In Rev. 1:8 Jesus a says that He is "the Almighty" which is equivalent to "Mighty God" and the name that YHWH named Himself to Abraham ( Gen. 17:1; Ex 6:3) This harkens back to Isaiah's prophecy 9:6 as well as to Abraham and Moses as identifying God. Jesus was saying in Rev. 1:8 that he is God Almighty, just as Isa 9:6 prophesied.
In Mic. 5:2 another Messianic prophecy concerning Jesus is:
"For thou, Beth-lehem-Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me who is to be ruler in Israel, whose goings forth have been of old; from everlasting." This verse is saying that the Messian existed eternally. He is from everlasting, just as the Everlasting Father is.
Again, in Is., 48:12 YHWH speaks, "Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am." the last." Jesus attributes this title to Himself in his statement to John in Rev. 1:8; 22:13.
Just from these statements from the OT that are attributed to Jesus in the NT, it is clear that the Scriptures attest to the deity of Jesus, as He calls Himself God explicitly in Rev. 1:8.
The witness of both OT and NT teach that Jesus is God, so I believe that this is the truth concerning His nature.
But next I will go into the NT to see other examples that attest to the truth that Jesus is God with us, God made flesh.
John the author of the Gospel, 1,2 and 3 Jn. and Revelation, was alive in the 90's A.D. All the other apostles had been martyred and he had been imprisoned on the Isle of Patmos (in the northern Aegean Sea) by the emperor Domitian 88 A.D. - 96 A.D. He was most likely released from Patmos in the mid-90's by the succeeding Emperor Nerva who became Emperor in 96 A.D.
John , having been one of the 12 apostles during Jesus' earthly lifetime, had much knowledge about the formation, expansion, and establishment of the early church in the first century. He knew Jesus well and the other apostles. cont
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In Rev. 1:8 Jesus a says that He is "the Almighty" which is equivalent to "Mighty God" and the name that YHWH named Himself to Abraham ( Gen. 17:1; Ex 6:3) This harkens back to Isaiah's prophecy 9:6 as well as to Abraham and Moses as identifying God. Jesus was saying in Rev. 1:8 that he is God Almighty, just as Isa 9:6 prophesied.
In Mic. 5:2 another Messianic prophecy concerning Jesus is:
"For thou, Beth-lehem-Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me who is to be ruler in Israel, whose goings forth have been of old; from everlasting." This verse is saying that the Messian existed eternally. He is from everlasting, just as the Everlasting Father is.
Again, in Is., 48:12 YHWH speaks, "Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am." the last." Jesus attributes this title to Himself in his statement to John in Rev. 1:8; 22:13.
Just from these statements from the OT that are attributed to Jesus in the NT, it is clear that the Scriptures attest to the deity of Jesus, as He calls Himself God explicitly in Rev. 1:8.
The witness of both OT and NT teach that Jesus is God, so I believe that this is the truth concerning His nature.
But next I will go into the NT to see other examples that attest to the truth that Jesus is God with us, God made flesh.
John the author of the Gospel, 1,2 and 3 Jn. and Revelation, was alive in the 90's A.D. All the other apostles had been martyred and he had been imprisoned on the Isle of Patmos (in the northern Aegean Sea) by the emperor Domitian 88 A.D. - 96 A.D. He was most likely released from Patmos in the mid-90's by the succeeding Emperor Nerva who became Emperor in 96 A.D.
John , having been one of the 12 apostles during Jesus' earthly lifetime, had much knowledge about the formation, expansion, and establishment of the early church in the first century. He knew Jesus well and the other apostles. cont
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