Introduction

This paper is the second in a series of studies on the nature of God.  The first paper, “Defining the Oneness of God,” explains the various beliefs that have been formulated concerning the unity of the Godhead, and shows the origins of those beliefs and their impact on the early New Testament Church.  These concepts of “oneness” are then evaluated by examining the Scriptural usage of the word “one” in both its physical and its spiritual applications.  This initial study demonstrates that the Scriptures do not reveal God as only one divine Being or one divine “Substance.”

This second study on the nature of God is built upon the Scriptural groundwork that was laid in the first study.  The purpose of this second study is to demonstrate the duality of God as revealed in the Old Testament.  This study focuses on those passages in the Psalms which refer to two divine Beings and shows that both of these Beings were known as Jehovah.  These passages are examined in the light of the New Testament, which identifies the two Jehovahs of the Psalms as the two divine Beings Who became the Father and the Son. 

This study presents irrefutable Scriptural evidence of the eternal existence of Jesus Christ and the co-equality that He shared with the Father as one of the two Jehovahs of the Old Testament.  You will find this second presentation easier to understand and more meaningful if you have read the previous study paper, “Defining the Oneness of God.”  If you have not yet received the initial study paper, send for your copy without delay.

Carl D. Franklin