My study on the Son of God with power part 2

Hebrews 5:5-8 (KJV)

5So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.6As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;8Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;

Jehoshua being begotten denotes not only how He came into existence from the Father but also His being anointed as High Priest and King. This is the context of Hebrews 5 and also the term begotten is also used in a figurative sense in connection with the anointing of Israelite kings and being anointed as the Messiah of Jehovah (Luke 3:22, Matthew 3:17).

1 Chronicles 22:9-12 (KJV)

9Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.10He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.11Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee.12Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.

Here in the above passage we see that Kingship was eqauted with Sonship. Notice what verse 10 says, Jehovah told David that Solomon would build a house for His (Jah's) name and would be His (Jah's) Son and that He (Jah) would be a Father to Solomon. Not only that but Jehovah said that He would establish the throne of his (Solomon's-David's) kingdom over Israel forever.

All these things were also prophesied about Jehoshua in that God would be a Father to Him (Psalm 2:7) and He (Jehoshua) would build the  temple ofJehovah (Zechariah 6:12-13) and He would be established as the King of Israel (Psalm 110:1, Psalm 45:6-7, Zechariah 6:13).

In verse 12 of 1 Chronicles 22 we see that Jehovah was to give His son Solomon wisdom and understanding to rule righteously in order to the torah. The same thing was prophesied about Jehoshua in Isaiah 11:1-5.

Israel as a nation was called the firstborn son of Jehovah. The sense is that of a preeminent chosen one. In this case it is a chosen nation, in Jehoshua's case it is as the Messiah, apostle and anointed King of Israel. David was also called the firstborn of Jehovah (Psalm 89:27).

Exodus 22:4 (KJV)

22And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn.

As we can see the term firstborn denotes preeminence and does not always mean a literal coming into existence. Jehovah chooses who will be His firstborn.

1 Chronicles 28:4-7 (ASV)

4Howbeit Jehovah, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be prince; and in the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel;5And of all my sons (for Jehovah hath given me many sons), he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah over Israel.6And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.7And I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and mine ordinances, as at this day.

We see here two very important points, the first is that Jehovah chooses who will be the King of Israel (verse 5). Two, that He also chooses who will be His Son (verse 6). This passage is in direct reference to Solomon but has it's ultimate fulfillment in Jehoshua. We see that the chosen king and son of Jehovah would be charged with the task of building the house of Jehovah. Solomon prefigured the Messiah in building a house for God the Father.    As noted earlier Messiah was prophesied as building the house of Jehovah in Zechariah 6:12-13).

We see the fulfillment of this in the new covenant Congregation as noted in Ephesians 2:

19Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;20And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;21In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:22In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

The Church also known as the commonwealth of Israel is the house of Jehovah (Ephesians 2:19).

1 Chronicles 29:21-25 (ASV)

21And they sacrificed sacrifices unto Jehovah, and offered burnt-offerings unto Jehovah, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink-offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel,22and did eat and drink before Jehovah on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto Jehovah to be prince, and Zadok to be priest.23Then Solomon sat on the throne of Jehovah as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.24And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.25And Jehovah magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.

This beautiful passage of scripture prefigures the anointing of Jehoshua as the King of Israel  and the glory and majesty that Jehovah God would bestow upon Him (Jehoshua). We see this take place in Hebrews 1 at Jehoshua's ascension and exaltation. This passage shows us some very important truths that dispell some myths that Christendom teaches. The common myth taught by Christendom is that only God Almighty can be given worship which means that because Jehoshua was worshipped He must be God Almighty. They ignore the plain truth of scripture that it is within Jehovah's right to magnify a man to a position where that man is worshipped. We see this in Revelation 3:9 where the saints are worshipped by the synagogue of satan. This is even seen earlier in this chapter of 1 Chronicles 29:20:

20And David said to all the assembly, Now bless Jehovah your God. And all the assembly blessed Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped Jehovah, and the king.

Notice here that Israel worshipped not only Jehovah God but also His King which in this case is David. Of course, the worship ascribed to David is in respect to the authority Jehovah has bestowed upon him as king and His preeminent (firstborn) son. Only Jehovah God is to be worshipped as the Almighty God so only He is to receive supreme worship and reverence as even Jehoshua taught. The type of worship given to His chosen king and son is in respect to the authority given to them.

In verse 20 of 1 Chronicles, the word for "worshipped" in Hebrew is "shachah" (strongs 7812) and means "to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God): - bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly bes1eech, do (make) make obesiance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship".

This is important to understand in terms of the trinitarians who say Jehoshua must be God Almighty because He was given worship.

Here in 1 Chronicles, we see the same honor that Jehovah bestowed upon David being given to his son Solomon. The words used for this are noteworthy.

Back to 1 Chronicles 29, in verse 22 Solomon is anointed as the King unto Jehovah. In verse 23, we see that all Israel obeyed Solomon as he was Jehovah's anointed king. Today Israel is a spiritual nation and our King is Jehoshua and we are to obey Him as this is the precedent that Jehovah God has set forth for His anointed Kings. How much moreso in the case of King Jehoshua in that He is God's ONLY begotten Son. Everything we see in David and Solomon are to be magnified in Messiah. They were begotten as sons of God by anointing being given the Spirit. The same goes for Jehoshua as He was anointed at His baptism and subsequent ascension and exaltation, however His Sonship is unique from anyone else that has ever existed as He was begotten directly by God in the womb of Mary.

