Post by ResLight on Jun 4, 2023 9:51:44 GMT -5
Hebrews 1:8 - But vnto the sonne he sayth: God thy seate shalbe forever and ever. The cepter of thy kyngdome is a right cepter. -- Tyndale.
Hebrews 1:8 - But to the Son He says: "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom. -- New King James Version.
Hebrews 1:8 is often presented as being proof of the trinity. Evidently, the claim is that God is more than one person, and thus one person of the Triune God is alleged to be speaking to another person of the same one triune God in Hebrews 1:8.
In Hebrews 1:8, the one person who is God in Hebrews 1:1 speaks to His Son. This same one person refers to Himself as the God of Jesus in Hebrews 1:9. Hebrews 1:8,9 is quoting Psalm 45:6,7, where we find forms of ELOHIM (Strong's #430) in both verses. There is nothing however, either in Hebrews 1:8,9 or in Psalm 45:6,7 that speaks of the Son as being the one ELOHIM from whom are all. (1 Corinthians 8:6) There is nothing in these verses that presents the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as being more than one person, or that Jesus is a person of the God of Abraham. There is definitely nothing in Hebrews 1 that says that God is three persons, all of whom are individually wholly and fully the one God.
Not all translations render Hebrews 1:8 as showing God referring to the one who was anointed as being "God". If ELOHIM/THEOS is applied to Jesus, it would not, however, be in the sense of the only true Supreme Being, for Jesus designated his God and Father as being the only true Supreme Being. (John 17:1,3) Hebrews 1:1,2 shows that the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, who spoke through the prophets of old, was only one person, and distinguishes Jesus from being that God by showing that God now speaks through His Son. Jesus, however, is certainly a mighty one, and the Hebrew word often transliterated as ELOHIM and the Greek word often transliterated as THEOS could certainly be applied to him as such, without meaning that Jesus is the Supreme Being who anointed and sent him.
For links to some of my studies related to Hebrews 1:8:
jesusnotyhwh.blogspot.com/p/hebrews.html#heb1-8
I also have a study related to the Biblical usage of the Hebrew/Greek words for "God/god":
jesusnotyhwh.blogspot.com/2016/09/hebraicusage.html
Hebrews 1:8 - But to the Son He says: "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom. -- New King James Version.
Hebrews 1:8 is often presented as being proof of the trinity. Evidently, the claim is that God is more than one person, and thus one person of the Triune God is alleged to be speaking to another person of the same one triune God in Hebrews 1:8.
In Hebrews 1:8, the one person who is God in Hebrews 1:1 speaks to His Son. This same one person refers to Himself as the God of Jesus in Hebrews 1:9. Hebrews 1:8,9 is quoting Psalm 45:6,7, where we find forms of ELOHIM (Strong's #430) in both verses. There is nothing however, either in Hebrews 1:8,9 or in Psalm 45:6,7 that speaks of the Son as being the one ELOHIM from whom are all. (1 Corinthians 8:6) There is nothing in these verses that presents the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as being more than one person, or that Jesus is a person of the God of Abraham. There is definitely nothing in Hebrews 1 that says that God is three persons, all of whom are individually wholly and fully the one God.
Not all translations render Hebrews 1:8 as showing God referring to the one who was anointed as being "God". If ELOHIM/THEOS is applied to Jesus, it would not, however, be in the sense of the only true Supreme Being, for Jesus designated his God and Father as being the only true Supreme Being. (John 17:1,3) Hebrews 1:1,2 shows that the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, who spoke through the prophets of old, was only one person, and distinguishes Jesus from being that God by showing that God now speaks through His Son. Jesus, however, is certainly a mighty one, and the Hebrew word often transliterated as ELOHIM and the Greek word often transliterated as THEOS could certainly be applied to him as such, without meaning that Jesus is the Supreme Being who anointed and sent him.
For links to some of my studies related to Hebrews 1:8:
jesusnotyhwh.blogspot.com/p/hebrews.html#heb1-8
I also have a study related to the Biblical usage of the Hebrew/Greek words for "God/god":
jesusnotyhwh.blogspot.com/2016/09/hebraicusage.html
