Did the Savior Pre-exist?

Paramount to a full and proper realization of how and why Yahshua qualifies to be our unique Savior is understanding His ancient and modern roles. To contend that He first came into existence at Bethlehem is to believe in less than a Savior – a mere humanized sacrifice and not the supreme surrender of a pre-existent, all-powerful Mighty One. Yahweh so loved us that He gave up His most precious possession to redeem His human creation. He gave up for our redemption the ultimate, His very Son, whom He had cherished at His right hand long before the world was.

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There are those who deny the pre-existence of Yahshua on the one hand, and on the other hand they proclaim that He is the Savior, the Redeemer. This is something most of the Christian world, though blinded and deceived, does not do!

      How is it that some who have come out of the world and turned to the true, personal Names of the Father and Son have turned away from the truth, adopting a Judaic kind of faith that neglects Yahshua in this way – a position our Heavenly Father does not allow? This, coupled with faulty reasoning and an unscholarly use of the Scriptures, has resulted in the fallacy that rejects the reality of Yahshua’s pre-existence.

     This booklet is produced in the hope that you will read, prove, and believe in Yahshua, our heavenly High Priest who was, is, and will be Elohim, eternal, abiding forever.

Take the Savior at His Own Word

     Let us get straight to the heart of the matter before answering the erroneous reasoning of those who deny Yahshua’s pre-existence. Yahshua’s own words—His own actions and deeds—prove that He existed before His birth at Bethlehem.

     It is imperative for the truth’s sake that we believe Him, His words, and deeds. Unless we do, we become like the Jews of His day who had Abraham as their father, the law of Moses, the Psalms and the Prophets, yet denied Him. They did not believe though they saw His mighty works and heard His words.

     Because of that unbelief they murdered the Son of righteousness. Similarly, if we deny Him and reject His own words in unbelief we stand in jeopardy of slaying Him again in a spiritual way.

      The Jews of His day asked, "‘Are you the Messiah? Tell us.’ And He said unto them, ‘If I tell you, you will not believe: and if I also ask you, you will not answer Me, nor let Me go. Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of Elohim [Yahweh].’ Then said they all, ‘Are you then the Son of Elohim?’ And He said unto them, ‘You say that I am’ [a Hebraism, denoting a strong affirmative, The Companion Bible, p. 1503]. And they said, ‘What need we any further witness? For ourselves have heard out of His own mouth.’ And the whole multitude of them arose, and led Him unto Pilate. And they began to accuse Him, saying, ‘We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that He Himself is Messiah a King.’ And Pilate asked Him, saying, ‘Are You the King of the Jews?’ And He answered him and said, ‘You say it.’ [A Hebraism for a strong affirmative]. Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, ‘I find no fault in this man,’” Luke 22:67-71; 23:1-4.

     Amazing! A gentile, heathen ruler took Him at His word. Pilate found no fault or reason for accusation, while the Jews, the very subjects of the King of the Jews, denied, accused, disbelieved, and ultimately rejected Him.

     Yahshua Himself stressed faith in many places. "Yahshua answered and said unto them, ‘This is the work of Yahweh, that you BELIEVE on Him Whom He has sent,’" John 6:29.

     Do we grasp the impact of the words spoken here? The very WORK of Yahweh is to BELIEVE on Him Whom He sent. This includes a firm belief in the words Yahshua spoke about Himself.

Disciples Corrected for Questioning Pre-existence

After hearing Yahshua’s explanation of Himself—that He is the true bread from heaven and that we must eat of His flesh and drink His blood if we are to live forever—many of His disciples murmured saying, " ‘This is an hard saying; who can hear it?’ When Yahshua knew in Himself that His disciples murmured at it, He said unto them, ‘Does this offend you? What and if you shall see the Son of man ascend up where He was before? It is the spirit that quickens; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. But there are some of you that believe not.’ For Yahshua knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray Him," John 6:60-64.

     We must grasp the impact of His words! Yahshua spoke the words that the Father gave Him to speak. Those who believed would be his TRUE disciples. Those who DISBELIEVED would BETRAY Him.

     The same conditions exist today. The Pharisees, Scribes, and Sadducees were the great teachers and believers in the law, yet they denied the One of Whom the law spoke. Therefore, Yahshua said, “‘For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made (become) blind.’ And some of the Pharisees which were with Him heard these words, and said unto Him, ‘Are we blind also?’ Yahshua said unto them, ‘If you were blind you should have no sin: but now you say, "We see;" therefore your sin remains,’" John 9:39-41.

