Alpha and Omega Ministries

Ah, yes, what I like to call the “Moses fallacy,” more formally known as the fallacy of equivocation. So, “Reves,” where’s the actual A-game material? The Unitarian line runs like this: “Sure, Jesus is called ‘God,’ but ‘Elohim’ (God) is also applied to Moses and human judges in the Old Testament. So what’s the big deal?” The problem? Those uses aren’t equivalent - not in sense, not in context, not in implication. Equivocating on the term is the whole sleight of hand here. Let me clarify it for you: The New Testament never describes Moses (or anyone else) as the one “ by whom all things were created” (ἐν αὐτῷ ἐκτίσθη τὰ πάντα, Col 1:16), or as the one in whom “the fullness of deity dwells bodily” (τὸ πλήρωμα τῆς θεότητος σωματικῶς, Col 2:9). Not once. John never claims Isaiah saw Moses in the temple vision of YHWH’s glory (Isa 6; John 12:41). That’s absent. The writer to the Hebrews never calls Moses “the exact imprint of [God’s] nature” (χαρακτὴρ τῆς ὑποστάσεως αὐτοῦ, Heb 1:3). Nowhere to be found. John never records Moses receiving - from every tribe, tongue, people, and nation - the identical doxology and latreutic worship given to the Father and the Lamb (Rev 5:9–13). It simply isn’t there. No crowd ever falls before Moses crying, “My Lord and my God!” (Ὁ κύριός μου καὶ ὁ θεός μου, John 20:28) - not Aaron, not Miriam, not Israel, not even Pharaoh. Hebrew or the LXX - the scene doesn’t exist. Moses never declares before handing the reigns to Joshua, “Before Abraham was, I Am” (πρὶν Ἀβραὰμ γενέσθαι ἐγὼ εἰμί, John 8:58), nor does he later affirm, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come” (Rev 1:8; cf. 22:13). The point is straightforward: the sense in which Scripture calls Jesus “God” bears no resemblance to the way it applies “Elohim” (or equivalent language) to Moses, judges, or idols. The categories aren’t even in the same universe. This is entry-level stuff—amateur hour, waiting at the door hoping a novice takes the bait. Bring something stronger next time.