Did Jesus claim to be God? | Let's Talk Biblical | Episode 10

if you love talking about the Bible as much as I do then I think you really enjoy this show Welcome to list talk biblical the podcast where we dig deep into the heart of scripture explore Timeless truths and have real conversations about what the Bible says and how it applies to us my name is Lex and I want to thank thank you for joining me on today's episode so grab your bible get comfortable and let's talk biblical last week we looked at the Virgin birth and incarnation of Yeshua and how that points to the deity of Yeshua but today we're going to dive deeper into understanding the deity of Yeshua and why it matters for our Salvation now let's dig into the biblical truth and Theological significance of the deity of Yeshua CS Lewis is famous for his trilemma apologetic in which he said that Yeshua is either a liar a lunatic or Lord because of his claims to deity this argument is presented in the book Mere Christianity I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about him I'm ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher but I don't accept his claim to be God that is the one thing we must not say a man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher he would either be a lunatic on the level with the man who says he is a poached egg or else he would be the devil of hell you must make your choice either this man was and is the Son of God or else a Madman or something worse you can shut him up for a fool you can spit at him and kill him as a demon or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God but let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about his being a great human teacher he has not left that open to us he did not intend to now it seems to me obvious that he was neither a lunatic nor a fiend and consequently however strange or terrifying or unlikely it may seem I have to accept the view that he was and is God I've heard people say that Yeshua never claimed to be God but that is absolutely false not only did he say things that were claims to deity but his actions and miracles also pointed to his deity not only that but the apostles also claimed that Yeshua is God so we need to understand these claims and decide for ourselves if Yeshua is a liar lunatic or Lord those really are the only options if Yeshua isn't God then we have to say he was either an insane lunatic who thought he was God or we have to say he was a demon-possessed false prophet trying to lead us away from God neither of these options allow us to say he was a good teacher therefore the only way we can say he was a good teacher is to acknowledge that he must be who he said he was and he said that he was God over and over again so I want to begin this conversation by looking at some of the specific times Yeshua claimed to be God Yeshua made numerous claims to his deity both directly and indirectly through his words actions and the way he fulfilled Old Testament prophecies the first thing I want to point out is that Yeshua used the divine name I am the name that Yahweh told Moses in Exodus 3:14 and God said to Moses I am who I am and he said thus you shall say to the children of Israel I am has sent me to you Yeshua used this specific name twice and the result was very interesting both times the first time Yeshua is explaining that he is greater than Abraham and that he existed before Abraham John 85859 says Jesus said to them most ass surely I say to you before Abraham was I am then they took up stones to throw at him but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple going through the midst of them and so passed by the grammar of this sentence doesn't make sense he should have said before Abraham was I was but that's not what he said he specifically chose the phrase I am even though it was not correct grammar he chose this phrase because he was giving us his identity as The Great I Am who spoke to Moses notice that they immediately picked up stones to Stone him for blasphemy they understood that by saying before Abraham was I am he was using a very specific phrase referring to himself as The Great I Am they understood that Yeshua was making a claim to be God and they saw it as blasphemy which is why they picked up stones to throw at him the same thing happened again in John 10 when Yeshua said that he is one with the Father John 1030 and33 says I and my father are one then the Jews took up stones again to Stone him Jesus answered them many good works have I shown you from my father for which of these Works do you Stone me the Jews answered him saying for good work we do not Stone you but for blasphemy and because you being a man make yourself God blasphemy was a serious accusation and we see here that they understood that he was claiming to make himself equal with God if Yeshua wasn't God then they were right in saying that he was blaspheming and if he was a blasphemer then he isn't the Messiah however if we believe he is the Messiah then we must understand that he could not be blaspheming therefore he must be speaking the truth he is The Great I Am he did exist before Abraham and he is equal with the father we see his second use of this Divine name in John 18 5-6 they answered him Jesus of Nazareth Jesus said to them I am and Judas who betrayed him also stood with them now when he said to them I am they drew back and fell to the ground some translations say I am he but the word he is not present in this text it was added by translators to try to make the sentence make sense however the exact Greek phrase used here is egoi which means I am the word AO is the first- person pronoun I and the word a me means to be or to exist he's saying I am or I exist also notice that when he said I am the soldiers fell backwards to the ground he identified himself as I am and they fell to the ground this shows us The Authority he had to use that name again this is the same name God spoke to Moses at the burning bush in Exodus 3:14 and God said to Moses I am who I am Yeshua claimed to be I am who existed before Abraham and they tried to Stone him for it and later when they came to arrest him in the garden he claimed to be I am and the soldiers fell to the ground Yeshua also used the phrase I am in connection with other claims of deity for example in John 14:6 Yeshua claims to be the exclusive path to the father Jesus said to him I am the way the truth and the life no one comes to the father except for me there's a lot tpack in the statement it's interesting to note that the first place we see the phrase the way in scripture is in Genesis 3:24 so he drove out the man and he placed cherubim at the east of the Garden of Eden in a flaming sword which turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life the way to the tree of life was cut off because of man's sin this should help us understand what Yeshua is saying when he calls himself the way and the life he is the way to the tree of life and he is the life we see another interesting Connection in Genesis 18 when three visitors came to Abraham the Bible identifies these three visitors as Yahweh and two angels now listen to what Yahweh says about Abraham in verse 19 Genesis 18:19 says for I have known him in order that he may command his children and his household after him that they keep the way of the Lord to do righteousness and Justice that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has spoken to him another interesting connection is the pillar of cloud that led Israel through the Wilderness for 40 years the Bible said the pillar led the way in Exodus 13:21 it says and the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the way the Bible also tells us that God sent an angel to keep Israel in the way and that they should obey him Exodus 2320 to 21 says behold I send an angel before you to keep you in the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared beware of him and obey his voice do not provoke him for he will not pardon your transgressions for my name is in him similarly when the people sinned and built a golden calf God said they have turned aside from the way Exodus 328 says they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them they have made themselves a molded calf and worshiped it and sacrificed to it and said this is your god of Israel that brought you out of the land of Egypt these events show us that walking in God's Commandments is the way we are meant to follow and Yeshua is claiming to be that way this is echoed in the Psalms as well Psalm 258 says good and upright is the Lord therefore he teaches sinners in the way Psalm 19:1 says blessed are the undefiled in the way who walk in the law of the Lord Psalm 1927 says make me understand the way of your precepts so I shall meditate on your wonderful Works Psalm 11933 says teach me oh Lord the way of your statutes and I shall keep it to the end we also see similar testimony in the Proverbs as well Proverbs 6 23 says for the Commandment is a lamp and the law is a light reproofs of instruction are the way of life Proverbs 1017 says he who keeps instruction is in the way of life but he who refuses correction goes astray the prophets also give us information about the way Isaiah says there's a way that we should walk in and I believe this is a reference to Yeshua as well Isaiah 30:21 says your ear shall hear a word behind you saying this is the way walk in it whenever you turned to the right hand or whenever you turned to the left Isaiah also spoke of the way of the Lord saying it's a highway for our God Isaiah 40:3 says the voice of one crying in the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord make straight in the desert a highway for our God Yeshua said he is the way and no one comes to the father except through him likewise John is put forth as the Fulfillment of this prophecy Matthew 3 1-3 says in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of of Judea and saying repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand for this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah saying the voice of when crying in the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord make his path straight John Was preparing the way for Yeshua our Lord he was preparing the highway for our God Yeshua this same prophecy is also mentioned in Malachi 3:1 but notice that the Lord Yahweh will come to his Temple Malachi 3:1 says behold I send my messenger and he will prepare the the way before me and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his Temple even the messenger of the Covenant in whom you Delight behold his coming says the Lord of hosts this is a prophecy about the coming of Yeshua the Lord who comes to his Temple the Temple of Yahweh and he's the messenger of the Covenant the New Covenant These Old Testament prophecies point to Yeshua as being God incarnate Yeshua claimed to be The Great I Am who existed before Abraham and in the Book of Revelation Yeshua calls himself the Alpha and the Omega the beginning and the end the first and the last Revelation 1 18 says I am the Alpha and the Omega the beginning and the end says