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POSTED 27 OCTOBER, 26
H.A.N.D.S.
and the Deity of Christ
by Robert M. Bowman, Jr. and J. Ed Komoszewski
 The
following information is reproduced from the book Putting
Jesus in His Place: The Case for the Deity of Christ by
Robert M. Bowman, Jr. and J. Ed Komoszwewski (Grand Rapids:
Kregel, 2007), pp 281-288.
We offer it you to for a valuable reference, as this
foundational doctrine is under considerable assault in today’s
Messianic community. The editor highly recommends the
book it is taken from, as it would make a valuable addition to
your congregational or home library.
HANDS Review
Tables
The following pages provide tables that summarize most of the
evidence for the deity of Christ that we have covered in this
book. To understand the significance of some of this material,
it will be important to read the relevant part of the book.
Thus, these tables should prove useful for review purposes. They
also provide a quick overview for those wanting to see the “big
picture.
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HONORS |
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Lord GOD |
Lord Jesus |
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Honor |
Exod. 20:2-3; 34:14; Deut. 5:6-7 |
John 5:23; Heb. 3:3-4 |
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Glory (glorify) |
Exod. 15:2; Ps. 29:1-3; cf. Matt. 5:16; Rom. 15:6-9
Doxologies:
1 Chron. 29:10-11; Ps. 72:18-19; cf. Rom. 11:36; Gal.
1:4-5; Phil. 4:20; Rev. 4:11 |
2 Tim. 4:18; Heb. 13:20-21; 1 Peter 4:11; 2 Peter 3:18;
cf. Rom. 16:27; Jude 25; Rev. 5:12-13 |
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Worship
(proskuneō) |
Deut. 6:13; cf. Matt. 4:9-10; Ps. 97:7; Isa. 45:23; Rev.
19:10; 22:8-9 |
Matt. 2:2, 11; 8:2; 9:18; 14:33; 15:25; 20:20; 28:9, 17;
Phil. 2:10-11; Heb. 1:6; Rev. 1:17; 5:14 |
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Prayer |
Gen. 4:26; 1 Chron. 16:8; Ps. 65:2; Isa. 44:17;
45:20-22; Joel 2:32 |
John 14:14; Acts 1:24-25; 7:59-60; 9:14; 22:16; Rom.
10:12-13; 1 Cor. 1:2; 16:22; 2 Cor. 12:8-9; Rev.
22:20-21 |
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Song |
Exod. 15:21; Judg. 5:3; 1 Chron. 16:23; Pss. 7:17; 9:11;
92:1; 95:1; 96:2; 104:33; Isa. 42:10 |
Eph. 5:19; Rev. 5:9-10; cf. Phil. 2:6-11 |
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Faith |
Gen. 15:6; Isa. 28:16; 43:10; Mark 11:22; Heb. 6:1;
11:6; cf. Exod. 14:31 with Num. 20:8-13; 27:12-14 |
Matt. 9:28; John 1:12; 3:15-18, 36; 6:35, 40; 7:37-39;
8:24; 11:25-26; 14:1; 20:31; Acts 3:16; 10:43; 16:31;
20:21; 22:19; 24:24; 26:18; Rom. 9:33; 10:11; Gal. 3:26;
1 Peter 2:6; 1 John 3:23; 5:1, 10, 13 |
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Fear |
Deut. 6:13; 10:20; Prov. 1:7; 2:5; 9:10; etc.; Isa.
8:12-13 |
2 Cor. 5:10-11; Eph. 5:21; 6:7-8; Col. 3:22-25; 1 Peter
3:14-16 |
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Serve
(religious devotion; latreuō)
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Deut. 6:13; cf. Matt. 4:10 |
Matt. 26:2, 18, 26-29; Mark 14:12-16, 22-25; Luke
22:8-20; Acts 2:38; 8:16; 10:48; 19:5; 1 Cor. 10:16-22;
11:20, 27; and see Dan. 7:14; cf. 3:12, 14, 17, 18, 28;
4:2-3, 35; 6:16, 20, 26; see also Rev. 22:3 |
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Love |
Exod. 20:6; Deut. 5:10; 6:4-5; 11:1, 13, 22; 13:6-11;
19:9; 30:6-8, 16, 20; 33:9; Josh. 22:5; Neh. 1:5; Dan.
9:4; Matt. 22:37 |
Matt. 10:37; Luke 14:26; John 14:15, 21; 15:10; Eph.
