In the beginning was the word, and the word was toward God, and God was the word. This was in the beginning toward God. All came into being through it, and apart from it not even one thing came into being which has come into being. In it was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light is appearing in the darkness, and the darkness grasped it not.
Johns Account 1: 1-5, Concordant New Testament
Is Jesus indeed God? This question has been debated often over time. The traditions of the Jewish faith speak to a future anointed one (Mashiach) who would come to redeem Israel. The prophet Isaiah speaks of One who has "Borne our griefs and carried our sorrows" {Isaiah 53:4}. Through the centuries, the Jewish faith has taught that this coming Mashiach would be the One who delivers Israel. In the days of Jesus, we're told that there was definitely a belief among the Jews of His day that Jesus would be the military leader who would deliver Gods people from the occupation of the Romans surely as the Lord had delivered them from their Egyptian captors of old. Is this an accurate description of the prophesy of Jesus? I would say no. But the nation of Israel of His day longed for the return of the nation of Israel to prominence under the protection of the Lord. So convinced were they that Jesus would be this "Mashiach" who would deliver them from the hated Romans that they began to integrate it into their own religion of coming Messiah which the prophet Isaiah spoke of. Yet where in the scripture is it proclaimed that Jesus will be a great military leader? Where in the scripture does Jesus even proclaim Himself to be God? The closest which I have seen is where Jesus proclaims, rightfully I might add, that "I and the Father, We are one" {Johns Account 10:30}. Remember, the Jewish authorities of His day were ready to stone Jesus for daring to place Himself on the same level as God {Johns Account 10:31}. Yet these have been the same people who have raised Jesus unto God like status over the years. When you hear someone say that Jesus is indeed God, remember that it probably originated from the Jewish nations desperate hope of deliverance from Rome.
And the Word became flesh and tabernacles among us, and we gaze at His glory, a glory as of an only-begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth
Johns Account 1: 14, Concordant New Testament
So, is Jesus God? I would answer that in the negative. We're told that there is but one God {Isaiah 45:5}. THIS is the scripture we need to filter this question through. If you believe that Jesus is God, and that is your choice if you do, was God lying when the prophet Isaiah proclaimed His words that HE is the one and only God? Of course, every well-meaning Christian knows that God has never and never will lie. So, if the prophet has spoken the truth that there is indeed only one God, why is it that we continue to lift Jesus up into the plane of the Lord? The disciple speaks not of Jesus being God, but of "A glory as of an only-begotten from the Father" {Johns Account 1:14}. Now, do I believe that Jesus and the Father are one? Yes, to this we have been assured through scripture. But in the throne room of the Father, there is only room for One to occupy that throne of the most high. If Jesus is God, why is it that, after His resurrection, He was taken to sit at the Fathers side {Marks Account 16:19}. The answer is obvious, for the scriptures do not and never will support the man driven narrative that Jesus is God. It is Jesus Himself Who has spoken to our union life in He AND the Father {Johns Account 14:20}. When Jesus speaks to His relationship in the Father, He does so in the plural and never the singular. For it is the Father who has dispatched His Son that all would be saved through Him {Johns Account 3:16-17}. The prophesy spoken by Isaiah was true, it was simply misinterpreted by man.
I am the Lord, and there is no other; There is no God besides Me
Isaiah 45: 5, New King James Version
~Scott~
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