Two considerations:
The Gospel of John is one of the clearest statements in all of the bibilical message for the deity of the Son of Man. There is no clearer statement to that effect than chapter 1:1-14 and beyond. By the time we get to chapter 6, the reader has the understanding that the Jews who opposed Him believed that He was declaring His equality with God with the words of "Son of God" (compare 5:18.) Significantly, Jesus chooses not to confound this opinion.
In chapter 10, the conflict continues to the point of intended death by stoning for Jesus, at the hands of the Jews. The charge? ".. because you make yourself to be God" (v 33.) Christ a two pronged response. He questions their ankst by quoting their own Law, saying "Has it not been written in your Law, 'you are gods'?" I believe that Jesus confronts a people who have lost their vision of God. It is all about rules and power. Jesus must die because He has assumed great authority and such conflicts with thier position in the community. Their faith declares them to be gods within a given context of thought. And yet, they plan to kill the Christ -- knowing that His sonship does not make Him a member of their club !! And then, He offeres a more seriously response: " My Father is in me and I am in my Father !!! A declar
ation of shared deity. And they sought to seize Him, but he slipped away.
Secondly ---------- Back in Heb 1:6 , the passage that speaks of worship due Christ as a man (from the angels) -- it should be noted that the Jewish community had believed for centuries that the Angel of the Lord and the Lord were one and the same in terms of Divine Visitation. Angels were considered to be the highest of God's creature creations and were given much prominence in the Older scriptures.
Yet, Jesus THE MAN is worshipped by these individuals (the angels.) Most interesting.
