THE DEITY OF CHRIST - WAS THE LORD JESUS GOD?

THE DEITY OF CHRIST - WAS THE LORD JESUS GOD?

by Recreation Seminars, P O Box 17096, Congella 4013

FINITE (LIMITED) MINDS SHOULD BE CAREFUL WHEN DEALING WITH THE INFINITE (LIMITLESS)!

Ecclesiastes 5:2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter [any] thing before God: for God [is] in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

Job 11:7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

Job 37:23 [Touching] the Almighty, we cannot find him out: [he is] excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.

Deuteronomy 29:29 The secret [things belong] unto the LORD our God: but those [things which are] revealed [belong] unto us and to our children for ever, that [we] may do all the words of this law.

CHRIST CLAIMED TO BE GOD, THE ALMIGHTY!

Revelation 1:8 {I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending,} saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.Revelation 1:11 Saying, {I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last:} Revelation 1:12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; Revelation 1:13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks [one] like unto the Son of man,..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: Revelation 1:18 {I [am] he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.}

CHRIST CAN ONLY COME INTO OUR LIVES THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT! HE IS ONE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT!

Revelation 3:20 {Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.}

John 16:7 {Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter (Holy Spirit) will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.}

CHRIST IS ALSO ONE WITH THE FATHER!

John 14:11 {Believe me that I (Christ) [am] in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.}

CHRIST IS GOD AND IN HIM IS THE FULLNESS OF THE GODHEAD!

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Colossians 2:9 For in him (Christ) dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.

Matthew 28:19 {Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:}

Revelation 4:2 And immediately I was in the spirit; and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and [one] (the Father) sat on the throne. Revelation 5:6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

CHRIST'S NAME IS "IMMANUEL OR GOD WITH US, WONDERFUL, COUNSELLOR, THE MIGHTY GOD, THE EVERLASTING FATHER, THE PRINCE OF PEACE".

Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call His name Immanuel.

Matthew 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call His name Immanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

GOD, THE FATHER, CALLS CHRIST GOD!

Hebrews 1:8 But unto the Son [he (God) saith], Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness [is] the sceptre of thy kingdom.Hebrews 1:9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, [even] thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. Hebrews 1:10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:

CHRIST IS THE CREATOR NOT PART OF CREATION. HE CREATED AND SUSTAINS THE HEAVEN, EARTH AND THE SABBATH

Colossians 1:16 For by Him (LORD JESUS) were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether [they be] thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

Colossians 1:17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

Hebrews 1:2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by [his] Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

Matthew 12:8 {For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.}

Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Ephesians 3:9 And to make all [men] see what [is] the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

John 1:3 All things were made by him (Christ); and without him was not any thing made that was made.

Isaiah 40:28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, [that] the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? [there is] no searching of his understanding.

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

Genesis 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.Genesis 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

I Corinthians 15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam [was made] a quickening spirit (LIFE GIVER/CREATOR).I Corinthians 15:47 The first man [is] of the earth, earthy: the second man [is] the Lord from heaven.

THE LORD JESUS CREATED IN AGREEMENT WITH THE FATHER!

Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:

Hebrews 1:3 Who (Christ) being the brightness of [his] (the Father's) glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding (sustains) all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

Colossians 1:15 Who (JESUS) is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn (AFTER TAKING HUMAN FORM) of every creature:

Colossians 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all [things] he might have the preeminence.

Genesis 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil:

CHRIST IS FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING GOD!

Micah 5:2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, [though] thou be little among the thousands of Judah, [yet] out of thee shall he come forth unto me [that is] to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth [have been] from of old, from everlasting.

II Peter 1:11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Psalms 90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou [art] God.

John 1:2 The same (Word or Christ) was in the beginning with God.

CHRIST (AS CREATOR GOD) IS WORSHIPPED BY THE ANGELS AND MAN!

Hebrews 1:6 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship Him.

Matthew 14:33 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.

John 14:1 {Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me (Christ).}

IT IS A SIN TO WORSHIP ANGELS!

Revelation 22:8 And I John saw these things, and heard [them]. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.Revelation 22:9 Then saith he unto me, See [thou do it] not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.

Matthew 4:9 And (satan) saith unto him (Christ), All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. Matthew 4:10 Then saith Jesus unto him, {Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.}

CHRIST IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS "I AM"

Exodus 3:14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

John 8:58 Jesus said unto them, {Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I AM.}

John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, {I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.}

John 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, {I am the bread of life:

John 6:48 {I am that bread of life.}

John 8:12 {I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.}

John 10:11 {I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.}

John 11:25 {I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:}

John 13:19 {Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am [he].}

MELCHISEDEC IS NOT CHRIST, HE WAS A TYPE (LIKE UNTO CHRIST) ONLY!

