The Representative Gods of the Old Testament

One of the biggest issues is whether or not Jesus is God incarnate comes from the fact that the New Testament sometimes uses divine sounding language to describe him. Should this be considered proof that he is God incarnate? The problem is on of context. The New Testament was written in a First Century Jewish context. Within that context, we find that divine language works quite differently from today. In the Tanach, or Old Testament, the Hebrew words for God, such as "elohim", were often used to describe very human leaders in authority. They acted as God's representatives, but they were not God incarnate. This is why the use of divine language to describe Jesus is not proof of the New Testament authors' belief that he is God incarnate. We must give priority to the clear statements of who God is.

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