The Red Letters Expose Everything: Every Time Jesus Says “Father,” He Means Ahura Mazda, Not YHWH

A Complete Analysis of Jesus’s Own Words Proving He Came to Teach Worship of Ahura Mazda

Jesus’s Mission in His Own Words

What Christians Believe: “Jesus came to reveal YHWH as Father and save humanity through his sacrifice”

What Jesus Actually Said: “I came to teach you about my Father in heaven – worship Him, not me. Do His will. Follow His way. He is the one you should honor.”

This article proves:

• Every reference to “Father” by Jesus describes Ahura Mazda’s characteristics
• Jesus explicitly redirects worship AWAY from himself TO the Father
• Jesus says knowing/honoring the Father is eternal life
• Jesus’s Father has qualities OPPOSITE to YHWH
• Jesus corrects people who think he’s talking about YHWH
• The “red letters” (Jesus’s direct quotes) prove he came to restore worship of Ahura Mazda

Method: We’ll examine Jesus’s own words (the “red letters” in red-letter Bibles) chronologically through the Gospels, showing that every description of “the Father” matches Ahura Mazda, not YHWH.

PART I: THE FOUNDATION – “WORSHIP THE FATHER, NOT ME”

Jesus Explicitly Redirects Worship

1. “Why Do You Call Me Good?”

Mark 10:17-18 (also Matthew 19:16-17, Luke 18:18-19):

A man ran up and knelt before him and asked, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.”

What Jesus Is Saying:

• Don’t call ME good
• Only GOD is good
• I’m not the one you should be focused on

If Jesus is YHWH/God, why does he say this?

Because he’s NOT claiming to be God. He’s pointing to the Father (Ahura Mazda) as the ONLY good one.

2. “Do Not Worship Me – Worship the Father”

John 4:21-24:

Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.“

What Jesus Is Saying:

• WORSHIP THE FATHER
• Not in temples (YHWH’s system)
• In spirit and truth (Asha!)
• The Father SEEKS worshipers
• God is spirit (not the material-focused YHWH of Torah)

This is Zoroastrian:

• Worship Ahura Mazda (Father)
• Not in temples (fire temples are simple, not ornate like Jerusalem Temple)
• Through Asha (truth/righteousness)
• Ahura Mazda is spiritual essence
• Inner devotion over ritual

3. “I Do Nothing On My Own – I Only Do Father’s Will”

John 5:19:

So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.”

John 5:30:

“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.“

John 6:38:

“For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.“

John 8:28:

So Jesus said to them, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but speak just as the Father taught me.“

What Jesus Is Saying:

• I have NO independent authority
• I only do what FATHER does
• My will is irrelevant – FATHER’s will matters
• FATHER sent me
• FATHER taught me
• I am subordinate to Father

This is Saoshyant role:

• Messenger of Ahura Mazda
• Does Mazda’s will on earth
• Teaches Mazda’s way
• Not God himself, but God’s agent

PART II: “ETERNAL LIFE = KNOWING THE FATHER”

Jesus’s Definition of Salvation

John 17:3:

“And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.”

Break this down:

“This is eternal life” = salvation, the goal

“That they know YOU” = know the Father

“The ONLY true God” = there’s only ONE God (not Trinity)

“And Jesus Christ whom you have sent” = Jesus is the SENT ONE (messenger), not God himself

What This Means:

• Eternal life = knowing the Father
• The Father = the ONLY true God
• Jesus = the one SENT by that God
• Salvation is through knowing/worshiping the Father, not Jesus

Who Is This “Only True God”?

It CAN’T be YHWH because:

1. YHWH never offered eternal life (only Sheol)
2. YHWH’s character is opposite to Jesus’s Father (wrathful vs. merciful)
3. YHWH is tribal (chose Israel only) vs. Jesus’s Father is universal (loves all)

It MUST be Ahura Mazda because:

1. Ahura Mazda always offered eternal life (Garōdmān/heaven)
2. Ahura Mazda’s character matches Jesus’s descriptions (all-good, merciful, perfect)
3. Ahura Mazda is universal creator (not tribal)

PART III: THE FATHER’S CHARACTERISTICS (ALL AHURA MAZDA)

Let’s Go Through Jesus’s Descriptions

1. “The Father Is Perfect”

Matthew 5:48:

“You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”

Perfect = Complete Goodness

Ahura Mazda:

• Spenta Mainyu (Bountiful/Holy Spirit) = perfect goodness
• No evil, no darkness
• Complete perfection

YHWH:

• “I form light and create darkness, I make peace and create evil” (Isaiah 45:7)
• Commands genocide
• Drowns world
• NOT perfect goodness

Jesus’s Father = Perfect = Ahura Mazda

2. “The Father Makes Sun Rise on Evil and Good”

Matthew 5:45:

“…so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.”

