# Has Jesus Always Been Jehovah God? Pt. 2 — Refuting Another Anti-Trinitarian Ruse

- Link: https://lordjesuschristreigns.blog/2025/09/02/has-jesus-always-been-jehovah-god-pt-2-refuting-another-anti-trinitarian-ruse/
- Published: 2025-09-02T07:05:00-07:00
- Author: LordJesusChristReigns

I continue from where I previously left off: [**Has Jesus Always Been Jehovah God? Pt. 1**](https://lordjesuschristreigns.blog/2025/09/01/has-jesus-always-been-jehovah-god-part-1/).
In this post, I will provide further evidence that Jesus has always existed as Jehovah
God by nature.

## The Witness of the Baptist

Another way of proving that Jesus has always possessed the name Jehovah is by seeing
how John the Baptist described himself:

> “He said: ‘I am a voice of someone crying out in the wilderness, “Make the way
> of Jehovah straight,” just as Isaiah the prophet said.’” — John 1:23

Here the Baptist identifies himself as that voice in the wilderness whom the prophet
foretold would herald the coming of Jehovah God Almighty:

> “A voice of one calling out in the wilderness: ‘Clear up the way of Jehovah! Make
> a straight highway through the desert for our God. Let every valley be raised 
> up, and every mountain and hill be made low. The rough ground must become level,
> and the rugged ground a valley plain. The glory of Jehovah will be revealed, and
> all flesh will see it together, for the mouth of Jehovah has spoken.’ … Go up 
> onto a high mountain, you woman bringing good news for Zion. Raise your voice 
> with power, you woman bringing good news for Jerusalem. Raise it, do not be afraid.
> Announce to the cities of Judah: ‘Here is your God.’ Look! The Sovereign Lord 
> Jehovah will come with power, and his arm will rule for him. Look! His reward 
> is with him, and the wage he pays is before him. Like a shepherd he will care 
> for his flock. With his arm he will gather together the lambs, and in his bosom
> he will carry them. He will gently lead those nursing their young.” — Isaiah 40:
> 3‑5, 9‑11

Note that Isaiah did not say that the envoy would pave the way for an agent of Jehovah
who acts on Jehovah’s behalf. Rather, the prophet made it explicitly clear that 
it is Jehovah Himself, Israel’s very own God, who would appear in visible glory 
to save and shepherd His people.

And yet according to the Baptist, the God whose way he came to prepare, and whose
glory would be seen by all flesh, was none other than Jesus Christ!

> “So the Word became flesh and resided among us, and we had a view of his glory,
> a glory such as belongs to an only‑begotten son from a father; and he was full
> of divine favor and truth. (John bore witness about him, yes, he cried out: ‘This
> was the one of whom I said, “The one coming behind me has advanced in front of
> me, for he existed before me.”’) … John answered them: ‘I baptize in water. One
> is standing among you whom you do not know, the one coming behind me, the lace
> of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.’ These things took place in Bethany 
> across the Jordan, where John was baptizing. The next day he saw Jesus coming 
> toward him, and he said: ‘See, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
> This is the one about whom I said: “Behind me there comes a man who has advanced
> in front of me, for he existed before me.” Even I did not know him, but the reason
> why I came baptizing in water was so that he might be made manifest to Israel.’
> John also bore witness, saying: ‘I viewed the spirit coming down as a dove out
> of heaven, and it remained upon him. Even I did not know him, but the very One
> who sent me to baptize in water said to me: “Whoever it is upon whom you see the
> spirit coming down and remaining, this is the one who baptizes in holy spirit.”
> And I have seen it, and I have given witness that this one is the Son of God.’
> Again the next day, John was standing with two of his disciples, and as he looked
> at Jesus walking, he said: ‘See, the Lamb of God!’” — John 1:14‑15, 26‑36

John’s Gospel isn’t the only inspired writing that identifies the Baptist as the
herald prophesied by Isaiah, or of Jesus being that very Jehovah whom the Baptist
was sent ahead of to prepare His way:

