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Questions for the JW

Mat 1:23  "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"—which means, "God with us."  What does this mean?  "God with us"

Why didn't Jesus say, "YHVH will raise it up?”
Joh 2:19  Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. 

If Alpha & Omega; Begining & end = YHVH  ?
Rev 1:8  I am Alpha^G1 and Omega^G5598, the beginning^G746 and the ending^G5056, saith the Lord^G2962, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty^G3841.   NWT-

If Alpha & Omega; First & Last = Jesus  ?
Rev 1:11  Saying, I am Alpha^G1 and Omega^G5598, the first^G4413 and the last^G2078...  NWT-

Rev 1:17  And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first^G4413 and the last^G2078: 
Rev 1:18  I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. 
Rev 2:8  And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first^G4413 and the last^G2078, which was dead, and is alive; 

Then who is this verse referring too?
Rev 22:13  I am Alpha^G1 and Omega^G5598, the beginning^G746 and the end^G5056, the first^G4413 and the last^G2078. 

Isaiah 41    Who is speaking thru Isaiah?
Isa 41:4  Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD^YHVH, the first, and with the last; I am he.   who?   Rev 1:8   Rev 1:11   Rev 22:13

Isa 41:10  Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God^ELOHYM: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Isa 41:13  For I the LORD^YHVH thy God^ELOHYM will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee
Isa 41:14  Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD^YHVH, and thy redeemer^GAAL, the Holy One^QADOSH of Israel.

Read Isaiah 48    Draw attention to:   Isa 48:17 & 20
Who is speaking through Isaiah?   (48:12)

Isa 48:1  Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD^YHVH, and make mention of the God^ELOHYM of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness. 
Isa 48:2  For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God^ELOHYM of Israel; The LORD^YHVH of hosts is his name. 
Isa 48:3  I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.   who?
Isa 48:4  Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; 
Isa 48:5  I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them. 
Isa 48:6  Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them. 
Isa 48:7  They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them. 
Isa 48:8  Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb. 
Isa 48:9  For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off. 
Isa 48:10  Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. 
Isa 48:11  For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.    who?
Isa 48:12  Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first^H7223, I also am the last^H314.  who?
Isa 48:13  Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.  who?
Isa 48:14  All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD^YHVH hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans. 
Isa 48:15  I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous. 
Isa 48:16  Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord^ADONAY GOD^YHOVIH, and his Spirit^RUACH, hath sent me.   who?
Isa 48:17  Thus saith the LORD^YHVH, thy Redeemer^GAAL, the Holy One^H6918  of Israel; I am the LORD^YHVH  thy God^ELOHYM which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. 
Isa 48:18  O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness^TSDAQAH as the waves of the sea: 
Isa 48:19  Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me. 
Isa 48:20  Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD^YHVH hath redeemed^GAAL his servant Jacob. 
Isa 48:21  And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out. 
Isa 48:22  There is no peace, saith the LORD^YHVH, unto the wicked. 

Hebrew & Greek words
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O LORD^H3068 	=    Yhvh       =   yeh-ho-vaw'
God^H430		=    Elohym    =   el-o-heem'
God^H410		=    El          =   ale
Lord^H136		=    Adonai     =   ad-o-noy'
Lord^H113		=    Adon       =   aw-done'
Mighty^H1368	=    Gibbor     =   ghib-bore
Saviour^H3467 	=    Yasha      =   yaw-shah'
Redeemer^H1350	=    Gaal       =   gaw-al'
Spirit^H7307	=    Ruach     =   roo'-akh
Righteousness^H6664	=    tsedeq     =   tseh'-dek
righteousness^H6666	=    tsdaqah    =   tsed-aw-kaw'
one^H259		=    echad      =   ekh-awd'

God^G2316		=    Theos       =   theh'-os
Lord ^G2962	=    Kurios      =   koo'-ree-os
Savior ^G4990	=    Soter       =   so-tare'

Why is God & Jesus both called: Our Saviour?
Tit 1:3  and at his appointed season he brought his word to light through the preaching entrusted to me by the command of God^THEOS our Savior^SOTER,
Tit 1:4  To Titus, my true son in our common faith: Grace and peace from God^THEOS the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior^SOTER.   NWT-

YHVH is Life  -  Jesus is Life
Deu 30:20  That thou mayest love the LORD^YHVH thy God^ELOHYM, ... for he is thy life,
Job 33:4  The Spirit of God^EL hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty^SHADDAY hath given me life. 
1Jn 5:20  And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God^THEOS, and eternal life.   Joh 1:4  11:25  14:6   1Jn 1:1    NWT-