Universal, Impartial Love

Ahura Mazda:

• Creator of ALL
• Sun for everyone
• Rain for everyone
• No favoritism

YHWH:

• “You ONLY have I known of all the families of earth” (Amos 3:2)
• Chose Israel, rejected others
• Curses enemies
• Extreme favoritism

Jesus’s Father = Universal = Ahura Mazda

3. “The Father Is Merciful”

Luke 6:36:

“Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.”

Ahura Mazda:

• Vohu Manah (Good Mind) = compassion
• Offers chance to repent even to wicked
• Final purification, not eternal torture
• All-merciful

YHWH:

• “Vengeance is mine” (Deuteronomy 32:35)
• “I will make my arrows drunk with blood” (Deuteronomy 32:42)
• Commands total destruction
• Vengeful, not merciful

Jesus’s Father = Merciful = Ahura Mazda

4. “The Father Forgives”

Matthew 6:14-15:

“For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”

Reciprocal Forgiveness

Ahura Mazda:

• Forgives those who repent
• Mercy for those who show mercy
• Forgiveness central

YHWH:

• “Eye for eye, tooth for tooth” (Exodus 21:24)
• “The LORD will by no means clear the guilty” (Exodus 34:7)
• Punishes to third and fourth generation
• Retribution, not forgiveness

Jesus’s Father = Forgiving = Ahura Mazda

5. “The Father Loves Everyone – Even Enemies”

Matthew 5:43-45:

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven.”

Universal Love

Ahura Mazda:

• Loves all creation
• Wants all to choose Asha
• Even enemies can be saved
• Universal compassion

YHWH:

• “You shall devote them to complete destruction” (Deuteronomy 7:2)
• “Do not leave alive anything that breathes” (Deuteronomy 20:16)
• Hates enemies of Israel
• Commands killing enemies

Jesus’s Father = Loves Enemies = Ahura Mazda

6. “The Father Sees in Secret”

Matthew 6:4, 6, 18:

“…so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.” “But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.” “…that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.”

Inner Devotion Over Public Display

Ahura Mazda:

• Sees heart/intention
• Good Thoughts (Humata) matter
• Inner purity over ritual
• Secret devotion valued

YHWH:

• Requires public temple sacrifices
• Visible rituals before priests
• Community festivals
• Public obedience required

Jesus’s Father = Values Secret Devotion = Ahura Mazda

7. “The Father Gives Good Gifts”

Matthew 7:11:

“If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!”

Generous, Giving Father

Ahura Mazda:

• Bountiful Spirit (Spenta Mainyu)
• Gives generously
• Wants prosperity for all
• Generous giver

YHWH:

• Gives conditionally (obey = blessed, disobey = cursed)
• Withholds rain as punishment
• Transactional, not generous

Jesus’s Father = Generous = Ahura Mazda

8. “The Father Draws People to Truth”

John 6:44:

“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him.”

John 6:65:

“This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.”

The Father Initiates

Ahura Mazda:

• Calls people to Asha (truth)
• Grants vision of truth
• Draws souls to righteousness
• Active in seeking worshipers

YHWH:

• Chose Israel, hardened Pharaoh’s heart
• Predestined some for destruction
• Exclusive, not drawing all

Jesus’s Father = Draws All to Truth = Ahura Mazda

9. “The Father Is Greater Than I”

John 14:28:

“You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.”

Father > Jesus

This destroys Trinity doctrine.

If Jesus = God, how can Father be GREATER?

Because:

• Jesus = Saoshyant (messenger)
• Father = Ahura Mazda (God)
• Jesus is subordinate to Father

10. “Only the Father Knows the Hour”

Matthew 24:36 (Mark 13:32):

“But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.”

Father Has Knowledge Jesus Doesn’t

If Jesus = God, he’d know everything.

But he admits Father knows things he doesn’t.

Because:

• Father = Ahura Mazda (all-knowing)
• Jesus = human prophet/Saoshyant (limited knowledge)
• Jesus is NOT God

PART IV: “I HONOR MY FATHER” – JESUS’S ENTIRE MISSION

Jesus’s Stated Purpose

1. “I Came to Do Father’s Will”

John 6:38-40:

“For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”

Jesus’s Mission:

• Do Father’s will (not his own)
• Bring people to Father
• Give them eternal life (Father’s gift)
• Raise them at last day (Frashokereti/resurrection)

This is Saoshyant mission:

• Carry out Ahura Mazda’s plan
• Lead people to Asha
• Prepare for final renovation
• Serve the Father, not replace him

2. “I Honor My Father”

John 8:49:

“Jesus answered, ‘I do not have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.'”

