The titles and Identity of Jesus Christ

Creator and Sustainer of All Things

All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. (John 1:3)

For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. (Colossians 1: 16-17)

…He giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
For in him we live, and move, and have our being (Acts 17: 25-28)


The Word Of God

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1: 1)

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1: 14)

He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. (Revelation 19: 13)


God in the flesh

IMMANUEL Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.  (Isaiah 7:14)
God was manifested in the flesh (1 Timothy 3: 16)

For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of His government and peace
There will be no end,
Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,
To order it and establish it with judgment and justice
From that time forward, even forever.(Isaiah 9:6-7)

GOD:  The voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of the Lord; Make straight in the desert a highway for our God.” (Isaiah 40:3)

I AM: Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.” (John 8: 58)

ALPHA AND OMEGA:  “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” (Revelation 1:8)

THE ALMIGHTY:  “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” (Revelation 1:8)

FIRST AND LAST: Who has performed and done it, calling the generations from the beginning?
‘I, the Lord, am the first; And with the last I am He.’ ” (Isaiah 41: 4)

And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death. (Revelation 1:17-18)

IMAGE OF GOD:  Whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them. (2 Corinthians 4:4)


OLD TESTAMENT TITLES

BRANCH:  In that day the Branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious; (Isaiah 4:2)

ARM OF THE LORD: Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord! Awake as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Are You not the arm that cut Rahab apart, and wounded the serpent? (Isaiah 51:9) Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground.(Isaiah 53:1-2)

CHIEF CORNERSTONE:  The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. (Psalm 118:22)

MESSENGER OF THE COVENANT:  “And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple, even the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight. Behold, He is coming,” says the Lord of hosts. (Malachi 3:1)

“The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear:” (Deuteronomy 18: 15)

REDEEMER:  For I know that my Redeemer lives, and He shall stand at last on the earth; (Job 19:25)

LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS: In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell safely; Now this is His name by which He will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. (Jeremiah 23:6)

JUDGE OF ISRAEL: Now gather yourself in troops, O daughter of troops; He has laid siege against us; They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.(Micah 5:1)

MAN OF SORROWS: He is despised and rejected by men, a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. (Isaiah 53:3)

SEED OF WOMAN: And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel. (Genesis 3:15)

THE SERVANT OF GOD:

“Behold! My Servant whom I uphold,
My Elect One in whom My soul delights!
I have put My Spirit upon Him;
He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
He will not cry out, nor raise His voice,
Nor cause His voice to be heard in the street.
A bruised reed He will not break,
And smoking flax He will not quench;
He will bring forth justice for truth.
He will not fail nor be discouraged,
Till He has established justice in the earth;
And the coastlands shall wait for His law.” (Isaiah 42:1-4)


NEW TESTAMENT TITLES

PRINCE OF LIFE: But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses. (Acts 3:14-15)

LAMB:  All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. (Revelation 13:8)

LAMB OF GOD:  The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! (John 1:29)

OUR PASSOVER: For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.  (1 Corinthians 5:7)

SAVIOUR: For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord. (Luke 2:11)

ADVOCATE:  My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. (1 John 2:1)

DELIVERER:  And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come out of Zion,
And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob; (Romans 11:26)

MEDIATOR: For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus: (1 Timothy 2:5)

HEAD OF THE CHURCH: And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. (Ephesians 1:22-23)

And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. (Colossians 1: 18)

AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH:  looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. (Hebrews 12:2)

AUTHOR OF ETERNAL SALVATION:  And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him: (Hebrews 5:9)

APOSTLE OF OUR PROFESSION:  Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus: (Hebrews 3:1)

CAPTAIN OF SALVATION:  For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. (Hebrews 2:10)

SHEPHERD AND BISHOP OF SOULS:  For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. (1 Peter 2:25)

CHIEF SHEPHERD:  and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away. (1 Peter 5:4)

PROPHET: So they said to Him, “The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a Prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:”  (Luke 24:19)

BELOVED SON: “Behold! My Servant whom I have chosen, My Beloved in whom My soul is well pleased! I will put My Spirit upon Him, and He will declare justice to the Gentiles. (Matthew 12:18)