Why's Jesus & Yhovah both called (ghib-bore ale)  Mighty God

Isa 9:6  For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty^GIBBOR God^EL, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.    Jesus  (ghib-bore ale)
Isa 10:21  The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty^GIBBOR God^EL.   see  (Isa 10:20)

(this verse uses all 3 names:  ghib-bore  ale  Yeh-ho-vaw)
Jer 32:18  Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty^GIBBOR God^EL, the LORD^YHVH of hosts, is his name,         (ghib-bore ale) Yhovah     NWT-

Prepare the way for... YHVH   ELOHYM   KURIOS

Isa 40:3  The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD,^YHVH  make straight in the desert a highway for our God.^ELOHYM 
Joh 1:23  He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord,^KURIOS  as said the prophet Esaias.    NWT-

YHVH = ELOHYM = ADON = EL     Deu 10:17
Exo 32:11  And Moses besought the LORD^YHVH his God,^ELOHYM and said, LORD^YHVH, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?   NWT-
Deu 9:26  I prayed therefore unto the LORD^YHVH, and said, O Lord^ADONAY GOD^YHVH, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.  NWT-
Deu 11:2  And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD^YHVH your God,^ELOHYM  his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,
Deu 10:17  For the LORD^YHVH  your God^ELOHYM is God^ELOHYM of gods^ELOHYM, and Lord^ADON of lords^ADON, a great God^EL, a mighty^GIBBOR, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:

OT   God is one^H259    H259   Echad   ekh-awd'  
a numeral form of H258 aw-khad'  as in: One that is unified, united, alike

Deu 6:4  Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one^ECHAD LORD:  God is one; united, unified
Gen 2:24  Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one^ECHAD flesh.  They shall be one; united, unified

NT   Father are one^G1520     G1520  Hice   heis
a primary numeral;  one, one(another), only
Joh 10:30  I and my Father are one^HICE.

OT - Creator        YHVH  ELOHYM
Psa 95:6  O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD^YHVH our maker. 
Isa 40:28  Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God^ELOHYM, the LORD^YHVH, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. 
Isa 45:18  For thus saith the LORD^YHVH that created the heavens; God^ELOHYM himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD^YHVH; and there is none else. 
Isa 51:15  But I am the LORD^YHVH thy God^ELOHYM, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD^YHVH of hosts is his name. 
Jer 14:22  Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD^YHVH our God^ELOHYM? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
Amo 4:13  For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD^YHVH, The God^ELOHYM, of hosts, is his name. 
Isa 45:11  Thus saith the LORD^YHVH, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.
Isa 45:12  I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands^YAD, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded. 

NT - Creator    Theos Logos
Joh 1:1  In the beginning was the Word^LOGOS, and the Word^LOGOS was with God^THEOS, and the Word^LOGOS was God^THEOS.  NWT-
Joh 1:2  The same was in the beginning with God^THEOS. 
Joh 1:3  All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.  
Joh 1:10  He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. 
Col 1:16  For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: 
Col 1:17  And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. 
Heb 1:2  Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;    NWT-
1Co 8:6  But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.   Which one is the creator?

OT - Saviour,  Redeemer,  Righteousness
Isa 43:3  For I am the LORD^YHVHthy God^ELOHYM, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour^YASHA: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
Isa 44:6  Thus saith the LORD^YHVH the King of Israel, and his redeemer^GAAL the LORD^YHVH of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God^ELOHYM.
Isa 45:21  Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD^YHVH? and there is no God^ELOHYM else beside me; a just God^EL and a Saviour^YASHA; there is none beside me. 
Isa 48:17  Thus saith the LORD^YHVH, thy Redeemer^GAAL, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD^YHVH thy God^ELOHYM which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
Jer 23:6  In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD^YHVH OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS^TSEDQ. 
Hos 13:4  Yet I am the LORD^YHVH thy God^ELOHYM from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god^ELOHYM but me: for there is no saviour^YASHA beside me. 
Hab 3:18  Yet I will rejoice in the LORD^YHVH, I will joy in the God^ELOHYM of my salvation^YASHA. 
Isa 54:5  For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD^YHVH of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer^GAAL the Holy One of Israel; The God^ELOHYM of the whole earth shall he be called. 
Isa 54:17  No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD^YHVH, and their righteousness^TSDAQAH is of me, saith the LORD^YHVH. 

OT - Prophecy
Isa 40:3  The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD^YHVH, make straight in the desert a highway for our God^ELOHYM.  
    
NT - Fulfillment
Luk 3:4  As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord,^KURIOS make his paths straight.