Is Jesus God?

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   Hello Hafajean

What I conclude is what Christians concluded centuries ago. This discussion is not new. The discipline within Christian theology that deals with the man / God  relationship of Christ is called Christology. We all have an element of the human and divine within us so is this so strange ?

You are wrong in that Jesus did not claim to be God The Son or that the Bible does not say this. If you read Matthew 26:63-65 you will see Jesus did not deny the title Son of God  and the Jewish leaders responded by accusing Jesus of blasphemy due to him claiming divinity.  Also in John 19:7 the Jewish religious leaders said he must die, because He claimed to be the Son of God. Why would His claiming to be the Son of God be considered blasphemy and be worthy of a death sentence? The Jewish leaders understood exactly what Jesus meant by the phrase �Son of God.� To be the Son of God is to be of the same nature as God. The Son of God is �of God.� The claim to be of the same nature as God�to in fact be God�was blasphemy to the Jewish leaders; therefore, they demanded Jesus� death.

However Jesus mainly referred to himself as the Son of Man. And yes, �Son� in the bible can have a few meanings. But it is clear Jesus( in Mathew 26.64 ) saw himself to be worshipped as Christ The Messiah The Son of Man in the prophetic context of Daniel 7:13-14 �

 �In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all peoples, nations and men of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.� 

The description �Son of Man� was a Messianic title. Jesus is the One who was given dominion and glory and a kingdom. When Jesus used this phrase, He was assigning the Son of Man prophecy to Himself. The Jews of that era would have been intimately familiar with the phrase and to whom it referred. Jesus was proclaiming Himself as the Messiah and that he would be worshipped (as God The Son). This was far more than himself seeing himself merely as a teacher, a mediator, an example, or simply a holy man. He saw hisself as the Mesiah who would come to create Gods Kingdom and be worshipped.

While Jesus mainly referred to self Son of Man but he was also accepting of the term Son of God.  Christ Jesus was and is God The Son. He was and is not God the Father. ChristThe Mesiah was and is the heir (inheritor) of Gods fullness.� Sonship�  refers to the inheritor or the heir of God The Fathers glory. Part of God became man. The creative, radiant nature or part of God took human form in Jesus Christ.That man, Jesus, had dual nature � both human and divine. In Jesus sometimes we see the human characteristics and at other times we see the divine characteristics.He Restrained the Divine aspects of himself. As Jesus grew from boyhood into an adult the divine within him blossomed at significant times. Examples of these significant times are his baptism, the times when he heals and forgives sin, his transformation and his resurrection.At the time of his resurrection he was a Man who had the complete fullness of God The Son within him. Christ Jesus The Messiah was the �Sonship� of God

Do you believe the Quran divine book written on tablets in heaven ?why would you believe God would be made known to humanity from a tablet in heaven ? It makes far more sense to me that God would make himself known to humanity by a divine man. We as humans all are divine in part.