Jesus was born IN THE FLESH 30 years before God MADE HIM
TO BE both Lord (Kurios not Theos) and Christ (God anointed) or
Sanctified and sent Jesus after He was baptized.
All of the faithful are Sons of God but by simple English this
does not say "Jesus is the anointed DEITY."
John 20:31 But these are
written, that ye might believe
that Jesus is the
Christ, the SON OF GOD
and that believing ye
might have life through his name.
THE ONLY TRUE GOD Anointed or made Jesus TO BE both Lord and
CHRIST.
1Tim. 2:5 For there is ONE GOD,
and one mediator between
God and men,
the MAN Christ
Jesus;
1Tim. 5:21 I charge thee
before God, [Theos]
and the Lord [Kurios]
Jesus Christ,
and the elect
angels, that thou observe these things
without preferring one
before another, doing nothing by partiality.
2Pet. 1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and an
apostle of Jesus Christ,
to them that have
obtained like precious faith with us
through the RIGHTEOUS
of God
AND our SAVIOUR
Jesus Christ:
2Pet. 1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you
through the knowledge
of God,
AND
of Jesus our Lord,
2Pet. 1:3 According as his divine power hath given unto us
all things that pertain
unto life and godliness,
through the knowledge of
him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
2Pet. 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and
precious promises:
that by these ye might
be partakers of the divine nature,
having escaped the
corruption that is in the world through lust.
g2304. theios, thi´-os; from 2316; godlike
(neuter as noun, divinity): — divine, godhead
g2316. theos, theh´-os; of uncertain affinity; a
deity, especially (with 3588) the supreme Divinity;
figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very: — x exceeding,
God, god(-ly, -ward).
Jesus came IN THE FLESH and was neither LORD NOR CHRIST until:
Acts 2:36 Therefore let all the
house of Israel know assuredly,
that God hath MADE
that same Jesus,
whom ye have crucified,
both Lord and Christ.
Rom. 14:9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and
revived,
that he might be Lord
both of the dead and living.
Heb. 13:20 Now the GOD of peace,
that brought again from
the dead our LORD Jesus,
that great shepherd
of the sheep,
through the blood of the
everlasting covenant,
1Pet. 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath
begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of
Jesus Christ from the dead,
g2304. theios, thi´-os; from 2316; godlike (neuter as
noun, divinity): — divine, godhead
John also wrote to debunk the Greek-Jewish Synagogue of Satan
teaching that Jesus WAS the God of the Old Testament.
John 1:17 For the law was given
by Moses,
but grace and truth came
by Jesus Christ.
John 17:3 And this is life eternal,
that they might know
thee the only true God,
AND Jesus Christ, whom
thou hast sent.
John 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you,
that in me ye might have
peace.
In the world ye shall
have tribulation:
but be of good cheer; I
have OVERCOME the world.
g3528. nikao, nik-ah´-o;
from 3529; to subdue (literally or figuratively): — conquer,
overcome, prevail, get the victory.
g3529. nike, nee´-kay; apparently a primary word; conquest
(abstractly), i.e. (figuratively) the means of success: —
victory.
Her Roman equivalent ..... Aphrodite · Apollo
· Ares · Artemis · Athena · Demeter · Dionysus · Hephaestus ·
Hera · Hermes [Kairos]
John 17:1 These words spake
Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said,
FATHER, the hour
is come;
glorify thy SON,
that thy Son also may
glorify thee:
John 17:2 As THOU hast given him power over all flesh,
that he should give
eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
John 17:3 And this is life eternal,
that they might know
thee
the ONLY TRUE GOD
AND
Jesus Christ, whom thou
hast sent.
John 17:4 I have glorified thee on the earth:
I have finished the work
which thou gavest me to do.
John 17:5 And now,
O Father, glorify thou
me with thine own self
with the glory which I
had with thee before the WORLD was.
Jesus was from ABOVE but the people of the WORLD, Kosmos,
Ecumenical or the kingdom of the Devil.
He said that those OF the World were from BENEATH or Tartarus.
The War in heaven is beyond our grasp.
Eccl. 12:7 Then shall the dust
return to the earth as it was:
and the SPIRIT
shall return unto God who gave it.
ALL of those for whom Jesus was sent to rescue are the ELECT or
tiny Jewish REMNANT and Gentiles whom God will Call. These
are Lost Spirits residing in DUST or Aborigines as strangers and
sojourners.
Jesus said that He nor His were OF the World and therefore the
Church or Assembly of Christ is a Covert, Umbrellicum or Safe
House to retreat to when the WORLD is working really hard to gain
God''s Approval.
Messianic Jews being favored by "Christians" have the need to
reject the MAN Jesus was SENT from God on mission but was come
from:
Mic. 5:2 But thou, Bethlehem
Ephratah,
though thou be little
among the thousands of Judah,
Yet out of thee
shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in
Israel;
whose goings forth [Prophecy-
Genealogy] have been from of old, from everlasting
h4163. mowtsa}ah, mo-tsaw-aw´; feminine of 4161; a
family descent;
1. “Origins” literally signifies a “going
out,” hence a beginning or birth, and thus the verse is saying
that the birth of the Messiah has been determined, or appointed,
from everlasting.
In contrast to the
Messiah who had an origin, the true God is without origin.
2. The ancient Jews read this verse and
realized that it spoke of the birth and birthplace of the
Messiah. One of the few things the Jews at the time of
Jesus did understand about the Messiah was that he would be born
in Bethlehem (Matt. 2:3-6). Yet of the Jews who read, studied,
and understood the verse, there is no record that any of them
concluded from the wording that Jesus had to be “God incarnate.”
Mic. 5:3 Therefore will he give them up,
until the time that she
which travaileth hath brought forth:
then the remnant of
his BRETHREN shall return unto the children of Israel.
Mic. 5:4 And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the
Lord,
n the majesty of the name
of the Lord his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be
great unto the ends of the earth.
Mic. 5:5 And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian
shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our
palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and
eight principal men.
Mic. 5:6 And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the
sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus
shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our
land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
3. The context of Micah makes it clear that the
“ruler” from Bethlehem will not be God. This ruler will be born,
and have “brothers.” No Jew ever thought God could be
born, and the thought of the Creator of the Heavens and earth
having brothers was absurd to them. These verses are speaking of
God’s anointed king, and the Word declares, not that this ruler
will be God, but rather that Yahweh will be “his God”
(v. 4). Thus, this text of Micah is clear: a child will be born in
Bethlehem and the Israelites will be his brothers, but he will
grow up to deliver and rule the nation and stand in the strength
of Yahweh his God.
Genesis.49.Levi.Cursed.Wait.for.Shiloh
“SON OF MAN” (JOHN 3:13-15)
One such instance is seen in our Lord’s
conversation with Nicodemus, a Pharisee and member of the
Sanhedrin. Having seen the “signs” (used 17 times in John)
Jesus performed, he was honest enough to draw the only
plausible conclusion warranted by that evidence:
“we know that You are a teacher come from
God” (John 3:2).
John 3:2 The same
came to Jesus by night, and said unto him,
Rabbi, we know that
thou art a teacher COME FROM GOD
for no MAN can
do these miracles that thou doest,
EXCEPT God be WITH
him.
