Chapter III
The Sources of the Gospels and the Way of Writing Them
Section VI
The Texts which were quoted from the Old Testament, but they have not been attributed directly to it
In this section will examine the texts which were quoted from the Old Testament, but they have not been attributed directly to it, as is the case in the previous sections, which I call it Storyline or Plot-story or screenplay of the Gospels, where we will review the most of the events and stories and sayings that mentioned in the Gospels, and comparing them with the Old Testament and with Jesus as was portrayed in the Gospels, and his attributes in the laws of the faith of the churches as well.
1 - The Source of the name Jesus
Matthew 1:19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly.
Matthew 1:20 But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 1:21 "And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins."
Matthew 1:22 So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying:
Matthew 1:23 "Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel," which is translated, "God with us."
Luke 1:30 Then the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
Luke 1:31 "And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name JESUS.
Luke 1:32 "He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.
Luke 1:33 "And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end."
In these texts, Matthew and Luke wrote the reason for naming the son of Mary, Jesus, so is this a true name of Jesus, or it is quoted from the Old Testament?!
Asking this question might be considered by some good people of the followers of the churches as an act of madness! How could anyone try to make the name of Jesus subject to discussion, which is his name since the emergence of these churches?!
But after the emergence of all facts in the previous sections, we should examine each word in the Gospels, including the names and the titles of Jesus to make sure of the reality and credibility of them, and if they are true names and titles for him, or were quoted from the Old Testament as is the method and approach of writing the Gospels that we have seen earlier, and saying that what were written in the Gospels is an extension to the Old Testament and from the same source.
The first thing we notice on the name Jesus is manipulation and distortion in the form of the word; the churches say that the origin word of Jesus is Joshua which was taken from Yehoshua or Joshua which means God saves, and the difference is clear between Joshua or Yehoshua and Jesus, so why they altered the letters of this name if it's real and true?
Did they change the word to divert attention from the similarity in the names between him and many saviors of the children of Israel, who were called Joshua or Yehoshua both as a name or a title, which they quoted his name from their names?!
Deuteronomy 34:9 Now Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him; so the children of Israel heeded him, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
This text talks about Joshua, and here we read his name Joshua, and has not been changed by the translators of the Old Testament to Jesus, and Joshua, which his name means "God saves", has completed his task and saved the children of Israel from their enemies and divided the Holy Land among their tribes as Moses commanded him. While Jesus, which the letters of his name have been altered, did not complete his task, which has been set by the angel of the Lord in the text of Matthew; that he will save his people from their sins, or from the persecution of the Romans to them.
Judges 3:9 When the children of Israel cried out to the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer for the children of Israel, who delivered them: Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
Judges 3:10 The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel. He went out to war, and the LORD delivered Cushan-Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed over Cushan-Rishathaim.
Septuagint Version
Judges 3:9 And the children of Israel cried to the Lord; and the Lord raised up a saviour to Israel, and he
saved them, Gothoniel the son of Kenez, the brother of Chaleb younger than himself.
Hebrew version
Judges 3:9 And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a saviour to the children of Israel, who saved them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
American Standard Version
Judges 3:9 And when the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah, Jehovah raised up a saviour to the children of Israel, who saved them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
New International Reader's Version
Judges 3:9 They cried out to the Lord. Then he gave them a man to save them. His name was Othniel, the son of Kenaz. He was Caleb's younger brother.
World English Bible
Judges 3:9 When the children of Israel cried to Yahweh, Yahweh raised up a savior to the children of Israel, who saved them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
Wycliffe Version
Judges 3:9 And they cried to the Lord, and he raised to them a saviour, and (he) delivered them, that is, Othniel, the son of Kenaz, and the younger brother of Caleb. (And they cried to the Lord, and he raised up a saviour for them, and he delivered them; that was Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.)
