mashiachim.org: II: God was IN Christ

"God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself" (2 Corinthians 5:19)

The relationship between the Father and the Son—between God and Yeshua—is inherently clear and straightforward in the Scriptures, albeit parceled. Yet, centuries of false teachings and false translations, particularly from the Cults of Constantine (Catholicism, Orthodoxy, and Protestantism), have darkened and corrupted people's minds regarding the simplicity that is in Christ. As a result, any effort to illuminate the truth now requires not only a straightforward clarity but also a meticulous and systematic dismantling of the entrenched heresies that have misled countless souls for centuries.

As it is written:

"But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the SIMPLICITY that is in Christ." -2 Corinthians 11:3

Our beloved apostle Paul prophesied long ago, before his martyrdom,

“For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves. Therefore watch, and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears.” -Acts 20:29-31

Those savage wolves eventually took power over the churches of God after Paul’s departure one by one, just as he had prophesied. In fact, by the time the beloved apostle John was given the vision of the Revelation of Yeshua, there were only seven true Churches left on earth. Then, by the time emperor Constantine took his throne in 306 AD at 34 years of age, the false religion of those savage wolves took the throne with him: The religion of the anti-Christ. The religion of lies. The religion which we, the Mashiachim, call 'The Cults of Constantine.'

Thus, what follows is not the product of human tradition, nor is it shaped by the doctrines of men who have corrupted the faith for power and control. It is not rooted in the councils and creeds of Constantine’s cults, which have polluted the simplicity that is in Christ. Instead, this work is founded solely upon the pure and unshakable Word of God, as revealed in the Holy Scriptures. Every claim herein is drawn from what is written in Scripture, not from the deceptions of those who sought to remake God in their own image. Here is the truth:

1. THE INCARNATION OF GOD IN THE BODY OF YESHUA

As the Lord Yeshua, the prophets, and His apostles have clearly taught us in the Scriptures, we the Mashiachim are to be steadfast Monotheists.

(see Deuteronomy 32:39; 1 Corinthians 8:6; John 17:3; Isaiah 43:10; Isaiah 45:5; Mark 12:29; 1Timothy 2:5; 1 Timothy 6:16; John 1:18; 1 John 4:12; 1 Corinthians 11:3).

Truly, there is only one God and God is One.

However, the prophets and apostles also taught Incarnationism.

(see Genesis 18:1; Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 9:6; Zechariah 12:10; John 1:14; John 2:19,21; Colossians 2:9; Hebrews 1:3; 1 Timothy 3:16; 2 Corinthians 5:19; John 14:10; Matthew 1:23).

Incarnationism refers to the act of a spirit dwelling within a physical body. The term is derived from the Latin word incarnatio, which comes from in ("into" or "in") + caro, carnis ("flesh"), meaning, literally, "embodiment in flesh."

One of the overarching teachings within the apostles’ doctrine is an unwavering belief in Incarnationism—which is the belief in the incarnation (i.e. the embodiment) of the one and only true God (John 17:3) within the mortal body of the man Yeshua HaMashiach (John 1:14; John 2:19,21; Colossians 2:9; 1 Timothy 3:16; 2 Corinthians 5:19; John 14:10; Matthew 1:23).

As it is written of the earliest Church,

“And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.” -Acts 2:42

Scripture is very clear on this: The apostles did NOT teach Trinitarianism, Modalism, or Unitarianism. The apostle’s taught INCARNATIONISM; the truth that "God was IN Christ reconciling the world to Himself..." (2 Corinthians 5:19)

This doctrine of the Incarnation is and always has been central to "the apostle's doctrine."

Unlike the false, man-contrived theories invented by the Cults of Constantine or the host of other heresies, the Apostle's doctrine of Incarnationism teaches us that Yeshua HaMashiach was born as a man and "made like His brothers IN EVERY RESPECT" (Hebrews 2:17 ESV; 1Timothy 2:5), yet He is also:

"the only begotten Son of God" (Deuteronomy 18:18; Proverbs 8:24-26; John 3:18; Matthew 16:16-17,17:5; Luke 1:35),

the "one Lord" of men (1Corinthians 8:6,11:3), and

a man in whom "all the fullness of the Deity of God dwells bodily" (Colossians 2:9).

As it is written:

"God was IN Christ reconciling the world to Himself..." -2 Corinthians 5:19

And again:

"The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but THE FATHER WHO DWELLS IN ME does the works." —John 14:10b

The Cults of Constantine, however, will flatly deny that in Yeshua "all the fullness of the Deity of God dwells bodily" (Colossians 2:9). They will deny that the FATHER dwells in Yeshua (John 14:10). They therefore deny that "God was IN Christ reconciling the world to Himself..." (2 Corinthians 5:19).

The truth of Incarnationism is thoroughly reinforced by Scripture. Below, we shall comment upon and reveal many truths about several passages where Incarnationism is undeniably "the apostle's doctrine" (Acts 2:42) regarding the relationship between the One True God (John 17:3) and His only begotten Son (John 1:14), Yeshua HaMashiach.

John 14:10(b):

"The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but THE FATHER WHO DWELLS IN ME does the works."
This statement by Yeshua is a profound and clear affirmation of the doctrine of Incarnationism. Yeshua makes it absolutely clear that while He walks the earth as a man, the true source of His words and works (i.e. His miracles) is not Him, but rather "the Father who dwells in" Him. The Koine Greek statement is emphatic. This is not symbolic or hyperbolic language; it is a direct declaration of the unique relationship between Yeshua, the mortal man, and the one and only true God, the Father, Who dwelled "IN" that mortal man (John 17:3; 1Corinthians 8:6; Colossians 2:9).
Unfortunately, Trinitarians will flatly deny that the Father was "in" Yeshua in the way Scripture plainly teaches. Instead, they promote the false doctrine that Yeshua is “one Person of three in a triune Godhead, equal and yet distinct from the Father.” This idea directly contradicts Yeshua's own words in passages like John 14:10, where He clearly affirms that it is the Father who dwells in Him, speaks through Him, and does the miracles.
By denying that the Father actually resides within Yeshua, and inventing the term "God the Son" as if Yeshua operated with His own power and authority, Trinitarians obscure the simplicity of the biblical teaching of the Incarnation.
As Paul warns in 2 Corinthians 11:3, they lead believers away from "the simplicity that is in Christ," twisting the clear and simple truth that Yeshua is a man indwelled by God's presence, not part of some confusing pantheon of three Person-Gods who are all also somehow 'one in essence and substance'—whatever that's supposed to mean. This confusion undermines the true message of Scripture. As it is written, "God is not the author of confusion" (1 Corinthians 14:33).
Furthermore, when Yeshua says, "the Father who dwells in Me does the works" in John 14:10, He is declaring that His authority, power, words, and miracles are not of His own ability or origin but are entirely the result of the Father’s (i.e. God's) divine presence within Him.
This truth is further emphasized in John 5:30, where Yeshua plainly and openly declares, "I CAN OF MYSELF DO NOTHING. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me." Here, Yeshua makes it absolutely clear that of Himself—that is, in His own capacity—He literally "can do NOTHING." It is the Father (i.e. God) dwelling within Him who empowers every word and every miraculous action He performs.

2 Corinthians 5:19:

"that is, that GOD WAS IN CHRIST reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation."
This verse is a profound affirmation of Incarnationism, declaring that "God was IN Christ"—a truth made emphatic by the Greek phrase Θεὸς ἦν ἐν Χριστῷ (Theos ēn en Christō). This passage does not say that God was "by means of Christ reconciling a world to Himself," as some lying heretics claim, but that God Himself was literally "IN" Christ, actively dwelling within Yeshua's human body.
The preposition ἐν (en)—which literally means "inside of"—is crucial, leaving no room for ambiguity. It clearly indicates the real, literal, internal presence of God the Father within Yeshua. This phrase confirms that the Father was fully, personally, and literally dwelling within the Lord Yeshua HaMashiach. The apostle’s words unequivocally affirm that the reconciliation of humanity was achieved through this divine indwelling. This truth is further clarified by Yeshua Himself in John 14:10, as we have already covered, where He declares: "The Father who dwells in Me does the works."
This concept aligns seamlessly with the prophetic words of Zechariah 12:10, where God proclaims in profound prophecy: "Then they will look on ME WHOM THEY PIERCED. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son."
Here, the speaker (God) refers to Himself in the first person ("Me") when speaking of being pierced, yet shifts to the third person ("Him") when describing mourning for "His only Son." This remarkable shift can only be fully understood through the lens of Incarnationism.
God, dwelling within the human body of Yeshua, was "pierced" in the sense that Yeshua, the man, suffered, and had his hands and feet and side pierced while God Himself was fully present within His body. This dual reference—"Me" and "Him"—reflects the profound significance of the Incarnation, where God was both present "in" and distinct from the physical body of Yeshua.
In this way, 2 Corinthians 5:19 directly supports and fulfills the prophecies of Zechariah 12:10, explaining how the one true God could be "pierced" through His manifestation in Yeshua’s body and mourned as "Him," the only Son. The teaching that "God was IN Christ, reconciling the world to Himself" can only be fully understood through the doctrine of Incarnationism.
Yeshua’s human body served as the dwelling place of God’s presence on earth, allowing these prophecies to be fulfilled in a manner that preserves the oneness of God while affirming His manifestation in the flesh.

Colossians 1:19; 2:9:

"For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell."... "For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Deity of God bodily."
These verses profoundly and clearly communicate "the Apostle's Doctrine" (Acts 2:42): That the fullness of God resides in the physical body of the man Named Yeshua HaMashiach.
Of course, this does not mean that God was not also filling the universe at the same time. He was within Yeshua, but as the Scriptures affirm, God is omnipresent. 1 Kings 8:27 declares, "Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You," highlighting that God's presence permeates all creation. Yeshua’s body served as the unique, visible dwelling place of the fullness of God’s presence on earth (John 14:10), much like the Temple did in the past (Psalm 11:4; 2 Chronicles 7:1-2).
God, however, remained infinite and unconfined as always, sustaining the universe by His omnipotent power (Hebrews 1:3) while simultaneously allowing His fullness to indwell Yeshua, His Son (Colossians 2:9). This underscores the profound mystery of God’s simultaneous immanence within Yeshua and transcendence over all creation, maintaining His divine omnipresence at all times.
The term "Deity of God" in Colossians 2:9 is translated from the Greek word Theotēs (θεότης), which carries the meaning of the state of being God—divinity in its full and absolute sense. The use of "Theotēs" by the apostle here is significant because it doesn't merely suggest that Yeshua possesses divine qualities or attributes, as some heretics claim; rather, it directly asserts that He literally embodies the full and complete presence of God on earth just as the Temple once did (Psalm 11:4; 2 Chronicles 7:1-2).
When Paul writes that "in Him dwells all the fullness of the Deity of God bodily," he is declaring that everything that makes God Who He is, i.e. His fullness, resides entirely in the body of Yeshua. The phrase "ALL the fullness" (Greek: plērōma), used in both Colossians 1:19 and 2:9, emphasizes that nothing of God's divine nature is absent from Yeshua's body. He is not only the image of God (Colossians 1:15); He is also the embodiment of God (Colossians 2:9), with no part of the divine nature left out of his body.
These are truths that the heretical sects of both the Trinitarian and the Unitarian camps will shamefully deny. However, this is the truth. This is what the Bible clearly says. This is the Incarnation; and is clearly "the Apostle's Doctrine" (Acts 2:42); and this is why we, the Mashiachim, are solid Incarnationists.
This teaching, which is straight from the apostles who wrote the New Testament, is central not only to the doctrine of the Incarnationism, but to Christianity itself. It directly supports the belief that God Himself took on human flesh in the Person of Yeshua. The fullness of the Deity of God dwelling "bodily" in Yeshua confirms that Yeshua is not some secondary "Person" of a some pagan Trinity, but is the Son of God and the embodiment of the only true God (Colossians 2:9; John 1:18; John 14:10); 1 Corinthians 8:6).

