Joh 2:19 Jesus answered, "Destroy this temple and I will build it again in three days."
Joh 12:49 That is because what I taught was not from myself. The Father who sent me told me what to say and what to teach.
So, I know when Christ died He was actually dead, and we know that the dead have no perception, so Christ said He would raise this temple in three days, how is that possible ?
In Joh 12: 49 we see that it Was the Father who gave Christ His words, what to say and what to teach.
Joh 14:8 Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father. That is all we need."
Joh 14:9 Jesus answered, "Philip, I have been with you for a long time. So you should know me. Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father too. So why do you say, 'Show us the Father'?
I need to go back to Ray’s 207 conference on who and what is Jesus and who is His Father again but what I’m wondering now is, is it the Father we know and not Jesus ? What I mean is it seems that I know the name of Jesus but everything Jesus did was the Father doing it all.
It must be as Christ said, to know Christ is to know the Father as if they are one in the same. I guess it’s back to the drawing board for me, again.
Hi Rick,
It was definitely God the Father that raised up Christ. Peter affirms this several times as well as Paul.
Acts 2:32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
Hi Alex,
That’s my point, God raised Jesus from the grave, it was God the Father who said through Jesus destroy this temple and I will raise it up in three days.
Acts 2:32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
Jesus could not of resurrected Himself being dead but God the Father could indeed raise Jesus having life in Himself to do so but it was Jesus who said He Himself would raise this temple in three days referring to His self.
Jesus said it and I’m not going to go anywhere else with that just out of a healthy fear of God . I’m not sure how to reconcile Jesus stating He was going to raise Himself and God the Father actually raising Christ or if I am to reconcile it I would conclude Jesus and God the Father are one in the same with the exception of perhaps having different personality but the word of God is clear in that there is but only one God.
So if there is only one God and Jesus said destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it and we know Jesus was raised from the dead and God the Father raised Christ then one would conclude Jesus is the Father and the Father is Jesus and so that is how I see Jesus raising Himself as He said He would.
Rick,
Jesus is not his own Father.
Jesus Christ said:
17 "For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I may take it again.
18 "No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have AUTHORITY to lay it down, and I have AUTHORITY TO TAKE IT UP AGAIN. This commandment I received from My Father." Having the authority to
take His life up again does not mean that He put the power of life back into His dead body.
He said to those he was talking to: Destroy this temple and I will raise (take) it up again on the third day.
Where in that statement of Jesus' do you see that Jesus said He would PUT THE POWER BACK INTO HIS OWN DEAD BODY? Where?Because I have looked and it's NOT IN THERE.
You're imagining and speculating about things and we've all done it, but try pay attention to the words now.
Did Jesus destroy Himself, Rick? Is that what He said He would do?
This is what He said: I have the authority to lay down My life. That does not mean: I WILL DESTROY MY OWN TEMPLE.
Why would He do such a thing after He drove out those DESTROYING THE TEMPLE?
Jesus said to them: YOU can destroy this temple but I'm going to raise it up on the third day.
Why do you interpret that to mean that He would impart life back into His own dead body, as IF HE COULD DO THAT WHEN HE WAS DEAD?
What happened after He was murdered? He DIED! He had no power at all. Did He have AUTHORITY? Sure! Did He have the ABILITY to UTILIZE THAT AUTHORITY WHEN HE WAS DEAD? NO! He had to have POWER to USE it. Where did He get the power from? His FATHER! His Father imparted life back into Jesus' DEAD BODY.
What happened then? He then had the ABILITY to USE the AUTHORITY He always had to then raise His now LIVE body UP from the grave.
The power to do everything He did came directly from His Father.
However, when He died, He was not able to UTILIZE the power.
He ALWAYS had the authority to raise His body up from the grave but in order to raise it, He had to have the POWER to raise it. Where did the power come from? His Father!
Jesus could not have put life back into His own dead body. Give me a break.
He RAISED HIS NOW LIFE-FILLED BODY UP FROM THE GRAVE!
In that sense, Yes, He took His life up again! Why is that so hard to believe?
He utilized the LIFE that was given back to Him by His FATHER and He put His two feet on the ground and rose His body UP from the tomb.
it's not hard to understand.
And it's, could not HAVE, not could not "of." It sounds like "of" phonetically, but trust me, the word is "have." Also, it's Himself, not "His self."
Now, is that clear or do you still have questions? If you say you don't understand, I will be astounded.