The name of god as it relates to jesus

The purpose of this article is to emphasize the main theme of the Old Testament scriptures which was God’s revelation of himself as an existential being through the name of YHVH (Yahweh).  Throughout the Old Testament God’s name was revered as God himself. 

The New Testament writers, being Jews, understood and preserved this reverence and importance of the name by relating it to the name Jesus. 

In the years following the death of the apostles the importance of this connection diminished and was replaced by a more Gentile understanding gained through Greek philosophy and the influence of syncretic religions. 

My goal is to remind the serious truth-seeking Christian of the origin of our faith and its original purpose which was to glorify God through the name given to us.  And to see the identity of Jesus in light of that name.  Only through the context of the knowledge of the Jewish apostles and disciples can we come to an accurate understanding of the identity of Jesus and the importance of his name.

When we call someone’s name, we proclaim their existence.  This relationship between the name of God, Yahweh, and the name Jesus is very important because a name reveals and acknowledges the identity of a person.  When we call upon God by his name, we identify exactly who we mean when we call his name.  In our mind the name is the person.  In the name Jesus Christ, we find all the names of God that were revealed in the name Yahweh and therefore all the identities that personify him.  This creates a parallel understanding between the God of the Old Testament and the God of the New Testament. 

At the end of this article, I include a table that shows that the name Jesus is equivalent to that of Yahweh, the name of God.  For further reading on this subject, I recommend the book “Names of God” written by Nathan Stone. 

English Bible quotations from the Septuagint were taken from various sources.  LORD is capitalized when the Hebrew uses the name YHVH (Yahweh) in that quotation.  This is done for the convenience of the reader and can be verified by most versions of the Old Testament where this convention is followed.

The Septuagint is a translation of the Hebrew Bible made approximately in the 3rd Century B.C.  It was used by the Jews during a time when the Hebrew language fell out of use in the Roman Empire.  Hebrew was replaced by Greek which was the standard language throughout the empire.  It was because of this that Paul referenced the Septuagint mainly in his writings. 

The English translation of the Septuagint used here is by Sir Lancelot C. L. Brenton, published in 1851, and is considered a long-time standard. For most of the years since its publication it has been the only one readily available and has continually been in print.  It is based primarily upon the Codex Vaticanus and contains the Greek and English texts in parallel columns.

An alternative translation can be found on https://www.elpenor.org/books/septuagint-genesis/default-en.asp.

The New Testament text is taken from various translations as noted in parentheses.

References also used: Pauline Christology, Gordon D. Fee, 2010.

                                    Names of God, Nathan Stone, 1944.