Young's Literal Translation
Judges 3:9 and the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, and Jehovah raiseth a saviour to the sons of Israel, and he saveth them -- Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother;
Judges 3:15 But when the children of Israel cried out to the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer for them: Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man. By him the children of Israel sent tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
Septuagint Version
Judges 3:15 And the children of Israel cried to the Lord; and he raised up to them a saviour, Aod the son of Gera a son of Jemeni, a man who used both hands alike: and the children of Israel sent gifts by his hand to Eglom king of Moab.
Hebrew Version
Judges 3:15 But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a saviour, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a man left-handed; and the children of Israel sent a present by him unto Eglon the king of Moab.
American Standard Version
Judges 3:15 But when the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah, Jehovah raised them up a saviour, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a man left-handed. And the children of Israel sent tribute by him unto Eglon the king of Moab.
Hebrew Names Version
Judges 3:15 But when the children of Yisra'el cried to the LORD, the LORD raised them up a savior, Ehud the son of Gera, the Binyamini, a man left-handed. The children of Yisra'el sent tribute by him to `Eglon the king of Mo'av.
World English Bible Version
Judges 3:15 But when the children of Israel cried to Yahweh, Yahweh raised them up a savior, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a man left-handed. The children of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.
Wycliffe Version
Judges 3:15 And afterward they cried to the Lord; and he raised to them a saviour, Ehud by name, the son of Gera, son of Benjamin, the which Ehud used ever either hand for the right hand. And the sons of Israel sent by him gifts, that is, (the) tribute, to Eglon, king of Moab; (And they cried to the Lord; and he raised up a saviour for them, named Ehud, the son of Gera, the son of Benjamin, and he used either hand for the right hand. And the Israelites sent him to take the tribute, that is, the taxes, to Eglon, the king of Moab;)
2Kings 13:5 Then the LORD gave Israel a deliverer, so that they escaped from under the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as before.
American Standard Version
2Kings 13:5 And Jehovah gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as beforetime.
Revised Standard Version
2Kings 13:5 Therefore the LORD gave Israel a savior, so that they escaped from the hand of the Syrians; and the people of Israel dwelt in their homes as formerly.
English Standard Version
2Kings 13:5 Therefore the LORD gave Israel a savior, so that they escaped from the hand of the Syrians, and the people of Israel lived in their homes as formerly.
King James Version
2Kings 13:5 And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime .
New International Reader's Version
2Kings 13:5 The LORD provided someone to save Israel. And they escaped from the power of Aram. So the people of Israel lived in their own homes, just as they had before.
New Revised Standard Version
2Kings 13:5 Therefore the Lord gave Israel a savior, so that they escaped from the hand of the Arameans; and the people of Israel lived in their homes as formerly.
The Webster Bible Version
2Kings 13:5 And the LORD gave Israel a savior, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as formerly.
World English Bible Version
2Kings 13:5 Yahweh gave Israel a savior, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel lived in their tents as before.
Wycliffe Version
2Kings 13:5 And the Lord gave a saviour to Israel, and he was delivered from the hand of the king of Syria; and the sons of Israel dwelled in their tabernacles, as yesterday and the third day ago. (And the Lord gave a saviour to Israel, and they were rescued from the hands of the king of Syria; and then the Israelites lived in their homes, like yesterday and the third day ago.)
Nehemiah 9:27 Therefore You delivered them into the hand of their enemies, Who oppressed them; And in the time of their trouble, When they cried to You, You heard from heaven; And according to Your abundant mercies You gave them deliverers who saved them From the hand of their enemies.
Septuagint Version
Nehemiah 9:27 Then thou gavest them into the hand of them that afflicted them, and they did afflict them: and they cried to thee in the time of their affliction, and thou didst hear them from thy heaven, and in thy great compassions gavest them deliverers, and didst save them from the hand of them that afflicted them.
Hebrew Version
Nehemiah 9:27 Therefore Thou didst deliver them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them; and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto Thee, Thou heardest from heaven; and according to Thy manifold mercies Thou gavest them saviours who might save them out of the hand of their adversaries.
