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| Chapter LXXV.—It is proved that Jesus was the name of God in the book of Exodus.
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Chapter LXXV.—It is proved that Jesus
was the name of God in the book of Exodus.
“Moreover,
in the book of Exodus we have also perceived that the name of God Himself
which, He says, was not revealed to Abraham or to Jacob, was Jesus, and
was declared mysteriously through Moses. Thus it is written: ‘And
the Lord spake to Moses, Say to this people, Behold, I send My angel
before thy face, to keep thee in the way, to bring thee into the land
which I have prepared for thee. Give heed to Him, and obey Him; do not
disobey Him. For He will not draw back from you; for My name is in
Him.’2230
Now understand that
He who led your fathers into the land is called by this name Jesus, and
first called Auses2231
(Oshea). For if you
shall understand this, you shall likewise perceive that the name of Him
who said to Moses, ‘for My name is in Him,’ was Jesus. For,
indeed, He was also called Israel, and Jacob’s name was changed to
this also. Now Isaiah shows that those prophets who are sent to publish
tidings from God are called His angels and apostles. For Isaiah says in a
certain place, ‘Send me.’2232
And that
the prophet whose name was changed, Jesus [Joshua], was strong and great,
is manifest to all. If, then, we know that God revealed Himself in so
many forms to Abraham, and to Jacob, and to Moses, how are we at a loss,
and do not believe that, according to the will of the Father of all
things, it was possible for Him to be born man of the Virgin, especially
after we have such2233
Scriptures, from which it can be
plainly perceived that He became so according to the will of the
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