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I don't know about you but growing up I was taught that God the Father was our creator. Period! But in the new testament, Jesus speaks of himself in old testament scriptures periodically and speaks of himself being with the Father even before the foundation of the world. New testament scripture also says that nothing was made without Jesus. Creation was made by him for him and without him nothing was made. (John 1:1-3, Ephesians 3:9,Colossians 1:12-18). So then where in old testament scripture is Jesus? Where is he mentioned during the creation of all things?
Genesis 1:26 says: And God said, let "us" make man in "our" image, after "our" likeness.......verse 27 says: so God created man in his image, in the image of God he created them....Now why do you suppose verse 27 says man was created in the image of God twice. (Read it again out loud). Romans 5:14 says Adam is the figure of him who "was" to come (Jesus ), and Colossians 1:15 says Jesus is the image of the invisible God. So if Adam was the image of Jesus and Jesus is the image of God, Genesis 1:27 is not repeating twice that God the Father made man in his image, but instead, that Jesus made man in his image, the image of God the Father. Remember, the verse before this God said let "us" make make man in "our" image. And so it was. But is this the only place we can find Jesus in the old testament? Of course not! Let's go back before the creation of man.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.....God said, Let there be light and there was light. God saw the light that it was good.....And God said let there be a firmament........and God made the firmament......God said let there be lights in the firmament.....and God made two great lights.....
Now, old school teaching says that God the Father said it, he made it and saw it was good. But since nothing that was made was made without Jesus, this can't be the Father working alone. So the only conclusion here is that God the Father said, let there be light, Jesus created that light and the Father saw that it was good. A Father and his Son working on a project together? Imagine that.
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Genesis 17:1-4, And when Abram was 99 years old the "Lord" appeared to Abram and said to him, I am the Almighty God, walk before me and be thou perfect. And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. And Abram fell on his face: and "God" talked with him saying; "as for me", behold, my covenant is with thee and thou shalt be a father of many nations. Genesis 24:28( Abraham's servant after meeting Rebekah) And I bowed down my head, and worshiped the" Lord", and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham......Genesis 35:1, And "God" said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el and dwell there: and make there an altar unto "God", that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thou brother. Genesis 49:25,(Jacob speaking of Joseph and how he was made strong): By the "God" of thy father, who shall help thee; and by "the Almighty" who ~shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above......Exodus 6:1-4, Then the "Lord" said to Moses, Now shalt you see what I will do to Pharaoh....And "God" spake to Moses and said unto him, I am the Lord: And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac and unto Jacob by the the name of God Almighty, but by my name Jehovah was I not known to them. And I have also established my covenant with them.....Exodus 23:25: And ye shall serve the Lord your God and "he" shall bless thy bread and thy water, and "I" will take sickness away from the midst of thee. Numbers :11:29, (Moses speaking to Joshua): And Moses said to him, Enviest thou for my sake? Would "God" that all the "Lord's" people were prophets........Deuteronomy 9:5 &10: verse5............. the "Lord thy God" doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the "Lord" swore unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Verse 10: And the "Lord" delivered unto me two tablets of stone written with the finger of "God".............Deuteronomy 32:15&18......verse 15:..........then he forsook "God" which made him and lightly esteemed the "Rock" of his salvation. Verse 18: Of the "Rock" that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten "God" that formed thee. Ruth1:21, I went out full and the Lord hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the "Lord" hath testified against me and the "Almighty" hath afflicted me?
