I have said, ‘Ye are gods;
and all of you are children of the Most High...’
(Psalm 82:6)
There are two verses in Psalms around which folks tread carefully,
We ‘bend over backwards’ to deny the full agency,
Jesus, The Lord God, gave to Adam and his progeny.
Yet what He intended, cannot be nixed!
Imagine life on Earth if we embraced His intent, fully. 1
The literal version of Psalm 8:5 is very clear:
‘And [Thou] causest him [man] to lack a little of Godhead’.
The clarity of this verse refutes the errant opinion,
That man is ‘a little lower than angels’ in creation.
Sadly, in many Bible versions, this view is widespread!
Imagine what this errant view sounds like in …Heaven’s sphere. 2
We extend, and then compound our errant thinking,
When we seriously misinterpret Psalm 82:6:
I have said, `Gods ye [are], and sons of the Most High -- all of you…’
Denying the truth of Psalm 8:5, this verse we misconstrue!
Resorting to our ‘escape responsibility’ tactics,
It’s only ourselves, not The Lord, we’re hoodwinking! 3
Here’s why…
These two verses are …strategically complementary.
‘Connecting the dots’ between them reveals The Lord’s intent,
To enhance insights into our place in His strategic plan,
So we'll know, mankind is irrefutably …‘in the god clan',
Uniquely distinct in His creation. That’s what He meant.
Yet in many ways, to this notion, we behave contrary!
In the god clan, Adam and Eve were featured and vestured.
In ‘the spitting image’ of Jesus, Creator, they were formed.
Adam’s sin extinguished their god-nature, temporarily.
Until, with Christ’s death, it could be instilled, spiritually,
And later, in our being, tripartite, be made …uniform.
These are the purposes of salvation and the rapture. 4
Let’s break this down…
Some pivotal questions these two verses raise are:
1. What do ‘god’ and ‘Godhead’ mean, definitionally?
2. How are human beings ‘god-like’, conditionally?
3. In what ways is mankind on ‘the god track?
4. What parts of The Godhead do we now lack?
5. Will what we lack be temporary or permanent?
6. What happens if, to this notion, we’re impertinent.
Let’s ponder these so we can raise our ‘thinking bar’. 5
1. So what does ‘god’ and ‘godhead’ mean, definitionally?
god:
--A person/thing of supreme value; a powerful ruler,
--One controlling some aspect(s) or part(s) of reality.
From The Lord’s perspective, is this our actuality?
Adam was appointed ‘Earth’s lord god; authoritative leader’.
His sin didn’t revoke his appointment, strategically. 6
This appointment was passed on to Adam’s male progeny,
Though in our indolence, to this challenge, females rose.
I believe for it, now we’re all accountable,
And to The Lord, we will all be answerable,
For what in our lives, families and the Earth we chose.
Of all things on Earth, we alone have this authority. 7
Godhead:
--The fullness of Deity – Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
‘God in Three Persons’. One purpose, strategic plan, and nature,
With The God-Man, Jesus, sitting on The Godhead’s Throne.
On this, some religions stumble because they are prone,
To limit The Almighty narrowly to …just a number!!! 8
To ‘lack a little of Godhead’, pray tell, what is implicit???
See Part 2 in the above-noted series
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1 Agency – the capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power.
Progeny – descendants, which includes YoU!
2 ‘And causest him to lack a little of Godhead, and with honour and majesty compassest him.’ (Psalm 8:5, Young’s Literal Translation, YLT).
‘Yet You have made him a little lower than God, and You have crowned him with glory and honor.’ (Psalm 8:5, Amplified Bible)
Browse through Biblegateway.com for several other versions that accurately capture the intent of this verse.
3 Our understandings of these verses are highly controversial, possibly representing mankind’s reluctance to ‘see and understand them for what they actually say’, and thus escape responsibility for acting accordingly. They must be interpreted and understood in the broadest possible context of The Lord God’s strategic plan for humanity, across His appointed 7 ages of human history. To do otherwise is to short-change His intent.
4 Vestured – covered, clothed. Adam and Eve were originally vestured in GLORY LIGHT, which is the reason they only realized they were naked after they had sinned. Sin extinguished their light, and we all inherited their ‘lightless’ (sinful) condition and nature. Compare: Genesis 2:25 with 3:9-12. Our tripartite being comprises our spirit, soul and body, just as Jesus is.
5 Impertinent – showing contempt concerning, boldly rude or disrespectful.
These questions will be addressed in subsequent parts of this controversial series.
6 See Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Adam’s sin effectively transferred his God-given authority to satan. It did not transfer The Lord’s expectations and requirements of mankind to exercise righteousness over his life, his family, and the righteous management of the Earth.
7 Indolence – laziness, slothfulness.
No other beings on Earth were ever given this ‘stewardship’ responsibility.
8 Both the Jewish and Muslim religions tie themselves in knots over their assertion that God is ‘ONE’, numerically. In their myopic mindsets, they fail to comprehend the many broad definitions of the word, ‘one’. Take time to check various dictionaries to see what else this term signifies. The closing chapter of Revelation attests and confirms the ONENESS of The Godhead by twice referring to Their Throne as The ONE on which Jesus, The Lord God, sits.
