Did Jesus claim deity?

 Did Jesus claim deity?

By Richard P. Joseph

I just got done reading a book by Jabeel Qureshi who was born in the United States to a devout Pakistani Muslim family.  His mission in life was to proselytize for Islam and did it with a passion, oftentimes using scripture to fool christians into questioning their own faith.  Unfortunately, most Christians did not have a strong hold on scripture and were bamboozled by Qureshi.  The problem for Qureshi is that he finally ran into someone who actually knew scripture and a long friendship ensued culminating in Qureshi becoming a Christian.   One of Qureshi’s go to topics was that of Jesus’ divinity.  He would quote the scriptures about Jesus simply claiming to be “the son of God”, not actually God himself.  Unfortunately, many Christians have a hard time defending their position that Jesus is God in the flesh.  So, did Jesus actually claim to be God incarnate?

Personally, I have a hard time finding where Jesus didn’t claim to be God.  While all cults, including Islam, Mormons, Jehovah’s Witnesses and others all deny the deity of Jesus, I am the complete opposite.  Either you are new to studying the bible and haven’t yet grasped the meaning of scripture yet or you are spiritually blind and simply cannot see the truth if it smacks you in the face, but you will soon see that Jesus is indeed God in the human flesh. 

While reading the gospels you will find that Jesus never used the Old Testament term “Thus says the LORD” like many of the prophets used.  Jesus said that he only does what he “sees” the father do.  This implies that he is not receiving messages, he is actually in such close proximity to the father that he sees what God is doing.  That is how the Trinity works.  The priests often questioned Jesus’ authority to do what he was doing.  The Jews in his day were only allowed to advance by virtue of authority given to them by a more senior priest.  Only those at the top of the heap could actually expound on scripture, the others lower down could only quote scripture.  Jesus not only quoted and expounded on scripture, he actually spoke scripture.  In Matthew 9 the priests scolded Jesus for forgiving a crippled man’s sin.  The priests actually had a right to do this as it is true that only God can forgive a man his sins.  Jesus’ answer and action on this occasion was monumental leaving no question about the fact that he is truly God incarnate.  Jesus answered them by saying:

Matthew 9   5 For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?

Everyone there knew that both were impossible.  So, in order to prove that He is truly God and could forgive sins, He told the crippled man to stand up and walk.  The man immediately got up, took hold of his bed, and walked.  

This is just one of many clear stories that prove Jesus’ deity. 

Another one is in the first chapter of John;

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

In John chapter 8 the pharisees were once again questioning Jesus’ authority and he answered:

Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.”

Calling yourself by God’s character name would have been a clear case of blasphemy in those days but Jesus once again claimed that he was the Eternal Being with clear and unambiguous language.  Jesus clearly told them that he existed before Abraham and that he is the eternal “I Am”. 

In Revelation 22:13 Jesus made the same statement that he is the Eternal One (YHVH):

  

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”

Or in other words again; I am the Eternal Existent One. 

Jesus constantly made statements and performed miracles that only God can do such as walking on water, healing the sick, commanding the natural elements what to do, creating fish and loaves and rising from the dead.  

 Jesus was 100% human and 100% God.  Anyone who has trouble finding that in the New Testament probably hasn’t even read it.  In fact the Old Testament called him Immanuel, which means God is with us.  Jesus even claimed that he was heir to the throne of God and that he would sit at the right hand of the power of God.  If this isn’t clear enough, I saved the best for last.  Revelation 21:23 is a verse that most people do not grasp.  

And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

Envision an actor on a stage.  It is dark except where the actor is because the person in the control room above the audience is flashing a spotlight on the actor.  The power is not in the actor, it is in the light.  The light is merely shining on the actor reflecting off of him.  However, when John was describing the New Jerusalem he said that he saw that power and it wasn’t coming from a spotlight, it was coming from the Lamb.  In other words,  the power and glory of God was not shining onto Jesus, it was coming from Jesus.  He is God.  The Shekinah glory of God illuminates from Jesus Christ because he is divine.   

The entire New Testament is packed with proof that Jesus is God incarnate.  To miss it almost proves you are illiterate, or in the case of the Muslim, completely brainwashed.  In the end, Jabeel Qureshi became an evangelical Christian but unfortunately was diagnosed with stomach cancer and passed away at a young age.  His testimony lives on and his books have had a huge impact on many Muslims seeking the truth.  Glory be to God in the highest. 

All Israel shall be saved

 All Israel shall be saved

By Richard P. Joseph

Romans 11:26a

and so all Israel will be saved; just as it is written:...

