~~ The ‘Other�?God ~~
All that God does, He has shown it in the Old Testament, as types and shadows. He does all things in the mouth of two or three witnesses.
This message is a great astonishment to people who have not studied deep into the Word of God. I told this to someone on the internet a few years back. They disputed this at first. But when I posted this Scripture, In Exodus seven, they said, I was unaware of that Scripture. Now that is the problem with most of the misunderstandings among people concerning truth�?they do not really study the Word enough to know what it truly does say. Therefore, they are without excuse.
But God does teach those of us who seek and search and study as commanded by Jesus. He does instruct us and send us to try to help others find truth. If they refuse, then they are without excuse.
Let me show you something here. Ex 7:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. Ex 7:2 Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.
God said to Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh. Aaron shall be thy prophet. See, God not only made Moses a god, but also gave this god, Moses, a prophet. He said all that I command thee, you shall speak. So Moses was speaking God’s word. He spoke what God commanded him to speak. So it was God’s word telling Pharaoh to let my people go. It was God telling Pharaoh I will send flies upon you, etc.
Now watch: De 18:15 The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto thee; unto him ye shall hearken;
De 18:16 According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
De 18:17 And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.
De 18:18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
De 18:19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
Here God, the Father, was speaking to Moses, the one he had made god to Pharaoh. He is speaking to this �?I>other god�?/I>. He told this other god, I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
Here God told Moses, I will raise them up a Prophet, from among their brethren, like unto thee. Like unto Moses. A Man, yet a god, and a prophet, who was speaking words which God had commanded him to speak. Moses was not really God. He was a full human being. So when God said, this prophet, that I will raise up, will be from among the brethren, like unto you, he was showing that Jesus would be fully human, like Moses. He would be of the brethren, or human beings. He was not God. He was a man, whom God made to be God and a prophet.
He passes on the same words to this other prophet, I will put MY words into his mouth, and he shall speak all that I shall COMMAND HIM.
So here God has made two earthly men to be god and prophets, and he has put his words into their mouths and they are speaking words which were commanded to them by God. If he said to Moses, I will raise them up a prophet, LIKE UNTO YOU…then this includes the fact that God had made Moses to be god to Pharaoh. They both were speaking only what God had commanded them to speak. So both of these men, Moses and Jesus, were speaking God’s word, not their own word. Jesus verified this when he said, the words I speak are not my own, but the Father’s who sent me. He sent Jesus to the world, just as he sent Moses to Pharaoh and Israel.
God does everything in the mouth of two or three witnesses. So here he bore witness with these two men, that he put his words into their mouths, and they spoke only what God commanded them to say. Not only this, but he made them both to be god. Where did God make Jesus to be god?
Heb 1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
Heb 1:2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
Heb 1:3 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; Heb 1:4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
Heb 1:5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, 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?
Heb 1:6 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
Heb 1:7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. Heb 1:8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
Heb 1:9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Now there is proof that God made Jesus to be God also. This is the two witnesses that God made a human man to be God. Moses is the OT verification of this fact, that God made a human man to be God.
Now here is another powerful example of the OT verification of how God works in the New Testament. This is also very disputed because people did not receive the Bread from Heaven, regularly enough to come into these deep revelations.
Isa 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Isa 7:15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
Isa 7:16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings. Isa 7:17 The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.
Here is a prophecy of a virgin born son. But notice that it said before this child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that Ahaz hated would be forsaken of both her kings. Then he said he was speaking of the king of Assyria coming against them. That happened in Ahaz’s day. So, who was this virgin born son?
Isa 8:1 Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.
Isa 8:2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
Isa 8:3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.
Isa 8:4 For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.
Isa 8:5 The LORD spake also unto me again, saying,
Isa 8:6 Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;
Isa 8:7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:
Isa 8:8 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. (This Assyrian king did not pass through the land at the time of Jesus�?birth. It was at the birth of Mahershalalhashbaz). So see that Mahershalalhashbaz was called Immanuel!
Isaiah took faithful witnesses to record the conception and birth of this child, Mahershalalhashbaz. Notice verse four, same words as in Isa. 7, before this child shall have knowledge to cry, My Father and my Mother, both Damascus and Samaria, (those two countries Ahaz hated,) would be taken away before the king of Assyria. See, the very same words spoken in Isa seven. So this is the virgin born son which was prophesied about in chapter seven. It is the very same words! How could you read this and not see it? Only blindness of heart could cause you to fail to see this.
You think it would be denying the virgin birth of Jesus? Well, not at all. In fact it is very necessary to have this OT type for the verifying witness. This child, Mahershalalhashbaz, is being used in exactly the same way that Moses was used to show that God would make Jesus to be God. It takes an OT type to verify all things. There must be at least two witnesses and all things were shown in those twelve tribes of Israel. So the birth of this virgin born son was absolutely necessary, for the virgin birth of Jesus to be true.
It also proves that Jesus was not God himself, but was made to be God by His God and His Father, just as this same God made Moses to be a god and Aaron to be his prophet. May God bless your heart with understanding.
By: Jo Smith�?August 22, 2007