American Standard Version
Nehemiah 9:27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours who saved them out of the hand of their adversaries.
Revised Standard Version
Nehemiah 9:27 Therefore thou didst give them into the hand of their enemies, who made them suffer; and in the time of their suffering they cried to thee and thou didst hear them from heaven; and according to thy great mercies thou didst give them saviors who saved them from the hand of their enemies.
Bible in Basic English Version
Nehemiah 9:27 And so you gave them up into the hands of their haters who were cruel to them: and in the time of their trouble, when they made their prayer to you, you gave ear to them from heaven; and in your great mercy gave them saviours, who made them free from the hands of their haters.
English Standard Version
Nehemiah 9:27 Therefore you gave them into the hand of their enemies, who made them suffer. And in the time of their suffering they cried out to you and you heard them from heaven, and according to your great mercies you gave them saviors who saved them from the hand of their enemies.
King James Version
Nehemiah 9:27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.
New Revised Standard Version
Nehemiah 9:27 Therefore you gave them into the hands of their enemies, who made them suffer. Then in the time of their suffering they cried out to you and you heard them from heaven, and according to your great mercies you gave them saviors who saved them from the hands of their enemies.
Wycliffe Version
Nehemiah 9:27 And thou gavest them into the hand(s) of their enemies; and they tormented them; and in the time of their tribulation they cried to thee; and thou heardest them from heaven, and by thy many merciful doings thou gavest them saviours, that saved them from the hand of their enemies (who saved them from the hands, or the power, of their enemies).
From these texts, we find that there are many of saviors among the children of Israel, or in other words, Yehoshuas or Joshuas, or Jesuses (the plural of these words!) according to alter the wording in the Gospels, but the main difference between them and Jesus is that they have completed their tasks and saved the children of Israel from their enemies, while Jesus did not save the children of Israel from their enemies or from their sins, as is written in the Gospels.
And the thing that explains that this name is not an original name is that the name of Jesus has nothing to do with Yehoshua or Joshua, both in language, in the sense that the word Jesus does not mean Yehoshua or God saves or saviour in any language, or in terms of pronunciation, i.e., changing some characters to be suitable with pronunciation in other languages, as the difference in the pronunciation of some letters and writing them as they utter in other languages, such as the name of Moses, which is written in Arabic Mousa, or the name of David, which is written in Arabic Dawod, although this difference in the pronunciation of these names, the similarity between them indicates that the origin is one, while the name of Jesus does not include any similarity with the name of Yehoshua or Joshua, both in pronunciation or meaning, which means that the name of Jesus was not the original name of Mary's son, but has been quoted from the Old Testament texts that talked about the Savior of the Jews who will come in future, with altering the pronunciation of Joshua or Yehoshua to Jesus.
Moreover, the attributes which were mentioned in the texts of the Gospels which necessitated naming Jesus for the son of Mary do not apply to him, as appears to those who read the Gospels, because Matthew stated that his name shall be Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins, and it is well-known that Jesus did not save the Jews from their sins, but they bore sins more than they have before for they crucified him, and Luke said that the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end, and all of this did not apply to Jesus, because David is not his father where he is the son of Mary and she is relative of Elizabeth, and Elizabeth was a descendant of Aaron, which means that Mary was of descendants of Aaron, not of descendants of David, as in the following texts:
Luke 1:5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah. His wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
Luke 1:36 "Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren.
As for the genealogies of Jesus in the Gospels, they have attributed him to Joseph the Carpenter, who has nothing to do with the birth of Jesus, unless the churches say that Joseph the Carpenter was a biological father of Jesus!
Luke 3:23 Now Jesus Himself began His ministry at about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,
In spite of this, Jesus was not given the throne of David and did not reign over the house of Jacob, even for one hour, yet he refused to be king over the Jews when some of them tried to make him king over them, as well as said my kingdom is not of this world, as in the following texts:
John 6:15 Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone.
John 18:36 Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here."
