[ 2 ] As for the first point, the following passages show that Jehovah
God himself came down and became human:
Behold, a virgin will conceive and bear a Son, who will be called God
with us.(Isaiah 7 : 14 ; Matthew 1 : 23 )
A Child is born to us; a Son is given to us. Authority will rest on his
shoulder, and his name will be called Wonderful, God,Hero, Father of
Eternity,Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9 : 6 )
It will be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God. We have waited for
him to free us. This is Jehovah whom we have waited for. Let us rejoice
and be glad in his salvation.” (Isaiah 25 : 9 )
The voice of one crying in the desert, “Prepare a way for Jehovah;make
a level pathway in the solitude for our God.And all flesh will see it
together.” (Isaiah 40 : 3 , 5 )
Behold, the Lord Jehovihis coming with strength, and hisarm will rule
for him.Behold, hisreward is with him;like a shepherdhe will feed his
flock. (Isaiah 40 : 10 – 11 )
Jehovahsaid, “Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Zion. Behold, I am
coming to live in your midst.” Then many peoples will cling to Jehovah
in that day. (Zechariah 2 : 10 – 11 )
I, Jehovah,have called you in justice; I will give you as a covenant to the
people. I am Jehovah. This is my name. I will not give my glory to another.
(Isaiah 42 : 6 , 8 )
Behold, the days are coming when I will raise up for David a righteous
offshoot who will reign as king and execute judgment and justice on the
earth. And this is his name: Jehovah our Justice.(Jeremiah 23 : 5 – 6 ; 33 : 15 – 16 )
Then there are the passages where the coming of the Lord is called
“the day of Jehovah,” such as Isaiah 13 : 6 , 9 , 13 , 22 ; Ezekiel 31 : 15 ; Joel 1 : 15 ;
2 : 1 , 2 , 11 , 29 , 31 ; 3 : 1 , 14 , 18 ; Amos 5 : 13 , 18 , 20 ; Zephaniah 1 : 7 – 18 ; Zechariah
14 : 1 , 4 – 21 ; and elsewhere.
[ 3 ] That Jehovah himself was the one who came down and took on a
human manifestation is clearly established in Luke, when it says, “Mary
said to the angel, ‘How will this take place, since I have not had inter-
course?’ The angel replied to her, ‘The Holy Spirit will descend upon you,
and the power of the Highest will cover you;therefore the Holy Onethat is
born from you will be called the Son of God’”(Luke 1 : 34 – 35 ). In Matthew