Was Jesus merely a prophet, or is He the eternal Creator God?

Les teaches that you cannot comprehend that Jesus was not just a prophet; He was the Eternal Creator God, and He never stopped being God. He was God in the womb, the manger, the growing-up years, and when He began His ministry. The whole concept of His earthly ministry was to prove to the nation of Israel who He was, which is why He performed miracles and signs, so they could understand this was not just another great man but the Eternal God. Les also notes that Orthodox Jews cannot see that Christ was the God of the Old Testament, refuse the Trinity, and use Deuteronomy where Moses writes our God is One. He explains that He is One, but from all the rest of Scripture we know He is in three persons, and since we cannot understand it, we take it by faith, believing what God has said without arguing.