Psalm 82 Commentary
Like begets like. The children of God are also gods, exactly like their father. A chicken cannot have a puppy for a baby. It should be simple logic.
A man can only be fathered by another man. The claim by the man Jesus Christ to be the Son of God is an impossible situation. It defies logic. The Jews couldn’t understand it!
Verse 6 is the subject of John 10 verse 30. The man Jesus Christ references this very verse to support his claim. By addressing Yahweh, the El-Shaddai God, as his own father, the man Jesus claimed divinity and equivalence with the Creator God Himself.
This kind of blasphemy deserved immediate stoning.
We want to read this psalm in the light of what the LORD Jesus Christ said. Interestingly, even the psalms are referred to as the Law by the LORD Jesus Christ! They should be treated with the same reverence as the Torah. They cannot be set aside.
The Creator God created man and woman in His image, in His own likeness. So like beget like.
But the Jews knew more. Fallen humanity couldn’t be anything close to God. After the fall, in Genesis Chapter 3, humanity gained a different identity – after all, the Spirit of the LORD could no longer contend or live with humanity.
Actually, psalm 82 is a lament by the Creator God. Humanity was no longer in God’s image. A god he should be but mortality has replaced immortality. Injustice reigns.
Consequently, ‘gods’ die like mere mortals; sons of God are like mere men. We can see the consequence of the Adamic sin – immortality.
But the ‘gods’ know nothing, they understand nothing. This affects the structural design of life. The foundation of life is off balance. This calls for action by the planning office. And this office is not manned by a fellow mortal.
Well, He is not like us. He is a god. The creator God has started on a new page. He is the exact image of the Creator God. Therefore, he cannot die like a mere mortal. And he didn’t. Resurrection comes into sharp focus. We are talking about Jesus, the Christ.
And for his followers? Here we have it: “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die.” John 11 verse 25. Mere mortals can attain immortality again but it is by believing the LORD Jesus Christ.
And then the question: “Do you believe this?” Martha did, what about you?
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