Ahh so you have had this argument before I see well your explanations to both verses do in fact bring them into questionable doubt whether or not he was referring to himself as God and what "gods" really means.
To this I respond: religion is about faith. I think this is common knowledge but what does that mean? In terms of Christianity it means believing that Jesus is the son of God but also is God. This is a hard concept for anyone to understand as here on earth that is obviously against the laws of nature being 3 in 1. Now I'm not saying that my faith in this concept is blind. I have a reason I believe what I do.
Yes Jesus does not specifically say that he is God but for this I say actions are louder than words. He does not say it but his actions in the Bible prove it. The prophecies told in the old testament are truly fulfilled by Jesus.
It's ok not trying to force you out or anything, just talking lol
When you say actions are louder than words, Moses split the sea, he turned the whole river into blood, you know, Jesus only managed to turn a few pots of water into wine, without a license might I add
![:\](https://bluelight.org/xf/BL_Images/Orig_Emoji/wrygrin.gif "wry grin :\")
and so in terms of actions Moses is far superior in my opinion.
Also his biggest miracle of all, raising from the dead is another sign.
Brother, no such sign is mentioned in the Bible. Jesus said in Mathew, Chapter 16, verse number 4:
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An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” So he left them and departed.
And Jesus never fulfills the sign of Jonah! How was Jonah when they threw him overboard? He volunteered! You know, if a person struggles, you might have to break his leg, twist his arm, but the man said I am guilty, throw me! So when they threw him he was? Alive! How was Jonah when he was praying in the belly of the whale he was? Alive! How was Jonah when the fish spit him on the sea shore? Alive! Alive alive alive! A miracle of a miracle of a miracle.
As Jonah was 3 days and 3 nights in the belly of the whale, so shall the son of man be in the heart of the Earth! Then you ask my practicing christian brothers, how was Jesus in the heart of the Earth, they say he was DEAD. He was DEAD. Jonah was alive. So Jesus is a liar! He never fulfills the prophecy. AHH but then Christian brothers say, it's the time factor. It's not a matter of alive or dead, it's about how long he stayed? WELL:
They take Jesus off the cross on Friday evening before the Sabbath because for Jews it was forbidden to hang anyone on the Sabbath. So Friday night, Saturday day, Saturday night, and on Sunday morning, Mary Magdalen sees Jesus disguised as a Gardner! That's 2 nights and 2 days at best. So Jesus put all his eggs in one basket, the sign of Jonah, and never fulfilled it! So he lied! And we know that Jesus, is not a liar, we respect him
Why do you believe that? It is mentioned in Luke, Chapter number 10, verse number 36 which says:
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Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection."
In this verse Jesus says that resurrected bodies are spiritualised, a spiritual body cannot die anymore and cannot be given in marriage. He's giving a definition of resurrection. So why was Jesus disguised as a Gardner? He was afraid of the Jews. If he was a spirit, why be afraid. It is further mentioned in John, Chapter 20, verse number 17 which says:
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Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father"
Why touch me not? Because he was in physical pain, all the ordeal he suffered. Resurrected bodies can't feel pain. It is mentioned in Luke, Chapter number 24, verse number 39:
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Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have."
Is he trying to say he's a resurrected body? "
it is I, myself". The disciples were afraid because they had heard that Jesus died and Jesus goes to them and proves he didn't. "
for a spirit hath not flesh and bones" He's trying to say he's not a resurrected body (spirit) but he is flesh and bones.
The best you can say based on the Bible is that he was: Resuscitated! When someone dies for a short while at the hospital and they bring him back, the person is resuscitated, not resurrected but again, we have no clues that he ever died based on the original manuscript. We know that he was taken off the cross in a hurry because of the Sabbath, and, it is hard for someone to die on the cross in a few hours.