The table below contains verses from Paul’s letters that reveal his understanding of who Jesus was and his relationship to YHWH of the Old Testament.  Below this table I included another table that includes Bible verses taken from other authors of the New Testament revealing the same understanding as Paul’s.
NEW TESTAMENT	OLD TESTAMENT
1 Thessalonians 3:13 (NKJV) . . . at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.	ZACH 14:5 . . . and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with him.
1 Thessalonians 4:16 (NKJV) 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.	Psalm 47:5 (46:6) 6 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with a sound of a trumpet.
1 Thessalonians 1:8 (NKJV) 8 For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth,	Joel 1:1 1 The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
1 Thessalonians 4:15 (NKJV) 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep.	Genesis 15:1  1 And after these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision,   and many more (248 times)
1 Thessalonians 5:27-28 (NKJV) 27 I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read to all the holy brethren. 28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.	Genesis 24:3  and I will adjure thee by the Lord the God of heaven, and the God of the earth,
1 Thessalonians 5:2 (KJV) 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.	Joel 1:15 (KJV) 15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
1 Thessalonians 5:2 (KJV) 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night	Joel 2:1 (KJV) 1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
Philippians 1:6 (KJV) 6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
Philippians 1:10 (KJV) 10 That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
1 Corinthians 1:7-8 (KJV) 7 So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: 8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 4:6 (KJV) 6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.	Psalm 94:1 (KJV) 1 O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
2 Corinthians 5:10 (ASV) 10 For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he hath done, whether it be good or bad.	Romans 14:10 (ASV) 10 But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or thou again, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God.
1 Thessalonians 1:3 (KJV) 3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;	Psalm 31:24 (KJV) 25 Be of good courage, and let your heart be strengthened, all ye that hope in the LORD.   Psalm 32:22 (33:22)(LXX) 22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hoped in thee.
2 Thessalonians 1:7-8 (KJV) And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:	Isaiah 66:15 (LXX) 15 For, behold, the LORD will come as fire, and his chariots as a storm, to render his vengeance with wrath, and his rebuke with a flame of fire.    Isaiah 66:4 (LXX) 4 I also will choose their mockeries, and will recompense their sins upon them; because I called them, and they did not hearken to me; I spoke, and they heard not: and they did evil before me, and chose the things wherein I delighted not.
2 Thessalonians 1:9 (KJV) 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;	Isaiah 2:10 (DRV) 10 Enter thou into the rock, and hide thee in the pit from the face of the fear of the LORD, and from the glory of his majesty.
2 Thessalonians 1:12 (NET1) 12 that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to[18] the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.	Isaiah 66:5 (LXX) 5 Hear the words of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; speak ye, our brethren, to them that hate you and abominate you, that the name of the Lord may be glorified, and may appear their joy; but they shall be ashamed.
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14 (ASV) 13 But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, for that God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: 14 whereunto he called you through our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.	As explained by Gordon Fee, here Paul’s language brings together the full identity of the Son AND Spirit with the Father without losing monotheism.  (Pauline Christology p63).
2 Thessalonians 3:5 (ASV) 5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.  [The Lord directing must be Jesus, otherwise it should read into HIS love rather than naming God.]	1 Chr 29:18 O LORD God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, preserve these things in the thought of the heart of thy people for ever, and direct their hearts to thee.
2 Thessalonians 3:16 (ASV) 16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord (be) with you all.	Ruth 2:4 And, behold, Booz came from Bethleem, and said to the reapers, The LORD (be) with you: and they said to him, The LORD bless thee.
2 Thessalonians 3:6 (ASV) 6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received of us.	Joel 2:32 And it shall come to pass whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved: for in mount Sion and in Jerusalem shall the saved one be as the LORD has said, and they that have glad tidings preached to them, whom the LORD has called.
2 Thessalonians 3:12 (ASV) 12 Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
1 Corinthians 1:2 (ASV) 2 unto the church of God which is at Corinth, even them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, their Lord and ours:	Joel 2:32 And it shall come to pass whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved: for in mount Sion and in Jerusalem shall the saved one be as the LORD has said, and they that have glad tidings preached to them, whom the LORD has called.
	Gen 12:8 And he departed thence to the mountain eastward of Baethel, and there he pitched his tent in Baethel near the sea, and Aggai toward the east, and there he built an altar to the Lord, and called on the name of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 1:30 (NKJV) 30 But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God–and righteousness and sanctification and redemption–31  that, as it is written, “He who glories, let him glory in the LORD.”	Jer 9:23(24) but let him that boasts boast in this, the understanding and knowing that I am the LORD that exercise mercy, and judgment, and righteousness, upon the earth; for in these things is my pleasure, saith the LORD.
1 Corinthians 10:21-22 (KJV) 21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils. 22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?	Deut 32:21 (ASV) 21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; They have provoked me to anger with their vanities: And I will move them to jealousy with those that are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
1 Corinthians 10:26 (KJV) 26 For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.	Psalm 23:1 (24:1) The earth is the LORD’s and the fullness thereof; the world, and all that dwell in it.
2 Corinthians 3:14-16 (NKJV) 14 But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ. 15 But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. 16 Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.	Exod 34:34 And whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak to him, he took off the veil till he went out, and he went forth and spoke to all the children of Israel whatsoever the LORD commanded him.
