In the scriptural academic world, some cynics and skeptics
will say, “Jesus never claimed to be God.” They argue that we made up assertions about Jesus’ divinity
that He never claimed. Ironically,
these scripture scholars don’t know the scriptures well.
In
our Gospel Jesus cites a messianic prophecy from Isaiah. Through such prophecies the Jews looked
to the coming of the savior of the Israelites who would bring military victory
and prosperity to their nation.
Imagine the scene in the synagogue as “the eyes of all in the synagogue looked intently at him”
and he said, “Today this Scripture
passage is fulfilled in your hearing.”
Jesus
might have well as said, “Hello! I’m
the Messiah! I’m God!”
And
Jesus did fulfill this particular message from Isaiah: “The Spirit of the Lord is
upon me, because he has anointed me to
bring glad tidings to the poor. He
has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and
recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, and
to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord.”
And
Jesus did bring deliverance and abundance. Not military victory or earthly prosperity, but freedom from
sin and abundance of grace.
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