Jesus' Words in John 8 verses 23b plus 24b ~ Unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.
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Jesus' Words in John 8 verses 23b plus 24b ~ Unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.
Isaiah 12:2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
John 1 verses 1 + 14a~ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us.
Salvation = Strong's H3444
H3444
ישׁוּעה
yeshû‛âh
yesh-oo'-aw
Feminine passive participle of H3467; something saved, that is, (abstractly) deliverance; hence aid, victory, prosperity: - deliverance, health, help (-ing), salvation, save, saving (health), welfare.
Isaiah 12 verses 2-3 ~ Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.
Thank you sister!
A partial answer is below. I will expand this if there are questions about the nuances of Christ the eternal Spirit and Jesus the son of man / Son of God.
“But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only."
Notice He said not man > not the angels > not the Son... only the Father.
Then, after all authority in heaven and on earth was given to Him, He revealed this to John:
This is in Revelation: "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servant things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John..."
So, here the order is reversed: Father > to the Son > to the angels > to man (John)
Hebrews 1 tells us of the exchange of authority:
"God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son..."
Here, "His Son" is actually just "Son". So it would read "[God] has in these last days spoken to us by Son". The implications are manifold, but one thing for certain is that there is no other way to commune with God except by Son. This is consistent with:
"Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also."
Furthermore, since Christ was given "all authority in heaven and on earth" there is none reserved for God the Father. The Father didn't keep anything back or hedge His generosity. The entire rule of the estate of God was given to Christ, the Son of God.
So, this includes the Day of His return. WE, who are in Him, do not currently know the Day but we will. When the SON decides to reveal these things to His Body we will know the Day. We will not know the Day by arithmetic, or by studying Hebrew or the Old Testament, etc. We will know when He decides to reveal it to us. And it won't be so that Mel Gibson can make a movie about it. He will release it to those who are watching over others in the spirit so that they might prepare His flock for the coming Day.
I have believed had the Disciples asked what they did in Matthew 24 in Matthew 28 they would have had a better understanding of when the timing would be since Jesus had all Authority.
I also believe Jesus, the WORD, knew this information all along but when He came to earth as Jesus He gave up many things concerning His Deity.
Unless a son is neither male nor female.
Why does this instill the fear of me in me?!
Yeah. For example as an infant, He was vulnerable like all infants were vulnerable. He was not some super-infant with mutant powers. He required guardians (Mary and Joseph) just like all human babies.
What set Him apart was his calling: to be the Messiah. Not just a deliverer from worldly oppression, but from the oppression of sin. This is partly how Paul knew the gifts and callings were irrevocable: the life of Jesus proved this.
This kind of nonsense:
..was born out of polytheistic mythology: wherein Zeus and Jupiter had demi-god children by raping human women. That's partly why the Roman church still looks to artifacts and water stains for godly significance: God is always external, in something or someone out there. They unbelieve that the kingdom of God, God's Spirit, and the Word can be within them. So, to keep the ruse going, more external signs are needed; more "pieces of the cross", more elaborate reignment, more white smoke, etc. It's like comic books: there's always another story of our favorite character.
Any way, that's all I'll say about that for now.
I agree!Yeah. For example as an infant, He was vulnerable like all infants were vulnerable. He was not some super-infant with mutant powers. He required guardians (Mary and Joseph) just like all human babies.
What set Him apart was his calling: to be the Messiah. Not just a deliverer from worldly oppression, but from the oppression of sin. This is partly how Paul knew the gifts and callings were irrevocable: the life of Jesus proved this.
This kind of nonsense:
..was born out of polytheistic mythology: wherein Zeus and Jupiter had demi-god children by raping human women. That's partly why the Roman church still looks to artifacts and water stains for godly significance: God is always external, in something or someone out there. They unbelieve that the kingdom of God, God's Spirit, and the Word can be within them. So, to keep the ruse going, more external signs are needed; more "pieces of the cross", more elaborate reignment, more white smoke, etc. It's like comic books: there's always another story of our favorite character.
Any way, that's all I'll say about that for now.