Romans 11:26 is one of the most misguided and misinterpreted  scriptures in the bible.   Because of massive Zionist influence in our bible schools and because of the practice of pulling bible verses out of original context, we now have most pastors teaching that this verse means that all of physical Israel will be saved.  Of course, nobody would ever complain about modern day “Jews” being saved, but to take scripture out of context really does have consequences.  It will be difficult to explain the whole of this subject in this short article but as always, keep reading scripture and use these articles to prompt you in your search.  I will give you a few clues but please read Romans again and pay attention.  I simply cannot understand how anyone ever got the idea that all physical Jews will someday become Christians, by reading Romans, especially if they ever read any other part of the New Testament.  So who really is “All Israel”?

The problem with pulling single verses out of context, you will have an incredibly high chance of misinterpretation.  Reading through the book of Romans you cannot possibly miss the idea that Paul, who is using a lot of expensive ink and parchment, to explain and that is that;

Romans 9      6 But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel; 7 nor are they all children because they are Abraham’s [d]descendants, but: “[e]through Isaac your [f]descendants shall be named.”

The entire book is about explaining this one verse.  The entire letter is all about changing from the law to the grace of Jesus Christ.  

Romans 7:6 But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the [h]Spirit and not in oldness of the letter.

But like I always say, this isn’t new with Paul, it is all throughout the New Testament.  

John 1     12 But [m]as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who [n]believe in His name, 13 who were [o]born, not of [p]blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a man, but of God.

John the Baptist said the same thing:

Matthew 3      7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for [g]baptism, he said to them, “You [h]offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance; 9 and do not assume that you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’; for I tell you that God is able, from these stones, to raise up children for Abraham. 10 And the axe is already laid at the root of the trees; therefore, every tree that does not bear good fruit is being cut down and thrown into the fire.

As you can clearly see, the apostle John and John the Baptist explain this same doctrine showing a movement from Judaism to grace or from physical to spiritual.  The true seed of Abraham was Jesus and true Jews are those that understood that faith is the avenue to God, not the law. 

Romans 2  28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh. 29 But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from people, but from God.

Paul goes on and on describing what a true Jew is, so to make it easier I will give you an equation as a guide.  

Believing Jews + Believing Gentiles = True Israel

So when Paul says that “All Israel shall be saved”, he is talking about all true believers, both Jew and Gentile.  The whole point of his book, and all of his other letters, is to drive home this point which he called the mystery that has been hidden until now (meaning in his day).  The mystery, meaning that the redemption of all people has occurred.  God is the God of all people, it is not a Jewish religion.  The Jews were tasked with keeping the oracles of God until the mystery was revealed and the world was redeemed.  That all was finished with the coming of the messiah.  That is why Jesus claimed on the cross that “It is completed”.  The transition occurred from AD30-70 and all Israel was and is saved.

Romans 16   25 Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret for long ages past, 26 but now has been disclosed, and through the Scriptures of the prophets, in accordance with the commandment of the eternal God, has been made known to all the nations, leading to obedience of faith; 27 to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be the glory forever. Amen.

The Third Temple

 The Third Temple

By Richard P. Joseph

In the 10th century Before Christ, Solomon built the first temple.  It was built with elegance and opulence and was considered one of the wonders of the ancient world.  Israel was in its hey-day when riches flowed and silver was as common as stones.  It was the highpoint of Israel’s greatness.  It didn’t last long as you can guess.  Sin and idol worship soon replaced the worship of YHVH.  

Once idol worship became the norm in Israel, God did what he promised to do in Deuteronomy, and punished his people.  He sent in the Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar, who completely destroyed the temple, slaughtered the people, and carried many off into captivity.  After 70 years they were brought back and a second temple, though much inferior to the first temple, was built.  When Herod the Great became (vassal to Caesar)king over Israel, he greatly improved the temple and made it a magnificent building once again.  Jesus was born during the time of Herod’s (second) temple.  

The funny thing about all of this, is that during the Babylonian captivity, the prophet Ezekiel was given a vision of a new temple in “the land of Israel”.  Oddly, he never mentions Jerusalem.  And in this city was a marvelous temple built.  The weird thing about all of this is that, when the second temple was built soon after, it was not the temple that Ezekiel described.  Also, nowhere does Ezekiel even tell anyone to build it, he just describes a glorious temple somewhere in the land of Israel but never instructs anyone to build it.  Every detail of the temple and the city and the people are described but nothing like that ever physically happened.  So where is that temple or when will it be built?

Well, if you listen to any futurist pastor who is thoroughly indoctrinated in zionist propaganda, they will tell you that the chosen people (modern day rabbinical Jews living in Israel) will soon build that temple which will usher in the end times scenario.  However, if you ask someone who understands the bible in its true context, they will tell you that this is clearly a spiritual temple.  In fact in Ezekiel 48:35 he says that the name of that new city is  “The Lord Is Here”.  