Jesus’s Priority: Honoring Father

Not:

• Getting honor himself
• Claiming equality with God
• Demanding worship

But:

• Honoring the Father
• Directing attention to Father
• Deflecting glory to Father

3. “If You Knew Me, You’d Know My Father”

John 8:19:

“They said to him therefore, ‘Where is your Father?’ Jesus answered, ‘You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.'”

John 14:7:

“If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”

What Jesus Is Saying:

• I reveal the Father
• Knowing me = knowing Father
• My life shows Father’s character
• I’m the window to Father, not the Father himself

4. “I Ascend to MY Father and YOUR Father”

John 20:17:

“Jesus said to her, ‘Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'”

Critical Statement:

“MY Father and YOUR Father” = Same Father for Jesus and us

“MY God and YOUR God” = Jesus has a God ABOVE him

This means:

• Jesus is NOT God
• Jesus and humans share the same Father
• Jesus worships this Father/God
• We are to worship the same Father Jesus worships

That Father = Ahura Mazda

PART V: WHEN JESUS CORRECTS MISUNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT THE FATHER

Jesus Explicitly Says: You Don’t Know Who God Is

1. “You Worship What You Do Not Know”

John 4:22:

“You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.”

Context: Jesus talking to Samaritan woman

What He’s Saying:

• You (Samaritans) worship incorrectly
• You don’t truly know God
• We (Jews influenced by Persian exile) know because we learned from Persians

“Salvation is from the Jews” = The knowledge came through Jewish encounter with Zoroastrianism during exile

2. “If God Were Your Father, You Would Love Me”

John 8:42:

“Jesus said to them, ‘If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me.'”

Jesus to Pharisees:

• You CLAIM God as Father
• But you don’t recognize me
• Therefore, you don’t actually know the Father

Why don’t Pharisees recognize Jesus?

Because they think “Father” = YHWH.

But Jesus’s Father = Ahura Mazda.

They’re worshiping the wrong God.

3. “You Are of Your Father the Devil”

John 8:44:

“You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.”

Jesus to Pharisees who claim YHWH as Father:

“Your father the devil”:

• Murderer from beginning
• No truth in him
• Father of lies

This describes:

• Angra Mainyu (Druj – the Lie)
• Evil spirit opposing Ahura Mazda
• Source of deception and chaos

But it ALSO describes YHWH:

• Murderer from beginning (flood, Sodom, Egypt, Canaanites)
• Commands lies (1 Kings 22:22 – sends lying spirit)
• The Old Testament god

Jesus is saying: You think you worship the true God, but you worship the deceiver (YHWH/Angra Mainyu).

The true Father is Ahura Mazda.

PART VI: THE FATHER’S KINGDOM VS. YHWH’S KINGDOM

Different Kingdoms, Different Gods

1. “My Kingdom Is Not of This World”

John 18:36:

“Jesus answered, ‘My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.'”

Jesus’s Father’s Kingdom:

• NOT of this world
• Spiritual, not political
• No fighting/violence
• Heavenly origin

YHWH’s Kingdom:

• Earthly (land of Canaan)
• Political (nation of Israel)
• Achieved through warfare
• Physical conquest

Different kingdoms = Different gods

2. “Seek First the Kingdom and His Righteousness”

Matthew 6:33:

“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”

The Kingdom = Righteousness (Asha)

Ahura Mazda’s kingdom:

• Based on Asha (truth/righteousness/order)
• Spiritual reality
• Frashokereti (final renovation)

YHWH’s kingdom:

• Based on Torah obedience
• Earthly nation
• Land of Canaan

Jesus is teaching Ahura Mazda’s kingdom of Asha.

3. “Your Kingdom Come”

Matthew 6:10:

“Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”

This is Frashokereti:

• Heaven manifesting on earth
• Divine will (Asha) realized below
• Zoroastrian eschatology

NOT:

• Restoration of Israel
• Rebuilding David’s throne
• YHWH’s earthly kingdom

PART VII: THE FATHER WANTS SPECIFIC WORSHIP

How to Worship According to Jesus

1. “In Spirit and Truth”

John 4:23-24:

“But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Worship Requirements:

• Spirit (inner devotion, not ritual)
• Truth (ASHA!)

This is Zoroastrian worship:

• Inner purity (Good Thoughts)
• Alignment with Asha (truth)
• NOT Torah rituals

2. “Love the Lord Your God With All Your Heart”

Matthew 22:37-38:

“And he said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment.'”

