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 suade themselves that there are three Divine Persons existing from eternity."

That Jesus was Jehovah manifest in the flesh, thus that the Divine Creator was Himself also the Savior, is taught, in Scripture, in the most express terms. Thus in Isaiah; "It shall be said in that day, Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us; this is Jehovah: we have waited for him; we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation." Again, "The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of Jehovah; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. And the glory of Jehovah shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together." And again, "I, even I, am Jehovah, and beside me there is no Savior." So in Hosea, "I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no God but me, for there is no Savior beside me." In these passages it is declared emphatically that there is no Savior but the one Jehovah: now all acknowledge Jesus to be the Savior:—then he must have been that Jehovah. In like manner, Jehovah is declared to be the Redeemer. "I, Jehovah, am thy Savior and thy Redeemer. "As for our Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts is his name." "Thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel; fear not, for I have redeemed. thee." Here it is affirmed that the Creator is also the Redeemer; thus that they are one and the same.