> “In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying:‘
> Repent, for the Kingdom of the heavens has drawn near.’ This, in fact, is the 
> one spoken of through Isaiah the prophet in these words: ‘A voice of one calling
> out in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of Jehovah! Make his roads straight.”’…‘
> I, for my part, baptize you with water because of your repentance, but the one
> coming after me is stronger than I am, whose sandals I am not worthy to take off.
> That one will baptize you with holy spirit and with fire. His winnowing shovel
> is in his hand, and he will clean up his threshing floor completely and will gather
> his wheat into the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn up with fire that cannot
> be put out.’ Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, in order to be
> baptized by him. But the latter tried to prevent him, saying: ‘I am the one who
> needs to be baptized by you, and are you coming to me?’ Jesus replied to him: ‘
> Let it be this time, for in that way it is suitable for us to carry out all that
> is righteous.’ Then he quit preventing him. After being baptized, Jesus immediately
> came up from the water; and look! the heavens were opened up, and he saw God’s
> spirit descending like a dove and coming upon him. Look! Also, a voice from the
> heavens said: ‘This is my Son, the beloved, whom I have approved.’” — Matthew 
> 3:1‑3, 11‑17; cf. Mark 1:1‑11; Luke 3:1‑6, 15‑17, 21‑22

> “Paul said: ‘John baptized with the baptism in symbol of repentance, telling the
> people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.’” — Acts 19:
> 4

This also helps us appreciate why Jesus is said to be the One who is shepherding
His flock and who will come to repay each man according to his deeds:

> “I am the fine shepherd; the fine shepherd surrenders his life in behalf of the
> sheep. The hired man, who is not a shepherd and to whom the sheep do not belong,
> sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and flees — and the wolf snatches 
> them and scatters them — because he is a hired man and does not care for the sheep.
> I am the fine shepherd. I know my sheep and my sheep know me, just as the Father
> knows me and I know the Father; and I surrender my life in behalf of the sheep.
> And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; those too I must bring in,
> and they will listen to my voice, and they will become one flock, one shepherd.”—
> John 10:11‑16

> “For the Son of man is to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and
> then he will repay each one according to his behavior. Truly I say to you that
> there are some of those standing here who will not taste death at all until first
> they see the Son of man coming in his Kingdom.” — Matthew 16:27‑28

Even though these happen to be the very functions which Isaiah’s prophecy attributes
to Jehovah alone.

What all of this proves is that Jesus is that very Jehovah God Almighty whom Isaiah
foresaw coming to reveal His glory to all mankind.

### Breakdown of the Evidence

 * Jesus is the Jehovah God whom John was sent ahead of to prepare His way.
 * Jesus is also a flesh‑and‑blood Israelite, which means that He is Jehovah God
   Incarnate.
 * This shows that Jesus is one eternal divine Person who possesses two distinct
   natures — God and Man at the same time.
 * Jesus is not the Father or the Holy Spirit, but is the Son of God upon whom the
   Holy Spirit descended in visible form to assist Him in His mission.
 * The Father is not the Holy Spirit but is the One who sent forth His Spirit to
   accompany His beloved Son.
 * Therefore, the one true God Jehovah eternally exists as three distinct, yet inseparable
   divine Persons.

One is hard pressed to find a clearer, more explicit presentation of the Trinity
and the hypostatic union of Christ in the God‑breathed Scriptures.

## The Jehovah Whom Isaiah Saw

There is further evidence for Jesus being that very same Jehovah whose glory Isaiah
said would be seen by all flesh. The inspired Evangelist states that the reason 
why Isaiah prophesied of Jesus is because the prehuman Christ had appeared to him:

> “So Jesus said to them: ‘The light will be among you a little while longer. Walk
> while you still have the light, so that darkness does not overpower you; whoever
> walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. While you have the light,
> exercise faith in the light, so that you may become sons of light.’ Jesus said
> these things and went off and hid from them. Although he had performed so many
> signs before them, they were not putting faith in him, so that the word of Isaiah
> the prophet might be fulfilled, who said: ‘Jehovah, who has put faith in the thing
> heard from us? And as for the arm of Jehovah, to whom has it been revealed?’ The
> reason why they were not able to believe is that again Isaiah said: ‘He has blinded
> their eyes and has made their hearts hard, so that they would not see with their
> eyes and understand with their hearts and turn around and I heal them.’ Isaiah
> said these things because he saw his glory, and he spoke about him. All the same,
> many even of the rulers actually put faith in him, but they would not acknowledge
> him because of the Pharisees, so that they would not be expelled from the synagogue;
> for they loved the glory of men even more than the glory of God.” — John 12:35‑
> 43

## Isaiah Saw Christ’s Glory

The Apostle references Isaiah 6:10 to explain that the Jewish rejection of Christ,
in spite of all the miracles He had performed, was a fulfillment of what Isaiah 
had prophesied centuries earlier. What makes this remarkable is John’s explaining
that Isaiah declared these things concerning Jesus because he had actually seen 
the glory of the preexistent Christ.