6:24 |
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ATTRIBUTES |
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Lord GOD |
Lord Jesus |
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All |
Exod. 8:10; 9:14; 15:11; 2 Sam. 7:22; 1 Kings 8:23; 1
Chron. 17:20; Ps. 86:8; Isa. 40:18, 25; 44:7; 46:5, 9;
Jer. 10:6-7; Mic. 7:18 |
John 12:45; 14:7-10; Rom. 8:29; 2 Cor. 4:4; Col. 1:13,
15, 19 (cf. Ps. 68:16); 2:9; Heb. 1:3 |
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Preexistent |
passim |
Matt. 9:13; 20:28; 23:34, 37; Mark 2:17; 10:45; Luke
4:43; 5:32; 12:49, 51; 13:34; 19:10; John 8:42; 10:36;
12:39-41; 13:3; 16:28; Rom. 8:3; 1 Cor. 10:4, 9; Gal.
4:4-6; Phil. 2:6-7; Jude 5 |
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Eternal |
Pss. 90:2; 102:25-27 |
John 1:1-3; 8:56-59; 17:5; Col. 1:16-17; Heb. 1:2,
10-12; 7:3 |
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Uncreated |
Gen. 1:1; Isa. 43:10 |
John 1:3, 10; 1 Cor. 8:6; Col. 1:15-16; Heb. 1:2, 10-12;
cf. Prov. 8:22; Rev. 3:14 |
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Immutable |
Num. 23:19; Ps. 102:26-27; Mal. 3:6; James 1:17 |
Heb. 1:10-12; 13:8; cf. 2 Cor. 1:20 |
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Loving |
Deut. 7:8; 10:15, 18; Ps. 146:8; Prov. 3:12; Isa. 63:9;
Jer. 31:3; Hos. 3:1 |
John 13:34; 15:9, 12-13; Rom. 8:35-39; Gal. 2:20; Eph.
3:19; 5:2; Rev. 1:5; cf. Rom. 5:8 |
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Omnipotent |
Job 42:2; Luke 1:37 |
Matt. 28:18; John 2:19-22; 10:17-18; 1 Cor. 1:23-24; 2
Cor. 12:9; Eph. 1:19-21; Col. 2:10; 1 Peter 3:22 |
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Omnipresent |
Gen. 28:15; 1 Kings 8:27; Ps. 139:7-10; John 4:20-24 |
Matt. 8:5-13; 18:20; 28:20; Mark 7:24-30; Luke 7:1-10;
John 1:47-49; 4:46-54; Eph. 4:10-11 |
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Omniscient |
1 Kings 8:39; Ps. 139:1-4; Isa. 46:9-10; Matt. 10:30; 1
John 3:20 |
Matt. 9:4; 11:21-23; 12:25; Mark 2:6-8; 8:31-32 [etc.];
Luke 6:8; 10:13-15; 21:20-24; John 4:16-18; 11:11-15;
13:10-11, 21-29, 36-38 par.; 16:30-31; 21:17; Acts 1:24;
1 Cor. 4:5; Rev. 2:23; cf. Mark 13:30-32 |
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Incomprehensible |
Isa. 40:18 |
Matt. 11:27; cf. Luke 10:22 |
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NAMES |
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Lord GOD |
Lord Jesus |
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Name above every name |
Exod. 3:15; 20:7; Deut. 5:11; 28:58; Pss. 8:1, 9; 20:7;
Isa. 45:21-23; Joel 2:32; Luke 1:49; Rom. 2:24; 1 Tim.
6:1; Rev. 11:18; 13:6; 15:4; 16:9 |
Matt. 7:22; 10:22; 19:29; 24:9; Mark 9:38-39; 13:13;
Luke 10:17; 21:12, 17; John 1:12; 15:21; 20:31; Acts
2:21, 36, 38; 3:6, 16; 4:7, 10, 12, 17-18, 30; 5:28,
40-41; 8:16; 9:14, 21, 27-28; 10:43, 48; 15:26; 16:18;
19:5, 17; 21:13; 22:16; Rom. 10:12-13; 1 Cor. 1:13-15;
6:11; Eph. 1:21; Phil. 2:9-11; Col. 3:17; 1 Peter 4:14;
1 John 2:12; 3:23; 5:13; 3 John 7; Rev. 2:3, 13; 3:8 |
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God |
Deut. 4:35, 39; 32:39; 2 Sam. 22:32; 2 Chron. 15:3; Isa.
37:20; 43:10; 44:6-8; 45:5, 14, 21-22; 46:9; Jer. 10:10;
John 5:44; 17:3; Rom. 3:30; 16:27; 1 Cor. 8:4-6; Gal.
3:20; Eph. 4:6; 1 Thes. 1:9; 1 Tim. 1:17; 2:5; James
2:19; 1 John 5:20-21; Jude 25 |
Isa. 7:14; 9:6; John 1:1, 18; 20:28; Acts 20:28; Rom.
