Jesus claimed equality with God in other ways, He claimed the prerogatives of God. He claimed to be Judge of all (Matthew 25:31-46; John 5:27-30), but Joel quotes Yahweh as saying, "for there I will sit to judge all the nations on every side." (Joel 3:12). He said to a paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven" (Mark 2:5). The scribes correctly responded, "Who can forgive sins but God alone?" (verse 7). Jesus claimed the power to raise and judge the dead, a power which only God possesses (John 5:21, 29). But the Old Testament clearly taught that only God was the giver of life (Deuteronomy 32:39; 1 Samuel 2:6) and the one to raise the dead (Psalm 2:7).
Jesus claimed the honor due God, saying, "He who does not honor the Son does not the Father, who sent Him" (John 5:23). The Jews listening knew that no one should claim to be equal with God in this way and again they reached for stones (John 5:18). When asked at his Jewish trial," Are you the Christ (Messiah), the Son of the blessed One?" Jesus responded, "I am, and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven" (Mark 14:61-62).
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