Is Is Jehovah of the Old the Same Person as Jesus of the New?
1) Direct Answer
Yes. Jehovah of the Old Testament is the same one divine Person revealed in the New Testament as Jesus Christ—Jehovah come in flesh. It’s not two persons; it’s one God changing His mask, not His identity.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- “God was manifested in the flesh” (1 Timothy 3:16). Not a second person—God Himself revealed in a body.
- “His name shall be called… Mighty God, Everlasting Father” (Isaiah 9:6). The Child is the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, not someone else.
- “They shall call his name Immanuel, which… is, God with us” (Matthew 1:23).
- “Before Abraham was, I AM” (John 8:58), tying Jesus directly to Exodus 3:14 where Jehovah said, “I AM.”
- “I and my Father are one” (John 10:30), and “He that hath seen me hath seen the Father” (John 14:9).
- “In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily” (Colossians 2:9).
- The One who says, “I am the First and the Last” and “the Almighty” in Revelation is the same One who says, “I was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore” (Revelation 1:8,17-18). Jehovah, the Almighty, is the very One who died in flesh and rose—Jesus.
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
- One God, one Person. In the Old Testament He was above us as Father (Jehovah). In the New Testament He came with us in a Son’s body as Jesus. Now He lives in us as the Holy Spirit. Same God, different offices.
- The body born at Bethlehem is the Son (the manifestation had a beginning), but the One who indwelt that body is the eternal Jehovah. That’s why Jesus could say, “I AM,” and “He that hath seen me hath seen the Father.”
- If they were separate persons, Jesus could not truthfully claim oneness with the Father, nor could the Child be called “Everlasting Father.”
4) Reinforcing Statement
You see, Jesus is Jehovah-Savior—God unveiled in flesh to redeem us. It’s not three Gods, and it’s not two persons. It’s the one true God made known in Jesus Christ.
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Jehovah of miracles
59-1126 §3
And now to you new converts that's just been converted in this meeting... I don't know just how many, but there's been a great host that's come forward to accept Christ. Now, don't just drift along and say, "Well, that's all right." But you take your fellowship with some of these churches, the one that's closest to you, or the one that you prefer. And then, these men, the reason they're sponsoring these meetings is because they believe this ministry; they believe it. They wouldn't be sitting up here to represent it...
A greater than Solomon is here
63-0628E §65
Let's look at Him, what He's doing now! He's Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever---the same Jehovah God that was made manifest in Him. "At that day you'll know that I was in the Father and the Father in me, I in you and you in me"---God condescending from a pillar of fire to a man; and from that man's sacrificed life the blood that cleanses us and come down into us to fellowship again, to pull out a church for a Eden again. Why? Now, quiet just a minute. What did this to that woman? She was a profes...
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever
55-0116E §16
And let's look at it just as sensibly. And to some of you people who do understand, bear with the newcomers. We could just ask this question. The theme of my campaign has always been: Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever. And if He is the same yesterday, today, and forever, He's bound to do the same things that He did yesterday. For that's how we know who He was: by the things He done. Even the Jews, the great Nicodemus, the teacher, came to Him by night, and said, "Rabbi, we know that Thou art a tea...
Jehovah-Jireh
55-1117 §21
Now, the compound word, the word "breasted," like... How could we ever take Jehovah-jireh out of the Bible, or Jehovah-rapha, the healer, and accept Jehovah-jireh, the Lord's provided sacrifice? And in all these compound names, they were every one met in Jesus Christ. He was Jehovah-jireh, the provided sacrifice; He was Jehovah-rapha, the healer; He was Jehovah, the banner; Jehovah, the buckler; Jehovah, the peace; Jehovah, the shepherd. All those compound redemptive names was applied to the Lord Jesus. You couldn'...
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever
54-0824 §19
Well, when he came up in the line... I don't know what... Jesus perhaps praying for the sick or whatever He was. He was standing in the congregation. Jesus looked out over the congregation and saw him, or he might've come in the prayer line. I don't know where he was at, but anyway Jesus saw Him; He said, "Behold, an Israelite in whom there is no guile." That was a honest, good believer. So, the man kind of astonished him. He said, "How did You know me, Rabbi?" or, reverend, whatever you want to call... "How'd You...