Hebrews 7:1 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;

Hebrews 7:3 Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.

"THUS SAITH THE LORD" APPEARS 430 TIMES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, LAST IN:

Malachi 1:4 .. thus saith the LORD ...

IN THE NEW TESTAMENT WE FIND THE LORD JESUS AND "VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU" (78 TIMES) - NOT EVEN ONE "THUS SAITH THE LORD"!

Matthew 5:18 {For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.}

John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, {Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.}

YAHWEH (SELF-EXISTING ONE) (TETRAGRAMMATON "YHWH" ALSO JEHOWAH) OUR ELOHIM (DIVINE ONE(S) - A PLURAL FORM,CAN BE AS A SINGULAR) IS ONE (ECHAD - ONE LIKE OTHER) YAHWEH

Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God [is] one LORD:

CAN BE TRANSLATED: THE SELF-EXISTING GODHEAD OUR DIVINE ONE(S) ARE ONE LIKE THE OTHER SELF-EXISTING

Exodus 20:2 I [am] the LORD (SELF-EXISTING ONE) thy God (DIVINE ONE(S)), which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Exodus 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods (DIVINE ONES) before me.

CHRIST HAS POWER OVER THE ELEMENTS AND TO FORGIVE SIN!

Mark 4:39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still, And the wind ceased and there was a great calm.

Mark 2:5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, {Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.}

CHRIST IS TRULY GOD!

I John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him (Christ) that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God (Christ), and eternal life.

SOME TRY TO FABRICATE A CREATED CHRIST FROM PROVERBS 8. HOWEVER THIS PIECE OF SCRIPTURE CLEARLY REFERS TO WISDOM IN FEMALE GENDER AND NOT TO CHRIST.

Proverbs 8:1 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?

Proverbs 8:5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.Proverbs 8:12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.

Proverbs 8:22 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. Proverbs 8:23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.

Proverbs 9:1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

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WHY THEN IS THERE SO MUCH CONFUSION REGARDING THE DEITY OF CHRIST?

The scripture referring to the Lord Jesus must be read with Him in the correct stage of His mission:

1. First Co-eternal self-existent God

2. Then The Father/Son arrangement

3. Then Michael, the archangel

4. Then Lower than the angels/having taken humanity

5. Then Dead, but without corruption!

6. Then Risen conqueror

7. Then On the right hand of the Father/Crowned with power, authority and judgement

8. Then Our high priest in the most holy in heaven

9. Then Coming as King of Kings and Lord of Lords

10.Then Citizen of the new heaven and earth/handed back His power and authority to the Father

1. CO-ETERNAL SELF-EXISTENT GOD - before stepping down by agreement with the Father

The Lord JESUS WAS EQUAL WITH GOD THE FATHER:

Philippians 2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:Philippians 2:6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery (was not stealing from God, it was His right) to be equal with God:

Zechariah 13:6 And [one] shall say unto him, What [are] these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, [Those] with which I was wounded [in] the house of my friends.Zechariah 13:7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man [that is] my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.

Hebrews 1:4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he (Christ) hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

John 17:5 {And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.}John 17:10 {And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.John 17:11 {And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we [are]. John 17:21 {That they all may be one; as thou, Father, [art] in me, and I in thee,(EQUAL) that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.}

John 5:23 {That all [men] should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.}

John 14:1 {Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me (Christ).}

John 14:9 Jesus saith unto him, {Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou [then], Shew us the Father?}

Revelation 5:13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, [be] unto him (Father) that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.

II John 1:9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

John 1:4 In him (Christ) was life; and the life was the light of men.

John 5:21 {For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth [them]; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.}John 5:26 {For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;}

 

2. THE FATHER/SON ARRANGEMENT - By agreement, between the co-eternal Pair, the Lord Jesus stepped down to become the Son, from the day of the decree (official announcement of their arrangement)

Zechariah 6:12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name [is] The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:Zechariah 6:13 Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.

Psalms 2:7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou [art] my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

and He (Lord Jesus) permanently became the Son after dying on the cross:

Acts 13:33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he (God) hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

Hebrews 1:5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?

Up to His death the Lord Jesus could, in agreement with His Father, at any time return to be equal with His co-eternal companion in the Godhead, after His death he remains in a glorified human body for eternity

John 10:18 {No man taketh it (Christ's life) from me (Christ), but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.}

Philippians 3:21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto His (Christ's) glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

Luke 24:39 {Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself (Christ): handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.}

John 1:14 And the Word was made 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.

The Father did not only pretend to give the Son as our sacrifice! Christ can not return to His former state!