If Jesus came from God then He cannot BE God.
John 3:3 Jesus
answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born
again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
John 3:4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born WHEN
he is old?
can he enter the
second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?
John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born
of water and of the Spirit,
he cannot enter into
the kingdom of God.
Heb. 10:22 Let us
draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith,
having our hearts
sprinkled FROM an EVIL CONSCIENCE,
and our bodies
washed [baptized] with pure water
1Pet. 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth
also now save us
(not the putting
away of the filth of the flesh, [Jewish washings]
but the Request
For a good CONSCIENCE
toward God,)
by the resurrection
of Jesus Christ:
After asserting His deity by authoritatively
articulating the only way to enter the kingdom of God (vss.
3-8), Jesus set forth additional teaching:
John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh
is flesh;
and that which is born
of the Spirit is spirit.
John 3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born
again.
John 3:8 The wind bloweth where it listeth,
and thou hearest the
sound thereof,
but canst not tell
whence it cometh, and whither it goeth:
so is every one that is
born of the Spirit.
“No one has ascended to heaven
but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who
is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the
wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that
whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal
life” (John 3:13-15).
In this passage, Jesus issued four
unmitigated affirmations of His divine identity:
John 3:13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven,
but he that came
down from heaven,
even the SON OF MAN
John 3:14 And as Moses lifted up
the serpent in the wilderness,
even so must the
Son of man be LIFTED UP [Crucified]:
Jesus of Nazareth was born IN THE
FLESH. He was SENT from heaven. Jesus is the
Visible-Audible WORD, Spirit, Life, Light etc
John 1:6 There was a MAN
sent from God, whose name was John.
Acts 7:35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee
a ruler and a judge?
the same did GOD SEND to
be a ruler and a deliverer
by the hand of the angel
which appeared to him in the bush.
Acts 10:36 The WORD which God SENT
unto the children of Israel,
preaching peace by Jesus
Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
The Glorified Jesus in the STATE of Holy
Spirit (never a person) presented His blood to God in the
heavenly Tabernacle. He then RETURNED as He promised the
Apostles as the Comforter and in the Upper Room HE "poured
out what was seen and heard."
John 3:15 That whosoever believeth in him SHOULD not
perish, but have eternal life.
Acts 1:4 And,
being assembled together with them,
commanded them
that they should not depart from Jerusalem,
but wait for
the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye
have heard of me.
Acts 2:30 Therefore being a prophet,
and knowing that
God had sworn with an oath to him,
that of the fruit
of his loins, according to the FLESH,
he would
raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
Acts 2:31 He seeing this before spake of the
resurrection of Christ,
that his soul was
not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
Acts 2:32 This Jesus hath God RAISED UP up,
whereof we all are witnesses.
Acts 2:33 Therefore being by the RIGHT HAND of
God exalted,
and having
received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost,
HE hath
shed forth this,
which ye now see
and hear.
Acts 2:34 For David is not ascended into the heavens:
but he saith
himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my
right hand,
Acts 2:35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
Acts 2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know
assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye
have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
John 3:17 For God
sent not his Son
Into the world to
condemn the world;
but that the world
through him might be saved.
John 10:36 Say ye of him,
whom the Father hath
SANCTIFIED, [at Baptism]
and SENT into
the world,
Thou blasphemest;
because I said, I am the Son of
God?
John 3:18 He that
believeth on him is not condemned:
but he that believeth
not is condemned already,
because he hath
not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
In fact, one would have to inhabit
eternity and be preexistent to offer eternal
life to finite beings (cf. John 6:62).
Jesus was born IN
THE FLESH 30 years before He was SENT from HEAVEN. Jesus was SON as WORD.
John 6:62 What and if ye shall see the SON OF
MAN ascend up where he was before?
The Visible-Audible WORD of
God; the Visible LIGHT and GRACE which TEACHES
were before the Spiritual Kingdom. It does
not come with OBSERVATION meaning RELIGIOUS
observations and God will not be worshipped in
HOUSES built by human hands nor by the WORKS of
Human Hands. We come OUTSIDE to REST and
LEARN of ME. The Word or Logos is God's
Regulative Principle: it outlaws speakers, singers
or instrument players. The commanded PATTERN
even in the wilderness was to hear PREACHING which
is now READING the Word once a week in the
assembly.
John 6:63 It is
the SPIRIT that
quickeneth;
the flesh
profiteth nothing:
the WORDS
that I speak unto you,
they are SPIRIT,
and they are LIFE.
John 6:31 Our
fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written,
He gave them bread
from heaven to eat.
Everything comes FROM GOD.
However, Moses was God's Instrumental Means.
John 6:32 Then Jesus
said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Moses gave you NOT
that bread from heaven;
but my Father giveth
you the true bread from heaven.
John 6:33 For the BREAD of God is he which
cometh down from heaven,
and giveth life
unto the world.
John 6:34 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give
us this bread.
John
6:35 And Jesus said unto them,
I am the BREAD
of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger;
and he that believeth
on me shall never thirst.
John 6:36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me,
and believe not.
John 6:37 All that the FATHER GIVETH me
shall come to me;
and him that cometh to
me I will in no wise cast out.
John 6:57 As the
living Father hath SENT me,
and I LIVE by
the Father:
so he that EATETH
me, even he shall live BY me.
John 6:58 This is that BREAD which came down from
heaven:
not as your fathers
did eat manna, and are dead:
he that eateth of this
bread shall live for ever.
John 6:61 When
Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it,
he said unto them,
Doth this offend you?
John 6:62 What and if ye shall see the SON OF MAN
ascend up where he was before?
John 6:63 It is the SPIRIT
that quickeneth;
the flesh
profiteth nothing:
the WORDS that
I speak unto you,
they are SPIRIT,
and they are LIFE.
John 6:64 But there are some of you that believe not.
For Jesus knew from
the beginning who they were that believed not, and who
should betray him.
John 6:65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you,
that no man can come
unto me,
except it were given
unto him of my Father.
John 6:43 Jesus therefore
answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.
John 6:44 No man can come to me,
except the Father which
hath sent me DRAW him:
and I will raise him up
at the last day.
John 6:45 It is written in the prophets,
And they shall be all TAUGHT
OF GOD.
Every man therefore that
hath heard,
and hath learned
of the Father, cometh unto me.
Background
Twice in the text of John 3:13-15, Jesus
refers to himself as “the Son of Man” (also John 1:51;
5:27; 6:27,53,62; 8:28; 9:35; 12:23; 13:31).
The SEED or SPERM of David or Abraham is a story line running
through the Scriptures. If God can SPEAK as the SEED of the
KINGDOM He could preserve the SEED of David. Mary CONCEIVED in her
womb and Jesus was born IN THE FLESH 30 or more years before He
was Appointed, Sactified (at baptism) and SENT. This qualified Him
to BECOME a Priest. The fulfilling of Prophecy is THE big
point.
Rom. 1:1 Paul, a
servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated
unto the gospel of God,
Rom. 1:2 (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the
holy scriptures,)
Rom. 1:3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our LORD,
which was made of the
SEED of David according to the FLESH;
Rom. 1:4 And DECLARED
to be the Son of God with power,
according to the
spirit OF holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
A "divine" person is one who obeys DEITY who cannot
be murdered except rhetorically each NOT-the-Lord's day.
