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Genesis 18:20-21
Genesis 28:16
Genesis 45:8 – “…He has made me a father to Pharaoh…”
Exodus 5:1 – “the LORD, the God of Israel”
Exodus 33:17-23 – This experience foreshadows how we would only see that Jesus is God in retrospect. That is, His identity as God was hidden while He was on earth – even from Himself – or else His life on earth would not truly have been human. See note on Daniel 4:1-37 below.
1 Kings 18:39 – “The LORD, He is God; the LORD, He is God.”
1 Kings 20:11 – This aphorism – “Let not him who girds on his armor boast like him who takes it off” – aptly describes in part why the great glory of Messiah’s second coming was not fully revealed ahead of time.
1 Chronicles 29:23 – See comment on 2 Chronicles 26:23 below.
2 Chronicles 17:1 – “…his son then became king in his place…”
2 Chronicles 26:23 – This is one of 30 times in the Old Testament that we see this phrase, in the wake of a king’s death: …and _____ “his son became king in his place.” See 1 Chronicles 29:23, listed above. Correlate both with the comment on Psalm 45:16 below.
2 Chronicles 33:13 – “Then Manasseh knew that the LORD was God.”
Psalm 33:12 – “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord” (See also Ps 144:15)
Psalm 45:16 – The purpose of a son is to take the place of his father. In this regard, see also the comment on 2 Chronicles 26:23 above and the comment on Revelation 7:17 below.
Psalm 73:28 – Jesus of Nazareth was and is “the nearness of God.”
Psalm 100:3 – If the Lord is God, and Jesus is the Lord, then…
Psalm 103:13
Psalm 143:9-10 – The Lord is being addressed as God.
Psalm 144:15 – “Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord.” (See also Ps 33:12)
Isaiah 7:14 – The word “Immanuel” (meaning “God is with us” or “God with us”) makes three appearances in the Bible: here, Isaiah 8:8, and Matthew 1:23. Also, the proximity of Isaiah 7:14 and Isaiah 8:8-10 to Isaiah 9:6 should be considered when thinking about Matthew 1:23 and the comment about it below.
Isaiah 8:8-10 – Verse 8 includes the word “Immanuel” which means “God is with us” and verse 10 includes the phrase “God is with us.” Also, see the comment on Isaiah 7:14 above.
Isaiah 9:6 – I can think of no clearer indication in the Old Testament than this that Messiah would turn out to be not just a son, but also God and Father. Its proximity to Isaiah 7:14 and Isaiah 8:8-10 along with their fulfillment in Matthew 1:23 all strengthen the connection Messiah with “God.”
Isaiah 22:21-24 – This prophecy uses the language appropriate to inheritance between generations. In this regard, see the comment on Hebrews 1:1-2 below. Note also the reference to becoming “a father.” Note further that “the glory of his father’s” would come upon the subject of this prophecy. Jesus speaks of coming in the glory of his father’s house in Matthew 16:27; Mark 8:38; and Luke 9:26. Jesus seems to apply this prophetic passage to Himself in Rev 3.7.
Isaiah 25:9 – See the comment on Isaiah 40:9 below.
Isaiah 35:2 – See the comment on Isaiah 40:9 below.
Isaiah 40:9 – The message of evangelism is the presentation of Jesus – crucified for our sins and resurrected for our forgiveness. Thus “Here is Jesus Christ!” equates to “Here is your God!” The same is true in Isaiah 25:9 and 35:2 (see comment above) and Isaiah 52:7 (see comment below).
Isaiah 42:8
Isaiah 52:7 – See the comment on Isaiah 40:9 above.
Jer 3:1-4, 14, 19-20, 22 – The Lord spoken of as Father.
Jer 31:1 – The Lord speaks of a time when He will be “the God of all the families of Israel.”
Jer 31:18 – The Lord says that He should be addressed as “the LORD my God.”
Ezekiel 34:11ff
Daniel 4:1-37
Hos 2:23 (quoted by Paul in Rom 9:25)
Micah 6:8
Zech 14:9
Mal 1:6 – The Lord spoken of as a father.
