What is the significance of Genesis 2:4 for identifying Jehovah as God the Son?
Genesis 2:4 marks the first appearance of the compound title “Lord God,” signaling a shift from speaking of God generally to identifying Jehovah, who is God the Son, the second person of the Trinity. This establishes that Jehovah and God the Son are one and the same personality, later named Jesus through the virgin birth.
Les explains that Genesis 2:4 is pivotal because Scripture moves from speaking of God acting and speaking to the title “Lord God.” That is the beginning of the reference to Jehovah, God the Son, the second person of the Trinity. From there through the Old Testament, God the Son and Jehovah are understood as one and the same personality. Les also connects this to Saul of Tarsus: the Lord he called Jehovah answered, “I am Jesus.” Jehovah became flesh by the virgin birth, so now Jehovah’s name is Jesus.
These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
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Who is the 'Lord God' from Genesis 2:4 onward in the Old Testament?
Beginning with 'Lord God' in Genesis 2:4, the Old Testament references to Jehovah refer to God the Son, the second person of the Trinity, and throughout the Old Testament God the Son and Jehovah are one and the same personality.