BOB: The God and Redeemer of All Mankind

Thoughts on Davidic Kingship


In this review of being Born of the Blood, we will consider the role of Yehovah-Yeshua as the God and Redeemer of All Mankind; and, we will cover the identity of God presented in the Scriptures in the past, present and future.  This will include the identity of the Gods in the Garden, Israel’s God Yehovah, Yeshua the Savior of Man and finally the returning Messiah as King of Zion.

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The Process of Perfection
In review, this is what our process looks like:                                                                   

Individual Salvation

Born of the Blood ​Redemption

Born Again Sanctification Born of the Water > Born of the Spirit > Born of God

​Introduction
The generally accepted interpretation of God is that there is one god manifested in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Mormonism’s view is that a Godhead is comprised of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit with each being a separate identity.
 
Father and Son
The Bible uses the ancient Near-East emperor-vassal model to explain covenant relationships between a superior king and an inferior king - 2 Kings 16:7. We see the Bible apply this same model to a superior god – God the Father - and an inferior god – God the Son. They being two separate and distinct identities. The oneness is the Bible expresses their unity and not a singleness. When the vassal king demonstrates exceeding loyalty to the emperor king their covenant changes from a conditional to an unconditional covenant and so does their references of each other.
 
“With the change from a conditional to an unconditional covenant, the vassal’s status changed from “servant” to “son” and the emperor’s from “lord” to “father.” By formally adopting the vassal as his “son,” the emperor created a legal basis for him and his heirs to permanently inherit their promised land.” (Gileadi)

Ancient Near-East Emperor-Vassal Model

Emperor King God, the Father

Vassal King God, the Son

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​Holy Spirit and the Light of Messiah
From references in the Bible, the Holy Spirit is an unseen power or influence. We also see an unseen power - Light - associated with Messiah in the first chapter of John – John 1:9. By association, we can link the Holy Spirit as an unseen power that flows from God the Father.

God the Father	God the Son
The Holy Spirit Power or influence that flows from the presence of the Father	Light of Messiah Power or influence that flows from the presence of the Son

God's in the Garden
We also see two identities referenced in the Creation story. In the first chapter of John, we see the Word with God and the Word being God - In the Beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God – John 1:1.

God the Father and the Holy Spirit
We can connect God the Father and the Holy Spirit with the first chapter of Genesis. In the first sentence, we have a singular Hebrew verb bara and a plural noun elohim, which can be translated as god of gods or even head god or a Most High God. Then we can connect this Most High God with the Spirit that is mentioned in verse two. Since the physical creation of the world begins in chapter two, we might consider this creation in chapter one as a “spirit” creation.
 
God the Son
Our second identity, which continues through the rest of the Bible, is referenced in chapter two of Genesis as Yehovah translated as Lord - Genesis 2:4, the same god we see with ancient Israel. Yehovah executes the physical creation of the earth – John 1:3. Yehovah alludes to the concept of a redeemer when Adam and Eve transgress - Genesis 3:15.

​This second important concept that we see in the Garden account is God appointing a Redeemer when Adam and Eve transgress God's command not to eat of the tree of knowledge, which brought sin and death into the world – Genesis 3:15. This verse is set in the context of death and sin.  Though Adam and Eve transgressed God's command and brought sin and death into the world succumbing to the serpent/Satan’s temptation, in the end Yeshua - the seed of the woman - will triumph over death and sin through His Atonement, Death and Resurrection.

The God of Israel
As we saw in Chapter 2 of Genesis, Yehovah God – God, the Son - is the god that is referred to in the rest of the Torah and Tanach.

​Yehovah God is further portrayed in the Passover account.  Anciently, the door threshold was a home altar and it is where the father of the home entered into covenants with the deity that he recognized as god.  With ancient Israel, this deity was represented by a sacrificed unblemished male lamb, which blood was applied to the door posts of the home,  symbolizing Yehovah as Israel's "Savior-God".

Moreover, through Moses, Yehovah revealed His system of law that would sanctify Israel and prepare them to receive His presence, which was manifested by clouds by day and a pillar of fire by night - a spiritual salvation.

Because of Israel's stiff-neckedness, Yehovah did not reveal His sacrifice for all mankind in the Atonement but instead gave Israel the system of animal sacrifice to teach them the relationship between death and sin.  For animal sacrifice could never adequately atonement for man's transgression, only a human sacrifice could fill that requirement. The Atonement is not a revolving door. God expects you at some point to rises above your carnal nature and quit sinning.​


God, the Mortal Messiah
In fulfillment of Yehovah's role as Savior for all mankind that we see indicated both in the Garden and to ancient Israel, Yehovah took on mortality as Yeshua and suffered for the transgressions of Adam and all mankind as a "proxy savior". 

Yeshua's Atonement, Death and Resurrection reversed the effects of Adam and Eve's transgression, which brought physical and spiritual death to mankind. "For as in Adam all die even so in Messiah shall all be made alive."  1 Cor. 15:22   As is the pattern of all righteous proxy redeemers like Yeshua and King Hezekiah, who suffer for others transgression unjustly, satisfies the demands of justice, obtains favor/mercy, and who then qualify others for God's blessings or salvation.  So this sequence looks like this:

Suffering ​Servant

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Satisfies Justice

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Obtains ​Mercy

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Receives Salvation

​God, the Millennial King of Zion
"God Himself [Yehovah-Yeshua] follow the types of a Davidic king, firstborn son, and sacrificial victim in paying the price of justice on behalf of His people so that they might know mercy. God [Yehovah-Yeshua] follows the emperor-vassal model, serving as both Father [emperor, to mortal men] and Son [vassal, to God the Father]. The Son's descent as suffering Savior precedes His ascent as [Millennial] King of Zion." (Gileadi)



In Summary, our table looks like this:

God,  Father	God, Word/Son/Yehovah/Yeshua
God Most High in the Garden	Yehovah in the Garden
-	Ancient Israel's Yehovah God
-	Yehovah as Yeshua, Redeemer of All Mankind
-	Yehovah-Yeshua the Millennial King of Zion