Can’t have it both ways. If Jesus Christ is not God then He is a fraud and liar.
But He is neither of those but The Son of God, God Incarnate, The Perfect One, The First and the Last, The Almighty.
Son of God , God Incarnate , The First and the Last , The Begining and The End , Rabbi , The Shepard , The way , The truth , The life , Son of Man
Jesus claimed to be each of this titles.
He said
I am the truth , not i am here with the truth.
He said "I am the life" , not i am here with the life.
He said "I am the way" , not i am with the way.
Daniel 7:13-14
"I saw in the night visions,
and behold, with the clouds of heaven
there came one like a son of man,and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him.And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom,that all peoples, nations, and languages
should serve him;
his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
which shall not pass away,
and his kingdom one
that shall not be destroyed."
Daniel 10:5-6
"I looked up and there before me was a man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist.His body was like topaz, his face like lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude."
Revelation 1
"I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. On the Lord’s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, which said: 'Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.'
I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, and among the lampstands was someone like a
son of man,dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest.The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire.His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters.In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.
When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though
dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said:
'Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.
'Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later.'The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
*So here he claims First and the Last and The Living One.
Daniel 7:8-9
"While I was thinking about the horns, there before me was another horn, a little one, which came up among them; and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a human being and a mouth that spoke boastfully."
As I looked,
'thrones were set in place,and the Ancient of Days took his seat.
His clothing was as white as snow;
the hair of his head was white like wool.
His throne was flaming with fire,
and its wheels were all ablaze.' "
Luke 1:67-69
'His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
'Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
because he has come to his people and redeemed them.'
He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David'
Again , Scripture confirms!
Mark 2:24-28
"The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?
He answered, “Have you never read what
David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? In the days of Abiathar the high priest, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions.”
Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is
Lord even of the Sabbath.".
*Notice how he justifies what Daniel did , and how he claims to be Lord of the Sabbath.
Mark 14
"They took Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests, the elders and the teachers of the law came together.Peter followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. There he sat with the guards and warmed himself at the fire.
The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death, but they did not find any.Many testified falsely against him, but their statements did not agree.
Then some stood up and gave this false testimony against him: 'We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with human hands and in three days will build another, not made with hands.’
Yet even then their testimony did not agree.
Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, 'Are you not going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against you?' But Jesus remained silent and gave no answer.
Again the high priest asked him, 'Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?'
'
I am,' said Jesus. 'And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.'
The high priest tore his clothes. 'Why do we need any more witnesses?' he asked. 'You have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?'
They all condemned him as worthy of death.Then some began to spit at him; they blindfolded him, struck him with their fists, and said, 'Prophesy!' And the guards took him and beat him."
Jesus Claims to be
'The Son of Man' from Daniel.Jesus claims 'I am' when he was asked by the Priest.
Not me , neither anyone else , but Jesus.
So It is irrelevant what anybody explains, when Jesus claims to be the Messiah in Scriptures.Point!
James 1:22
"Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says."
Isaiah 9:6 confirmed!