John 2:19,21:

"Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up”" ... "But He was speaking of the temple of His body."
In John 2:19-21, Yeshua declares, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." The Jews, misunderstanding His words, believed He was speaking of the temple made of stones in Jerusalem. But the apostle John clarifies, "But He was speaking of the Temple of His body." This profound statement is a key revelation of the doctrine of Incarnationism—the understanding that Yeshua’s body was the very Temple of God on earth, where God’s presence dwelt (Col 1:15,2:9).
The idea of the presence of God dwelling in a temple is deeply rooted in the Scriptures. In the Old Testament, God’s presence filled both the Tabernacle and later the Temple. For instance, when Solomon dedicated the Temple, the glory of the Lord filled the house so intensely that the priests could not even remain inside to minister (1 Kings 8:10-11). Likewise, in the Tabernacle (or 'Tent of Meeting'), God's presence would descend as a cloud and fill the tent whenever Moses went and met with Him (Exodus 40:34-35), and then God would speak to Moses from inside the tabernacle (Leviticus 1:1).
Just as the Shekinah glory of God—His visible and radiant presence—once dwelled in sacred structures like the Tabernacle and the Temple, so too did the fullness of God dwell bodily within the man named Yeshua (Colossians 2:9). The Shekinah glory is described in Exodus 40:34-35, when God’s presence filled the Tabernacle with such power that Moses could not enter. It was a sign of God dwelling amongst His people.
This time God's Presence was not in a building made by human hands, but in the body of Yeshua HaMashiach, the only begotten Son of God. Through this incarnation, Yeshua became the living Temple—the place where God’s divine presence fully resided on earth (Colossians 1:15). Of course, this is not to say that God, since he was fully dwelling within the body of Yeshua, did not also fully dwell in Heaven at the same time. God is omnipresent (Proverbs 15:3; Psalm 139:7-8).

3. YHWH APPEARED

In the 18th chapter of the book of Genesis, we encounter a remarkable historical event. As Abraham rests near the terebinth trees of Mamre, he is suddenly visited by three mysterious "men" who appear, seemingly out of nowhere. What begins as an ordinary day in Abraham's life quickly turns into an extraordinary celestial encounter as we discover that one of those three men is actually YHWH (pronounced with the vowels YāHūWāH, i.e. Yah-Hoo-Wah).

Before we begin, however, you must understand the significance of the Name YHWH. The true name of God throughout Scripture is YHWH (יהוה), often translated as "the LORD" in all capital letters in most English Bibles. We, the Mashiachim do not agree with this translation.

The divine Name of YHWH is revealed to Moses in Exodus 3:14-15, where God declares, "I AM WHO I AM" (Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh) and instructs Moses to say, "YHWH, the God of your fathers... has sent me to you. This is My name forever." The translation of YHWH into "the LORD" is a tradition of men and confuses people. YHWH appears over 6,800 times in the Hebrew Scriptures, emphasizing its significance as God’s personal, covenantal name. The name YHWH simply means "O, He" in ancient Hebrew Semitic—a call to recognize and exalt the One who is self-existent and eternal.

Note: Arabic has indeed preserved both the pronunciation and meaning and pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton (יהוה - YHWH) through "Yā Hūwa" (ياهُوَ), meaning "O' He."

The following passage captures one of the most pivotal moments in Abraham's life—and, indeed, one of the most pivotal moments in Scripture:

"Then YHWH appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre as he sat at the tent door in the heat of the day. When he lifted his eyes and looked, behold, three men stood near by. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to greet them and, bowing himself to the ground, he said, “My Lord, if I have now found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant. Please, let a little water be brought to wash your feet, rest under the tree, and let me bring some bread that you may refresh your hearts. After that you may go on, inasmuch as you have already come to your servant.”
They said, “You may do as you have spoken.”
So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, “Quickly! Make ready three measures of fine flour; knead it and make cakes!” Then Abraham ran to the herd, took a male calf, excellent and tender, and gave it to a servant-boy, who then hastened to prepare it. He then took butter and milk and the calf that had been prepared, set these before them, and stood by them under the tree as they ate.
They then said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?”
So he said, “Here, in the tent.”
And He said, “Verily, I will return to you according to the time of life, and behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son.”
And Sarah was listening at the door of the tent, which was behind Him. Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age; and Sarah had passed the age of childbearing. Therefore, Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old, shall I have such delight, my Lord being old also?”
And YHWH said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?’ Is anything too hard for YHWH? At the appointed time I shall return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”
But Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid.
And He said, “No, but you did laugh.”
Then the men rose from there and looked toward Sodom, and Abraham went with them to send them on their way. And YHWH said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing, since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? For I have known him, in order that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of YHWH, to do righteousness and justice, that YHWH may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him.” And YHWH said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grave, I will go down now and see whether they have done according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, I will know.”
Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before YHWH...
...Then the two angels came to Sodom in the evening.
-Genesis 18:1-22;19:1 MET (Mashiachim English Translation)

In the above passages from the first book of the Torah in Genesis 18:1-22 and 19:1, YHWH, the God of the Bible, physically and visibly appears to Abraham, accompanied by two other figures, later revealed to be angels in Genesis 19:1.

Abraham immediately recognizes the significance of their visit and shows deep reverence, bowing to the ground, and addressing one of them as "My Lord" (Hebrew singular "אדני"—"Adonai").

This passage then goes on to illustrate how YHWH carries on as if He were a normal man—eating the meal Abraham had prepared and conversing with him. Then YHWH prophesies about the future birth of Abraham’s son, despite Sarah’s old age.

Sarah, overhearing this, laughs "within herself", but YHWH, knowing her thoughts, questions why she laughed, revealing His omniscience.

This passage sets the stage for the judgment of Sodom and Gomorrah, as the two angels who accompanied YHWH eventually depart to investigate those cities while Abraham remains standing before YHWH (Genesis 19:1).

4. THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD

As we look to Genesis 18:1-22, we learn that "YHWH appeared" (Genesis 18:1) to Abraham in the form of a man. He had His feet washed (Genesis 18:4), He ate food (Genesis 18:8), and He spoke with Abraham face to face, and to Sarah through the tent, as if He were an ordinary man (Genesis 18:13,15). Yet, Abraham recognized that this visitor was no ordinary man, but a physical appearance of God.

This encounter raises a critical question: How could Abraham—or anyone else in the Old Testament—see and interact with God when Scripture repeatedly teaches that “No one has seen God at any time” (John 1:18; 1 John 4:12), and that God dwells in “unapproachable light, whom no man has seen nor can see” (1 Timothy 6:15-16)? (see also Exodus 3:20; Deuteronomy 4:12,15-16; 1Timothy 1:17,6:15-16; Hebrews 11:27; John 1:18; 1John 4:12). Indeed, God even tells Moses, “You cannot see My face; for no man shall see Me, and live” (Exodus 33:20).

Who, then, did Abraham see?

Before we answer this question, we must establish a critical historical and theological truth:

The prophets and apostles who wrote our Bible clearly understood and proclaimed the UN-SEEABLE nature of the Almighty God. The Scriptures consistently affirmed this truth:

"God is Spirit" (Genesis 1:2; Psalm 139:7, 1 Kings 8:27; John 4:24), not flesh, and His invisible nature is absolute (John 1:18; 1 John 4:12; 1 Timothy 6:16). Even the book of Job, written before the time of Moses, declares: “If He goes by me, I do not see Him; if He moves past, I do not perceive Him” (Job 9:11).

Despite accounts like Genesis 18, where God seemingly appears and takes on a visible, physical form, the apostles still steadfastly affirmed that God Himself could NOT be seen (see John 1:18; 1 Timothy 6:15-16). This is because they knew that such appearances were manifestations of God's "Image" (Colossians 1:15; 1 Corinthians 8:5-6).

What is an image? Well, firstly, an image of a thing is not the thing, it's the IMAGE of the thing. In fact, an image of something, by default, CANNOT be the thing it is the image of, because if it were the thing, it would not be called an "image" of the thing, it would be the thing.

Indeed, this "Image" is not God Himself, but a distinct and separate representation of God (1 John 4:12; 1 Timothy 6:15-16); for an image, by definition, is not the original it reflects, but an "image" of the original. If the "Image" of an original were the original, it would not be called an "Image."

In other words, an image of a thing is not the thing, it's the image of the thing.

Think about when you gaze into a mirror. The image you see isn’t actually you—it’s an image of you. It looks like you and shows what you’re like, but it’s not the real you. It is an IMAGE of you.

In the same way, if something is called the "Image" of God (Colossians 1:15), by definition it cannot also be God, because it is an "Image." It shows what God is like, but it isn’t actually God. That’s what "Image" means—it’s a representation of the original. Not the actual original.

I belabor the subject for your edification.

Some may then argue that because Genesis 18:1 plainly says, "YHWH appeared," it has to be YHWH Himself, not an "Image" of YHWH. But that is simply not the case. The apostles clearly taught that "no one has seen God at any time" (1 John 4:12; 1 Timothy 6:15-16), and YHWH is most certainly the Name of God (Exodus 3:15). Therefore, if YHWH had truly appeared Himself, the apostles would not have taught that "no one has seen God at any time" (John 1:18; 1 John 4:12).

However, an "image" of something almost always carries the name of the original it represents. For example, consider the instance when Yeshua asked about a Roman coin, "Whose image and inscription is this?" He asked. The people answered, "Caesar" (Matthew 22:20-21; Mark 12:16; Luke 20:24). The coin bore Caesar's image, and so it was identified as "Caesar," even though the coin was not actually Caesar himself. In the same way, the "Image" of God is referred to as "YHWH," even though it is not literally YHWH Himself, but rather His "Image" (Colossians 2:9). This principle helps us understand how the visible manifestation of God's Image can bear His Name without being the actual invisible, infinite, omnipresent God, "Whom no man has seen nor can see" (1 Timothy 6:16).

