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Bible Verses Stating Jesus is God alsoJesus was: "God Among Us"

" Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad."

"Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord"Deuteronomy 6: 4

But, our one God is Spirit and Light, with 3 naturesJesus is God also, a part of the same spirit and the same light of the Father.

The Son is subservient to the Father nature as being Greater than the Son.When Jesus was fully man (and fully God), He was "positionally" inferior tothe Father. The Son is also the Logos, and the Word of God, who madeeverything seen & unseen by His Word.

The Father is acquiescent to the Son nature for our Salvation (our onlymediator).

The Holy Spirit permeates all to bring us knowledge of God.

For more on this, and Jesus' statement:

"I go unto the Father: for my Father isgreater [meizon] than I"

Read here

Reference to the Trinity16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from thebeginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, andhis Spirit, hath sent me. 17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the HolyOne of Israel; Isaiah 48:16-17

The New Testament doctrine of the Trinity is evident in such a verse asJohn 15:26, where the Lord Jesus said: "But when the Comforter is comewhom I will send unto you from the Father, He shall testify of me."

The baptismal formula shows 3:

"baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the HolyGhost" (Matthew 28:19).

1st. Note how Jesus always cast out demons, cured the sick, and did miracles in Hisown name. Also, on several occasions Jesus deliberately said; "I AM". This would neverhave been taken lightly by any Jew of Jesus' time.

Think! Take for example Jesus’ words in John 10:30, “I and the Father are one.” When firstencountered, this might not seem to be a claim to be God. However, when we look at theJews’ reaction to His statement, “For a good work we stone thee not; replied the Jews, but forblasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.” (John 10:33). Nowwe see an actual claim. The Jews understood Jesus’ statement to be a claim to be God. Inthe following verses, Jesus never corrects the Jews by saying, “I did not claim to be God.”That indicates Jesus was truly saying He was God by declaring, “I and the Father are one”(John 10:30).

John 8:58 is another example. Jesus declared, "I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. "Again, in response, the Jews take up stones in an attempt to stone Jesus (John 8:59). Whywould the Jews want to stone Jesus if He hadn’t said something they believed to beblasphemous, namely, a claim to be God? John repeatedly tells us of the Lord's connectionto "I Am". See John: 4:26, 8:24, 8:28, 8:58,and 13:19. The Apostle Paul tells us that Jesus"..is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For by him were all thingscreated, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they bethrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and forhim: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist." (Colossians 1:15-17)

John 1:1 says that “the Word was God.” John 1:14 says that “And the Word was madeflesh, and dwelt among us” This clearly indicates that Jesus is God in the flesh. Acts 20:28tells us, "...Be shepherds of the church of God, which He bought with His own blood." Whobought the church with His own blood? Jesus Christ. Acts 20:28 declares that Godpurchased the church with His own blood. Therefore, Jesus is God!

To try and grasp the Trinity, first understand that God the Father the Son and Holy Spirit areSpirit, light, awesomeness, power, justice and love -- and He in no way conforms to ahuman's understanding. Jesus told us God is Spirit. Shine two beams of light on the samespot, and you have the light of one, separate, yet also the same as the others. An example ofJesus' light and the Father's light as the same is at this true Near Death Experience here

Next, try to grasp Jesus' nature as being both totally human and totally God. To help you withthis consider these paradoxes by early church father Gregory of Nazianzus (329-390 A.D.).Gregory used these to argue against Arianism.

"He was baptized as a man -- but He remitted sins as God...He was tempted as man, but heconquered as God...He hungered -- but He fed thousands...He was wearied, but He is therest of them that are weary and heavy-laden. He was heavy with sleep, but He walked lightlyover the sea...He pays tribute, but it is out of a fish; yea He is the king of those whodemanded it...He prays, but he hears prayer. He weeps, but He causes tears to cease. Heasks where Lazarus was laid, for He was man; but He raises Lazarus, for He was God. He issold, and very cheap, for it is only for thirty pieces of silver; but He redeems the world, andthat at a great price, for the price was His blood. As a sheep he is led to the slaughter, but Heis the shepherd of Israel, and now of the whole world also...He is bruised and wounded, butHe heals every disease and every infirmity. He is lifted up and nailed to the tree, but by thetree of life He restores us. He dies, but he gives life, and by His death He destroys death."