Rev. 1:5
And from Jesus Christ,
who is the faithful
witness,
and the first
begotten of the dead,
and the prince of the
kings of the earth.
Unto him that loved
us,
and washed us from our
sins in his own blood,
John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must
worship him in spirit and in truth.
Luke 24:39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself:
handle me, and see; for
a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
1Pet. 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the
just for the unjust,
that he might bring us
to God,
being put
to death IN the flesh,
but quickened BY the Spirit:
Rom. 1:5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship,
for obedience
to the faith among all nations, for his name:
Rom. 1:6 Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
Rom. 1:7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to
be saints:
Grace to you and peace
from
God our Father,
AND
the Lord Jesus Christ.
Matt. 17:5 While
he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them:
and behold a voice out
of the cloud, which said,
This is my beloved
Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
Mark 1:11 And there came a voice from heaven, saying,
Thou art my beloved
Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Luke 3:22 And the Holy SPIRIT descended in a
bodily shape like a dove upon him,
and a VOICE
came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in
thee I am well pleased.
John 10:36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified,
and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I
am the Son of God?
What is the background of this construction?
The phrase “son of man” is actually a Hebrew idiom.
A son OF Man IS a
MAN. Jesus wants both male and female to be silent "so that
we can all be SAFE and come to a knowledge of THE TRUTH
which is THE WORD, Logos or Regulative principle. Both male
and female performance speakers CLAIM to be and CLAIM a wage
to ENHANCE the Word of God.
1Tim. 2:5 For there is ONE and one mediator between God and
men, the man Christ Jesu
Luke 24:36 ¶ And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in
the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
Luke 24:37 But they were terrified and affrighted, and
supposed that they had seen a spirit.
Luke 24:38 And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why
do thoughts arise in your hearts?
Luke 24:39 Behold my hands and my feet,
that it is I myself:
handle me, and see;
for a spirit hath not
flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
Luke 24:44 And he said unto them,
These are the words
which I spake unto you,
while I was YET
with you,
that all things must be
fulfilled,
which were written in
the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms,
CONCERNING ME.
Luke 24:45 Then OPENED he their UNDERSTANDING,
that they might
understand the scriptures,
He opened their understanding by SAYING:
Luke 24:46 And said unto them,
Thus it is written, and
thus it behoved Christ to suffer,
and to rise from the
dead the third day:
Luke 24:47 And that repentance and remission
of sins
should be preached in
his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Luke 24:48 And ye are WITNESS of these things.
Luke 24:49 And, behold, I send the PROMISE of my
Father upon you:
but tarry ye in the city
of Jerusalem,
until ye be endued
with power from on high.
The PROMISE of God
or the Holy Spirit is the Evangelic Office as Head of His
Church and the ONLY teachers when APT elders teach that
which HAS BEEN TAUGHT.
Acts 2:32 This JESUS
hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
Acts 2:33
Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted,
and having received
of the Father the
promise [the
thing promised] of the Holy Ghost,
HE hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
epagg-elia as law-term, e.
(sc. dokimasias)
summons to attend a dokimasia
tōn
rhētorōn
offer, promise,
profession, undertaking
dokimasi 4.
d.
tōn
rhētorōn
a judicial process to determine the right
of a man to speak in the ekklēsia
or in the law-courts
HEB
9:[15] For this reason he is the mediator of a new
covenant, since a death has occurred for the redemption of
the transgressions that were under the first covenant,
that those who have been called may receive the promise of
the eternal inheritance. [16] For where a last will and
testament is, there must of necessity be the death of him
who made it.
g1860. epaggelia, ep-ang-el-ee´-ah; from 1861; an
announcement (for information, assent or pledge; especially
a divine assurance of good): — message, promise.
g1861. epaggello, ep-ang-el´-lo; from 1909 and the base of
32; to announce upon (reflexively), i.e. (by implication) to
engage to do something, to assert something respecting
oneself: — profess, (make) promise
Eph. 1:13 In whom ye also trusted,
after that ye heard
t
he word of truth, the
gospel of your salvation:
in whom also after
that ye believed,
ye were sealed with
that holy Spirit of promise,
4972. sfragi÷zw sphragizo, sfrag-id´-zo; from 4973; to stamp
(with a signet or private mark) for security or preservation
(literally or figuratively); by implication, to keep secret,
to attest: — (set a, set to) seal up, stop.
Luke 24:49 And,
behold, I SEND the promise of my Father upon you:
but tarry ye in the
city of Jerusalem,
until ye be endued
with power from on high.
Acts 1:4 And, being assembled together with them,
commanded them that
they should not depart from Jerusalem,
but wait for the
promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
Acts 2:33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted,
and having
received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost,
he hath shed forth
this, which ye now see and hear.
Significance
“The son of man” was Jesus’ favorite way
to refer to Himself (50 times—McClintock and Strong, 9:879).
He undoubtedly wanted people to know
that though He is God, when He came to the
Earth, He came in human form and became fully human by taking
on all the frailties of human flesh:
Let this mind be in you which was also
in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not
consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself
of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant,
and coming in the likeness of men. And being
found in appearance as a man, He humbled
Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the
death of the cross (Philippians 2:5-8, emp. added).
The MAN Jesus of Nazareth was born of the SEED of David THIRTY
YEARS before God appointed Him to the priestly office of both
Lord (Kurios not Theos) and Christ (anointed) or Sanctified and
sent AFTER He was confessed as the SON of God by the FATHER.
1Cor. 11:7 For a man
indeed ought not to cover his head,
forasmuch as he is the
image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of
the man.
2Cor. 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath
blinded the minds of them which believe not,
lest the light of the
glorious gospel of Christ, who is the IMAGE of God,
should shine unto them
ĭmāgo
, a representation, likeness (usu.
of a person), statue, bust, picture
A. In
gen., an image or likeness of a
thing formed in the mind, a conception, thought,
imagination, idea:
eikōn
, metaph., living image, representation, “ei.
zōsa
tou
Dios”
Phil. 2:6 Who, being in
the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal
[(through the idea of seeming); similar (in amount and
kind)] with God: 6 hos en morphē theou huparkhōn oukh harpagmon hēgēsato to einai isa theō,
Paul
did not say that Jesus WAS GOD from all eternity past:
Godhead means "divine nature" and not being filled with
the infinite Almighty.
Forma
contour, figure, shape, appearance
(In poet. circumlocution with gen.: astra
tenent caeleste solum formaeque deorum, the forms of
gods, for gods, Ov. M. 1, 73:
“formae
ferarum,”
id. ib. 2, 78: “ursi
ac
formae
magnorum
luporum,”
Verg. A. 7, 18: “formae
ingentis
leo,”
2. An outline, plan,
design (of an architect, etc.): “cum
formam
videro,
quale
aedificium
futurum
sit,
scire
possum,”
Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1:
3. A model after which any thing
is made, a pattern, stamp, last
(of a shoemaker),
4. A mould which gives form to something:
In actuality, the expression “son of
man” occurs only one time in the Old Testament to refer
exclusively to Jesus, the Messiah: Daniel 7:13. Herein likely
lies the deeper significance of Jesus’ use of the term. It is
to this verse that Jesus linked Himself when He came to Earth:
I was watching in the night visions,
and behold,
One like the Son
of Man, coming with the clouds of heaven!
