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Dear BAN,
To answer your latest questions:
1. Jesus was a divine sacrifice in human flesh. God prepared a body for Him to be sacrificed. Hebrews 10:4-10
2. Since you accept the accuracy of the New Testament, it testifies of itself—-
“All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. ” – II Timothy 3:16.
3. To your statement that “… Jesus never thought of Himself as God …” I give you these quotations to search-
- John 10:30
- John 12:26
- John 14:10, 11, 20
- John 17:21.
“In studying what Christianity proclaims, specially that which concerns the divinity of Jesus, are derived from mistranslations, misinterpretations and allusions to Jesus, when the verses alluded to , does not validate the claim.”
What is your source for denying the scriptures in which Jesus states His divinity? If the N.T. is accurate, here is what Jesus says about Himself in the above scriptures.
As to O.T. scriptures portraying the Messiah and His salvation, here are some:
- Genesis 3:15 which portrays Satan bruising the head of the seed of man and the seed of man, bruising his heel.
- Isaiah 9
- and 53 depict the suffering servant and the accounts of Jesus death portray exactly what was foretold.
- Matthew 15, 16
- Mark 14-16
- Luke 22-24
- John 19-21
Just as the Jews in the time of Jesus, you are doubting Him as Messiah because He has not as yet fulfilled the messianic promises. Yet they are still to be fully fulfilled . That is why the Jews turned on Jesus—he was not then bringing to them the promised kingdom Of God. But He is returning to do so. Look up the Scriptures about what the world will experience before He returns and see if we are not in that period of time: Matthew 24. See how hatred for Israel is abounding and the U.S. will be added to “the haters of Israel” because all will fight against them in the end.
BAN, I do not understand your reluctance to read the entire N.T., once more asking Yahweh to walk with you through its reading. May the same God who is leading me in my reading of His word in the O.T. (I am now in II Chronicle- the building of the temple) lead you as you read the New with His guidance.
Oh, gal, how I wish we were face to face. I love you so.
Love,
“CF”