Angel has the power to forgive sins. YHWH's name is in him.
Exodus 23:22: YHWH is the one who speaks through the Angel.
Thus, God is both the Angel of the Lord and YHWH.
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Yeshua is identified as "The name of YHWH" at his second coming:
Isaiah 30:27: The name of the Lord comes with "lips full of fury" and a "Tongue like devouring fire"
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1 Samuel 3:10 YHWH came and stood calling Samuel.
1 Samuel 3:21 YHWH again appeared, revealed himself "by the Word of YHWH.
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Isaiah 19 identifies YHWH as one who is "riding on a swift cloud"
Daniel 7:9-13 A prophecy concerning Yeshua as being one "coming with the clouds of heaven."
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Ezekiel 8: "a form with the appearance of a man" (vs2) ...with a hand (vs 3) takes Ezekiel into the heavens and speaks to him.
Ezek 9:8;11:13 He recognizes his guide as YHWH and addresses him as "Lord God"
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Dr. Michael Heiser writes:
“For the orthodox Israelite, Yahweh was both sovereign and vice regent—occupying both “slots” as it were at the head of the divine council. The binitarian portrayal of Yahweh in the Hebrew Bible was motivated by this belief. The ancient Israelite knew two Yahwehs—one invisible, a spirit, the other visible, often in human form. The two Yahwehs at times appear together in the text, at times being distinguished, at other times not.
Early Judaism understood this portrayal and its rationale. There was no sense of a violation of monotheism since either figure was indeed Yahweh. There was no second distinct god running the affairs of the cosmos. During the Second Temple period, Jewish theologians and writers speculated on an identity for the second Yahweh. Guesses ranged from divinized humans from the stories of the Hebrew Bible to exalted angels. These speculations were not considered unorthodox. That acceptance changed when certain Jews, the early Christians, connected Jesus with this orthodox Jewish idea. This explains why these Jews, the first converts to following Jesus the Christ, could simultaneously worship the God of Israel and Jesus, and yet refuse to acknowledge any other god. Jesus was the incarnate second Yahweh. In response, as Segal’s work demonstrated, Judaism pronounced the two powers teaching a heresy sometime in the second century A.D.”
This teaching is not my original content, it was put together by a good friend who wishes to remain unknown. It was based off of Michael Heiser's teachings as listed above.
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