9:5; Titus 2:13; Heb. 1:8; 1 Peter 1:1 (cf. 1:11; 2:20;
3:18) |
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Lord
(YHWH/Kurios)
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Gen. 2:4; Exod. 3:15-18; Deut. 3:24 LXX [etc.]; 6:4; Pss.
34:8; 118:25; Isa. 8:12-13; 40:3, 13; 45:23; Joel 2:32 |
Matt. 3:3; 7:21-22; 8:25; 14:30; Mark 1:3; Luke 3:4;
6:46; Acts 1:24; 2:21, 36; 7:59-60; 8:25 [etc.]; Rom.
10:9-13; 1 Cor. 1:2, 8 [etc.], 31; 2:16; 4:4-5; 5:4;
6:11; 7:17, 32-35; 8:6; 10:21-22; 16:22-23; Phil.
2:9-11; 1 Peter 2:3; 3:13-15 |
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Bridegroom/
Husband
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Isa. 54:5; 62:5; Jer. 31:32 |
Matt. 22:2; 25:1-13; Mark 2:19; John 3:29; 2 Cor. 11:2;
Eph. 2:25-27; Rev. 19:7-9; 21:2, 9 |
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King of kings and
Lord of lords
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Dan. 4:37; 1 Tim. 6:15; cf. Deut. 10:17; Ps. 136:2-3 |
Rev. 17:14; 19:16 |
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Savior |
Deu. 32:15; Pss. 25:5; 27:9; 62:2, 6; 65:5; 79:9; 95:1;
Isa. 12:2; 17:10; 45:15, 21; Mic. 7:7; Hab 3:18 |
Luke 2:11; John 4:42; Phil. 3:20; 2 Tim. 1:10; Titus
2:13; 2 Peter 1:11; 2:20; 3:2, 18; 1 John 4:14 |
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I Am |
Deu. 32:29; Isa. 41:4; 43:2, 5, 10-11, 25; 46:4; 52:6;
cf. Exod. 3:14 |
John 4:26; 6:20; 8:24, 28, 58; 13:18-19; 18:5-8 |
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First and Last/
Alpha and Omega/
Beginning and End |
Isa. 41:4; 44:6; 48:12; Rev. 21:6 |
Rev. 1:7-8, 17b-18; 2:8; 22:12-13 |
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DEEDS |
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Lord GOD |
Lord Jesus |
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Creating and sustaining all things |
Gen. 1:1; 2:7; Neh. 9:6; Pss. 95:5-7; 102:25; 104:24-30;
Isa. 44:24; Jer. 10:16; 51:19; Acts 4:24; 14:15; 17:25,
28; Rom. 11:36; Heb. 2:10; Rev. 4:11 |
John 1:3, 10; 1 Cor. 8:6; Col. 1:16-17; Heb. 1:2-3, 10 |
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Sovereignly ruling over the forces of nature |
Gen. 8:1; Exod. 14:21; Job 38:8-11; Pss. 33:7; 65:7;
74:13-14; 77:16-20; 89:9; 104:4-9; 107:23-30; Pro.
8:22-31; Isa. 17:21-13; 35:4-6; Jer. 5:22; 31:35 |
Matt. 8:23-27 (cf. Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25); Matt.
14:13-21 (cf. Mark 6:32-44; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-15);
Matt. 14:22-33 (cf. Mark 6:45-52; John 6:16-21); Matt.
15:32-39 (cf. Mark 8:1-10); Matt. 17:24-27; Mark 5:19-20
(cf. Luke 8:39); Luke 5:1-11; 7:11-16; John 2:1-11;
21:1-14 |
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Illumination and revelation |
Gen. 40:8; 41:15-16; Ps. 119:18; Dan. 2:20-23; Amos 3:7 |
Matt. 11:27; Luke 10:22; John 1:4-5, 9, 18; 2 Thess.
2:8; 1 Tim. 6:14; 2 Tim. 1:10; 4:1, 8; Titus 2:13 |
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Speaking with divine authority |
Cf. “Thus says the Lord” (over 400x); Isa. 40:8; 52:6;
55:11-12 |
Matt. 5:20-22 [etc.]; 7:24-29; 24:35; Mark 1:22; 13:31;
Luke 4:32; John 4:26; 7:46; cf. “Amen I say to you”
(74x) |
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Word of the Lord |
1 Kings 13:1, 2, 5, 32; 20:35; 2 Chron. 30:12; cf. 2
Sam. 16:23; 1 Chron. 15:15 |
Acts 8:25; 13:44, 48-49; 15:35-36; 16:32; 19:10, 20; 1
Thes. 4:15 |
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Salvation |
Exod. 15:2; Deut. 32:15; Pss. 3:8; 24:5; 25:5 [etc.];
62:1-2, 6-7; 118:14, 21; 130:8; Isa. 45:15, 21; Titus
1:3; 2:10; 3:4 |
Matt. 1:21; Luke 19:9-10; John 3:17; 10:9; 14:6; Acts
4:12; 16:31; 1 Cor. 15:1-4; 1 Tim. 1:1, 15; Titus 1:4;
2:13-14; 3:6; Heb. 5:9; Rev. 7:10 |
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Showing mercy |
Pss. 6:2; 9:13; 31:9; 41:4, 10; 56:1; 86:3; 123:3; Isa.