He came to the Ancient
of Days, and they brought Him near before Him.
Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a
kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should
serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which
shall not pass away, and His kingdom the one which shall not
be destroyed (Daniel 7:13-14).
Dan. 7:9 I
beheld till the thrones were cast down,
and the ANCIENT
OF DAYS did sit,
whose garment
was white as snow,
and the hair of his
head like the pure wool:
his throne was like
the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning
fire.
g1534. galgal,
gal-gal´; by reduplication from 1556; a wheel; by analogy,
a whirlwind; also dust (as whirled):—heaven, rolling
thing, wheel.
Dan. 7:10 A fiery
stream issued and came forth from before him:
thousand thousands
ministered unto him,
and ten thousand
times ten thousand stood before him:
the judgment was
set, and the books were opened.
Dan. 7:11 I
beheld then because of the voice of the great words
which the horn spake:
I beheld even
till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed,
and given to the burning flame.
Dan. 7:12 As concerning the rest of the beasts,
they had their
dominion taken away:
yet their lives were
prolonged for a season and time.
While perhaps most of the “scholarly
world” now rejects the identification of “son of man” in
Daniel 7:13 with Jesus, the evidence nevertheless points to
that very conclusion
Dan. 7:13 I saw
in the night visions,
and, behold, one
like the SON OF MAN
came with the clouds of heaven,
and CAME TO the Ancient
of days, and they brought him near before
him.
Dan. 7:14 And there was given him [the Son] dominion,
and glory, and a kingdom,
that all people,
nations, and languages, should serve him:
his dominion is an
everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away,
and his kingdom that
which shall not be destroyed
Indeed, the features of the prophecy
match perfectly with the multiple specific affirmations made
in the New Testament regarding the person of Jesus, depicted
first and foremost in the incident recorded in Acts 1:9-11:
Acts 1:2 Until the day in which
he was taken up,
after that HE
through the Holy SPIRIT
had given COMMANDMENTS unto the apostles
whom he had chosen:
Spirit is never a person but the "mental
disposition of God or Man." Spirit is a figurative or
Parable word to define how God ALWAYS Puts His WORDS into
the MOUTH of A Moses, the Prophets and lastly Jesus.
Acts 1:3 To whom also he shewed himself alive after his
passion by many infallible proofs,
being seen of them forty
days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of
God:
Acts 1:4 And, being assembled together with them,
commanded them that they
should not depart from Jerusalem,
but wait for the PROMISE
of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
Acts 1:5 For John truly baptized with water;
but YE shall be
baptized with the Holy Ghost NOT MANY DAYS HENCE. many
days hence.
Jesus in the STATE of Holy Spirit
returned as promised to the Upper Room and Poured out what YOU
see and Hear.
Acts 1:6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of
him,
saying, LORD,
[Kurios] wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to
Israel?
Acts 1:7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the
times or the seasons
which the FATHER
hath put in his own power.
Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power,
after that the Holy SPIRIT is come upon YOU:
and ye shall be
witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea,
and in Samaria,
and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Acts 1:9 And when he had spoken these things,
while they beheld, he
was taken up;
and a cloud received him
out of their sight.
Acts 1:10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he
went up,
behold, two men
stood by them in white apparel;
Acts 1:11 Which also said, Ye
men of Galilee,
why stand ye gazing up
into heaven?
this same Jesus, which
is taken up from you into heaven,
shall so come in like
manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
Jesus promised I will come to you. Jesus appeared as tongues
of FIRE and Spirit to the Apostles and never to anyone else. ”
Observe carefully how Daniel 7 and Acts
1 harmonize with each other perfectly—Daniel giving details
from the perspective of heaven and Luke giving the same
details from the perspective of Earth where the incident
commenced.
Neither in prophecy
or fulfillment was the SON OF MAN ever GOD THE FATHER.
Since the expression “son of man”
well describes Jesus in His earthly form, it fits that He
would be so designated in Daniel 7:13 to refer to His post-resurrection,
pre-ascension condition.
Matt. 17:2 And was
transfigured before them:
and his face did shine
as the sun,
and his raiment was
white as the light.
Matt. 17:5 While he yet spake,
behold, a bright cloud
overshadowed them:
and behold a voice out
of the cloud,
which said, This
is my beloved Son,
in whom I am well
pleased; hear ye him.
Matt. 17:6 And when
the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were
sore afraid.
Matt. 17:12 But I say unto you,
That ELIAS is come already, and
they knew him not,
but have done unto him
whatsoever they listed.
Likewise
shall also the SON OF MAN
suffer of them.
Matt. 17:13 Then the disciples understood
that he spake unto
them of John the Baptist.
Luke 3:4 As it is written in the book
of the words of Esaias the prophet,
saying, The voice of
one crying in the wilderness,
Prepare ye the way of
the LORD, make his paths straight.
Is. 42:15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up
all their herbs;
and I will make the
rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
Is. 42:16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew
not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I
will make darkness light before them, and crooked
things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not
forsake them.
Jesus linked His humanity with His DIVINITY
by embedding the phrase in the midst of multiple affirmations of
His eternality. The same may be said of the way He would use the
phrases “son of man” and “son of God” interchangeably (e.g.,
John 1:49-51; Matthew 26:63-64). “The son of man” was not only
the quintessential human being—the ultimate human—He was
simultaneously God in the flesh.
1John 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the
CHRIST?
He is ANTICHRIST,
that denieth the Father AND the Son.
1Tim. 2:5
For there is ONE GOD
and one mediator between God and
men,
the MAN Christ Jesus;
2John 7 For many DECEIVERS
are entered into the world,
who confess not that
Jesus Christ is COME IN THE FLESH.
This is a deceiver and
an ANTICHRIST
1Tim. 2:5
For there is ONE GOD
and one mediator between God and
men,
the MAN Christ Jesus;
John 1:49 Nathanael
answered and saith unto him,
Rabbi, thou art the SON OF GOD.
thou art the King
of Israel.
Jesus was
declared to be "MY beloved SON after he was baptized."
He was not anointed as Lord and Christ until 30 years after
he CAME IN THE FLESH.
Rom. 14:9 For to this end Christ
both died, and rose, and revived,
that he might be Lord
both of the dead and living.
Rom. 14:11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord,
every knee shall bow to
ME,
and every tongue shall
confess to GOD.
ME is in no sense GOD.
John 1:50 Jesus
answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee,
I saw thee under the fig
tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than
these.
John 1:51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto
you,
Hereafter ye shall see
heaven open,
and the angels of GOD ascending and descending
upon the SON OF MAN
the SON OF MAN is not GOD
“SON OF GOD” (JOHN 5:18-26)
In the section immediately preceding
John 5:18, Jesus healed a man who had been an invalid for 38
years. Rather than drawing the only logical conclusion,
i.e., that Jesus is God, the Jews persecuted Jesus on
the basis of His having healed the man on the Sabbath.
John 5:16 And
therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay
him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
John 5:17 But Jesus answered them,
My Father
worketh hitherto, and I work.