These manifestations of God's Image include His walk in the Garden with Adam (Genesis 3:8), His appearance to Abraham in Mamre (Genesis 18), the wrestling with Jacob (Genesis 32:24-30), the burning bush (Exodus 3:2-6), and when Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel saw the God of Israel and lived (Exodus 24:9-11). He also appeared to Joshua as the Commander of YHWH’s Army (Joshua 5:13-15), called Gideon (Judges 6:11-23), and interacted with Manoah and his wife (Judges 13:3-22). However, these were not appearances of God's true Self, for as God told Moses, "You cannot see My face, for no man shall see Me and live" (Exodus 33:20). Rather, these were manifestations of God's "Image."

Furthermore, by teaching that the Son of God is and always has been "the Image of the invisible God" (Colossians 1:15) and "the express image of His Person" (Hebrews 1:3) both the apostles Paul and Barnabas clearly identified these appearances as manifestations of God's Image, often referred to in the Old Testament (Tanakh) as the “Messenger of YHWH” (מלאך יהוה, Mal'akh YHWH). This title, frequently translated in Trinitarian texts as "Angel of the LORD" (a misleading translation), appears in passages such as Genesis 16:7-13, Exodus 23:20-21, and Judges 13:15-18, where God's divine presence and authority are conveyed through this figure.

In the New Testament, however, the Apostles leave no room for argument and are absolutely clear that God Himself is un-seeable, declaring quite emphatically:

“NO ONE has seen God at ANY TIME...” (John 1:18).
“Now to the King eternal, immortal, INVISIBLE, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Ameen.” (1 Timothy 1:17)
“The blessed and only Sovereign...WHOM NO MAN HAS SEEN NOR CAN SEE” (1 Timothy 6:15-16).
“...for he endured AS SEEING HIM WHO IS INVISIBLE.” (Hebrews 11:27).
“NO ONE has seen God at ANY TIME” (1 John 4:12).

You see, the Scriptures establish a simple rule that cannot be broken:

If mankind can see it, it is not God.

All Christians must except this as an absolute fundamental Biblical principle: If mankind can see it, it is NOT God.

God is "INVISIBLE" (Romans 1:20; Colossians 1:15; 1 Timothy 1:17; Hebrews 11:27). What part of the word "INVISIBLE" is hard for people to understand? The un-seeable nature of God is emphasized and re-emphasized throughout the Scriptures (Exodus 3:20; Deuteronomy 4:12,15-16; 1Timothy 1:17,6:15-16; Hebrews 11:27; John 1:18; 1John 4:12).

Therefore, any visible manifestation perceived by man to be God is NOT actually God Himself, but is instead "the Image of the invisible God" (Colossians 1:15).

While God Himself cannot be seen, He has chosen to reveal Himself through His "Image," enabling humanity to perceive and interact with Him through that "Image."

The apostle Paul explains this distinction when he writes, “The blessed and ONLY Sovereign...dwelling in unapproachable light, WHOM NO MAN HAS SEEN NOR CAN SEE” (1 Timothy 6:15-16), and yet he also states that the Son of God, “is the Image [Greek: εἰκὼν, eikon] of the invisible God” (Colossians 1:15).

Similarly, in Hebrews 1:3, the apostle Barnabas (the author of Hebrews) describes the Son as “the express image of His Person,” aligning with Paul's witness.

Furthermore, the Greek word eikon (εἰκὼν), used in Colossians 1:15 for "image," means “image” or “icon.” This is from whence we derive our English word "icon." The term refers to a representation that is distinct from the original.

Remember: an image of a thing is NOT the thing, it's the IMAGE of the thing.

Therefore, when Colossians 1:15 refers to the Son of God as the eikon (εἰκὼν) of the invisible God, it conveys that the Lord Yeshua is the visible representation of God, reflecting His Father's nature. Yet, because He is described as the "image" of God, He cannot also be God Himself.

Remember: “NO ONE has seen God at any time” (1 John 4:12). If people saw the Lord Yeshua, and of course they did, then the Lord Yeshua could not have been God.

Indeed, if Yeshua, the man, were Himself God, the text would not describe Him as the eikon (εἰκὼν) of God. It would have simply called Him God, not the "Image" of God.

On the other hand, the Father is never referred to as an “image” because He is the original, not a representation. Christ’s role as the eikon (εἰκὼν) of God highlights His mission to reveal God to humanity while maintaining the necessary distinction between God’s un-seeable Person and His visible “image”.

This understanding aligns with the Lord Yeshua’s own words when He said, “Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father” (John 14:9). Yeshua was not claiming to be the Father, but rather to reflect and reveal God His Father to the world, as if He were "the Image of the invisible God" (Colossians 1:15) and "the exact representation of His character" (Hebrews 1:3 MET), which He, indeed, is.

This is why the Apostle Paul makes it unequivocally clear that:

"Yet for us there is ONE GOD: THE FATHER, of whom are all things, and we for Him. And one Lord: Yeshua HaMashiach, through whom are all things, and through whom we live" (1 Corinthians 8:6 MET).

And again:

"He is the image of the invisible God, the Firstborn over all creation" (Colossians 1:15)

And again:

"For IN Him dwells all the fullness of God's Deity bodily" (Colossians 2:9)

The one Lord, Yeshua HaMashiach, "is the image of the invisible God" (Colossians 1:15), in whom "dwells all the fullness of God's Deity bodily" (Colossians 2:9). However, the Image of God is obviously not God; and though God dwells within His body, His body is not God.

"Do you not know that you are the temple of God?" (1 Corinthians 3:16). Indeed, "God abides IN us" (1 John 4:12). Yet WE ARE NOT GOD.
Yea, in Old Testament times, God was IN the Temple (Psalm 11:4; Habakkuk 2:20), yet THE TEMPLE WAS NOT GOD.
Finally, God dwells IN Yeshua (Colossians 2:9), and He called His body the Temple of God (John 2:19,21). Yet YESHUA IS NOT GOD.

Simply put, the Temple of God should never be considered to be God.

5. WHO IS YESHUA?

Good question. Simple answer: Yeshua is the Lord, the Mashiach, the only begotten Son of God, begotten before the world began (Proverbs 8:24-26). As it is written:

"But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ." -2 Corinthians 11:3

Unfortunately, due to more than two thousand years of false teaching on this topic, especially from the Cults of Constantine, we must explain with much more detail and Scripture.

Let's get straight to the point:

In Proverbs 8:12, a mysterious Person called the "Hakmah" suddenly begins to speak in the Spirit through Solomon:

"I, Wisdom [Hebrew: Hakmah (חָכְמָה)], dwell with prudence and I discover knowledge and discretion" -Proverbs 8:12

This Hakmah (חָכְמָה), the Hebrew word for "Wisdom," suddenly speaks through Solomon by the Spirit. Then, after the Hakmah describes His nature and character (in Proverbs 8:12-21), He proclaims His existence with God prior to his being "begotten" (Proverbs 8:24-25), as if He were in God or was God previous to being “begotten.” Then He describes being “begotten” and His unique role in creation. This passage, often overlooked or even buried by modern false teachers from the Cults of Constantine, reveal the Hakmah as a being who, at some unknown, ancient point before the creation of the world, was "begotten" (Proverbs 8:24-25) into the cosmos.

Proverbs 8:22-31 further details the Hakmah’s existence with God, then His subsequent "birth," and participation in God’s creative work. These verses present a unique Person whose active role in creation bear profound theological significance, drawing a direct connection to the New Testament portrayal of Yeshua as "the Image of the Invisible God, the FIRSTBORN over all creation" (Colossians 1:15).

Proverbs 8:22-31 reveals that the Hakmah is the pre-human Son of God. In Proverbs 8:24-25, the Hakmah declares that He was "begotten," using the Hebrew word חוֹלָ֑לְתִּי (ḥō·w·lā·lə·tî), which carries a singular meaning: "I WAS BEGOTTEN," as in "I was born" or "I was birthed." This is not a vague or metaphorical term—it is a direct statement of God "begetting" this Person before the creation of the world. חוֹלָ֑לְתִּי (ḥō·w·lā·lə·tî) is also used in Psalms, where David states, "Behold, I was born (חוֹלָ֑לְתִּי) in iniquity, and in sin hath my mother conceived me" (Psalm 51:5 GNV).

Even the Septuagint (LXX) translators, who translated the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek long BEFORE the time of Christ (around the 3rd–2nd centuries BC), translated Proverbs 8:25 from Hebrew to Greek as "πρὸ τοῦ ὄρη ἑδρασθῆναι, πρὸ δὲ πάντων βουνῶν γεννᾷ με" ("Before the mountains were established, and before all the hills, He begets me").

This ancient Greek rendering confirms the plain Hebrew meaning of חוֹלָ֑לְתִּי, proving that Jewish scholars, before Christianity came, knew this passage was referring to the literal begetting of a Person.

There is a point here that must not be missed: John 1:14 confirms that Yeshua is "the ONLY BEGOTTEN of the Father." The Greek word for "only begotten" is μονογενής (monogenēs), which literally means "only begotten," (mono-only, genēs-begotten) affirming Yeshua’s unique origin from God the Father. Together, these passages clearly identify the Hakmah as Yeshua, the Son of God, "begotten" at some ancient and distant point before the creation of the cosmos.

This truth is unavoidable: If Yeshua is the "ONLY begotten," and the Hakmah (Wisdom) was "begotten," then they MUST be the same Person, for there is only ONE begotten (monogenēs).

Interestingly, Proverbs 8:30 further identifies the Hakmah as the "Master Craftsman," using the Hebrew אמן (amon), which literally means "Master Craftsman" and is often used for highly skilled artisans, such as stone masons or woodworkers, i.e. those who are skilled in intricate design. This ties directly to Yeshua, who in Mark 6:3 is called a τέκτων (tekton), which also happens to mean "Master Craftsman," even though many have incorrectly translated tekton as a mere "carpenter." The Greek title of τέκτων (tekton), however, holds the same meaning as the Hebrew אמן (amon).

This is no coincidence. The One who shaped the heavens and the earth as a "Master Craftsman" beside His Father, YHWH God (Proverbs 8:27-29; John 1:3; Hebrews 1:2) was later born as a man who became a "Master Craftsman" in His earthly life before He began His teaching ministry, mirroring His original role in the creation of the world.

Furthermore, if that were not enough, Yeshua is actually specifically identified as "the Wisdom of God" in 1 Corinthians 1:24, when the apostle writes: "Christ is the Power of God and the Wisdom of God." This specifically declares that the Hakmah of Proverbs 8 is indeed, Yeshua Ha Mashiach, “the Only Begotten of the Father” (John 1:14).

But before we continue, let us delve deeper into a true translation of this extraordinary portion of Scripture to uncover its full significance for understanding God’s nature and the unique relationship between YHWH and His "only begotten":

Proverbs 8:22-31

Mashiachim English Translation (MET)

²² YHWH possessed me at the beginning of His way, even before His works of ages past.

²³ From ancient times I was anointed, in the beginning, before there ever was an earth.

²⁴ When there were no depths, I was begotten, when there were no fountains abounding with water.

