Cheryl Schatz

As the designation “Christ” implies, Jesus is the fulfillment of Israel’s messianic hopes, who has come to gather his people under the reign of God (cf. 1:1, 16–17; 11:2). The designation reminds the reader of Jesus’ redemptive involvement with the people (1:21; 2:6; 3:11–12; 4:15–16, 21–25; 9:36–38; 11:2–6), and necessarily assumes the validity of other designations which cast Jesus as Israel’s long awaited Messiah: e.g., “Son of David,” “Son of Abraham,” “King of the Jews,” “Ruler,” “Coming One,” and “Shepherd.”

Matthew. The College Press NIV commentary (Mt 16:15). Joplin, Mo.: College Press.

And Jesus answered and said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar Jona, because flesh and blood did not reveal (it) to thee, but My Father who is in the heavens.]… is very common in the Talmud and Midrashim as an expression for humanity as contrasted with God;

Allen, W. C. (1907). Vol. 26: A critical and exegetical commentary on the gospel according to S. Matthew. The International critical commentary on the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments (175–176). New York: C. Scribner’s sons.

I removed the Hebrew expressions from the second quote as my blog doesn’t allow for these foreign characters.

NN, I think you are running into a problem as you are equating “Christ” as “God” when the two terms are not synonyms. They are not interchangable terms and the Bible never says that the husband is to be a reflection of God to the wife. It is a serious weakness in your argument.