If Jesus is Jehovah can you explain Psalms 110:1? And compare Psalms 83:18 with Mark 5:7. Jesus is the son of Jehovah.
Chris
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Chris, I took a fresh look through the Bible after I read your question. I credit you that your interpretation can legitimately be claimed from the Bible alone. Even if you add Latter-day Saint scriptures, you can still continue to make the same argument that Jesus is the son of Jehovah (for instant, Joseph Smith is praying to Jehovah in D&C 109).
Latter-day Saints do believe the Jehovah is a name-title of Jesus. We get this teaching based on some of the overlap between Jehovah’s work and Jesus’ work described in the scriptures. For instance, Jesus is described as the creator as is Jehovah (compare Colossians 1:16 with Isaiah 45:18).
Now, we can go back and forth on how the scriptures should be interpreted in this matter, but the Latter-day Saints have one more authority to appeal to in this matter: modern prophets. In Jan 2000, the living Apostles – special witness of Christ – drafted their testimony and called it The Living Christ. They collectively testify that Jesus “was the Great Jehovah of the Old Testament, the Messiah of the New.” This testimony is consistent with the teachings of all the modern prophets, and when we read the scriptures in this light we see that it is still consistent with the revealed word of God.
Regarding your particular verses (Psalm 83 in conjunction with Mark 5), we believe that when Jesus speaks for the Father, he can take on the names and titles that rightfully belong to the Father. We see an angel do this in Revelation. John writes that he sees the glorified Jesus, but then later tells us that it is actually just an angel speaking as Jesus. Psalms 110 has a dual meaning. “The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.” Jehovah asks King David to let Him take care of his enemies. The messianic implication is that the Father (instead of Jehovah) will also remove Jesus’ (instead of David’s) enemies.
The key for us is that the inspired words are understood through the lenses of modern witness of Christ’s nature.
-Gramps
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