- Doxologies are an act of worship and there are doxologies to Jesus: 2 Pet. 3:18; 2 Tim. 4:17; Rev. 1:6; Rev. 5:13-14; Rom. 9:5; passim.
[18] But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior JESUS CHRIST. TO HIM BE THE GLORY both NOW and to the day of ETERNITY. Amen.
See my blogpost linked below for more:
Doxologies to Christ:
- In Heb. 1:6 the author applies the Greek Septuagint's translation of angels worshipping Yahweh in Deut. 32:43 and Ps. 97:7 to Jesus. Proving Jesus is higher than the highest Angel, and proving Jesus is God because He receives the highest type of worship due only to Yahweh.
[43] “Rejoice with him, O heavens; bow down to him, all gods, for he avenges the blood of his children and takes vengeance on his adversaries. He repays those who hate him and cleanses his people’s land.”
[7] All worshipers of images are put to shame, who make their boast in worthless idols; worship him, all you gods!
[6] And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all God’s angels worship him.”
- Isaiah 45:23 is arguably the most monotheistic verse in the most monotheistic chapter in the entire OT, and its worship is applied to Jesus in Phil. 2:10-11.
[23] By myself I have sworn; from my mouth has gone out in righteousness a word that shall not return: ‘To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear allegiance.’
[10] so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, [11] and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
- Revelation 5:13-14 has ALL CREATURES in heaven, earth, under the earth, and in the sea WORSHIPPING both the Father and the Son.
[13] And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!” [14] And the four living creatures said, “Amen!” and the elders fell down and worshiped.
- Calling on Jesus is an act of worship. It parallels calling on Yahweh in the Old Testament [Ps. 116:4, 13, 17; 145:18]. In fact, calling on Yahweh in Joel 2:32 is applied to Jesus in Rom. 10:12-13; 1 Cor. 1:2. Cf. Acts 9:14; 22:16; 2 Tim. 2:22
[4] Then I called on the name of the Lord: “O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”
[13] I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord,
[17] I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the Lord.
[32] And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the LORD [YHWH] shall be saved....
[13] For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord [i.e. Jesus] will be saved.”
[2] To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together WITH ALL THOSE WHO IN EVERY PLACE CALL UPON THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, both their Lord and ours:
[14] And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who CALL ON YOUR NAME.”
[16] And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, CALLING ON HIS NAME.’
[22] So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who CALL ON THE LORD from a pure heart.
- Prayer is an act of worship, and Jesus is prayed to in the NT: 2 Cor. 12:8ff.; Acts 1:24; 7:59-60; 9:10-16; John 14:14 [critical text has "if you ask *ME* anything in my Name"]
- The Prophecy of Dan. 7:13-14 has the Son of Man being served. The Hebrew word there for "serve" is pelach.
As Artison Rex wrote: QUOTE
//This term (pelach) is reserved for ritualistic service and worship in the book of Daniel. In Daniel, all peoples and nations worship the Son of Man. Earlier in Daniel 3, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refuse to worship the golden statue, stating they only worship God. So if the Son of Man is worshipped, that implies divinity, since worship (pelach) is reserved for God. This parallel between the forced worship of the statue and the rightful worship of the Son of Man is a strong argument for His deity.
• Reserved for Deity: In Daniel 3, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refuse to pelach (worship) Nebuchadnezzar’s statue, reserving this term for God alone.
• Divine Honor for the Son of Man: In 7:14, the Son of Man receives pelach from all nations—a direct parallel to Yahweh’s exclusive right to worship. This inversion of Daniel 3 underscores His divinity.
The scene in Daniel 7 clearly recalls the earlier false worship of the golden statue where all peoples were to serve it. This kind inclusio structure is often done in Biblical material. Before in Chapter 3, the three Jews refused to do so; saying they worship God alone; but here all people rightly worship this Son of Man figure. This indicates the Son of Man is a hypostasis of God, since only YHWH is worthy of this worship or service (pelach).//
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- Jesus is bowed down to in a religious context which connotes worship and which is denied even to angels and false gods [Rev. 19:10; 22:8-9; Rom. 11:4]
kamptō [Phil. 2:10-11]
proskuneō [Matt. 28:17; Luke 24:52]
[10] so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, [11] and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
[17] And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted.
[52] And they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
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