How if the Bible really testifies that Jesus is God?

I often hear the following questions raised and framed as if they were confusing matters, ultimately turning them into subjects of debate. Through this writing, I hope to provide clarity on this topic. 

1. Isn't there only one God (Elohim)? So, is God the Father or Jesus? 

You can read the response to this question at this link: https://identitasbarudalamkristus.blogspot.com/2026/06/tuhan-itu-3-apa-1.html 

2. If Jesus is God, why do so many Jewish people not acknowledge this truth? Didn't the Bible originate from Jewish tradition? 

The original author of the Bible is YHVH Himself, working through many different people across various eras (spanning perhaps 4,000 years); while most were indeed Jewish, saying the Bible comes from Hebrew culture only scratches the surface. At a deeper level, the Bible is YHVH's initiative and revelation, and we require His enlightenment to understand what He has written. 

The fact that many Jewish people do not—or have not yet—accepted the Lord Jesus as the Messiah does not mean He is not the Messiah; we do not use "majority opinion" as the benchmark for truth itself. Although God used Jewish people to pen the Scriptures, the revelation of the Bible's full truth is not confined to Jewish culture; He looked thousands of years ahead, from beginning to end. Even in the Church Age (the New Covenant era, following the shedding of Christ's blood), all of us—both Jews and non-Jews—must learn the culture of the Kingdom of God, for it is there that we are united in Christ.

The Bible itself records that many Jewish people could not believe this truth (though many do believe now—Messianic Jews): 

John 1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, yet the world did not know Him. 11 He came to His own, "but His own people did not receive Him." 12 But to all who did receive Him, He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name; 13 those who were begotten neither of blood nor of flesh, nor of the flesh by the will of a man, but from God. 14 The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, the glory given to Him as the only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

There are many stories in the Bible where the Lord Jesus constantly clashed with the scribes and Pharisees (law vs. grace); instead, Jesus felt at ease among sinners (He is a friend of sinners; it is sinners who need a Savior). 

In John 5:39-40, Jesus said to the Jews, "You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; yet although the Scriptures testify about Me, you refuse to come to Me to have that life."

Therefore, revelation is necessary if we wish to understand the essence of God's Word in the Bible: 

2 Corinthians 3:14: "But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when they read the Old Covenant—it has not been lifted—because only Christ can remove it." 

For example, consider Genesis 1:1, where Moses (a Jew), under the inspiration of YHWH, wrote the following: 

https://biblehub.com/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm 

The sentence consists of seven words (read from right to left). In the middle—the fourth word, following *Elohim*—appear the characters *Aleph* (the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet) and *Tav* (the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet); here, they are pronounced as "*et*." Why were they not translated? 

Because there was no revelation. Fast forward about 4,000 years after the time of Adam, and a man named Jesus Christ appeared. John, one of His disciples, received a revelation (recorded in the Book of Revelation) that *Aleph-Tav*—which corresponds to *Alpha* and *Omega* (the first and last letters) in Greek—is a Person. Revelation 22:13 "I am Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, the First and the End.", in case you want to know who introduces Himself as the Alpha & Omega, read a few verses after (one context) Revelation 22:16. That's why it connects with Genesis 1:1, "In the beginning created God Alpha-Omega..."

Around 700 BC, the prophet Isaiah prophesied about the birth of Jesus: Isaiah 9:6 "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." 

God's work of creation is recounted only in Genesis 1–3; following the Fall, the narrative shifts to His greater work: redemption. Even the sacrificial lamb actually foreshadowed the spotless Lamb of God (John 1:29). 

Consider the story of Noah: the ark was coated with *kopher*, a word sharing the same root as *kaphar*, which means "atonement." It illustrates how the redeemed were protected from the floodwaters because they were within that atonement. These are just a few examples; there are many others—far too many to share here—that I know (and even more that I have yet to discover). 

One more thing—John 19:19: Pilate also had an inscription placed on the cross that read, "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews" (*Yeshua HaNotzri VeMelech HaYehudim*)—in doing so, he unwittingly formed the acronym YHVH. 

It is no coincidence that the entire Bible tells the story of Jesus, for it was YHVH who wove it all together. After the Lord Jesus rose from the dead, He spoke to two believers, as recorded in Luke 24:27: "Then He explained to them what was written about Him (Jesus) in all the Scriptures, beginning with the books of Moses and all the prophets." 

What we need is divine revelation. 

God bless you, 

Daniel Purnomo