John 5:18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill
him,
because he
not only had broken the sabbath,
but said also
that God was his Father,
making
himself equal with God.
JESUS CALLED THEM LIARS.
John 5:19 Then
answered Jesus and said unto them,
Verily, verily, I
say unto you,
The SON can do
NOTHING of himself,
but what he seeth
the Father do:
for what things
soever he doeth,
these also doeth the
Son likewise.
John 5:20 For the Father loveth the Son,
and sheweth him all
things that himself doeth:
and he will shew him
greater works than these, that ye may marvel.
John 5:21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead,
and quickeneth them;
even so the Son
quickeneth whom he will.
John 5:22 For the Father judgeth no man,
but hath COMMITTED
all judgment unto the Son:
John 5:23 That all men should honour the
Son,
even as they
honour the Father.
He that honoureth
not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him
1Tim. 2:5 For
there is ONE GOD
and one mediator between God
and men,
the MAN Christ Jesus;
On this occasion, their hostility toward
Jesus manifested itself in their outrage at the fact that
Jesus “not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was
His Father, making Himself equal with God” (John 5:18).
Jesus never denied the claim to be DIVINE. Indeed, He asserted
the claim Himself and defended it on numerous occasions,
even before Pilate (John 18:37; 1 Timothy 6:13; cf. Matthew
26:63-66).
JESUS NEVER CLAIMED TO
BE DIVINE; IF HE DID IT WOULD MAKE HIM GOD THE FATHER:
THE LATIN GODHEAD IN COLOSSIANS 2:9
Latin Divine: dīvus
a god, deity, divine
being
A Church of Christ of which Jesus is the
Head is commanded to "teach that which has been taught." It
has no other function.
Latin Godhead or Divine is:
dīvīnĭtas Divine quality,
divine nature, excellence; of the orator
Dīvīnus
I. of or belonging to a
deity, divine “divina
studia
colere
divina facta, i. e., religious exercise,
divine worship, sacrifice,
etc Divine ORIGIN.
2. The divine, that which comes from God,
nihil est divino divinius, Sen. Ep. 66, 11.—
3. That which is under the sanction of a god;
a. By divine inspiration, prophetically:
“plura
divine
praesensa
et praedicta
reperiri
Divine stŭdĭum
, I. a busying one's self about or application
to a thing; assiduity, zeal,
eagerness, fondness, inclination, desire,
exertion, endeavor, study: (b).
A place for study, a study, school
(late Lat.): “philosophum
(se
egit)
in
omnibus
studiis,
templis,
locis,”
John 18:33
Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again,
and called Jesus,
and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?
John 18:34 Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of
thyself,
or did others tell it
thee of me?
John 18:35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew?
Thine own nation and
the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast
thou done?
John 18:36 Jesus answered,
My kingdom is not of
this world:
if my kingdom were of
this world, then would my servants fight,
that I should not be
delivered to the Jews:
but now is my kingdom
not from hence.
John 18:37 Pilate therefore said unto
him,
Art thou a KING
then? Jesus answered,
Thou sayest that I
am a king. To this end was I born,
and for this cause
came I into the world,
that I should bear witness
unto the truth.
Every one that is of
the truth heareth my voice.
Luke 1:31 And,
behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb,
and bring forth a
SON, and shalt call his name JESUS.
Luke 1:32 He shall be great,
and shall be called
the SON OF THE HIGHEST:
and the Lord God
shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
Luke 1:33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for
ever;
and of his kingdom
there shall be no end.
Jesus never denied the claim to be
divine. Indeed, He asserted the claim Himself
1 Timothy 6:13
1Tim. 6:12 Fight the good fight
of faith, lay hold on eternal life,
whereunto thou art also
called, and hast professed a good profession before many
witnesses.
1Tim. 6:13 I give thee charge
in the sight of GOD, who quickeneth all
things,
AND before Christ Jesus, who before
Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;
This proves that Jesus Christ is NOT God
1Tim. 6:14 That thou keep this commandment without spot,
unrebukeable,
until the appearing of
our Lord Jesus Christ:
1Tim. 6:15 Which in HIS
times HE shall shew,
who is the blessed and
only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of
lords;
1Tim. 6:16 Who ONLY hath
immortality,
dwelling in the light
which no man can approach unto;
whom no man hath seen,
nor can see:
to whom be honour and
power everlasting. Amen.
HE, Jesus who was appointed Lord and
Christ 30 years after He was born IN the flesh is NOT the
ONLY IMORTAL.
Jesus never denied the claim to be
divine. Indeed, He asserted the claim Himself cf. Matthew 26:63-66).
Matt. 26:61 And
said, This fellow said,
I am able to destroy
the temple OF God, and to build it in three days.
Jesus was the "temple" but He was not God.
Matt. 26:62 And the
high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou
nothing?
what is it which these
witness against thee?
Matt. 26:63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest
answered and said unto him,
I adjure thee
BY the living
God,
THAT thou tell
us whether thou
be the CHRIST,
the SON of God.
Matt. 26:64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said:
nevertheless I say
unto you,
Hereafter shall ye see
the Son of man
sitting on the right
hand of power,
and coming in the
clouds of heaven.
“PROMISED MESSIAH” (JOHN 10:36)
Now it was the Feast of Dedication in
Jerusalem, and it was winter. And Jesus walked in the
temple, in Solomon’s porch. Then the Jews surrounded Him and
said to Him, “How long do You keep us in doubt? If You are
the Christ, tell us plainly.” Jesus answered them, “I told
you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My
Father’s name, they bear witness of Me. But you do not
believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you.
My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish;
neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father,
who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is
able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. I and My Father
are one.” Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him.
Jesus answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from
My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?” The
Jews answered Him, saying, “For a good work we do not stone
You, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, make
Yourself God.” Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in
your law, ‘I said, “You are gods”’? If He called them gods,
to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be
broken), do you say of Him whom the Father sanctified and
sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said,
‘I am the Son of God’? If I do not do the works of My
Father, do not believe Me; but if I do, though you do not
believe Me, believe the works, that you may know and believe
that the Father is in Me, and I in Him.” Therefore they
sought again to seize Him, but He escaped out of their hand
(John 10:22-39).
John 10:7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say
unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
John 10:8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers:
but the sheep did not hear them.
John 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be
saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and
to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life,
and that they might have it more abundantly.
John 10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his
life for the sheep.
John 10:12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd,
whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth
the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and
scattereth the sheep.
John 10:13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and
careth not for the sheep.
John 10:14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep,
and am known of mine.
John 10:15 As the Father knoweth me,
even so know I the Father:
and I lay down my life for the sheep.
John 10:16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold:
them also I must bring,
and they shall hear my voice;
and there shall be one
fold, and one shepherd.
John 10:17 Therefore doth my Father love ME,
because I lay down my
life, that I might take it again.
John 10:18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of
myself.
I have power to lay it
down, and I have power to take it again.
This commandment have I
received of my Father.
John 10:19 There was a division therefore again among the Jews
for these sayings.
John 10:20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad;
why hear ye him?
John 10:21 Others said, These are not the words of him that hath
a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
John 10:24 Then came the Jews round about him,
and said unto him, How
long dost thou make us to doubt?
