Finding Our Way Through Nicaea: The Deity of Yeshua, Bilateral Ecclesiology, and Redemptive Encounter with the Living God

The Question and its importance A few years ago a controversy erupted in the Israeli Messianic Jewish movement over the question, “Is Yeshua God?” some leaders had publicly answered the ques- tion with a definitive “no!” Their refusal to call Yeshua “God” ignited a firestorm. In the eyes of many, these dissenting leaders had denied the basic tenet of the Yeshua-faith. Though common in Christian parlance, the wording of this question has problematic features that we will examine later in this paper. nevertheless, the passionate responses evoked on both sides showed that the ques