[YTM] 2.0 The Rock and the Redeemer

The Old Testament gives some hints of the relationships in the Godhead, such as in Daniel 7:13-14 and Genesis 14: 18, but the spiritual depth of those words may not have been fully revealed until we read John 1:14 which says, “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us”. It is clear from John 1:1 that there were two beings who were called God in the beginning: “The Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

Although the Old Testament also has references to God the Father in Genesis 1:26; 14: 18-20, Psalm 45:7 and Daniel 7:13, the Word was the Spokesman, the member of the God family whom the patriarchs, prophets and righteous kings talked to, walked with and obeyed.

It was the Word who appeared to and taught Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden; who spoke with Cain and Abel; who walked with Enoch and Noah; and who appeared to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Moses. We know this because of Yeshua’s own words.

In John 5: 37 Yeshua said, “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 emphasizes this same point in John 1:18 and again in First John 4:12 stating that “no one has seen God at any time.”

So, Yeshua said there was a member of the Godhead whom no one had ever seen. On the other hand, Yeshua, the Son of God, was the One through whom the creation was made, who talked to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and who was “the light of men”. This can be referred in John 1:3-4, and in Genesis 3:8-10.

The Bible also describes Yeshua’s involvement with Abraham, Moses and David. [John 8:56-58; 5:46; Matthew 22:41-45. But we do not know exactly how much the patriarchs, prophets and righteous people knew of the relationships in the Godhead.

We do not know what God revealed and what He kept secret. They did know that the God of Abraham was their Rock and Redeemer – the One who delivered the Israelites from their Egyptian bondage, which is found in Exodus 17:6, Deuteronomy 32:15, and in Psalm 95:1. But did they realize that the “Rock that followed them” [1 Corinthians 10:4], was the Messiah—the Word who became flesh—the Son of God?