Based on John 5:16-30 (New King James Version)
“For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath. But Jesus answered them, ‘My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.’ Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God. Then Jesus answered and said to them, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel. For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will. For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son, that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him. ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself, and has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man. Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.’”
Here we read of the greatest injustice that has ever been committed in history, and it is the same injustice that continues being committed by the majority of people, the injustice of refusing to accept Who Jesus really is. Was Jesus just a man, or a good person who helped people, or a philosopher, or a scientist? Let’s ask the question but with other identifiers that are used more by the religious. Was Jesus a healer, or a teacher, or a prophet? To be able to answer the question, it is necessary to go deeper in the Scriptures to be able to get to the Truth and to see the depth of the injustice that is committed by not recognizing Him for Who He really is, and the price that will be paid for refusing to acknowledge that reality.
The issue is that Jesus was and is much more than those things. And His precise name must be used, Jesus, because that is the name that was revealed by His Father (and to give start to our explanation): “Then the angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.” Luke 1:30-32. Jesus was and is an integral part of the Holy Trinity of God, as it is also written: “For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.” 1 John 5:7. We see also that He has always been, and that He is eternal, as it is written: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.” John 1:1-3. The Word also demonstrates to us that everything created exists because they were made through Him, everything that is visible and the invisible, the temporary and the eternal: “For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.” Colossians 1:16-17. And consequently, Jesus is the One that has all power over all things, as the Creator He is, as the Scriptures relate: “And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, ‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.” Matthew 28:18. So then, quite simply, Jesus is God, the One who was, and is, and is to come, the One that lives and reigns for forever and ever and acknowledging Him as any other thing is undoubtedly an insult to His greatness and majesty.
Now then, why is it so important to do this primary justice that God the Father looks for, by acknowledging the reality of Jesus? Because there is no eternal life unless the Lord is acknowledged, accepted, and obeyed as the One He truly is. If He is not recognized as such, the same injustice continues being committed that we saw in the religious, and God will not tolerate such a thing. This is what the Word says: “He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.” John 3:36. And it is also written: “Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” Philippians 2:9-11. Every human being, whether for salvation during this present time of grace, or every being, even Satan himself, for eternal condemnation, shall recognize the reality of Jesus in the end, and every being shall kneel to His majesty and confess Him as such. This is the end that awaits all of those that refuse to accept this reality: “Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. Then I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, ‘Come and gather together for the supper of the great God, that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, both small and great.’ And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army. Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the rest were killed with the sword which proceeded from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse. And all the birds were filled with their flesh.” Revelation 21:11-21. It is not convenient to commit the error of seeing God’s love and mercy through Jesus as weakness because the price that will be paid shall be great. God is love, but He is also consuming fire. So then, do you acknowledge, accept, and follow the Lord as the Being He really is, for your own good? Lord bless! John