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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
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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
