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Podcast: Restitutio
Episode: Theology 13 – Jesus, God’s Supreme Representative
Description: Although later Christianity interpreted the handful of texts that call Jesus God as evidence that he shared the same rank, substance, and age as the Father, a more Hebrew-sensitive reading of these same verses yields more organic fruit. Instead of bringing in complex Greek philosophy to distinguish person from being and divine from human natures, the bible provides clear precedents for the idea that Jesus as God’s agent can be called God because he represents him. Thus, we do not have two Gods, but one God and his representatives, whether human judges, angelic beings, prophets, or the messiah hims...