the Lord who is and who was and who is to come the almighty Revelation 111 says saying I am the Alpha and the Omega the first and the last and Revelation 117 says and when I saw him I fell at his feet as dead but he laid his right hand on me saying do not be afraid I am the the first and the last and Revelation 28 says and to the angel of the church in Smurda write these things says the first and the last who was dead and came to life in Revelation 2213 says I am the Alpha and the Omega the beginning and the end the first and the last this is a strong claim to deity by saying he is the first and the last is a claim to be Eternal he's also the beginning and the end nothing was before him and nothing will be after him this also connects with some of the things see in Isaiah about God being the first and the last Isaiah 48:12 says listen to me oh Jacob and Israel my called I am he I am the first I am also the last here Yahweh is speaking and calls himself the first and the last but now listen carefully to what Isaiah 44:6 says thus says the Lord the king of Israel and his Redeemer the Lord of hosts I am the first and I am the last beside me there is no God notice that this is something Yahweh is saying about himself he is the first and the last and there is no other God this shows us there are not two Gods there's only one God but notice the wording here there are two Lords mentioned in this verse the first is the Lord the king of Israel and the second is called his Redeemer the Lord of hosts both of these Lords are linked together as one god let's read it again Isaiah 446 says thus says the Lord the king of Israel and his Redeemer the Lord of hosts I am the first and I am the last beside me there is no God these two Lords speaking together say I am the first and the last beside me there is no God we see in other places that there is no other God except Yahweh he is the only God there is no other God beside him Deuteronomy 32:39 says now see that I even I am he and there is no God beside me I kill and I make alive I wound and I heal nor is there any who can deliver from my hand Isaiah 455 says I am the lord and there is no other there is no God beside me I will G you though you have not known me so we can't conclude there are two Gods the testimony of the Bible is that there is only one God but it's curious that this one God is described as two Lords Yeshua also refers to himself as a servant saying that he came to serve and to give his life to save us Matthew 2028 says just as the son of man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many Peter also said that Yeshua came as a servant acts 3:26 says to you first God having raised up his servant Jesus sent him to bless you in turning away every one of you from your iniquities with that in mind listen to what Isaiah says about the servant that God sends Isaiah 42:1 says behold my servant whom I uphold my elect one in whom my soul Delights I have put my spirit upon him he will bring forth Justice to the Gentiles here the servant is called the elect one and God put his Spirit upon him there are places in Isaiah that Israel is called the servant of God but here we see this is a reference to a person not a nation notice two specific details God Delights in him and God puts his Spirit upon him now consider what happened at the baptism of Yeshua Matthew 3:16-17 says when he had been baptized Jesus came up IM immediately from the water and behold the heavens were opened to him and he saw the spirit of God descending like a dove and a lighting upon him and suddenly a voice Came From Heaven saying this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased here we see Yeshua the servant of God was being baptized and the Holy Spirit comes down from heaven and a voice from Heaven says in him I am well pleased these are the same descriptive elements for the servant in Isaiah 42 now let's look at Isaiah 4 310 which talks about the servant again but God says know and understand that I am he Isaiah 43:10 and 11 says you are my Witnesses says the Lord and my servant whom I have chosen that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he before me there was no gut formed nor shall there be after me I even I am the Lord and beside me there is no savior here we see that Yahweh is telling us to understand that he is is the servant who was sent and he is the only God there is no other God and no other savior besides Yahweh so if we say that Yeshua is our savior we need to understand that the only savior is Yahweh so for Yeshua to be our savior he must also be Yahweh this chapter goes on to give an interesting prophecy about Yeshua Isaiah 43:15 to16 says I am the Lord your Holy One the creator of Israel your king thus says the Lord who makes a way in the sea and a path through the mighty Waters we see here that Yahweh is called lord Holy One Creator and King Yeshua is also called lord Holy One Creator and King but notice that he makes a path through the mighty Waters when Yeshua walked on water he was telling us who he is he is the one who makes a path on the water when we read in the gospels where Yeshua walked on the water look at what he says after he walked on the water Matthew 14:27 says but immediately Jesus spoke to them saying be of good cheer I am do not be afraid most translations say it is I do not be afraid but the Greek phrase used here is again ego me this means while Yeshua was walking on water he said I am this was done to show the disciples that Yeshua is The Great I Am who makes a path in the sea we see similar statements in job and the Psalms as well about God walking on water job 98 says he alone spreads out the heavens and he treads on the waves of the sea Psalm 77:19 says your way was in the sea your path in the Great Waters and your footsteps were not known when Yeshua walked on the water he was telling us by demonstration of his power that he is God the God who makes a path in the mighty water and Treads on the waves of the sea now listen to what his disciples said in response Matthew 1432 and33 and when they got in the boat the wind ceased then those who were in The Boat came and worshiped him saying truly you are the Son of God the disciples worshiped Yeshua and had no doubts that he truly is the Son of God this is huge they worshiped Yeshua the Bible tells us not to worship any other gods and not to worship anyone or anything but God alone if Yeshua was not God then worshiping him would be an act of idolatry the Bible tells us about many times when Yeshua was worshiped the first was at his birth when the Magi worshiped him and brought him gifts Matthew 2:1 says and when they had come into the house they saw the young child with his mother and fell down and worshiped him and when they had opened their Treasures they presented gifts to him gold frankincense and M the man who was born blind also worshiped Yeshua John 9:38 says then he said Lord I believe and he worshiped him the women who saw Yeshua after his resurrection worshiped him also Matthew 28:9 and as they went to tell his disciples behold Jesus met them saying Rejoice so they came and held him by the feet and worshiped him likewise after the Resurrection the disciples worshiped him as well Matthew 28:17 when they saw him they worshiped him but some doubted this is also when Thomas proclaimed Yeshua to be God John 20:28 says and Thomas answered and said to him my Lord and my God the disciples worshiped Yeshua after his resurrection and his Ascension as well Luke 24:52 says and they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy we also see angels and Heavenly beings worshiping Yeshua in heaven Revelation 51-14 says then I looked and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne the living creatures and the elders and the number of them was 10,000 time 10,000 and thousands of thousands saying with a loud voice Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing and every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the Earth such as are in the sea and all that are in them I heard saying blessing and honor and glory and power be to him who sits on the throne and to the lamb forever and ever then the four living creatures said amen and the 24 Elders fell down and worshiped him who lives forever and ever in fact the Angels were commanded to worship Yeshua when God sent him into the world Hebrews 1:6 says but when he again brings the firstborn into the world he says let all the angels of God worship Him and Hebrews 18 explains that Yeshua is God and his power and Reign is eternal hebrews: 18 says but to the son he says your throne oh God is forever and ever a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of your kingdom there's also a really interesting verse in Philippians 2 9-11 it says therefore God also has highly exalted him and given him the name which is above every name that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow of those in heaven and of those on Earth and of those under the Earth and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father this is a quote from Isaiah 45 21-23 which says and there is no other God besides me a just God and savior there is none besides me look to me and be saved all you ends of the Earth for I am God and there is no other I have sworn by myself the word has gone out of my mouth in righteousness and shall not return that to me every knee shall bow and every tongue shall take an oath here we see that Yahweh is saying he is the only God and the only Savior and to him Yahweh every knee will bow and every tongue will confess and Paul is quoting this verse in reference to Yeshua however we see in Scripture that Angels reject worship saying that only God is worthy of worship revelation 19:10 says and I fell at his feet to worship him but he said to me see that you do not do that I am your fellow servant and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus worship God for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of Prophecy so we see here this Angel is telling him don't worship me worship God only but Yeshua receives worship people worship him and he does not reject it and we see that even the scripture encourages us to worship Yeshua this indicates that Yeshua is God likewise men are not worthy of worship in Acts 10: 25-26 it says as Peter was coming in Cornelius met with him and fell down at his feet and worshiped him but Peter lifted him up saying stand up I myself am also a man but Yeshua received worship from people his entire life beginning in his birth all the way through his death and resurrection and even into heaven he never rejected it or rebuked anyone for doing it and the fact fact that he is worshiped in heaven proves his Divine and eternal nature as God throughout the Old Testament Yahweh is called the Lord and throughout the New Testament Yeshua is called the Lord there are even numerous places where the New Testament quotes the Old Testament in reference to Yahweh and connects it with Yeshua for example in Romans 109-113 it calls Yeshua Lord and quotes prophecies from both Isaiah and Joel in reference to Yeshua but in Isaiah Joel