Finally, what makes sure that the name Jesus is not a real name of the son of Mary is the use of Gospels translators in the Turkish language and the Persian language, as well as in one of the Gospels translations in Arabic which is called Sharif's Gospel, the name Isa instead of Jesus, the name of the son of Mary in the Islamic sources, and this is an oddity of the Gospels translators because the Churches say that name Isa is not a real name of Jesus, so why it is used in these languages?!
From all of the above, we find that the name Jesus is not a real name of the son of Mary, but was quoted from the Old Testament by the Gospels authors, as usual, regardless if the quoting compatible with the Old Testament or not, or even contrasts with what is written in the Gospels themselves, which shows the method and the approach of writing the Gospels, as is shown in this book!
2 - The Source of the name the Son of Man
The Son of Man is the name or the title of Jesus, which was mentioned in the Gospels more than eighty times. So, does this name or title apply to the attributes of Jesus in the Gospels and in the laws of faith of the churches, or do the attributes of Jesus apply to the son of man, who was mentioned in the Old Testament?
The various churches say that the title of the Son of Man is quoted from the following text:
Daniel 7:13 "I was watching in the night visions, And behold, One like the Son of Man, Coming with the clouds of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days, And they brought Him near before Him.
Daniel 7:14 Then 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 the one Which shall not be destroyed.
In this text, which is a dream or night vision, Daniel says that he has watched One like the Son of Man came to the Ancient of Days, i.e., the LORD, then to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him, and his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom the one which shall not be destroyed.
Does the Son of Man who is mentioned in this text has any divine attributes that make him a true god who deserves to be worshiped with the LORD the Creator of the heavens and the earth, and do the attributes of the Son of Man apply to Jesus?!
As for the Son of Man if he has divine attributes or not, this idea is unacceptable and rejected by the Old Testament, because the Old Testament based on the Oneness of the LORD, and there is no true gods with Him or beside Him, as shown in the first chapter in this book. As well as, giving him the dominion and glory and a kingdom is a clear evidence that the son of man is not equal to the LORD, which means that he does not have any divine attributes, and the Old Testament confirms in dozens of texts that there is no god like the LORD, or equal to Him, and that the LORD is not a man nor a son of man, and He does not dwell on the earth with man nor in the woman's womb, including the following texts:
Deuteronomy 6:4 "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one!
1 Samuel 15:29 "And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor relent. For He is not a man, that He should relent."
2Kings 19:19 "Now therefore, O LORD our God, I pray, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are the LORD God, You alone."
Isaiah 37:20 "Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are the LORD, You alone."
Isaiah 45:5 I am the LORD, and there is no other; There is no God besides Me. I will gird you, though you have not known Me,
Isaiah 45:18 For thus says the LORD, Who created the heavens, Who is God, Who formed the earth and made it, Who has established it, Who did not create it in vain, Who formed it to be inhabited: "I am the LORD, and there is no other.
Isaiah 46:5 "To whom will you liken Me, and make Me equal And compare Me, that we should be alike?
Numbers 23:19 "God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
2 Chronicles 6:18 "But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You. How much less this temple which I have built!
Isaiah 40:18 To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to Him?
Isaiah 40:25 "Or to whom shall I be equal?" says the Holy One.
With regard to the characteristics of the son of man who was mentioned in Daniel's text; if it applies to Jesus as is written in the four Gospels or not? It certainly do not apply to him, because Jesus did not have any dominion or glory or kingdom throughout his life, even he refused to be king when some Jews tried to make him king! In addition that he said that his kingdom is not of this world, and his end on the cross as say the Gospels is screaming loudly that he is not the son of man who was mentioned in the text of Daniel.
John 6:15 Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone.
John 18:36 Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here."
As for the paragraph "His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom the one which shall not be destroyed". If Jesus did not have the dominion or a kingdom, so how his dominion will be an everlasting dominion and his kingdom will not be destroyed?!
