Jesus was known as Jehovah by the Old Testament prophets (see Abraham 1:16; Exodus 6:3). The prophets were shown of His coming: ?Behold the Lamb of God, yea, even the Son of the Eternal Father!? (1 Nephi 11:21; see also John 1:14). condimentum.
His mother was told, ?Call his name Jesus. ? He
shall be ? called the Son of the Highest? (Luke 1:31?32).
Many titles and names are descriptive of His divine mission and
ministry. He Himself taught: ?I am the light and the life of the
world. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end? (3 Nephi
9:18). ?I am ? your advocate with the Father? (D&C 29:5; see also D&C
110:14). ?I am the good shepherd? (John 10:11). ?I am Messiah, the
King of Zion, the Rock of Heaven? (Moses 7:53). ?I am the bread of
life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger [or] thirst? (John
6:35). ?I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman? (John
15:1). ?I am the resurrection, and the life? (John 11:25). ?I am ? the
bright and morning star? (Revelation 22:16), ?Jesus Christ, your
Redeemer, the Great I Am? (D&C 29:1).??He is the Mediator (see 1
Timothy 2:5), the Savior (see Luke 2:11), the Redeemer (see D&C
18:47), the Head of the Church (see Ephesians 5:23), its Chief
Cornerstone (see Ephesians 2:20). At the last day, ?God shall judge ?
men by Jesus Christ according to [the] gospel? (Romans 2:16; see also
Mormon 3:20).???God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten
Son? (John 3:16); ?wherefore, redemption cometh in and through the
Holy Messiah; for he is full of grace and truth? (2 Nephi 2:6).??The
Prophet Joseph Smith was often asked, ?What are the fundamental
principles of your religion???
?The fundamental principles of our religion are the testimony of the
Apostles and Prophets, concerning Jesus Christ, that He died, was
buried, and rose again the third day, and ascended into heaven; and
all other things which pertain to our religion are only appendages to
it.?1