these things are spoken about Yahweh himself Romans 10: 9-13 says that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead you will be saved for with the heart One Believes into righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation for the scripture says whoever believes on him will not be put to shame for there is no distinction between Jew and Greek for the same Lord over all is Rich to all who call upon him for whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved the pattern for salvation is laid out here saying that we must confess that Yeshua is Lord and believe that God raised him from the dead to be saved then he quotes from Isaiah saying whoever believes on him will not be put to shame after calling Yeshua Lord and quoting from Isaiah Paul then quotes from The Prophet Joel saying whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved this is taken from Joel 2:32 which says and it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the Lord Yahweh shall be saved for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be Deliverance as the Lord has said among the remnant whom the Lord calls we see here in Joel that whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved but the word used here in Joel is the Hebrew word for the name of God Yahweh however when Paul quotes it he's referring to calling Yeshua Lord indicating that Yeshua is Yahweh this calling Yeshua Lord is the same as calling Yeshua Yahweh and we must confess that Yeshua is Lord to be saved meaning that we must confess that Yeshua is Yahweh to be saved this shows us that the deity of Yeshua is a matter of Salvation if you don't believe that Yeshua is Lord you cannot be saved both Peter and Paul refer to Yeshua as God and savior and Thomas calls Yeshua my Lord and my God 2 Peter 1:1 Peter says Simon Peter a bonder servant and Apostle of Jesus Christ to those who have obtained like Precious Faith with us by the righteousness of Our God and Savior Jesus Christ right here Yeshua is called both God and savior likewise Paul calls Yeshua our great God and savior in Titus 213 looking for the Blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ he's referring to the return of Jesus as the Glorious appearing of our great God and savior Yeshua is our great God and savior similarly when doubting Thomas touched the Risen Savior he proclaimed in faith that Yeshua is both Lord and God John 20:28 says and Thomas answered and said to him my Lord and my God likewise when we have faith we understand and Proclaim that Yeshua is my Lord and my God aside from direct claims to Dey Yeshua demonstrated his deity by his authority over sin and his ability to judge and forgive sins John 5:22-23 says for the father judges no one but has committed all judgment to the son that all should honor the son just as they honor the father he who does not honor the son does not honor the father who sent him Yeshua said that we should give him the same honor that is given to the father and anyone who does not honor Yeshua as the son does not honor the father either could anyone but the Son of God make this claim when Yeshua used his authority to forgive sins he was accused of blasphemy Mark 25-7 says when Jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic son your sins are forgiven you and some of the scrib were sitting there and reasoned in their hearts saying why does this man speak blasphemies like this who can forgive sins but God alone if Yeshua has the authority to forgive sins then he must be God because only God has the authority to forgive sins this idea comes from Isaiah 43 Isaiah 43:25 says I even I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake and I will not remember your sins the scribes are familiar with the scriptures which is why they said that only God can forgive sins so to prove that he has authority to forgive sins Yeshua healed the paralyzed man and commanded him to walk Mark 28-12 says but immediately when Jesus perceived in a spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves he said to them why do you reason about these things in your hearts which is easier to say to the paralytic your sins are forgiven you or to say arise take up your bed and walk but that you may know that the son of man has power on Earth to forgive sins he said to the paralytic I say to you arise take up your bed and go to your house immediately he arose took up the bed and went out in the presence of all of them so that they were amazed and glorified God saying we never saw anything like this first notice that Yeshua was able to hear their thoughts this indicates Divine Authority next he poses a question which is easier to say your sins are forgiven or stand up and walk it's not about how easy it is to say those words anyone can say your sins are forgiven but can you prove what you said is true likewise anyone could tell a [ __ ] to stand up and walk but do you have the authority to actually cause him to walk Yeshua was demonstrating that he is God incarnate because he has the authority to forgive sins and the authority to make the [ __ ] walk he proved that he has the authority to forgive sins because he demonstrated by causing the [ __ ] man to walk proving that he is god without saying that he is God we could go on and on for hours talking about everything Yeshua said and did that point to his deity he healed the blind he healed lepers and he raised the dead these are all things that point to his deity he fed thousands with just a few loaves of fish and he cursed the fig tree and it died and he cleansed the temple these things also point to his deity he spoke to a storm and it stopped he walked on water and he rose from the dead these things point to his deity he claimed to be the living bread from Heaven he claimed to share Glory with the father he claimed that to see him is to see the father he claimed that he came from heaven and he claimed that he is the Fulfillment of the law and the prophets all these claims are claims to deity he prophesied that Judas would betray him he prophesied the destruction of the temple he prophesied his own death and resurrection and he prophesied that he would return all of these things point to his deity as well he was worshiped by both humans and Angels which indicates his deity he claimed to be God's son which is a claim to deity and the Bible says he is the creator in John 1 Colossians 1 and Hebrews 1 which is acclaimed to deity he is called the Son of God and he was born of a virgin which we discussed last week which points to his deity as well he came down from heaven and he ascended back to Heaven which is also a sign of deity and this is where we get into one of the most interesting claims of deity the phrase son of man when Yeshua told Nicodemus that he is the only one who has ascended and descended from Heaven he referred to himself as the son of man John 3:13 says no one has ascended to heaven but he who came down from heaven that is the son of man who is in heaven this is a reference to Proverbs 30:4 which talks about the Son of God but Yeshua calls himself the son of man Proverbs 30:4 says who is ascended into heaven or descended who has gathered the wind in his fists who has bound the waters in a garment who has established all the ends of the Earth what is his name and what is his son's name if you know this indicates that God has a son and that we should know his name yesh yesu is called the Son of God dozens of times in the New Testament but he referred to himself as the son of man even more times here are a few interesting claims that he made in reference to himself being the son of man the Angels belong to Yeshua the son of man Matthew 13:41 says the son of man will send out his angels and they will gather out of his kingdom all things that offend and those who practice lawlessness do you see here that the son of man will send his angels to his kingdom these things indicate his Divine Authority as God incarnate when speaking about his return he mentions some imagery from the Prophet Daniel about the son of man riding on the clouds Matthew 24:30 says then the sign of the son of man will appear in heaven and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn and they will see the son of man coming on the Clouds Of Heaven with power and great Glory this is a claim to Dei because who can ride on the clouds but God Alone notice also that he comes with power and Glory these things indicate his Divine Authority coming from heaven with him the son of man riding on the clouds comes from Daniel 7 and it points to the divine nature of Yeshua Daniel 7:13-14 says I was watching in the night visions and behold one like the son of man coming with the Clouds Of Heaven he came to the Ancient of Days and they brought him near before him then to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom that all the peoples Nations and languages should serve him his Dominion is an everlasting Dominion which shall not pass away and his kingdom the one which shall not be destroyed the son of man has given Power Glory and a kingdom that lasts forever and all the people will be made to worship him now look at what he said to the high priest in response to the question of who he was this happened during the trial before his crucifixion Matthew 26 63-65 says and the high priest answered and said to him I put you under oath by the Living God tell us if you are the Christ the Son of God Jesus said to him it is as you said nevertheless I say to you Hereafter you will see the son of man sitting at the right hand of the power and coming in the Clouds of heaven then the high priest tore his clothes saying he has spoken blasphemy what further need do you have of Witnesses look now you have heard his blasphemy the high priest immediately took yeshua's statement as blasphemy he understood that Yeshua was claiming to be God Yeshua called himself the son of man and he said that he sat at the right hand of the Father in heaven and then he referred to Daniel's prophecy about the son of man coming in the Clouds Of Heaven the high priest knew what Yeshua was saying he was claiming to be deity he was claiming equality with God the Father by saying that he sits at the right hand of the father he was claiming deity when he said he was the one who comes in the clouds and so we see that the son of man phrase is connected with his deity he's both Son of God and Son of Man meaning he is fully God and fully man he is God incarnate this is why the Apostle Paul has so much to say about the deity of Yeshua he explained that Yeshua was in the form of God and equal with God but he humbled himself and became a man to die for our sins Philippians 25-7 says let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus who being in the form of God did not consider it robbery to be equal with God but made himself of no reputation taking the form of a bond servant and coming in the likeness of men the Bible also tells us that the fullness of God dwelt in the body of Yeshua Colossians 2:9 says for in him dwells all the fullness of the godhead bodily this means the fullness of God was dwelling in