Cheryl Schatz

NN,
The Scripture you quoted is one of prophecy about a future time. Context:

Psalm 2:6–9 (NASB95)
6 “But as for Me, I have installed My King
Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”

7 “I will surely tell of the decree of the LORD:
He said to Me, ‘You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.
8 ‘Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance,
And the very ends of the earth as Your possession.
9 ‘You shall break them with a rod of iron,
You shall shatter them like earthenware.’ ”

This is written as prophecy about a future time and the book of Hebrews confirms this passage refers to Christ after his resurrection when he became High Priest:

Hebrews 5:5 (NASB95)
5 So also Christ did not glorify Himself so as to become a high priest, but He who said to Him,
“YOU ARE MY SON,
TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU”;

My challenge still stands. Please show any scripture that calls God “the Christ” before the incarnation. A prophesy about the incarnation and fulfilled only through the incarnation certainly does not qualify. Any Scripture that calls the LORD of hosts as The Christ would do. Or any Scripture that calls the LORD God as The Christ would be sufficient. Any Scripture outside of the incarnation will do. No doubt at all that Psalms 2 is about the incarnation. Perhaps you have a commentary from a reputable scholar who suggests that Psalms 2 calls God the Christ outside of the incarnation.

I will get to your other tome when I have much more time.

I appreciate anytime someone tries to answer me. Go ahead and search some more and see what you can find outside the incarnation. I have never seen it, but then I subject myself to learning when the Scriptures speak otherwise.