As powerful as David and Solomon were as kings, Jehoshua is the ultimate fulfilment of the kingly line of David and is the King of kings and Lord of Lords (Rev. 19:16).

Back to the text in 1 Chronicles 29, obviously it is Jehovah's prerogative to ascribe a nation/church to obey a man that He (Jehovah) has anointed. Today many mistakenly think that a man even if he is anointed by God cannot be given this type of obedience yet scripture contradicts this notion. Verse 24 says that even all the prince's and mighty men submitted themselves unto king Solomon. Again this shows that Jehovah can indeed demand that a man He has anointed be obeyed and worshipped (verse 20).

In verse 25, the text says "Jehovah magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel", lets look at the definition of the two words "magnified" and "exceedingly".

Magnified comes from the Hebrew word "gadal" (strongs 1431) and means "to be large in estate, mind, body, honor, also in pride: - advance, boast, bring up, exceed, excellent, become great, increase, lift up, magnify, promote, proudly (spoken), tower."

This is pretty good stuff that Jehovah placed upon Solomon as He gave him honor, made him great, boasted and lifted him up and promoted him, proudly speaking of him.

If that is not enough, Jehovah didn't just do this in measure but rather "exceedingly" which comes from the Hebrew word "malal" (strongs 4605) and means "upward, above, overhead, from the top, above, exceeding, high, over up, very".

King Solomon was given the highest honor and estate anyone under heaven could ever be given and it was given in above anyone and he was made greater than anyone. Israel was to obey and worship him (verse 20). Does anyone dare to tell Jehovah God that He has no right to decree that a man anointed by Him cannot be worshipped? Yet that is the false assumption by trinitarians. This is why they are stuck in their delusion that just because Jehoshua is worshipped that He must be God Almighty. Certainly, if a human king anointed by  Jehovah can rightly be worshipped how much moreso Jehoshua who is God's divine King. Remember Jehoshua's statement to the Pharisees?

John 10:34 (KJV)

34Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?35If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;36Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

Jehoshua is making reference to Psalm 82 where earthly judges are being rebuked for not upholding justice for the needy as they should have been. Jehoshua said that if these human magistrates are called gods then it should be no big thing that He (Jehoshua) is called god being that He has been sanctified by the Father and is the Son of God.

Jehoshua wasn't claiming to be God Almighty but rather His Son and saying that if the human judges were called gods then how much moreso he is a god being that He is actually the Son of God. The same applies in repsect of the kings of Israel especially Davd and Solomon. If they were magnified exceedingly by Jehovah and worshipped by the congregation then how much more should we worship God's ONLY begotten Son who has exceeded both David and Solomon combined in being anointed by Jehovah's Spirit and being magnified by the Father.

Let's go to verse 25 of 1 Chronicles 29, the text says Jehovah bestowed upon Solomon royal majesty as had not been seen on any king before in Israel. Let's play the word game again.

The word bestowed comes from the Hebrew word (strongs 5414) "nathan" and means to "appoint, apply, ascribe, assign, cause, charge, commit".

So what did Jehovah ascribe and apply to Solomon? The bible says "royal majesty"

The word "royal" comes from the Hebrew word   "malkuwth" (strongs 4438) and means "a rule, dominion, empire, kingdom, realm, reign, kingly".

So Jehovah appointed a kingdom and dominion to Solomon in which he would reign as Jehovah's vice regent. This is pretty great stuff we are seeing being given to Solomon from Jehovah. You can see now why Israel was commamded to worship Jehovah's anointed King as the Father committed all His authority under heaven to the King. To not worship Jehovah's anointed would be disrespect and disobedience to God Himself.

One more word and that is majesty which comes from the Hebrew word "howd" (strongs 1935) and means "grandeur, (i.e. an imposing form and appearance): - beauty, comeliness, excellency, glorious, glory, goodly, honour, majesty."

Wow! Our Father in heaven gave all this to Solomon, bestowed upon him royal (kingly) grandeur, honour and magnificence. Solomon must have been a sight to behold as this also has an application to outward appearance and form. When the kings were anointed by Jehovah with His Spirit you can beleive that they radiated that Spirit where others would be able to see it. Isn't that true of us when we are connected to the Father and Son through the Holy Spirit? People see us radiate the Spirit of God. How much more then the kings of Israel when they were anointed by Jehovah and bestowed magnificence and glory upon them.

This is important to understand because there is a myth in Christendom that in order for Jehovah to share His glory with anyone that means they also have to be God Almighty as part of some trinity. This passage in 1 Chronicles 29 shows that not only can Jehovah bestow honor and glory upon a man but Jehovah can also decree that a man He anoints can be rightly worshipped.

This leads us to the Messiah Jehoshua and gives us a foundation in establishing that He can rightly be worshipped without being God Almighty which refutes the false Catholic-Protestant teaching that in order for one to be worshipped they must be God Almighty.

