I have said, ‘Ye are gods;
and all of you are children of the Most High...’
(Psalm 82:6)
Continued from Part 1...
2. How are human beings ‘god-like’, conditionally?
3. In what ways is mankind on ‘the god track?
I hope you clearly perceive the strategic complementarity,
Just in case you don’t, here’s an interesting perplexity.
There seems to be an internal conflict,
In the Hebrews 2 reference to Psalm 8:5. Check, you’ll see.
That's based on which Hebrew text Greek scribes picked. 1
In defense of His true claim to be The Son of God,
Jesus noted Psalm 82:6 to folks who scolded Him.
Angels aren’t mentioned in versions I checked. That’s not odd,
Because the words Asaph, the psalmist, wrote, were inspired by Him!
Thus we can conclude The Lord’s ‘Ye are gods’ quote
wasn’t flawed. 2
Now, let’s examine the subjects of these two verses from Him.
Versions of Psalm 8:5 compare man with The Godhead or angels.
If all angels should be the accurate comparison,
Then mankind would be lower than both holy and fallen angels,
We would not resist those angels who from grace have fallen,
And holy angel assignments would be higher than messengers!
That would confuse The Lord’s strategic organization! 3
Conventional wisdoms is that ancient Israel’s judges,
Are the subjects of Psalm 82:6, not righteous adherents.
Yet as ‘The Righteous Judge’, He encourages and challenges:
‘Judge righteous judgment, not according to the outside appearance.’
Moreover, for us, the righteous...
Life is our testing ground for judging future injustices,
In His Millennial Reign, and judging angels’ performances! 4
Imagine this…
To the few folks who will survive the great tribulation,
And their descendants who’ll be born in the new millennium,
We will be as gods in our (then) immortal transformation,
Serving as ‘iron rod agents’ in The Lord’s global kingdom!
Take time to imagine what might be the correlations,
Between our righteous lives now, and our assignments in His system.
There’s nothing better to perceive our ‘god-likeness’ in this life,
Than meditating on that pending 5th age of history.
We’re now to be ‘versions of Christ’ to be righteous in His sight,
So in His Millennial Reign and throughout eternity,
We can all sit with Him on His Throne, in His GLORIOUS LIGHT.
That promise isn’t to angels, but to us, emphatically!!! 5
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1 There are several Hebrew language versions of The Old Testament. Irrespective of the minor variations among the Hebrew, Greek and English versions of both testaments, I believe the overall consistency of The Lord’s spiritual Word to us is remarkably preserved and consistent.
2 See: John 10:24
3 See: James 4:7 and 1 Peter 5:8-9
4 Paul attests we will someday judge, not only the whole world, but also angels. I do not perceive why we would judge holy angels. See: 1 Corinthians 6:2-3, 2 Peter 2:4 and Jude 6. The latter verses indicate devils who became humans and corrupted the human race (pre-flood) have been taken out of commission, and are being reserved for judgment, possibly the judgment of us, The Lord’s (then) immortal saints. See: Humans’ DNA Hacked (Poem) Indeed, it would be ‘poetic justice’ if The Lord would turn their judgment over to us, His resurrected, immortal saints just before He implements Revelation 20:10! Agree? See my notion of our possible Millennial Reign Job Description.
5 See: Christ-i-am (Poem), Hebrews 1:13 and Revelation 3:21. His promise is not to inauthentic, fake, ‘Christians in name only’ (CINOs), but to those of us who faithfully remain righteous in His sight until we die, or are raptured.
