Aside from the clear inferences to the plurality of God at Creation, we find another clear inference later in Genesis:
“The sun had risen upon the earth when Lot entered Zoar. Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the Lord out of the heavens.” (Genesis 19:23-24 NKJV)
In Psalms the “two Lords” appear again:
“The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.” (Psalms 110:1 NKJV)
More is revealed of the nature of the relationship between the “two Lords” in Psalm 2:
“I will declare the decree: The Lord has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. Serve the Lord 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.” (Psalms 2:7, 11-12 NKJV)
Note “Kiss the Son” it’s an explicit call to worship the Son.
Jesus Himself develops the theme of Psalm 110:1:
“While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?” They said to Him, “ The Son of David.” He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool” ’? If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his Son?” And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that day on did anyone dare question Him anymore.” (Matthew 22:41-46 NKJV)
In Psalm 110 David is addressing His Lord in the present tense and in Matthew 22 Jesus is implicating Himself as being the one He was addressing. How can He be both His son and Lord simultaneously? Its a subtle variation on John 8:58 “Before Abraham was I am”. But its more than just a point about pre existence. It goes to the heart of the Messiah having divine status.
The degree or nature of the lordship is not specified by the word alone – it is only implied that the Lord here mentioned is King David’s Lord, and in this light Jesus uses this passage to prove the divinity of the Messiah, or, at least, His superiority to Davidic Kings – God’s highest ordained authority, acting in His place.
How can the future Messiah be David’s “Lord,” if He isn’t pre-existent – isn’t God – isn’t more father to David than son? “How does David then call thim Lord?” (Matthew 22:43). That is what Jesus was trying to get the Jews present to admit, but they were dumbfounded into silence.
When David refers to the Messiah, therefore (something conceded by the Jews of Jesus’ day), and calls him “my Lord,” he means that he is the king of the king himself – that is to say, greater than God’s highest authority on earth. “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool”, the place of highest honour to which of course Jesus returned after His ascension. Not only do they share the same Title “Lord”, they occupy the same throne. They did before Jesus First Coming and they do before His Second Coming.
OTHER PASSAGES SHOWING CHRIST IN GLORY
“But he [Stephen], being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, and said, “Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!” (Acts 7:55-56 NKJV)
“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 NKJV)
“But to which of the angels has He ever said: “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool”?” (Hebrews 1:13 NKJV)
“And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool.” (Hebrews 10:11-13 NKJV)
To remove all doubt the words Jesus chose to break His silence before the high priest leave no room for debate:
“But He kept silent and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked Him, saying to Him, “Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?” Jesus said, “I am. And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.” (Mark 14:61-62 NKJV)
CONCLUSIONS
The Bible Old and New Testaments prove the plurality of God, that God’s Son is also divine and to be worshipped and that the Messiah is Son of God, sharing the same titles and the same throne as the Father. And since God said:
“I am the Lord , that is My name; And My glory I will not give to another, Nor My praise to carved images.” (Isaiah 42:8 NKJV)
And yet Jesus demands the same honour (John 5:23), enjoys the Father’s love and shares the same glory FROM ETERNITY:
“And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was. “Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.” (John 17:5, 24 NKJV)
the inescapable conclusion is that they are the One and same God.