What Has This Weekã¢â‚¬â„¢s Bible Reading Taught You About Jehovah November 12-18

"Lesson v: Jesus Christ Was Jehovah of the Erstwhile Testament," Jesus Christ and the Everlasting Gospel Teacher Manual (2015)

Introduction

In testifying of the Savior Jesus Christ, modernistic prophets have declared: "He was the Great Jehovah of the Old Testament" ("The Living Christ: The Testimony of the Apostles," Ensign or Liahona, Apr. 2000, 2). Jesus Christ, equally Jehovah, established Heavenly Father's everlasting gospel on the earth in every dispensation of fourth dimension in social club to gather in every 1 of God'southward children who were lost. Our faith in Jesus Christ can exist strengthened every bit we come up to recognize His unchanging nature and His everlasting gospel.

Background Reading

• Russell Thou. Nelson, "Covenants," Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2011, 86–89.

• "The Abrahamic Covenant," The Pearl of Swell Price Student Manual (Church building Educational System manual, 2000), 93–98.

• "Enrichment Section A: Who Is the God of the Quondam Attestation?" Old Attestation Educatee Manual: Genesis–2 Samuel, 3rd ed. (Church building Educational System manual, 2003), 45–48.

Suggestions for Teaching

Exodus iii:11–14; 6:2–3; John 8:52–53, 56–59; 18:5, eight; 3 Nephi fifteen:5; Abraham one:xvi; 2:8

Jesus Christ was Jehovah of the Old Testament

Invite students to share some names and titles of the Savior that they know. Listing their responses on the board. Tell students that today you will discuss an important proper name, or title, that Jesus Christ was known by before His mortal ministry. Invite them to read John 8:52–53, 56–59 silently. Then ask:

• What questions were the Jews asking the Savior?

• What do you recall Jesus meant by His response, "Before Abraham was, I am"? (verse 58).

To help students define the phrase "I am," separate students into pairs and enquire them to read Exodus three:xi–xiv; 6:2–three, looking for how the God of the Old Testament identified Himself. After sufficient time, inquire the following questions:

• According to these verses, what names did the God of the Old Attestation utilise to place Himself? (Point out that the Joseph Smith Translation of Exodus 6:3 reads, "I am the Lord God Almighty; the Lord JEHOVAH. And was non my name known unto them?" See likewise Abraham i:sixteen.)

• How do these verses clarify the significance of Jesus Christ'southward statement, "Before Abraham was, I am"? (Students should recognize that Jesus Christ was Jehovah, the God of the Old Testament and the great I AM.)

Display the following statements:

"This is equally blunt and pointed an affidavit of divinity every bit any person has or could make. 'Before Abraham was I Jehovah.' That is, 'I am God Almighty, the Swell I AM. I am the self-real, Eternal One. I am the God of your fathers. My proper noun is: I AM THAT I AM'" (Bruce R. McConkie, Doctrinal New Testament Commentary, iii vols. [1965–73], i:464).

Jehovah is "the covenant or proper proper name of the God of Israel. Information technology denotes the 'Unchangeable I'" (Bible Dictionary, "Jehovah").

• Why is information technology important to know that Jesus Christ was Jehovah of the Old Attestation? (Answers should include the following truth: God has always administered His gospel through His Son, Jesus Christ. See likewise 3 Nephi 15:v, which records the Savior's teaching that He was the giver of the law.)

You may want to invite a pupil to read aloud the post-obit statement by President Joseph Fielding Smith (1876–1972):

"All revelation since the fall has come through Jesus Christ, who is the Jehovah of the Old Testament. … The Male parent [Elohim] has never dealt with man directly and personally since the fall, and he has never appeared except to introduce and bear record of the Son" (Doctrines of Conservancy, comp. Bruce R. McConkie, three vols. [1954–56], one:27).

• How does knowing that Jehovah, or Jesus Christ, is unchangeable assist you to have religion in Him? (Answers might include that the knowledge that Jesus Christ is unchangeable helps us have faith that just as He kept His promises to the people we read well-nigh in the scriptures, He will continue His promises to us.)

Signal out that by early post-biblical times, the Hebrew name for Jehovah (usually represented as Yahweh in literature) was considered too sacred to be pronounced. For this reason, except for a few exceptions (run into Exodus 6:iii; Psalm 83:18; Isaiah 12:2; 26:iv), the translators of the King James Version of the Bible rendered the word Jehovah as LORD (in all capital letters). In modern Judaism, it is replaced with the give-and-take Adonai, which means "Lord."