Romans 10:9 (NKJV) 9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.	Joel 2:32 (3:5) And it shall come to pass whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved:
Romans 14:10-11 (NKJV) 10 But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 11 For it is written: “As I live, says the LORD, Every knee shall bow to Me, And every tongue shall confess to God.”	Isa 45:22-25 22 Turn ye to me, and ye shall be saved, ye that from the end of the earth: I am God, and there is none other. 23 By myself I swear, righteousness shall surely proceed out of my mouth; my words shall not be frustrated; that to me every knee shall bend, and every tongue shall swear by God, 24 saying, Righteousness and glory shall come to him: and all that remove them from their borders shall be ashamed. 25 By the Lord shall they be justified, and in God shall all the seed of the children of Israel be glorified.
Philippians 2:9-11 (NKJV) 9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, 10  that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 1:6 (KJV) 6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:	Isaiah 2:12 (NKJV) 12 For the day of the LORD of hosts Shall come upon everything proud and lofty, Upon everything lifted up– And it shall be brought low–
Philippians 1:10 (KJV) 10 That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;	Isaiah 13:6 (NKJV) 6 Wail, for the day of the LORD is at hand! It will come as destruction from the Almighty.
Philippians 2:16 (KJV) 16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.	Isaiah 13:9 (NKJV) 9 Behold, the day of the LORD comes, Cruel, with both wrath and fierce anger, To lay the land desolate; And He will destroy its sinners from it.
1 Corinthians 5:5 (NKJV) 5 deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.	Isaiah 58:13, 14 (NKJV) 13 “If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, From doing your pleasure on My holy day, And call the Sabbath a delight, The holy day of the LORD honorable, And shall honor Him, not doing your own ways, Nor finding your own pleasure, Nor speaking your own words, 14  Then you shall delight yourself in the LORD; And I will cause you to ride on the high hills of the earth, And feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father. The mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
2 Corinthians 1:14 (NKJV) 14 (as also you have understood us in part), that we are your boast as you also are ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus.	Jeremiah 46:10 (NKJV) 10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, A day of vengeance, That He may avenge Himself on His adversaries. The sword shall devour; It shall be satiated and made drunk with their blood; For the Lord GOD of hosts has a sacrifice In the north country by the River Euphrates.
	Ezekiel 13:5 (NKJV) 5 You have not gone up into the gaps to build a wall for the house of Israel to stand in battle on the day of the LORD.
	Ezekiel 30:3 (NKJV) 3 For the day is near, Even the day of the LORD is near; It will be a day of clouds, the time of the Gentiles.
	Joel 1:15 (NKJV) 15 Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is at hand; It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.
	Joel 2:11 (NKJV) 11 The LORD gives voice before His army, For His camp is very great; For strong is the One who executes His word. For the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; Who can endure it?
	Joel 2:31 (NKJV) 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD.
	Joel 3:14 (NKJV) 14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
	Amos 5:18 (NKJV) 18 Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD! For what good is the day of the LORD to you? It will be darkness, and not light.
	Obadiah 1:15 (NKJV) 15 “For the day of the LORD upon all the nations is near; As you have done, it shall be done to you; Your reprisal shall return upon your own head.
	Zephaniah 1:7 (NKJV) 7 Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD; For the day of the LORD is at hand, For the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has invited His guests.
	Zephaniah 1:14 (NKJV) 14 The great day of the LORD is near; It is near and hastens quickly. The noise of the day of the LORD is bitter; There the mighty men shall cry out.
	Zechariah 14:1 (NKJV) 1 Behold, the day of the LORD is coming, And your spoil will be divided in your midst.
	Malachi 4:5 (NKJV) 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.
Philippians 1:20 (NKJV) 20 according to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.	Psalm 34:27 (35:27) 27 Let them that rejoice in my righteousness exult and be glad: and let them say continually, The Lord be magnified, who desire the peace of his servant.
Acts 19:17 (NKJV) 17 This became known both to all Jews and Greeks dwelling in Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
Philippians 3:3 (KJV) 3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.	Jer 9:24 24 but let him that boasts boast in this, the understanding and knowing that I am the Lord that exercise mercy, and judgment, and righteousness, upon the earth; for in these things is my pleasure, saith the Lord.
Philippians 3:8 (KJV) 8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
Philippians 3:1-3 (KJV) 1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe. 2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision. 3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.	Psalm 33:20-21 [32:20-21] 20 Our soul waits on the LORD; for he is our helper and defender. 21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, and we have hoped in his holy name. 22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we have hoped in thee.
	Psalm 35:9 [34:9] 9 But my soul shall exult in the LORD: it shall delight in his salvation.
	Psalm 40:16 [39:17] 16 Let all those that seek thee, O LORD, exult and rejoice in thee; and let them that love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
2 Timothy 2:19 (NKJV) 19 Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.”	Gen 12:8 And he departed thence to the mountain eastward of Baethel, and there he pitched his tent in Baethel near the sea, and Aggai toward the east, and there he built an altar to the Lord, and called on the name of the Lord.
2 Timothy 2:22 (NKJV) 22 Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.	Gen 13:4 4 to the place of the altar, which he built there at first, and Abram there called on the name of the Lord.
	Gen 26:25 25 And he built there an altar, and called on the name of the Lord,
2 Timothy 4:1 (KJV) 1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;	This opening verse of Paul’s shows that throughout this epistle his reference to Lord refers only to Jesus.
2Timothy 4:18 (KJV) 18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.	Deut 32:36 (NKJV) 36 “For the LORD will judge His people And have compassion on His servants, When He sees that their power is gone, And there is no one remaining, bond or free.
	Psalm 7:8 (NKJV) 8 The LORD shall judge the peoples; Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, And according to my integrity within me.
	Psalm 135:14 (NKJV) 14 For the LORD will judge His people, And He will have compassion on His servants.

