So, he set his own criteria and then fulfilled it. Uh-huh.
In a little while I will go to the mailbox. This will prove I am the messiah.
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Let’s see you raise yourself up from the dead.
Is going to the mailbox physically impossible?
Is going to the mailbox physically impossible?
What makes you say that rising from the dead proves one is the messiah? The "new testament" may say this after the fact but that is merely "affirmation of the consequent."
It doesn't matter how many miracles one performs or rises from the dead. All that matters is that the Torah's criteria are met exactly. Otherwise it is merely a test from G-d and one must pay no attention to the miracles and stay with the Torah. Have you ever read the thirteenth chapter of Deuteronomy?