Jesus was one in the line of Messiahs.

We are all children of God. However, a number of Christians believe

that salvation can only be obtained through Jesus Christ.

In this context they refer to Philippians 2.9 which says “God has also
highly exalted Jesus Christ and given Jesus Christ the name which is
above every name.”

One interpretation of this verse is that the name of Jesus is “above” all
other saintly persons. The key word is “above” that is, God has given
him a position higher than all others. The Greek word for “above” is
“huper.”The primary meaning of the Greek word “huper” is “for,” that
is, belonging to everyone, or having been born for everyone (Strongs
05228). If we use the word “for” instead of “above” in this verse then it
reads:“God has highly exalted Jesus Christ and given Jesus Christ the
name which belongs to everyone.”

In other words, Jesus encompasses,covers or includes every other

person or Jesus belongs to everyone.
Jesus had connected with God; and God pervades everything. Thus,
Jesus was connected not only with God but also with all the people.
This appears to be a possible rendering of the phrase that “God had
given Jesus the name which belongs to everyone.”The verse does not
necessarily say that Jesus alone had such an exalted name or that Jesus
stood above others. There could be others who were as exalted and as
connected with God as Jesus.

The other verse invoked is Acts 4:12:

This verse says there is no salvation in any other person other than
Jesus. That is, if one wants to be saved then the only name which can
help is that of Jesus Christ. But let us go back to the verse. The word
“other”in this verse is“heteros” in Greek. It denotes “other, another,
the other of two, one not of the same nature, form, class,kind,
different” (Strongs 02087). This seems to say that “there is no salvation
in any other person of the same “nature, form, class or kind” as Jesus.
There can be salvation in another person of another“nature, form, class
or kind” as Jesus. Another interpretation could be that “there is no
salvation in any other person”at that time and place. That is, at that
time and place, Jesus alone may have been the Messiah.

I must admit that these are my interpretations. These may or may not
be accepted by the mainstream scholars.But the question is this: we are
all unquestionably children of God.How can God love one son and not
love another? It does not make sense.Therefore, if it is possibile to
interpret these verses in a manner that it conveys the ever-continuing
and expanding grandeur of God, then we must accept that
interpretation and not one that limits the expanse or the writ of God.

In my assesment, we must not limit God in a way that says that Jesus is
the only Messiah. There may be many other Messiahs. Jesus may be
one at that time and place. We must be, like God, inclusive of other
religions.We will hopefully create a better world by interpreting the
Holy Texts in this manner.

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