Total Devotion to God

Which God?

Not YHWH (who Jesus contradicts constantly).

Ahura Mazda (who Jesus describes as Father).

3. “Do This in Remembrance of Me” – Remember What?

Luke 22:19:

“And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.'”

Christians think: Remember Jesus’s sacrifice

But Jesus said earlier (John 17:3): “Eternal life = knowing the Father”

So “remember me” means:

• Remember my TEACHINGS (about the Father)
• Remember my EXAMPLE (honoring Father)
• Remember my MISSION (bringing you to Father)
• Remember I pointed you to AHURA MAZDA

PART VIII: WHEN JESUS PRAYS TO THE FATHER

Jesus’s Own Prayers Reveal Who God Is

1. The Lord’s Prayer (Again)

Matthew 6:9-13:

“Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”

Every line is Zoroastrian:

• Father in heaven (Ahura Mazda)
• Kingdom come (Frashokereti)
• Will be done (Asha manifesting)
• Forgive as we forgive (reciprocal mercy)
• Deliver from evil (Angra Mainyu)

This is Zoroastrian prayer structure.

2. Gethsemane – “Not My Will But Yours”

Matthew 26:39:

“And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, ‘My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.'”

Matthew 26:42:

“Again, for the second time, he went away and prayed, ‘My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done.'”

Jesus in greatest crisis:

• Prays to FATHER (not himself)
• Submits to Father’s will
• Father’s will overrides his own

If Jesus = God, who is he praying to?

He’s praying to Ahura Mazda, the Father he came to reveal.

3. The Cross – “Father, Into Your Hands”

Luke 23:46:

“Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, ‘Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!’ And having said this he breathed his last.”

Jesus’s last words:

• Addressed to FATHER
• Committing spirit to Father
• Going to Father’s presence

Where is he going?

Paradise (pairidaēza – Luke 23:43 to the thief)

NOT Sheol (YHWH’s realm).

Ahura Mazda’s heaven (Garōdmān).

4. The High Priestly Prayer – All About the Father

John 17 (entire chapter – Jesus’s longest recorded prayer):

Key verses:

John 17:1:

“Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you”

John 17:3:

“And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.”

John 17:11:

“Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.”

John 17:25:

“O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me.”

Themes:

• Glorify the Father (not himself)
• Eternal life = knowing Father
• Father is “only true God”
• Father’s name protects
• World doesn’t know Father
• Jesus was SENT by Father

Entire prayer is about directing worship and knowledge to THE FATHER.

PART IX: JESUS’S PARABLES ABOUT THE FATHER

Stories Revealing Father’s Character

1. The Prodigal Son – Father’s Mercy

Luke 15:11-32:

The Father in the parable:

• Welcomes back sinner
• Doesn’t punish
• Celebrates return
• Shows infinite mercy
• Forgives completely

This is Ahura Mazda:

• Welcomes repentant
• Offers purification, not punishment
• All-merciful Father

NOT YHWH:

• Would punish rebellious son
• Demands restitution
• Conditional forgiveness

2. Workers in the Vineyard – Father’s Generosity

Matthew 20:1-16:

The owner (Father) pays:

• Same wage to all workers
• Regardless of hours worked
• Generous beyond fairness

This is Ahura Mazda:

• Generous to all
• Not transactional
• Abundant grace

NOT YHWH:

• Rewards proportional to obedience
• Curses disobedience
• Strictly transactional

3. The Lost Sheep – Father Seeks the Lost

Luke 15:4-7:

The shepherd (Father):

• Leaves 99 to find 1 lost
• Rejoices over finding
• Seeks the lost actively

This is Ahura Mazda:

• Seeks all souls
• Wants none lost
• Universal compassion

NOT YHWH:

• Chose Israel only
• Hardened Pharaoh’s heart
• Exclusive, not seeking all

PART X: THE CULMINATION – “I AND THE FATHER ARE ONE”

The Most Misunderstood Statement

John 10:30:

“I and the Father are one.”

Christians interpret: Jesus = God

But Jesus explains what he means:

John 10:37-38:

“If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.”

What “One” Means:

• United in PURPOSE
• Father’s works done through Jesus
• Father IN Jesus (not Jesus = Father)
• Unity of will, not identity

John 17:21-22:

“…that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us… that they may be one even as we are one”

Jesus prays for disciples to be “one” just as he and Father are “one.”

Does that make disciples = God?

No. It means UNITY OF PURPOSE.

Jesus and Father are “one” in:

• Will
• Mission
• Purpose
• Love

NOT in identity/essence.