John 3:16 {For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.}

II Corinthians 5:21 For he (the Father) hath made him (Christ) [to be] sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

 

3. CHRIST AS MICHAEL, THE ARCHANGEL - after His agreement with His co-eternal companion, now the Father, to be man's sacrifice:

Jos 5:14 And he said, Nay; but [as] captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? Jos 5:15 And the captain of the LORD'S host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest [is] holy. And Joshua did so.

Ex 3:2 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush [was] not consumed. Ex 3:5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest [is] holy ground. Ex 3:6 Moreover he said, I [am] the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.

Jude 1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

I Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

Joh 5:27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. Joh 5:28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

Revelation 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

Daniel 10:13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.

Daniel 10:21 But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and [there is] none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.

Daniel 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation [even] to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

Hebrews 10:7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

CHRIST, HAVING STEPPED DOWN, SPOKE TO MOSES AS THE FATHER'S GLORY WOULD KILL MOSES!

Exodus 33:20 And he (the Father) said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.

Exodus 33:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend.

4. CHRIST AS HUMAN - God was made Lower than the angels/having taken humanity(flesh)

Luke 1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

I 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 2:16 For verily He (Christ) took not on [him the nature of] angels; but he took on [him] the seed of Abraham.

Philippians 2:7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

John 1:14 And the Word was made 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.

The Lord JESUS TOOK HUMAN FORM in order to proof that man could live righteously, to make it possible for him to die (sleep the first death) and to destroy sin and sinfulness:

Hebrews 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

Philippians 2:8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

Jeremiah 23:6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this [is] his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

Hebrews 2:14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He (Christ) also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

Without the Father He can do nothing, as a human!

John 5:30 {I (Christ) can of mine own self do nothing:

John 5:19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, {Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.}

John 14:10 {Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.}

5. CHRIST DIED - Dead, but without corruption

THE LORD JESUS DID NOT DIE THE SECOND DEATH (UTTER DESTRUCTION). HE WOULD NOW BE A CREATED BEING INSTEAD OF CREATOR GOD

Psalms 16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

Acts 2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

Acts 2:31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.

Acts 13:36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

Acts 13:37 But he (CHRIST), whom God raised again, saw no corruption.

Hebrews 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

6. CHRIST THE RISEN CONQUEROR

Isaiah 12:2 Behold, God [is] my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH [is] my strength and [my] song; he also is become my salvation.

Revelation 1:18 {I [am] he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.}

Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, {All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.}

7. CHRIST THE KING - On the right hand of the Father/Crowned with power, authority and judgement

Colossians 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

Jeremiah 23:5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. Jeremiah 23:6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this [is] his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

Revelation 5:11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;Revelation 5:12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.Revelation 5:13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, [be] unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.

Psalms 24:7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.Psalms 24:8 Who [is] this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. Psalms 24:9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift [them] up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.Psalms 24:10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he [is] the King of glory. Selah.

Philippians 2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:Philippians 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under the earth;Philippians 2:11 And [that] every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Hebrews 1:13 But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?

John 5:22 {For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:}

 

8. CHRIST OUR HIGH PRIEST - In the most holy in heaven

Hebrews 2:17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him (Christ) to be made like unto [his] brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things [pertaining] to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

Hebrews 4:14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast [our] profession.

Hebrews 8:1 Now of the things which we have spoken [this is] the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;

 

9. CHRIST COMING AS KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS

Philippians 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under the earth;

Revelation 17:14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him [are] called, and chosen, and faithful.

Revelation 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him [was] called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.Revelation 19:12 His eyes [were] as a flame of fire, and on his head [were] many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.Revelation 19:13 And he [was] clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.Revelation 19:14 And the armies [which were] in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.Revelation 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and He treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.Revelation 19:16 And he hath on [his] vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

 

10. CHRIST AS CITIZEN OF THE NEW HEAVEN AND EARTH - after handing back His power and authority to the Father

I Corinthians 15:24 Then [cometh] the end, when he (Christ) shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.I Corinthians 15:25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his (Christ's) feet.I Corinthians 15:28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him (the Father) that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

Zechariah 2:10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.

Matthew 12:50 {For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.}

Matthew 26:29 {But I (Christ) say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.}

John 15:15 {Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.}

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THE ANTICHRIST DENIES THE DEITY OF CHRIST !

I John 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time(s).

I John 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

I John 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that [spirit] of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

II John 1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

Colossians 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

I Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man (unconverted) receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.

EVEN SATAN AND HIS EVIL ANGELS KNOW WHO CHRIST IS!

Mark 1:24 Saying, Let [us] (evil spirits) alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

DO WE REVERENTLY DECLARE WITH THE NOW BELIEVING THOMAS?:

John 20:28 And Thomas answered and said unto him (Christ), My Lord and my God.