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The video opens with a speaker claiming that Jesus explicitly calling himself God or demanding worship is not clearly stated in the Bible, specifically mentioning the Gospel of John as a late reference. Another speaker challenges anyone to find a passage where Jesus says, 'I am God, worship me,' offering $10,000 for proof.
The speaker then argues that Jesus claimed to be God in a nuanced way, asserting equality in essence and nature with the Father, which his audience understood as blasphemy. John 10:27-30 is cited, where Jesus says his sheep hear his voice and are in his hand, and he gives them eternal life.
For a Jew familiar with the Hebrew Bible, Jesus's words in John 10:27-30 resonate with concepts from Psalm 95:6-8, where worshipping the Lord implies being His sheep and in His hand. The speaker draws a parallel between Yahweh's language in Deuteronomy 32:39 ('I am He...there is no God beside Me. I kill and make alive...none can deliver out of My hand') and Jesus's statements about giving everlasting life and having sheep in his hand.
The speaker concludes that anyone knowing the Old Testament would recognize Jesus claiming the language of Yahweh God. Jesus's statement in John 10:30, 'I and the Father are one,' refers to their shared ability to preserve believers immortally, a power no creature can claim. The Jews understood this as blasphemy, as depicted in John 10:31-33, where they picked up stones to stone him, stating, 'you, a mere man, claim to be God.'