Cyril of Alexandria (376 - 444 AD) says, ‘Indeed, the mystery of Christ runs the risk of being

disbelieved precisely because it is so incredibly wonderful. For God was in humanity. Hewho was above all creation was in our human condition; the invisible one was made visible inthe flesh; he who is from the heavens and from on high was in the likeness of earthly things;the immaterial one could be touched; he who is free in his own nature came in the form of aslave; he who blesses all creation became accursed; he who is all righteousness wasnumbered among the transgressors; life itself came in the appearance of death. All thisfollowed because the body, which tasted death, belonged to no other but to him who is theSon by nature,’ [On the Unity of Christ]

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God wasmanifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached untothe Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. 1 Timothy 3:16

Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shallconceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Isaiah 7:14

(written: 712 BC (Before Christ)

Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and theyshall call His name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.Matthew 1:23

For unto us a Child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government willbe upon His shoulder: and his name will be called Wonderful, Counsellor,The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6

(written: 712 BC (Before Christ)

And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a greatprophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.Luke 7:16

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Wordwas God. John 1:1

because he had not only broken the sabbath, but said also that God washis Father, making Himself equal with God. John 5:18

Jesus said:I and my Father are one. John 10:30

The Jews answered him [Jesus], saying, For a good work we stone theenot; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyselfGod. John 10:33

When many were about to stone Jesus for blasphemy (John 10:30-39), Hesaid to them that said he blasphemed "because I said, I am the Son of

God?" (John 10:36).

You call Me Teacher and Lord; and ye say well; for so I Am. John 13:13

But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and saidunto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

And Jesus said, I Am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the righthand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Mark 14:61-62

The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thineenemies thy footstool. Psalm 110:1

he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then,Shew us the Father? John 14:9

"Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that Isay to you I do not speak on my own authority; but the Father who dwells in me does hisworks." ( John 14:10)

And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which Ihad with thee before the world was. John 17:5

And Thomas answered and said unto him [Jesus], My Lord and my God.John 20:28

...lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God,should shine unto them. 2 Corinthians 4:4

In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness ofsins: Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth,visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, orprincipalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And heis before all things, and by him all things consist. Colossians 1:14-17

...Who [Jesus], being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to beequal with God: Philippians 2:6

...For in him [Jesus] dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.Colossians 2:9

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was

manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached untothe Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. 1 Timothy 3:16

...who [Jesus] is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, andLord of lords; 1 Timothy 6:15

Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hathappointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who beingthe brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, andupholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himselfpurged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. Hebrews

1:2-3

But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: asceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Hebrews 1:8

Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great Godand our Saviour Jesus Christ; Titus 2:13

And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, "KING OFKINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. Revelation 19:16

I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe notthat I am he, ye shall die in your sins. John 8:24

Zechariah 12:10 - And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon theinhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and theyshall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him,as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as onethat is in bitterness for his firstborn.

Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, Iam. John 8:58

Not everyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord,” will enter the kingdom ofheaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heavenMatthew 7:21

And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shallreach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill thebreadth of thy land, O Immanuel (means God Among Us).

Note: "his wings" Isaiah 8:8 ...See the prophecy of the Tzit-Tzit (fringes of His gown) that

Jesus fulfilled here

"Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David arighteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall executejudgment and justice in earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israelshall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THELORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Jeremiah 23:5-6

Once, a paralytic man was presented before Jesus for healing(Luke 5:17-26), and Jesus said, “Man, thy sins are forgiven thee” (Luke 5:20). And

the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who

can forgive sins, but God alone? (Luke 5:21). But Jesus (God in flesh) knew their

thoughts and queried,

But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto

them, What reason ye in your hearts? Whether is easier, to say, Thy

sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk? But that ye mayknow that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he

said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy

couch, and go into thine house. (Luke 5:22-24)

And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay,and departed to his own house, glorifying God

Revelation 19:11-14 - speaking of Yeshua/Jesus leading theArmy of Heaven:

11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithfuland True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. 12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and onhis head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. 13 And hewas clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. 14 And thearmies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, andwhich is to come, the Almighty. (Revelation 1:8)

Jehovah shares His glory only with Jesus...