Genesis 13:14–16; 17:1–nine; Moses 6:51–52, 64–66; Abraham 1:18–19; 2:viii–11

Jehovah established the everlasting gospel aforetime

With students still working in pairs, ask them to read Moses 6:51–52, 64–66 and place what Jehovah taught Adam. Tell them that in verses 51–52, Jehovah was speaking on behalf of the Begetter. So ask:

• What did you notice about the gospel taught to Adam? (It is the same gospel taught today. [Run across ii Nephi 31:10–16 for an example of the same gospel beingness taught in the Americas.] Consider emphasizing this truth by writing the following argument on the lath: The gospel of Jesus Christ is everlasting and unchanging in each gospel dispensation.)

Betoken to students that in a later dispensation, Jehovah renewed His everlasting gospel through a covenant with Abraham known as the Abrahamic covenant. Split the class in half. Assign half of the class to study Genesis 13:14–sixteen; 17:2–8; Abraham one:18–xix; 2:8–xi and to make a list of the promises the Lord made to Abraham. Assign the other half of the form to study Genesis 17:1–five, 9; Abraham 1:19; two:eight–eleven and to brand a list of what Abraham was required to practice in order to receive the promised blessings. (Note: As students larn how to identify lists in the scriptures, they will be amend able to recognize cardinal points the scripture writer intended to emphasize.)

While students are studying, copy the following nautical chart on the board, leaving space to list responses:

Abrahamic Covenant
Promises Made to Abraham	Abraham's Responsibilities

After sufficient time, invite a few students from each group to come up to the board and write their findings under the proper heading. Consider summarizing the Abrahamic covenant by displaying and having a educatee read aloud the following statement:

"Abraham received the gospel and was ordained to the higher priesthood (D&C 84:14; Abr. ii:eleven), and he entered into angelic marriage, which is the covenant of exaltation (D&C 131:1–4; 132:19, 29). Abraham received a promise that all of the blessings of these covenants would be offered to his mortal posterity (D&C 132:29–31; Abr. 2:half dozen–11). Together, these covenants and promises are called the Abrahamic covenant. The restoration of this covenant was the restoration of the gospel in the final days, for through information technology all the nations of the earth are blessed (Gal. 3:8–9, 29; D&C 110:12; 124:58; Abr. two:x–11)" (Guide to the Scriptures, "Abrahamic Covenant"; scriptures.lds.org).

Emphasize that from the start, the Father covenanted with His children to get together them together through the truths, ordinances, and blessings of the everlasting gospel. The Restoration of the gospel includes the restoration of the Abrahamic covenant. That is, the Abrahamic covenant is a significant office of the new and everlasting covenant, which is the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Ask students:

• How does knowing that we are descendants of Abraham and heirs to all that God promised to him influence the way you live?

• How does the availability of the blessings promised to Abraham and his posterity strengthen families and guide u.s. in the decisions nosotros make?

Invite students to share means they tin secure the promised blessings of this covenant for themselves and their families, by, present, and future.

Joshua 24:3–13; 1 Nephi 17:23–32

Jehovah blessed and led ancient Israel

Tell students that every bit office of the Abrahamic covenant, Jehovah promised the blessings of the gospel to Abraham's posterity and those who gathered with them. Invite one half of the class to read Joshua 24:three–thirteen, and invite the other half to read 1 Nephi 17:23–32. Ask students to look for words and phrases that teach what Jehovah did for ancient Israel. Yous may want to suggest that they marking what they find. After sufficient fourth dimension, ask students to share what they learned. Paraphrase student responses on the board. For insight into why Jehovah did some of the things He did, enquire a pupil to read Exodus 6:two–6 aloud. Inquire the grade:

• What reason did Jehovah give for doing many of the things you read about in Joshua and ane Nephi?

• What does this tell y'all well-nigh the promises the Lord has made to you? (Every bit students respond, write the following principle on the lath: If we alive faithfully, the Lord volition keep the promises He has fabricated to u.s..)

Invite a pupil to read aloud the following statement by President Dieter F. Uchtdorf:

"Because God has been faithful and kept His promises in the past, we can hope with confidence that God will keep His promises to us in the nowadays and in the hereafter. In times of distress, we can concord tightly to the hope that things will 'work together for [our] good' [D&C ninety:24]" ("The Space Power of Hope," Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2008, 23).

• How tin knowing nigh Jehovah's deportment anciently assist you during times of trial?

• What did He do for ancient Israel that He will also do for you lot?

Evidence that in every impunity of time, Jesus Christ has blest God'due south children with the everlasting gospel. Only equally the covenant people anciently received promised blessings from the Lord, so can we upon status of our obedience.

Student Readings

• John eight:51–59; eighteen:5, viii; Exodus three:11–14; half dozen:two–3; 3 Nephi fifteen:5; Moses half dozen:51–52, 64–66; Genesis 17:1–9; Abraham 1:18–xix; two:8–11.

• "Enrichment Section A: Who Is the God of the Old Testament?" Erstwhile Testament Pupil Manual: Genesis–2 Samuel, 3rd ed. (Church Educational Organisation manual, 2003), 45–48.

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