one and the same Divine Person is denoted by these names: otherwise the church would have more Husbands than one.
Again: Jehovah is called a King—the King of Israel, an everlasting King, &c. Thus in Psalms “Jehovah is King forever and ever.” 10: 16. “God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.” 74: 12. “The Holy One of Israel is our King” 89: 18. And in Is. 44 : 6, “Thus saith Jehovah the King of Israel,” &c. And in Zeph. 3 : 15, it is said concerning an “afflicted and poor people, who shall trust in the name of the Lord,” that “Jehovah the King of Israel is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil anymore.” Again in Jer. “Is not Jehovah in Zion? Is not her King in her.” 8:19. “But Jehovah is a God of truth; He is a living God and an everlasting King” 10: 10.
Now we find the same title applied to the Lord Jesus Christ. He is called King, the King of Israel, Zion’s King, &c. Thus in Jer. 23: 5, 6, where his advent is foretold, we read, “Behold the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the $arth. And this is His name whereby he shall be called, JEHOVAH OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. And when He came, whose advent is here foretold,