Revelation 22:3  3 And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him.

That is the same thing that John  said in Revelation when describing that same temple.  John’s vision was the fulfilment of Ezekiel’s vision.  Just read Revelation 21-22 and compare it with Ezekiel 40-47.  

Ezekiel caps his vision off by describing a small stream coming out of the threshold of the temple and flowing eastward.  This stream begins to swell and grow deeper as it goes, eventually becoming a small river, and then a mighty river.  That doesn’t sound like a physical place, it sounds to me like a spiritual movement sort of like when Jesus told his apostles to go and make disciples of all nations starting in Jerusalem then to Samaria and to Galilee and then to the ends of the earth.  It sort of sounds to me like what exactly happened when Jesus came and became the fulfilment of the old law and established the new covenant in his blood, but do take my word for it, let’s see what Jesus himself said.

John 2:19-20

19 Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

20 Then the Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?”

Today we hear of mentally deranged people identifying as the opposite sex or as an animal or some other weird thing.  Jesus did something like that too!  Jesus identified as a temple!  He told the Jews that they would destroy that temple and in three days he would raise it up again.  He did raise it up and it became Ezekiel’s third temple complete with a stream flowing out of it and it became a river that I swim in daily.  What goes around comes around and just as the Jewish priests couldn’t understand this metaphor, we still have today most of the pastors of this earth still not getting it.  They are waiting for modern rabbinical Jews to build that third temple.  Nothing has changed for those that are spiritually blind.  Jesus is the Third Temple.  Nothing else needs to be built and we don’t have to wait.  The light of God fills the temple and the Lamb is the Lamp. 

The Crusades Were Right (The Lie You've Been Told)

No More Delay

No More Delay

By Richard P. Joseph Writing about the book of Revelation is really an ongoing process that would really consume the rest of your life so the best I can do is make comments as I learn. Maybe by the end of my life I can piece things together in order to comprehend the book. Chapter 14 almost seems like a synopsis of the book so I would like to share what I am seeing. Any comments are welcome. Right away we see the lamb, Jesus, standing on Mount Zion almost like a conqueror. I am not sure why people are waiting for this when John clearly says he saw it. And with him were 144 thousand faithful followers. An obvious reference to Israelites that have recognized Jesus as the messiah. These Jews were heard singing a new song. This new song that nobody else was able to learn is key to understanding what is really happening here. These Jews were not singing the song of Moses and the law, they were singing a new song. A song that the adherents of the old law couldn’t learn and were about to be left behind. The new song represents a paradigm shift in the nature of things. The visitation of Jesus between AD 66-70 brought forth a new world which required a new song. Right at the same time that we see the faithful Jews singing a new song, we see in verses 6-7, the gentiles being brought into this new kingdom by the preaching of the gospel. In verse 8 we see Jerusalem falling. In verse 9-11 we see those that still worshiped the Beast being tormented forever and ever. In verses 12-13 we are to understand the patients of the saints as they had to endure heavy tribulation but that they were now being called the blessed. And all who died henceforth will be blessed also as their labors will follow them into eternity. 12 Here is the [g]patience of the saints; here[h] are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. 13 Then I heard a voice from heaven saying [i]to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ ” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them.” In 14-20 we see the faithful being reaped and then the unfaithful also being reaped from the earth. The former as a harvest to God and the later to be gathered and burned. In other words, “times up”! The end of Judaism was at hand and was completed. The everlasting kingdom of Jesus Christ had begun. A new order had arisen. In all of this I see what happened between AD 63-70. A tribulation that the Christians had to endure, a rapture of souls out of hades and out of the world, the wrath being poured out upon the followers of the beast which really is probably the corrupt Judaic system that was built on seven hills. This number seven shows that the system was once holy but has become corrupt by the 10 horns it had. It was a grotesque animal that needed to be destroyed. Sadly, most churches still teach that the beast is still here and that God lied about it being dealt with all those years ago. As you read through the book of revelation it is very obvious that all was completed at that time. There are multiple references to this throughout the book. And again I would like to reiterate what I say in most of my articles and that is to remember a few things; That everything in the book of revelation, according to John, was to happen very soon after he wrote it, that the main subject is Mystery Babylon, or in other words, Jerusalem, and it is about one system falling and another rising. Judaism was finished and Christianity was established. Read and weep, then rejoice and lift up your praises to the conquering king of kings. Amen.

Let there be Light?

 Let there be Light?

By Richard P. Joseph

12/7/2025

Genesis 3-5 3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. [b]So the evening and the morning were the first day.

