According to Joel, The Lord is Yahwah, in those quotes.
Joel 2:32
And everyone who calls on the name of (the Lord / Yahwah) will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the Lord has said, even among the survivors whom the Lord calls.
Romans 10:13
for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
Romans 10:13 (Jesus is the Lord/YHWH)
Romans 10:13 (cf. Acts 2:21) is taken from Joel 2:32 (3:5 in the Septuagint). Paul applies YHWH from this Old Testament text in reference to Jesus being the "Lord" in Romans 10:13. This demonstrates Jesus is YHWH.
Romans 10:8-14
(8) But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”—that is, the word of faith which we are
preaching,
(9) that if you confess with your mouth
Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised
Him from the dead, you will be saved;
(10)
for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
(11)
For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in
Him will not be disappointed.” (Isaiah 28:16; Romans 9:33)
(12)
For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same
Lord is
Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on
Him;
(13)
for “Whoever will call on the name of the
Lord will be saved.” (Joel 2:32; Joel 3:5 LXX)
(14) How then will they call on
Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in
Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher?
The following are reasons why the "Lord"
does refer to the Lord Jesus in Romans 10:13 (
and Romans 10:12).
1. The pronouns that occur from verse 9-14
all refer back to the "Lord" in reference to Jesus in verse 9.
2. Notice the use of "for" beginning at verse 10. This connects back to the Lord Jesus in verse 9.
In fact, so does the use of "for" in verse 11 - and in verse 12 - and in verse 13. Each
continues the thought concerning what was previously taught which points back to the Lord Jesus in verse 9.
3. Verse 11 - The "Him" refers to Jesus. Paul applied what is written in this passage to the Lord Jesus in Romans 9:33.
4. Verse 12 - The "same Lord" (
not a different 'Lord') refers to the "Lord" Paul just spoke of in verse 9 - in reference to Jesus.
5. Verse 13 - Paul used to persecute those who
called on the name of the Lord Jesus (see Acts 9:14, 21; cf. Galatians 1:23), but he would later
call on His name in reference to Jesus (Acts 22:16). Then, Paul would affirm elsewhere that
all who are Christians call on the name of the Lord in reference to Jesus (see '1 Corinthians 1:2' below).
6. Verse 14 - To
believe in Him is linked with
calling on Him in reference to Jesus (see 'Acts 9:14' above).
Notice also
believing in Him (v. 14) also connects to what Paul just affirmed moments earlier
in reference to Jesus (v. 11; cf. 9:33).
Even earlier within this
same epistle Paul would link the following words and phrases in reference to the Lord Jesus.
Romans 3:9, 22
(9)
both Jews and Greeks are all under sin...
(22) even the righteousness of God through
faith in Jesus Christ for all those who
believe; for there is
no distinction
Romans 10:8, 11-12
(8) ...the word of
faith which we are preaching...
(11) For the Scripture says, "Whoever
believes in Him..."
(12) For there is
no distinction between Jew and Greek
Paul and Peter
Romans 10:11 - 1 Peter 2:6
Romans 10:12 - Acts 10:36
Romans 10:13 - Acts 2:21
1. Paul and Peter wrote that whoever believes in Him (in reference to Jesus) would not be disappointed. (Romans 10:11; 1 Peter 2:6)
2. Paul wrote and Peter spoke that Jesus is "Lord of all." (Romans 10:12; Acts 10:36)
3. Paul wrote and Peter spoke that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord (in reference to Jesus) shall be saved. (Romans 10:13; Acts 2:21)
Finally, one cannot deny the Lord Jesus is YHWH (Romans 10:13) and be a Christian since a major component of the gospel that Paul
preached included this important truth (Romans 10:8).
1 Corinthians 1:2 (All who are Christians)
1 Corinthians 1:2
To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be
saints together with all those who in every place
call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours.
Acts 9:13-14
(13) But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he did to Your
saints at Jerusalem;
(14) and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who
call on Your name.”
We see in the Old Testament a
saint of the Lord would
call upon the Lord (YHWH).
Psalm 31:17, 23
Do not let me be ashamed, O
LORD, for I have
called upon You.
Oh, love the LORD, all you His
saints!
Psalm 106:16
When they envied Moses in the camp,
And Aaron the saint of the LORD
Psalm 99:6
Moses and
Aaron were among His priests,
And Samuel was among those who
called on His name;
They
called upon the LORD and He answered them.
S
aints (Christians) are those who call upon the name of the Lord Jesus knowing that He is YHWH.
This applies to
all who are Christians - "all those in every place" (1 Corinthians 1:2).