a human body he wasn't half God and half man he was fully God because the fullness of God dwelt in him and yet he was also fully human this is described as a great mystery that God was manifested in the flesh 1 Timothy 3:16 Says and without controversy great is the mystery of godliness God was manifested in the flesh justified in the spirit seen by Angels preached among the Gentiles believed in the world received up in glory god was manifested in the flesh as Yeshua the Son of God John 1:1 says in the beginning was the word and the Word was with God and the Word was God and John 114 says and the word became flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld his glory the glory as of the only begotten of the father full of grace and Truth Yeshua is God incarnate he is the fullness of God in bodily form he shares Glory and Honor with the father and he's worship with the father Yeshua created all things which makes him God one final thing to consider is the New Covenant in Jeremiah 31:31 Yahweh says I will make a New Covenant listen what God says here Jeremiah 31 31-33 says behold the days are coming says the Lord Yahweh when I will make a New Covenant with the house of Israel and with house of Judah not according to the Covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt my Covenant which they broke though I was a husband to them says the Lord but this is the Covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days says the Lord I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts I will be their God and they shall be my people Yahweh is the one who led Israel out of the land of Egypt and Yahweh is the one who will make the New Covenant and the purpose of the New Covenant is to put his law in our minds and our hearts so that he will be our God and we will be his people however we see in the gospels that Yeshua is the one who came to make the New Covenant so this means that Yeshua is Yahweh this also means that Yeshua is the one who led Israel out of Egypt and Yeshua wants to put his law in our hearts and in our minds and Yeshua wants to be our God and he wants us to be his people I know I rushed through a lot of these things and I could have probably spent an hour on each point and there there are even more details that I didn't even get to mention here today but I wanted to give you a broad overview of many of the things the Bible says about the deed of Yeshua so you would have a good foundation on this topic the deed of Yeshua isn't based on one or two verses this Doctrine is pervasive throughout the entire Bible and I hope that this brief overview has helped you see that hey friends if you've been enjoying the show and you want to help keep the conversation going then we love your support let's talk biblical is a listener supported podcast and we couldn't do this without you your support helps keep this show running for more information about how you can support this ministry visit unlearn theel lies.com and thank you so much for being a part of let's talk biblical now that we've explored the depths of today's topic it's time to hear from you welcome to the Q&A portion of the show where you can ask questions about today's topic so post your questions in the chat and let's talk biblical all right hey guys uh welcome to the Q&A port of the show um first the first question I have in here today says does the subagent say EG and me in Exodus 314 and yes it does and let me see if I can get this up on the screen for you um I did a screenshot here here we go all right uh see let's go and put this where you can see it better all right so we see here is a screenshot from the seent and we have um so verse 14 starts kaios uh anyway uh God said to Moses saying I am the one who exists and I've got it highlighted here it says egoo and me um where it says I am you've got highlighted here in yellow uh that is the ego and me and um that is the uh the Greek words I am the same Greek words that are used in the New Testament when Yeshua says I am he says ego me and he uses that phrase numerous times uh throughout the New Testament um and I only mentioned some of them uh but there's actually several others uh there's there's a whole list of statements they're called the I am statements of Yeshua and it's all these different things he said about himself I am the bread from Heaven I am the bread of life I am the Living Water I am um The Way of the truth and life I am the resurrection in the life I am uh you know all these different things he there's I I think there's about 10 or 12 of them and um I didn't even get into those um except for I'm the way the truth and life that's that's the one I mentioned um the ones I wanted to to highlight though were uh the the time whenever he said before Abraham was I am when he when he uh they came to arrest him and he said I am and they fell over and the time when he walked on water and he said I am those those story I wanted to highlight specifically because um they they really show some significance in the claim you know before Abraham was I am is a claim that he existed before Abraham uh when he said I am and they fell over that that shows is power and when he was walking on water and said I am that shows that he is God who walks on water um so I wanted to highlight those things specifically but even within the the I am statements I am the bread of life I am the way the truth and life I am um the resurrection of the life um those those statements that he makes those are also claims to deity and it would just you know we just didn't have time to unpack everything that he said in the New Testament the claims to deity but those are all claims to deity and yes the subt tuent does use Egan in Exodus 3:14 uh okay next question says if Jesus Is God why doesn't he know the end only his father does thank you okay so um this is one of those puzzles that um theologians have wrestled with and the the best way to understand it is when you think about wedding language and within a traditional Jewish wedding um the way that happens is there's a betral period where the the the bride and groom become betrothed and they're engaged and then the groom goes and prepares a home for the bride while he's away prep preparing the home the the bride is preparing herself for the wedding and the groom is preparing the home for the bride when the home is ready then the father of the groom tells the groom okay go get your bride and so that's that's kind of what this phrase is is connected to he says only his father knows because it's it's all in the father's choice on when when the house is ready for the bride to come and so it wasn't um it's not a uh a thing where where God says okay I have a date set in mind and on uh you know September 23rd 2036 or whatever like he doesn't have that date in mind he's looking at at the the world and he's saying what's the state of the world what's the state of the people um you know have have all these things come to pass and time to him isn't really as relevant as the details of what's going on um and so when he sees all the details line up and he says okay you know these things have happened these these are things that needed to happen now it's time uh go and get your bride and so that that's really what it boils down to is that it's the father's ultimate choice on when the time happens and that's related to uh traditional Jewish wedding and so the language that's used there is is very similar to what you'd see in a Jewish wedding um and when we look at some of the other language that's used um he talks about how he is the bride or he is the groom and we are the bride and that the groom is going to go away and come back for his bride there's going to be a wedding celebration and um you know this this Bridal language is used throughout the Bible um Israel is is called the bride in the Old Testament God is the husband to her we see this in Jeremiah 31 uh you know the Covenant which you broke though I was a husband to you says the Lord um th that Bridal language that marriage language is used throughout the Bible and we see that used um specifically in the New Testament in the gospels as well uh in relation with Yeshua and his bride um and so uh but good question uh let's see next question here if Jesus Is God why doesn't he know the end only God knows uh actually I think this is the same question just rewarded um but yeah that's okay here's here's another question uh who was Jesus praying to when he said father he was praying to his father um we have Father Son and Holy Spirit and those three uh all three of them together are one and uh we see that throughout the Bible as well and so you have like for example in Matthew let's get just go and turn to Matthew 28 and I'll pull that up on the screen and this is the um the Great Commission and so we have go therefore and Make Disciples of all Nations baptizing them in the name of the father Son and Holy Spirit so it's the name singular of the Father Son and Holy Spirit and so these three together have one name they they are one God they they share a name and so the three together are one God um let's see what's another good example uh at the um at the baptism of Yeshua we have Yeshua in the water being baptized the Holy Spirit descending like a dove and and God the Father speaking from Heaven this is my beloved Son in whom I'm well pleased um those three are all identified separately um but they are working together in in that same instance um we have in creation we have that the spirit of God hovering over the face of the waters God speaking and his words coming out and the words causing things to exist and um in in John 1 it says in the beginning was the word the word was with God and the Word was God and so the word that God spoke that caused everything to exist was also God his word is him and that word became flesh and dwelt among us and it took on bodily form and you know in Colossians it says that in him dwells the fullness of the B of the godhead bodily and so we we don't have three Gods we don't have father son Holy Spirit as three Gods we have father Son and Holy Spirit as one God and the three are unified together as one one God one being one godhead um and I I know um it's hard for us to wrap our mind around that um and and I explained last week uh a little bit on this it's kind of like how our body we are a tripartate type being we have a mind we have a body we have a soul or a spirit and so we have these different parts that that make us up and all of those parts together make us who we are um you know me without my mind is not me it's just a body right me without my spirit is not me because then I'd be dead you know I I wouldn't have the the spirit of Life energizing me so I have no Spirit U me without my body is not me because I don't have a body to contain my my spirit or my soul or my my mind and so um the you know the creation of Adam got God formed a body from the dust he he formed this body and then he breathed into it the breath of life that Breath of Life is the spirit the ruach and that energized the man and he became a living soul and that living Soul