This article may elicit more questions than answers but that is what this site is all about, so your comments are welcome as usual.  

Since God is eternal, having no beginning and no end, then the word beginning is really aimed at humans.  However, it is the best way us humans can understand eternity.  Jesus claimed to be the “Beginning and the end”, or in other words, he was the Eternal being Himself.  In other words, Jesus was claiming to be God.  But this article is focused on the word “light”.  

During the first day of creation God created light.  On the fourth day God created the sun and stars.  When God created the sun he used the word “divide” when talking about separating the daytime from the nighttime.  But on the first day he divided “light from darkness”.   To confuse the matter even worse, in chapter two of Genesis, God talks about the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.  Trust me, I won’t make any conclusions in this article.  In fact I will put a disclaimer out;  

“This article is for entertainment purposes only!”

Approaching Genesis from a scientific point of view, I thoroughly believe that the days are 24 hours long.  Otherwise none of the created plants and animals would survive.  I absolutely believe that God is speaking of 24 hour days.  But there is somewhat of a conundrum in chapter one.

If the sun and stars were created on day four, how did God create light on day one?  My hypothesis is that God created energy on day one, not necessarily light.  Light is, of course, energy.  I am not an ancient Hebrew scholar but I do not believe there is a word for “energy” in that language.  Thinking of the theories of thermodynamics, it would make sense that energy would be the first thing created along with matter.  So, it is my belief that God created matter and energy on the first day which makes perfect scientific sense.  On day four, God organized that matter into stars and our sun in order to divide the day from the nighttime and to perpetuate the life on earth that he just created.  And now for the confusing part!!!

During this process, God prepared a paradise garden to place man in.  In this garden he planted the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.  He also planted the tree of life there.  Someone could argue that the light God created was Good and Evil.  But light doesn’t necessarily mean good, it is really the thing that exposes things.  Jesus called for us to do our deeds in the light because we should never be doing things that we are ashamed of.  Criminals operate in the darkness because they are ashamed of what they are doing.  It is really bad that we are now at the point where people are actually proud of their evil deeds and are now attempting to do them in the open.  That is what the PRIDE movement is all about.  It is a push to force a filthy disgusting lifestyle upon the people.  The bad part of it is that most people fell for it.  God is throwing up.  Light comes from Jesus Christ and when he is around he exposes evil.  That is why the world is so set on eliminating Jesus (The light of the world) from the earth.  But I digress.

I think I really wrote this article just to say that I believe God created “energy” on day one.  Once energy is created, everything else is possible.  

Have a nice day!

My Big Buck and my Dresser Drawer

 My Big Buck and my Dresser Drawer

By Richard P. Joseph

11/6/2025

I am a pretty decent turkey hunter but not so good when it comes to deer.  As an adult I had to teach myself to hunt turkey and deer as I had no mentor as a child.  I Had good luck most turkey seasons but only bagged a few does when it comes to deer, but this year is going better.  I shot my first buck and it was a dandy.  I am still trying to figure out how to mount my 9 point rack.

As if the rack isn’t impressive enough, you should see the sutures.  

All of us have sutures in our skulls.  It is the area between two bones.  As we grow there are soft spots in our skull bones to allow bone growth.  When we become mature our bones ossify and we are left with an odd and curious design.  This design resembles my dresser drawers.

As you can see, the woodworker used what we call dovetail joints.  So what am I getting at?  If the woodworker simply glued my drawers together they would have fallen apart in short order due to the stress on the joints, therefore the dovetail is used which allows the dresser to last for decades and sometimes centuries.  If a buck had two skull bones joined by a straight line, the skull would crack open upon the first rut.  As it is, the sutures in the skull of a deer are vital to its survival.  So my question is; How did evolution think of this design?  Or better yet how is it that scientists can look at this impressive intelligent masterpiece and come up with the idea that “it just happened that way”?  This article is simple and to the point.  No theological degree necessary.  We have been gaslighted for years now and only a few people ever stop and wonder why what we are seeing never matches what they are telling us.  The dovetail design of the deer skull is a beautiful display of an intelligent designer.  I could go on forever describing body organs, cells, molecules etcetera but hopefully you get the point.  These things were created by God and to say anything different is blatant ignorance.  Moses was not making some story up about God creating the heavens and the earth, he really meant it.  And it is obvious.  If I could encourage my readers of one thing, this would be it; never compromise scripture for what some liar tells you.  Don’t be ashamed to say that God indeed created the heavens and the earth and he did it in six literal days.  God does not need millions of years to do a miracle, he only needs a second.  So my advice is see and believe.  Do not doubt.  Have faith in God and in his son Jesus Christ.  No need to compromise on anything.

Amen.