If you want me to say that the "image" is not the one who the image is an image of--I have already said it.Do you mean like Moses in Exodus 7. Where God tells Moses he will make him “God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet” (Exodus 7:1). Exo 7:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, "See, I make you as God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet. ?
Moses told you...
Many prophecies indicated that the Coming One (Jesus) would arise from the "seed," the stock of humanity, in a particular from Abrahamic and Davidic stock. The Messiah would be from the biological chain within the human family, specifically of Jewish pedigree: "The Lord your God will rise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your own countrymen [literally, brothers]; you shall listen to him" (Deut.18:15). In this passage, Moses predicts that the coming Messiah would be a person "like me," raised up from "among" the people of Israel, and that God would not speak to the people directly, because they were afraid that if God spoke without a mediator they would die (V16). The coming "prophet" would be a man of whom it is said that God would "put his word in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. And it shall come about whoever will not listen to My words which he shall speak in My name, I Myself will require it of him” (v. 18-19). To say that the Messiah is God Himself is to contradict the whole point of this prophecy. For it announces that the ultimate spokesman for God is expressly not God but a human being. The New Testament says that Jesus is the one who fulfilled this prophecy (Acts 3:22; 7:37). Understandably, no Jew who believe theses Scriptures ever imagined that the baby born in Bethlehem was going to be Jehovah himself come as a human baby.
In addition, Jehovah God says clearly that he is not a man (Numbers 23:19; Job 9:32). The converse is therefore true: if a person is a man, then he can not be God.
Does Jesus sound like this man Moses told you about?
(John 8:40) "But as it is, you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do.
At the beginning of the Christian Church... What did Peter TEACH... Read it Scott A.... It matters as I will point out...
Act 2:1 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place... Act 2:22 "Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know--
Now... For your salvation I will show you what Jesus has to say on this matter... Will you Learn or Burn ScottA?
Joh 17:3 "This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
Webster 1828 Dictionary
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AND, conj.
And is a conjunction, connective or conjoining word. It signifies that a word or part of a sentence is to be added to what precedes. Thus, give me an apple and an orange; that is, give me an apple, add or give in addition to that, an orange. John and Peter and James rode to New York, that is, John rode to New York; add or further, Peter rode to New York; add James rode to New York.
We are not talking theology anymore ... We are talking about your future Scott... Do you really want to trust men.... Or take my advice and seek the truth... I'm trying to help you.... Read the post again and relax... there's still time...
But what you do not seem to have grasped, is that...(like a sock puppet), if you were pulled over and asked for your Driver's License and the officer pointed to your ID and asked, "Is this you?" You would be correct to say Yes (as many have said of Jesus being God), but also to say No, because the officer only points to your "image."
Again, granted, to even look at all of creation in the context of "image", requires "the renewing of your mind." And regardless of how long and drawn out and intricate it is--all of this is written...even if not understood. But don't take the language and meaning for granted, for it has all been confused by God...for this very purpose, that it should only be known by the Spirit.
But that last appeal, spit it out--what are you actually trying to say...that Jesus is not God?
I understood you, and I have also explained.
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