has a mind and a body and the spirit and all those things compose what a soul is is a mind body and spirit and when you remove the Spirit uh then the body is dead it's no longer a soul it's a corpse and so you have to have this Spirit the Breath of Life uh for you to be alive and without this the breath of life you are a corpse and and so in Ecclesiastes whenever it talks about the death of a man it says that the spirit whom God gave returns to God and it's talking about the breath of life that God gave us that energized us when we die he he receives that spirit that Breath of Life back to him and our our body goes back to the dust it says our body returns to the dust and the spirit goes back to God who gave it and so we we're we're no longer alive we are dead um but all those things together the the body the spirit the mind compose who we are as a soul and that makes us an individual soul and so when we think about God the the soul of God is that he is Yahweh the individual parts of that soul is that there is the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit okay and so that's I I think probably one of the best ways um to explain I I think the the the godhead being three in one um that they all work together they are all part of that one God uh but they are different uh individually identified from one another um and so you know another example that I've given is is like if you go to the ocean and you take a cup and you dip it in the ocean you fill it up with with water you have ocean water in your cup everything you examine what's in the cup with what's in the water in in the ocean they're exactly identical there's no difference between them uh the only difference is that this is contained now in a cup and it's not out in in the open um and so you can have a cup full of ocean water and you have ocean you have the ocean in your cup and that's kind of the way Yeshua was he he contained the fullness of the godhead bodily he was God contained in a cup God contained in a human body and that's that's kind of what was happening there um but they were individually identified from one another so the son recognized the father and and the son spoke to the father and uh the father spoke to the son and so for example when Yeshua prayed he prayed to the father and when the father spoke from Heaven he spoke to his son and we see numerous examples of that and he said I came to do the will of my father um and so we we see that he is um distinguishing himself from the father in certain ways but then at other times he says I and my father are one and if you've seen me you've seen the father and I share Glory with the father and when the Bible says that God shares Glory with no one and there's no other gods but him but Yeshua said I share Glory with the father so either Yeshua is lying and he's a he's a crazy madman or he shares Glory with the father and the Bible says that no one shares Glory with the father and that there's only one God so if Yeshua shares glory of the father then that means that he is God and so there's um so many things that we could dig into on this topic but um like I said that we just don't have time to cover every single verse in the Bible that points the de of Yeshua we could go on and on and on for hours and hours and hours um uh Mike Horton says what's what is memorial name in Exodus 3:15 the Lord the god of your fathers the god of Abraham the god of Isaac and the god of Jacob has sent me to you this is my name forever and this is my Memorial okay this is the name he us to be remembered by that's what memorial means is is how you're supposed to remember him how you're supposed to know who he is um he's he's not the guy God of Abraham and Ishmael okay so that's a different God so when people say that the Muslims worship the same God as the Christians and Jews that's absolutely false uh they don't worship the god of Abraham Isaac and Jacob they worship the god of Abraham ishma and Esau and so that's the god of of uh uh the Muslims and it's not the same God as the god of Abraham Isaac and Jacob um and so that's that that's why it's it's a memorial this is the God we serve this is who he is he is the god of Abraham Isaac and Jacob Abraham Isaac and Jacob are the fathers of our faith they are the foundation of Israel they are the foundation of the Bible and um the God who they serve is The God Who We Serve or or that's that's who this God is anyway I'm assuming you serve him if you are watching this but maybe you don't but the point is that the god of the Bible is the god of Abraham Isaac and Jacob um and that's how he's supposed to be remembered and known by uh let's see on fire for the Lord says in Revelations when our Lord returns and meet him in the air is this where confusion about the Rapture is made up actually that is a reference to 1 Thessalonians uh and uh well there's actually several references um so Matthew 24 uh 1 Thessalonians 4 uh 1 Corinthians 15 um let's see I'm going to try to find this real quick okay here's first Thessalonians 4 U and then Revelation 21 I believe has a mention of the uh Resurrection uh 1 Thessalonians 4:13 but I do not want you to be ignorant Brethren concerning those who have fallen asleep lest you sorrow as others who have no hope uh for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again even so God will bring with him those who sleep in Jesus for this we say to you by the word of the Lord that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means prede those who are asleep for the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God and the dead in Christ will rise first then we who are alive and remain will be cut together uh shall be caught up together with him uh with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and thus we shall always be with the Lord therefore Comfort one another with these words and so this is Comfort to those who mourn over a death of loved one and that's the purpose of this um this has nothing to do with Rapture though this has to do with uh the resurrection and so he says uh the Lord will descend from heaven with a shout the voice of Archangel and with the trumpet of God and the dead in Christ will rise first so it's talking about the resurrection of the dead and so the dead will be resurrected and then those of us who are alive and remain those who who are remaining alive when this Resurrection takes place we will also be caught up together with them to meet the Lord in the air um but notice he is coming down um it was a uh let's see uh where's it at yeah the Lord himself will descend verse 14 uh verse 16 the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout with a voice of Archangel and TR of God so he is descending from Heaven he's coming down from heaven and so many of the um Rapture theories basically say that um this isn't his return this is just him uh he he's coming part way and he's not returning to Earth uh to set up his kingdom and to Reign and rule for a thousand years he is just coming down partway and we're going to go up and meet him halfway and then he's going to turn around and take us back to heaven with him and that's the Rapture um and then later it's some point he's coming back for real and then he's going to set up his kingdom on Earth that's not what the Bible portrays um he's this is him descending to Earth and uh there's let's look at a couple other verses to compare with let's look at Matthew 24 first um and and let's go let's just start let's start at the beginning Matthew 24:1 the Jesus went out and departed from the temple and his disciples came to show him the buildings of the temple and Jesus said to them do you see all these things ass surely I see you not one shall be left upon another that shall not be thrown down so he's talking about the destruction of the temple now as he sat on the Mount of Olives the disciples came to him privately saying tell us when will these things be and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the Agee so they're asking three questions when will these things be the destruction of the temple uh what is the sign of your coming the sign of your return and when is the end of the age and so those are three separate events um that they're asking about Jesus answered and said to them take heed that no one deceives you for many will come in my name saying I'm the Christ and will deceive many so he's talking about many false Christ coming and people claiming that Yeshua is the Christ and leading people astray so there are false teachers who are claim that Yeshua is the Messiah and they lead people astray and we see other verses uh like Matthew chapter 7 where it talks about wolves and sheep's clothing and how they they say Lord Lord do we not prophesy in your name and do all these things in your name and he says I didn't know you you worker of lawlessness and the Bible also talks about false prophets and false teachers Among Us who will lead people astray and so there are people who claim to believe in Yeshua as the Lord and Messiah um but there leading people astray with false doctrines and that's something that this refers to as well not just people saying hey look at me I'm Jesus it's people saying he's Jesus he's the Lord he's the Messiah and I'm going to teach you this false Doctrine that's going to lead you astray um that's that's really both of those are applicable and you will hear wars and rumors of wars see that you're not troubled for these are these things must come to pass but the end is not yet so he says there's there's going to be wars and rumors of wars and don't let that bother you um that's not the sign he's saying this is not the sign of the end he said the end will the end is not yet so all these wars and and rumors of wars the the World War I World War II uh you know the different different Wars that have taken place over the years um and even rumors of of future Wars taking place and and uh things like that that's not the sign that's not the sign he's saying to look for he says the end is not yet for nation will rise against nation and Kingdom against Kingdom and there will be famines pestilence earthquakes and various places so he's he's again giving all kinds of crazy stuff that's going to happen but this is not the sign so Nation Rise Against Nation this could be a civil war Nation Rising against itself or it could be two different nations Rising against each other two different kingdoms rise against each other um e in either case we've seen that we've seen multiple examples but um and you know pestilence famines earthquakes all over the world we see these all the time every year and they seem to be increasing um but that is not the sign of the end all these things are the beginning of Sorrows these are just the beginning there there's more to come um then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you and you'll be hated by All Nations for my name's sake so then he tells us there's going to be tribulation and there's going to be persecution and and martyrs and death and then many will be offended and will betray one another and will hate one another so again