And if that were not strange enough, four of those seven are of Jesus speaking to Satan (Mt. 4:7, 10; Lk. 4:8, 12)! Jesus, whom I believe to be Jehovah incarnate, God's Son before the foundation of the world (Jn. 17:24; Eph. 1:4; 1 Pet. 1:20; etc.), was seen face to face by man (Gen. 32:30; Jud. 13:22), and yet, the Word of God says no man has ever seen God, the Father (Jn. 1:18; 1 Jn. 4:12). Hence, He, as Jehovah, was the One seen by mankind. According to John, Paul, and the writer of Hebrews, Jesus is Satan's Creator! Satan should be bowing down to Him, and not Him to Satan!
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made.... And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth" (Jn. 1:1-3, 14).
"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: and He is before all things, and by Him all things consist" (Col. 1:16-17).
"God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 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; who being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the Word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high" (Heb. 1:1-3).
God is God of all, whether we accept, love, and trust Him, or not!
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