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Originally Posted by Sheila
Most know that God the Father raised Jesus from the dead. In these three verses Jesus said I WILL raise this temple from the dead. He is the Father manifest in the flesh--this IS the Hidden Wisdom of the Bible. There are not three separate persons of God. God is spirit--He manifests Himself in many ways. Burning bush, cloud, a man--etc. We are God's temples. He is the head of the temple.
John 2:19--Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I WILL raise it up.
Mark 14:58--We heard Him say, I WILL destroy this temple that is made with hands(flesh), and within three days I WILL build another made without hands.(flesh)
Matthew 26:61--And said, this fellow said, I AM able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days. (Only the creator can do such a thing)
Does anyone have a different point of view. How could He not be the Father Himself? With full intelligence of God--just not all that God is(all life)?
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I agree that Jesus was God Himself - the very essence of the Father. He spoke of this in
John 2:19 and many other places (such as reference to being the great I AM.)
The Father/Son relationship though, remained in tact - even when Jesus professed his deity.
The Son of God (being God and man) willingly limited Himself, in some ways, in order to have the human experience. The "Father" remained without those same limitations. So while I agree Jesus was God almighty, he did not set aside his humanity but remained the only begotten Son of God.
When I reference "the Father" it is God beyond the incarnation.
The Son was truly God even as the Father in heaven was God, so the resurrection makes sense whether it's from the perspective of
John 2:19 or
I Thessalonians 1:10 "And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come."
Or
Galatians 1:1
Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead; )