Notice the following passage about the coming Messiah:

"Why do the nations rage, and the people plot a vain thing: The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against YHWH AND AGAINST HIS ANOINTED, saying, 'Let us break Their bonds in pieces And cast away Their cords from us.' He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; YHWH shall hold them in derision. Then He shall speak to them in His wrath, and distress them in His deep displeasure. 'YET I HAVE SET MY KING ON MY HOLY HILL OF ZION. I will declare the decree, 'YHWH has said to Me, 'YOU ARE MY SON, TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU. Ask of Me, AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE NATIONS FOR YOUR INHERITANCE, And the ends of the earth for Your possession. You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them to pieces like a potter's vessel.' Now therefore, be wise, O kings; be instructed, you judges of the earth. Serve YHWH with fear, And rejoice with trembling. Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, When His wrath is kindled but a little. BLESSED ARE ALL THOSE WHO PUT THEIR TRUST IN HIM." (Ps. 2:1-12)

Isn't it clear from this scripture that YHWH's anointed is indeed YHWH's son, and YHWH is his father? Is not this what Psalm 2:7 clearly and unambiguously says? Is not the Messiah, the one whom all nations will submit to, indeed the son of YHWH, having been begotten at a particular point in time?

YHWH Prophesied The Messiah's Death And Resurrection Without His Body Decomposing

Notice another Messianic verse:

"I will bless YHWH who has given me counsel; My heart also instructs me in the night seasons. I have set YHWH always before me; Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices; My flesh also will rest in hope. FOR YOU WILL NOT LEAVE MY SOUL IN SHEOL, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; AT YOUR RIGHT HAND ARE PLEASURES FOREVERMORE." (Ps. 16:7-11) Isn't it clear, from this scripture that the Messiah will indeed die, and his soul will go to Sheol, but will not remain there? Isn't it also clear, in the context of his death and his soul going to Sheol upon death, that he would not see corruption?

Did YHWH Raise David Son Of Jesse To Life Without David's Body Decomposing?

Hasn't David seen corruption? Has David risen from the dead? Seeing that David has not yet risen from the dead, hasn't YHWH allowed David to see corruption, seeing his body has become corrupted or has decomposed? Doesn't the disintegration of David's body PROVE that he is NOT the Messiah who shall rule over all nations, even though he was indeed a messiah (anointed one) who ruled over the children of Israel?

Reiterating what I have said above, isn't it clear that the Messiah to rule over all nations will be fathered by YHWH, will die, and be raised to life prior to his body seeing corruption? Doesn't this therefore show that his prophesied death and the habitation of his soul in Sheol is brief, no longer than the time taken for a dead human body to see corruption?

Weren't Micah's Messianic Words A Prophecy Rather Than Historical Recollection?

Micah 5:2-4 reads,

2 But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Being small among the clans of Judah, Out of you one will come forth to me that is to be ruler in Israel; Whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.  3 Therefore he will abandon them until the time that she who is in labor gives birth. Then the rest of his brothers will return to the children of Israel.  4 He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the strength of YHWH, In the majesty of the Name of YHWH his Elohim: And they will live, for then he will be great to the ends of the earth.

Does not 5:3 clearly tell us that the Messiah will be born on the earth and that the sons of Israel are His brothers?  It this referring to David or someone else?  Micah 1:1 reads,

1 The word of YHWH that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

Isn't it clear that Micah prophesied long after the death of king David the son of Jesse? Wasn't Micah's vision in Micah 5:2-4 for a time yet to come rather than one that had passed?

Didn't Micah Say That The Messiah Has Existed "From Of Old, From Everlasting"?

Doesn't Micah 5:2 suggest that the ruler in Israel would arise from Bethlehem Ephrathah at a time in future, relative to when Micah was speaking? Doesn't 5:2 also give a trait of this ruler - "whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting"?

Were the goings forth of David son of Jesse from of old, from everlasting? Did not David son of Jesse's existence commence relatively recently, certainly NOT from everlasting? Doesn't 5:2 therefore imply that the future Messianic ruler is more than a human being, seeing that his goings forth are from of old, from everlasting? Doesn't this clearly show us he has been existence from of old, from everlasting?

