his claims about himself are fulfillment of the prophecies beforehand to understand what he was saying of himself one needs to hear and acknowledge the prophets
“Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.
Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.
Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour. Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
I am the Lord, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.
Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.”
Isaiah 43:8-11, 13, 15, 18-19 KJV
When you read prophecy like this you begin to realize what exactly Jesus eas saying about himself then the epistles make it concrete
“And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
Philippians 2:11 KJV
There is one Lord and he’s always been speaking of himself so man would know him when he came
“Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.
Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.
Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour. Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
I am the Lord, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.
Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.”
Isaiah 43:8-11, 13, 15, 18-19 KJV
When you read prophecy like this you begin to realize what exactly Jesus eas saying about himself then the epistles make it concrete
“And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
Philippians 2:11 KJV
There is one Lord and he’s always been speaking of himself so man would know him when he came
Just like our schools, so many of our modern churches have watered down the gospel and made it 'milk' not meat--they often don't teach from the Old Testament--or really the New for that matter.
Most believers in the first century were not 'schooled' --also, it was harder for them to have direct access to the scriptures, yet they seem to be so much more intelligent-so much more critical in their thinking than we are now. They were meeting frequently together and it was much more interactive for those meeting in homes. They weren't passive spectators like we are now--getting the movie trailer version of the gospel each Sunday, if that.
"13For we do not write you anything that is beyond your ability to read and understand. And I hope that you will understand us completely, "--2 Corinthians 1:13
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