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Romans 14:10-12:
10 But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
11 For it is written:
“As I live, says the Lord,
Every knee shall bow to Me,
And every tongue shall confess to God.”
12 So then each of us shall give account of himself to God.

Philippians 2:10-11:
10 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,
11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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Psalm 9:7-8:
7 But the Lord shall endure forever;
He has prepared His throne for judgment.
8 He shall judge the world in righteousness,
And He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness.

Psalm 50:6:
Let the heavens declare His righteousness,
For God Himself is Judge.

John 5:22:
For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son...

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Jesus Christ (God the Son) will judge everyone.

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John 5:22:
For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son

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Romans 14:12:
So then each of us shall give account of himself to God.

It follows that each of us shall give an account of himself to Jesus Christ, Who is the Judge and God Himself - the Eternal Son and the Word.

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Romans 9:5:
of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen.

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From the context of Romans 9:1-5 and just by reading, St. Paul called Jesus Christ "the eternally blessed God". I mean, how much more straightforward can it be?

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Romans 8:9-11:
9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.
10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.

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Here, the Spirit (the Holy Spirit) is interchangeably called "the Spirit of God" and "the Spirit of Christ", because the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are ONE - God.

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1 John 5:7:
For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and These three are one.

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Here, it's clear that the Father, the Son (the Word), and the Holy Spirit are ONE - God.

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2 Peter 1:1:
Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

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In the original language - Koine Greek, the construction of "of our God and Savior" refers to ONE Person, Who is Jesus Christ in this verse:

of our God and Savior Jesus Christ

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τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν καὶ σωτῆρος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ

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This construction follows what's known as the Granville Sharp Rule in Koine Greek. According to this rule, when two singular, personal, and non-proper nouns (like "God" and "Savior") are connected by καὶ ("and") and the first has the article (τοῦ) but the second does not, both nouns refer to the same person.

So, "τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν καὶ σωτῆρος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ" is best translated as "of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ", identifying Jesus Christ as both God and Savior in this passage.

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We see a similar construction in Titus 2:13 - click here

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John 20:26-29:
26 And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, “Peace to you!” 27 Then He said to Thomas, “Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.”
28 And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”
29 Jesus said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

Psalm 35:22-24:
22 This You have seen, O Lord;
Do not keep silence.
O Lord, do not be far from me.
23 Stir up Yourself, and awake to my vindication,
To my cause, my God and my Lord.
24 Vindicate me, O Lord my God, according to Your righteousness;
And let them not rejoice over me.

Psalm 5:1-4:
1 Give ear to my words, O Lord,
Consider my meditation.
2 Give heed to the voice of my cry,
My King and my God,
For to You I will pray.
3 My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord;
In the morning I will direct it to You,
And I will look up.
4 For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness,
Nor shall evil dwell with You.

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Thomas quoted Psalm 35:23, which appears in Greek (the Septuagint) as:

Stir up Yourself, and awake to my vindication,
To my cause, my God and my Lord.

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"Ἐξεγέρθητι, Κύριε, καὶ πρόσχες τῇ κρίσει μου, ὁ Θεός μου καὶ ὁ Κύριός μου."

John 20:28 in the original Koine Greek:

And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”

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"ἀπεκρίθη ὁ Θωμᾶς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ὁ Κύριός μου καὶ ὁ Θεὸς μου."

It's the same, the only difference is that as in the English translation, the positions of the words "God" and "Lord" have changed. That's it.

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So, for Thomas, Jesus Christ is that One "God and Lord" from Psalm 35, because for the Jew, there is only One God and Lord:

Deuteronomy 6:4:
“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!

And what was Jesus' reaction? He didn't correct Thomas, instead, He further confirmed that He - Jesus Christ - is, indeed, Lord and God - the Eternal Son:

John 20:29:
29 Jesus said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

John 14:8-9:
8 Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.”
9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

John 10:30:
I and My Father are one.

1 John 5:7:
For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.

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Luke 17:11-19:
11 Now it happened as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
12 Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off.
13 And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
14 So when He saw them, He said to them, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed.
15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God,
16 and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan.
17 So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine
18 Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?”
19 And He said to him, “Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well.”

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From verses 15 to 16, we see that the Samaritan returned to Jesus Christ, "with a loud voice glorified God", and gave thanks to Him.

15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God,
16 and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan.

Even from the structure of the text, we can see that Jesus Christ is God:

"returned, and with a loud voice glorified God" ->
"and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks."

To Whom did he give thanks? Who is "Him"? Based on the construction of the passage, it logically follows that he returned to God and then fell at His (God's) feet.

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In verse 18, we see that Jesus Christ, essentially, called Himself God, to Whom the Samaritan returned to give glory.

18 Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?”

"who returned to give glory to God" ->
return to where? - in the midst of Samaria and Galilee. Why didn’t he go to the Temple to give glory to God?

