Messiah's Deity In Jewish Tradition

Wednesday, December 31, 1969

The New Testament proclaims that Messiah is the Son of God. Orthodox rabbis say this belief is foreign to Judaism. They believe that Messiah will be a special man but not the Son of God. But there was a famous Jewish writer in the first century named Philo Judaeus. He is considered a representative of Jewish thought of the time. He never read the Gospel. Yet he wrote of something called the Logos or the Word. He said, "the Logos is the image of God." This agrees with John 1:1 that says, "In the beginning was the Logos. The Logos was with God and was God." Philo goes on to say that the Logos is the mediator between God and creation and is Deity! It matches 1 Timothy 2:5 and Hebrews 1:3 in speaking of Messiah as the exact representation of God. So the Orthodox Jewish world missed Messiah because their idea of who Messiah is was too small. How about you? Whatever you think Messiah is - He's bigger than that! Open your mind and heart to discover the greatness of Messiah that is beyond anything you know of Him - even now!

From Message #1005 - Jehovah of Nazareth