Some time in the spring of 24 Ad in the synagogue in Nazareth, a young man was called up to read and preach, handing the scroll of the prophet Isaiah back to the attendant he sat down and said “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing” all in the synagogue were amazed. This essay will explain that Jesus believed that he was god and it will explain that Jesus did not fit in to the world of Judaism very well as he was an outcast in their society.
On many occasion Jesus claimed to be more than a man, and on others he directly claim that hew and god were one entity, before Jesus was about to be stoned he claimed “I and the Father are one. ” this quote is from John 10:33, after Jesus says this we see how the Jewish people react to him and what he claims to be “We are not stoning you for any good work,” they replied, “but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God. “
This shows that Jesus did not mix into the Jewish community very well as the people were ready to stone him after he revealed himself. his shows us that Jesus did claim to be god , but he did not say it in the clearest words words such as “I am god” but did we need him to say it that way, no we did not, that fact that Jesus refers to the father and him being one spells it out to us that he is say he is god. ” Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One? ” “I am,” said Jesus. ” Mark 14:60-64 this is from Jesus’ trial where he is being cross examined by the high priest. This is the closest you can get to Jesus saying that he is god.
Jesus and god had a very powerful relationship with god, sometimes claiming to be one with god and other times referring to god a father, or “Abba” The way that Jesus spoke to people was a good indication that him and god were one, god is meant to be the only person that can can forgive sins and jesus say to a man “Son, your sins are forgiven. ” This shows us that jesus believed he has the power to forgive people’s sins when only god has the power to do so, to any Jew this would be a sign that jesus believes that he is god.
Jesus did not fit into the world of Judaism because the Jewish people believed that Jesus was a false messiah. The Jewish people do not believe in the worship of a person in the form of an idol other reasons why Jewish people do not believe that Jesus was the messiah are Jews don’t believe That Jesus is part of trinity of God, Jesus is the son of God, That Jesus was born from a virgin mother, or that Jesus was the promised Messiah. this is why Jesus was an out cast in Jewish society he was so publicly hated for claiming to be god that he was crucified on the cross.