     Elsewhere He said, "I said therefore unto you, that you shall die in your sins: for if you believe not that I am, you shall die in your sins," John 8:24.

     Strong words! If we don’t believe everything about Yahshua and all He said then our sins remain and we shall die in our sins having no Savior, no Redeemer. If we say, "We see (we understand)" and yet deny certain facts about Him and various of His words, then our sin remains.

He Came Down From Heaven

What did Yahshua say, therefore, about His own pre-existence? If He says that He did pre-exist then we must believe Him or we are not His disciples but just another group of Pharisees, Scribes or Sadducees who disbelieve to betrayal!

     Yahshua said, "If I have told you earthly things, and you believe not, how shall you believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? And no man has ascended up to heaven, but HE THAT CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, EVEN THE SON OF MAN, Which is in heaven...For Yahweh so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life," John 3:12-16.

     Yahshua personally testified that He came down from heaven (the Greek Interlinear Bible expresses it, "And no one has gone up into heaven except He OUT OF HEAVEN HAVING COME DOWN, the Son of man, Who is in heaven"). He had been speaking to Nicodemus about being born again, a thing Nicodemus couldn’t grasp even though He presented it in an earthly manner. If one cannot understand heavenly things presented in an earthly manner, then how can one understand the true heavenly things?

     Yahshua said, "You are from beneath; I am from above; you are of this world; I am not of this world," John 8:23. His own words should explain to us clearly that He HAD to pre-exist. He said that He was sent, that He came from another world. Had He not pre-existed—had He only come into existence at the time of His birth—then He would have been just as we, from the earth, speaking of and understanding only earthly things.

     In contrast to us He said, "I speak that which I have seen with My Father: and you do that which you have seen with your father," John 8:38.

     At this point some will argue that He understood those things because He was given the Spirit of Yahweh and the Spirit caused Him to see and understand. But look at what He said in John 6:62, "What and if you shall see the Son of man ascend up WHERE HE WAS BEFORE?"

     Some had come to Him asking, “‘What shall we do, that we might work the works of Yahweh?’ Yahshua answered, ‘This is the work of Yahweh, that you BELIEVE ON HIM WHOM HE HAS SENT.’ They said therefore unto Him, ‘What sign shew You then, that we may see, and believe You? What do You work? Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ Then Yahshua said unto them, ‘Verily, verily I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but My Father gives you the true bread FROM HEAVEN. For the bread of Yahweh is He Which COMES DOWN FROM HEAVEN, and gives life unto the world.... For I CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, not to do My own will, but the will of Him THAT SENT ME. And this is the Father’s will Which HAS SENT ME, that of all which He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of Him THAT SENT ME, that every one which sees the Son and BELIEVES ON HIM, may have everlasting life: and I will raise Him up at the last day.’ The Jews then murmured at Him, because He said, ‘I AM THE BREAD WHICH CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN.’ And they said, ‘Is not this Yahshua, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that He said, "I CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN,"’" John 6:29-33, 38-42.

     The Jews murmured at Him in DISBELIEF because He said "I came down from heaven." Those who deny His pre-existence are also denying that He came down from heaven. They, as the Jews of His day who were trying to follow Him, are finding His sayings difficult to believe, difficult to understand, and are turning away essentially in disbelief just as these Jews did!

     Yahshua continued, “‘Murmur not among yourselves. No man can come to Me, except the Father WHICH HAS SENT ME draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the prophets, "And they shall be taught of Yahweh." Every man therefore that has heard, and has learned of the Father, comes unto Me. Not that any man has seen the Father save He Which is of [Greek para = from (beside)] Elohim, He has seen the Father. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that BELIEVES on Me has everlasting life. I am that bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. THIS IS THE BREAD WHICH COMES DOWN FROM HEAVEN, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. I am the living bread which CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN: if any eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.’ The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, ‘How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?’ Then Yahshua said unto them, ‘Verily, verily I say unto you, Except you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink His blood, you have no life in you. Whoso eats My flesh, and drinks My blood has eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For My flesh is meat indeed, and My blood is drink indeed. He that eats My flesh, and drinks My blood, dwells in Me, and I in Him. As the living Father HAS SENT ME, and I live by the Father: so he that eats Me, even He shall live by Me. THIS IS THAT BREAD WHICH CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eats of this bread shall live for ever.’ These things said He in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum," John 6:43-59.

