It is only ambiguous without examination of the Greek, using a Bible software like Esword; we can examine all instances of Ego I-mee, and see the difference in usage.
And it was a general concept at the time.
God being the great 'I Am' has been a concept throughout history, that isn't the issue; it is the phraseology being applied to Yeshua, when he doesn't speak that way in the Synoptic Gospels.
Please explain your rejection of said points a little better, as it is a very ambiguous reply.
You mean someone prophesied that people would claim something that wasn't God was God?! Since that kind of claim happens SO SELDOM...
Valid point, it does happen regularly, and in this instance we have textual evidence validating the whole case, that the world has been deceived by fabricated texts.
I hereby pronounce this text INFALLIBLE.
OK that is crazy, I'm busy trying to show why this text can be edited, fabricated, and proven; yet you then come out with some weird statement about trusting everything in books again.
None of it confuses me.This doesn't warrant serious discussion. Ridiculous is a generous term.
Which means you're clearly not understanding it, and have just posted from the ego, as it saves explaining, and justifying the lack of comprehension.
This isn't strained, this is very basic, and simple... Yeshua didn't use Ego I-mee about himself, they've made up text saying he did, and the world follows it.
If they are so freaking obvious why aren't Christian theologians, the world over, discussing them ad infinitum?
Excellent point, there are numerous reasons, one is due to translation, and misconceptions in exegesis; so for instance as saying earlier most Christians commonly believe, that the statements listed were interlinking with the other statement, 'many false Christs shall come and deceive the elect if possible', so they've applied that to the ego i-mee warnings by Yeshua.
Because the Church was established on the writings of Paul, John, and Simon, it is heavily built on the idea jesus is the great "I Am", so why would a Christian scholar try to remove their own foundations?
Only theologians willing to question the authenticity of the cannon, are ever going to even approach the subject, and since you'd also need to systematically remove most of Christianity, an academic won't go that far.
It is ambiguous to the point that the vast majority of the world doesn't agree with your interpretation.
The whole world is deceived by it, is the point within the OP.
So quotes, please. The specific verses that you think are prophetic.
Luke 21:8 He said, “Watch out that you don’t get led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am,’ (Ego I-mee) and, ‘The time is at hand.’ Therefore don’t follow them.
Mark 13:5-6 Jesus, answering, began to tell them, “Be careful that no one leads you astray. (6) For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am!’ (Ego I-mee) and will lead many astray.
Matthew 24:4-5 Jesus answered them, “Be careful that no one leads you astray. (5) For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ (Ego I-mee
Christos) and will lead many astray.
In the fake Gospel of John we have 7 Ego I-mee statements:
1. I am the bread of life
6:35, 48, 51
2. I am the light of the world
8:12; 9:5
3. I am the door of the sheep
10:7, 9
4. I am the good shepherd
10:11, 14
5. I am the resurrection and the life
11:25
6. I am the way, the truth, and the life
14:6
7. I am the true vine
15:1
The idea this is prophetic is in the whole world follows this lie, which is blatant once we recognize the textual differences between the
Synoptic Gospels Vs the Gospel of John.
Jesus was perceived as God before the texts were written.
Indeed some thought he was claiming that, and we could even say he was a physical manifestation of YHVH, that isn't the problem...
The issue is the speech shows what he stated, and what has been added after.
