SECTION 5--OUR LORD


The last title of the Second Person is expressive of His dominion. The
name "Lord" is the translation of a Greek word, which signifies ruling
or governing. Jesus Christ is not only a Lord, He rules by authority and
in a sense peculiar to Himself, so that He is commonly spoken of in the
New Testament as "the Lord": "Come, see the place where the Lord
lay";[058] "They have taken the Lord out of the sepulchre";[059] "I have
received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you." In the time
of Christ the title "Lord" had for Jews and Jewish Christians a special
personal meaning. "The Lord" was in the Septuagint, as it is still in
the Authorised English version of the Old Testament, the translation of
"Jehovah."[060] When, therefore, the Apostles used this title to
designate their Master, there is reason to think that they did so in the
full belief that He was one with the Father. This view is confirmed by
Paul's statement. "To us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are
all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all
things, and we by him."[061] As Lord, the government is upon His
shoulders, His dominion is universal and His kingdom everlasting. This
He claims for Himself "All power is given unto me in heaven and in
earth";[062] "All things are delivered unto me of my Father";[063] "The
Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand."[064]
"God hath highly exalted him, and given him a name above every name that
at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and
things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue
should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the
Father."[065]