     Notice! 13 times in John 6 Yahshua said that the Father sent Him or that He came from heaven or that He came down from heaven.

     What does "come from" or "came from" or "to be sent by or from" mean? If an American in civil service overseas is asked where he is from, he would say, "I came from America. I was sent by the Commander in Chief." To come from America means having lived there BEFORE going overseas.

     Such are the words and meaning of Yahshua Who said that He would ascend up where He was before, which He did in Acts 1:9-10.

Yahshua Existed Before Abraham

Yahshua told the Jews of His day, “‘Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day: and he saw it, and was glad.’ Then said the Jews unto Him, ‘You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?’ Yahshua said unto them, ‘Verily, verily I say unto you, Before Abraham was I am,’" John 8:56-58.

     The way that John 8:58 is rendered in the KJV does not do justice to what Yahshua said here. The word "was" in reference to Abraham should have been translated "came into being" or "was born." The Greek words "I am" are Ego Eimi. Ego means "I." Eimi is No. 1510 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance Greek Dictionary. It means, exist, am, have been or was.

     We get the sense of this word from Revelation 1:8, where Yahshua said He is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and ending, WHICH IS, WHICH WAS AND WHICH IS TO COME. We also get the sense of this word from Exodus 3:14, when Yahweh told Moses, "I AM THAT I AM." (Hebrew haYah)

     The meaning, therefore, of John 8:58 is, "Before Abraham was born, I existed." The Jews of His day had no problem understanding that this is what our Savior meant. Why cannot we accept the fact that Yahshua existed before Abraham?

      How many times does our Savior have to tell us that He pre-existed before some will believe Him? Why are His sayings so hard to understand? Is it because we are only understanding with earthly eyes and ears?

      Let’s let Yahshua say it again, "And the Father Himself, WHICH HAS SENT ME has borne witness of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His shape. And you HAVE NOT HIS WORD abiding in you: FOR WHOM HE HAS SENT, HIM YOU BELIEVE NOT," John 5:36-38.

     Many are proclaiming that they believe on Yahshua, but if they do not believe what He said then Yahweh’s word is not living in them.

     One can proclaim the Name of Yahweh all one wants. One can proclaim Yahweh’s law, holy days, Sabbaths, and Covenant. One can even proclaim a message about Yahshua, but if one does not believe all of Yahshua’s words, it is in vain.

John the Baptist Confirms Messiah's Pre-existence

Yahshua’s own words revealing His pre-existence should be enough for us. But there are many other witnesses, too many to be neglected!

     Abraham is one of those witnesses, for Yahshua said that Abraham rejoiced to see His day and was glad. The Jews of His day understood that Yahshua was saying that He Himself was there observing Abraham rejoicing.

     John the Baptist is another witness of Him. John cried, "This was He of Whom I spake, He that comes after me is preferred before me: FOR HE WAS BEFORE ME," John 1:15.

     The literal translation from the Greek might make John 1:15 a little more clear, "John witnesses concerning Him, and has cried out saying, This One of whom I said, He after me coming before me has become, for preceding me He was." (The Interlinear Bible).

     The reality of the situation is that John the Baptist was actually born before Yahshua (Luke 1:26, 31, 36), but as John said, Yahshua was preferred before Him (John) because He was before him.

     John also says, "No man has seen Yahweh at any time; the only begotten Son, Which is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared Him," John 1:18.

     No man had ever seen the face of Yahweh nor could they understand enough to explain Him to others. But Yahshua had seen Him, been with Him, and could explain Him.

     When John saw Yahshua coming to him, he said, "This is He of Whom I said, After me comes a man Which is preferred before me: FOR HE WAS BEFORE ME," John 1:29-30.

     Twice for emphasis John said that Yahshua, coming after him, was before him. John knew and witnessed that Yahshua pre-existed. But if we will not believe Yahshua’s own words then how will we believe John’s?

The Apostle John's Witness

The apostles lived with Yahshua during His ministry. They witnessed everything that He did and said. They were given the Holy Spirit of power which would bestow to them understanding and the power to witness of Him, John 15:26-27. They spoke of Him to their generation and wrote of Him to future generations.

     The Apostle John opens his evangel with the words: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was WITH Elohim and the Word was Elohim." The word "with" is the Greek pros. A quick look at Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance reveals that pros is a preposition of direction, meaning forward to, toward [with the genitive; the side of, i.e. pertaining to; with the dative; by the side of, i.e. near to].