From all this we conclude that the Gospels authors have made a mistake when they quoted this name or title and said it was for Jesus, which led them to write several discrepancies and errors, whether the previous errors that talk about the everlasting dominion, and his kingdom, or what they believe in concerning Jesus' attributes, and I will give some examples:
Matthew 12:31 "Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.
Matthew 12:32 "Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.
In this text we read that if anyone blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, but anyone blasphemes against the Son of Man, i.e., Jesus, it will be forgiven him, and this shows that the three Hypostases are not equal, otherwise the blasphemy against one of them means blasphemy against the others, because they are one and have the same nature and essence, thus this text invalidates the laws of faith of the churches, or that these laws contradict this text!
Moreover when the Old Testament set the penalty for whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD; did not talk concerning the three Persons and exclude some of them out of the blasphemy penalty, but talked about the penalty of blasphemy against the name of the Lord the Creator the only true God alone, as in the following text:
Leviticus 24:16 ‘And whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall certainly stone him, the stranger as well as him who is born in the land. When he blasphemes the name of the LORD, he shall be put to death.
Therefore, the lack of any reference in the Old Testament concerning the three Hypostases is clear evidence that they are not existed.
Furthermore, the Old Testament did not mention any penalty for whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit!
Matthew 26:24 "The Son of Man indeed goes just as it is written of Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born."
Mark 14:20 He answered and said to them, "It is one of the twelve, who dips with Me in the dish.
Mark 14:21 "The Son of Man indeed goes just as it is written of Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had never been born."
Luke 9:22 saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day."
Luke 9:44 "Let these words sink down into your ears, for the Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men."
Luke 9:45 But they did not understand this saying, and it was hidden from them so that they did not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask Him about this saying.
These texts say that the Old Testament has written of the son of man and is to be betrayed into the hands of men and must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised in the third day, and I am wondering where did Matthew, Mark and Luke read that these things will happen to the Son of Man, while there is no text in the Old Testament speaks of the son of man except the text of Daniel, despite there are some texts talk about the son of man but it does not indicate to that person, including the following texts:
Psalm 8:4 What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him?
Psalm 8:5 For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
Psalm 8:6 You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet,
Psalm 8:7 All sheep and oxen — Even the beasts of the field,
Psalm 8:8 The birds of the air, And the fish of the sea That pass through the paths of the seas.
Psalm 8:9 O LORD, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth!
Psalm 144:3 LORD, what is man, that You take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that You are mindful of him?
Psalm 144:4 Man is like a breath; His days are like a passing shadow.
These two texts talk about the son of man, yet did not mean the son of man who was mentioned by Daniel.
Luke 21:27 "Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
In this text Luke says that the Jews at that time will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory, and we are now after nearly twenty centuries of the death of those Jews and no one sees him coming in a cloud! Although, he has promised his disciples that he will come before their death, as in the following text:
Matthew 16:28 "Assuredly, I say to you, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom."
John 3:13 "No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven.
In this text John writes that no one has ascended to heaven but he who came down from heaven is the Son of Man, i.e., Jesus!
And this saying is one of the strangest sayings that were written in the Gospels, for it is written in the Gospels that Jesus has come down from his mother's womb just like any other man and did not come down from heaven!
As well as that the second part of this saying is wrong, for Jesus was not the first one who has ascended to heaven, because the Old Testament has reported that Elijah ascended to heaven before hundreds of years of Jesus' birth, as in the following text:
2Kings 2:11 Then it happened, as they continued on and talked, that suddenly a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire, and separated the two of them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
2Kings 2:12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried out, "My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!" So he saw him no more. And he took hold of his own clothes and tore them into two pieces.
Matthew 10:23 "When they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For assuredly, I say to you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
In this text Matthew writes on the lips of Jesus that he said to his disciples that they will not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes, i.e., Jesus, and this did not happen, for they have gone through the cities of Israel, and all of them died, and their followers have gone through all the cities of the world and the Son of Man did not come yet!
