I'm getting tired of covering this over and over again. Thomas would have used the word elohim. This title can refer to God and man. Yeshua corrects the Pharisees when they question him about being God. Here are two messianic Psalms which use the word elohim in reference to a man:
I said, "You are gods (literally "elohim"), and all you are children of the
Most High." Psalm 82:6
In another Messianic Psalm, the Messiah himself is called god.
"Your throne, O god (elohim) is forever and ever; a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of your kingdom. You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore god (elohim),
your God has anointed you with the oil of gladness more than your companions." Psalm 45:6-7
Yahshua also claimed to be the
son of God. As we have seen from Psalm 82:6 as quoted above, YHWH even calls men
gods because they are His
"children". To a certain extent, Scripture indicates that each of us can claim the title of
god, and son or daughter of God! Yahshua as much as said, "so what's the big deal about me claiming to be the son of God?" when he quoted the same Psalm to the religious leaders after they got all bent out of shape over the same issue.
Yahshua answered them, "Is it not written in your Law, 'I said, You are gods'? If He called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken), do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the
son of God'?" John 10:34-36
Being a son of God does not make one equal to the Father. This rationale by the religious leaders in John 5:18 was leveled as an accusation so they could find
some grounds on which do away with Yahshua. Though being a son of God who came from heaven is not the same as being YHWH, it still made Yahshua much greater than the religious leaders, and many of them were threatened by it.
Yahshua also claimed to be the
son of God. As we have seen from Psalm 82:6 as quoted above, YHWH even calls men
gods because they are His
"children". To a certain extent, Scripture indicates that each of us can claim the title of
god, and son or daughter of God! Yahshua as much as said, "so what's the big deal about me claiming to be the son of God?" when he quoted the same Psalm to the religious leaders after they got all bent out of shape over the same issue.
Yahshua answered them, "Is it not written in your Law, 'I said, You are gods'? If He called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken), do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the son of God'?" John 10:34-36
Being a son of God does not make one equal to the Father. This rationale by the religious leaders in John 5:18 was leveled as an accusation so they could find
some grounds on which do away with Yahshua. Though being a son of God who came from heaven is not the same as being YHWH, it still made Yahshua much greater than the religious leaders, and many of them were threatened by it.
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