The Messiah is David’s Seed, Not David Himself

Psa 132:10  For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine Anointed (Messiah). 11 YHWH hath sworn truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

“Behold, the days come, saith YHWH, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.” (Jer 23:5)

"Thy seed after thee (David) will establish a kingdom for ever." (2 Samuel 7:12,13)

The Messiah Has More Than One Name

YHWH clearly calls this future Messianic ruler David. Earlier in Genesis, however, this Messianic ruler is called Shiloh.

The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto Him shall the gathering of the peoples be. (Gen 49:10)

Was David son of Jesse called Shiloh?

Doesn't the future Messianic ruler go by different names, including both Shiloh and David? Isn't it therefore the case that one cannot assume that he is David son of Jesse, seeing that he is also called Shiloh, yet David son of Jesse is not shown as having been called Shiloh?

Yahweh Names His Servant David As King And Shepherd Over His People Israel

Ezekiel 37:21-28 reads,

21 Say to them, Thus says the Master YHWH: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, where they are gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: 22 and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all; and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all; 23 neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will save them out of all their dwelling-places, in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their Elohim. 24 My servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them. 25 They shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, in which your fathers lived; and they shall dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children’s children, forever: and David my servant shall be their prince for ever. 26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them forevermore. 27 My tent also shall be with them; and I will be their Elohim, and they shall be my people. 28 The nations shall know that I am YHWH who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them forevermore.

Isn't it clear that the children of Israel will have one king and shepherd - David, YHWH's servant?

YHWH Names Himself As THE Shepherd Over His People Israel

Ezekiel 34:11-16 reads,

11 For thus says the Master YHWH: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out. 12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. 13 I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land; and I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of the country. 14 I will feed them with good pasture; and on the mountains of the height of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie down in a good fold; and on fat pasture shall they feed on the mountains of Israel. 15 I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Master YHWH. 16 I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.

Doesn't YHWH clearly say that he himself will be THE shepherd of his sheep?

YHWH Says He Will Set Up David As THE Shepherd Over His People Israel

Ezekiel 34:20-31 reads,

20 Therefore thus says the Master YHWH to them: Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. 21 Because you thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, until you have scattered them abroad; 22 therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep. 23 I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. 24 I, YHWH, will be their Elohim, and my servant David prince among them; I, YHWH, have spoken it. 25 I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil animals to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. 26 I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing. 27 The tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land; and they shall know that I am YHWH, when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hand of those who made slaves of them. 28 They shall no more be a prey to the nations, neither shall the animals of the earth devour them; but they shall dwell securely, and none shall make them afraid. 29 I will raise up to them a plantation for renown, and they shall be no more consumed with famine in the land, neither bear the shame of the nations any more. 30 They shall know that I, YHWH, their Elohim am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, says the Master YHWH. 31 You my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are men, and I am your Elohim, says the Master YHWH.

Doesn't YHWH here say that he will set up his servant David to be the one shepherd over his people?

Is YHWH Contradicting Himself?

Is YHWH CONTRADICTING himself? On the one hand he says that Israel will have ONE shepherd, his servant David. On the other hand he says that he himself will be Israel's ONE shepherd - the shepherd of his sheep. How can there be TWO personages being called the one shepherd over Israel? Is this a contradiction? Or is there a hidden answer in these comments?

The Messianic David The Shepherd Is YHWH The Shepherd!

One shepherd is called David, YHWH's servant. Another shepherd is called YHWH, the owner of the flock, seeing that the sheep, the children of Israel, are his sheep. Isn't it the case that the only manner a contradiction is avoided is if YHWH the shepherd is also David the shepherd? Doesn't this show that the future Messianic ruler is actually YHWH?

Is YHWH YHWH's Servant?

But how can the future Messianic ruler be YHWH? If he is also David, doesn't this mean that he is indeed YHWH's servant? Can YHWH also be YHWH's servant?

Are There TWO YHWH's?

Some have suggested that there are two Beings called YHWH?  Is this correct?  What does the Scripture say?

I am YHWH , that is My name; and My esteem I will not give to another. (Isa 42:8)

That men may know that thou, whose Name alone is YHWH, are the Most High over all the earth. (Psa 83:18)

Clearly there is only ONE YHWH.

"Hear, O Israel: YHWH our Elohim, YHWH is ONE (echad)!" (Dt.6:4).

Are There Numerous Dimensions Of The One YHWH?

So is there another apparent contradiction, or is there an answer?  Could it be that there are, instead, numerous aspects / dimensions of the one and only Eternal Being called YHWH, one aspect of which is a “servant” to another?  Would not that be the only way a contradiction is avoided?