The WORD made flesh subjected Himself and limited Himself making Himself having the ability to suffer like the humans He created. And even though He would have known all of those answers like His Return He chose to be subjected to Authority so we understand to also be subjected to the same Authority.
Some individuals have no real concept of the choices He made in order to leave Heaven to fulfill the Sacrifice required not just for sins but in the whole process He also established a way to be Resurrected. And to make sure we grasped this reality He showed us TWO Resurrections with Lazarus and Himself.
The one thing I noticed between Adam in the Garden and Jesus when He walked the earth is they SPOKE to things.
When Adam was created we see he went around and spoke to things giving them a NAME and such. He does NO PHYSICAL WORK until he's removed from the Garden. He just speaks to things and it's done and established.
When we look at Jesus He does the same thing. Once in awhile He might take dirt and spit but to the raging wind and Sea or to the leprosy or to the dead person or to the demon possessing a human or multiplying the loaves and fishes He SPOKE like Adam once did and it happened.
Jesus re-established our Dominion on earth when we become joint-heirs.
Many times I don't pray in the sense I hope God will do this healing, miracle, provide a way but I speak to it as a Joint-Heir of God and I have seen incredible results from it.
But if we read the Book of Acts and Paul's Letters we see them SPEAKING to things like Jesus did like when Paul told the demon to leave the girl that followed him saying who he was. He just spoke to it like a Joint-Heir and bam it happened.
Yeah, when all authority is given to you in heaven and in earth, really, what can prevent your dominion?
Consider that heaven was also created so it is not eternal. Before creation, God was, the Word was, and the Spirit was. Heaven was required only "in the beginning" where "the beginning" meant God revealing Himself in time and space.
Even the arrangements in heaven seen by the prophets and in Revelation are for our benefit. Through them God shows us His nature, character, and likeness and also those qualities for those who are in Christ.
When you are "all-powerful" then you have no need save for any need you create for yourself. Also, because you cannot lie, then you are restrained by the words you speak. In the case of God, He determined to be restrained by the thing that ultimately benefited us: love. That is why, in spite of all His eternal qualities, WE, who are human, can truthfully say "God is love". From a man's point of view, this short statement encompasses ALL who He is. He decided, not man, that He could be known by that singular attribute.
Yeah, when all authority is given to you in heaven and in earth, really, what can prevent your dominion?
Consider that heaven was also created so it is not eternal. Before creation, God was, the Word was, and the Spirit was. Heaven was required only "in the beginning" where "the beginning" meant God revealing Himself in time and space.
Even the arrangements in heaven seen by the prophets and in Revelation are for our benefit. Through them God shows us His nature, character, and likeness and also those qualities for those who are in Christ.
When you are "all-powerful" then you have no need save for any need you create for yourself. Also, because you cannot lie, then you are restrained by the words you speak. In the case of God, He determined to be restrained by the thing that ultimately benefited us: love. That is why, in spite of all His eternal qualities, WE, who are human, can truthfully say "God is love". From a man's point of view, this short statement encompasses ALL who He is. He decided, not man, that He could be known by that singular attribute.
Even king David chimes in about this Dominion we are to have.
4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him?
5 For thou hast made him but little lower than God,
And crownest him with glory and honor.
6 Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;
Thou hast put all things under his feet:
Thank you, the way, the truth and the new life for us in the risen Son to be able to now enter the throne of grace in our time of need (Me always) it is not a matter of sin anymore. Get that mindset and one will be kicking themselves out to not hear how to say no to any unrighteousness, to me at least
We=, by Son's does work on that cross, done once for all, has paved the way for us to now go to Father without viewing us as sinners anymore=!
What?
Yep, thank you Daddy, now I need to know how to evade sin, you will teach me please?
You know I will, my Son. One problem at a time, okay? Yes, I am a failure, then I will teach to you how to be at peace, with me and see new, being too busy to be a failure
Wow, Thank you. This can now be done because of the done work of Jesus first for us all to see
I only Love, because I am loved first by God through Son tha tias risen, where the new life from Daddy got given me to rest in. Been learning rest, what that is while in adversities.