Jesus = Saoshyant carrying out Ahura Mazda’s will perfectly.

PART XI: THE SYSTEMATIC PATTERN

Every Category Points to Ahura Mazda

Let’s summarize by category:

CHARACTER OF THE FATHER (According to Jesus):

✅ Perfect goodness (Matt 5:48) ✅ Universal love (Matt 5:45) ✅ Merciful (Luke 6:36) ✅ Forgiving (Matt 6:14) ✅ Loves enemies (Matt 5:43-45) ✅ Generous (Matt 7:11) ✅ Sees in secret (Matt 6:4,6,18) ✅ Spirit (John 4:24) ✅ Righteous (John 17:25) ✅ Holy (John 17:11)

ALL match Ahura Mazda. NONE match YHWH.

FATHER’S KINGDOM (According to Jesus):

✅ Not of this world (John 18:36) ✅ Based on righteousness/Asha (Matt 6:33) ✅ Comes to earth (Matt 6:10) = Frashokereti ✅ Spiritual, not political ✅ Heaven (Garōdmān) as reward

Matches Ahura Mazda’s kingdom. NOT YHWH’s earthly kingdom.

FATHER’S WILL (According to Jesus):

✅ Love enemies (Matt 5:44) ✅ Be perfect like Father (Matt 5:48) ✅ Forgive others (Matt 6:14) ✅ Worship in spirit and truth/Asha (John 4:24) ✅ Do good in secret (Matt 6:4) ✅ Help the poor (implied throughout) ✅ Good Thoughts, Words, Deeds (Sermon on Mount)

Matches Zoroastrian ethics. CONTRADICTS Torah/YHWH.

FATHER’S NATURE (According to Jesus):

✅ Greater than Jesus (John 14:28) ✅ Only true God (John 17:3) ✅ Knows things Jesus doesn’t (Matt 24:36) ✅ Jesus’s God (John 20:17) ✅ Sent Jesus (repeated constantly) ✅ Draws people to truth (John 6:44)

This is Ahura Mazda (God) sending Saoshyant (Jesus). NOT Trinity (Jesus = God).

PART XII: THE DEVASTATING QUESTIONS

Questions Christians Cannot Answer

1. If Jesus is God, why does he say “Father is greater than I”? (John 14:28)

Christian answer: “Jesus’s human nature was speaking”

Problem: Then he’s admitting Father > Jesus even in divine nature

Real answer: Jesus ISN’T God. Father (Ahura Mazda) is.

2. If Jesus is God, why doesn’t he know the hour? (Matt 24:36)

Christian answer: “He limited himself”

Problem: God is omniscient. Can’t “limit” essential attribute.

Real answer: Jesus ISN’T God. Father (Ahura Mazda) is.

3. If Jesus is God, who is he praying to in Gethsemane? (Matt 26:39)

Christian answer: “The Father within Trinity”

Problem: He’s praying “Not my will but yours” – whose will overrides whose?

Real answer: Jesus is praying to Ahura Mazda, submitting to His will.

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4. If Jesus is God, why does he say “Why do you call me good? Only God is good”? (Mark 10:18)

Christian answer: “He was testing the man’s faith”

Problem: That’s eisegesis (reading into text). Jesus plainly says “I’m not good, only God is.”

Real answer: Jesus ISN’T claiming to be God. He’s pointing to the Father (Ahura Mazda) as the ONLY good one.

5. If YHWH is Jesus’s Father, why does Jesus contradict YHWH six times in Sermon on the Mount?

Christian answer: “He’s fulfilling the law, not contradicting”

Problem: “You have heard… BUT I SAY” is explicit contradiction.

• YHWH: “Eye for eye” / Jesus: “Turn other cheek”
• YHWH: “Hate enemies” / Jesus: “Love enemies”

Real answer: Jesus is teaching a DIFFERENT God (Ahura Mazda), not YHWH.

6. If YHWH is Jesus’s Father, why did YHWH never mention heaven for 1,500 years?

Christian answer: “Heaven was implied in the Old Testament”

Problem: No, it wasn’t. Sheol (pit of nothingness) is all YHWH offered.

Real answer: Jesus’s Father HAS heaven (Ahura Mazda/Garōdmān), YHWH doesn’t.

7. If Jesus’s Father is YHWH, why does Jesus describe Father as loving ALL people when YHWH chose only Israel?

Christian answer: “God’s plan was always for all nations eventually”

Problem: YHWH explicitly says “You ONLY have I known of all families of earth” (Amos 3:2)

Real answer: Jesus’s Father (Ahura Mazda) is universal. YHWH is tribal. Different gods.