²⁵ Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was begotten.

²⁶ While as He had not yet made the earth, nor the fields, nor even the primeval dust of the world.

²⁷ When He prepared the heavens, I was there, when He drew a circle on the face of the deep,

²⁸ when He established the clouds above, when He strengthened the fountains of the deep,

²⁹ when He assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters would not transgress His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth,

³⁰ I was beside Him as a Master Craftsman, I was daily His delight, rejoicing day by day always before Him,

³¹ rejoicing in His inhabited world, and my delight was with the sons of Adam.

The above portion of Scripture (Proverbs 8:22-31), drawn from the Mashiachim English Translation (MET), reveals profound truths about the only begotten Son of God, His origins, and His relationship with YHWH God His Father. Proverbs 8 introduces the Hakmah (i.e. the "Wisdom") as a living Person, "begotten" (Proverbs 8:24-25) by God before creation.
The Hakmah is not God. Nor was He a Son of Adam. Nor was He a Seraphim or Cherubim (an angel). On the contrary, He was a wholly separate being of a singular and unique type, unlike any other being. This is mostly due to the fact that He was "Begotten" from God, not created.

Indeed,
"He is the image of the invisible God, the FIRSTBORN over all creation" (Colossians 1:15).
Many believe that the term "firstborn" (Greek: πρωτότοκος, prototokos) in Colossians 1:15 simply means that Yeshua holds the highest position over all creation—but not that He was literally the "Firstborn" Person in the universe.
They are severely incorrect, and clearly do not believe what the Bible clearly states. The Bible always means what it says and says what it means and needs no interpretation, rather accumulation.
Yeshua (the Hakmah) is LITERALLY, "the First-born over all creation" (Colossians 1:15). His birth is described in Proverbs 8:24-26, where it is clearly written:

"When there were no depths, I was begotten, when there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was begotten; while as He had not yet made the earth, nor the fields, nor even the primeval dust of the world." -Proverbs 8:24-26 (MET)
Then, in Psalm 89:27 (MET), God says, "And I shall make My Firstborn the highest of the kings of the earth." You see, God's Firstborn was not from the earth, but from Heaven. Here, God reveals that His Firstborn would come down to earth and be made the highest of the kings of the earth. Indeed, Micah 5:2, says about the Mashiach, "Whose goings forth are from of old, from ancient times."
This mirrors the declarations of Yeshua during His prayer to His God and Father:
"And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do. And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was." -John 17:3-5
Before Yeshua came in the flesh to earth to be born as a Son of Man (i.e. a son of Adam), He was, for thousands of years, dwelling in glory in the very presence of God His Father. As I have said previously, He is not God, nor was He a human or an angel. Rather, He was a wholly separate being of a singular and unique type, unlike any other being: The Only Begotten Son of God.
Yeshua’s statement in John 8:58, “Before Abraham was, I am,” further confirms His pre-human existence as the only begotten Son of God; NOT as God Himself, but as the unique Hakmah "begotten" by God before the creation of the world. This declaration was not a claim to deity, as the Cults of Constantine have falsely taught, but a simple and profound acknowledgment of His existence before Abraham's time.
In this passage, Yeshua is stating a fact—He existed long before Abraham because He is the Son of God, the one “whose goings forth are from of old, from ancient times” (Micah 5:2). His words align perfectly with Proverbs 8:23, where the Hakmah declares, “From ancient times I was anointed, from the beginning, before there ever was an earth.”
I would also point out here that Yeshua’s use of “I am” (ἐγώ εἰμι, ego eimi) in John 8:58 is often misunderstood by those who claim it to be a declaration of deity. In John 9:9, just the next chapter ahead in the same book, for example, the man born blind, after being healed by Yeshua, uses the EXACT SAME PHRASE when questioned by the Sanhedrin. When asked if he was the one who had been healed, he responds simply, “I am” (ἐγώ εἰμι, ego eimi). This informs us of two things: 1. Clearly, this man was not claiming to be God—he was merely identifying himself as the one they were talking about, and 2. Clearly, John the apostle did not believe ἐγώ εἰμι held any more significance saying than saying "I am he," or "I was," or "that's me" in English.
The same phrase, ἐγώ εἰμι, was a common expression in Koine Greek that simply means "I am he," or "I was," or "that's me." In John 8:58, Yeshua was not using this phrase as a claim to be God, as the lying Cults of Constantine claim, but to make the straightforward point that He existed long before Abraham did because He is the Son of God Who existed before the world was (Proverbs 8:24-26). To argue that Yeshua’s words in John 8:58 meant He was declaring Himself to be God while ignoring the identical usage by the man born blind just one chapter later in John 9:9, is either blatant ignorance or intentional deceptiveness.
In fact, this is precisely why the apostle Barnabas says, "But when He AGAIN brings the Firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all the angels of God bow down to Him”" (Hebrews 1:6 MET).
Note: προσκυνησάτωσαν does not mean "worship" as the lying Trinitarian translations falsely claim. It means "bow down to".
Why does Barnabas say, "when He AGAIN brings the firstborn into the world" (Hebrews 1:6 MET)? —Because the Firstborn had already come into the world many times prior, as I mentioned previously in this article: These manifestations of God's Image—such as to Abraham in Genesis 18, to Moses in the burning bush (Exodus 3:2-6), the wrestling with Jacob (Genesis 32:24-30), His walk in the Garden with Adam (Genesis 3:8), His appearance to Joshua as the Commander of YHWH’s Army (Joshua 5:13-15), His call to Gideon (Judges 6:11-23), and His interactions with Manoah and his wife (Judges 13:3-22)—These were not literal appearances of God’s true Self, as it is clear that “no one has seen God at any time” (1 John 4:12). Instead, they were appearances of God's "Image."
As it is written:
"The first man [i.e. Adam] was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man [i.e. Yeshua] is the Lord from heaven." -1 Corinthians 15:47
As I have said: The Son of God is not God. He was also not a human (prior to His birth by Maryam) or an angel. He is a unique being, “begotten” of God before the creation of the world (Proverbs 8:24-26). In fact, He is the “ONLY begotten of the Father” (John 1:14) and the one “through whom also [God] made the worlds” (Hebrews 1:2). This is mentioned in Proverbs 8:27-30, when it relates:
"When He prepared the heavens, I was there, when He drew a circle on the face of the deep, when He established the clouds above, when He strengthened the fountains of the deep, when He assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters would not transgress His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth, I was beside Him as a master craftsman…" -Proverbs 8:27-30 (MET)
However, before we continue, it is necessary for everyone to keep a pertinent and germane Word from God in mind:
“You are My witnesses,” says the Lord, and My servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, nor shall there be after Me." -Isaiah 43:10
There is only ONE God and God is ONE. There are not two Gods and God is not two. There are not three Gods and God is not three. God is God and Yeshua is the Son of God. Yeshua is also the Image of God, not God. An image of something cannot be the thing it is the image of, otherwise it would not be the image of it, it would be the something.
God is absolutely clear: "Before Me there was no God formed, nor shall there be after Me" (Isaiah 43:10).
Now that we have that important Scripture in mind, hold on to it as we proceed:

**The Word WAS God**

To further understand the origins of Yeshua, we should also turn to John chapter 1. As it is written:
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men." -John 1:1-4
John 1:1 clearly says, “In the beginning… the Word was God.” Yet, the Cults of Constantine twist this Scripture to fit their doctrines and claim that the Word is God. Just because something was does not mean that it still is. The Greek word for “was” in John’s original text is ἦν (ēn). This word carries the same meaning as the English word “was”—the past tense of “is.”
For example, this same Greek word ἦν (ēn) is used a few passages later in John 1:28, where it says:
“Ταῦτα ἐν Βηθαβαρᾷ ἐγένετο πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, ὅπου ἦν ὁ Ἰωάννης βαπτίζων.”
“These things were done in Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.”
Do you think John is still baptizing there?—No, he was baptizing there. He is no longer there. Go there and check if you like.
In other words, you could translate John 1:28 as, “These things were done in Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John used to be baptizing.” The word “was”, in this context, simply means “used to be.”
This is the exact same use in which John writes his opening verse: “Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος, καὶ ὁ Λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν Θεόν, καὶ Θεὸς ἦν ὁ Λόγος.”
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” -John 1:1
The word ἦν (ēn) here, just as in John 1:28, conveys a PAST STATE OF BEING—not a permanent or unchanging one.
But how can this be? Can God change?––No. God did not change. Rather, He begat a Son.
For example, God created Adam in His own image and likeness (Genesis 1:27). This means that God created Adam to look like and be like His Son. So let us use man as an example. Let us use the earthly to make sense of the heavenly (John 3:12).
Before a human man has a son, the son is both WITH him and actually IS him. Even though his son does not yet exist as a separate person, he exists as the man’s seed WITHIN him, who IS him.

Let's take a man named Mark, for example. Mark's seed is Mark, for it is a part of him just as his hand or his foot or his legs are parts of him. His hand is Mark. His foot is Mark. His legs are both Mark.

A man's parts are both with him and they are him.

This truth is reflected in Hebrews 7:9-10, where it says that Levi "was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him." Though Levi had not yet been born, he was already present in Abraham, and Levi was Abraham, in a real sense... the DNA of Levi was there.
Likewise, before God begat His Son, the Son was both “WITH” God and “WAS” God. As it is written:
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was WITH God, and the Word WAS God.” -John 1:1
The Word was both "WITH God" and "WAS God" (John 1:1), not as a separate being, but as the wisdom and word of God (Proverbs 8:22-23, 1 Corinthians 1:24), i.e. a part of God.
Christ existed in the form of God when He was the Hakmah (the Wisdom) of God (see Proverbs 8:12). As the Hakmah declares, “YHWH POSSESSED me at the beginning of His way” (Proverbs 8:22).
However, at the appointed time, God begat His Son, just as Wisdom declares in Proverbs 8:24-26:
"When there were no depths, I was begotten… Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was begotten. while as He had not yet made the earth, nor the fields, nor even the primeval dust of the world."
Just as when a man begets a son, the son is no longer his father but is now his own person. So too, when God begat His Son, the Son no longer “was” God any longer, but He became His own distinct and unique Being: The only begotten Son of God.
Thus, when John 1:1 says "the Word was God", it speaks of a past reality—a time before the Son was “begotten” into time and space as His own Person. This is why Colossians 1:15 declares Him to be "The Image of the Invisible God, the Firstborn over all creation", meaning He was the first and only whom God directly begat before all things were made through Him (Colossians 1:16, Hebrews 1:2).
Remember what God has declared: "Before Me there was no God formed, nor shall there be after Me" (Isaiah 43:10).
The Word, the Son of God, who “was” God, was no longer God once He was “begotten” of the Father. Instead, He became "the image of the invisible God" (Colossians 1:15), the one through whom the Father would be revealed to creation.
Brothers, God is very clear in Scripture: There is only one God, and God is one (Deuteronomy 6:4, Mark 12:29).
God is also invisible, and "no one has seen God at any time" (1 John 4:12, John 1:18).
This is the same God "who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, WHOM NO MAN HAS SEEN, NOR CAN SEE, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen" (1 Timothy 6:16).