I see it as Paul saw it, contentment in all things, whether it is good or bad, to be content, over those, trying to get him mad, making fun of him while in jail as he remained unmoved in joy to the Lord. Then there Jail help came to belief too over seeing. him not get mad over those that were not sincere in the risen Jesus.
Amazing God is all the time in God's mysterious ways amazing
21 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” 22 And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. John 20
And the question arises in how can the Holy Sprit be a separate person when it was the Lord who breathed the Spirit onto the disciples?
And the question arises in how can the Holy Sprit be a separate person when it was the Lord who breathed the Spirit onto the disciples?
If you think of the baptism of Jesus, we read:
“When all the people were baptized, it came to pass that Jesus also was baptized; and while He prayed, the heaven was opened. And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven which said, "You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased."” (Lu 3:21-22 NKJV)
So we have Jesus Himself being baptised, the Holy Spirit descending upon Him in the form of a dove, and the voice of God the Father saying, "You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased." So The Holy Spirit was not the same as Jesus Christ or the Father. Three "Persons", one God.
3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thy heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
4 While it remained, did it not remain thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thy power? How is it that thou hast conceived this thing in thy heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
7 And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.
8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much. And she said, Yea, for so much.
9 But Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to try the Spirit of the Lord?
Peter shows us something very valuable in Acts Chapter 5.
1. The Holy Spirit can be lied to [verse 3]
2. The Holy Spirit is God [verse 4]
3. The Holy Spirit is also known as the Spirit of the Lord which is Jesus [verse 9]
So let's put this together.
I have the Holy Spirit inside me.
Other believers also have the Holy Spirit in them.
So we Have the Holy Spirit of God inside us.
BUT WHEN WE ARE TOGETHER [[JESUS]] IS THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT INSIDE US OR AS PETER CALLED THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD.
That matches what Peter is saying in Acts Chapter 5 verse 9.
The mental picture is beautiful. The spirit is within. He breathes out upon them what is within him. And that same spirit lives in us, those who follow him and belong to him. That same spirit. He spells it out in detail in John, many times, but each time emphasizing that it is the spirit of God, the Father IN him, and he in the Father by that same spirit that was promised. This is the hope of the gospel-- that there is another life, beyond this life and that life is in him and in us....
....they will all be one, just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you. I pray that they will be in us, so that the world will believe that you sent me.
NO ONE KNOWS THE DAY OR HOUR, A HEBREW IDIOM referring to the first day of the 7th Hebrew month. Jesus often spoke in parables but also spoke His current day lingo/ie Hebrew idioms that everyone who kept the LORD's Feasts would understand. If you keep the LORD's Feasts, you might have the same understanding about Yom Teruah/Feast of Trumpets - 1st day of the 7th month. Now days many people use the man-made Hillel II calendar to know when they are going to have Yom Teruah and do not go by the sighting of the new moon. So, IMO, Hebrew Roots folks are being deceived when using man-made calendars like Hillel II calendar. Hebrew Calendar or Torah Calendar. Here is a calendar based on the sighting of the new moon and the barley is ripe. 2020-2045-02072025.pdf
“But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only."
Notice He said not man > not the angels > not the Son... only the Father.
NO ONE KNOWS THE DAY OR HOUR, A HEBREW IDIOM | FaithWriters
"Yom Teruah.: The Day of The Trumpet Blast
One of the seven Moedim of Yahweh (Divine Appointments or Feasts) is called the Yom Teruah. It is also referred to as Rosh Hashanah or the Feast of Trumpets. Of the seven moedim, this one is the only one that doesn’t have an exact starting time. This moed begins only when two witnesses see the edge of the moon and report their sighting to the Sanhedrin. This requirement introduces slight variable time to it’s inception. The Jews celebrate what is supposed to be the first day of the seventh month, Tishri, (Leviticus 23:23-25) over a two-day period because it is “the day no one knows the day or hour.” For this very reason, Yom Teruah was, and still is, referred to as “the moed that no one knows the day or hour of!” "