Confirming this new context, Yahweh declares himself to be the Atoning Messiah. It was probably Joseph Smith who added the name Jesus Christ. The original record would have had the title, but not the name. (See commentary accompanying 2 Nephi 25:19.) The declaration that this God is both Father and Son appears to be in this Messianic context. (See 1 Nephi, “Excursus: The Nephite Understanding of God,” following 1 Nephi 11.)