#2 HOW DID JOHN SEE JESUS?

Explore with us who this Man, Jesus Christ, really is...                                                              

We found that John the fisherman tells us Jesus made 7 ‘I AM’ claims such as “I AM the Resurrection and the Life” – plus one more…      

Jesus identified as the ‘I AM’ pre-dating Abraham!

7 + 1  I AM's    

So how did John see Jesus?  He cuts straight to the chase…

“In the beginning was the WORD…”, and also the LIGHT, the only begotten SON of God the Father.      

He also tells us that John the Baptist and his disciples identified Jesus as THE LORD, the LAMB OF GOD, the MESSIAH or CHRIST, and the KING OF ISRAEL. That’s 7 titles of Jesus Christ - plus one more….

Jesus identified Himself as the SON OF MAN.             

According to the Psalms and Daniel’s prophecy, this Man is claiming universal dominion of heaven and earth!

7 + 1 titles

In the end John confirms that his reason for writing was to prove to us, by detailing 7 miracles plus one, that Jesus is the Son of God. 

7+1 miracles

                                                                              
Does John give any more clues on who this Man, Jesus Christ is?

"Father, save Me from this hour..."

After Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, He entered Jerusalem where His public entreaty: “Father save me from this hour…” was answered by a voice from heaven, yet the Jews refused to believe in Him – the same Jehovah whose glory was seen by Isaiah 700 years before!...

‘…I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple…’                    
“Holy, holy, holy is Jehovah of hosts; the whole Earth is full of His glory!”

Wait – there’s more!                                                                        

In private, Jesus had revealed to His disciples:           

 “…he that has seen Me has seen the Father.”

The Jews had no doubt what this Man was on about when He said God was His Father or “I and my Father are one” – He was…

‘Making Himself equal with God’!

John told us at the outset that ‘the Word was God’ and finally his friend Thomas realized this too:

"My Lord and my God!"

Who agreed?  

Matthew, quoting Isaiah writing 700 years before:

“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel"….

“GOD WITH US”

NEXT: How can God be in heaven while dying on earth?


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