8. If Jesus is revealing YHWH, why does he say Jews “worship what you do not know”? (John 4:22)

Christian answer: “He meant Samaritans worship wrong”

Problem: He says “YOU worship what you do not know” to Jews too (John 8:19 – “You know neither me nor my Father”)

Real answer: Jews think they worship the true God (YHWH) but they don’t know the true Father (Ahura Mazda) that Jesus is revealing.

9. Why does Jesus call Pharisees’ god “the father of lies” and “murderer from the beginning”? (John 8:44)

Christian answer: “He’s talking about Satan”

Problem: Pharisees claimed YHWH as their God. Jesus says their father is the deceiver.

Real answer: Jesus is exposing that YHWH = Angra Mainyu (the Lie/Druj), not Ahura Mazda (Truth/Asha).

10. Why does Jesus use the Persian word “Paradise” instead of Hebrew/Aramaic word? (Luke 23:43)

Christian answer: “Just a common word by then”

Problem: It’s specifically PERSIAN (pairidaēza), and Jesus could have used Hebrew equivalents if talking about Jewish afterlife.

Real answer: Jesus is promising the thief ZOROASTRIAN heaven (pairidaēza/Garōdmān), not anything YHWH offers.

PART XIII: THE RED LETTER PROOF – JESUS’S OWN WORDS

Counting Jesus’s References

In the four Gospels, Jesus says “Father” approximately:

Matthew: 64 times Mark: 5 times
Luke: 17 times John: 122 times

TOTAL: 208+ times

Every single time, the characteristics match Ahura Mazda, not YHWH.

The Pattern in Every Gospel

Matthew (Jewish audience):

• Emphasizes “heavenly Father” (15 times in Sermon on Mount alone)
• Father who sees in secret
• Father who forgives
• Father who is perfect
• Teaching Jews about the Father they don’t know

Mark (shortest Gospel):

• Even in brief account, Jesus addresses Father
• Gethsemane prayer: “Abba, Father” (Mark 14:36)
• Intimate relationship with Father

Luke (Gentile audience):

• Father’s mercy emphasized
• Parables about Father’s character (Prodigal Son, Lost Sheep)
• Father’s universal love
• Showing Gentiles the true God

John (theological depth):

• 122 references to Father (most of any Gospel)
• “Father sent me” (repeated constantly)
• “Father is greater” (John 14:28)
• “Eternal life = knowing Father” (John 17:3)
• Most explicit about Father’s identity and Jesus’s subordination

Jesus’s Last Words (All About Father)

Luke 23:34:

“Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do”

Luke 23:46:

“Father, into your hands I commit my spirit”

Even dying, Jesus:

• Addresses Father
• Asks Father to forgive
• Commits spirit to Father
• Father is primary, not himself

PART XIV: PAUL KNEW BUT COULDN’T SAY IT

The Apostle’s Dilemma

Paul (former Pharisee) understood:

• Jesus taught about “the Father”
• This Father had different characteristics from YHWH
• Heaven came from Persian influence
• The Father Jesus described = Ahura Mazda

But Paul couldn’t explicitly say this because:

• Had to maintain continuity with Torah (for Jewish converts)
• Couldn’t admit Christianity was Zoroastrian
• Had to merge YHWH and Ahura Mazda into one God
• Created theological compromise

Paul’s Revealing Statements

1 Corinthians 8:6:

“Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.”

Paul’s hierarchy:

• ONE GOD = the FATHER (not Jesus)
• Jesus = LORD (subordinate to God/Father)
• Father = source of all
• Jesus = agent through whom Father works

This matches:

• Ahura Mazda = God/Father
• Saoshyant = Jesus/Lord/agent
• Zoroastrian structure

Ephesians 4:6:

“One God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all”

“Father of ALL”:

• Universal (not tribal)
• Over all people (not just Israel)
• Ahura Mazda’s character

1 Timothy 2:5:

“For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus”

Clear distinction:

• ONE GOD (the Father)
• Jesus = MEDIATOR (between God and humans)
• Jesus = MAN (not God)

This is Saoshyant role:

• Mediating between Ahura Mazda and humanity
• Human prophet/messenger
• Not God himself

PART XV: THE JOHANNINE BOMB – JOHN 1:18

“No One Has Ever Seen God”

John 1:18:

“No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.”

This verse destroys everything:

“No one has ever seen God”:

• But Old Testament says people SAW YHWH constantly:
  • Abraham (Genesis 18)
  • Moses (Exodus 33:11 – “face to face”)
  • Elders of Israel (Exodus 24:10 – “saw the God of Israel”)
  • Isaiah (Isaiah 6:1 – “I saw the Lord”)

If YHWH = God, then people DID see God.