This is why Paul the apostle is emphatic:

"Yet for us there is ONE GOD, THE FATHER, of whom are all things, and we for Him; AND one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we live." -1 Corinthians 8:6

I would then direct people to carefully review the four phases of Yeshua’s life in the following chapter.

6. THE PHASES OF YESHUA’S LIFE
In Philippians 2:5-8, Paul writes extraordinary truth about the four sequential phases of Yeshua’s life:
"Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, Who, (Phase 1:) existing in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, (Phase 2:) but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, (Phase 3:) and coming in the likeness of men. (Phase 4:) And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross." – Philippians 2:5-8
The four phases of Yeshua’s life covered in Philippians 2:5-8 are as follows:
PHASE 1: "existing in the form of God,"
PHASE 2: "taking the form of a bondservant"
PHASE 3: "and coming in the likeness of men"
PHASE 4: "And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross."
Let’s examine each of these four phases in greater detail:
PHASE 1: "existing in the form of God "
Christ existed in the form of God when He was the Hakmah (the Wisdom) of God (see Proverbs 8:12). As the Hakmah declares, “YHWH POSSESSED me at the beginning of His way” (Proverbs 8:22).
As we have mentioned in the previous chapter, just as a man's hand is him—not a separate being but an extension of himself—so too is his seed (sperm) him while it remains within him. It is not separate being from him. It is him. It is his essence, his life, his very self. Before a child is conceived, a father’s seed is the father himself, possessed by him, existing as part of his body; his being—therefore, it is him. But when that seed departs from him, it ceases to be him because it is no longer within him; it is no longer part of him. Instead, if that seed is given life, it has become its own distinct being. The son is not his father, even though he originates from his father—he is a separate person, bearing his father’s likeness yet existing apart from him as his own being.
Likewise, before the Son of God was begotten, He was a part of God and within God as God's Wisdom and Word (Proverbs 8:12, 22). He “was with God” and “was God” (John 1:1)—not as a separate entity, but as God's own internal Wisdom, "possessed" within Him, a part of Him. But when God begot His Wisdom into the cosmos, when He spoke His Word, That Wisdom and Word was no longer within God and therefore no longer God. He ceased “existing in the form of God” (Philippians 2:6-7) and became the begotten Son, a distinct Person from the Father, a bondservant subject to Him. Just as a man's seed is no longer part of him once it begets another, so too did the Son of God cease to be part God once He was begotten.

Anyone who argue this is failing to comprehend the simple text of Philippians 2:5 itself. Notice, it says "EXISTING in the form of God." The word "existing..." is a word specifying PAST TENSE and speaks of a FORMER STATE no longer held. The verse DOES NOT say, "Though He EXISTS (present tense) in the form of God."—No! It says, "existing...," (past tense) "in the form of God."

Therefore, as it is written:
"Before Me there was no God formed, nor shall there be after Me" -Isaiah 43:10.

God did not beget another God or even a lesser god. God begat the Son of God, who is NOT GOD.

This is why John 1:1 states:
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word WAS God.”
Notice it says, “In the beginning… the Word WAS God.” It does not say, “the Word IS God.” He says “the Word WAS God.” The Wisdom and Word of God “WAS” (i.e. “used to be”) God—but only while He "existed in the form of God".
I shall give you another analogy. The word of a man remains part of him until that word is spoken aloud or written (i.e., begotten). Before being uttered or written, his words are him—They are his wisdom, his personality, his very nature. They are within him. But once spoken or written, they leave him and take on an independent existence as his image, an outward expression of his mind. They are no longer part of him, but now exist externally as his expressed wisdom and word—an image of his mind and nature in an externalized form.
Likewise, when God finally spoke His Word of Wisdom, the Word was begotten into the cosmos (Proverbs 8:24-26). At that moment, His Word was no longer “existing in the form of God” (Philippians 2:6-7) but was now manifested as the only begotten Son of God (Proverbs 8:24-26; John 1:14), the “Master Craftsman” (Proverbs 8:30) through whom all things were made (Colossians 1:16), "the image of the invisible God, the Firstborn over all creation" (Colossians 1:15). No longer was He simply the Word and Wisdom "possessed" by God (Proverbs 8:12,22); His Word and Wisdom came out of Him and became the expression of God’s Mind, a living Image of the invisible God (Colossians 1:15, Hebrews 1:3).
PHASE 2: "Taking the form of a bondservant"
As it is written:
"When there were no depths, I was begotten, when there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was begotten. while as He had not yet made the earth, nor the fields, nor even the primeval dust of the world." -Proverbs 8:24-26
Here, the eternal Wisdom and Word of God was finally "begotten"—not created, but uniquely born as the Son of God. This begetting established His role as "the only begotten of the Father" (John 1:18), a unique Being who is the exact representation of God's nature (Hebrews 1:3), the "Firstborn of all creation" (Colossians 1:15).
Finally, He Who, “in the beginning” was “with God” and Who “was God,” was born of God into the cosmos as a unique Being. This Being was no longer God, but took on the form of a bondservant and performed as a “Master Craftsman” (Proverbs 8:30) beside His Father, as it is written, “All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made” (John 1:3).
Indeed, it was He to Whom God spoke when He said, “Let Us make Adam in Our image, according to Our likeness” (Genesis 1:26). Who is the Image of the invisible God? In Whose likeness was Adam made? -Adam was made in the Image and Likeness of God’s Image and Likeness: Yeshua, “the Image of the invisible God; Firstborn over all creation” (Colossains 1:15). We were made to both look like and to be like the Son of God. Men were made in God’s Image. God’s Image is Yeshua (Colossians 1:15), the only begotten Son of God (Proverbs 8:24-26; John 1:14).
PHASE 3: "and coming in the likeness of men"
Once begotten, the Son was no longer within God as a part of God, but neither was He yet a Son of Man. He existed as a distinct Person—the visible Image of the invisible God (Colossians 1:15), yet not God Himself. As a bondservant, He carried out the will of the Father, appearing in the realm of creation, operating with divine authority, and serving as the face of God, the intermediary between the unseen God and His creation. It was during this pre-human phase that Yeshua, as the Messanger of YHWH, walked among men, spoke on behalf of God, and executed God's will throughout the Old Testament.
It was He who walked in the Garden in the cool of the day (Genesis 3:8), calling out to Adam after his transgression. It was He who appeared to Abraham as one of the three men of Genesis 18—the One who remained to speak with him and delivered the promise of Isaac’s birth. It was He who wrestled with Jacob (Genesis 32:24-30), after which Jacob declared, "I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." It was He who was sent before Israel in the wilderness (Exodus 23:20-21), bearing the Father’s Name and the authority to forgive or condemn. It was He who stood in the fire with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego (Daniel 3:25 MET), appearing as one "like a son of God." Throughout Israel’s history, Yeshua, the begotten Son, the Image of the unseen God, was the One through whom God interacted with humanity, revealing His will and preparing the way for redemption.
Yet, He had not yet fully entered into human nature. These manifestations were glimpses—shadows of the fullness to come. The Son, though sent as God’s Image and representative, had yet to experience the humiliation of true servanthood. This was the final step in His descent: to become fully human, to dwell among us in the flesh, and to humble Himself to the point of death.
Thus, just as the prophet Daniel foresaw, the time would come when "One like a Son of Man" (Daniel 7:13) would enter the world—not merely appearing in the form of a man, but actually becoming a “Son of Man.” It was this prophetic identity that Yeshua would later claim for Himself, knowing that His mission was not yet complete until He took on flesh and blood as an actual Son of Man (i.e. son of Adam), walked among us, and became the suffering servant foretold by the prophets.
And so, we arrive at the culmination of His mission:
PHASE 4: "And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross."
Finally, when the fullness of time had arrived, “the Word came in flesh and tabernacled among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of charity and truth." (John 1:14 MET).
Around 4 BC, during the reign of Caesar Augustus, Yeshua, the Wisdom and the Word of God, the only begotten of the Father, was born as a “Son of Man” to the virgin girl Maryam (Mary) in Bethlehem, fully human yet remaining the pre-existent Son of God born before the creation of the world.
Yeshua’s humility did not stop at His birth—He descended even further, becoming "obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross" (Philippians 2:8). The reason for this ultimate act of self-sacrifice was given in Proverbs 8:31 (MET):
"Rejoicing in His inhabited world, and my delight was with the sons of Adam."
The Son of God’s delight in humanity led Him to the cross, where He took away the sins of the world (John 1:29) and reconciled mankind to God. This was the ultimate fulfillment of the Father’s plan, a display of divine love and charity beyond human comprehension.

7. YESHUA IS NOT GOD
As we reflect on the foundational truths laid out in previous sections, it becomes increasingly evident that the incarnation of both the Son of God and God in the flesh of Yeshua (Colossians 2:9; 1 Timothy 3:16) stands as a cornerstone of the "apostle's doctrine" (Acts 2:42). The Incarnation was not only a central tenet of early Christian doctrine but also a profound and unmistakable truth woven throughout Scripture.
However, despite being the Son of God and the vessel in which "all the fullness of the Deity of God dwells bodily" (Colossians 2:9 MET), Yeshua was born as a normal human being.
As it is clearly written:
“Therefore he had to be MADE LIKE HIS BROTHERS IN EVERY RESPECT, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.” -Hebrews 2:17 (ESV)
Did you catch that? “He had to be made like His brothers in every respect" (Hebrews 2:17 ESV). He entered the world as a NORMAL mortal man, subject to the same temptations, limitations, and frailties we all share, even being "made lower than the angels" (Hebrews 2:9) as we are.

Tell me, you who foolishly believe Yeshua is God, do you believe God was made like His brothers in every respect" (Hebrews 2:17 ESV)? Do you foolishly believe that God was "made lower than the angels" (Hebrews 2:9)?

I hope not.

The mystery of the Incarnation lies in this extraordinary union: Yeshua, the Son of God, was made fully human in every aspect, while simultaneously being indwelled by "ALL the fullness" (Colossians 2:9) of the one and only true invisible God (John 1:14; Colossians 2:9).

As it is written:

"God was IN Christ reconciling the world to Himself" -2 Corinthians 5:19

Thus, it is crucial to understand that while Yeshua carried the presence of God within Him, this did not make Him God. Indeed, as we have already mentioned:
1. God was in the Temple (Psalm 11:4) but that did NOT make the Temple God.
2. God indwells all believers (1 Corinthians 6:19) but that does NOT make believers God.
Yeshua did not worship Himself; rather, He worshiped God His Father. Likewise, no one in the days of the Temple worshipped the Temple. Rather, they worshipped the God of the Temple. This distinction is fundamental to understanding who Yeshua was.