this is not the sign of his coming though this is things preceding his coming so the tribulation persecution and people being offended and betraying one another is the stuff that happens before his coming it's not the sign of his coming then many false prophets will rise and deceive many and because of lawlessness uh because lawlessness abound the love of many will grow cold and I think you could argue that many of these things have already happened and are happening now um but he who endur to the end will be saved and so at no point yet has he given us the sign of his coming um and this and this Gospel of the Kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations and then the end will come okay so now we have something concrete the gospel is going to go out to all the nations every nation in the world is going to hear have opportunity to hear the gospel there's not a single nation on Earth who will be able to say I didn't know that's the that's what he's waiting for is for us to complete the mission that he says go into all the nations and preach the gospel baptizing them making disciples uh that mission is what he's waiting for the Fulfillment of and once that's been accomplished when every nation has heard the gospel every nation has had the opportunity to know about Yeshua that's when the end is going to come um therefore when you see the abomination of desolation spoken by Daniel the Prophet standing in the Holy place whoever reads let him understand he's saying the you know whoever reads this understand this is this is something different than what you're expecting um and so the the Abomination desolation spoken of by Daniel was fulfilled in Antiochus epiphanies um during the inner testamental period during the time of the macbes and Yeshua is referencing that and saying it's going to happen again but this this's a note here that says whoever reads let him understand is is like saying is it's not exactly the same as the first time and so we don't have antias coming in and um offering pigs on the Altar and setting up an an an idol of Zeus in the temple um it's going to be something different and that's why we have to have understanding so we can understand what's going on uh then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains let him who is on the housetop not go down and take anything out of his house and let him who is in the field not go back and get clothes but woe to those who are pregnant nursing in those days and pray that your flight be not in Winter or on the Sabbath and you know for those who say the Sabbath is not meaningful anymore not important anymore then why would he say in the last days pray that you flight me not on the Sabbath seems that we should be uh observing the Sabbath even in these Troublesome times that he's talking about here for then there will be Great Tribulation such as has not been seen since the beginning of the world until this time nor ever shall be so now he's talking about the Great Tribulation and unless those days were shortened no flesh would be saved for the elect's sake those days will be shortened then if anyone says to you look here is the Christ or there do not believe it for false Christ and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive even if possible even the elect okay so these uh these false prophets um will bring Miracles and signs and wonders to deceive people and um it's possible that even the elect might be deceived by these false prophets um see see I have told you beforehand so he's saying I'm I'm warning you ahead of time therefore I say to you look uh therefore if they say to you look he is in the desert do not go out or look he is in the inner rooms do not believe it for as Lightning comes from the East and flashes to the West so also will be the coming of the Santa Mani it's going to be seen all over from east to west everyone's going to see it everyone's going to know it you're not going to be caught off guard uh they're not going to say oh he's already here uh he's over there let's go find him everybody's going to know his return it's going to be seen by the whole world uh for whever the carcass is there the angels will be gathered uh there the Eagles will be gathered together um immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be dark and the moon will not give us light the Stars will fall from Heaven the powers of the heavens will be shaken then the sign of the son of men will appear in heaven and all the tribes there will mourn and they will see the son of man coming in the Clouds Of Heaven with power and great Glory so we're going to see him return uh we're going to look up to the sky and we're going to see him coming and the whole earth is going to see him and he will send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet and they will gather together his elect from the Four Winds from one end of Heaven to the other now this is the same thing that's being said in first Timothy I'm sorry 1 Thessalonians 4 right he says as he is descending uh from Heaven that the angels will go out and there's going to be a sound of a trumpet and and a shout and the voice of the Archangel and he's going to gather his elect and he starts with the resurrection of the dead and so he says he will he will gather uh his angels will uh with a great uh son of a great trumpet and they will gather his elect from the Four Winds from one end of Heaven to the other so they're going to the whole earth is going to be uh harvested and this you know the same the the parable of the the wheat and the tears we see the same thing um you know the tears are gathered up and burned and then the wheat is gathered into the into the storehouse um now learn this purple from the Fig Tree okay and he tells his parable about the Fig Tree and about how um it's a sign right uh when its branch has already become tnder and puts forth leaves you know the Summer's near so you also when you see all these things notice that the door uh that is near it's at the doors as Surly I say to you this generation this generation the one who sees all these things not the one he's speaking to the one who sees all these things will by no means pass away till all these things take place so when we see these signs beginning to happen that's the generation that's going to see his return Heaven Earth will pass away but my words will by no means pass away um but of that day and hour no one knows not even the angels of heaven but my father only okay so why does his father only know this we we talked about that earlier right um that it's it's this idea that his father has has this plan in place this his father has set these times and these things in motion and um that only the father knows when it's time and he'll send the son and he'll say okay now go get your bride um and then he goes into this interesting comparison to the days of Noah he says but as the days of Noah were so also will the coming of the son of man be and this is where a lot of people get the Rapture also so 1 Thessalonians 4 and Matthew 24 right here uh but about the U two people together and one be taken one be left behind but listen to what it says and this is where I mean the the the title of the Left Behind series came from this this section of scripture right here that's why it's called Left Behind because they're saying the ones who are left behind are the ones who weren't taken up in in the Rapture but when you look at the context of this and what it's saying it's not talking about a Rapture okay so as the days of Noah were so also will be the coming of the son of man so he's comparing it to the days of Noah for as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking marrying and giving marriage until the day that Noah entered the Ark and did not know until the flood came and took them all away who was taken away in this example all the Wicked the wicked people were taken away by the flood and Noah and his family were preserved on the earth in the ark and when when the flood waters went away everybody was gone but Noah and the people on the boat and the animals on the boat with him okay so uh Noah and his family were not taken during the flood they were left behind the ones who were taken were the evil people who were destroyed by the flood and so uh that's what we got to keep in mind as we read the rest of this right and so then he says uh then two men will be in the field one will be taken and the other left who is taken the same one who was taken in the example of Noah the wicked one the evil one it's the the parable of the wheat and the tears the the the tears are gathered up first and they're burned and then the wheat is harvested into into the the uh Storehouse uh verse 41 two women will be grinding at the Mill one will be taken and the other left again who's taken the one who was the Wicked one who taken away by the flood just as in the days of Noah uh watch therefore for you not know what hour your lord is coming but know this if the Master of the House had known what hour the thief would come he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into uh therefore you also be ready for the son of man is coming in an hour you do not expect okay and and part of this you know he didn't have uh he couldn't answer their question you know he couldn't say well I'm coming back at this date um because it wasn't it wasn't uh knowledge information that he was supposed to give to us right um that's why he said only the father knows because that that information was withheld so that he couldn't reveal it uh to his disciples um who then is faithful and wise servant whom his master made ruler over his household to give them food in due season blessed is the servant who his master when he comes will find him so doing so he's saying we need to be a good servant who is faithful even will the master is away ass surely I say to that he uh ass surely I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his Goods uh but if that evil servant says in his heart my Master's delay and his coming uh and begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with the drunkards uh the master of his servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and an hour he is not aware of and will cut him into two and appoint him a portion with the Hypocrites uh there shall be weeping and ashing of teeth okay so who is the master in this scenario well Yeshua is the master um this is also Acclaim to deity um and so whenever he is says he is the master it says that is you know he's the owner he's the one who's in charge um and so again deity all right Matt says my wife passed away and my nine-year-old daughter is questioning God I know uh let's see how do I reassure her with scripture if Jesus heals why not Mommy uh that is a that's always a hard topic um my dad uh when he was 65 he died of of cancer he had uh multiple milom he had bone cancer and we prayed and prayed that God would heal him we prayed for five years that God would heal him and he died of cancer um I believe that God can heal I believe that God does heal um but God doesn't always heal and it's hard for us to