1st. That the Person identified by this name of office is Jehovah, as is shown by the use, in numerous passages, of the two names interchangeably. The word Melach, it may be observed, is, when coupled with the name Jehovah, and when used separately or interchangeably, with the same personal reference, always in the singular number; and, when coupled with that name, generally precedes it; by which circumstances, and the relations in which it occurs separately, all confusion as to its reference is precluded. 2d. From the consideration that this rendering corresponds with the official character of the Person designated. His office is that of a messenger, sent of the Father--the Mediator, the Christ. The designation in question is in no instance applied to any created angel, and no doubt it was intended to distinguish the delegated Person from the Father who sent him. But to render it, the angel or messenger _of_ Jehovah, especially in sentences in which the Person designated is called Melach Jehovah, and also called Jehovah, Adonai, or Elohim, is not to distinguish but to confuse. 3d. This rendering comports with the official agency of the delegated Person, as the creator, upholder, lawgiver, and ruler of all creatures. The works ascribed to him are, in the same sentences and connections, ascribed to Jehovah. 4th. It comports with the designation by which, when he became incarnate, he was familiarly known, and which is translated _Lord_, as the equivalent of the name _Jehovah_ in Hebrew. Thus, Luke ii. 11, he is announced as the "Saviour, which is Christ _the_ Lord." Campbell renders it, _The Lord Messiah_. The sense is the same as that of _Jehovah who is the Messiah_, or the Messenger _who is_ Jehovah, or the Anointed _who is_ Jehovah. Again, when Thomas saw him after his resurrection, he exclaimed, "My Lord and my God"--my Jehovah and my Elohe. John xx. 5th. It comports with Hebrew usage in other cases. The instances are common in which particular persons are designated by two words in apposition, indicating different characteristics. Thus, 1 Kings iv. 1: "So king Solomon was king over all Israel;" literally, so was _the_ king, Solomon (or, who is Solomon) king, &c. Ibid. vii. 13, 14: And _the_ king, Solomon, sent and fetched Hiram, son of a _woman_, a _widow_--_i. e._, _a woman who was a widow_; and xvii. 9, a woman (_who is_) a widow. Deut. xxii. 23, 28: A _damsel_, a _virgin_--_i. e._, a damsel who is a virgin.