Psalm 18:31
31 For who is God ['elowahh] save [bil`adey] the LORD [Yahovah]? or who is a rock [tsuwr]
save [zuwlah] our God ['elohiym]? KJV-Interlinear
31 For
who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God, NASB
Who is God, ‘elowahh,’ is
a reference to deity. But this is more
than just deity, it is a reference to a legitimate deity, not some manmade or
fashioned or imagined or invented deity.
So this question asks point
blank, who is the real God?
Save, ‘bil adey,’ means except. Who is God other than Jehovah? Who can step up and claim that title? Who is God except Jehovah? And the answer is, there is no other being
that can claim that title or authority or power or position. Using the ‘except’ phrase, means that there is
but one God. There are not two or three
or many gods.
There is only one God and
that is Jehovah.
Lord, ‘Yahovah,’ means
the self-existent one. He is the ‘I Am’
who spoke to Moses, from the burning bush.
Jehovah is our English
spelling, and is a reference to the personal name of the Lord, the one with
whom we all interact in life. This is
the second person of the Trinity and named Jesus Christ. The personal name gives us a personal relationship
and access to the one and only legitimate deity.
The rock, ‘tsuwr,’ is a
place of safety, a secure place high on a cliff, a boulder, a massive rock such
that when you are near it, or on it, nothing can get to you, nothing can touch
you, nothing can move you. It is the substance of a permanent foundation for
life. It protects you and secures you by
means of its content, namely the Lord, who is truth, which is the Word, which
is doctrine.
The word for save is
repeated but a different word is used, ‘zuwlah,’ which means removal, except,
besides, only, and comes to means all others are removed leaving only the Lord,
who is Jehovah, who is the one and only God, who is the one and only place of
safety both now and forever. There is no
other source for this type of protection and safety and guaranteed destiny. All other religions and philosophies are
removed as false.
God, ‘elohiym,’ is the
plural form of God, but it does not refer to many gods, but only one God who is
three in person and one in essence, namely the Father, Son, and Spirit. This makes them all the same, not different,
of one plan, not competing, of one essence, not unequal. This makes them all co-eternal, co-infinite,
co-equal.
This makes the Son, the deity,
eternally existent, and distinguishes the deity from the born savior, but
equates them in that Jesus Christ is the unique person of the universe, has
always existed, and there was never a time in which He did not exist.
Being God He is equal
with God. Being man, He is equal with man. Making Him the one and only intermediary who
is equal with both party’s.
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