The Mystery of Jesus Christ

YHWH-Elohim-I Am-Jesus Christ

Andrew Mnzava

• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9781645699101
• eBook ISBN: 9781645699118
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christianity

Who is this Jesus Christ?For by Him were all things created that are in heaven and in earth, visible and invisible. Whether they be thrones or dominions, or principalities or powers—all things were created by Him and for Him. He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.Learn about who Jesus is, from dateless past to dateless future, as described in the Bible.

Chapter 1

His Existence before the Beginning

There are several verses in the Bible which starts with the words “in the beginning.” The first one is from the Old Testament, in Genesis 1:1, which says, “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” The second verse is from the New Testament, in John 1:1–2, which says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.” Another verse comes from Hebrews 1:10: “And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands.”

First, the words “in the beginning” introduces the reader to a time frame the whole story started. Using the word beginning, it denotes the existence of time and space or place. There must be time and place or space to have “in the beginning.” So when the Bible says “in the beginning,” it means time and space already existed before.

Second, the word god means “the object of worship.” For the creator to be god, there must be creatures to worship! Since the word god also means “somebody or something which is worshiped as being the creator, ruler, protector, or moral authority” and because of ignorance, there are so many gods being worshiped around the world who are not really God. To differentiate the different types of gods, each god has a name! The Hebrew Bible in the first verse in genesis uses the word Elohim: “In the beginning [Elohim] created the heavens and the earth” (Gen. 1:1). The name Elohim is plural but always used with a singular verb when it speaks of the true God. But there is one name that is unique to the God of the Bible. This name is Yahweh.

Yahweh refers to “supreme one,” “mighty one,” “immortal,” and “self-existing, eternal God”—the name God Himself revealed to Moses. Now Yahweh–Elohim is translated “the Lord God.” This title is used of God’s relationship to humanity as the Creator and Redeemer. This indicates a oneness of the many manifestations of the nature of one true God. We will see later the names of God as used in the Old Testament and the changes in the New Testament. So before in the beginning when Elohim, or Yahweh, created the heaven and the earth, He is the “Self-Existing One.” He is self-sufficient, He doesn’t need anybody to make Him complete, and He is complete by Himself. But what happened before the beginning? Who is Yahweh before the beginning when there is nothing to worship Him as God?

Before the existence of anything there was Yahweh, the “Self-Existing One,” the great Eternal Spirit, whom later on we will see how He chose to introduce Himself to His creation as the great “I Am”—no beginning, no ending, just “I Am.” Theses verses in the Bible says Yahweh is Spirit and Light, not the light we see or comprehend but a totally different dimension of light:

God is Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. (John 4:24)

This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. (1 John 1:5)

Yahweh—the great I Am, the Self-Existing One—is Spirit and Light. The Bible says in the Book of Deuteronomy and the First Epistle to Timothy that He has no form and He is invisible:

You saw no form of any kind the day the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the fire. Therefore, watch yourselves very carefully. (Deut. 4:15)

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. (1 Tim. 1:17)

Yahweh, the Self-Existing One, has the following characteristics:

• Eternal (no beginning or ending),
• Omnipotent (all-powerful),
• Omniscient (all knowing),
• Omnipresent (everywhere present),
• Sovereign (not dictated), and

• Infinite (no limitation)

In Him all things consist, which are seen and those which are not seen. Even the salvation of man was in Him before the foundation of the world (Col. 1:17; Rev. 13:8; Titus 1:2; Eph. 1:4). He is right there where you are; and He knows your needs, challenges, and tears. He said, “Call and I will answer you!” (Jer. 33:3; Isa. 65:24).

Him being omnipresent—meaning, present everywhere—His dwelling place is everywhere. Remember, He is the Self-Existing One; while there was no time, space, light or darkness, or anything being spiritual or physical, He was there, thus the Self-Existing One. Everything we can define, see, touch, hear, smell, and imagine was made possible by Him and through Him. In Him, all things consist.

David in Psalm 139 was asking very interesting questions as to where one can hide from God. This is what David says:

Whither shall I go from Thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from Thy Presence? If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, Thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall Thy Hand lead me, and Thy right Hand shall hold me. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from Thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to Thee. (Ps. 139:7–12)

David understood that there is no place you can hid from God. He is everywhere present.

The Bible mentions something very interesting about God’s dwelling place; even though He is everywhere present, He chose a place where His Glory is hidden as His dwelling place. The Bible says He dwells in unapproachable light and, at the same time, He dwells in darkness! Remember Yahweh God is Spirit and Light, but this Light is of different nature and dimension—nobody can see and live. And since He is God, He created everything else such as space, time, and including light and darkness, as it is written in Isaiah 45:67:

That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.

He chose to dwell in the light and darkness He created. Apostle Paul explains this mystery of God’s dwelling when he was writing to his spiritual son Timothy: “Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see” (1 Tim. 6:16). And we read in the Old Testament that He dwells in the darkness; we can read this in Psalm 18:9, 11: “He bowed the heavens also and came down: and darkness was under his feet… He made darkness His secret place; His pavilion round about Him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.”

Also, when King Solomon was dedicating the temple to God, we see that the presence of God came down, and the cloud filled the house of the Lord that the priests were not able to minister because of the cloud. King Solomon said a very interesting statement: “The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness” (1 Kings 8:12). Moses also had the grace of approaching the darkness where God was, as it is written in Exodus 20:21: “The people remained at a distance, while Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.”

God is Spirit and Light, and this Light is unapproachable, which nobody can see and live. This Light is wrapped up or covered in a thick darkness. This is not a normal darkness we know because where light is, darkness must flee. The darkness mentioned, however, is unique because it can contain the unapproachable Light, and hence people like Moses and Solomon were spared to live because nobody can see the unapproachable Light—God—and live.

We can conclude by saying that before anything was ever created—before there was space, time, light, darkness, or anything, whether spiritual or physical—there was Yahweh, the great I Am, the Self-Existing One, who is Spirit and Light and the Father of lights (James 1:17) who created everything and dwelling in unapproachable Light in the thick darkness!

Yahweh, being the Self-Existing and Self-Sufficient One, wanted to reveal His many hidden attributes. He decided to reveal His hidden self in many forms and glory, which can only be seen and understood by the things that are made: “For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse” (Rom. 1:20). He decided to reveal that He is God, Holy, Glorious, Creator, Father, Loving, Merciful, Gracious, Faithful, Righteous, Just, Good, Wise, Immutable (He never changes), Sovereign, Oneness, Providence, and many other attributes. King David said that His creation declares His Glory, and hence revealing His attributes, “the heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork” (Ps. 19:1).

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Table of contents

• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 9
• Chapter 10
• Chapter 11
• Chapter 12
• Chapter 13
• Chapter 14
• Chapter 15
• Chapter 16
• Chapter 17
• Chapter 18
• Chapter 19
• Chapter 20
• Chapter 21
• Chapter 22
• Chapter 23
• Chapter 24
• Chapter 25
• Chapter 26
• Chapter 27
• Chapter 28
• Chapter 29
• Chapter 30
• Chapter 31
• Chapter 32
• Chapter 33
• Chapter 34
• Chapter 35
• Chapter 36
• Chapter 37
• Chapter 38
• Chapter 39
• Chapter 40
• Chapter 41
• Chapter 42