Jesus (peace and blessings be upon him) is the son of God… and so too are all who embrace God’s Law
Jesus (peace and blessings be upon him) is the son of God… and so too are all who embrace God’s Law
Being a Hebrew believer that had received [or “accepted”] the word of God, Jesus was indeed son of God... But so am I, as well as all who have embraced Torah. In fact, not only does receiving the word of God makes me Son of God, but [in a sense] it also makes me share God's Divine nature.
As is written: «I [God] said, “You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High... ”»- Psalm 82: 6, CSB. And, while defending his claim to being Son of God, Jesus confirmed all of this, when he went on to say: «Isn’t it written in your Law, “I said, you are gods”? If He called those to whom the word of God came ‘gods’—and the Scripture cannot be broken— do you say, “You are blaspheming” to the one the Father set apart and sent into the world, because I said: “I am the Son of God? ”»- John 10: 34-36, CSB
If gentile people worship Jesus, can Hebrew believers do likewise?
Man worships that which he perceives as being superior to himself. And that’s the reason why God allowed the gentile nations of old to worship the Sun, the moon, and the Stars (“… The Lord your God has granted these things to all the nations who live under heaven”- Deut. 4: 19, Common English Bible).
Why did they worship stars? Because, unlike human beings [which are little more than movable talking leather bags full of sweat, urine and feces], the stars were perceived as being free from these contaminants.
Thus, it is preferable to follow the pagan practice of worshiping the Sun, the moon, or the stars, rather than to worship any defecating deity.
Curiously, The New testament portrays Jesus as a Star (“I am... the bright and morning star”- Revelation 22: 16, KJV). So, though worship of Jesus would resemble the pagan worship of stars, the verse in Deuteronomy 4: 19 states that gentile nations are allowed to do so.
But as for Hebrew believers, no such thing is allowed to them, as they have been chosen to be a special people [worshiping a God who has no shape nor body]. As is written: “But the Lord took you and brought you out of that iron furnace, out of Egypt, so that you might be his own treasured people, which is what you are right now”- Deut. 4: 20, Common English Bible.
In what sense does Christian theology strain out the gnat, but gulps down the camel?
The Gospel quotes Jesus (peace and blessings be upon him) blasting the Jewish leadership for focusing on secondary issues, while disregarding the important ones. As is written: “Blind guides! You strain out a gnat, but gulp down a camel! ”- Matthew 23: 24, C. S. B.
Curiously, after 2000 years of development, the former words could also be applied to the noble Christian religion. In other words, modern Christian theology strains out (or “disregards”) what God's Law states on easy, clear, and certain terms (“the mosquito”), in order to exalt (or “gulp down”) what the Law only references on a shady and allegorical fashion.
But, what exactly are the things that God’s Law references in clear and certain terms? Some of therm are the following:
(1) That he who sins must repent, making confession and restitution (“Tell the Israelites: When a man or woman commits any sin against another... the person is to confess the sin he has committed. He is to pay full compensation... ”- Numbers 5: 6-7, CSB);
(2) That the purpose of man's life is to obey God's commandments («Here is the final conclusion, now that you have heard everything: fear God, and keep his mitzvot (commandments); this is what being human is all about. For God will bring to judgment everything we do, including every secret, whether good or bad»- Ecclesiastes 12: 13-14);
(3) That if we want to enjoy an everlasting abode, we must depart from evil and start doing goodness («Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore [in everlasting life]»- Psalm 37: 27, King James Bible);
(4) And that God only wants man to be just, merciful, and humble (“He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? ”- Micah 6: 8, KJV).
And what is referenced by the Law only on shady and allegorical terms? Well, some of it is the following: (1) The existence of such thing as an inherited original sin, (2) The meaning of the temple sacrifices, (3) The end times chronology, (4) the role [and identity] of any future Messianic figure, (5) the future re-building of Jerusalem's Temple, etc.
The gospel makes sense only when considering Jesus words to be allegorical (“All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them”- Matthew 13: 34). Else, we would have to view him as a shameless liar; one who fails to fulfill his promise of a speedy return (“But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come [again] ”- Matthew 10: 23, King James Bible)
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