Yeshua the Demigod

Please keep your Bibles on hand as we explore Yeshua's identity and how he is indeed divine and an el or god (just not the Father or God Himself). Hundreds of years of apostolic typos, false teachings, and mistranslations has confused so many about his true identity, so I would like to expose a few of these scriptural misunderstandings below.

1. YESHUA WAS NOT JUST A MERE MAN OR SPIRIT-FILLED PROPHET:

John 1:1,14 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was [a] [g]od… And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.

John accidentally left out the article "a" in front of god, so I fixed it for you. We can see that clearly, Yeshua was a divine being who took on a fleshly garment.

Here's another one - not a man filled with God's spirit, but full-on godhood:

Colossians 2:9 (LITV) For in him dwells all the fullness of the godhead bodily.

The Greek word "theótēs" (θεότης) refers to a godhead, and specifically it means to be divine or godlike. So his body was fully filled up with divinity (just not God's divinity of course).

2. YESHUA ISN'T JUST AN ANGEL, AND HE IS TO BE WORSHIPPED AS A GOD:

You can't worship a false god, a wooden image, a man, or an angel, because that is idolatry, but you can worship a holy divine being. This is why we can and should worship Yeshua without it taking any glory from the Father.

Hebrews 1:7,8 And regarding the angels he says, “He makes His angels winds, and His servants a flame of fire.” But regarding the Son, he says, “Your throne, O [g]od, is forever and ever, and a scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your Kingdom."

Matthew 2:11 And when they came into the house, they saw the child with his mother Miriam; and they fell down and worshiped Him.

Matthew 14:33 And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, “You really are Ben-Elohim!”

Matthew 28:9 And behold, Yeshua met them. “Shalom!” he said. They drew near, grasped his feet, and worshiped him.

Matthew 28:17 When they saw him, they worshiped...

Luke 24:52 After worshiping him, they returned to Jerusalem with great joy.

John 9:38 "He said, 'Lord, I believe,' and he worshiped him."

We know angels refuse worship (Revelation 19:10), righteous men refuse worship (Acts 10:26), but Yeshua receives it because He is none of the former.

3. YESHUA DOES THINGS ONLY A GOD CAN DO:

Colossians 1:15–17 Who is the image of [an] invisible [g]od, first-born of all creation, because in him were the all things created, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things through him, and for him, have been created, and himself is before all, and the all things in him have consisted.

I had to tweak the article in this verse too because Paul would NEVER have called Yeshua the image of THE invisible God. When we've been taught for so many centuries a false understanding of Yeshua's identity, you could almost read this verse as though Yeshua is Almighty Himself in the flesh, so we need to use great discernment with any verses that describe Yeshua's authority.

Hebrews 1:2 In these last days He has spoken to us through a Son, whom He appointed heir of all things and through whom He created the universe.

We see Yeshua is an heir of everything. This doesn't mean God is going to die and bequeath it all to Yeshua like a usual father does, so Yeshua and the Father will both own all things together. Yeshua will rule as a demigod at the Father's side. Of course he will never be equal with God, it will just seem like he is because he will be given everything of God's.

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So to summarize, Yeshua is divine, to be worshipped as a god, does things only the Father Himself can do, yet in man's mind there is no possible way that He is in fact the Father, and that if you have seen Him, you've seen the Father... oh wait a moment. What did Yeshua say to Philip?

John 14:8-10 Philip said to Him, “Master, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” Yeshua said to him, “Have I been with you for so long a time, and you haven’t come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own; but the Father dwelling in Me does His works.

Now, if I haven't obliterated your trust with my satire, let me mop up that mess I made in your brain. If Yeshua was in fact a divine being, thus a god, but not the Father in the flesh, He would act on His own authority as a god. He would be a demigod who by his own will chose to work with God. Yet, because Yeshua is NOT a demigod but rather an appendage of God, God's right arm to be exact, He acts in complete submission to God, for there is nothing independent from God about Him.

