According to Les Feldick, Jehovah is God the Son — the capitalized 'LORD' of the Old Testament — who communicates with man, progressively reveals Himself, and becomes the Redeemer.
Les identifies the name Jehovah with the person of the Godhead who steps onto the scene as the communicator with humanity. He is the same One who appears as the Angel of the Lord, who deals with Abraham and Israel, and who became flesh in the New Testament. The name itself comes from Yahweh, the I AM, and Havah, meaning 'to become more and more revealed.'
Genesis 2:4 — This is the verse where the title 'LORD God' introduces Jehovah as the person of the Godhead who communicates with man.
Exodus 3:14 — This is the 'I AM' passage Les connects to the Hebrew name Yahweh and therefore to Jehovah.
John 1:1, 14 — Les cites John's Gospel to show that the Word, who is God, became flesh — matching Jehovah with God the Son.
Genesis 2:4 uses the name 'the LORD God' for the One who made the earth and the heavens. In Exodus 3:14, God speaks to Moses and says, 'I AM THAT I AM.' In Genesis 48:16, Jacob speaks of 'the Angel which redeemed me.' John 1:1 states, 'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God,' and John 1:14 says, 'And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.'
Les teaches that in Genesis 2:4, the communicator of the Trinity comes on the scene with Adam. This communicator is the Word, who is Jesus in the New Testament and God the Son in the Old Testament. His Old Testament name is Jehovah, represented by the capitalized word LORD. Les says Lord and Jehovah are always synonymous, and Jehovah is God the Son fulfilling the role of revelation and redemption.
Les points to Genesis 2:4 as the place where 'we get one person out of that Trinity who is the communicator, the Word.' That person is Jesus in the New Testament and God the Son in the Old Testament — Jehovah, or 'Lord, L-O-R-D, capitalized.' He explains that after man came on the scene, there had to be a person of the Godhead who could continue to communicate with God's created beings.
Les connects the name Jehovah to two Hebrew words: Yahweh, the 'I Am' of Exodus 3, and Havah, meaning 'to become more and more revealed.' Contracted together, these produce the name Jehovah. So Jehovah is the I Am who was to become progressively revealed through the Old Testament and ultimately in human flesh.
Beginning with Abraham in Genesis 12, Jehovah becomes the person of the Godhead particularly dealing with the nation of Israel. He is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Les mentions that Jehovah has seven distinct covenant names with Israel, including Jehovah-Jireh, meaning 'God is the provider,' and Jehovah-Rehah, meaning 'Jehovah the Shepherd.'
Les identifies the 'angel of the Lord' in the burning bush as Jehovah, God the Son. He also points to Jacob's words in Genesis 48:16 about 'the angel which redeemed me,' saying there is only one Redeemer in Scripture, Christ, who is Jehovah in the Old Testament.
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now finished, and then it says on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. And God blessed the seventh day, sanctified it, set it apart, because that in it He had rested from all His work which He had created and made.
Jehovah Introduced as the Communicator
Les explains that the capitalized 'LORD' in Genesis 2:4 is Jehovah, God the Son — the person of the Godhead who communicates with man.
Jehovah as God the Son and Redeemer
Les equates the LORD God with Jehovah and stresses that He is God the Son, the Word who became flesh, and the person needed for redemption.
Jehovah and the Nation of Israel
Beginning with Abraham, Jehovah is the person of the Godhead especially dealing with Israel and becomes everything they need physically and spiritually.
Lord and Jehovah Are Synonymous
Les says Lord and Jehovah are always synonymous and that Abraham addresses Him as Jehovah, the Most High.
Jehovah the I AM Who Reveals Himself
Jehovah comes from Yahweh ('I AM') and Havah ('becoming more revealed'); He progressively reveals Himself throughout the Old Testament and in the flesh.
Jehovah's Covenant Names with Israel
Jehovah is primarily the name of God as He deals with His covenant people, shown in names like Jehovah-Jireh and Jehovah-Rehah.
Jehovah at the Burning Bush and as Redeemer
The angel of the Lord in the burning bush is Jehovah, God the Son; Jacob's redeeming angel is the one Redeemer, Christ.
Genesis 2:4: These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
This verse introduces the name 'LORD God' and is Les's starting point for identifying Jehovah as the communicator.
Exodus 3:14: And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
Les connects the name Yahweh, 'I AM,' to the formation of the name Jehovah.
Exodus 3:2: And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
Les identifies the angel of the LORD in the burning bush as Jehovah, God the Son.
Genesis 48:16: The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
Jacob speaks of the redeeming Angel, whom Les identifies as the one Redeemer, Christ/Jehovah.
John 1:1: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Les references this verse to show that the Word who became flesh is God and is the same person as Jehovah.
John 1:14: And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
This verse completes Les's point that Jehovah/God the Son ultimately revealed Himself in human flesh.
Genesis 22:14: And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
Les cites this as one of the covenant names of Jehovah, meaning God is the provider.
Psalm 23:1: The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Les references this verse to show Jehovah as the Shepherd, a covenant name for Israel.
Les teaches that Jehovah is God the Son, the second person of the Godhead. He is the communicator who deals with man throughout the Old Testament, appears as the Angel of the Lord, and eventually becomes flesh in Jesus Christ.
Les explains that when 'Lord' is written as L-O-R-D in capital letters, it represents the name Jehovah. In Genesis 2:4, the 'LORD God' is Jehovah, God the Son.
Yes, according to Les. Jesus is the New Testament name of the One who was God the Son and Jehovah in the Old Testament. He is the Word who was with God and was God, and the Word became flesh.
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