I believe this means you try to save yourself but I beleive you will not be able to do so.
I believe He called Himself God.
I haven't seen anything in which Jesus calls himself God. I saw your tread on that subject, but to me it does not say that. It is well and good that it says that to you, perhaps following that trail will lead you to some understanding. I would only caution you to listen to Jesus, not Paul or Peter, or at least take their words with caution, as they are humans. Peter, for example denied Jesus 3 times, that could be a prophecy that his teachings would also deny Jesus in 3 ways.
Why it does not say that Jesus is God to me, it is like this. I can say "I am in God, and God is in me". It is not arrogance, nor a lie. I would not say it like that though. I would say rather that "God is in all of us, and all of us are in God". Means the same, but the understanding tends to be different.
It may have been necessary for people to understand it differently in the past, to pass on the word.
As an example, imagine you tell someone that the people will have to start a commune in 2,000 years, or mankind will be destroyed. Of course, it is a little more complicated than that, but just for example, lets make it easy. What are the odds that it will be remembered for 2,000 years?
Now, if you make them think they will receive some reward. For example, if you setup a printing press and print out some money, and then pay them $10 for each person they pass on the knowledge to, and continue to pay each person that passes it on for 2,000 years, than the word will e remembered.
Is that immoral? You have to consider what is at stake. If you know someone is going to die, and you do nothing to save that person, is that not immoral? If you have to tell a lie to save someone's life, do you lie or tell the truth?
If you tell the truth, 1000 people will die, but if you lie only 10 people will die. So do you lie, or do you tell the truth?
Even so, God does not seem to outright lie, only make it very easy for us to understand things wrong.
I say this. It does not help us to think about what happens after we die. We must concentrate on doing the right thing now, while we are alive. We must be good humans, help each other, etc, now while we are alive.
We have a chance to save mankind. What is the right thing to do?
1. You can say no, it won't work, without giving it more than a few moments of thought, which is basically the same as saying mankind is only work a few moments of your time.
2. You can tell yourself that God's plan is to destroy mankind, and trying to save mankind is going against God's plan. In which case, it is not much different than a person who would push the button and destroy mankind, thinking that is God's wish. Would you push the button?
3. You can say, it is possible, and the stakes are extremely high, so it is definitely worth a try.
Would it anger God if you try to save mankind? If you think that all you have to do is believe in Jesus' name, than that is not stopping you from trying to save mankind. If it is a sin to save mankind, than you can bypass it by believing in Jesus' name, right?
See, the only thing trying to save mankind can do is make you a better person.
Why not take your understanding of the Bible, and use it to end poverty, global warming, and bring about World Peace? Why not see if you can find information in the Bible that will benefit mankind? Information that can solve all these terrible problems mankind is facing.
Why do we seek only to save ourselves, when we can seek to save everyone? Which pleases God more?
Tony