'the Father and the Son, and both of these are referred to at various times as "God" and "Yahweh". The following passage serves as a good example:
Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.2 (Psalms 45:6 7)
Here we have a scripture with two distinct Gods being spoken of in the same passage, and it is obvious from the context that these two Gods both constitute "God" to all Israel. Not only are there two Gods, but it is stated that one of them is subordinate to the other Higher God. In fact, the higher God is worshipped by the lesser God. This is a Messianic Psalm wherein Christ the Messiah is shown in a subservient role to God the Father, who in chapters 42 and 43 is referred to as "El" (Psalms 42:2, 8, 9; 43:4) and who in chapters 46 and 47 is designated as "Elyon" the "great King over all the earth" (Psalms 46:4; 47:2). The fact that the subordinate "God" is correctly identified as Christ is clearly stated in the New Testament where this same verse is quoted verbatim along with other proof texts, and interpreted as a reference to the Son of God (Hebrews 1:8-9).
For many it will be difficult to believe that the doctrine as here set forth can actually be found in the "Monotheistic Book" of the Old Testament, nevertheless, as we have and shall see, such is the case, not only in this passage, but in many others. The relationship between God the Father and God the Son is again referred to in another Psalm which was written by King David:
Yahweh said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool (Psalms 110:1)
In this passage, God the Father is designated as "Yahweh" and Christ the Messiah as "Lord" (translated from Hebrew "Adonai" which is to say "sovereign" or "Master") and again, just as in Psalms 45, Christ is shown in a subservient role to the Father, sitting at the favored position of His "right hand". That this is the correct interpretation is directly stated in the New Testament, where Jesus cites this same passage in order to confound his enemies:
While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David. He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, 'Yahweh [Psa 110:1; Luke 20:42] said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? If David then call[ed] him "Lord", how is he his son? And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions. (Matt. 22:41-46; Luke 20:41-43)
The question is this: How can David rightfully refer to the "Christ" as his "Lord", if in fact, "Christ" is actually David's son. In other words, if David is Christ's father, how can the Christ be David's "Lord", since according to the Patriarchal Order of things the father is always considered greater than his children.
Obviously these Pharisees did not fully comprehend the idea of the sonship of Christ. To be sure Jesus was born through the lineage of David on his mother's side, as well as that of his stepfather Joseph - but as far as actual lineage in the flesh is concerned, Jesus was the direct Son of God the Father. This is stated in Luke3 as also in the following passage from Psalms:
I will declare the decree: Yahweh hath said unto me, Thou art my son; this day have I begotten thee. (Psalms 2:7; see also Luke 1:30 35)
Here again, God the Father is designated as "Yahweh", while Christ the Messiah is set forth as the Son of Yahweh. In verse 4 of Psalms 110 it states:
Yahweh hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou [i.e. Christ the Messiah] art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. (Psalms 110:1)
In this passage, the name of God the Father is again given as "Yahweh" while Christ the Messiah is referred to as "a priest . . . after the order of Melchizedek". Again, the fact that the latter is a reference to Christ is stated in certain terms in the New Testament:
So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he [i.e. Yahweh] that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee. As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec (Hebrews 5:5-6)
The reference to Yahweh declaring Christ to be His Son comes from Psalms chapter 2. In keeping with this same pattern, generally speaking, the New Testament speaks of the Father as "Yahweh", God of the Old Testament, who spoke unto the fathers by the Prophets, but who in New Testament times, hath spoken to the people through His Son (Hebrews 1:1-2). The following are a few examples:
Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He ["Yahweh" (Psa 91:1-12)] shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. (Matt 4:5-6)
Jesus saith unto them, did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone [i.e. Christ the Messiah] which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is Yahweh's doing [Psa 118:22-23], and it is marvellous in our eyes? (Matt 21:42)
And there was delivered unto him [Jesus] the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is upon me; because Yahweh [Isa 61:1] hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of Yahweh [Isa 61:2]. And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. (Luke 4:17-21)
Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God (John 8:54)
[the Father] God [El], who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds (Hebrews 1:1-2)
The God of Abraham, and Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go. (Acts 3:13; see also 2:32-36; 3:20-24)
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. (Acts 5:30)
The 22nd Psalm foretold many events which took place in the life of Christ, and in the process clearly establishes a distinction between Christ the Messiah and Yahweh:
My El, my El, why hast thou forsaken me? (Matt 27:46; Mark 15:34) why art thou so far from helping me . . . . I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, He trusted on Yahweh that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts. I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my El from my mother's belly. Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help. Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. But be not thou far from me, O Yahweh: O my strength, haste thee to help me. Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog. (Psalm 22:1-20) (cont.)'
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