Jesus Christ never said that he was GOD. Rather, he reaffirmed that his own God is the God of his brothers:
John 20:17 Jesus said to her: “Stop clinging to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father and to my God and your God.’ ”
Who should care what theologians say if we clearly have what Jesus Christ teaches? Jesus would never contradict himself, and his teachings on GOD identity are breathtakingly clear ... Why can't some of you understand them and you are trying so hard to deny his own words?
John 4:21 Jesus said to her: “Believe me, woman, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, because salvation begins with the Jews. 23 Nevertheless, the hour is coming, and it is now, when the true worshippers will worship the Father with spirit and truth, for indeed, the Father is looking for ones like these to worship him. 24 God is a Spirit, and those worshipping him must worship with spirit and truth.”
The scriptures testify against you !
Isaiah 44:6
Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel
And his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts:
'I am the first and I am the last,
And there is no God besides Me.
Isaiah 48:12
"Listen to Me, O Jacob, even Israel whom I called;
I am He, I am the first, I am also the last.
John 8:24
I told you that you would die in your sins. Yes, if you don't believe that
I AM(YHWH), you will die in your sins."
John 8:58Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born,
I Am.(YHWH)"
John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and
the Word was God.
John 20:28Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and
my God!"
Romans 9:5
Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of
Christ who is God over all forever praised! Amen.
Titus 2:13
looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of
our great God and Savior Christ Jesus
1 Timothy 3:16
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Hebrews 1:8
But of the
Son He says,
"
YOUR THRONE O GOD IS FOREVER AND EVER
Hebrews 1:10
He also says,
"In the beginning,
O Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth,and the heavens are the work of your hands.
2 Peter 1:1Simon Peter a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ
To those who through the righteousness of
our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours
2 Peter 1:11
for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom
of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you.
1 John 5:20We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true even in His Son
Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
These passages in Revelation make it clear that Jesus is God. Remember it is Jesus in the NT who is Coming back to earth that every eye will see. It was Jesus who was pierced on the cross for our sins. John is clearly once again calling Jesus God! The Coming and the coming in the clouds never refers to the Father in the NT but always to Jesus.
Revelation 1:7-8
7 BEHOLD, HE IS COMING
WITH THE CLOUDS,
and every eye will see Him, even
those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen.
8 "I Am the Alpha and the Omega,"
says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
We know from Revelation 1:8 that
Alpha and Omega is the
Almighty. So we can see that Christ is the Almighty
Revelation 1:17 And when I saw Him, I fell at his feet as dead. And He laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not;
I Am the first and the last:
We know from Revelation 1:17-18 that the
first and the last is He that liveth, was dead, but is alive forevermore is Christ.
Revelation 22:12-13
12 "Behold, I Am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to every man according to what he has done. 13 "I Am the Alpha and the Omega,
the first and the last, the beginning and the end."
We know from Revelation 22:13 that the
first and the last is the
Alpha and Omega.
Revelation 22:16,20
16 "I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star."
20 He who testifies to these things says, "Yes, I Am coming quickly." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
Conclusion: So we can see that the One who comes/is coming in the NT always refers to Jesus the Son of Man and NEVER refers to the Father. Therefore we can conclude it is Jesus who is coming whom John calls God the Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last.. This is sound biblical exegesis based on the context of the passage as well as the principle established in both Testaments on the One who is Coming in/with the Clouds- The Son of Man not the Father !!!!!!
