A year or so ago a forum friend commented about the Scripture..."ye are gods." At the time I thought it wasn't properly translated and should have been...ye are God's...showing His possession of us. Later I saw another teaching saying that the elect are gods. Well that threw me for a loop as it sounded much as Satan saying...."For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opeend, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil." [Genesis 3:5] The following is what I have learned about this subject:
Revelation 12:2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.12:5 And she brought forth a MAN CHILD, who was to RULE ALL NATIONS WITH A ROD OF IRON: And her child was caught up unto God, and to His throne.
The “she” here is of course Mary who brought forth our Savior, Christ…The Man Child but "she" is also …. Israel bringing forth the "man child," of whom there are many. As Christ was the first born, the first fruit..…so the man child of Israel ( is/are) first fruits to God. Revelation 14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the FIRSTFRUITS unto God and to the Lamb.
These firstfruits are the man child, His very elect of end times. They are the two witnesses, of which there are two groups…not two individuals!When first learning of this I thought NO, this is not correct but then upon further study I saw the connection from [Revelation 12:5] above and the following verses….Revelation 2:26-27 And he that overcometh, and keepeth My works unto the end, to him will I give POWER OVER THE NATIONS: And he shall rule them with a ROD OF IRON; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even AS I RECEIVED OF MY FATHER.
This is Christ telling us that He will give the rod of iron to those that overcome. Other mentions of this are....Daniel 7:21-22 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and PREVAILED AGAINST THEM; Until the Ancient of days came, and JUDGMENT WAS GIVEN TO THE SAINTS of the Most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.Revelation 11:3 And I will give power unto MY TWO WITNESSES, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.” These are the two olive trees and the two candlesticks, standing before the God of the earth. (11:7) And when they shall have FINISHED THEIR TESTIMONY, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and SHALL OVERCOME THEM, AND KILL THEM.
Revelation 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but THEY SHALL BE PRIESTS OF GOD and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.Revelation 1:5-6 And from Jesus Christ, Who is the faithful Witness, and the First Begotten of the dead, and the Prince of the kings of the earth. Unto Him That loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood, And HATH MADE US KINGS AND PRIESTS UNTO GOD AND HIS FATHER; to Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.Ezekiel 44:23 And THEY SHALL TEACH MY PEOPLE the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.John 10:34-35 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, ‘YE ARE GODS?’ If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;1 Corinthians 6:2-3 Do ye not know that THE SAINTS SHALL JUDGE THE WORLD? And if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? Know ye not that WE SHALL JUDGE ANGELS? How much more things that pertain to this life?Revelation 5:10 And hast made us unto OUR GOD KINGS AND PRIESTS, and we shall reign ON THE EARTH.”These are not the 144,000 of the tribes of Israel [Revelation 7:4-8] but another group of 144,000 written of in [Revelation 14:1-4]. These are they that were “redeemed by Thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation.”[Revelation 5:9] As Christ was "caught up to God and to His throne"...so shall the man child of end times. The man child is simply another name for His elect, His first fruits, His two witnesses.