33:2 |
Matt. 15:22; 20:30, 31 |
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Forgiveness of sins |
Exod. 34:6-7; Pss. 51:4; 130:4; Isa. 43:25; 44:22; 55:7;
Jer. 31:34; Dan. 9:9 |
Matt. 9:1-8 (cf. Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:17-26); Luke
7:47-49; Acts 5:31; Col. 3:13 |
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Sending the Spirit and his gifts |
Joel 2:28-29; John 14:26; Rom. 8:9; 1 Cor. 12:6 |
Matt. 3:11; Luke 24:49; John 1:33; 4:10, 15; 7:37-39;
15:26; 16:7-14; 20:22; Acts 2:33; 16:6-7; Rom. 8:9; 1
Cor. 12:5; Eph. 4:8-11; Phil. 1:19 |
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Giving and being life |
Gen. 2:7; Deut. 32:29; 1 Sam. 2:6; Ps. 36:9; Jer. 2:13 |
John 1:4; 3:15-16; 15:21-26; 10:10; 14:6; 17:3;
20:30-31; Acts 3:15; Rom. 6:23; 2 Cor. 4:10-11; Phil.
1:21; Gal. 2:20; Col. 3:3-4 |
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Raising the dead |
Deut. 32:39; 1 Sam. 2:6; Gal. 1:1 |
John 2:19-22; 5:28-29; 6:40, 54; 10:17-18, 27-28;
11:25-26; Acts 2:24 |
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Source of all spiritual blessings |
(See references to the right) |
Eph. 1:2-3; 2 Thess. 2:16-17; 1 Tim. 1:2; 2 Tim. 1:2; 2
John 3; Rev. 1:4; etc. |
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Judging all people |
Gen. 18:25; Deut. 1:17; Pss. 7:9-11; 50:4, 6; 62:12;
75:7; 96:12-13; Prov. 24:12; Isa. 40:9-11; Jer. 25:31;
Joel 3:12; Rom. 2:3; 14:10 |
Matt. 16:27; 25:31-46; John 5:22-23; Acts 10:42; 17:31;
Rom. 2:16; 1 Cor. 4:4-5; 2 Cor. 5:10; 2 Thess. 1:7-8; 2
Tim. 4:1; Rev. 2:23 |
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SEAT |
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Lord GOD |
Lord Jesus |
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God’s possible highest throne |
Dan. 4:34-35; Rom. 14:10; Rev. 4:2; 5:1; 20:11; cf. 7:15 |
Ps. 110:1; Matt. 22:44; 25:31; 26:64; Mark 12:36; 14:62;
16:19; Luke 20:42-43; 22:69; Acts 2:33-35; 5:31;
7:55-56; Rom. 8:34; 1 Cor. 15:25; 2 Cor. 5:10; Eph.
1:20; 2:6; Col. 3:1; Heb. 1:3, 13; 8:1; 10:12-13; 12:2;
1 Peter 3:22; Rev. 3:21; 7:17; 22; 1, 3 |
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Claiming to be equal to God |
Exod. 20:3, 7; Deut. 5:7, 11; cf. Ps. 110:1; Dan.
7:13-14; cf. Ezek. 1:26-28; see also Exod. 14:20; 34:5;
Num. 10:34; Ps. 104:3; Isa. 19:1 |
Matt. 9:3 (cf. Mark 2:7); Mark 14:61-64; John 5:17-18;
8:58-59; 10:27-33; 19:7 |
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Ruling over all things |
Isa. 44:24; Jer. 10:16; 51:19 |
Matt. 11:25-27; 28:18; Luke 10:21-22; John 3:35; 13:3;
16:15; Acts 10:36; 1 Cor. 15:27-28; Eph. 1:22; Phil.
2:10; 3:21; Heb. 1:2; 2:8; Rev. 5:13 |
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Ruling forever |
Pss. 9:7; 45:6; 93:2; Lam. 5:19; Dan. 4:34-35; Rev. 5:13 |
Luke 1:33; Eph. 1:19b-21; Heb. 1:8; Rev. 11:15; cf. Eph.
5:5; Rev. 22:1, 3 |
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