But John says NO ONE has ever seen God.

Resolution:

YHWH ≠ God

The Father (Ahura Mazda) = God (whom no one has seen)

YHWH = A being people saw (not the true God)

Jesus came to reveal the TRUE God (Ahura Mazda) whom NO ONE had seen, because they were worshiping the false god (YHWH).

“The Only God, Who Is at the Father’s Side”

Some translations say “the only Son”

But older manuscripts say “the only God” (μονογενὴς θεός – monogenēs theos)

This means:

• Jesus is “god” (small g – divine messenger)
• But at the FATHER’s side (subordinate position)
• Making known the FATHER (revealing Ahura Mazda)

Jewish context:

• Jews worshiped YHWH (tribal god)
• Never knew the TRUE God (Ahura Mazda)
• Jesus came to REVEAL the true God
• “No one has seen God” = no one knew Ahura Mazda until Jesus revealed Him

PART XVI: THE THEOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS

What This Means for Christianity

1. Trinity Doctrine Is False

Jesus’s own words prove:

• Father is greater than Jesus (John 14:28)
• Father is Jesus’s God (John 20:17)
• Father knows things Jesus doesn’t (Matt 24:36)
• Jesus prays TO Father (not to himself)
• Distinct beings, not “co-equal persons”

Real structure:

• Ahura Mazda (Father) = God
• Jesus (Son/Saoshyant) = Messenger
• Not co-equal, not co-eternal

2. Salvation Through Knowing Father, Not Through Jesus’s Death

John 17:3:

“This is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God”

Jesus’s emphasis:

• Eternal life = KNOWING the Father
• NOT believing Jesus died for your sins
• Knowledge/relationship with Father = salvation

This is Zoroastrian:

• Salvation through aligning with Asha (knowing truth)
• Following Ahura Mazda’s way
• Not through sacrifice (YHWH’s system)

3. Jesus’s Death Was Martyrdom, Not Atonement

Jesus never says:

• “I’m dying to pay for your sins”
• “God’s wrath must be satisfied”
• “Blood sacrifice required for forgiveness”

Jesus says:

• “Father, forgive them” (Luke 23:34) – Father forgives FREELY
• “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13) – Love, not transaction
• His death was witness to truth (Asha), not payment for sin

This is Zoroastrian:

• Martyrdom for truth
• Witness to Asha
• NOT substitutionary atonement (Christian invention)

4. Christianity Should Be Worship of Father, Not Jesus

Jesus explicitly said:

• Worship the Father (John 4:23)
• Father is greater (John 14:28)
• Eternal life = knowing Father (John 17:3)
• Honor Father (John 8:49)
• Do Father’s will (Matt 6:10)

Christianity worships Jesus instead.

This is exactly what Jesus warned AGAINST.

Matthew 7:21-23:

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.'”

Jesus is warning:

• Calling him “Lord, Lord” isn’t enough
• Doing mighty works in his name isn’t enough
• DOING THE FATHER’S WILL is what matters

Modern Christianity:

• Worships Jesus (“Lord, Lord”)
• Does works in Jesus’s name
• But ignores the Father Jesus came to reveal

Jesus’s response: “I never knew you”

Why?

Because they’re worshiping the messenger instead of the One who sent him.

PART XVII: THE ULTIMATE RED LETTER PROOF

Jesus’s Clearest Statement of His Mission

John 12:44-50 (Jesus’s public declaration):

“And Jesus cried out and said, ‘Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me. And whoever sees me sees him who sent me. I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day. For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment—what to say and what to speak. And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me.'”

Break this down:

“Whoever believes in me, believes NOT IN ME but in him who sent me”

• Belief in Jesus = belief in FATHER
• Jesus is transparent to Father
• Focus on FATHER, not Jesus

“Whoever sees me sees him who sent me”

• Jesus reveals Father
• Window to Father
• Father is the reality, Jesus is the revealer

“I did not come to judge the world but to save the world”

• Jesus’s mission = SAVE (lead to Father)
• NOT judge (Father judges)
• Saoshyant role – bringing people to Ahura Mazda

“I have not spoken on my own authority”

• Jesus has NO independent authority
• Everything from Father
• Messenger, not originator

“The Father has given me commandment—what to say”

• Father told Jesus what to teach
• Jesus is OBEDIENT to Father
• Subordinate role

“His commandment is eternal life”

• Father’s commandment (following Asha) = eternal life
• NOT Jesus’s death
• Father’s way = salvation