     "The same was in the beginning with [by the side of] Elohim. All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made." (The Interlinear reads, "All things through Him came into being, and without Him came into being not even one thing that came into being")... And the Word was made [became] flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth," John 1:1-3, 14.

     Isn’t there enough here alone to confirm the pre-existence of Yahshua? The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. Before that the Word existed in spirit form. This Word was (existed) in the beginning. The Word was beside Elohim (Yahweh) and the Word was Elohim (Yahweh).

Son Alive in Old Testament

In Psalm 110 we find One Who is invited to sit at the right hand of Yahweh, "Yahweh said unto my Sovereign, ‘Sit You at My right hand, until I make Your enemies Your footstool,’ " verse 1.

      We find that the One invited to sit at Yahweh’s right hand can be none other than Yahshua, as pointed out in the Book of Hebrews, "Elohim, Who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, Whom He has appointed Heir of all things, by (through) Whom also He made the worlds; Who being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; being made so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

     "For unto which of the angels said He at any time, ‘You are My Son, this day have I begotten You?’ And again, ‘I will be to Him a Father, and He shall be to Me a Son?’ And again, when He brings in the first begotten into the world, He said, ‘And let all the angels of Elohim worship Him...But to which of the angels said He at any time, ‘Sit on My right hand, until I make Your enemies Your footstool,’" Hebrews 1:1-6, 13.

     Hebrews 1 explains to us that the One invited to sit at Yahweh’s right hand is the Son of Elohim, the First begotten, who is Yahshua as we all know. Hebrews also corroborates John’s statement that everything was made by Yahshua, the Word that was sent from heaven to be made flesh and dwell among us.

     Psalm 110 also says, "Yahweh has sworn, and will not repent, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek" (remember, this is Old Testament), verse 4.

     Once again the Book of Hebrews witnesses that this is speaking of Yahshua, "So also Messiah glorified not Himself to be made an High Priest; but He That said unto Him, ‘You are My Son, to day have I begotten You.’ As He says also in another place, ‘YOU ARE A PRIEST FOR EVER AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHISEDEK.’ Who in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto Him That was able to save Him from death, and was heard in that He feared; though He were a Son, yet learned He obedience by the things which He suffered; and being made perfect, He became the Author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey Him; CALLED OF YAHWEH AN HIGH PRIEST AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHISEDEK. Of Whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing you are dull of hearing," Hebrews 5:5-11.

     Yes, there are many things to say and hard to be uttered since many have become dull of hearing and have turned to deny the truth about Yahshua.

     Psalm 110 makes another profound statement in verse 5, "Yahweh at Your right hand shall strike through kings in the day of His wrath."

     Who is at the right hand? It can’t be the Father for He is the center, the focal point of all things. As we have discovered in Hebrews, Yahshua the Son has been set on the right hand. But He at the right hand is here called Yahweh according to the original inspired Scriptures.

     The Jews themselves couldn’t figure this scripture out and so they, in their own unbelief, altered the Tetragrammaton – Yahweh’s Name – to Adonai. In 133 other places the Sopherim, the ancient custodians of the Sacred Text, altered Yahweh to Adonai as well.

     The point is, the One Who sat down at Yahweh’s right hand was also named Yahweh, just as many fathers in our society today bestow their own name on their firstborn son. Yahshua, whose Name means Yahweh is salvation," carries the heavenly family's "surname" Yah. "For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Master Yahshua the Messiah, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named" (Eph. 3:14-15).

Willingly Ignorant of His Creation

As John pointed out, He was, in the beginning, at the side of the Father. He was Elohim (Yahweh). He made all things, bringing them into being and nothing was brought into being without Him.

     He is the Word, and Peter writes of this Word, "This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance; That you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the sovereign and Savior: knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, ‘Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.’ FOR THIS THEY WILLINGLY ARE IGNORANT OF, THAT BY THE WORD OF ELOHIM [plural, meaning Mighty Ones] the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: but the heavens and the earth which are now, BY THE SAME WORD are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of impious men," 2Peter 3:1-7.

     There is no disunity between the Apostles John and Peter. They both harmonize, freely admitting and teaching that the WORD, Yahshua, the one Who became flesh, made all things.

     But then, if one will not believe Yahshua’s own words then how can one believe the apostles?