Mal 3:1
Matthew 1:23 – Matthew is quoting Isaiah 7:14 and then explaining to his readers what “Immanuel” means. He is thus equating “a son” (the Messiah per Isaiah 9:6) being with us with God being with us. Also, see comments on Isaiah 7:14; 8:8-10; and 9:6 above.
Matt 5:8
Matthew 9:2, 22 – Jesus addresses individuals respectively as “son” and “daughter.”
Matthew 11:25-30
Matthew 16:27 (paralleled in Mark 8:38 and Luke 9:26) – For Jesus to “come in the glory of the Father” speaks of his coming in the glory of God and his coming in the kingdom of God. The Second Coming of Christ was thus the revelation of Jesus as God and Father as prophesied by Isaiah in Isaiah 9:6. This transition speaks also of Jesus inheriting these things, so see also the comments on Isaiah 22:21-24 above and Hebrews 1:1-2 below.
Mark 2:5
Mark 8:38 (paralleled in Matthew 16:27 and Luke 9:26) – The comment on Matthew 16:27 above applies to this verse and Luke 9:26 as well.
Mark 10:24
Luke 7:16 – Reading this in hindsight (per the comment on Exodus 33:17-23 above), we can see that, yes, literally, “God has visited His people!”
Luke 8:39 – Read this sentence carefully. Notice how “what great things God has done” is being equated with “what great things Jesus had done.”
Luke 9:26 (paralleled in Matthew 16:27 and Mark 8:38) – The comment on Matthew 16:27 above applies to this verse and Mark 8:38 as well.
John 1:5
John 1:9-18
John 5:18 – The Jews said that by “calling God His own Father” Jesus was “making Himself equal with God.”
John 5:22-23 – To “honor the Son as we honor the Father” is, of course, to treat Jesus as God and Father. Of course, this was only to happen in due time for no one was expected to honor Jesus as God and Father while he was on earth. Due time would be when He came in the glory of His Father with His angels (Mt 16:27; Mk 8:38; Lk 9:26) – that is, at the Second Coming (aka the coming of the kingdom of God, the day of the Lord, etc.)
John 6:45
John 10:30
John 10:31-39 – Remarkably, Jesus pointed out that all “to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken)” were “called…gods.” If that status applied to everyone, it certainly applied to Jesus.
John 11:52
John 14:6-9
John 14:18 – If He comes to us without claiming us as sons, He will still have left us orphans…and therefore this promise of His would not be fulfilled. And, speaking of His “coming,” isn’t the second coming of Christ the revelation that He is God?
John 20:28
John 21:5 – We can consider that Jesus addressing fellow adults as “children” as a hint that His deity would one day be revealed.
Acts 17:18 – The Gentiles were finding it strange that a man would be resurrected to take a place among the gods above, but the Jews had been prepared for such a phenomenon, first by the Old Testament and then by Jesus. (See Jn 10:31-39 in which Jesus quotes Ps 82:6; they do not by themselves imply Christ’s deity, but His being first and separate from everyone else would imply it.)
Acts 20:28
Rom 9:5
2 Corinthians 5:19
2 Corinthians 6:16-18 – “I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM;
AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.”
Titus 2:13 – Jesus is actually called “God” in this verse, just as He is in 2 Peter 1:1 (listed below).
Hebrews 1:1-2 – The phrase “heir of all things” seems to make clear that Jesus was not to have arrested development and so be a perpetual child. There would come a transfer. See comment on Isaiah 22:21-24 above.
Hebrews 1:6 – This alludes to Messiah’s second coming when all – not some – of the angels will worship Him. Correlate this verse with what Jesus said about coming in the glory of His Father and His angels in Mt 16:27; Mk 8:38; Lk 9:26.
Hebrews 13:2
1 Peter 5:10
2 Peter 1:1 – Jesus is actually called “God” in this verse, just as He is in Titus 2:13 (listed above).
Rev 1:8 – The red letters in this verse are spoken by “the Lord God.”
Revelation 7:17 – At this time this was written, Jesus Christ was “at the right hand of God.” That He would be in the future “in the center of the throne” indicates He was taking the place of God. This would lawless, blasphemous, and abominable if Messiah wasn’t God (see 2 Thess 2:3-4). It is, on the other hand, the purpose of a son, at the right time, to take the place of his father. In this regard, see comment on Psalm 45:16 above.
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