God's Plan For Man Final

The teachers of the law, and thus, the rest of humanity today, are a bit misguided. They expect or expected, even demanded Jesus to be the Christ according to a natural way of understanding, not supernatural. They declared that Jesus was only a mere man; remember what is recorded in the gospel of John, when they declared Him to be a mere man. They stated: “We are not stoning you for any of these,” replied the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.” Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I have said you are gods’? If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came − and the Scripture cannot be broken − what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’? Do no t be l i e v e me un l e s s I do wha t my Fa t he r do e s . But if I do it, even though you do not believe me, believe the miracles, that you may know and understand that the Fa t he r i s i n me , and I i n t he Fa t he r . ” (John 10: 33-38) Was that proclamation of a mere man or of God? A certain mere man will proclaim Jesus to be the Father and God of all—a living testimony to be sure according to the Old Testament and the New Testament! The use of the word Messiah was diluted by the various translations. However, conceptually it means expected deliverer or king of the Jews; one whom the Father has sanctified, called Christ to fulfill the promise, coming from those who were chosen. Jesus’ mission and His testimony confused the natural minds of yesterday and perhaps today as well. The supernatural reality was beyond them, and they had an excuse and were forgiven. Remember at the end, on the cross, Jesus spoke loudly saying “Fa t he r , f o r g i v e t hem, f o r t he y do no t know wha t t he y ar e do i ng . ” Do we now have a reason for misunderstanding or not understanding? The supernatural or profound reality is that Jesus came first as the Son of God, or the Father, in a supernatural form, but seen as the son of a mere man. However, the two were/are a Divine phenomena as One! The Divine Father and the Divine Son were destined to become one. The name of the Father is Jesus; they are now one, so if you now know the Father, who is the son, to whom these words apply? As symbolically similar to prophecy, Elijah must come to prepare the way, so Jesus came to prepare the way for mere man, that mere man may prepare the way for Jesus’ second coming. Thus mere man is now symbolic of Elijah fulfilling the prophecy of Isaiah, similarly as Jesus showed and testified. As is written in

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