Which God is King of the Earth?
Which God is King of the Earth?
By definition, such a Kingdom cannot be ruled by many gods, but only by the one God of Heaven, which we believe to be the same God that brought Israel out of Egypt in the days of Moses. This God, identified as Yahweh in Exodus 6:2, later came to earth in the form of a man called Jesus Christ (Yeshua), for it was prophesied in Exodus 15:2,
2 Yahweh is my strength and song, and He has become my Yeshua; this is my God, and I will praise Him; my father’s God, and I will extol Him.
The prophet Isaiah references this in Isaiah 12:1-3, adding that we were to “draw water from the springs of Yeshua.” Jesus quoted this in John 7:38, applying it to Himself. Even when Jesus was a baby, Simeon understood that the Messiah’s name would be Yeshua, for he read the prophecies about “salvation” (yeshua) and knew that the Scriptures had named the Messiah. Hence, when he finally saw Jesus in the temple and heard that He was being named Yeshua, he said in Luke 2:29, 30,
29 Now, Lord, Thou dost let Thy bond-servant depart in peace, according to Thy word; 30 for my eyes have seen Thy Yeshua.
Jesus Himself often made use of the meaning of His name. He told the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4:22, “Yeshua is from the Judeans.” After Jesus invited Himself to the home of Zaccheus, the tax collector repented of his theft, and Jesus said in Luke 19:9, “Today salvation [Yeshua] has come to this house.” In each case, Jesus used His own name with a double meaning, to identify Himself as well as to identify His mission of salvation.
When we understand this connection between Jesus and the concept of salvation, we can see that the Scriptures prophesy of Jesus thousands of times throughout the Old Testament. This includes Exodus 15:2 and Isaiah 12:1-3, where it is prophesied that Yahweh would become Yeshua at His incarnation in the town of Bethlehem. The point is that the First Commandment identifies Yahweh as the One God whose law is to be obeyed in the Kingdom of God, and that Yahweh is revealed to us in the Person of Yeshua, commonly known today as Jesus Christ.