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2 DOCTRINE OF THE LORD repeated in the different Prophets of the Old Testament. Thus in Isaiah : “I am the Lord, and there is none else.” Again: “There is no God else beside Me; a just God and a Saviour, there is none beside Me. Look unto Me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else.”

In Divine Prophecy it is foretold that there should be born into this world One, to be called by the same names, and consequently to be possessed of the same attributes, as the One God. And it is declared that “His government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Won- derful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Ever lasting Father, the Prince of Peace.” Again, in the same Prophet: “And it shall be said in that day, Lo this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save us. This is Jehovah [in the original]; we have waited for Him; we will be glad, and rejoice in His salvation.”

Now, no one doubts that these are prophecies concerning Jesus Christ and His coming into the world. He is the Prince of Peace, at whose birth into our world the angels sang the anthem, “Glory to God in the Highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” And this same Prince of Peace is called the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father.”

When Jesus Christ was in the world He said similar things of Himself. He declared that He came forth from the Father; manifested, or brought