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Now we know that Jehovah God is often called Redeemer and Savior in the Old Testament; and not only so, but it is declared repeatedly that there is no Savior besides Him, and that He will not give His glory to another. In Isaiah 47: 4, it is written, “As for our Redeemer Jehovah of Hosts is His name, the Holy One of Israel.” And again: “Thou, O Jehovah, art our Father, our Redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.” 63: 16: “Thus saith Jehovah thy Redeemer and he that formed thee from the womb; I am Jehovah that maketh all things, that stretcheth forth the heavens alone: that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself.” 44: 24. “I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Savior.” 43 : 3 “A just God and a Savior, there is none beside me? 45: 21. “I, even I am Jehovah, and beside me there is no Savior.” 43: 11. “I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no God but me! for there is no Savior beside me.” Hos. 13: 4.

We thus find that Jehovah of Hosts in the Old Testament is not only called Redeemer and Savior, hut it is repeatedly declared that there is no Savior besides Him. And inasmuch as Jesus Christ is often called Savior in the New Testament—the name Jesus signifying Jehovah Savior—the necessary inference is, that He is Jehovah, the only God and Sa-