>>508026767oh and accepting Him as Messiah is essentially the same if you know that the Messiah .. is God, in the old testament.
There's a reason why Peter said this
Matthew 16:
>13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?>14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.>15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?>16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.the disciples of Jesus understood who Jesus was, and they understood it from scripture.
That title Jesus used all the time "the son of man" it is a reference to Daniel 7, in which the Ancient of Days (God the Father) gives the son of man (God the Son) an everlasting kingdom.
God wouldn't give an everlasting kingdom to just anyone, it's His kingdom. The only thing that makes sense is.. the son of man is also God. 2 people who are both God.
Jews forbid reading of Daniel because of things like that.
But the promise is one day a remnant of them will see it.
But it'll be in a time of distress. It'll be desparation.
The whole world will be against them.. and THEN
THEN
the stiffnecked, rebellious people and God has always called them as such even back in Exodus 32-34.. they'll finally submit and realize Jesus is the Messiah and the Son of God. He is Lord, King, and walked with us on Earth... and they killed Him.
That is why they mourn at the second coming. Their Messiah came, was even their very GOD, and they KILLED HIM.
It's enough to make you sick up.