Remember:
"But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God." -1 Corinthians 11:3
The above Scripture does not say, "and the head of Christ is the Father." No. It says, "and the head of Christ is God"! How then, can Christ be God? Is He His own Head? —No.
The Scriptures provide overwhelming evidence to support the distinction between Yeshua (the Temple -see John 2:21) and God’s divine, eternal Person. Consider the following comparison table, which illustrates the clear differences between Yeshua, the man, and God, Who dwells in Him:

Yeshua God

Yeshua was a "man" (1 Timothy 2:5) and "made like His brothers in every respect" (Hebrews 2:17 ESV). But God is "not man" (Hosea 11:9 YLT).

Yeshua was "begotten" (Proverbs 8:24-26), "made" (Hebrews 2:9, 17), "conceived" (Matthew 1:20; Luke 2:21), and "born of a woman" (Galatians 4:4). But God is "from everlasting to everlasting" (Psalm 90:2).

Yeshua "was in all points tempted as we are" (Hebrews 4:15). But "God cannot be tempted" (James 1:13).

Yeshua was visible to everyone and a man whom the apostles claimed "we have seen with our eyes" (1 John 1:1). But God is "invisible" (1 Timothy 1:17; Colossians 1:15), and "No one has seen God at any time" (John 1:18; 1 John 4:12).

Yeshua "increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men" (Luke 2:52). But God "knows all things" (1 John 3:20) and "His understanding is infinite" (Psalm 147:5).

Yeshua commanded, "You shall bow down before the Lord your God, and HIM ONLY shall you worship" (Matthew 4:10 MET). But God says, "I am YaHuwah... You shall have no other gods before Me" (Exodus 20:2-3), "I am YaHuwah, and there is no other" (Isaiah 45:5), and "I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, nor shall there be after Me" (Isaiah 43:10).

Yeshua was "put to death" (Acts 2:23). But God is "immortal" (1 Timothy 1:17) and "eternal" (Deuteronomy 33:27) and therefore, cannot die.

Yeshua had no knowledge of certain things, saying, "Not even the Son knows..." (Mark 13:32). But God "knows all things" (1 John 3:20) and "His understanding is infinite" (Psalm 147:5).

Yeshua "learned obedience by the things which He suffered" (Hebrews 5:8). But God already "knows all things" (1 John 3:20) and "His understanding is infinite" (Psalm 147:5). Therefore, there is nothing He can learn.

Yeshua referred to God as "My Father and your Father... My God and your God" (John 20:17). But God has no higher authority, for "there is no other" (Isaiah 45:5; 43:10).

Yeshua said, "I can of Myself do nothing" (John 5:30). But God "does whatever He pleases" (Psalm 115:3) and "Nothing is impossible for God" (Luke 1:37 CEV).

Yeshua prayed, "Not My will, but Yours be done" (Luke 22:42). But God "works all things according to the counsel of HIS will" (Ephesians 1:11). God does not have two wills.

Yeshua demanded people give glory to God, saying, "Give glory to God!" (Luke 17:18). But God says, "My glory I will not give to another" (Isaiah 42:8).

Yeshua made a distinction between Himself and God, saying, "You believe in God, believe ALSO in Me" (John 14:1). But God declares, "I am YaHuwah, and there is no other. There is no God besides Me" (Isaiah 45:5).

Yeshua said, "All authority has been GIVEN to Me in heaven and on earth" (Matthew 28:18). But God says, "Now see that I, even I, am He, And there is no God besides Me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; Nor is there any who can deliver from My hand" (Deuteronomy 32:39). No one gives God authority because He already has it.

8. THE FUTURE DEMOTION OF LORD YESHUA
"Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. For He must reign UNTIL He has put all enemies under His feet. The last enemy that will be destroyed is death. For “He has put all things under His feet.” But when He says “all things are put under Him,” it is evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted. Now when all things are made subject to Him, THEN the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all." -1 Corinthians 15:24-28
"YHWH said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, UNTIL I make Your enemies Your footstool."" -Psalm 110:1
The realization of what the two verses above actually state will come as quite a shock to the multitudes of deceived Trinitarians. But the truth is very clear: Both the Lord Yeshua's reign and His position on the throne of God, at the right hand of God, is LIMITED, not eternal.
As Mashiachim, we affirm that 1 Corinthians 15:24-28 and Psalm 110:1 speak clearly and directly of a future DEMOTION of Yeshua HaMashiach from His current role of sitting "at the right hand of the throne of God" (Hebrews 12:2) and holding "all authority in Heaven and Earth" (Matt 28:18).
As the apostle Paul writes, "For He must reign UNTIL He has put all enemies under His feet (1 Corinthians 15:25), and "THEN the Son Himself will also be subjected to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all" (1 Corinthians 15:28).
This future demotion is not merely symbolic but a literal and final subordination after Yeshua has completed His mission of delivering "the kingdom to God the Father"(1Cor 15:24). The context here is clear: Yeshua reigns only "UNTIL" (1Cor 15:25) He has conquered all enemies, including death, after which "He delivers the kingdom to God the Father"(1Cor 15:24).
As it is written:
"'Remember the former things of old, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure,’" -Isaiah 46: 9-10
The story of Yuseph (a.k.a. Joseph), Son of Ya'aqub (a.k.a. Jacob) is an archetypal foreshadowing of the life and role of Yeshua, the Son of God. The story of Yuseph's life is God's "Declaring the end from the beginning" (Isaiah 46:10).

Yeshua	God
Yeshua was a "man" (1 Timothy 2:5) and "made like His brothers in every respect" (Hebrews 2:17 ESV).	But God is "not man" (Hosea 11:9 YLT).
Yeshua was "begotten" (Proverbs 8:24-26), "made" (Hebrews 2:9, 17), "conceived" (Matthew 1:20; Luke 2:21), and "born of a woman" (Galatians 4:4).	But God is "from everlasting to everlasting" (Psalm 90:2).
Yeshua "was in all points tempted as we are" (Hebrews 4:15).	But "God cannot be tempted" (James 1:13).
Yeshua was visible to everyone and a man whom the apostles claimed "we have seen with our eyes" (1 John 1:1).	But God is "invisible" (1 Timothy 1:17; Colossians 1:15), and "No one has seen God at any time" (John 1:18; 1 John 4:12).
Yeshua "increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men" (Luke 2:52).	But God "knows all things" (1 John 3:20) and "His understanding is infinite" (Psalm 147:5).
Yeshua commanded, "You shall bow down before the Lord your God, and HIM ONLY shall you worship" (Matthew 4:10 MET).	But God says, "I am YaHuwah... You shall have no other gods before Me" (Exodus 20:2-3), "I am YaHuwah, and there is no other" (Isaiah 45:5), and "I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, nor shall there be after Me" (Isaiah 43:10).
Yeshua was "put to death" (Acts 2:23).	But God is "immortal" (1 Timothy 1:17) and "eternal" (Deuteronomy 33:27) and therefore, cannot die.
Yeshua had no knowledge of certain things, saying, "Not even the Son knows..." (Mark 13:32).	But God "knows all things" (1 John 3:20) and "His understanding is infinite" (Psalm 147:5).
Yeshua "learned obedience by the things which He suffered" (Hebrews 5:8).	But God already "knows all things" (1 John 3:20) and "His understanding is infinite" (Psalm 147:5). Therefore, there is nothing He can learn.
Yeshua referred to God as "My Father and your Father... My God and your God" (John 20:17).	But God has no higher authority, for "there is no other" (Isaiah 45:5; 43:10).
Yeshua said, "I can of Myself do nothing" (John 5:30).	But God "does whatever He pleases" (Psalm 115:3) and "Nothing is impossible for God" (Luke 1:37 CEV).
Yeshua prayed, "Not My will, but Yours be done" (Luke 22:42).	But God "works all things according to the counsel of HIS will" (Ephesians 1:11). God does not have two wills.
Yeshua demanded people give glory to God, saying, "Give glory to God!" (Luke 17:18).	But God says, "My glory I will not give to another" (Isaiah 42:8).
Yeshua made a distinction between Himself and God, saying, "You believe in God, believe ALSO in Me" (John 14:1).	But God declares, "I am YaHuwah, and there is no other. There is no God besides Me" (Isaiah 45:5).
Yeshua said, "All authority has been GIVEN to Me in heaven and on earth" (Matthew 28:18).	But God says, "Now see that I, even I, am He, And there is no God besides Me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; Nor is there any who can deliver from My hand" (Deuteronomy 32:39). No one gives God authority because He already has it.

Hear me:
Just as Yuseph ruled over Egypt on Pharaoh's behalf with all the authority of Pharaoh himself but remained under Pharaoh’s authority (Genesis 41:40-44), Yeshua’s current position as ruler over heaven and earth is a delegated one, granted by God. Yuseph serves as an archetype of Yeshua, revealing a pattern of delegated authority. Pharaoh exalted Yuseph, placing him second only to himself and entrusting him with the power over all of Egypt’s affairs. Despite this immense authority, Yuseph remained under Pharaoh's ultimate authority. Yuseph’s authority was not his own but was GIVEN to him by Pharaoh.
Similarly, Yeshua declared, "All authority has been GIVEN to Me in heaven and on earth" (Matthew 28:18). This authority was not inherent to Yeshua but was conferred upon Him by God. As Paul writes: "Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and GIVEN Him the name which is above every name" (Philippians 2:9).

This exaltation parallels Yuseph’s rise to power under the Pharaoh of Egypt, which came as a reward for his unwavering faithfulness and obedience, even in suffering. Just as Yuseph’s authority was given for a specific purpose and a specific time period—to save Egypt and the surrounding nations during a time of famine—Yeshua’s authority was also given to accomplish a specific mission for a specific limited time: to rule "until He has put all enemies under His feet" and to reconcile all things to God.
Yuseph's story also speaks to the temporary nature of delegated rule. Though he wielded immense power and was instrumental in saving Egypt and the surrounding regions, his position was always understood to serve Pharaoh’s greater authority and purpose. In the same way, Yeshua's reign, though supreme and unparalleled, serves the Father's ultimate purpose when "He delivers the kingdom to God the Father"(1Cor 15:24). Just as Yuseph eventually handed his stewardship and accomplishments back to the Pharaoh, Yeshua will hand over the kingdom to the Father after completing His mission, delivering a fully reconciled creation to its rightful “ONLY Sovereign” (1 Timothy 6:15-16). This archetypal relationship underscores the humility and obedience of the Son of God under His Head, God (1 Corinthians 11:3).
Through Yuseph’s story, we see a shadow of Yeshua's ultimate mission—a mission of saving the world under delegated authority, faithful stewardship, and eventual subjection to the ONLY One who reigns supreme (1 Timothy 6:15-16).
Yeshua's Current Subordination:

Paul makes it clear in 1 Corinthians 11:3 that, "The head of Christ is God." Yeshua is already subordinate to God, which means that 1 Corinthians 15:28 refers to a further, future subjugation. This will be a demotion in a real sense, but not one that should be taken in a negative context. Yeshua, like Yuseph, was granted a temporary promotion for a specific purpose and a specific time period. His demotion, which comes at the end of this period, is simply a repositioning of His authority into a lesser state than being seated on the throne of God. He shall step down from the throne of God and be seated on the throne of of David as King of all mankind (Isaiah 9:7).

