Does God condemn the Christian who worships Jesus? Not necessarily!

Does God condemn the Christian who worships Jesus? Not necessarily!

Our Christian brothers worship Jesus Christ, making him equal to God. And although making a mortal man equal to the immortal God may at first glance look silly (“God is not a man... ”- Numbers 23: 19), it doesn’t look so bad after considering the fact that ancient Greeks (as well as Romans) used to believe in mortal gods (so that Christian worship of Jesus might just be part of a deeply entrenched cultural Heritage). It also helps to keep in mind that the gospels were not only written in the Greek tongue, but that the Roman church carried the flag of Christendom for almost 1500 years.
And the fact that Romans never saw a problem with making gods out of mortal human beings is attested by the fact that around 37 C. E. the emperor Caligula asked his own image to be set up (and worshiped) inside Jerusalem’s Temple. Fortunately, the emperor died before the edict could be implemented.
But the truth of the matter is that since the Roman king (the emperor) demanded to be worshiped as a God, it would make perfect sense for an ancient Christian to say: «Wait a minute! If I am going to worship [as God] any human king, I would rather worship my Saviour (Jesus Christ), who is “King of Kings”».
Thus, we may properly say that, in the eyes of the Creator, a Christian believer who worships Jesus Christ isn’t necessarily doing any evil. Why? Because the key issue of our foregoing discussion is that God looks at your heart. In other words, God will judge you according to the light you have been given- The more you know, the more it will be demanded from you; the less you know, the less will be demanded from you.
And this is what we would expect from a God of mercy, and justice. As is written: “When my master, the king of Aram, goes into the temple of Rimmon to bow in worship while he is leaning on my arm, and I have to bow in the temple of Rimmon—when I bow [to the idol] in the temple of Rimmon, may the Lord pardon your servant in this matter”. So he [the prophet] said to him, “Go in peace [God knows your heart! ]”- 2 Kings 5: 18-19

A Torah obedient Gentile is superior to a Torah despising Israelite

King Saul enjoyed a pure Israelite bloodline [being from the tribe of Benyamin], yet God rejected him. On the other hand, king David was the offspring of a Gentile (Moabite) Women, yet God made him King over all pure bloodline Israelites.

Beware never to disregard Divine truth, even when the latter seems to spring from non conventional sources (pagan people and enemies included! )

God’s Law puts words of wisdom into the lips of a donkey («And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam: “ What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times? ”… And the ass said unto Balaam: “ Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden all thy life long unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? ” And he said: “Nay” »- Numbers 22: 28-30, J. P. S., 1917 Edition).
But, do animals actually speak? Of course not! What then is Torah trying to teach with such narrative? Well, it’s aim is to point at the idea that “God’s word, is God’s word”; and therefore we will do good paying heed to it, no matter what the source may be, and no matter if it is uttered by Jews, or by Samaritans; By Christians, or Muslims; by Monotheists, or Polytheists”.
And from whence do we learn the former to be true? We learn it from King Josiah. You see, story goes that the Creator had spoken directly unto an Egyptian Pharaoh named “Necho”, sending the latter upon a Divine mission: to wage war against his enemies (the Assyrians). Necho goes on and let Josiah know about the Divine message he had received but, though a righteous and God fearing king, Josiah foolishly disregards Pharaoh’s words [which came from the very mouth of God! ], thinking that a pagan person can never be the herald of Divine truth. In the end, the Jewish king decides to oppose [and thereby hinder] Pharaoh’s mission, not realizing that, by so doing, he was actually opposing God [a grave and often deadly mistake! ].
As is written: “After all this, when Josiah had prepared the Temple. Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Perath and Josiah went out against him. But he sent messengers to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house of mine enemy, and God commanded me to make haste: leave off to come against God, which is with me, lest he destroy thee. But Josiah would not turn his face from him, but changed his apparel to fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho, which were of the mouth of God, but came to fight in the valley of Megiddo. And the shooters shot at king Josiah: then the king said to his servants, Carry me away, for I am very sick. So his servants took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot which he had, and when they had brought him to Jerusalem, he died ”- 2 Chronicles 35: 20-24, King James Bible.