If thou be the Christ,
tell us plainly.
John 10:25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not:
the WORKS that I
do in MY FATHER'S NAME,
they bear witness of me.
John 10:26 But ye believe not,
because ye are not of my
sheep, as I said unto you.
John 10:27 My sheep hear my voice,
and I know them, and
they follow me:
John 10:28 And I give unto them eternal life;
and they shall never
perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
John 10:29 MY Father, which gave them me,
IS GREATER THAN ALL;
and no man is able to
pluck them out of my Father’s hand.
John 10:30 I AND my Father are ONE.
AND proves that Jesus is NOT
God the Father.
UNUM
1. Adverbial expressions.
a. Ad
unum, all together, unanimously, to
a man, without exception:
b. In unum, into
one, to one place, together:
2. Of that
which is common to several persons or things, one
and the same.
with one
voice, all together, unanimously:
, “unius
modi,”
id. Univ. 7.—Esp.,
uno ore, with one voice, all
together, unanimously:
John 10:31 Then the Jews took up stones
again to stone him.
John 10:32 Jesus answered them,
Many good works have I
shewed you from my Father;
for which of those works
do ye stone me?
John 10:33 The Jews answered him, saying,
For a good work we stone
thee not;
but for blasphemy; and
because that thou,
being
a MAN, makest thyself God.
John 10:34 Jesus answered them,
Is it not written in your
law, I said, Ye are gods?
John 10:35 If he called them gods,
unto whom the word of God
came,
and the scripture cannot
be broken;
JESUS IS MOCKING THEM BECAUSE THEY HAD NO RIGHT TO KNOW.
Psa. 82:1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he
judgeth among the gods.
Psa. 82:2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the
persons of the wicked? Selah.
Psa. 82:3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the
afflicted and needy.
Psa. 82:4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand
of the wicked.
Psa. 82:5 They know not, neither will they understand;
they walk on in
darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
Psa. 82:6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are
children of the most High.
Psa. 82:7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of
the princes.
John 10:36 Say ye of him,
whom the Father hath
sanctified,
and sent into the world,
Thou BLASPHEMEST
because I said, I am the
Son of God?
John 10:37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe
me not.
John 10:38 But if I do, though ye believe not me,
believe the works: that ye
may know, and believe,
that the Father is in me,
and I in him.
Acts 17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as
certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his
offspring.
Background
The Old Testament term “messiah” (mah-SHEE-ach),
used 39 times, is always translated in the Septuagint by Christos.
Both terms mean “anointed,” and refer to the consecration, or
setting apart, of an object (animate or inanimate) for a
special, sacred purpose, using anointing oil. Under Mosaic
Law, inanimate objects that were anointed included, for
example, the tabernacle utensils. Three persons were likewise
anointed: priests, kings, and prophets. It is not coincidental
that Jesus occupies all three of these roles in His redemptive
work on our behalf.
He is Prophet (Matthew 13:57; Acts 3:22;
7:37), Priest (Hebrews 7; 9:11), and King (Matthew 21:5; 1
Timothy 6:15; Revelation 19:16).
The Hebrew/Aramaic term “messiah” is
used only twice in the Greek New Testament—both times in John.
Peter’s brother Andrew used the term to refer to Jesus (John
1:41), and the Samaritan woman at the well expressed her
awareness of the coming Messiah (John 4:25). Christos
occurs 19 times in John (Moulton, Geden, and Moulton, 1978, p.
1012). The anointing of the Messiah for His messianic
functions occurred when the Holy Spirit descended on Jesus in
the form of a dove at His baptism and “remained on him” (John
1:32). The Spirit then led Jesus into the wilderness to be
tempted (Luke 4:1). Jesus later returned to Galilee “in the
power of the Spirit” (Luke 4:14). He went into the synagogue
in His hometown of Nazareth and there told His listeners that
Isaiah 61:1 was being fulfilled as He read it to them,
beginning with the affirmation, “the Spirit of the Lord is
upon Me, because He has anointed Me...”
(Luke 4:18)—another indication of His messianic anointing.
Peter accentuated the fruition of Jesus’ messianic role when
he explained on Pentecost that with the advent of Jesus’
resurrection and ascension, “God has made this Jesus...both
Lord and Christ” (Acts 2:36). No wonder,
then, that Jesus pressed the Pharisees and others to grasp the
identity of the Messiah (e.g., Matthew 22:41-45).
Significance
During the Feast of Dedication in
Jerusalem, the Jews surrounded Jesus and challenged Him to
come right out and state whether He is the Messiah/Christ.
Both His previous verbal affirmations, as well as His
demonstrations of miraculous power, had already established
the factuality of the point. “The works that I do in My
Father’s name, they bear witness of Me.” “Work” is a synonym
for the key word of the book, “sign.” Jesus insisted that His
miraculous acts verified and authenticated His messianic
identity. Their failure to accept the indisputable evidence of
that fact was due to their deliberate unbelief—their
unmitigated refusal to accept the truth due to ulterior
motives and alternate interests.
So Jesus pressed the point again very
forthrightly by stating emphatically, “I and My Father are
one.” Observe that Jesus was never evasive. He never showed
fear or hesitation in the face of threats or danger. Instead,
He gave them yet another explicit declaration of His divine
identity—naturally rekindling their desire to execute Him for
blasphemy (as per Leviticus 24:14-16; cf. 1 Kings 21:10). But
Jesus short-circuited the intention to stone Him by posing a
penetrating question: “Many good works I have shown you from
My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?” Since
the Son and the Father are one, and the miraculous actions
that Jesus performed were every bit as much from the Father as
the Son who performed them, which sign evoked this violent
intention to execute Him? Of course, Jesus knew that they did
not desire to execute Him for His miraculous signs. But by
calling attention to His ability to perform miracles, He was
again gigging them with their failure to accept the evidence
of His divine identity. Dismissing the obvious conclusion that
would be drawn by any unbiased, honest person, they insisted
that He was deserving of execution for the very fact that He
claimed to be God.
As was so often the case with Jesus’
handling of His contemporaries, He drew their attention back
to the Bible, back to the Word of God (which He, Himself,
authored). The Word of God is our only authority for deciding
what to believe and how to act (Colossians 3:17). Jesus
reminded them of Psalm 82:6—referring to that passage as
“law.” [NOTE: Advocates of the so-called “new hermeneutic,”
who have insisted that we have misinterpreted the Bible
because we have lacked sufficient sensitivity for the variety
of literary genre, need to redirect their criticism toward
Jesus. It is true that the Bible contains many types of
literature—from poetry and history to epistle and parable.
Such literary forms certainly merit consideration in one’s
attempt to extract the meanings intended by God. However, the
hidden agenda of the “liberal” lies in his underhanded attempt
to disparage and vilify law, and soften or eliminate the binding
force of Scripture. Jesus cut through such nonsense
by insisting that, regardless of the differing literary
characteristics of the books of the Bible, all
of Scripture is “Law,” in the sense that all of it has
timelessly authoritative, legally binding application.]
