The debate about whether Jesus is literally God or merely the Son of God has been a contentious one throughout Christianity’s history. In the early fourth century, it was so contentious that it became violent, leading to large riots in several Roman cities in which Christians were literally killing other Christians over the matter. This prompted the Roman emperor Constantine to call for the Council of Nicaea to attempt to settle the issue once and for all. In my book Christianity 2.0, I argue that this was a disastrous mistake which resulted in the dramatic fall of Christianity’s level of truth.
But what is the answer to the question? Is Jesus God? Or is he merely the divine Son of God?
Well, God calibrates at Infinity. Jesus calibrates at 1000. Buddha and Krishna also calibrate at 1000. In addition to the Christian concept of the Trinity, Buddhism and Hinduism each contain their own version of the Trinity. For Buddhism, it is Avalokiteschvara/Amitabha/Siddhartha Gautama. For Hinduism, it is Brahma/Vishnu/Shiva. (Hawkins, 2005, p. 384)
All of these things together should give you a strong hint of what the answer is.
And with muscle testing, we get the following:
Jesus is God. (False)
Jesus is the Son of God. (True)
The concept of God as Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) provides a more complete picture. It means that God is transcendent reality and that the ultimate reality is capable of incarnation (Jesus represented divinity incarnate). God’s presence is also represented in the form of the Holy Spirit. However, God is not triune (i.e. three in one). (Hawkins, 2003, pp. 297-298)
As for Jesus’s relationship to God in the Trinity, it can best be described as follows: The Father is the Son. However, the Son is not the Father.
With muscle testing, we are able to confirm Jesus’s divinity. He was the incarnation of divinity. He calibrated at 1000 which is the highest energy level that the human body can contain.
Therefore, we can conclude that Jesus is not God in the literal sense, but he did represent divinity incarnate. In other words, he was the closest that a human can come to being God.
I’ve never understood why so many Christians hold it is unacceptable to believe that Jesus was merely the divine Son of God. If Jesus had believed he was God and that his followers are required to see him as such, I think he would have made this explicitly clear (at least to his disciples if no one else), and thus the New Testament would have made this explicitly clear. However, it does not.
Another thing to consider: If Jesus was God, then the devil’s attempt to seduce him during the forty days and forty nights he spent in the wilderness makes no sense. The devil offered Jesus the entire world if only he would bow down before him. But if Jesus was God, this offer would have meant nothing to him. Think about it. There is nothing the devil could offer God that He couldn’t have simply taken Himself if He so desired. For God is all-powerful. If He ever desired to directly rule this world, He wouldn’t need the devil’s assistance to make it happen. However, if Jesus was merely the divine Son of God, then it is plausible that the devil might have tempted him.
In closing, I don’t believe the church should demand obedience to either side of this debate. The most important thing is that people believe in the divinity of Jesus and that they adopt him as their savior, with all their heart.
For Jesus will never reject anyone simply because they get the exact nature of his divinity wrong.
Hawkins, David R. Truth vs Falsehood: How To Tell The Difference. Toronto, Axial Publishing Company, 2005.
Hawkins, David R. I: Reality and Subjectivity. Sedona, Veritas Publishing, 2003.
But what is the answer to the question? Is Jesus God? Or is he merely the divine Son of God?
Well, God calibrates at Infinity. Jesus calibrates at 1000. Buddha and Krishna also calibrate at 1000. In addition to the Christian concept of the Trinity, Buddhism and Hinduism each contain their own version of the Trinity. For Buddhism, it is Avalokiteschvara/Amitabha/Siddhartha Gautama. For Hinduism, it is Brahma/Vishnu/Shiva. (Hawkins, 2005, p. 384)
All of these things together should give you a strong hint of what the answer is.
And with muscle testing, we get the following:
Jesus is God. (False)
Jesus is the Son of God. (True)
The concept of God as Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) provides a more complete picture. It means that God is transcendent reality and that the ultimate reality is capable of incarnation (Jesus represented divinity incarnate). God’s presence is also represented in the form of the Holy Spirit. However, God is not triune (i.e. three in one). (Hawkins, 2003, pp. 297-298)
As for Jesus’s relationship to God in the Trinity, it can best be described as follows: The Father is the Son. However, the Son is not the Father.
With muscle testing, we are able to confirm Jesus’s divinity. He was the incarnation of divinity. He calibrated at 1000 which is the highest energy level that the human body can contain.
Therefore, we can conclude that Jesus is not God in the literal sense, but he did represent divinity incarnate. In other words, he was the closest that a human can come to being God.
I’ve never understood why so many Christians hold it is unacceptable to believe that Jesus was merely the divine Son of God. If Jesus had believed he was God and that his followers are required to see him as such, I think he would have made this explicitly clear (at least to his disciples if no one else), and thus the New Testament would have made this explicitly clear. However, it does not.
Another thing to consider: If Jesus was God, then the devil’s attempt to seduce him during the forty days and forty nights he spent in the wilderness makes no sense. The devil offered Jesus the entire world if only he would bow down before him. But if Jesus was God, this offer would have meant nothing to him. Think about it. There is nothing the devil could offer God that He couldn’t have simply taken Himself if He so desired. For God is all-powerful. If He ever desired to directly rule this world, He wouldn’t need the devil’s assistance to make it happen. However, if Jesus was merely the divine Son of God, then it is plausible that the devil might have tempted him.
In closing, I don’t believe the church should demand obedience to either side of this debate. The most important thing is that people believe in the divinity of Jesus and that they adopt him as their savior, with all their heart.
For Jesus will never reject anyone simply because they get the exact nature of his divinity wrong.
Hawkins, David R. Truth vs Falsehood: How To Tell The Difference. Toronto, Axial Publishing Company, 2005.
Hawkins, David R. I: Reality and Subjectivity. Sedona, Veritas Publishing, 2003.