The following references are taken from letters that were not written by Paul, although Paul is a candidate for the Letter to the Hebrews.  Some of these references do not have direct equivalents to LORD of the Old Testament but they help us to understand the use of the title Lord when referenced to Jesus.  They are important to our general understanding of who they considered Jesus to be and his relationship to God as Father.   Since many of these writers were Jews writing to a Jewish audience, I included the Old Testament texts from the Hebrew version.  However, there are some from the Septuagint as well. In those references I capitalized LORD where is refers to YHVH in the Hebrew version.  

Hebrews 1:8-10 (NKJV) 8 But to the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your Kingdom. 10 And: “You, LORD, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands.   The dialogue here is addressing the angels and the Son.  Specifically verses 8-10 are addressing the Son.	Psalm 102:25-27 (103:25-27) 25 In the beginning thou, O LORD, didst lay the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands. 26 They shall perish, but thou remainest: and they all shall wax old as a garment; and as a vesture shalt thou fold them, and they shall be changed. 27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
James 2:1 (NKJV) 1 My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality.	Psalm 23:7-10 (24:7-10) 7 Lift up your gates, ye princes, and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors; and the king of glory shall come in. 8 Who is this king of Glory? the LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. 9 Lift up your gates, ye princes; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the king of glory shall come in. 10 Who is this king of glory?  The LORD of hosts, he is this king of glory.     Psalm 137:5 (138:5) 5 And let them sing in the ways of the LORD; for great is the glory of the LORD.

In the following passage, James calls upon the church to anoint with oil in the name of the Lord.  We find Luke also mentions that the church had baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus (Acts 8:16) linking the idea of “in the name of the Lord” with “in the name of the Lord Jesus.”    Paul also calls upon the name of the Lord to be used in baptism.  Linking Acts 8:16 with Acts 22:16 we come to the conclusion that they were baptized in the name of the Lord, which was equivalent to the Lord Jesus.   There are many other scriptures including Col 3:17 and Romans 10:13 which elevate the name of Jesus to the level of LORD.
James 5:14 (NKJV) 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.	Acts 8:16 (NKJV) 16 For as yet He had fallen upon none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Acts 22:16 (NKJV) 16 And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.	Acts 19:5 (NKJV) 5 *When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Romans 10:13 (NKJV) 13 For “whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.”	Colossians 3:17 (NKJV) 17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
Revelation 17:14 (NKJV) 14 These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.”	Deuteronomy 10:17 (LXX) 17 For the LORD your God, he [is] God of gods, and the Lord of lords, the great, and strong, and terrible God, who does not accept persons, nor will he by any means accept a bribe:
Revelation 19:16 (NKJV) 16 And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.	Psalm 136:1-3 (LXX) 1 [Alleluia.] Give thanks to the LORD: for he is good: for his mercy [endures] for ever. 2 Give thanks to the God of gods; for his mercy [endures] for ever. 3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy [endures] for ever.
Acts 2:36 (NKJV) 36 “Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.”
The title Lord and Savior is also unique.  Below we find several examples of it used in the New Testament where it is used of Jesus and in the Old Testament where it was used of God as LORD.
2 Peter 1:11 (NKJV) 11 for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.	Isaiah 43:11 (KJV) 11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.
2 Peter 2:20 (NKJV) 20 For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning.	Isaiah 45:21 (NKJV) 21 Tell and bring forth your case; Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has declared this from ancient time? Who has told it from that time? Have not I, the LORD? And there is no other God besides Me, A just God and a Savior; There is none besides Me.
2 Peter 3:2 (NKJV) 2 that you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior,	Isaiah 49:26 (NKJV) 26 I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh, And they shall be drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine. All flesh shall know That I, the LORD, am your Savior, And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
2 Peter 3:18 (NKJV) 18 but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.	Isaiah 60:16 (LXX) 16 And thou shalt suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt eat the wealth of kings: and shalt know that I am the LORD that saves thee and delivers thee, the Holy One of Israel.
	Hosea 13:4 (LXX) 4 But I am the LORD thy God that establishes the heaven, and creates the earth, whose hands have framed the whole host of heaven: but I shewed them not to thee that thou shouldest go after them: and I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no God but me; and there is no Saviour beside me.

