Answer:
The messiah in Christianity
Step-by-step explanation:
To start, we have to go to John 1:1. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” From this verse and many more like it, we can infer that in the Godhead, there are to beings. God and the Word. Which one of these beings is the One in the Old Testament? Well, we know from John 1:18 that “No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.” Christ goes on to say, “And the Father Himself, who sent Me, has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form” (John 5:37). We know from these verses that nobody has seen or heard the voice of God the Father, we know that the Son is with the Father, and that the Son has declared the Father.
Let’s first start with the fact that nobody has seen God the Father. If that is true, how do we explain the fact that the God in the Old Testament worked directly with humans on multiple occasions? (Genesis 2:16-17; 6:13-14; 12:1; 17:1; Exodus 3:4-6; 33:11, 22-23; Numbers 12:6-8; Deuteronomy 4:33; Jeremiah 1:4-10). We know that the Bible doesn’t contradict itself, so how do we harmonize these two? Simple. Because the God of the Old Testament is not God the Father. It was the Word, as we read about in John 1:1. This Word is the same being as the Son, who is the same being as Christ. It is this truth that Christ proclaimed that got Him crucified. Christ (The Word) was the one who created the universe and worked with ancient Israel, and then came as a human being to die for our sins. This explains how nobody has seen or heard God the Father. Which leads into the next point.
The Son has declared the Father. Christ came to earth as a human. He preached the gospel of the coming Kingdom, and he came to reveal the Father. Because we haven’t seen Him before. Christ came to earth to explain that He was the one who created everything, but He is not God the Father. There is a second being in the Godhead.
We know also that the Son is with the Father. In the beginning. Meaning at the beginning of creation, the Word was with God. This means they have been around since before physical creation began. Christ is not a created being, or else His sacrifice would not be enough to cover our sins.
Christ (the Word) is part of the Godhead, a divine being. The God of the Old Testament. The One who died for our sins after living a perfect physical life, though tested in all points. The One who will return in the future to establish His Kingdom on earth. (Matthew 19:28, Luke 9:2, Acts 14:22, Revelation 11:15)
Thanks,
Eddie