Multiple Bible translations render John 12:41 in ways that make this explicit, for
example:

 * “Isaiah said these things because he saw Jesus’ glory; he spoke about Jesus.”—
   CEB
 * “Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus’ divine greatness. So he spoke about him.”—
   ERV
 * “Isaiah said these things because he saw Christ’s glory, and spoke about him.”—
   MOUNCE
 * “Isaiah said this because he had seen Yeshua’s glory and had spoken about him.”—
   NOG
 * “Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about him.” — NIV
 * “These things Yeshayah spoke because he saw the kavod (glory) of Rebbe, Melech
   HaMoshiach and he spoke about him.” — OJB

The NET Bible’s note is especially clear: the glory Isaiah saw in Isaiah 6:3 was
the glory of Yahweh, yet John applies it to Christ without hesitation, because he
presents Jesus as fully God (cf. John 1:1).

## The Context of Isaiah 6

> “In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw Jehovah sitting on a lofty and elevated
> throne, and the skirts of his robe filled the temple. Seraphs were standing above
> him; each had six wings. Each covered his face with two and covered his feet with
> two, and each of them would fly about with two. And one called to the other: ‘
> Holy, holy, holy is Jehovah of armies. The whole earth is filled with his glory.’
> And the pivots of the thresholds quivered at the sound of the shouting, and the
> house was filled with smoke. Then I said: ‘Woe to me! I am as good as dead, for
> I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips; for my 
> eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of armies himself!’ … Then I heard the voice 
> of Jehovah saying: ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?’ And I said: ‘Here
> I am! Send me!’ And he replied, ‘Go, and say to this people: “You will hear again
> and again, but you will not understand; you will see again and again, but you 
> will not get any knowledge.” Make the heart of this people unreceptive, make their
> ears unresponsive, and paste their eyes together, so that they may not see with
> their eyes and hear with their ears, so that their heart may not understand and
> they may not turn back and be healed.’” — Isaiah 6:1‑5, 8‑10

According to John, this was none other than God’s eternal Word and unique Son who
revealed Himself to Isaiah.

## The Son as the Exclusive Revealer of the Father

> “No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son (monogenes Theos), who is close
> to the Father’s heart, who has made him known.” — John 1:18 NRSV
>  “No one has 
> ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.”—
> John 1:18 ESV

No one has ever been able to perceive and know God apart from the Son’s revelation
of Him, since the Son alone has perfect comprehension of the Father. This is why
anyone who wants to know God must come to the Son and place their love and trust
in Him (cf. John 6:44‑46; John 12:44‑46; Matthew 11:25‑30).

## The Pre‑Creational Glory of the Son

> “So now, Father, glorify me at your side with the glory that I had alongside you
> before the world was… Father, I want those whom you have given me to be with me
> where I am, in order that they may look upon my glory that you have given me, 
> because you loved me before the founding of the world.” — John 17:5, 24

Christ emphatically declares His personal prehuman existence alongside the Father,
claiming to have been the very object of the Father’s love from before the world’s
creation. His glorification is a return to the glory He possessed before creation—
the same glory Isaiah saw in his vision of Jehovah enthroned.

During His earthly ministry, He veiled that glory to take the role of a servant (
cf. Matthew 12:17‑21; Mark 10:45; Luke 22:27; Romans 15:8; Philippians 2:5‑8).

## Exaltation to Supreme Lordship

After His resurrection, Jesus is exalted to the Father’s right hand as supreme Lord
over all creation (cf. Acts 2:29‑36; Acts 10:36; Romans 14:9; Ephesians 1:19‑23;
Philippians 2:9‑11; Hebrews 1:3; Revelation 17:14). This is glory that belongs to
Jehovah alone (cf. Psalm 29:1‑2; Psalm 89:5‑8).

## Conclusion

The inspired witness of Scripture makes it abundantly clear: Jesus has always been
Jehovah God Almighty by nature, who became flesh at a specific point in time without
ever ceasing to be God. There has never been a moment in His eternal, uncreated 
existence when He did not already possess the divine name — if by “name” one means
the very nature or being of God.

In the final segment of my rebuttal, I shall delve further into the meaning of John
17:11‑12 in order to properly understand what our Lord meant when He said He had
prevented His followers from perishing by the Father’s name, which He had been given:
[**Has Jesus Always Been Jehovah God? Pt. 3**](https://lordjesuschristreigns.blog/2025/09/03/has-jesus-always-been-jehovah-god-pt-3-refuting-another-anti-trinitarian-ruse/)

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