Psalm 82
Why did Jesus allude to Psalm 82? Some
suggest that His point was that since God could refer to mere
humans as “gods,” Jesus’ accusers had no grounds to condemn
Him for applying such language to Himself. But this line of
reasoning would make it appear as if Jesus was being evasive
to avoid being stoned, and that He likened His claim to
godhood with other mere humans. A more convincing, alternative
interpretation is preferable.
The context of Psalm 82 is a scathing
indictment of the unjust judges who had been assigned the
responsibility of executing God’s justice among the people
(cf. Deuteronomy 1:16; 19:17-18; 2 Chronicles 19:6). Such a
magistrate was “God’s minister” (diakonos—Romans
13:4) who acted in the place of God,
wielding His authority, and who was
responsible for mediating God’s help and
justice (cf. Exodus 7:1). God had “given them a position that
was analogous to His in that He had made them administrators
of justice, His justice” (Leupold, 1969, p. 595). In this
sense, they were “gods” (elohim)—acting as
God to men (Barclay, 1956, 2:89). Hebrew
parallelism clarifies this sense: “I said, ‘You are gods, and
all of you are children of the Most High’”
(Psalm 82:6, emp. added). They did not share divinity
with God—but merely delegated jurisdiction.
They still were mere humans—though invested with divine
authority, and permitted to act in God’s behalf.
This point is apparent throughout the
Pentateuch, where the term translated “judges” or “ruler” is
sometimes elohim (e.g., Exodus 21:6; 22:9,28). Moses
is one example. Moses was not a “god.” Yet God told Moses that
when he went to Egypt to achieve the release of the
Israelites, he would be “God” to his brother Aaron and to
Pharaoh (Exodus 4:16; 7:1). He meant that Moses would supply
both his brother and Pharaoh with the words that came from
God. Though admittedly a rather rare use of elohim,
nevertheless, “it shows that the word translated ‘god’ in that
place might be applied to man” (Barnes,
1949, p. 294, emp. in orig.). Clarke summarized this point:
“Ye are my representatives, and are clothed
with my power and authority to dispense judgment and justice,
therefore all of them are said to be children
of the Most High” (n.d., 3:479, emp. in orig.). But
because they had shirked their awesome responsibility to
represent God’s will fairly and accurately, and because they
had betrayed the sacred trust bestowed upon them by God
Himself, He decreed that they would die (vs. 7). Obviously,
they were not “gods,” since God could and would execute
them!
A somewhat analogous mode of expression
is seen in Nathan’s denunciation of David: “You have killed
Uriah the Hittite” (2 Samuel 12:9)—though an enemy archer had
done so (2 Samuel 11:24; 12:9). No one would accuse the archer
of being David, or David being the archer. Paul said Jesus
preached to the Gentiles (Ephesians 2:17)—though Jesus did so
through human agency. Peter said Jesus preached to spirits in
prison (1 Peter 3:19), when, in fact, He did so through Noah.
Noah was not Jesus and Jesus was not Noah. If Paul and Noah
could be described as functioning in the capacity of Jesus, so
judges in Israel could be described as functioning as God.
Jesus’ Point
Jesus marshaled this Old Testament psalm
to thwart His opponents’ attack, while simultaneously
reaffirming His deity (which, as noted previously, is the
central feature of the book of John—20:30-31).
John 20:30 And many
other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his
disciples, which are not written in this book:
John 20:31 But these are written, that ye might believe that
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye
might have life through his name.
He made shrewd use of syllogistic
argumentation by reasoning a minori ad majus (see
Lenski, 1943, pp. 765-770; cf. Fishbane, 1985, p. 420). “Jesus
is here arguing like a rabbi from a lesser position to a
greater position, a ‘how much more’ argument very popular
among the rabbis” (Pack, 1975, 1:178). In fact, “it is an
argument which to a Jewish Rabbi would have been entirely
convincing. It was just the kind of argument, an argument
founded on a word of scripture, which the Rabbis loved to use
and found most unanswerable” (Barclay, 1956, 2:90).
Using an argumentum ad hominem
(Robertson, 1916, p. 89), Jesus identified the unjust judges
of Israel as persons “to whom the word of God came” (John
10:35).
John 10:30 I and my Father are
one.
John 10:31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
John 10:32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed
you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
John 10:33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we
stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou,
being a man, makest thyself God.
John 10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law,
I said, Ye are gods?
John 10:35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God
came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
John 10:36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and
sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am
the Son of God?
John 10:37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
John 10:38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the
works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in
me, and I in him.
That is, they had been “appointed judges
by Divine commission” (Butler, 1961, p. 127)—by “the command
of God; his commission to them to do justice”
(Barnes, 1949, p. 294,
emp. in orig.; cf. Jeremiah 1:2; Ezekiel
1:3; Luke 3:2).
Jer. 1:1 ¶ The
words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that
were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
Jer. 1:2 To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of
Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth
year of his reign.
McGarvey summarized the ensuing argument
of Jesus: “If it was not blasphemy to call those gods who so
remotely represented the Deity, how much less did Christ
blaspheme in taking unto himself a title to which he had a
better right than they, even in the subordinate sense of being
a mere messenger” (n.d., p. 487). Charles Erdman observed:
By his defense Jesus does not renounce
his claim to deity; but he argues that if the judges, who
represented Jehovah in their appointed office, could be called
“gods,” in the Hebrew scriptures, it could not be blasphemy
for him, who was the final and complete revelation of
God, to call himself “the Son of God” (1922, pp.
95-96, emp. added).
Morris agrees: “If in any sense the Psalm
may apply this term to men, then much more
may it be applied to Him whom the Father sanctified and sent
into the world” (1971, pp. 527-528, emp. added). Indeed,
John is quoting from
the Hebrew where "god" is an elohim and Lord is Jehovah.
John 10:34 Jesus answered them,
Is it not written
in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
John 10:35 If he called them gods,
unto whom the word
of God came,
and the scripture
cannot be broken;
When He speaks of Jesus God is THEOS
and He made Jesus of Nazareth TO BE both Lord
(Kurios) and Christ 30 years after He was born IN THE
FLESH.
John 10:36 Say ye of
him,
whom the Father
hath sanctified,
and sent into the
world,
Thou BLASPHEME;
because I said,
I am the Son
of God?
John 10:37 If I do not the works of my Father,
believe me not.
John 10:38 But if I do, though ye believe not me,
believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that
the Father is in me, and I in him.
He is not God
(Theos) but the SON of God. Therefore, in no sense is He
God (Theos) or Lord (YHWH).
Psa. 82:0 A Psalm
of Asaph.
Psa. 82:1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty;
he judgeth [pronounce
judgment] among the gods.
h430. elohiym,
Psa. 82:2 How long
will ye judge unjustly,
and accept the persons
of the wicked? Selah.
Psa. 82:3 Defend the poor and fatherless:
do justice to the
afflicted and needy.
Psa. 82:4 Deliver the poor and needy:
rid them out of the
hand of the wicked.
Psa. 82:5 They know not, neither will they understand;
they walk on in
darkness:
all the foundations of
the earth
are out of course.
h4131. mowt, mote; a primitive root; to waver; by
implication , to slip, shake, fall:—be carried, cast, be out of
course, be fallen in decay, x exceedingly, fall(-ing down), be
(re-)moved, be ready, shake, slide, slip.