These errors and many others show that the name or the title of the Son of Man does not apply to Jesus, and this shows us how the Gospels authors have used the Old Testament texts to write their Gospels, regardless if they contradicted with what they have written in other places, as is their method and approach of writing the Gospels, to bestow a state of holiness and credibility and reliability on what they have written, which means that our law "do not accept the lying and false" applies to this name.
3 - The Source of the saying that Jesus is the Holy One of the God
There are several texts in the Gospels that call Jesus the Holy One of the God to give an impression that Jesus has divine attributes, and should be worshiped with the LORD the Creator, especially that the Old Testament calls the name of the Holy One for the Lord the Creator of the heavens and the earth, including the following texts:
Luke 1:34 Then Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I do not know a man?"
Luke 1:35 And the angel answered and said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.
Luke 1:36 "Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren.
Luke 1:37 "For with God nothing will be impossible."
Luke 1:38 Then Mary said, "Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.
Mark 1:21 Then they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath He entered the synagogue and taught.
Mark 1:22 And they were astonished at His teaching, for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
Mark 1:23 Now there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit. And he cried out,
Mark 1:24 saying, "Let us alone! What have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I know who You are — the Holy One of God!"
Luke 4:31 Then He went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbaths.
Luke 4:32 And they were astonished at His teaching, for His word was with authority.
Luke 4:33 Now in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon. And he cried out with a loud voice,
Luke 4:34 saying, "Let us alone! What have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I know who You are — the Holy One of God!"
Luke 4:35 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet, and come out of him!" And when the demon had thrown him in their midst, it came out of him and did not hurt him.
These three texts talk of Jesus as a holy One of God, and this is an attempt by the Gospels authors to say that Jesus is the son of God, despite Luke said this directly in the first text, and here we have some questions that should be answered them.
The first question is if anyone was called the holy or the holy one of God; does this make him as a true son of the Lord, and should be worshiped with the LORD?
Indeed there are dozens of texts that described the Lord as the Holy One and the Holy One of Israel, etc., and these descriptions indicate to the Oneness of the LORD, His greatness, His uniqueness and His power. And I will mention only two texts to show this meaning, which they need to be read carefully more than explaining them to realize the true meaning of the term "Holy One" when it was used for the Lord the Creator of the heavens and the earth, and the reality of the word holy one that was used for Jesus in the Gospels, which are as follows:
Isaiah 40:25 "To whom then will you liken Me, Or to whom shall I be equal?" says the Holy One.
Isaiah 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high, And see who has created these things, Who brings out their host by number; He calls them all by name, By the greatness of His might And the strength of His power; Not one is missing.
Isaiah 40:27 Why do you say, O Jacob, And speak, O Israel: "My way is hidden from the LORD, And my just claim is passed over by my God"?
Isaiah 40:28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
Isaiah 40:29 He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength.
In this text we read beautiful words concerning inequality and not likening the Lord to anything else, even if the Gospels authors called Jesus as the holy one or the holy one of God, particularly as saying that the Lord neither faints nor is weary, while we read that Jesus was feeling tired when he walks few kilometers, as in the following text:
John 4:6 Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
Isaiah 45:5 I am the LORD, and there is no other; There is no God besides Me. I will gird you, though you have not known Me,
Isaiah 45:6 That they may know from the rising of the sun to its setting That there is none besides Me. I am the LORD, and there is no other;
Isaiah 45:7 I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity; I, the LORD, do all these things’.
Isaiah 45:8 "Rain down, you heavens, from above, And let the skies pour down righteousness; Let the earth open, let them bring forth salvation, And let righteousness spring up together. I, the LORD, have created it.
Isaiah 45:9 "Woe to him who strives with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making’? Or shall your handiwork say, ‘He has no hands’?
Isaiah 45:10 Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What are you begetting’? Or to the woman, ‘What have you brought forth’?"
Isaiah 45:11 Thus says the LORD, The Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: "Ask Me of things to come concerning My sons; And concerning the work of My hands, you command Me.
