As a believer in the true oneness of God, thereby denying the trinity, I'm called many rather unsavory names. Perhaps "rank heretic" is most common.
So who is Jesus to a "rank heretic?"
- In Genesis he is the promised seed of the woman.
- In Exodus he is the Passover lamb.
- In Leviticus he is the High Priest.
- In Numbers he is the star to rise out of Jacob.
- In Deuteronomy he is the two laws: Love God and love your neighbor.
- In Joshua he is the captain of the Lord of Hosts.
- In Judges he is the covenant angel named Wonderful.
- In Ruth he is the kinsman redeemer.
- In Samuel he is the root and offspring of David.
- In Kings he is the greater than the Temple.
- In Chronicles he is the King's son.
- In Ezra & Nehemiah he is the rebuilder.
- In Esther he is the savior of God's people.
- In Job he is the daysman.
- In Psalms he is the song.
- In Proverbs he is the wisdom of God.
- In Ecclesiastes he is the one among a thousand.
- In The Song of Solomon he is the bridegroom of the bride.
- In Isaiah he is Jacob's branch.
- In Jeremiah he is our righteousness.
- In Lamentations he is the unbelievers' judgement.
- In Ezekiel he is the true shepherd.
- In Daniel he is the stone that became the head of the corner.
- In Hosea he is the latter rain.
- In Joel he is God's dwelling in Zion.
- In Amos he is the raiser of David's tabernacle.
- In Obadiah he is the deliverer on Mount Zion.
- In Jonah he is our salvation.
- In Micah he is the Lord of kings.
- In Nahum he is the stronghold in the time of trouble.
- In Habakkuk he is our joy and confidence.
- In Zephaniah he is our mighty Lord.
- In Haggai he is the desire of the nations.
- In Zechariah he is our servant The Branch.
- In Malachi he is the son of Righteousness.
- In Matthew he is Jehovah's Messiah.
- In Mark he is Jehovah's servant.
- In Luke he is Jehovah's man.
- In John he is Jehovah's Son.
- In Acts he is the gift of holy spirit.
- In Romans he is the believers' justification.
- In Corinthians he is the believers' sanctification.
- In Galatians he is the believers' righteousness.
- In Ephesians he is the believers' heavenly standing.
- In Philippians he is the believers' self adequacy.
- In Colossians he is the believers' completeness.
- In Thessalonians he is the believers' soon glorification.
- In Timothy he is the faithful men.
- In Titus he is the fellow-laborer.
- In Philemon he is the love of a believer.
- In Hebrews he is the High Priest for sin.
- In James he is the royal law.
- In Peter he is the pastor.
- In John he is as we are.
- In Jude he is the beloved.
- In Revelation he is the King of kings and the Lord of lords.
I think this is a much higher view than simply thinking God always somehow managed to obey Himself, and also went so far as to believe Himself that He'd raise Himself from the dead. God is much bigger than that.
God managed to come up with a plan (the actual logos of
John 1) so that a man with free will, tempted in all points as us, could believe enough to follow that plan to perfection. God was a genius for coning up with the plan and Jesus was a hero of heroes for carrying out the plan despite the grave consequences he had to experience.
Making Jesus God simply minimizes the greatness of both God and His son. God became little more than a bully who did whatever He wanted to do despite man's free will, That would be a perfect description of all the other Ancient Near East gods, but it's an insult to the greatness of our God, YHWH.