Hagar Saw YHWH - The Angel Of Yahweh - And Called Him Mighty One

Genesis 16:7-14 reads,

7 The angel of YHWH found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. 8 He said, "Hagar, Sarai’’s handmaid, where did you come from? Where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai." 9 The angel of YHWH said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands." 10 The angel of YHWH said to her, "I will greatly multiply your seed, that they will not be numbered for multitude." 11 The angel of YHWH said to her, "Behold, you are with child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because YHWH has heard your affliction. 12 He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man’’s hand against him. He will live opposite all of his brothers."  13 She called the name of YHWH who spoke to her, "You are Elohim who sees," for she said, "Have I even stayed alive after seeing him?" 14 Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. Behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

Doesn't Genesis 16:13 clearly state that it was YHWH who spoke to Hagar? Don't 16:7, 9, 10 and 11 clearly state that the person Hagar saw and spoke with was the angel of YHWH? Didn't Hagar understand that she had dealt with the Mighty One?  Concerning this Angel of YHWH, doesn’t Scripture record that YHWH’s Name is in Him?

Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.  Beware of Him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for My Name is in Him.  (Exd 23:20,21)

Is not the person whom Hagar met and spoke with both the angel of YHWH and YHWH? Doesn't this show that the angel of YHWH is called YHWH? Doesn't this mean that there are two dimensions of YHWH, with the lesser being a servant or messenger (angel) of the greater? Isn't it clear that there are indeed TWO ASPECTS of the ONE YHWH?

Abraham Did Not Withhold His Son From The Angel Of YHWH

Genesis 22:11-18 reads,

11 The angel of YHWH called to him out of the sky, and said, "Abraham, Abraham!"
He said, "Here I am."  12 He said, "Don’t lay your hand on the boy, neither do anything to him. For now I know that you fear Elohim, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me."  13 Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 Abraham called the name of that place YHWH-yireh. As it is said to this day, "In YHWH’s mountain it will be provided."  15 The angel of YHWH called to Abraham a second time out of the sky, 16 and said, "I have sworn by myself, says YHWH, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17 that in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies. 18 In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice."

Doesn't 22:12 clearly show that Abraham had not withheld his son from the person who was speaking to Abraham? Wasn't the person who was speaking to Abraham the angel of YHWH? Isn't it therefore clear that Abraham had not withheld his son from the angel of YHWH?

The Angel Of YHWH Is YHWH's Messenger Possessing Great Authority

Doesn't 22:15-18 clearly show the angel of YHWH quoting YHWH  his master, seeing he said that YHWH had sworn by himself whatever it was that he had sworn concerning Abraham? Doesn't this passage reveal that the angel of YHWH was indeed acting as YHWH's messenger, yet possessing great authority himself, seeing he commanded Abraham with the command to offer his son, and then withheld him?

YHWH, The Mighty One Of Abraham And Isaac, Spoke To Jacob

Genesis 28:10-22 reads,

10 Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. 11 He came to a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. He took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep. 12 He dreamed. Behold, a stairway set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. Behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it. 13 Behold, YHWH stood above it, and said, "I am YHWH, the Elohim of Abraham your father, and the Elohim of Isaac. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed. 14 Your seed will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. In you and in your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed. 15 Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you."  16 Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, "Surely YHWH is in this place, and I didn’t know it."  17 He was afraid, and said, "How dreadful is this place! This is none other than Elohim’s house, and this is the gate of heaven." 18 Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it. 19 He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first. 20 Jacob vowed a vow, saying, "If Elohim will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and clothing to put on, 21 so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, and YHWH will be my Elohim, 22 then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be Elohim’s house. Of all that you will give me I will surely give the tenth to you."

Isn't it clear from 28:13 that it was YHWH who spoke to Jacob, Yahweh who is the Mighty One of Abraham and the Mighty One of Isaac?