Psa. 82:6 I have
said,
Ye are gods;
and all of you are
children of the most High.
5945. elyown, el-yone´; from
5927 [Alah]; an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as
title, the Supreme:—(Most, on) high(-er, -est), upper(-most).
Psa. 82:7 But ye
shall die like men,
and fall like one of
the princes.
“if the divine name had been applied by
God to mere men, there could be neither blasphemy nor folly in
its application to the incarnate Son of God himself”
(Alexander, 1873, p. 351, emp. added).
IN HEBREW: The
LORD (yhwh) is the only real GOD (Elohim) Jesus refers
to the Hebrew.
IN GREEK: GOD is Theos and
LORD Jesus is Kurios
Jesus did not
claim to be YHWH but spoke of an ELOHIM which
includes human rulers.
This verse brings into stark contrast the
deity—the Godhood—of
Christ (and His Father Who “sanctified and sent”
Him—vs. 36) with the absence of deity for
all others.
When the MAN Jesus was thirty years old He was baptized
and SANCTIFIED with a "holy spirit" word. Then a voice
confessed that this thirty year old MAN was not the "Son of a
Father."
G37. hagiazo, hag-ee-ad´-zo; from 40;
to make holy, i.e. (ceremonially) purify or consecrate;
(mentally) to venerate: — hallow, be holy, sanctify.
Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them,
Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus
Christ
for the remission of
sins,
and ye shall receive the
gift of the HOLY Ghost.
Remission of sins SANCTIFIES or gives one A holy spirit or mind
in the same sense that Jesus was SANCTIFIED.
G40. hagios, hag´-ee-os; pure, morally
blameless or religious, ceremonially, consecrated): —
(most) holy (one, thing), saint.
GREEK GODHEAD IN
COLOSSIANS 2:9
plēr-ōma
that which fills, complement, fullness,
full and perfect nature, duties of an
office
-theotēs
, ētos,
hē,
A divinity, divine nature, Ep.Col.2.9, Plu.2.359d,
Luc. Icar.9,
etc.; dia
theotēta
for religious reasons
theiotēs
, ētos,
hē,
A. divine nature, divinity, Ep.Rom.1.20
, 2. f.l.for hosiotēs,
Isoc.11.26,
Plu.2.857a, and so prob. in Id.Sull.6.
II. as title of Roman Emperors,
Rom. 1:20 For the invisible
things of HIM from the
creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by
the things that are made,
even HIS eternal power and Godhead;
so that they are without excuse:
OR: hosi-otēs
, ētos,
hē,
A. disposition to observe divine law, piety,
Pl.Prt.329c,
Euthphr.14d
sq., X.Cyr.6.1.47,
pros
theōn
ho.
piety towards them, Plu.Alc.34
; “pros
tous
theous
”like Lat. pietas, “hē
pros
goneis
ho.”
D.S.7.4 ;
“pros
tēn
tekousan”
Id.31.27.
Heb. 5:8 Though he were A
SON , yet learned he obedience by the
things which he suffered;
g5219. hupakouo,from
5259 and 191; to hear under (as a subordinate), i.e.
to listen attentively; by implication, to heed or
conform to a command or authority:
Luc. Icar.9
As to Gods, I need hardly deal with that
question. For some of them God is a number; some
swear by dogs and geese and plane-trees 2.
Some again banish all other Gods, and attribute the
control of the universe to a single one; I got
rather depressed on learning how small the supply of
divinity was. But I was comforted by the lavish
souls who not only make many, but classify; there
was a First God, and second and third classes of
divinity. Yet again, some regard the divine nature
as unsubstantial and without form, while others
conceive it as a substance. Then they were not all
disposed to recognize a Providence; some relieve the
Gods of all care,
-splendor
, lustre, splendor, honor, dignity,
excellence,
I. sheen,
brightness, brilliance, lustre,
splendor. God is LIGHT with the same
meaning as WORD but neither are another god
John 8:12 Then
spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the
light of the world:
he that
followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall
have the light of life.
John 9:5 As long as
I am in the world, I am the light of the
world.
John 11:9 Jesus
answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day?
If any man walk in the day, he
stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this
world.
Jesus verified this very conclusion by
directing the attention of His accusers to the “works” that He
performed (vss. 37-38). These “works” (i.e., miraculous
signs) proved the divine identity of
Jesus to the exclusion of all other alleged
DEITIES.
John 5:19 Then
answered Jesus and said unto them,
Verily,
verily, I say unto you, THE SON can do nothing of himself,
but what he
seeth THE FATHER:
gor what things soever
he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
John 5:30 I can of mine own self DO NOTHING :
as I hear, I judge:
and my judgment is just;
because I seek not
mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent
me.
John 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches:
He that abideth in me,
and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for
without me ye can do nothing.
2Cor. 13:8 For we can do nothing AGAINST the truth, but for
the truth.
“By no means, then, does our Lord imply
here that we are sons of God just as He is—except for a lower
level of holiness and virtue. No misunderstanding could be
more wrongheaded than that” (1982, p. 374).
CONCLUSION
One day all human beings will stand
before Jesus Christ and give account of their earthly
behavior: “For we shall all stand before the judgment
seat of Christ. For it is written: ‘As I live, says
the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall
confess to God” (Romans 14:10-11, emp. added).
Rom. 14:9 For to this end Christ both
died,
and rose, and
revived, that HE MIGHT BE Lord both of the dead and
living.
Rom. 14:10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why
dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all
stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
Rom. 14:11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord,
every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess
to God.
Rom. 14:12 So then every one of us shall give account of
himself to God.
. May we emulate the example of Thomas,
blending our voices with his, in our mutual affirmation of
Jesus: “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:28).
John is looking backward several decades and knew the
Greek-Jewish synagogues and their teachings that JESUS WAS
GOD. The Jews could not believe that the MAN JESUS was the
MESSIAH who cam to shut down their evil empire. Others
wrote correctives about the neo-trinitarians as a Greek belief.
Thomas "missed
services" when Jesus said:
John 20:20 And when he had so said,
he shewed unto them his
hands and his side.
Then were the disciples
glad, when they saw the LORD. [Kurios]
John 20:21 Then said Jesus to them again,
Peace be unto you: as my
FATHER hath sent me, even
so send I you.
John 20:24 But Thomas, one of the twelve,
called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
John 20:25 The other disciples therefore said unto him,
We have seen the Lord.
BUT he said unto them,
Except I shall see
in his hands the print of the nails,
and put
my finger into the print of the nails,
and
thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
John 20:26 And after eight days again his disciples
were within,
and Thomas with them:
then came Jesus, the doors being shut,
and stood in the midst,
and said, Peace be unto you.
John 20:27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger,
and behold my hands; and
reach hither thy hand,
and thrust it into my
side: and be not faithless, but believing.
John 20:28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord
and my God.
JESUS REBUKED THOMAS:
John 20:29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas,
because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed:
blessed
are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
That means that Jesus didn't say he was blessed:
John 20:30 And many other signs
truly did JESUS in the presence of his disciples,
which are not written in
this book:
John 20:31 BUT these are written,
that ye might believe
that
Jesus is the Christ,
the SON OF GOD;
and that believing ye
might have life through his name.
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