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Kevin Daniels does a great job researching his argument, but… Many theologians before him have done extensive research on the Bible and have come up with a contrary opinion of who Christ is. The best Christian minds throughout history have concluded that the Bible says that Jesus is God. Daniels’ final conclusion that Jesus was mere manifestation of God seems to be well researched based on what the average person knows about reality. It is our lack of understanding that makes this argument have credibility. Colossians 2:8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ. Also, many people have come by and examined Christ, who like Kevin Daniels said that it does not make sense. They too came up with alternative explanations as to how the whole thing must have worked. They were examining Jesus through the lens of the principles of this world. Joseph Smith and Mohammad had a better excuse than we have today. Now we have modern day Quantum Physics and theories such as Sting Theory and Super Symmetry that tell us that reality can not be described mathematically without additional dimensions.. Also based on what the Bible says we know God has to be multidimensional, the spirit world then is another dimension. Dimensions are tricky for most of us. Einstein taught us that time is dimension, if you went back in time and met yourself would you be a different person? So if we quit examining Jesus and the Bible through our simple understanding of the world and extend it to the more complex understanding that we know is true we have a whole different picture. Yes Jesus said he was not equal to God. Isn’t Jesus a part of God and not all there is of God? Is a cup of water equal to a pint? Therefore a third of the Godhead is not equal to the total Godhead, wouldn’t you agree? Jesus could be compared to an iceberg; the part of the iceberg you see above the water is only part of it, the larger part extending under the water. Jesus being the part of God that people could see and is only part of God, the rest extending into the spirit world. Here is the danger in looking at Christ in any other way. See, we are saved by the gift from God. That sacrifices that God made on our behalf. If you are expecting to be saved through the works of a really good guy, who went by the name of Jesus, you did not accept your gift from God and did not get saved. Luckily, God is merciful and makes allowances knowing that this topic is far above our understanding, he might even accept your calling him his son, but know this if you do not accept your salvation from God you did not accept it.