Yeshua’s current function as the man who was given "all authority in Heaven and on Earth" is temporary—a role He holds until "the end" (1Cor 15:24). His future, further subjection to the Father is the final revealed step in the unfolding of God’s eternal plan for Lord Yeshua and His people.
The Old Testament reinforces this understanding. In Daniel 7:13-14, we see a vision of the "Son of Man" being GIVEN dominion and glory, but this dominion is granted by "the Ancient of Days" (i.e., God), highlighting that the Son’s authority comes from God and is not inherent.

Similarly, Psalm 110:1 prophesies of Yeshua’s reign: "YHWH says to my Lord, ‘Sit at My right hand UNTIL I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.’" The key word UNTIL is another indication that Yeshua’s time sitting at the right hand of God is limited to His fulfillment of the Father’s will, and when that is complete, a demotion from that exalted position will occur (1Cor 15:28).
Throughout Scripture, God appoints leaders and rulers to fulfill specific purposes for specific time periods. Moses was chosen to lead Israel, but he was still under God’s direct command. However, most people might be shocked to discover that God Himself explicitly calls Moses God. As it is written: "So YHWH said to Moses: ‘See, I HAVE MADE YOU GOD to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet’" (Exodus 7:1).

Notice, though, that most translators insert the word "as" or "like" to suggest that Moses was only made "as" or "like" God, but this is not what the original Hebrew text says. The "as" or "like" are ADDED by translators deceitfully to water down the significance and provocative nature of God’s direct statement that He had "MADE" Moses "God to Pharaoh" (Ex 7:1).
But the mistranslations don’t stop there. This manipulation is especially evident when we examine the word Elohim (אֱלֹהִים), the Hebrew word for "God" in the Bible and a term that God uses for Himself and others who wield divinely delegated authority. In some cases, translators render Elohim as "God" when referring to God Almighty, but the very same word is then rendered as "gods" when it refers to human judges or rulers. This selective translation is arbitrary and serves to confuse the reader, hiding the consistency of God's own use of the term Elohim (God).
Take, for example, Psalm 82:6, where God says to the judges of Israel: "I said, 'You are gods, and all of you are children of the Most High.'" The word translated here as "gods" is “Elohim,” the exact same word used to refer to "God" Himself in other parts of Scripture, such as even Genesis 1:1. The original Hebrew text uses Elohim consistently, making no distinction between the Elohim used for "God" and the Elohim used for "gods." Therefore, the true translation of Psalm 82:6 is: "I said, 'You are God, and all of you are children of the Most High.'" However, translators, in an effort to downplay the power and authority given to these individuals, often render it as "gods".
Yeshua Himself confirms our translation of Psalm 82:6 in the Greek text of John 10:34-35, where He quotes Psalm 82:6 and says, "Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are God’? If He called them God, to whom the Word of God came, and Scripture cannot be broken..." In the Greek, the word θεούς (theous) is used here, which means “God”—not "gods," as lying translators write. In fact, the same word is used three times in this single verse: twice for men ('you are God' and 'called them God') and once to refer to God almighty ('Word of God'). Despite Yeshua here affirming the use of "God" (θεούς) in the original, most translators still render it as "gods" to mislead readers into believing there is a distinction. But the original Hebrew and Greek texts reveal no such distinction; Yeshua affirms that those to whom the Word of God came were “God” because they wielded divine authority, just as Moses did.
Just like Moses and the judges of Israel, Yeshua fits into this biblical pattern, yet in a much more grand way. In His incarnation, Yeshua was given authority by the Father to subdue all things. Matthew 28:18 records Yeshua saying, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me." Just as Moses was made God to Pharaoh, Yeshua was granted divine authority by God to reign as God over His people (Hebrews 1:8-9). This, however, does not mean Yeshua is God.
Scripture shows us repeatedly that men acting on behalf of God or in the place of God—whether Moses, the judges, or Yeshua—are ALL literally called “God” (Elohim). This consistent use of Elohim in the original texts reveals the divine authority entrusted to these individuals, yet translators twist the truth by injecting their own biases into the text, obscuring the reality that God Himself used the same word for all of these men as He does for Himself.
This does not mean that those men, including Yeshua, are actually God. Elohim is a title, just like Judge. God is Judge, but so was Justice Scalia of the U.S. Supreme court. Does that make Scalia equal to God? ––No. It is a conferred title.
This is precisely why Paul the Apostle, when writing to the pagan gentiles, makes the following statement very clear:
“For although there may be so-called Gods in heaven or on earth—as indeed there are many “Gods” and many “Lords”— Yet for us there is ONE GOD, THE FATHER, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.” -1 Corinthians 8:5-6
Yeshua’s Continuing Roles After His Demotion
Even after His demotion and stepping down from the Right Hand of God, Yeshua retains His unique status as “the only begotten Son” of the Father. He will still be the King of all mankind and the High Priest after the Order of Melchizedek (Hebrews 5:6). His role as the Messianic King on David’s throne will be eternally fulfilled (Luke 1:32-33). But His direct representation of God’s authority will end, and His role will shift from ruling from the right hand of throne of God to the rightful King of all mankind and the mediator and eternal high priest for all humanity. This is in harmony with the prophecy of Isaiah 9:7, which declares that "of the increase of His government will have no end"—He will continue to reign, but in a lower subordination to the Father than currently.
The demotion of Yeshua in 1 Corinthians 15:28 is the final step in God’s divine plan in Scripture. Just as Yeshua was exalted to the Father’s right hand after His resurrection (Philippians 2:9), so He will be demoted to His rightful place in a future, further subjection to the Father. This is a fulfillment of the divine order, where Yeshua, having accomplished His mission, returns the kingdom to the Father so that “God may be all in all.”
So what happens then? Behold, it is written:
"Of the increase of His government and peace There will be no end, Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, To order it and establish it with judgment and justice From that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this." -Isaiah 9:7
Trinitarian Misunderstandings
Of course, Trinitarians cannot reconcile 1 Corinthians 15:28 with their man-made religion because their doctrine of eternal co-equality cannot explain how Yeshua, if supposedly equal to the Father, could ever be demoted in the future. They are forced into theological gymnastics to reconcile this clear passage, twisting the text to fit their preconceived doctrines. But the Bible is straightforward: Yeshua’s authority was given, His current capacity is temporary, and His future, further subjection is the final act of His mission.
In contrast, Mashiachim doctrine aligns perfectly with the Scriptures. Isaiah 45:5 reminds us that there is only one God, and Yeshua’s authority comes from this one God, the Father. John 17:3 declares that eternal life is knowing the only true God and Yeshua, whom He sent. There is no eternal co-equality, only a divinely appointed mission that, once completed, will return all glory and authority to the Father: the Only true God (John 17:3; 1 Corinthians 8:6).
1 Corinthians 15:28 reveals the ultimate truth: Yeshua will be demoted from his current position on the throne of God,at the right hand of God, and the kingdom will return to God the Father, fulfilling God’s perfect plan. This demotion is the final realization of the divine order where Yeshua’s unique role as Savior, King, and Priest continues, but under the one true God, His Father.

9. TO GOD ALONE IS OUR WORSHIP (ΛΑΤΡΕΥΩ)
We, the Mashiachim, steadfastly uphold "the apostle’s doctrine" (Acts 2:42), recognizing Yeshua HaMashiach as the only begotten Son of God, our Anointed King, and worthy of the highest honor and reverence. As His followers, we bow (proskuneo – προσκυνέω) before Him as our appointed Head and Lord. However, our worship (latreuo – λατρεύω) is reserved EXCLUSIVELY for God, our Father in Heaven.
As it is written,

"Yet for us there is ONE GOD: THE FATHER, of whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord: Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we live" -1Corinthians 8:6
And as Yeshua Himself declared:
"Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall bow down (Greek: προσκυνέω—proskuneo) before YHWH your God, and Him only you shall worship (Greek: λατρεύω—latreuo)’" -Matthew 4:10 (YLT)
Although most English translators lie here, Yeshua makes it clear here that there is a difference between bowing (Greek: προσκυνέω—proskuneo) and worshipping (Greek: λατρεύω—latreuo).
The Greek Word προσκυνέω—proskuneo
For example, Abraham bowed down (Greek: προσκυνέω—proskuneo) to the sons of Heth in Genesis 23:7, showing respect, NOT divine worship.
As it is written:
“Then Abraham stood up and bowed (Greek: προσκυνέω—proskuneo) himself to the people of the land, the sons of Heth.” -Genesis 23:7 LXX
The word προσκυνέω—proskuneo appears many times in the Bible, where its meaning is absolutely clear: "to bow down." It is actually where we get our English word "prostrate."

Clearly, Abraham’s act of bowing was certainly not worship but a gesture of respect and deference appropriate in the cultural and social context of his time and place. If proskuneo meant "worship," then one would be forced to conclude that Abraham was “worshipping” the people of the land and the sons of Heth, an absurd and entirely unbiblical notion.
Obviously, the Greek word προσκυνέω—proskuneo should NEVER be translated as “worship.”

Yet, your lying Trinitarian translators deceptively translate proskuneo as "worship," such as in Matthew 2:11 (KJV), where the Magi's (a.k.a. the wise men's) act of bowing before Yeshua is translated as "worshipped." This mistranslation reflects the deceptive lies of biased Trinitarian translators who aim to equate proskuneo with divine worship in order to twist Scripture to say that people worshipped Yeshua.
In contrast, Young’s Literal Translation renders Matthew 2:11 YLT accurately: “they bowed down to Him.” This phrasing better reflects the homage paid to Yeshua as Lord and King of Israel without falsely attributing divine worship to Him.
Unfortunately, the deliberate misrepresentation of proskuneo as "worship" is a clear attempt to deceive and indoctrinate readers into Trinitarian theology. Below is a list of verses where this deceptive practice is evident, showcasing how lying Trinitarian translators deceptively translate προσκυνέω—proskuneo as "worship" to fit their doctrinal agenda:
1. Matthew 2:11 (NKJV): “And when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped (proskuneo) Him.”

Yet, here is Young’s Literal Translation (YLT) of the same verse:
Matthew 2:11 (YLT): "And having come into the house, they found the child with Mary his mother, and having fallen down, they bowed to him, and having opened their treasures, they presented to him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh."

2. Matthew 8:2 (NKJV): “And behold, a leper came and worshiped (proskuneo) Him, saying, ‘Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.’”

Yet, here is Young’s Literal Translation (YLT) of the same verse:
Matthew 8:2 (YLT): "and lo, a leper having come, was bowing to him, saying, 'Sir, if thou art willing, thou art able to cleanse me;' "

3. Matthew 9:18 (NKJV): “While He spoke these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshiped (proskuneo) Him, saying, ‘My daughter has just died, but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will live.’”

