1:23 we are told in so many words that He "_filleth all in all_." Eternity is also ascribed to Him. We are told in John 1:1 that "_in the beginning_ was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." In John 8:57 Jesus Himself said, +"Verily, verily, I say unto you, before Abraham was, I am."+ Note that the Lord Jesus did not merely say that "before Abraham was _I was_," but that "before Abraham was, I AM," thus declaring Himself to be the eternal "I AM." Even in the Old Testament we have a declaration of the eternity of the Christ who was to be born in Bethlehem. In Micah 5:2 we read, +"But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting."+ And in Isa. 9:6 we are told of the child that is to be born, +"For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace."+ And in Heb. 13:8 we are told that +"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever."+ His immutability is also taught in the passage just quoted from Hebrews, and in the first chapter of the same book, the twelfth verse we are told that while even the heavens change, the Lord Jesus does not change. The exact words are, +"They shall perish, but thou remainest: They all shall wax old as doth a garment; and as a mantle shalt thou roll them up, as a garment, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same. And thy years shall not fail."+ So we see that each one of the five distinctly Divine attributes were ascribed to our Lord Jesus Christ. And in Col. 2:9 we are told in so many words, +"In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily"+ (i.e., in a bodily form). Here again we might rest our case, for what has been said under this head, even if taken alone, clearly proves the absolute Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ. It shows that He possessed every perfection of nature and character that God the Father possesses. III. DIVINE OFFICES