Jesus upgraded the concept of God in Judaism
God
When we open the Bible to read from the book Genesis, we learn that the Architect of everything that exists is Jehovah God. We know the Creator as Jehovah because that is the name He took to reveal Himself to Moses and the Israelites.
Exodus 3:13-15 YLT
(13) And Moses saith unto God, 'Lo, I am coming unto the sons of Israel, and have said to them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you, and they have said to me, What is His name? what do I say unto them?'
(14) And God saith unto Moses, 'I AM THAT WHICH I AM;' He saith also, 'Thus dost thou say to the sons of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.'
(15) And God saith again unto Moses, 'Thus dost thou say unto the sons of Israel, Jehovah, God of your fathers, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you; this is My name—to the age, and this My memorial, to generation—generation.
As He told Moses later on, no one before their encounter knew Him under the name Jehovah. He told Moses that He was known as El-Shaddai.
Exodus 6:2-3 MKJV
(2) And God spoke to Moses, and said to him, I am Jehovah.
(3) And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty [EL-SHADDAI]. But I was not known to them by the name JEHOVAH.
So, contrary to what you read about names in plural of God, God told Moses that He is to be known only by one name which is YHWH or YAHWEH or Jehovah. Fast forward, we read that Jesus is to reveal His new name at the renewal of all things.
Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. (Revelation 3:12 KJV)
However, when Jesus Christ appeared to the scene of Judaism, the Apostle John presents Him as the Architect of all that exists, just as we read in the book of Genesis that Jehovah is the Architect of all things that exist. Therefore, a word to the wise should have been enough. It should not take a rocket scientist to understand that the Architect Creator of the book of Genesis is the same Architect Creator of the book of Apostle John. Plainly stated, Apostle John, in his Gospel, presents Jesus as Jehovah God made flesh.
Jesus Himself professes and asserts that He is the Star main character in the pages of the Scriptures:
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. (John 5:39 KJV)
As such, we should understand why Jesus made no mention of Jehovah as His God, the One who sent Him. He mentioned Jehovah during His ministry only in quoting the Scriptures. Jesus never invoked the name Jehovah in any of His conversations with God as His God. Jesus refers to His God as Father. Some demand the actual name of the Father but Jesus does not reveal the name of the Father. For example, in His praying model, He teaches that we address His God as Our Father, not by the Father's unknown name.
Matthew 6:9 MKJV
(9) Therefore pray in this way: Our Father, who is in Heaven, Hallowed be Your name.
He did state that He reveals the name of the Father.
John 17:25-26 LITV
(25) Righteous Father, indeed the world did not know You, but I knew You; and these have known that You sent Me.
(26) And I made known to them Your name, and will make it known, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.
But, if you look at the Greek word translated into the English word name, you may notice that there are other meanings to the Greek word.
ónoma; gen. onómatos, neut. noun. Name, title, character, reputation, person. (cited from The Complete Word Study).
Keep in my mind that it is not correct to say, for example, "by His name LORD" because LORD or Lord is not a name but a title or a reference word... In John 17:26, I would read instead "And I made known to them Your Person" since Jesus has not said what the name of the Father is but did say that He reveals the Father. One cannot reveal what is already known but what has not been known.
It is very intriguing, thought-provoking that Jesus does not direct us to address God as Jehovah who is known as the Father of the Jews (Isaiah 63:16; 64:8).
1 Chronicles 29:10 MKJV
(10) And David blessed Jehovah before all the congregation. And David said, Blessed are You, Jehovah, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever.
Isaiah 63:16 LITV
(16) For You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us; You, Jehovah, are our Father, our Redeemer; Your name is from everlasting.
Isaiah 64:8 LITV
(8) But now, Jehovah, You are our Father. We are the clay, and You are our Former; yea, we all are Your handiwork.
In fact, the main charge for His death penalty was blasphemy because He made Himself seen as Jehovah God.
John 5:18 YLT
(18) because of this, then, were the Jews seeking the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the sabbath, but he also called God his own Father, making himself equal to God.
Concerning the Sabbath, we know that it was instituted by Jehovah God. Jesus claims that ownership of the Sabbath, therefore as Jehovah, as He declared that
Matthew 12:8 KJVA
(8) For the Son of man is Lord [or Jehovah] even of the sabbath day.
Since Jesus is the Author of our Christian faith, we must take Him for whom He says He is and for whom the New Testament teaches that Jesus is The Word who created everything, hence, who is Jehovah God, according to John chapter 1. John even attests that the Prophet Isaiah saw Jesus's glory.
John 12:39-41 LITV
(39) Because of this they could not believe, because Isaiah said again,
(40) "He has blinded their eyes" and "has hardened their heart," "that they might not see with the eyes" and "understand with the heart," "and be converted," "and I should heal them." (Isaiah. 6:10)
(41) Isaiah said these things when he saw His glory, and spoke about Him.
The terrifying live experience of Isaiah
Isaiah 6:1-10 LITV
(1) In the year that King Uzziah died, then I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up. And His train filled the temple.
(2) Above it stood the seraphs. Each one had six wings; with two he covered his face; and with two he covered his feet; and with two he flew.
(3) And one cried to the other and said, Holy, holy, holy is Jehovah of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory!
(4) And the doorposts shook from the voice of the one who cried; and the house was filled with smoke.
(5) Then I said, Woe is me! For I am cut off; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live amongst a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of Hosts.
(6) Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand, snatched with tongs from the altar.
(7) And he touched it on my mouth, and said, See, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin is covered.
(8) And I heard the voice of Jehovah, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us? Then I said, Behold me. Send me!
(9) And He said, Go and say to this people, Hearing you hear, but do not understand; and seeing you see, but do not know.
(10) Make the heart of this people fat, and make his ears heavy, and shut his eyes, that he not see with his eyes, and hear with his ears, and understand with his heart, and turn back, and one heals him.
Whom did Isaiah say that he saw (not in a vision) as cited by Apostle John? The King (John 1:49), Jehovah.
Isaiah 6:5 LITV
(5) Then I said, Woe is me! For I am cut off; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live amongst a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of Hosts.
Nathanael answered and said to Him, Rabbi, You are the Son of God; You are the King of Israel. (John 1:49 LITV)
Jesus was condemned to death because He acted a lot as Jehovah God, Apostle John bluntly presented Him as the Creator who we know is Jehovah God who is also known as the King of Israel, and Nathanael testified that Jesus is the King of Israel... And there is more and more on this website that clamors the same truth from the Bible....
The Scriptural evidence is overwhelming to see Jesus as none other than Jehovah God made flesh by God the Father whom only Jesus has revealed to mankind as the true never seen, never heard God besides Him.
Amen!
Nevertheless, you may not grasp the Jesus Messiah Christ Jehovah God of this website if He has not revealed Himself to you.
Matthew 11:27 KJV
(27) All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
Do you know who the Father is? Do you know who Jesus is? If you do not, do you or would you want to?
Since the doctrine of the Father and the doctrine of Jesus as Jehovah in flesh can only be understood by revelation, it is obvious that you get on your knees and talk to Jesus. This website is here to expose the clues for your appreciation.
Is it important that we know the difference between the Father, the Son, and Jesus Christ in our duty to go make disciples and teach them all that Jesus taught the Apostles ? You bet, because even teaching the wrong doctrine to others suffices to rob us our salvation:
Mark 7:6-7 KJV
(6) He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
(7) Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.