Yahweh Sends Yahweh
“Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,’ says Yahweh; ‘for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky,’ says Yahweh. ‘Come, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.’ For Yahweh of Armies says: ‘For Honor He has sent Me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye. For, behold, I will shake My hand over them, and they will be a plunder to those who served them; and you will know that Yahweh of Armies has sent Me. Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold, I Come, and I will dwell within you,’ says Yahweh. Many nations shall join themselves to Yahweh in that day, and shall be My people; and I will dwell among you, and you shall know that Yahweh of Armies has sent Me to you” (Zechariah 2:6-11)
This is one of the clearest passages in the Old Testament, where we read of Two distinct Persons, Who are called, Yahweh.
The passage teaches about the Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is clear that the Speaker is Yahweh, Who says that He is “sent” by Another Person, Who is “Yahweh of Armies”. The One Who is “sent”, cannot be the same Person, as the One who “sends”, they are very much distinct.
On the Name Yahweh, the Hebrew Lexicon by F Brown, S R Driver and C A Briggs, says:
“Yahweh, the proper name of the God of Israel...the one bringing into being, life-giver, giver of existence, creator, he who brings to pass...he who causes...the one who is: i.e. the absolute and unchangeable one, the existing, ever-living” (pages 217-218)
This describes BOTH God the Father, and God the Son, as BOTH are the Eternal, Life-Giving, Ever-Living, Creator God.
In this passage, those who do not believe in the absolute Deity of Jesus Christ, are refuted. You cannot be Yahweh, and not be Almighty God. And, those who do not believe that there is more than One Person, in the Eternal Godhead, and equally refuted. You cannot be SENT and be the same Person as they One Who SENDS. Both these heresies are destroyed by this passage in Zechariah.
Biblical evidence that cannot be refuted.
“Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,’ says Yahweh; ‘for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky,’ says Yahweh. ‘Come, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.’ For Yahweh of Armies says: ‘For Honor He has sent Me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye. For, behold, I will shake My hand over them, and they will be a plunder to those who served them; and you will know that Yahweh of Armies has sent Me. Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold, I Come, and I will dwell within you,’ says Yahweh. Many nations shall join themselves to Yahweh in that day, and shall be My people; and I will dwell among you, and you shall know that Yahweh of Armies has sent Me to you” (Zechariah 2:6-11)
This is one of the clearest passages in the Old Testament, where we read of Two distinct Persons, Who are called, Yahweh.
The passage teaches about the Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is clear that the Speaker is Yahweh, Who says that He is “sent” by Another Person, Who is “Yahweh of Armies”. The One Who is “sent”, cannot be the same Person, as the One who “sends”, they are very much distinct.
On the Name Yahweh, the Hebrew Lexicon by F Brown, S R Driver and C A Briggs, says:
“Yahweh, the proper name of the God of Israel...the one bringing into being, life-giver, giver of existence, creator, he who brings to pass...he who causes...the one who is: i.e. the absolute and unchangeable one, the existing, ever-living” (pages 217-218)
This describes BOTH God the Father, and God the Son, as BOTH are the Eternal, Life-Giving, Ever-Living, Creator God.
In this passage, those who do not believe in the absolute Deity of Jesus Christ, are refuted. You cannot be Yahweh, and not be Almighty God. And, those who do not believe that there is more than One Person, in the Eternal Godhead, and equally refuted. You cannot be SENT and be the same Person as they One Who SENDS. Both these heresies are destroyed by this passage in Zechariah.
Biblical evidence that cannot be refuted.
