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'The
Most High God' is the highest among the Persons in God. He gives directives to 'God the Word' and 'the
Spirit of God'. 'God the Word' became a man named Jesus and died on the
cross for the salvation of His people. God raised Jesus from death and declared him
as His 'Begotten Son'. At this point Jesus Christ became 'the only Begotten Son of God' and by
the same declaration the 'Most High God' became 'God the
Father'. "Heb 1.5 ---,Thou art my Son,
this day have I begotten thee. And again, I will be to him a Father, and he
shall be to me a Son."
'The Most High
God' was
the name for 'God the Father' before the time of the Son of man. He is the
highest among the Persons in God. "Gen 14:18
And
Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of
the most high God. 19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of
the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: 20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath
delivered thine enemies into thy hand.
Heb
7:1
For
this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God,
Luke 1:32
He
shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest ---.
35
And the angel answered and said unto her,
The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall
overshadow thee: ---.
Luke 8:28
When
he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice
said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I
beseech
thee,---".
However, God Jehovah is also called "the
Most High above all the
earth" in one context. "Psalm 83:18 That men may know that thou, whose name
alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth."
This context explains
His position over all the earth and
not the position among the Persons in God. So still we can say that God the
Father holds the position of command among the three persons. But they are
equal in the status as God.
In order to become a father
He has to beget a child. The
Bible says that God has a begotten Son, who is Jesus Christ. But when did God
beget this Son? It appears to be that God begot His Son
long before the birth of Jesus Christ because God was giving the already
begotten Son to the world.
"John
3:16
For
God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him ---."
But on certain occasions God
used to say things of the future as if it had already happened.
For example, the Bible says that Jesus Christ was slain from the foundation of
the world. "Rev 13:8 -- the Lamb
slain from the foundation of the world."
We know that it happened
after God the Word became the man, Jesus of Nazareth. But the Bible use the
above statement because this
was decided before the foundation of the world. "1 Peter
1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish
and without spot: 20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of
the world, but was manifest in these last times for you."
Because of this, the only way to know the fact
is to search and find from the scriptures, which was the actual day that Jesus Christ
was begotten. The Word of God have answers if we search for them.
The day that
God begot His Son was prophesied in Psalms.
"Psa 2:7
I
will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day
have I begotten thee."
It says that God will declare to
Jesus on that day that He has begotten Him as His Son by His proclamation. It is
not actually begetting a child, but it is like adopting a person as his Son by
His authority. The fulfillment of this prophecy was explained in
Acts.
"Acts
13:32 And we declare unto you glad tidings, how
that the promise which was made unto the fathers,
33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children,
in
that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second
psalm,
Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee."
First these verses bring Psalm 2 as reference and then describe the
fulfillment. God raised Jesus from the dead and declares that action of
resurrection as he is begetting his Son. The following verses also say that
the
resurrection of Jesus from the dead was declared as God has begotten the
Son.
"Col 1:18
And
he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from
the dead; ---.
Rev 1:5
And from Jesus Christ, who is the
faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead,".
This action of the Most High God is consented also by
the Holy
Ghost. "Rom 1:4
And
declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness,
by the resurrection from the dead."
So begotten Son is the resurrected Jesus who is
' God
the Son'. By declaring Jesus as the Begotten Son, by the same declaration 'the Most high
God' became the Father
to
Jesus Christ. "Heb 1:5 --- Thou art my Son, this day have I
begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a
Son?"
God the
Word existed
from the very beginning. He was God Almighty, I Am that I
Am, and God Jehovah. He also had other functional and symbolic names throughout
the Old Testament. When He became a
man, He was named Jesus. He was also called the Son of man. At His
resurrection, He was declared 'the Begotten Son of God' and 'the Christ'.
He is the Lord Jesus Christ and
the Begotten Son.
In the beginning 'the Word' was God.
"John
1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God." He was 'God Almighty' to Abraham. "Gen
17:1 --- the
LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God ---".
Later the same 'God the Word' became Flesh, a mere man. He was
named 'Jesus'.
"John 1:14
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,--.
Matt 1:21 And she shall bring
forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS:"
When the Lord Jesus Christ visits Apostle John at the island of Patmos he
identifies himself as 'the Almighty'.
"Rev 1:8
I am Alpha and
Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was,
and which is to come, the Almighty."
In the reference of the gospel of John, we see that
all
the judgment was given to the Son and in the reference of revelation the 'Lord
God Almighty' is judging.
"John 5:22 For the Father
judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
Rev
16:7 ---,
Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments."
So 'the Son' is 'Lord God Almighty'. From the above verses we can see
that 'God the Word' is 'God Almighty' and He is the 'Lord Jesus
Christ'.
He
was 'I Am that I Am' or in short He was 'I Am' and His name was 'Jehovah' to
Moses and to the people of Israel. "Ex 3:14
And 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 6:2-- God spake unto
Moses, and said ---, I am the LORD: 3. --I
appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God
Almighty,
but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them." Now
we see that 'God the Word' is 'I Am That I Am', 'God
Almighty', 'I Am', 'God Jehovah' and 'Lord Jesus Christ'.
5.
The
Son of Man
'God
the Word' was born as a human child to a virgin
mother. "Isa 7:14
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall
conceive, and bear a son." God was made flesh.
"John 1:14
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us."
Why say flesh?
Because God is a Spirit. "John 4:24 God
is a Spirit:--" He
ceased to be God, who is a Spirit. He did
not keep any power attributes of God in the status of being a Spirit. He
emptied himself to become a mere man. Even
though He was the same Person (Soul) who existed in 'God the Word', He emptied
the power attributes and the Spirit to become a flesh which is a man. (You may click and read:
Who is God? for details.) The Person did not
cease to exist. The Person continued to live, but not as 'God Person' but as
'human person' and thus God became a man.
"Phil 2:6
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon
him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men."
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