In Isaiah 42:8 Jehovah himself is speaking, and He emphatically declares "I am the LORD:that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images."Again, in Isaiah 48:11, Jehovah is speaking, and He declares: "For mine own sake, even formine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my gloryunto another."

John 17:5 tells us Jesus said; "And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with theglory which I had with thee before the world was."

Of course that is Jesus speaking of being part of the Godhead Himself. Since God will notshare His glory. And Jesus tells us He had this glory with Yahweh/Jehovah before creation.

What more proof from Jehovah or the lips of Jesus do you want?

The Scriptures bear unmistakable testimony to the creative activity of God's Son,distinguishing Him from among the "things" created, as the Creator and Sustainer of "allthings."

The Book of Colossians:

The entire context of Colossians 1:15-27 is filled with superlatives in its description of theLord Jesus as the "image of the invisible God, the first begetter [or according to Erasmus''original bringer forth''] of every creature."

The Apostle Paul lauds the Son of God as Creator of all things (v.16) and describes Him asexisting "before all things" and as the one by whom "all things consist" (v.17). This is inperfect harmony with the entire picture Scripture paints of the Eternal Word of God (John1:1), who was made flesh (John 1:14) and of whom it was written: "All things were made byhim; and without him was not any thing made that was made" (John 1:3). The writer ofHebrews also pointed out that God's Son "[upholds] all things by the word of his power"(Hebrews 1:3) and that He is Deity in all its fullness, even as Paul wrote to the Colossians:"For...in him should all fullness (of God) dwell" (Colossians 1:19)

Reference for above, "Jehovah shares His glory only with Jesus..." -The Kingdom of the Cults(Walter Martin & Ravi Zacharias), page 96

WHAT ABOUT THIS "SON OF MAN" THING?

The expression, “son of man,” was used in the Old Testament by Daniel asthe term for the Messiah Who, at His second descent to earth at the end ofthis age, would come “...with the clouds of heaven” (Daniel 7:13,14). Thissame scene was described in more detail by John:

And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud onesat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown,

and in his hand a sharp sickle. (Revelation 14:14).

Concomitantly, Jesus’ favorite term for Himself was the “Son of Man”(Matthew 8:20, 9:6, 10:23, 12:8,32,40, 13:37,41, 16:27,28, 17:9,12,22,18:11, 19:28, 20:18,28, 24:27,30,37,39,44, 25:31, 26:2,24,45; John 1:51,5:27, 6:27,62, 8:28, 9:35, 12:23, 13:31). Using “Son of Man” really was anexpression of humility, an indication of how God actually had been willing tolower Himself to mankind’s level by being born of a virgin (Isaiah 7:14;Matthew 1:18-25). Now, it generally was accepted by the chief priests andteachers of the law that “Son of Man” meant “Son of God.”

When Jesus was led before the council of the elders of the people(Luke 22:66-71), He made the statement that “...Hereafter shall the Son ofman sit on the right hand of the power of God.,” they asked, “Are you thenthe Son of God?” (22:69,70a). Jesus replied, “Then said they all, Art thou

then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am. His enemiesconfirmed that they understood this to be a claim by Jesus to be the Son ofGod by their response, “And they said, What need we any further witness?for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth. ”

One Must be a Christian to be Saved!

References for this is found in John 14:6; Acts 4:12, and 26:28; 1 Peter 4:16.

One cannot be a Christian without verbally confessing the deity of Jesus the

Christ. One cannot even pray to God, let alone have sins remitted by Him,

without approaching Him through Jesus (John 14:6 and 13, 15:16; 16:23-24;

Romans 5:2, and Ephesians 2:18).

"The Father judges no one but has given all judgment to the Son, so that all may honorthe Son just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son does nothonor the Father who sent him." ( John 5:22-23)

"If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; but if I do them, eventhough you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand thatthe Father is in me and I am in the Father." ( John 10:37-38)

I know Muslims and Mormons, Christian Scientists, Jehovah Witnesses,

Unitarians, Scientologists, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Seventh Day

Adventists -and many others - will not want to hear this, but the Bible declares

that Jesus was the FINAL revelation of God to man (Hebrews 1:1-3). There havebeen no others.

