This article continues the series that includes:

• Blog 1 — Understanding the Zodiac Gods
• Blog 2 — Why God Created Archetypes for the Unawakened
• Blog 3 — Jesus vs the Archetypes
• Blig 4: The “Two Voices” in the Prophets

This fourth blog resolves a major spiritual question raised in the previous articles: If Jesus said nobody has ever seen or heard the Father, then who spoke in the Old Testament? And further: Why does Jesus contradict some Old Testament commands attributed to YHWH?

1. Jesus Makes a Shocking Claim About the Old Testament Voices

Jesus gives us the interpretive key for the entire Old Testament:

“No one has ever seen God.” (John 1:18)

“You have never heard His voice nor seen His form.” (John 5:37)

This means:

• The Father never appeared directly in the Old Testament.
• The Father never spoke directly to any human.
• Any “voice of God” people heard was a mediator.

This forces us to reinterpret every OT encounter:

Burning bush, Sinai, thunder, prophets, visions — none were the Father Himself.

2. The First Voice: The Holy Spirit / Logos (Not the Father Directly)

In “Two Voices in the Prophets”, we identified a gentle, compassionate, universal voice — the one Jesus aligns with.

But now we refine it:

The “true voice” of the OT is the Spirit of Truth — the Holy Spirit — not the Father speaking directly.

Scripture supports this:

“The Spirit spoke through the prophets.” (2 Peter 1:21)

“The Spirit will speak only what He hears.” (John 16:13)

This voice:

• calls for mercy
• rejects violence
• cares for widows and strangers
• reflects the God Jesus reveals

This is the same voice we connected to in Blog 1 and Blog 2 — the voice ABOVE the archetypes.

3. The Second Voice: YHWH as a Territorial God / Archetype Ruler

In Blog 2, we explored how the Most High divided the nations among the lesser gods (Deut 32:8–9). One of those gods became the national deity of Israel: YHWH.

This YHWH:

• gives tribal laws
• demands warfare
• orders genocide
• speaks in fear and judgment
• has human-like emotions (jealousy, anger, regret)

These traits reveal he is not the ultimate Divine Source Jesus describes.

Instead, he fits the profile of:

• an archetypal ruler (Blog 1)
• a territorial god among the “elohim” (Deut 32)
• a cosmic governor assigned to the unawakened (Blog 2)
• a lower ruler Jesus overrules (Blog 3)

4. Jesus Actively Contradicts YHWH’s Harshest Commands

This is where the contrast becomes unmistakable.

• YHWH: “Eye for eye.”
Jesus: “Do not resist an evil person.” (Matt 5:38–39)

• YHWH: Stone adulterers.
Jesus: “Let the one without sin cast the first stone.” (John 8:7)

• YHWH: Hate your enemies (implied in tribal warfare).
Jesus: “Love your enemies.” (Matt 5:44)

• YHWH through Moses: Divorce permitted.
Jesus: “Moses allowed it because of hardness of heart — but it was not so in the beginning.” (Matt 19:8)

• YHWH: Food laws (Lev 11).
Jesus: “Nothing entering from outside defiles a person.” (Mark 7:15)

• Elijah calls fire from heaven.
Jesus: “You know not what spirit you are of.” (Luke 9:55)

Jesus is not contradicting the Father — He is contradicting the second voice.

5. Jesus Reveals the Father for the First Time

Jesus says repeatedly that the world NEVER knew the Father before Him:

“You have neither heard His voice nor seen His form.” (John 5:37)

“No one knows the Father except the Son.” (Matt 11:27)

“They have not known You.” (John 17:25)

Meaning:

The Father was never revealed in the Old Testament until Jesus arrived.

Therefore:

• the Father is not YHWH
• the Father is not the voice at Sinai
• the Father is not the one commanding tribal violence

Jesus shows us who the Father truly is:

• merciful
• nonviolent
• universal
• loving
• forgiving
• spiritually transformative

6. The Minor Prophets Reveal the “First Voice” Hidden Under the Second

In “The Forgotten Voices”, we noted the presence of two voices within the prophetic books.

The compassionate voice is:

• Micah 6:8 — justice, mercy, humility
• Hosea 6:6 — “I desire mercy, not sacrifice”
• Amos 5 — God rejects violent worship
• Zechariah 7 — “Do not oppress the widow, orphan, stranger”

This aligns with the Spirit of Truth — the same Spirit Jesus speaks with.

The harsh voice aligns with:

• tribal warfare
• blood sacrifice
• ethnic favoritism
• ritual purity laws

This aligns with the lower rulers — the archetypal powers.

7. In the New Testament, Paul Confirms the Distinction

• The Law was NOT given directly by God

“The Law was ordained through angels.” (Galatians 3:19)

This means: Angelic/lesser powers — not the Father — delivered the Torah.

• Humans were “in bondage” to cosmic rulers

“We were enslaved to the elemental spirits of the world.” (Gal 4:3)

• Christ frees us from these lesser gods

“He disarmed the rulers and authorities.” (Col 2:15)

8. Jesus Restores the Knowledge of the Real God

The Bible says: The Father remained unknown until Christ.

Therefore:

• YHWH is not the highest God.
• YHWH is one of the “gods of the nations” (Deut 32).
• Jesus came to reveal the Father ABOVE all these gods.

Jesus is not correcting the Father. He is correcting: the lesser rulers’ laws, voices, and systems.

9. The Big Picture: Two Voices, Two Gods, One Messiah of Truth

To summarize:

• The Father — unseen, unheard, revealed only by Jesus.
• The Spirit/Logos — the first voice inside the OT.
• YHWH + other archetype rulers — the second voice of the OT.
• Jesus — exposes the lower rulers and restores the Father’s character.

This perfectly aligns with Blogs 1–3 and the “Two Voices” post.

Conclusion

Jesus did not contradict the Father; He contradicted the second voice — the voice of the lesser gods who governed the unawakened nations.

The Father was never the tribal god of Israel; He was always the universal God of all souls.

This is why Jesus says:

“The Father seeks worshipers in Spirit and Truth.” (John 4:23)

Not through law. Not through archetypes. Not through tribal gods. But through awakened consciousness.

Blog 5 will continue this series and expand deeper into the identity of the “Holy Spirit Voice” in the Old Testament and why Jesus calls Him the Paraclete.