Let's go to some texts that are about Jehoshua's coronation as the King of Israel.

Psalm 45:6-7 (KJV)

6Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.7Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.8All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.9Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.10Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;11So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.

The immediate application of pslam 45 is regarding king David's son Solomon. This is obvious when reading the passage in context. The NASB properly translates this verses 6 and 7 as "god" when in reference to the King as the king was God's representatives to the people. We see here the anointing of king Solomon where Jehovah tells him that his throne is forever. This would ultimately be fulfilled in Jehoshua who has an everlasting Kingdom. Solomon is prophesied here as ruling with a scpter of righteousness. He is described as one who will hate wickedness. This is very telling, because this ultimately is about Jehoshua who also hates wickedness. This ought to be troubling for many Churches who preach a watered down version of Jehoshua who will just accept anyone regardless of how they live.

In this pasaage we see that king Solomon has a God and clearly it is Jehovah. Since this pasaage finds its final fulfillment in Jehoshua then we see that Jehovah is Jehoshua's God as well. This destroys the false trinitarian doctrine.

Another verse that destroys the false trinitarian view that because someone receives worship they must be God Almighty is verse 11 of psalm 45:

" So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him."

king Solomon here is called "Lord" which comes from the Hebrew word "adown" (Strongs 113) and means "sovereign (meaning to rule), i.e. controller (human or divine): - lord, master, owner.

"adown" unlike "adonai" is normally applied to human rulers and sovereigns. Adonai is used to describe a divinity. Remember, that Jehoshua is called Lord several times in the new testament. This title applies to Him being the master teacher (rabbi) over His apostles and disciples however it also applies to His Kingship. Unlike Solomon, Jehoshua is divine havingthe fulness of the Godhead in Him bodily. Also remember that is Jehovah God who made Jehoshua Lord (King).

Acts 2:36 (KJV)

36Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

Notice this that it was Jehovah God that made His Son both King (Lord) and Messiah (anointed). This means that before God made Jehoshua these two things He did not have these positions. Much of Christendom has taken away much of the credit and glory that rightfully goes to the Father for bestowing these honours upon His Son.

We also see in verse 11 that David in this prophetic psalm calls for Solomon's future wife to worship him (Solomon). Just to reiterate the he word for "worshipped" in Hebrew is "shachah" (strongs 7812) and means "to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God): - bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly bes1eech, do (make) make obesiance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship".

This is the same word for worship used elsewhere for Jehovah God. Obviously David isn't telling the woman to worship his son Solomon as the Almighty God but rather as the anointed King of Israel who is Jehovah's earthly representative. This also hurts the trinitarian argument that just because Jehoshua is worshipped that must mean He is the Almighty God. Of course we are to worship Jehoshua our worship of Him is to exceed the worship given to any of the kings of Israel of the past. Infact, our worship of Jehoshua is to be second only to Jehovah God. Remember, Jehoshua is the ultimate fulfilment of this prophecy in Psalm 45 and the honour bestowed upon Solomon is magnified 100 fold for Jehoshua who is God's divine King and God's only begotten Son.

Jehoshua need not be Almighty God to receive worship but rather His position as the King of Israel demands that we worship Him, not to mention His unique Sonship.

If king David and Solomon were worshipped how much moreso Jehoshua who is a divine King? This is why the view that only Almighty God can be worshipped makes no sense as we see that his anointed human kings were worshipped. Jehovah decreed that this was to be so and He decrees this be given to His Son as well. To not worship Jehoshua would be defiance to God the Father. Yet trinitarians are telling Jehovah hat He has no right to decree that someone He anoints as King is worthy of worship.

Acts 13;30-37 (KJV)

30But God raised him from the dead:31And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.32And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,33God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.34And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.35Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.36For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:37But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.

Above is an excerpt of Paul's sermon in Antioch on the Sabbath day. Notice here that Paul connects the resurrection (verse 30 and 34) with Jehoshua being begotten by the Father (verse 33). Psalm 2 is qouted by Paul. Also, it was God the Father that raised Messiah from the dead not trinity according to Paul. With Paul connecting the resurrection with Psalm 2 in Romans 1:1-4 and here in Acts 13:30-37, then it is reasonable to conclude that when the second psalm is qouted in Hebrews 1 that the writer of Hebrews (possibly Paul) has the resurrection in mind which fits the context of Hebrews 1 perfectly. Also, see Acts 2:29-36 to fit even more perfectly the resurrection and exaltation of Jehoshua with Him being begotten by the Father.

Let's go back to the word "firstborn"

Jeremiah 31;9 (KJV)

9They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Ephraim "Israel" was the first nation to receive Jehovah's adoption. Firstborn here in this context is a token of preeminence and anointing.

Firstborn comes from the Hebrew word "bkowr" (strongs 1060) and means "Firstborn, chief, eldest (son)"

Firstborn can denote a literal eldest son or could also mean a title of "preeminence" hence "chief". Obviously in this context firstborn denotes preeminence as there were other nations that existed prior to Israel.