Who is our Savior, the Father (Yahweh) or Son (Yahshua the Messiah)? The Bible seems to indicate both.
From their own unique perspectives, the Father and Son can both be considered a savior. Yahweh the Father serves as a “savior” through His redemption of His people, including the gift of His only Son, Yahshua the Messiah.
Consider the following examples:
“The Elohim of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence,” 2Samuel 22:3.
“For I am Yahweh thy Elohim, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee…. I, even I, am Yahweh; and beside me there is no savior,” Isaiah 43:3, 11.
“Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I Yahweh? and there is no Elohim else beside me; a just El and a Saviour; there is none beside me,” Isaiah 45:21.
Regarding chapters 43 and 45 of Isaiah, it’s important to note while Yahweh and Yahshua are both considered a “savior,” there is not a higher or greater savior than Yahweh the Father, including Yahshua, His Son. Yahshua in the New Testament confirmed that His Father was greater and superior to Him, e.g. John 10:29; 14:28. Paul also notes this in 1Corinthians 11:3. Since Yahweh is the initiator or originator of all things, all glory ultimately returns to the Father, including the glory of the Son.
“But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of Elohim our Saviour,” Titus 1:3.
Scripture also confirms that Yahshua is a savior. Through His death and atonement, He paid the penalty and redeemed us from our sins.
“For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Messiah the Sovereign,” Luke 2:11.
“And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Messiah, the Saviour of the world,” John 4:42.
“Him hath Yahweh exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins,” Acts 5:31.
“And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world,” 1John 4:14.
It is clear from Scripture that both the Father and Son are referred to as a “savior.” Yahweh the Father serves as a savior through His redemptive power, while the Son serves as a savior through His sacrifice and atonement. It’s important to remember that these facts do not infer that the Father and Son are the same being or serve the same roles. The Father is the originator of all things, including Yahshua’s own existence.
Thank you Randy for writing this. It makes sense. The only challenge I had with Yahshua being a “Savior”, is that Yahshua represents a Lamb who shed His blood for our sins. IN the Old Testament, a Lamb was not the “”Savior”, it was only a Lamb, nothing more, and Yahweh was the only Savior. I do not see anywhere in Scripture it taught that the Lamb they used to sacrifice was a “Savior”, so that is where I was confused. And The Hebrew-English Lexicon of the Old Testament, by Brown, Driver, and Briggs, page 221, tells us that the… Read more »
Yahshua means Yahweh Salvation; Yahweh-shua is Yahweh salvation.
Excellent.many people believe that the Father and son are the same person when it is obvious that Yahweh is One & Yahshua is his son.
Yahweh the Father is Spirit, so that takes care of Father and Spirit; the SON / FLESH / WORD, Yahweh put Himself into the FLESH fully. The name people were baptized into was YAHWEH. Father, Son, Spirit are offices of Yahweh, the name never changes only the office. Thus, you have YAHWEH MESSIAH, YAHWEH the FATHER which is SPIRIT in the FLESH. Yahweh is ONE, not a TRINITY. He put on the FLESH to dwell among men and to become the offered Lamb. He revealed Himself through the FLESH and the SPIRIT.