Hagee is correct. Jesus never claimed it. Others did.
>Hagee is correct. Jesus never claimed it. Others did.
John 4:25-26, “The woman said to Him, ‘I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us.’ 26 Jesus said to her, ‘I who speak to you am He.’”
So what you are saying is that you reject the Scriptures, and have probably some other source for revelation that supports your statement? Please fill us in on this revelation, so that we might test it for truth.
No, he did claim to be the Messiah at least twice according to the article above. But he wasn’t the Messiah that the Jews were expecting...in fact he was almost the exact opposite of it. The Jews were expecting someone to lead them in an uprising against their Roman masters. What they got was someone telling them to “love their enemies”.
Interestingly, I was flipping channels yesterday morning at home and watched a few minutes of a History Channel show on crucifixion. (Why they put this on at 9 in the morning, I have no idea.) In talking about Jesus’ crucifixion, they stated that the Romans had Jesus arrested—presumably because they considered him a troublemaker and potential rebel—brought him before Pilate, and had him scourged and crucified. Not one mention of the Sanhedrin’s part in what happened, not one mention of Caiphas, not one mention of the Jewish crowd demanding His death. It’s not like I hold modern Jews responsible for Christ’s death—after all, it was all foreordained as part of God’s greater plan—but are we really so politically correct that the part the Jews of Jerusalem played in the death of Christ can’t even be mentioned anymore?
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