Yet, here is Young’s Literal Translation (YLT) of the same verse:
Matthew 9:18 (YLT): "While he is speaking these things to them, lo, a ruler having come, was bowing to him, saying that 'My daughter just now died, but, having come, lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.' "

4. Matthew 14:33 (NKJV): “Then those who were in the boat came and worshiped (proskuneo) Him, saying, ‘Truly You are the Son of God.’”

Yet, here is Young’s Literal Translation (YLT) of the same verse:
Matthew 14:33 (YLT): "and those in the boat having come, did bow to him, saying, 'Truly -- God's Son art thou.' "

5. Matthew 15:25 (NKJV): “Then she came and worshiped (proskuneo) Him, saying, ‘Lord, help me!’”

Yet, here is Young’s Literal Translation (YLT) of the same verse:
Matthew 15:25 (YLT): "And having come, she was bowing to him, saying, 'Sir, help me;' "

6. Matthew 28:9 (NKJV): “And as they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, ‘Rejoice!’ So they came and held Him by the feet and worshiped (proskuneo) Him.”

Yet, here is Young’s Literal Translation (YLT) of the same verse:
Matthew 28:9 (YLT): "and as they were going to tell to his disciples, then lo, Jesus met them, saying, 'Hail!' and they having come near, laid hold of his feet, and did bow to him."

7. Matthew 28:17 (NKJV): “When they saw Him, they worshiped (proskuneo) Him; but some doubted.”

Yet, here is Young’s Literal Translation (YLT) of the same verse:
Matthew 28:17 (YLT): "and having seen him, they bowed to him, but some did waver."

8. Mark 5:6 (NKJV): “When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped (proskuneo) Him.”

Yet, here is Young’s Literal Translation (YLT) of the same verse:
Mark 5:6 (YLT): "And, having seen Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed before him,"

9. Luke 24:52 (NKJV): “And they worshiped (proskuneo) Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy.”

Yet, here is Young’s Literal Translation (YLT) of the same verse:
Luke 24:52 (YLT): "and they, having bowed before him, did turn back to Jerusalem with great joy,"

10. John 9:38 (NKJV): “Then he said, ‘Lord, I believe!’ And he worshiped (proskuneo) Him.”

Yet, here is Young’s Literal Translation (YLT) of the same verse:
John 9:38 (YLT): "and he said, 'I believe, sir,' and bowed before him."

Do you see how they attempt to deceive you?
Do you see how these liars have deceived countless millions?
In all of these passages, the Greek word προσκυνέω—proskuneo should simply be translated as "bowed to". Lying Trinitarian translators know this, but choose to deceive.
λατρεύω (latreuo): True Worship Reserved for God Alone
Furthermore, you should know this: There is no instance in the New Testament where the Greek word λατρεύω (latreuo), which actually means "worship" in Greek, is used to describe worship directed toward Yeshua. Instead, λατρεύω (latreuo), which means “WORSHIP,” is consistently and ONLY applied to God the Father.
Here are examples of λατρεύω (latreuo) in the New Testament, which are ALL DIRECTED ONLY AT GOD. Note that we the Mashiachim also take issue with (λατρεύω, latreuo) being translated as “serve.” The accurate translation of (λατρεύω, latreuo) is “WORSHIP”:
1. Matthew 4:10 (NKJV): “You shall worship (προσκυνέω, proskuneo) the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve (λατρεύω, latreuo).”

Yet, here is Young’s Literal Translation (YLT) of the same verse:
Matthew 4:10 (YLT): “Then saith Jesus to him, `Go -- Adversary, for it hath been written, The Lord thy God thou shalt bow to, and Him only thou shalt serve.'”
Although the YLT translates προσκυνέω correctly here as “bow to,” “serve” (λατρεύω, latreuo) should be translated as “worship.”

Here is the verse from our Mashiachim English Translation (MET):

“You shall prostrate to the Lord your God, and Him only shall you worship.”

2. Luke 2:37 (NKJV): “And this woman was a widow of about eighty-four years, who did not depart from the temple, but served (λατρεύω, latreuo) God with fasting and prayers night and day.”

In this verse, “served” (λατρεύω, latreuo) should be translated as “worshipped.”

Here is the verse from our Mashiachim English Translation (MET):

“And this woman was a widow of about eighty-four years, who did not depart from the temple, but worshipped God with fasting and prayers night and day.”
3. Acts 24:14 (NKJV): “But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship (λατρεύω, latreuo) the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law and in the Prophets.”

Surprisingly, this verse is translated accurately.

4. Romans 1:9 (NKJV): “For God is my witness, whom I serve (λατρεύω, latreuo) with my spirit in the gospel of His Son.”

In this verse, “serve” (λατρεύω, latreuo) should be translated as “worship.”

Here is the verse from our Mashiachim English Translation (MET):

“For God is my witness, whom I worship with my spirit in the Gospel of His Son.”

5. Philippians 3:3 (NKJV): “For we are the circumcision, who worship (λατρεύω, latreuo) God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.”

Surprisingly, this verse is translated accurately.

6. Hebrews 9:14 (NKJV): “How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve (λατρεύω, latreuo) the living God?”

In this verse, “serve” (λατρεύω, latreuo) should be translated as “worship.”

Here is the verse from our Mashiachim English Translation (MET):

“How much more shall the blood of Mashiach, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to worship the living God?”

7. Revelation 7:15: “Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve (λατρεύω, latreuo) Him day and night in His temple.”

In this verse, “serve” (λατρεύω, latreuo) should be translated as “worship.”

Here is the verse from our Mashiachim English Translation (MET):

“Therefore they are before the Throne of God, and worship Him day and night in His Temple.”

The Scriptural Boundary
The absence of λατρεύω "worship" being directed toward Yeshua in the New Testament reinforces the distinction between the honor and reverence of bowing (proskuneo) shown to Yeshua and the exclusive "worship" (latreuo) reserved ONLY for the immortal and invisible God (Romans 1:25, 1 Timothy 6:16). This distinction is consistent with the broader biblical teaching that worship (λατρεύω––latreuo) belongs only to God.
In Matthew 4:10, Yeshua explicitly says that worship (λατρεύω––latreuo) is reserved for God alone, quoting the Torah’s foundational commandment in Deuteronomy 6:13. The below accurate translation makes it clear that Yeshua differentiated between bowing (proskuneo) and worship (latreuo):
"Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall bow down (Greek: προσκυνέω—proskuneo) before YHWH your God, and Him only shall you worship (Greek: λατρεύω—latreuo)’" -Matthew 4:10 (MET)
By conflating the two Greek words προσκυνέω—proskuneo and λατρεύω—latreuo, lying Trinitarian translators obscure Yeshua’s teaching and mislead readers into the very heresy Paul denounces in Romans 1:25 when he condemns those who bowed to and worshiped creatures rather than the Creator. As it is written:
"Wherefore also God did give them up, in the desires of their hearts, to uncleanness, to dishonour their bodies among themselves; who did change the truth of God into a falsehood, and did honour and serve (Greek: λατρεύω—latreuo) the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed to the ages. Amen." -Romans 1:24-25 YLT

Many might argue here that Yeshua is the Creator, based upon bad translations of Scripture. However, it is important to note that Yeshua is NOT the Creator of the worlds, God is. God created the worlds "through" Yeshua, but not "by" Yeshua.

Was Yeshua the Creator? No, the Bible teaches that God the Father is the Creator, and Yeshua was the agent through whom God created.

1. Yeshua said He can do nothing on His own:

"I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me." (John 5:30)
“The Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do.” (John 5:19)
“I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things.” (John 8:28)

2. Creation happened through Yeshua, not by Him:

“All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.” (John 1:3)
“All things were created through Him and for Him.” (Colossians 1:16)
“God who created all things through Yeshua HaMashiach.” (Ephesians 3:9)

3. God is the true source of creation:

“For us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things… and one Lord, Yeshua Messiah, through whom are all things.” (1 Corinthians 8:6)
“God who created all things..." (Ephesians 3:9)

Now that we have that out of the way:

The word latreuo in Romans 1:24-25 is central, denoting that worship belongs exclusively to “God who created all things..." (Ephesians 3:9), not to any “creature”. Trinitarians will also argue this by stating that Yeshua is not a "creature," but the Bible says otherwise:

Hebrews 2:17 (ESV) emphasizes that Yeshua, the man, “was made like His brothers in EVERY respect.” As a man, Yeshua was a created (hence the word "made") as a man. Therefore, He was, indeed, a “creature.” To direct latreuo "worship" to Yeshua would violate this command and constitute idolatry because it would be worshipping "the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed to the ages. Amen" (Romans 1:25).
As it is clearly written:
“For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus.” -1 Timothy 2:5
Men are creatures. But God is “NOT man” (Hosea 11:9), i.e., God is not a creature.
In truth, Yeshua HaMashiach, the Anointed One, is worthy of profound honor and reverence, and we “bow to” (προσκυνέω—proskuneo) Him as Lord and as the only begotten Son of God.
Indeed, as it is written, "at the name of Yeshua, every knee shall bend, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue shall confess that Yeshua HaMashiach is Lord, to the glory of God the Father" (Philippians 2:10-11).
However, λατρεύω (latreuo)—true worship and/or veneration—belongs solely to God alone. To conflate these terms is to misrepresent the teachings of Scripture and distort Yeshua’s own words (as the lying Trinitarian translators do).

"Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall bow down (Greek: προσκυνέω—proskuneo) before YHWH your God, and Him only shall you worship (Greek: λατρεύω—latreuo)’" -Matthew 4:10 (MET)

May God our Father richly bless all His Saints with knowledge and wisdom, which only proceeds from Him in the Name of His only begotten Son, Yeshua Ha Mashiach our Lord. Ameen.
ܫܠܳܡܳܐ ܠܟܽܘܢ ܒܫܡܶܗ ܕܝܫܽܘܥ ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ
Shlama lokhun (Peace to you) b’shmay d’Yeshua M’shikha (in the Name of Yeshua Ha Mashiach) our Lord, in the ancient language which He spoke -Aramaic. Ameen.

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II: God was IN Christ

1. THE INCARNATION OF GOD IN THE BODY OF YESHUA

John 14:10(b):

2 Corinthians 5:19:

Colossians 1:19; 2:9:

John 2:19,21:

3. YHWH APPEARED

4. THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD

If mankind can see it, it is not God.

5. WHO IS YESHUA?

Proverbs 8:22-31

Mashiachim English Translation (MET)

The Word WAS God

6. THE PHASES OF YESHUA’S LIFE

7. YESHUA IS NOT GOD

8. THE FUTURE DEMOTION OF LORD YESHUA

Yeshua’s Continuing Roles After His Demotion

Trinitarian Misunderstandings

9. TO GOD ALONE IS OUR WORSHIP (ΛΑΤΡΕΥΩ)

The Greek Word προσκυνέω—proskuneo

λατρεύω (latreuo): True Worship Reserved for God Alone

The Scriptural Boundary

**The Word WAS God**