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All Christian and Jewish Scripture point toward the Messiah's coming. With God, whatseems to be a contradiction or paradox is in reality only the fact that only God knows inadvance what is to come.

How could God come to earth and be born a child, yet remain God? With God, nothingis impossible. Muslems and Jews seem to be facing this same dilemma that thoseJews who awaited the Messiah before Jesus arose faced. It all seems so impossible toboth Muslems and Jews. The greatest of kings; born in the humblest of places.... God,born in the flesh!

This is what those Jews alive before Jesus came knew from their prophets andprophecies about the coming Messiah. It all seemed impossible --like a contradictoryparadox --until after Jesus came. Suddenly the impossible fell into place:

Jesus, Father of Eternity, yet a Son in time; Chosen of God and elect, yet despised of

man; Born King of the Jews, yet rejected by them; Born of a woman, a virgin, yet had nofather; Came from Bethlehem, Egypt, Nazareth. Prophecy says "Out of (Bethlehem)shall he come forth" (Micah 5:2); "I have called my son out of Egypt" (Hosea 11:1,Matthew 2:15), "He shall be called a Nazarene" (Isaiah 11:1, Matthew 2:23).

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Jan 07

Archeology News:

Christian gravesite found on the Mount of Olives

Christian Scholars are excavating a site which may hold clues to some of the burials of thoseleft behind after Jesus departure. A white cross has been found with the Greek inscription,'To The God Jesus Christos'. This same inscription was found in a ruin adjacent to Megiddoprison in Israel, where a mosaic floor also had written in ancient Greek, “To the God, JesusChristo.”

Read more about this article: here

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Dome of the Rock is the "Abomination ofDesolation"

another supernatural revelation of God

You won't put this book down!

Read more: here

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1290 & 1335 days of Daniel(Daniel 12:11-12)

Proof the true God of the Bible and prophecy (Yahweh/ Jehovah/I

am/Jesus) considers Islam as an evil pagan religion. He is disgusted withthose monstrosity's on the Temple Mount.

Daniel 12:11 "And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and theabomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundredand ninety days. 12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand threehundred and five and thirty days. 13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for thoushalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days." (written about 550 B.C.)

The previous two versus tell us that we are in the "last days" before Jesus returns;because this prophecy was sealed till "the time of the end". And that there will bescoffers about the importance of this prophecy:

Daniel 9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed tillthe time of the end. 10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but thewicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shallunderstand.

Daniel 12 (KJV) online: here

The "abomination of desolation" already happened exactly on schedule(Daniel's 1290 day prophecy). When the pagan Islamic Dome of the Rock andthe al-Aksa Mosque were built on the temple mount, it made this holy place"desolated" or contaminated. This was built during the 685 to 705 AD period.

The formula for changing old testament 360 day years into our 365.24 day solaryears is: x .9857

Daniel gave 2 numbers. The 2nd number 1335 - is the "double check," orcheckSUM number: Subtract this figure from 1948 when Israel was reborn after2500 years and then multiply it by .9857 and you get another significant year forthe Jews, Christians and all of western civilization. This figure plops exactly ontothe year the false prophet, Muhammad of Islam died, and was lowered into agrave in Medina.

A little after midday of 8 June, 632, the 62 year old Muhammad died in the house ofhis wife A'isha who he married when she was 6 (or 7) years old. Muslim historians backto the early 800's A.D. tell us that Muhammad consummated his marriage with A'ishawhen she was only 9 - when he was in his 50's. See the Muslim references for this: here

You may ask about the Lord's Olivet discourse on Daniels' prophecy in Matthew24. See Ellis Skolfield's excellent answer here

Read about Revelation 11:2, a parallel prophecy: here

Read more: here

Read this free ebook by Ellis Skolfield about the above. It's called, "The False Prophet". Read "Muhammad, Terrorist or Prophet?"

Did you know that God has promised to bless those who bless Israel? Why is it then that, NoBritish royal has ever paid a state visit to Israel? America? June 1974, President Nixon visitedIsrael.