GOD of the Old Testament is Jesus (in the New Testament)

 

In the Old Testament God’s name was YHWH or JHVH (Yahweh or Jehova)

Written in the language of the Hebrews (called the Tetagrammaton) as seen below.

 

This word in the old testament was used over 6500 times.

When the translators in translating from Hebrew to other languages, they followed a Jewish practice of not saying or repeating the divine name YHWY/JHVH out of respect for its holiness. So instead the name was translated to LORD in capital letters.

Moses and God

When Jehova commanded Moses to free the Israelites from Egyptian bondage

Moses asks…so who do I say sent me? Exodus 3:14

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/ex/3?lang=eng

 13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? ^awhat shall I say unto them?

14 And God said unto Moses, ^aI AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The ^aLord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my ^bname for ever, and ^cthis is my ^dmemorial unto all generations.

Abraham was the first Patriarch or the head of the covenant where all the lineages come from. 

He was the one that was ordered by GOD to sacrifice his only son Isaac but was stopped by an angel.
Abraham was received many blessings because of his obedience and was told that his descendants would be able to receive the same blessings that he was granted.

Back to who I AM is....

In the New testament,

John 8

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/nt/john/8?lang=eng

56 Your father ^aAbraham ^brejoiced to ^csee my day: and he saw it, and was glad.

57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?

58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, ^aBefore Abraham was, ^bI am.

59 Then took they up ^astones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so ^bpassed by.

Confirmed in modern revelations: 

Doctrine and Covenants 38

 1 Thus saith the Lord your God, even Jesus Christ, the Great ^aI Am, Alpha and Omega, the ^bbeginning and the end, the ^csame which looked upon the ^dwide expanse of eternity, and all the seraphic ^ehosts of heaven, ^fbefore the world was ^gmade;

2 The same which ^aknoweth all things, for ^ball things are ^cpresent before mine eyes;

3 I am the same which ^aspake, and the world was made, and all things came by me.

GOD created us and this Earth

Isaiah 45:12

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/isa/45?lang=eng

12 I have ^amade the earth, and ^bcreated man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their ^chost have I commanded.

John 1:3

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/nt/john/1?lang=eng

1 ^aIn the ^bbeginning was the Word, and the ^cWord was with God, and the ^dWord was ^eGod.

2 The same was in the ^abeginning with God.

3 All things were ^amade by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

Mosiah 3:8

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/mosiah/3?lang=eng

8 And he shall be called ^aJesus ^bChrist, the ^cSon of God, the ^dFather of heaven and earth, the ^eCreator of all things from the beginning; and his ^fmother shall be called Mary.

Isaiah 33:22

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/isa/33?lang=eng

 

22 For the Lord is our ^ajudge, the Lord is our ^blawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.

John 5:26-27

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/nt/john/5?lang=eng

26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the ^aSon to have ^blife in himself;

27 And hath given him ^aauthority to execute ^bjudgment also, because he is the ^cSon of man.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/moro/10?lang=eng

34 And now I bid unto all, farewell. I soon go to ^arest in the ^bparadise of God, until my ^cspirit and body shall again ^dreunite, and I am brought forth triumphant through the ^eair, to meet you before the ^fpleasing bar of the great ^gJehovah, the Eternal ^hJudge of both quick and dead. Amen.

                                  Jesus fulfilled prophecies of the old testament

Zechariah 12:10

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/zech/12?lang=eng

 10 And I will ^apour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of ^bgrace and of supplications: and they shall ^clook upon me whom they have ^dpierced, and they shall ^emourn for him, as one mourneth for his ^fonly son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

John 19:37

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/nt/john/19?lang=eng

36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A ^abone of him shall not be broken.

37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they ^apierced.

Zechariah 9:9

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/zech/9?lang=eng

 

9 ¶ Rejoice greatly, O ^adaughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy ^bKing cometh unto thee: he is ^cjust, and having salvation; lowly, and ^driding upon an ^eass, and upon a ^fcolt the foal of an ass.

On the Sunday before His death, Jesus and His disciples walked the short distance from Bethany to Jerusalem. The Savior rode into the city on a donkey, which fulfilled an Old Testament prophecy that said the Messiah would enter Jerusalem that way. Many people, recognizing Jesus as their King, shouted “Hosanna!” and laid down palm leaves for the donkey to walk on.

Mathew 21:1-11

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/nt/matt/21?lang=eng&verse=1-5&id=html#p1

 

1 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,

2 Saying unto them, Go into the village ^aover against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.

3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.

4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,

5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy ^aKing cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.

6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,

7 ^aAnd brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.

8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.

9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, ^aHosanna to the Son of David: ^bBlessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.

10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?

11 And the ^amultitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.

In conclusion

Jesus is the God and LORD of the old testament.

He is our creator, is the creator of this world, 

 He spoke to prophets in the old testament and gave them signs that he would come to this Earth. Once here he fulfilled the prophecies and promises that he made to them.

 He paid the price of our sins with His atonement by suffering every known pain and sin so that we can have the opportunity repent of our sins and receive forgiveness and not be lost and live an an eternal state of sin.  

 His crucifixion and resurrection was so that one day we can also have resurrected bodies, return to his presence and become Kings and Queens, Priests and Priestesses and become coparticipants in the expansion of his kingdom with our loved ones. 

He is our Brother, our Friend, our defender, our Savior our God.

For Brenda