understand why he in some cases he heals and in other cases he doesn't and I've seen I've seen some amazing healings um we we we know a girl personally that friends of our family and she died um she was in the hospital and she died in the hospital flatlined and she was dead for several minutes and we were you know we were all praying and and fasting while she was in the hospital and she died and then after a couple minutes she woke back up and she was alive again and the doctors can't explain it but uh when she woke up all of her sickness was gone everything that was causing her to be in the hospital she had some pretty major issues going on and the doctors couldn't even figure out what half of it was and when she woke up again it was all gone it was like she it was like got hit a reset button on her or something and I just rebooted her and once once she was rebooted she was fine and there was no uh no issues and so we've seen stuff like that happen we've seen people um you know there's pretty dramatic healings at times and then there's other times when we pray and pray and and we don't see those healings and it's hard it's hard for us to reconcile I think sometimes um because you know I I believe God does heal and I believe God can heal and I believe God wants to heal and I believe that um he is able to heal and I believe the Bible says for us to pray for healing ing um and we've seen numerous healings we've experienced healings I've I personally have experienced healings um and and and other answered prayers as well and sometimes they're seem trivial and other times they seem pretty dramatic and and miraculous um you know I remember a time when I was probably 12 maybe 10 or 12 um and I had a a Swiss army knife and I lost it in a 5 acre pasture and um it was in the snow there was like a foot of snow out in the pasture I lost it somewhere we were riding a sled on the back of of my neighbor's um dad's tractor they had tied a sled to the back of his tractor and he was Towing us around his 5 acre pasture we were all over that pasture that day for hours and somewhere in that pasture I lost my pocket knife and I really like that pocket knife and it was It was kind of special to me it was a gift from uh from someone and it it was it was special to me and I was a sincere kid I prayed you know Lord help me find my pocket knife which is a really trivial thing you think about it it's it's meaningless it's just a a trinket you know I mean I have a a pocket knife right here it was something similar to this it's just a little Swiss army knife the one I lost was red but this one's black but it's it's just a little poag knife and it's easy to replace you know 20 30 bucks and you got a new knife uh um but I prayed Lord help me find my pocket knife and that night I had a dream and in my dream I walked out into the pasture looked down and there was my pocket knife and I in my dream I knew exactly where it was out in the pasture so the next day I got up and I walked out to that exact spot in the pasture looked down and there was my pocket knife I didn't have to go hunting and digging and searching for hours or days I just walked straight to it and you know I I I know that that was the Lord giving me that dream to show me that he cares even about the trivial things in my life and the things that really aren't significant so if he cares enough about that trivial insignificant stupid little pocketknife enough that he would tell me how to find it then then that reassures me that he he cares about the big stuff too and so I trust him I I trust that he he is in control and that he has sovereignty and um some sometimes he chooses to heal and sometimes he chooses not to heal and it is it is up to his Sovereign Choice whether someone receives healing or not um and I can't give you any more better explanation than that it is up to him and he's in control and we have to trust him that he knows what he's doing and so I don't know why um I don't know why your wife wasn't healed I don't know why God chose to uh let her die um I don't know why my dad wasn't healed I don't know why God chose to let my dad die um but I know that he's in control and I trust him and um he had a reason for it the Bible says we we all have um we there is a time to live and a time to die right there we all have a a a uh expiration date we are mortal we are all going to die um it's pointed for everyone to die once and then the Judgment right and so uh the the time on Earth you know the Bible says a lot of things about how our time is limited and it's just a vapor and um you know some people live longer than others you know we have examples like Methuselah living 900 something years and then we have examples of people dying uh when they're just young and uh everything in between and so some people die of an old age and they live to a great old age and they die um they eventually die then but other people die young for various reasons maybe they're killed uh maybe they have some sort of a tragedy happened um and and but we're not guaranteed any amount of time on Earth uh any one of us could die tonight um we're not guaranteed tomorrow and so we need to be happy and um thankful for the time we do have and be thankful the time for the time that you did have with your wife and and I I I'm thankful for the time I did have with my dad um but uh we we have to understand that that our time is limited and we are all going to die um yes he has the power to to heal yes he has the power to resurrect um but he doesn't always do that so hopefully that helps um let's see okay my understanding of the Trinity is that there is one Divine Authority God made up of three persons is this correct um that is the basic uh the basic understanding of it yeah that's that there's one Divine God one Divine Authority um and that that that one God consists in three three parts or three persons Father Son and Holy Spirit and there's been a lot of attempts over the years to try to um Define and um explain that and they all kind of fall short some of them end up being hey this is a great example and but then they fall short in this area and others are just terrible examples all the way around um and so like you know the the the triquetra Trinity symbol um see if I have something to draw on here it's that uh Celtic cross um any I think you probably know what I'm talking about it's like there's a uh loop into a loop into back into another loop and so it's it's kind of a triangular looking thing that has these um these Loops that all connect and it's just a single line that that that crosses um and and you know continues to loop around and it's it's called the triquetra it's a Celtic knot um and some people have used that as an example of the Trinity that there's three parts to it there's these three bulbs that come off of it but they all three together make this one uh Celtic knot and it's been given as an example of the Trinity and sometimes it's even presented as a symbol of the trinity um but that falls short because these each of those knots is separate from one another and um they they're not unified in the sense that um God is one and so then I've heard people say that it's like a circle on top of a circle on top of a circle and all three of these circles are exactly layered on top of each other um so that you can't even separate them and but there's three three distinct circles that are all laid on top of each other um but still there e even though it's finite there's still a difference between them they're all layered but no matter how small the uh the layer is there's still some distinction being made one circle is not the other and and they're individual um the one circle is not the hole um and so and I think that's the biggest point is the one circle is not the hole it's uh part of the hole and that that's where it falls short and then you have um like the people given an egg as an example and they say well you know you have the uh the shell and you have Yol and you have the white and all three of those things make up an egg and and so there there's your egg but it still falls short and there's there's different ways that that that kind of an example can fall short so the uh the Yol is not the shell and so you can't say the Yoke and the shell are the same um the yok is not the white so the o and the white are not the same the the white is not the shell you know they're they're very distinct things and um you know they're not they're not uh the father is not the son and they're not they're not um identical they don't share this Glory they're not um what's the word they're not co-equal um whereas the Bible seems to present the Father and Son as co-equal um and and so like Philippians uh Philippians 2 and let's go um uh oh okay uh let verse five let this mind be in you which was also in Jesus Christ who being in the form of God did not consider it robbery to be equal with God okay so he he being in the form of God he was um and let's go ahead and and let's look up the Greek word here and so hang on give me a second I'm just going to pull this up up and we're going to look at Philippians 6 in the Greek and uh oh let me pull up on the screen for you sorry and let's get change this out there we go okay and oops I got to resize this for you and it's backwards how do I do that what did I do there we go okay all right all right so we've got this um pull up here it says he was in the form of God the word form there is morphe and um form appearance nature shape our appearance and that word nature there is the one I want to look at because um he was in the nature of God he had the same nature as God um he being in the form of God um means that he had the same nature the same appearance the same um Essence about him um and so you know the word appearance and shape uh don't really do justice to what this word is saying um in this context because uh he he being in the same shape of God or the same appearance of God he appeared to look like God doesn't really make sense in the context this um it says that he um he was in the form of God he didn't consider robber to be equal with God so he was in the same nature of God um and so uh and then we have uh right here the the Hebrew equivalent uh would have to do with words like uh tabn and tasim uh meaning pattern form or image or likeness and so uh this same pattern or form or image or likeness um the essential form or nature of something particularly in a way that is visible or manifest um and so it's the essential form or nature of him so he in his Essence he was God and so uh he he being in the essence of God he being in the form of God he being the nature of God he he is God by Essence he is God by Nature um uh the term applies more than external appearance encompasses the true essence or nature of a being and so again he was in this he he had the same essence of God he had the same nature of God and so who being in the nature of God or the essence of God did not consider it robbery to be equal with god well why didn't he consider it robbery to be equal with God and so let's look here um not something to be grasped