TABLE OF NAMES EQUATING THE NAME JESUS WITH THE NAME OF GOD
This table is composed of the compounded names of God taken from the Old Testament and matched against the existential characters and qualities of Jesus as revealed in the New Testament.
TITLE	COMPOUNDED NAME	OLD TESTAMENT	NEW TESTAMNT
PROVIDER	JEHOVAH-JIREH YHWH-JIREH יְהוָה ׀ יִרְאֶה	Genesis 22:14 (NKJV) 14 And Abraham called the name of the place, The-LORD-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of The LORD it shall be provided.”	John 14:13 (ASV) 13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
HEALER	JEHOVAH-ROPHE YHWH-ROPHE יְהוָה רֹפְאֶֽךָ	Exodus 15:26 (NET1) 26  He said, “If you will diligently obey the LORD your God, and do what is right in his sight, and pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, then all the diseases that I brought on the Egyptians I will not bring on you, for I, the LORD, am your healer.”	Matthew 4:23 (NKJV) 23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.
BANNER   Not a flag, but a pole to be lifted or held up as Moses held up his rod for victory over the Amalekites.	JEHOVAH-NISSI YAHWEH-NISSI נִסִּֽי׃ יְהוָה	Exodus 17:15 (NET1) 15 Moses built an altar, and he called it “The LORD is my Banner,”[43]	John 3:14 (NKJV) 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
		Exodus 17:9 (NKJV) 9 And Moses said to Joshua, “Choose us some men and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.”	1 Corinthians 1:18 (NKJV) 18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
		Exodus 17:11 (NKJV) 11 And so it was, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
SANCTIFICATION	JEHOVAH-M’KADDESH YHWH-M’KADDESH יְהוָה מְקַדִּשְׁכֶֽם׃	Leviticus 20:8 (KJV) 8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.	Hebrews 7:26 (NKJV) 26 For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens;
			1 Corinthians 1:30 (NKJV) 30 But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God–and righteousness and sanctification and redemption—
			Hebrews 10:14 (NKJV) 14 For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
PEACE	JEHOVAH-SHALOM YHWH-SHALOM ‏יהוה שָׁלוֹם‎	Judges 6:24 (NKJV) 24 So Gideon built an altar there to the LORD, and called it The-LORD-Is-Peace. To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.	John 14:27 (NKJV) 27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
			Matthew 11:28 (KJV) 28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
			Acts 10:36 (KJV) 36 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
RIGHTEOUSNESS	JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU YHWH-TSIDKENU ‏יהוה צִדְקֵנוּ‎	Jeremiah 23:6 (NKJV) 6 In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel will dwell safely; Now this is His name by which He will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.	1 Corinthians 1:30 (NKJV) 30 But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God–and righteousness and sanctification and redemption—
			Acts 3:14 (KJV) 14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
			2 Corinthians 5:21 (KJV) 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
			Philippians 3:9 (KJV) 9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
SHEPHERD	JEHOVAH-ROHI YHWH-ROHI ‏רָעָה יהוה	Psalm 23:1 (NKJV) 1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.	John 10:11 (KJV) 11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
			1 Peter 2:25 (KJV) 25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
PRESENCE	JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH YHWH-SHAMMAH ‏יהוה שָׁמָּה‎	Ezekiel 48:35 (KJV) 35 It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.	Matthew 18:20 (NKJV) 20 For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.”
			Colossians 1:19 (NKJV) 19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell,
			Hebrews 1:3 (NKJV) 3 who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
			John 1:14 (NKJV) 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
			Matthew 28:20 (NKJV) 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.