The apostle Paul testified in the same manner as John and Peter, adding much more valuable information about the Savior.

Paul Leaves No Doubt: Yahshua Created Universe

In the Book of Colossians Paul writes of Yahshua, "Who is the image of the invisible Yahweh, the firstborn of every creature: FOR BY HIM WERE ALL THINGS CREATED, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him: and he is before [Greek pro = a prim. prep. "fore," i.e. in front of, PRIOR TO (fig. superior)] all things, and BY HIM ALL THINGS CONSIST. And He is the Head of the body, the assembly: Who is the beginning, the Firstborn from the dead; that in ALL THINGS He might have the pre-eminence," Colossians 1:15-18.

     Yahweh does not change. He began the creation through Yahshua. He saves us through Him and we will inherit a new heavens and a new earth and a city, new Jerusalem through, by Him. Yahweh does all things through Yahshua so that Yahshua might share in the glory that He had with the Father BEFORE the world was, John 17:5.

     There is one who seeks to glorify himself above the stars of El. He seeks to sit in the throne of Yahweh himself. He is Satan, a liar and a thief. He deceives, confuses and divides. He sows disbelief, causing the many to disbelieve the Scriptures. He does not glorify the Father because he disobeys Him. He does not glorify the Son because he sows the seeds of doubt and confusion about the Son of Elohim, His pre-existence, His power and glory. He has set a trap of unbelief. We must not fall into this trap of doubt but believe Yahweh’s word!

     Paul also writes in the Book of Ephesians that he had had the mystery revealed to him that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs with Israel (Eph. 3:3-7), "That I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Messiah; and to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world has been hid in Elohim, WHO CREATED ALL THINGS BY YAHSHUA MESSIAH," verses 8-9.

     Furthermore, Paul reveals in the Book of Philippians, "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Messiah Yahshua: Who, being in the form [morphe = shape, nature, form] of Elohim, thought it not robbery [something to seize upon or desperately cling to] to be equal [isos = similar, like, equal] with Elohim: but made Himself of no reputation [He emptied Himself of that power and glory that He had as Creator, the Word] and took on the form of a servant [or slave], and was found in the likeness of men," Philippians 2:5-7.

     What man, who has attained position in government, glory, honor, fame, and riches, would be willing to divest himself of such things to become an unknown? What person would give up absolute, universal power to be humiliated and despised by His own creation and at the very end of his life to hang naked, penniless, and dead on a tree—reviled, spat upon, rejected? Such is Yahshua. Paul writes, "And being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the stake," Ephesians 2:8. His sacrifice is all the MORE precious knowing that He was willing to give up everything he previously had for us!

     Yahshua, according to Paul, John, and Psalm 110, was Elohim (Yahweh) originally. He was on an equality with the Father in the spirit realm. He was in the form of Elohim. He has the power to create, to bring things into existence out of nothing. Yet, for the greater purposes and plan of Elohim and for the glory of Elohim, He emptied Himself of that great honor and glory for a time and became flesh and blood.

     Man was made in the image of Elohim but a little lower than the angels (Heb. 2:7). Yahshua also becoming flesh, becoming a man, was then "a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor, that He by the grace of Elohim should taste death for every man," Hebrews 2:9.

     John the Baptist, and the apostles John, Peter, and Paul, have witnessed to us in these last days through the New Covenant Scriptures that Yahshua pre-existed. They also recorded Yahshua’s own words. Yet, if we will not believe Yahshua, then how can we believe the Apostles?

The Witness of the Psalms

The Book of Psalms joins hand in hand, as Yahweh’s perfect Word should, to declare the pre-existence of Yahshua. Psalm 33 reads, "For the WORD of Yahweh is right [righteous]; and all His [the Word’s] works are done in truth [grace and truth came by Yahshua, John 1:16]. He loves righteousness and judgment [Heb. 1:9]: the earth is full of the goodness of Yahweh. By the WORD of Yahweh were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. He gathers the waters of the sea together as an heap: He lays up the deep in storehouses. Let all the earth fear Yahweh: Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him. For He spake and it was done; He commanded and it stood fast," verses 4-9.

     The Word was in the beginning. The Word was with Yahweh (Elohim) and the Word was Elohim (Yahweh). All things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made (John 1:1-3).

