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John 10:33 - 36 They replied, "We do not want to stone you because of any good deeds, but because of your blasphemy! You are only a man, but you are trying to make yourself God!" 34 Jesus answered, "It is written in your own Law that God said, 'You are gods.' 35 We know that what the scripture says is true for ever; and God called those peole gods, the people to whom his message was given. 36 As for me, the Father chose me and sent me into the world. How, then, can you say that I blaspheme because I said that I am the Son of God? I can see the belief that Jesus of Nazareth was seen as a different entity from 'God' because he refers to himself as a person that God calls 'a' god, not God himself.
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John 10:34 is a reference to Psalm 82:6. "(elohim) in v. 1b and 6a [of Psalm 82] should be translated “gods” or, better, “divine beings.”" 1) "34 Jesus answered them, "Didn't God say in your Law, 'I have said you are gods'?—(Psalm 82:6) 35 We know that Scripture is always true. God spoke to some people and called them 'gods.' 36 If that is true, what about the One the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why do you charge me with saying a very evil thing? Is it because I said, 'I am God's Son'? 37 "Don't believe me unless I do what my Father does. 38 But what if I do it? Even if you don't believe me, believe the miracles. Then you will know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father." Source and further information: John 10:24-38 (New International Reader's Version) http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2010:24-38%20;&version=76; 2) "Psalm 82 A psalm of Asaph. 1 God presides in the great assembly; he gives judgment among the "gods": 2 "How long will you [a] defend the unjust and show partiality to the wicked? Selah 3 Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. 4 Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked. 5 "They know nothing, they understand nothing. They walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken. 6 "I said, 'You are "gods"; you are all sons of the Most High.' 7 But you will die like mere men; you will fall like every other ruler." 8 Rise up, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are your inheritance." Source and further information: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=23&chapter=82&version=31 Further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psalms_of_Asaph http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asaph 3) "This psalm has generated much scholarly controversy.3 As many scholars who have tackled its contents have noted, the main issue of the psalm is determining what Myhi$l)V (elohim) means in verses 1b and 6a. It makes absolutely no sense for God – the first Myhi$l)V (elohim) in 82:1 – to be standing in the council of God / lae in the midst of Myhi$l)V (elohim) taken as another singular. How can God stand in the midst of God, or Himself? The answer cannot be the Trinity, for it would require us to place the essence of the Father in the midst of the essence of the Son and Spirit – yet the essence of God is inseparable. It would seem obvious that the second Myhi$l)V (elohim; v. 1b) must be pluralized, but since this allegedly smacks of polytheism, many commentators have resisted the translation “gods” and chosen to translate the second elohim as human beings (judges, rulers, mighty warriors). As the great semitics scholar Cyrus Gordon pointed out over sixty years ago, translating Myhi$l)V (elohim) as “rulers” or “judges” is an option that lacks validity, and is an example of theologically “protecting” God.4 Since Gordon adequately chronicles the examples where Myhi$l)V (elohim) is only speculatively translated as “rulers” or “judges,”5 and demonstrates in each example that such a translation choice is unnecessary, I'll focus on features of the psalm that compel the conclusion that Myhi$l)V (elohim) in v. 1b and 6a should be translated “gods” or, better, “divine beings.”6" Source and further information: http://www.thedivinecouncil.com/Psalm_82_overview.pdf
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As your verse suggests, that Original Gospel was not about adoring Jesus as God... he was teaching us to think of God as our Heavenly Father. It's an intimate relationship that has always been there (Story of the Prodigal Son) Jesus was simply there to wake us up to our own status as a Child of God. If you want to understand this Original Kingdom Gospel, this is a good source: http://gospelenigma.com Triniarians are in their own world. I don't think they take the Original Gospel very seriously.
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Excellent answers! I noticed that not one Trinitarian is able to harmonize Jesus' own answer, which is backed up by Scripture he himself verifies to be inspired and unchangeable, with current Trinitarian philosophy. The Bible supports Scriptural Unitarianism and rejects philosophical Trinitarianism.
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