MESSIAH:  He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated, the Christ). (John 1:41)

CHRIST OF GOD: He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered and said, “The Christ of God.” (Luke 9:20)
Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” (Matthew 16: 16)

JESUS:  And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins. (Matthew 1:21)

JESUS OF NAZARETH: So the multitudes said, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee.” (Matthew 21:11)

CONSOLATION OF ISRAEL:  And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. (Luke 2:25)

FAITHFUL WITNESS:  And from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood: (Revelation 1:5)

CREATOR, SUSTAINER AND HEIR OF ALL THINGS:  God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. (Hebrews 1:1-4)

BLESSED AND ONLY POTENTATE:  which He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate: (1 Timothy 6:15)

HOLY ONE: But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you: (Acts 3:14)

HOLY ONE OF GOD:  “Let us alone! What have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!” (Mark 1:24)

THE JUST ONE:  Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers: (Acts 7:52)

MORNING STAR:  “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.” (Revelation 22:16)

AMEN:  “And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write, ‘These things says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God: (Revelation 3:14)

ROCK:   And all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ. (1 Corinthians 10:4)

FORERUNNER: Where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. (Hebrews 6:20)

GREAT HIGH PRIEST:  Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. (Hebrews 4:14)

Called by God as High Priest “according to the order of Melchizedek:” (Hebrews 5: 10)

THE LAST ADAM:   And so it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. (1 Corinthians 15:45)

THE FIRST BORN FROM THE DEAD: The firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. (Colossians 1: 18)
But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. (1 Corinthians 15: 20)
….that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. (Romans 8: 29)


King of Kings

KING OF THE JEWS:  “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him.” (Matthew 2:2)

KING:  “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation,
Lowly and riding on a donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey. (Zechariah 9:9)

KING OF THE AGES:  Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. (1 Timothy 1:17)

KING OF KINGS:  He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords, (1 Timothy 6:15)

KING OF SAINTS:  They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying:
“Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty!
Just and true are Your ways, O King of the saints! (Revelation 15:3)

LORD OF ALL: The word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ—He is Lord of all—(Acts 10:36)

LORD OF GLORY: which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. (1 Corinthians 2:8)


The Son of God

SON OF GOD: And was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called My Son.” (Matthew 2:15)

SON OF THE BLESSED:  But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? (Mark 14:61)
SON OF THE LIVING GOD: Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” (Matthew 16: 16)

ONLY BEGOTTEN SON:  No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him. (John 1:18)

SON OF THE HIGHEST: He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.  (Luke 1:32)


The Son of David

SON OF DAVID: The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham: (Matthew 1:1)

ROOT OF DAVID: I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. (Revelation 22:16)

HORN OF SALVATION: And has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David: (Luke 1:69)

RULER: “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.” (Micah 5: 2)

‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the rulers of Judah;
For out of you shall come a Ruler who will shepherd My people Israel.’ (Matthew 2:6)

LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH:  But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals.” (Revelation 5:5)

SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS:  But to you who fear My name the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings; And you shall go out and grow fat like stall-fed calves. (Malachi 4:2)

WORD OF GOD: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1)

He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.  (Revelation 19:13)


I Am

BREAD OF LIFE: And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst. (John 6:35)

RESURRECTION AND LIFE: Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.” (John 11:25)

LIGHT OF THE WORLD: “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” (John 8:12)

THE DOOR:  Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. (John 10:7-9)

GOOD SHEPHERD: “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.” (John 10:11)

THE WAY, THE TRUTH, THE LIFE:  Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. (John 14:6)

TRUE VINE:  “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. (John 15:1)


He Shall be Called…

SON OF THE HIGHEST: He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.  (Luke 1:32)

For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9: 6)

In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel will dwell safely; Now this is His name by which He will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. (Jeremiah 23: 6)

“Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.” (Matthew 1: 23)

And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins. (Matthew 1: 21)

And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, “He shall be called a Nazarene.” (Matthew 2:23)

And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God. (Luke 1: 35)

Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. (Revelation 19: 11)

He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. (Revelation 19: 13)