Doc. of Lord (Potts) n. 40

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40. iii. That the Lord is called "the Holy One of Israel," is evident from these passages:

The angel said to Mary, That Holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God (Luke 1:35). I saw in the visions, and behold, a Watcher and a Holy One came down from heaven (Dan. 4:13, 23). God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran (Hab. 3:3). I am Jehovah your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King (Isa 43;15). The Holy One of Israel, and his Former (Isa. 45:11). Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, His Holy One (Isa. 49:7). I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel thy Savior (Isa. 43:3). As for our Redeemer, Jehovah of Armies is His name, the Holy One of Israel (Isa. 47:4). Thus saith Jehovah your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel (Isa. 43:14; 48:17). Jehovah of Armies is His name, and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel (Isa. 54:5). They tempted God, and the Holy One of Israel (Ps. 78:41). They have forsaken Jehovah, and have provoked the Holy One of Israel (Isa. 1:4). They have said, Cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from our faces; wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel (Isa. 30:11, 12). Who say, Let Him hasten His work that we may see, and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come (Isa. 5:19). In that day they shall stay upon Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, in truth (Isa. 10:20). Cry out and shout, O daughter of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee (Isa. 12:6). The saying of the God of Israel, In that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel (Isa. 17:6, 7). The meek shall increase their joy in Jehovah, and the needy among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel (Isa. 29:19; 41:16). Nations shall run unto thee because of Jehovah thy God, and because of the Holy One of Israel (Isa. 54:5). The isles shall confide in Me, to bring thy sons from far, unto the name of Jehovah of Armies, and to the Holy One of Israel (Isa. 60:9). The land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel (Jer. 51:5). Babylon hath been proud against Jehovah, against the Holy One of Israel (Jer. 1:29). (Besides many other passages.) By "the Holy One of Israel" is meant the Lord as to the Divine Human; for the angel Gabriel said to Mary, "That Holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God" (Luke 1:35). That Jehovah and the Holy One of Israel, although distinctively mentioned, are one and the same, is evident from the passages here quoted, in which it is said that Jehovah is that Holy One of Israel.


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