and so that that something to be grasped there is is um grasping robbery seized um a prize to snatch um seasoning or taken by force um there's also to to cling to I think is is in here as well uh thing to be grasped uh let's see plundered uh robbery and so he he didn't think it robbery right to be equal with God and this word equal with God is um equivalent the same identical um and so he didn't think it robbery to be considered identical with God he didn't think get robbery to be considered the same or equal with God why because he was in essence God he was in by Nature God and so he he he didn't think it who being in the the nature or Essence of God did not consider it robbery to be equal with God why because he is equal with God it's not robbery because he is equal with God okay made himself of no reputation taking the form of a bonder servant and coming in the likeness of men now let's look at that so let's go over here and let's go back let's go to verse seven took the form of a servant and the likeness of men okay so uh same word for form here uh where'd it go form uh morphine so it's has to do with morphe form or appearance to Nature so he took on the form appearance or nature of a man a servant um and the likeness of men okay the likeness here uh has to do with uh resemblance um made like something else a likeness a form a similitude uh to resemble okay so he took on the resemblance of human he was in the form and nature of God and was considered equal with God and he took the resemblance of a human do do you see what he's saying here he's saying that uh Yeshua is God incarnate and he came in the appearance and the resemblance of a man the likeness of a man and being found in appearance as a man he humbled himself okay so what does this word say here uh let's go back and let's go to the next verse 8 and in appearance having been found as a man this word appearance here is SC and it means appearance fashion external condition habit form appearance uh from the Greek uh verb EO meaning to have or to hold um there's no direct Hebrew equivalent uh it's related to pattern or form external form or shape and so again it's it's talking about his external appearance his shape his uh exterior his body um his appearance his Earthly body here um and it was not an exact match with the typical Humanity because his body was never touched or tainted by sin so um anyway so we have that Yeshua being in nature God by his Essence his very being is God took the appearance of a man and the likeness of a man and he humbled himself be became obedient to death on the cross therefore God has exalted him and given him the name which is above every name that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow of those in heaven and those on Earth and those under the Earth and that every tongue which confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father this is a quote uh from the Old Testament and let me go and pull that up and so we goans to let me pull this up for you so you can see okay so if you go to bible.com and you have uh you can turn on a feature I don't remember where the option is but where you can see cross references right and so you have these little Bubbles and you look at the cross reference given him the name which is above every name that at the name of Jesus every KNE should bow okay Isaiah 45:23 um and that every tongue should confess uh Jesus Christ Lord so Isaiah 45:23 so let's go to Isaiah 4523 and actually might be faster to do it this way yeah I sworn my myself s the word has gone of my mouth and righteousness and shall not return that to me every knee should bow and every tongue should take an oath this is God speaking and he says to me every knee will bow and every tongue taken oath this is God's words and but in Philippians it says that God has exalted him and said that to Yeshua every knee would bow and every tongue confess and so this is again this is a a claim of deity when every knee in heaven and on Earth and under the Earth right Philippians and that at the name of Jesus verse 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow of those in heaven and of those on Earth and of those under the Earth every knee in heaven is going to Bow all the angels of heaven are going to bow to Jesus all of the Heavenly Host everything every Heavenly being and creature that exists is going to Bow Down and Worship Yeshua and of those on the earth so all Humanity every human being on Earth is going to Bow and worship Yeshua and of those under their Earth this is reference to all those who are dead and it's to reference to the underworld and the excuse me could even even be a reference to um the Demonic realm that they will bow and worship Yeshua that every knee in Heaven and Earth and under the Earth will bow and worship Yeshua that is a strong claim of deity and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father they will all confess that he is Lord meaning he is God and I saw a comment in there earlier I couldn't find it but the person said that the word Lord uh was used in in place of the uh Hebrew word uh the tetran the Y the the the name of God Yahweh and uh yes that's true and the reason for that is they um the Jewish people uh did not translate the name Yahweh uh they did not speak the name Yahweh they would say Lord or Adonai uh instead of Yahweh and so that's where adoni began to replace Yahweh is because they would call uh Yahweh Adonai they would call him Lord um and this was a uh this was done as tradition to honor his name and not to uh defile his name and use it in profane ways and so they would they were they they wouldn't speak the name outside the temple so the the the name Yahweh the the the tetr Graton y was only spoken in the temple by the priests in the synagogue they would say Adonai and in the streets they would say Hashem Hashem means the name and so is these levels of Holiness and so in the temple you could use his holy name in the synagogue you had use a substitute for His holy name and in the streets you would use another substitute that was further uh uh withdrawn from the uh the Holiness of the name and so they'd say Hashem in the street and so this was a way of honoring his name well in the New Testament we see that the New Testament authors did the same thing when they wrote uh quoted the Old Testament they said Lord they didn't say uh y they didn't write Yahweh they wrote Lord or uh curios in Greek or God Theos in Greek those are the terms the New Testament authors used when quoting the Old Testament and referring to God they did not say his name and they didn't write his name in Greek uh they wrote either Theos or curios Lord or God and um it was a way of honoring his name the interesting thing about that is when so now when they say um Yeshua is Lord and they quote the Old Testament and it says Lord in reference to God um you see that there is a connection and so they they didn't say Yeshua is Yahweh they said yeshu is Lord but when they quoted the Old Testament the Old Testament says calls God lord and they're using these Old Testament quotes of about God and applying them to Yeshua numerous times throughout the Bible this is one example um but anyway the thing is I I really hope that this has helped um I know that there's a lot of confusion about the deed of Yeshua and uh there's a lot of people teaching that he was not uh that he was not God incarnate and those are false teachers and they are trying they're leading people astray they're teaching false Doctrine and if they don't confess that Yeshua is Lord that Yeshua is Yahweh they are not a they're not a follower of Yeshua they're not a Believer they're not saved they're a false teacher a false prophet and you need to stop listening to that nonsense because they do not confess Yeshua as Lord if they say he was a good man he was a good teacher he was maybe even the Messiah u a good Prophet um you know he was sent by God but he wasn't God if they say anything like that just stop listening to them they they're false teachers they're teaching heresy they're teaching contrary to what the Bible says says um and you know Peter warns about that he says Those Who uh even deny uh the Lord who bought them they're denying the Lord Jesus they're denying the Lord Yeshua uh in in what they're teaching he says they're false teachers and you need to stay away from them and so um and you know if any of you are struggling with the deed of Yeshua um please just keep digging into it um the Bible over and over and over and over and over and over and over points to his deity um and you know pray that the Lord would open your eyes to see that because it is all over the place and but it's it's the holy spirit that allows us to make that confession that Yeshua is Lord and so only by the Holy Spirit can you say Yeshua is Lord that Yeshua is Yahweh that he is God incarnate um that is by the power of the Holy Spirit the Bible says and so um you just pray that God would would enable you to have that understanding so that you can have that confession of Faith um and if there are I I saw some comments in the chat for people trying to uh oppose this Doctrine and say that Jesus is not God that Yeshua is not God incarnate um you are wrong and you are teaching false heresy and um if if you disagree and and and you don't want to uh if you can't agree with that I would tell you just unsubscribe for my channel I I don't want you here if you're going to be in here spouting that kind of nonsense and trying to lead people astray um go someplace else you're not welcome here um if you don't believe Yeshua is Yahweh if if you don't believe that Yeshua is God incarnate go someplace else please um I don't want you as as a subscriber I don't want you on my channel I don't want you commenting uh you're not welcome here um this is a place for believers and you are not a Believer if you don't believe that Yeshua is God incarnate you are not a Believer you are a false teacher you are a false um you are someone who is trying to lead people astray and you're not welcome so go away go someplace else unsubscribe please leave um and if you keep coming and keep trying to post this nonsense I I'll just have to block you because I'm not going to tolerate that kind of nonsense um if you if you saying that Yeshua is not God and you're trying to teach other people that and trying to lead people in that direction ction you're not welcome and you're going to get blocked because of it okay um so anyway let me tell you about next week and I hope you guys have a wonderful wonderful week all right next week we're going to be talking about another topic that deals with the deed of Yeshua and is his claim to be the lord of the Sabbath and so I hope that you will come back next week for more information about the deed of Yeshua we'll see you then thank you for joining me on let's talk biblical if you enjoyed this episode then share it with your friends and keep the conversation going be sure to subscribe so you don't miss anything and I look forward to chatting with you again next week until next time keep talking biblical shalom