Rav Shaul
2021
Pages 153-154 Worship of Yahusha is not divine worship Ok, among the many passages of the New Testament that presents Yahusha as being the object of "worship" is Matthew 14:33. Matthew 14:33 33 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped (bowed down before) him (to pay homage), saying, truly you are the son of God (they bowed down to Yahusha in the sense of respect for his superior position as son of Yahuah. They did not worship him as Yahuah). Here we have a clear situation - one of many recorded in the New Testament - of Yahusha being "worshipped", yet those worshipping him did not worship him as Yahuah but as the Son of Yahuah, which to them, meant that they recognized him as their Messiah (King) or as an empowered, righteous agent of the Almighty God. They were bowing down as an act of respect to authority before Yahusha and as an act of worship to Yahuah through His proxy. Although many think the term "worship" is only applicable to "God", in fact the term relates to showing reverence even to a fellow man. Christian teachers do not make this distinction as they are false teachers and lead us astray to believe Yahusha was worshipped as a Deity. Then these false teachers take that sound bite out of context and assume Jesus is God. In every case bowing down to Yahusha is in the context of showing reverence to a higher authority.
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