Jacob Clearly Understood That The Mighty One Of Abraham And Isaac Is The Angel Of YHWH Called YHWH

Genesis 31:1-13 reads,

1 He heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, "Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s. From that which was our father’s, has he gotten all this wealth." 2 Jacob saw the expression on Laban’s face, and, behold, it was not toward him as before. 3 YHWH said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you." 4 Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock, 5 and said to them, "I see the expression on your father’’s face, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me. 6 You know that I have served your father with all of my strength. 7 Your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times, but God didn’t allow him to hurt me. 8 If he said this, ‘‘The speckled will be your wages,’’ then all the flock bore speckled. If he said this, ‘‘The streaked will be your wages,’’ then all the flock bore streaked. 9 Thus Elohim has taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. 10 It happened at the time that the flock conceive, that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats which leaped on the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled. 11 The angel of Elohim said to me in the dream, ‘‘Jacob,’’ and I said, ‘‘Here I am.’’ 12 He said, ‘‘Now lift up your eyes, and behold, all the male goats which leap on the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled, for I have seen all that Laban does to you. 13 I am the Elohim of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get out from this land, and return to the land of your birth."

Doesn't 31:3 clearly state that YHWH commanded Jacob to return to the land of his fathers? Doesn't 31:11 say that the person who spoke to Jacob in the dream was the angel of the Mighty One? Doesn't 31:13 show that the angel of the Mighty One identified himself to Jacob as the Mighty One of Bethel? Doesn't 28:13 show that the Mighty One of Bethel is indeed YHWH, the Mighty One of Abraham and the Mighty One of Isaac? Isn't it therefore clear that the angel of YHWH is called YHWH? Isn't it therefore clear that the angel of YHWH is the Mighty One of Abraham and the Mighty One of Isaac? Isn't it also clear that he is also called the angel of the Mighty One?

Israel Clearly Understood That The Angel Of YHWH Is Mighty One

Genesis 48:15-16 reads,

15 He blessed Joseph, and said, "The Elohim before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the Elohim who has fed me all my life long to this day, 16 the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth."

Didn't Israel clearly understand that the Mighty One before whom his father Abraham and Isaac walked was the same angel who redeemed him from all evil? Doesn't this clearly show that Israel understood that the angel of YHWH was also Mighty One and also called YHWH?

There Are TWO Aspects or Parts of the One YHWH, With One Aspect Being Greater Than The Other

Haven't the scriptures examined above clearly shown that there are TWO ASPECTS / DIMENSIONS of the ONE YHWH, with one being greater than the other? Isn't the lesser aspect of YHWH also called the angel of YHWH, seeing he is messenger (angel) or servant to the greater aspect of YHWH?

The Greater and Lesser Aspects Of YHWH Are The Father and Son

"Why do the nations rage, and the people plot a vain thing: The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against YHWH AND AGAINST HIS ANOINTED, saying, 'Let us break Their bonds in pieces And cast away Their cords from us.' He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; YHWH shall hold them in derision. Then He shall speak to them in His wrath, and distress them in His deep displeasure. 'YET I HAVE SET MY KING ON MY HOLY HILL OF ZION. I will declare the decree, 'YHWH has said to Me, 'YOU ARE MY SON, TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU. Ask of Me, AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE NATIONS FOR YOUR INHERITANCE, And the ends of the earth for Your possession. You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them to pieces like a potter's vessel.' Now therefore, be wise, O kings; be instructed, you judges of the earth. Serve YHWH with fear, And rejoice with trembling. Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, When His wrath is kindled but a little. BLESSED ARE ALL THOSE WHO PUT THEIR TRUST IN HIM." (Ps. 2:1-12)

“And when he again brings the Firstborn into the world, he says, ‘Let all the messengers of Elohim WORSHIP Him.’”  (Deut 32:43, Psa 97:7  LXX and Aramaic Peshitta)

The Lesser Aspect of YHWH Is The Future Messianic Ruler Over Israel

Going back to Ezekiel 34, isn't it now clearly seen that there is indeed no contradiction in there being ONE shepherd over Israel, despite this one shepherd being referred to by two different names - YHWH, and David the servant of YHWH?  Seeing that there are two aspects of the one YHWH, with the lesser aspect being servant to the greater, isn't it now seen that the future Messianic ruler over all earthly nations is the lesser aspect of YHWH?  Isn’t this aspect or part of YHWH also called David, and also called Shiloh?  Further, isn't it clear that the future Messianic ruler is YHWH, the Mighty One of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, also called the angel of YHWH, and David, the servant of Yahweh?

Jer 23:5 Behold, the days come, saith YHWH, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.  6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this [is] his name whereby he shall be called, YHWH OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.  7 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith YHWH, that they shall no more say, YHWH liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;  8 But, YHWH liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land. 

YHWH is the future Messianic ruler, NOT David son of Jesse!