“What I say, I say as the Father has told me”

• Jesus’s teaching = Father’s teaching
• Jesus is transmitting Ahura Mazda’s wisdom

This One Passage Proves Everything

Jesus explicitly states:

1. Don’t believe in ME, believe in the Father
2. I only do what Father says
3. I have no independent authority
4. Father’s commandment = eternal life
5. Everything I teach is FROM Father

If Christianity is true to Jesus’s own words:

• Worship should be directed to FATHER
• Jesus should be honored as MESSENGER
• Salvation comes through KNOWING/FOLLOWING Father
• Jesus points away from himself to Father

Modern Christianity does the opposite:

• Worships Jesus (not Father primarily)
• Treats Jesus as God (not messenger)
• Says salvation through Jesus’s death (not knowing Father)
• Jesus is the focus, Father is secondary

This contradicts Jesus’s explicit mission statement.

PART XVIII: THE FINAL QUESTION

After Reading Jesus’s Own Words, Who Is the Father?

Every characteristic Jesus describes:

• Perfect goodness ✓
• Universal love ✓
• Merciful ✓
• Forgiving ✓
• Generous ✓
• Spirit ✓
• Has heaven to offer ✓
• Loves enemies ✓
• Sees in secret ✓
• Greater than Jesus ✓
• Draws all to truth ✓

Matches Ahura Mazda perfectly.

Contradicts YHWH completely.

Every description of Father’s kingdom:

• Not of this world ✓
• Based on righteousness (Asha) ✓
• Coming to earth (Frashokereti) ✓
• Spiritual, not political ✓
• Heaven as reward ✓

Matches Zoroastrian eschatology.

NOT YHWH’s earthly kingdom.

Every statement about Jesus’s relationship to Father:

• Father sent Jesus ✓
• Father is greater ✓
• Jesus does Father’s will ✓
• Jesus has no independent authority ✓
• Jesus reveals Father ✓
• Jesus honors Father ✓

This is Saoshyant (messenger) to Ahura Mazda (God).

NOT God to God (Trinity).

CONCLUSION: THE RED LETTERS DON’T LIE

What Jesus’s Own Words Prove

In 208+ references to “Father” across the Gospels:

✅ EVERY description matches Ahura Mazda ✅ EVERY description contradicts YHWH ✅ Jesus consistently redirects worship TO Father, AWAY from himself ✅ Jesus says eternal life = knowing Father, not believing in his death ✅ Jesus prays to Father (Ahura Mazda), submitting to His will ✅ Jesus uses Persian word “Paradise” for afterlife ✅ Jesus contradicts YHWH’s commands (Sermon on Mount) ✅ Jesus says Father is greater, has knowledge he doesn’t, is his God ✅ Jesus’s mission = reveal the Father whom no one had seen (Ahura Mazda)

The Pattern Is Undeniable

Pre-Jesus Judaism:

• YHWH worship
• No heaven, only Sheol
• Tribal god
• Wrathful, vengeful
• Earthly rewards only

Jesus Teaches:

• Father in heaven
• Paradise (Persian word!)
• Universal God
• Merciful, loving
• Eternal life in heaven

Post-Jesus Christianity:

• Worships Jesus (disobeys his command to worship Father)
• Merged YHWH and Ahura Mazda into confused deity
• Lost the original message
• Forgot Jesus came to reveal Ahura Mazda

The Red Letters Convict Christianity

Jesus said: Worship the Father Christianity says: Worship Jesus

Jesus said: Father is greater than I Christianity says: Jesus = God co-equal with Father

Jesus said: Eternal life = knowing Father Christianity says: Eternal life = believing Jesus died for sins

Jesus said: I do nothing on my own, only Father’s will Christianity says: Jesus is omnipotent God

Jesus said: Love your enemies (Father’s way) YHWH said: Destroy your enemies completely

Jesus revealed Ahura Mazda. Christianity worships Jesus and calls Ahura Mazda by YHWH’s name.

The Question Every Christian Must Answer

After reading Jesus’s OWN WORDS in red letters:

Does the Father Jesus describes sound like YHWH?

NO.

Does the Father Jesus describes sound like Ahura Mazda?

YES.

Who should you worship according to Jesus?

THE FATHER.

Who is that Father?

AHURA MAZDA.

The red letters don’t lie.

Jesus came to teach us about his Father.

His Father is Ahura Mazda.

Not YHWH.

Good Thoughts. Good Words. Good Deeds.

Know the Father. Worship the Father. Do the Father’s will.

That is eternal life.

The fire never went out.

Jesus was carrying it.

Asha prevails.