I have been told by those who hold a low view of Jesus that he is never once called Almighty God or God Almighty in the Bible. One may search the Bible from cover to cover and never once find the words, “Jesus is Almighty God.” While this is true, neither will one find the words,“The Father is Almighty God.” One can search the Scriptures from cover to cover and the words just aren’t there. Why is this so? I believe that the Lord wishes us to search for him. Proverbs 25:2 says, “It is God’s glory to conceal things.” he hides things about himself within his word. The same verse continues, “It is the glory of kings to search things out.” That is, God created us to enjoy uncovering the unknown or to solve a mystery. It is our honor to search the Scriptures and find what God has hidden about himself. I like the way the Message paraphrases this,
Proverbs 25:2 MSG God delights in concealing things; scientists delight in discovering things.
It is true that the words, “Almighty God is… (Jesus or Father)” are never found in the Bible. However, why are the specific words so important? Shouldn’t it be our joy to discover the places where God identifies himself? I believe such things are a matter of faith. We are known by what we believe. If God hides a matter, it is expected that this matter would be proved with abundant evidence rather than abundant disclosures.
Hebrews 1:1-3 ASV God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners, (2) hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds; (3) who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Here we see the Son of God unveiled as the one through whom the worlds or the ages (aion – G165) were made. What does this mean? The term age has to do with time. It has to do with how long the word of God will endure (1Peter 1:25). It has to do with the very beginning of time itself (John 9:32; 1Corinthians 2:7). It has to do with all ages up to the present (Colossians 1:26) and to the future age that will not end (Ephesians 3:21). All the ages were created through the Son of God (Hebrews 1:2). He, that is, the Son of God existed before these things were created, because all things were created through him and for him (Colossians 1:15-18 – the Son of God, Jesus.
Some try to tell me that this isn’t specifically speaking of the creation of the universe etc. They try to make this verse less meaningful by saying that the Greek word translated worlds in Hebrews 1:2 really means ages and refers to time only, and not the entire universe. However, these people fail to consider what this verse is actually saying. All time – no matter how you wish to phrase it – has been created through the Son of God. What difference would it make, if it did not mean the creation of the universe? Jesus, as the Son of God, existed before all time, whether the age before the flood, the age of the patriarchs, or this present age – all ages were created through him. Nevertheless, so that it can be seen without doubt that even the universe – all that exists in material form – has also been created through Jesus, the Son of God, consider this Scripture,
Hebrews 11:3 NASB By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.
The same word translated worlds in Hebrews 1:2 above is used in this Scripture to say that these ages were prepared by the utterance of God. That is, what we are able to see was formed by things we cannot see. The word that means age includes all the material things we are able to see. What we can see is incorporated within that vast space of time (all the ages).
Considering Hebrews 1:3 above, the Son of God (Jesus) is the “effulgence of his (God’s) glory.” How brightly does the glory of God shine? – as bright as Jesus! Who is the very image or representation of the substance or person of God? – Jesus is! In other words, God does not shine brighter than Jesus, and neither are we able to see who God is without looking at Jesus. We cannot know God without knowing Jesus. It is through the manifestation of the Son of God that God reveals himself. In John 17:3 we are told that our eternal life is measured in our knowledge of God and Jesus. Where is the limit of either, if throughout eternity we shall still be learning about God through knowing Jesus?
The Scripture continues to say that it is the Son of God who “upholds all things by the word of his power.” Some would have us believe that, because this power has been given to Jesus (Matthew 28:18), it is not a reference to Jesus being almighty. The right hand of Majesty (Hebrews 1:3) is the executive position of that majesty or power (Exodus 15:6, 12). The Son of God is omnipotent in that all power is expressed through him. This causes him to be ALMIGHTY. He executes all the power of the Father. They are one Spirit.
Just because Jesus says this power is given to him, doesn’t mean that he is subservient. What it means is that his glory, which he shared with the Father from before creation, was returned to him (John 17:5; cp. Philippians 2:6-7).
Jesus is revealed here as “upholding all things by the word of his power.” he really is almighty, and he must be so to carry out his function within the Godhead. Notice, “he is the express image of his Father.” As the Father thinks, Jesus acts bringing those thoughts to fruition (John 5:19-20). He was doing this all his human life, because Jesus revealed the Father. He brought the Father out of his invisibility (John 1:18; John 14:9). If the Father is ALMIGHTY, Jesus is the EXPRESS IMAGE of that power and reveals it. Is the Father full of love (1John 4:8, 16)? Jesus revealed that love at Calvary. He is the express Image of our heavenly Father. He must be essentially all that the Father is in order to fully represent him in his essence and his power (Hebrews 1:3; cp. Revelation 22:1, 3).
My point is that we are not able to know God apart from Jesus. We understand who God is, through our finding out knowledge of Jesus. How powerful is God? We can know this only by looking at his Son, because the Almighty power of God is expressed only through the Son of God. We don’t know any more about the Father than is revealed to us through his Son (Matthew 11:27). We can theorize, make graphs to show logical conclusions etc., but in all practicality we know nothing about God, apart from the Son of God – Jesus. As far as man is concerned, Jesus is Almighty God, for we cannot know a greater power.
Colossians 1:15-17 NASB he is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. (16) For by him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities–all things have been created through him and for him. (17) he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. (emphasis mine)
Here in Colossians we have a Scripture that stands in apposition with Hebrews 1:2-3. Here we are able to see that it is in the Son of God that all things were created, whether those things are found in the heavens or on earth – everything, whether visible or invisible – all were created through Jesus (the Son of God). They were created for him, and in him they are held together. This means the Son of God is before all created things, and all the power that brought these things into existence is expressed through him – the Son of God! Nothing was created without him (Colossians 1:6; cp. John 1:3). All the power we could ever imagine, though we live a billion years, was expressed in and through Jesus. How much power must he have before we call him ALMIGHTY (see Almighty God – O.T.)?
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