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He was wearing a robe that had been soaked in blood, and the name by which he is called is, 'THE
WORD OF GOD.'"

The phrase "The Word of God" is thought by many to refer to Jesus Christ -- and they try to
link this phrase to the "logos" of John 1:1. However, there is absolutely NO justification for doing
this. In fact, NOWHERE in the Bible does this phrase refer to Jesus Christ! In most cases in the
New Testament, "the word of God" refers to the message or words revealed through the writings
of the Old Testament or Torah. However, and note this, there are a few passages in the Bible that
indicate a DIRECT communication from Yehovah, through the "Shekinah," took place. Notice I
Kings 12:22 --

But THE WORD OF GOD came to Shemaiah, the man of God: "Say to King Rehoboam
son of Solomon of Judah, and to all the House of Judah and Benjamin and the rest of the
people: Thus said the LORD [YEHOVAH, YHVH]: You shall not set out to make war on
your kinsmen the Israelites. Let every man return to his home, for this thing has been
brought about by Me." They heeded THE WORD OF THE LORD [YEHOVAH] and
turned back, in accordance with THE WORD OF THE LORD [YEHOVAH, YHVH]. --
The Tanakh.

Here "the word of God" is clearly identified with "the word of the LORD [YEHOVAH],"
showing that "the word of God" is the SAME as "the word of the LORD" -- and is certainly indi-
cated to be the "Shekinah" of the LORD [YEHOVAH] communicating with Shemaiah.

Similarly, in I Chronicles 17, we read: "But that same night THE WORD OF GOD came to
Nathan: 'Go and say to My servant David: Thus said the LORD [YEHOVAH], YHVH]: You are
not the one to build a house [Temple] for Me to dwell [shakan] in" (verses 3-4).

Once again, we find here that the phrase "THE WORD OF GOD" is associated with Yeho-
vah and indicates that He is communicating to Nathan the prophet by means of His holy "Sheki-
nah." In the New Testament we read where "the word of God" came to John the Baptist --

Annas and Caiaphas being high priests, THE WORD OF GOD came to John the son of
Zacharias in the wilderness. And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching
a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins, as is written in the book of the words of
Isaiah the prophet, saying:

"The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
'Prepare the way of the LORD [YEHOVAH, YHVH],
Make His paths straight.'"

Here we see that John the Baptist receives a direct communication from God which tells
him to "prepare the way of the LORD [YEHOVAH] -- thus linking the "word of God" with the One
called Yehovah or YHVH.

In Revelation 19:13 the phrase "The Word of God" is capitalized in the original Greek,
thereby indicating the Rider of the white horse to be the physical "Shekinah" representation of

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