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11Samuel 22:1-3 and verse 14: And he said, the "Lord" is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; The "God" of my rock; in him will I trust:.......verse 14: The " Lord" thundered from heaven and the "Most High" uttered his voice. Chronicles 28:2,..............as for me, I had in my heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the "Lord" and for the footstool of our "God". Job 1:6, Now there was a day when the sons of "God" came to present themselves before the "Lord"........... Psalms 14:2, The "Lord" looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand and seek "God". Psalm 17:7, Shew thy marvellous loving kindness, O thou that savest by thy "right hand" them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them. Psalm 18:6, In my distress I called upon the "Lord" and cried unto my "God"......Verse 13:, The "Lord" also thundered in the heavens, and" the Highest" gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire. Verse 21:, For I have kept the ways of the "Lord", and have not wickedly departed from my "God". Verse 29:, For by "thee" I have run through a troop; and by my "God" have I leaped over a wall. (Also check out verses 24-28). Verse 35:, Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy "right hand" hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great. Psalm20:5-6, We will rejoice in "thy" salvation, and in the name of our " God" we will set up our banners................Now know I that the "Lord" saveth his anointed; he will hear from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his "right hand". Psalm 21:7-8, For the king trusteth in the "Lord" and through the mercy of the "most High" he shall not be moved. "Thine hand" shall find out all thine enemies: thy "right hand" shall find out those that hate thee. Psalm 24:5, He shall receive the blessing from the "Lord", and righteousness from the " God" of his salvation. Psalm 47:5, "God" is gone up with a shout, the " Lord" with the sound of a trumpet. Psalm 50:14, Offer unto "God" thanksgiving; and pay thy vows to "the most High". Verses 22-23, Now consider this, ye that forget "God", lest "I" tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. Whoso offered praise glorifieth "me": and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of "God".
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Psalm 56:10, In "God" will I praise his word, in the "Lord" will I praise his word. Psalm 77:10, ..............:but I will remember the years of the "right hand" of the "most High". Psalm 78:35, And they remembered that "God" was their rock, and the "high God" their redeemer. Verse 41:, Yea, they turned back and tempted "God" and limited the "Holy One" of Israel. Psalm 89:18, For the "Lord" is our defence and the "Holy One" of Israel is our king. Psalm 94:7, Yet they say, the "Lord" shall not see, neither shall the "God" of Jacob regard it. Psalm 98:1, O sing unto the "Lord" a new song; for he hath done marvelous things: his "right hand and his holy arm" hath gotten him the victory. Psalm 107:11, Because they rebelled against the words of "God' and contemned the counsel of the "most High": Psalm 110:1, The "Lord" said unto my "Lord" sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool. (Jesus referenced this verse in Mark 12:35-37). Psalm 110:4-5, The "Lord" hath sworn, and will not repent, "Thou" art a priest forever after the order of
Mél-chíz-ed-ek. The "Lord" at "thy" right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. Isaiah 1:4, ..............they have forsaken the "Lord", they have provoked the "Holy One" of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. Isaiah 48:4, ..........yet surley my judgment is with the "Lord", and my work with my "God". Isaiah 62:3, Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the "Lord" and a royal diadem in the hand of thy "God". Jeremiah 2:19,..............know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the "Lord thy God" and that "my" fear is not in thee saith the Lord God of hosts. Jeremiah 5:4, .............for they know not the way of the "Lord" nor the judgment of their "God". Micah 6:6, wherewith shall I come before the "Lord" and bow myself before the "high God"?...............Habakkuk 3:3, "God" came from Teman, and the "Holy One" from Paran. His glory covered the heavens and the earth was full of his praise.
There are many, many more verses throughout the old testament that shows Jesus with the Father. But I'm not here to write out the entire old testament. I just wanted to show more than only a few or even several verses so we could see that indeed the scriptures do testify of Jesus, and that Moses, David and all the prophets did write of and testify of Jesus like he said. I hope this has been helpful to you. If so please share and help someone else know that Jesus was with the Father from the beginning and before he was the son of man; he was God. And still is.
HEBREWS 1:8-10, BUT TO THE SON (JESUS) HE (FATHER GOD) SAITH, THY THRONE O "GOD", IS FOREVER AND EVER: A SCEPTRE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IS THE SCEPTRE OF THY KINGDOM. THOU HAST LOVED RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HATED INIQUITY; THEREFORE "GOD", THY "GOD" HATH ANOINTED THEE WITH THE OIL OF GLADNESS ABOVE THY FELLOWS. AND THOU, "LORD" IN THE BEGINNING HAST LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THE EARTH; AND THE HEAVENS ARE THE WORKS OF THY HANDS:
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