Matthew 12:6:
Yet I say to you that in this place there is One greater than the temple.

I ask these obvious rhetorical questions because the answer is clear - Jesus Christ is God, and the Samaritan returned to give glory to Jesus Christ. And nothing else follows from these verses.

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Mark 14:61-62:
61 But He kept silent and answered nothing.
Again the high priest asked Him, saying to Him, “Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?”
62 Jesus said, “I am. And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.”

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Here everything is clear. Jesus Christ quoted Daniel 7:13-14:

Daniel 7:13-14:
13 “I was watching in the night visions,
And behold, One like the Son of Man,
Coming with the clouds of heaven!
He came to the Ancient of Days,
And they brought Him near before Him.
14 Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom,
That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him.
His dominion is an everlasting dominion,
Which shall not pass away,
And His kingdom the one
Which shall not be destroyed.

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Here we see two Persons of God:
- the Ancient of Days - the Father.
- the Son of Man - the Son.

How can we be sure that the Son is God, according to Daniel 7?

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1. "the Son of Man" connection with God:

"Coming with the clouds of heaven" (Daniel 7:13)

Psalm 104:1-3:
1 O Lord my God, You are very great:
You are clothed with honor and majesty,
...
3 He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters,
Who makes the clouds His chariot,
Who walks on the wings of the wind,

Isaiah 19:1:
The burden against Egypt.
Behold, the Lord rides on a swift cloud,
And will come into Egypt;
The idols of Egypt will totter at His presence,
And the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst.

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2. "the Son of Man" connection with God:

"Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom" (Daniel 7:14)
"And His kingdom the one" (Daniel 7:14)
"Which shall not be destroyed" (Daniel 7:14)

Psalm 145:10-13:
10 All Your works shall praise You, O Lord,
And Your saints shall bless You.
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13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
And Your dominion endures throughout all generations.

Daniel 4:34:
And at the end of the time I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me; and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him who lives forever:
For His dominion is an everlasting dominion,
And His kingdom is from generation to generation.

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3. "the Son of Man" connection with God:

"That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him" (Daniel 7:14)

Deuteronomy 6:13:
Fear the Lord your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name.

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So if "the Son of Man" is just a creature and not God Himself, then why should, according to Daniel, ALL peoples and nations SERVE "the Son of Man"? When we are commanded to serve ONLY GOD (Deuteronomy 6:13)?

Well, it's quite obvious, because - Jesus Christ, Who is also called "the Son of Man" - is God Himself in the flesh.

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Mark 9:2-7:
2 Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and led them up on a high mountain apart by themselves; and He was transfigured before them.
3 His clothes became shining, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth can whiten them.
4 And Elijah appeared to them with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.
5 Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah”—
6 because he did not know what to say, for they were greatly afraid.
7 And a cloud came and overshadowed them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son. Hear Him!”

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A very interesting detail helps explain why it was specifically Moses and Elijah who appeared to Jesus Christ:

Moses was on Mount Sinai with God:

Exodus 19:20:
The Lord descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the top of the mountain. So Moses went up

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And Elijah:

1 Kings 19:8-18:
8 So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
9 There he went into a cave and spent the night.
And the word of the Lord came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
10 He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.”
11 The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.”
Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.
12 After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper.
13 When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.
Then a voice said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
14 He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.”

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So, was it really just a coincidence that the only two who were on Mount Sinai with God - Moses and Elijah - appeared to Jesus Christ on the Mount of Transfiguration?

Out of all the prophets and kings, it was those two who appeared to Jesus Christ and were TALKING with Him?

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The connection is clear as day:

Moses and Elijah were talking with God on Mount Sinai ->

Moses and Elijah were talking with God incarnate, Jesus Christ, on the Mount of Transfiguration.

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Matthew 4:9-10:
9 And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”
10 Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’

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Jesus Christ said: "You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him ONLY you shall serve."

At the same time, Jesus Christ did not forbid or prevent anyone when people, as well as angels (Hebrews 1:6), worshipped Him as God. I wonder why?

Matthew 2:11:
And when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Matthew 14:33:
Then those who were in the boat came and worshiped Him, saying, “Truly You are the Son of God.”

Matthew 28:9:
And as they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, “Rejoice!” So they came and held Him by the feet and worshiped Him.

John 9:35-38:
35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had found him, He said to him, “Do you believe in the Son of God?”
36 He answered and said, “Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?”
37 And Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him and it is He who is talking with you.”
38 Then he said, “Lord, I believe!” And he worshiped Him.

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We see the exact opposite reaction when God's angels or people were worshipped:

Acts 10:25-26:
25 As Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped him.
26 But Peter lifted him up, saying, “Stand up; I myself am also a man.”

Revelation 22:8-9:
8 Now I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things.
9 Then he said to me, “See that you do not do that. For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”

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