No satire, I did in fact reject the three-in-one teaching (it's not anywhere in the Bible), because three-in-one really has no logical meaning, and it creates more confusion rather than making the complex nature of God easier to understand. To say God is three in one is like saying "Eva is three in one! She has a spirit, a body, and a mind." Just because I have three different natures to my being doesn't mean I need to be called three-in-one. I am simply Eva. No, I can't stretch my arm out and send it to do my will as God miraculously did by sending Yeshua (Himself) to the earth, but His miraculous power doesn't make Yeshua any less a part of the Father because the Father can send His arm here and there to do His bidding. If you believe Yeshua is actually God, but you still say Yeshua is not the Father, this is like saying, "Eva's arm isn't her."

I'm not sure exactly who I am writing this for, because I believe that if Yeshua's identity as the Father in the flesh, as His arm, does not make sense to someone, then it must be revealed to them by the Father. It is His way of testing our hearts. Man cannot reveal it. But I hope through this I might encourage those who doubt Yeshua is the Father's arm (and thereby the Father) to question the fallacies of those who firmly teach He is not. I would even encourage you to ask the Father to reveal Himself to you so that you can fully understand who the Messiah is. This is necessary so that our lives are not ones of contradiction where we worship and serve two beings.

Deuteronomy 9:29 Yet they are Your people - Your inheritance that You brought out by Your great power and Your outstretched arm.

Job 40:9 Do you have an arm like God’s and can you thunder with a voice like His?

Psalms 44:4 For it was not by their own sword that they took possession of the land, nor did their own arm save them. But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face — for You favored them.

Psalms 89:14 Your arm is mighty, Your hand is strong, exalted is Your right hand.

Psalms 89:22 With him My hand will be established. Surely My arm will strengthen him.

Isaiah 30:30 Adonai will make His glorious voice heard, and reveal His arm descending with fierce fury in a consuming fire, in cloudburst, rainstorm and hailstones.

Isaiah 40:10 Look, Adonai Elohim comes with might, with His arm ruling for Him. Behold, His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him.

Isaiah 51:5 My righteousness is near, My salvation has gone out, and My arms will judge the nations. The coastlands will wait for Me — for My arm they will wait expectantly.

Isaiah 51:9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Adonai, awake, as in days of old, the generations of long ago.

Isaiah 52:10 Adonai has bared His holy arm before the eyes of all the nations. All the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.

Isaiah 53:1 ‘Who has believed our report? To whom is the arm of Adonai revealed?

Isaiah 63:12 Who caused His glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses? Who divided the waters before them — to make Himself a Name forever?

Jeremiah 32:17 “Ah, my Lord Adonai! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm — nothing is too hard for You!

John 12:38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet, who said, “Adonai, who has believed our report? To whom has the arm of Adonai been revealed?”

Isaiah 43:11 I — I am Yehovah, And besides Me there is no savior.

Isaiah 45:21 Declare and present your case, Indeed, let them consult together. Who foretold this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Is it not I, Adonai? There is no other God beside Me — a righteous God and a Savior — there is none besides Me! Turn to Me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth. For I am God — there is no other.

Hosea 13:4 Yet I am Yehovah your God from the land of Egypt, and you shall know no God but Me. For there is no Savior besides Me.

1 John 4:14 And we have seen and testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

Luke 2:11 For to you is born today, in the city of David, a Savior, who is the Messiah the Lord.

Matthew 28:18 All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.

Malachi 3:1 Behold, I will send my messenger [John the Baptist], and he shall prepare the way before me: and Adonai, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to his Temple, even the messenger of the covenant [Yeshua], whom you delight in: behold, he shall come, says Yahuah Tseva’oth.

So, to be clear, I believe and know that Yeshua is the visible image of God - the Father Himself come down to us. The One we can come near to in our sinful flesh and embrace without being destroyed. When we see Him, we see the Father, we see love, we see truth, we see salvation, we see eternity, we see the One and Only Savior. If we worship Him as anyone else besides the Father, we have demoted Him and made Him into a demigod.

Genesis 32:30 So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: “For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”

Disclaimer: This article was written in response to the many heresies circulating the internet right now that discredit Yeshua as God Almighty. My tongue-and-cheek style of writing is known to most of my readers, but to clear up any confusion, sometimes I have to explain this to those who didn't get its purpose of pointing out the ridiculous reasoning being used.