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♦ Bible Writers' Theology Chapter Seven Gohn 6:41,46,51).
"For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world" Qohn 6:33).
"For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me" Qohn 6:38). One will, the Father's only.
"As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by my Fathe: (as one life giving spirit the father incamate)/:so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. This is that bread which came down from heaven; not as your fathers did eat manna and are dead; he that eateth of this bread
shall live forever" Qohn 6:57-58).
• "And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which 1had with thee before the world was" Gohn 17:5).
• "Iamcomeintothisworld,thattheywhichseenotmightsee;andthat they which see might be made blind" Gohn 9:39).
These words are coming from the lips of Jesus. We are commanded by GodtheFathertotakeheedofHiswords. Forthosewhohaveearstohear andeyestosee,listenandseewhatJesuswasaffirmingaboutHimself. He was not of this world. In other words. He did not partake of any earthly
nature. This is made plain in these unequivocal statements. He came from Ae Father, as the living bread, and returned to the Father. This does not imply ^ y cosmic displacement in the physical realm, but rather a manifes tationinthefullnessoftime(Galatians4:4). TheapostleJohnsaid,"Hewas in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not"
Gohn 1:10).
Furthermore, we saw earlier that God the Father, who is the eternal Word and Spirit, was manifested in His Word that became flesh, Christ. Christ, then, who is the manifestation of God the Father can but declare the above words, for He is the eternal Word of God, "dawbar" or the "logos" of God. Paul said. For in Him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily"
(Colossians 2:9; Psalm 2:1-4).
7.1 Testimony of the Prophets
The prophets agree with Christ's testimony about Himself (Acts 15:15). The apostle Paul confounded the Jews of his days, proving that, this is the very Christ (Acts 9:22). The record ofLuke says, "Forhe mightily convinced the Jews, and that publicly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ"
(Acts 18:28).
The prophert4icah declared, "Thou Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be