     Psalm 104 speaks of the creation by Yahweh, "Bless Yahweh, O my soul. O Yahweh my Elohim, You are very great; You are clothed with honour and majesty. Who covers Himself with light as with a garment. Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain," verses 1-2. Remember the transfiguration? "After six days Yahshua takes Peter, James, and John his brother, and brings them up into an high mountain apart, and was transfigured [Greek metamorphoo from which we get our word, metamorphosis] before them: and His face did shine as the sun, and His raiment [garment] was white as the light," Matthew 17:1-2. Who can clothe himself with light as a garment but Yahweh?

Job's Witness of Yahshua

This leads us to the next witness, Job. "Then Job answered and said, ‘I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with El? If he will contend with Him, he cannot answer Him one of a thousand. He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against Him and prospered? Which removes mountains, and they know not: Which overturns them in His anger. Which shakes the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. Which commands the sun, and it rises not; and seals up the stars. WHICH ALONE spreads out them, and TREADS UPON THE WAVES OF THE SEA," Job 9:1-8.

     Yahweh ALONE treads upon the waves of the sea, yet in the New Testament accounts of Matthew 14:24-33 and Mark 6:46-51 Yahshua is seen walking on the waves of the sea by all of the disciples.

     Such was done, witnessed, and recorded to substantiate Who Yahshua really was. He was Yahweh, He was the El of the Old Testament!

     Furthermore, we find in Job 38 when Yahweh Himself begins to speak to Job He asks, "Who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, and brake up for it My decreed place, and set bars and doors, and said, ‘Hitherto shall you come, but no further: AND HERE SHALL YOUR PROUD WAVES BE STAYED,’" verses 8-11. The One speaking to Job is the Creator Himself! None other than Yahshua.

     We find in Matthew 8:23-27, Mark 4:35-41 and Luke 8:22-25 the account of Yahshua asleep in a boat with His disciples when a great tempest stirs up the sea so badly that the disciples feared they would sink and perish. When they awakened Yahshua He rebuked the wind and sea, commanding, "Peace, be still." A great calm ensued that caused the disciples to marvel that He had power over the wind and sea.

     He, Who brought the forces of nature forth, as revealed in Job, has the power to control them. The New Testament Scriptures reveal that Yahshua made them and, therefore, He controls them.

But if one will not believe Yahshua’s own words then how can he believe the witness of John the Baptist, the apostles, the Psalms or of Job?

     Just as Psalm l04 and Job 9 testify that Yahweh stretched out the heavens like a curtain, even so does the prophet Isaiah. Note the following:

     "Hearken unto Me, O Jacob and Israel, My called; I am He; I AM THE FIRST, I ALSO AM THE LAST. MINE HAND also has laid the foundation of the earth, and MY RIGHT HAND has spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together," Isaiah 48:12-13.

     There are several things to focus on here. First Yahweh proclaims that He laid the foundation of the earth and His right hand spanned the heavens. Second is the significance of the right hand and arm, and third is the statement that He declares, "I am He, I am the first, I also am the last."

     There is deep significance and meaning to each one of these categories that we must come to see and understand.

Yahshua Expands the Food as He Did the Universe

The question is asked in Isaiah, "Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, and meted out heaven with the span and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? Who has directed the Spirit of Yahweh, or being His counseller has taught Him?" (40:12-13)

     Yahweh says that the heavens and earth were, at one time so small that He could hold it all in one hand or weigh them in scales and balances. This is verified in scientific research.

     The Dallas Morning News (Aug. 3, 1992) in an article entitled "Science Links Atom, Cosmos and Economy" had this to say about the beginnings of the creation, "...the universe was itself once very small, much smaller than an atom. In the beginning, the universe was a tiny primordial speck of energy that BALLOONED into a vast cosmos in the cataclysmic explosion known as the big bang."

     Psalm 104:30 testifies, "You send forth Your Spirit, they are created (bara = to create, select, feed [as formative processes] dispatch, MAKE FAT, etc.)." He Who directs the Spirit of Yahweh from something insignificantly small and spreads it out into the creation that we behold today, is Yahshua Himself.

     The sense of the word bara not only means "to create" but also means that what is created "grows." Science verifies that the heavens are continually expanding, growing. We ourselves grow from a tiny egg that is about the size of a pin head.

     Yahshua took five loaves of bread and two fish and fed five thousand men besides women and children, having twelve baskets left over (Mat. 14, Mark 6, Luke 9). Wasn’t He directing the Spirit of Yahweh to bara (create, make fat, expa