“How does ‘the Word was a god’ fit with the Bible’s teaching that there is only one God?”

[DavidTree]

You are right in that--Isaiah 44:6- This is what Jehovah says, The king of Israel and his repurchaser, Jehovah of hosts. I( not we or us) am the first and i am the last there is no God but me( not we or us)--Please listen to your own advice.

Isaiah 44:6 speaks of YHWH YAHshua HaMashiach

SEE Here = Revelation 1:5-8

Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven spiritsc before His throne,
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.

To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood, who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.

Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.