1. God- Jesus Christ is the God of the Old Testament. In the LDS faith we believe in the Godhead. We believe that God our Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ our Redeemer, and the Holy Ghost are three separate beings. We know God and Jesus Christ have separate bodies of flesh and blood and that the Holy Ghost is a separate spirit. There are a lot of times in these scriptures where Christ says that He is God and there is none other. This may seem to contradict the Godhead theory. We know that all three entities of the Godhead are one in purpose. This would explain why it says that in these scriptures and the other places where it says that God and Christ are one.
- Isaiah 40:10–31
- Isaiah 41:1–4, 10–14
- Isaiah 42:9–16
- Isaiah 43:1–7, 10–15, 22–25
- Isaiah 44:6–8; 21–24
- Isaiah 45: 20–25
- Isaiah 46:3–9
2. Redeemer- Jesus Christ is our Redeemer. Christ had not been born at the time of Isaiah so Isaiah prophesies about the future coming of the Lord and the Atonement. Christ suffered and died for us. He suffered all of our pains, sicknesses, sadness, etc. while He prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane. He later died on the cross. He did all of this so that He could pay the price for our sins that we would never be able to pay. He also did it so that we had someone to turn to who truly knew the struggles we were going through. Christ redeemed us all.
3. Creator- Christ created the earth. He did the physical work of creating all that we know and love about the earth that we live on. He created the sun and moon, the mountains and waters, land and animals. He created us to be dominion over the earth. He created us in the likeness of God because we have the potential to be like Him.
These are the 3 main names the Lord is called by. Of course, there are many others throughout the scriptures. He is our Savior. He died for us. He knows us and He loves us.
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