@civic before anyone knew that Jesus would sit on the throne with his Father. Yahavah is know as LORD GOD, anything he spoke was of his Word… which expressed his Heart… when all things had come to an end, and all things placed beneath the feet of Yeshua, it too also meant his Word/Son would continue to be subjected to the one whom spoke in the beginning. Which was not Jesus, but Yahavah…
I am pretty sure Jesus never claimed to be God virtue of the flesh, but it was what was within the Lord Yeshua, which helped in having never sinned… or fallen short… yes Jesus states before Abraham was, I am… he is the Word of God… no doubt about it. He is the expression of Yahavahs own heart…
And to think that we should just not listen to Yeshua and go about doing things our own way… rather than what he taught…
Which was to seek out to know the true God, and the one he has sent Jesus.
If you think you known the true God, that is wonderful… if you still think I deny God and his Son, good cause I’m not in need of your acceptance when it comes down to it.
I know for one thing you have avoided that apparent reasoning many times now… but you assert it… didn’t you say (though), Jesus is Yahweh, and we are to worship him? Where does Yeshua, or Yahavah suggest that is proper? Not that I care if someone wanna pray to Jesus, that is all up to them, but I’ve learned we to pray in Jesus name to the one whom we call Father.
I did not state in place of the Father- He is equal with the Father- see Philippians 2 where Paul declared His equality with God.
Do you ever wonder why the Invocations and Doxologies include both the Father and the Son, as Equals ?
@Fred I know you have allot to add on this topic
A Doxology is reserved for God. Below we see the Triune God mentioned in the Doxologies and opening of some of the N.T. letters. The NT declares that honor and glory are due to God alone. Some doxologies only mention Christ which speaks volumes about what the Apostles thought about Him and His Glory as God. The clear fact is Jesus receives the identical glory that the Father receives. These passages also make it abundantly clear of Christ’s pre existence and glory prior to creation(see John 17:5 below). He is therefore eternal just as the Father is eternal. Jesus received the Worship and Glory while on the earth and in Revelation receives the same honor,glory,praise and worship the Father receives in heaven. Jesus must be God Incarnate !
2 Tim 4:18
18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed, and will bring me safely to His heavenly kingdom; to Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Phil 4:20
20 Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Gal 1:3-5
3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, 5 to whom be the glory forevermore. Amen.
Eph 3:16-21
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his
Spirit in your inner being,
17 so that
Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,
18 may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,
19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge — that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of
God.
20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,
21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Rom 9:5
Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of
Christ, who is God over all, forever praised! Amen.
Rom 16:25-27
25 Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret for long ages past, 26 but now is manifested, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, has been made known to all the nations, leading to obedience of faith; 27 to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be the glory forever. Amen.
2 Cor 13:14
May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
1 Thess 5:19-28
Do not put out
the Spirit's fire;
20 do not treat prophecies with contempt.
21 Test everything. Hold on to the good.
22 Avoid every kind of evil.
23 May
God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
24 The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it.
25 Brothers, pray for us.
26 Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.
27 I charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers.
28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
2 Tim 4:22
The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you.
Philem 25
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
Heb 13:20-21
May the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus,
that great Shepherd of the sheep,
21 equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through
Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Jude 24-25
24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy, 25 to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.
1 Peter 5:14
Peace to all of you who are in Christ.
2 Peter 1:1
Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who through the righteousness of
our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:
2 Peter 3:18
But grow in the grace and knowledge of
our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.
1 John 5:20-21
We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true — even in his Son Jesus Christ.
He is the true God and eternal life.
21 Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.
Revelation 1:5-7
(5) and from
Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To
Him who loves us and released us from our sins by
His blood—
(6) and
He has made us
to be a kingdom, priests to
His God and Father—
to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
(7) 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 over
Him. So it is to be. Amen.
1 Peter 4:11
Whoever speaks,
is to do so as one who is speaking the utterances of God; whoever serves
is to do so as one who is serving by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ,
to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Rev 5:11-14
11 Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice,
"Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing."
13 And every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying,
"To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever."
14 And the four living creatures kept saying, "Amen." And the elders fell down and worshiped.
Rev 22:17-21
The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who hears say, "Come!" Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life.
18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds anything to them
, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.
19 And if anyone takes words away from this book of prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.
20 He who testifies to these things says, "Yes, I am coming soon."
Amen. Come,
Lord Jesus.
21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God's people. Amen.
Invocations in the N.T.
What we see here from Paul is that he equates Jesus as the source of grace and peace with the Father. Paul clearly identifies Jesus as equal with the Father and expresses His Deity with these invocations in his epistles. Not only is this a prayer from Paul but an act of worship in Paul's letters. Paul is giving Jesus the identical same honor to Jesus as he does to the Father. After all Jesus in His very own words commanded others to honor Him as you do the Father(John 5:23) Jesus thought equality with God was not something He needed to grasp for it was inherent within His nature.(Phil 2,Col 1,John 1, Heb 1, 1 John 1 etc.....) He was God in the flesh(John 1:1,14) He said he who has seen Me has seen the Father and I and the Father are one. Why would you ask to show you the Father ? You are looking at God!!!!!!! Jesus also said before Abraham was born " I Am" ( the self existing One, with no beginning). The case for the Deity of Christ and Plurality in God is bullet proof in scripture.
Rom 1:7
7 to all who are beloved of God in Rome, called as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ
1 Cor 1:3
3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Cor 1:2
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Gal 1:3-4
3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
Eph 1:1-2
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Phil 1:2
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Thess 1:1-2
To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: 2 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philem 3
3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
hope this helps !!!