A closer Look at Genesis 7:1, Psalm 82, Ezekiel 28 and John 10

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seekandfind

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I've talked with a few different believers over the past few years who have pointed out biblical verses that state, “ye are god's”

One person told me that Moses was a god. A few others pointed to Psalms and one verse where Jesus made a similar statement.

I also have spoken to some who follow universalism and gnosticism who say the same thing and even point out the same bible verses. I think that it's important to look closely at any teaching to make certain that it lines up with the scriptures.


Just last evening I heard a Christian ministering and he brought this same subject up, but only half of it.
To get the whole picture, we need to know exactly what the scriptures say.


The first place this is mentioned is in Exodus:

Exodus 7:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.

The very next verse shows what that statement means.

Exodus 7:2 Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.

Moses was a representative of God in Heaven. Moses never once claimed to be a god, nor did any other prophet or apostle or disciple who walked closely with God.

The bible says of Moses that he was very humble, more than any man who was on the face of the earth.


Numbers 12:3 (Now the man Moses was very humble, more than any man who was on the face of the earth.) (NAS)

Numbers 12:3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.) (KJV)

The next passage where the statement can be found is in the book of Psalms.

Psalms 82:6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.

As in the case of the account in Genesis, the people who say this usually refer to the very first verse. However, if we read the entire passage. It actually says this:

Psalms 82:1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.

The next verses show how they were representing HIM. He's talking directly to their hearts.

Psalms 82:2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Psalms 82:3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Psalms 82:4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
Psalms 82:5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
Psalms 82:6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
Psalms 82:7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
Psalms 82:8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.

Ezekiel 28 ties directly into the passage in Psalms. God tells Ezekiel to go to the Prince of Tyrus and to speak the things that God instructed him to speak. The things that God tells Ezekiel to speak address the heart directly just as His words did in the Psalm.

Ezekiel 28:2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
Ezekiel 28:3 Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
Ezekiel 28:4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
Ezekiel 28:5 By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
Ezekiel 28:6 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;
Ezekiel 28:7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.
Ezekiel 28:8 They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
Ezekiel 28:9 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.
Ezekiel 28:10 Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

The next passage comes from the book of John.

John 10:23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
John 10:24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
John 10:25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.

Jesus is addressing those who do not believe Him.

John 10:26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
John 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
John 10:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
John 10:29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
John 10:30 I and my Father are one.

John 10:31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
John 10:32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
John 10:33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
John 10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
John 10:35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
John 10:36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

The statement isn't any different in Psalms or in Ezekiel other than the Jews were being addressed in one and the prince of Tyrus in the other. The people whom Jesus was addressing did not believe Him, they took up stones to stone Him and accused him of blasphemy.

In Genesis, Psalms and John when the statement is made, “ye are god's,” it is tied to those “whom the word of God came,” and goes on to say, “and the scripture cannot be broken;” it addresses the heart of the matter and how we as believers represent Him in our walk with HIM. In Ezekiel the heart of the prince of Tyrus in Babylon is also being addressed and at that time, because of Daniel was sent to him, God's word did come to him.


Luke 21:8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.

Those who are His are representatives in the things that HE has led them in and in the things that HE has helped them to overcome. But only Jesus can say that HE is the way, the truth and the life, no man cometh to the FATHER but by HIM.
 

neophyte

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seekandfind,
When Jesus said, "Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods’?" he was referring to Psalm 82:6, in which God addressed the very mortal although powerful judges of Israel who, because of their high office, were entitled to be called "gods." The next verse of the psalm keeps this in perspective: "nevertheless, you shall die like men, and fall like any prince" (Ps. 82:7).