Isaiah 45:12 I have made the earth, And created man on it. I — My hands — stretched out the heavens, And all their host I have commanded.
Isaiah 45:15 Truly You are God, who hide Yourself, O God of Israel, the Savior!
Isaiah 45:16 They shall be ashamed And also disgraced, all of them; They shall go in confusion together, Who are makers of idols.
Isaiah 45:17 But Israel shall be saved by the LORD With an everlasting salvation; You shall not be ashamed or disgraced Forever and ever.
Isaiah 45:18 For thus says the LORD, Who created the heavens, Who is God, Who formed the earth and made it, Who has established it, Who did not create it in vain, Who formed it to be inhabited: "I am the LORD, and there is no other.
Isaiah 45:19 I have not spoken in secret, In a dark place of the earth; I did not say to the seed of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in vain’; I, the LORD, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
Isaiah 45:20 "Assemble yourselves and come; Draw near together, You who have escaped from the nations. They have no knowledge, Who carry the wood of their carved image, And pray to a god that cannot save.
Isaiah 45:21 Tell and bring forth your case; Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has declared this from ancient time? Who has told it from that time? Have not I, the LORD? And there is no other God besides Me, A just God and a Savior; There is none besides Me.
Isaiah 45:22 "Look to Me, and be saved, All you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.
Isaiah 45:23 I have sworn by Myself; The word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness, And shall not return, That to Me every knee shall bow, Every tongue shall take an oath.
Isaiah 45:24 He shall say, ‘Surely in the LORD I have righteousness and strength. To Him men shall come, And all shall be ashamed Who are incensed against Him.
Isaiah 45:25 In the LORD all the descendants of Israel Shall be justified, and shall glory’."
Have we read in this text anything concerning the three Hypostases or Jesus?
The reading these texts carefully will lead the people to the truth of what is written in the Gospels and in the laws of faith of the churches concening the attributes of Jesus and the three Hypostases that contradict the attributes of the Lord the Creator of the heavens and earth, particularly that there are no other gods with Him or beside Him.
The second question is; was Jesus the first one who to be called the Holy One or the Holy One of God?
Let's read the following texts:
Psalm 106:16 When they envied Moses in the camp, And Aaron the saint of the LORD,
Hebrew Version
106:16 They were jealous also of Moses in the camp, and of Aaron the holy one of the LORD.
Septuagint Version
They provoked Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the holy one of the Lord.
English Standard Version
When men in the camp were jealous of Moses and Aaron, the holy one of the LORD,
New American Standard Version
When they became envious of Moses in the camp, And of Aaron, the holy one of the LORD,
New Revised Standard Version
They were jealous of Moses in the camp, and of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.
Wycliffe Version
And they wrathed (against) Moses in the castles; (and against) Aaron, the holy (man) of the Lord. (And they envied Moses in their tents; and also Aaron, the holy man of the Lord.)
This text says that Aaron is the holy one of the Lord, and the Old Testament and the New Testament or anyone else did not say that he is a god with the LORD or beside Him!
Isaiah 4:3 And it shall come to pass that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy — everyone who is recorded among the living in Jerusalem.
This text says that anyone who lives in Jerusalem will be called holy!
Leviticus 19:1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Leviticus 19:2 "Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.
Leviticus 19:3 ‘Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and keep My Sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 19:4 ‘Do not turn to idols, nor make for yourselves molded gods: I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 20:7 ‘Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 20:25 ‘You shall therefore distinguish between clean animals and unclean, between unclean birds and clean, and you shall not make yourselves abominable by beast or by bird, or by any kind of living thing that creeps on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.
Leviticus 20:26 ‘And you shall be holy to Me, for I the LORD am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be Mine.
These texts say that all those who Law-abiding will be holy, and the most important commandments of the Law is worship the Lord the only true God, which was not abiding by the Gospels authors and the various churches! As well as will be holy those who will distinguish between clean animals and unclean, between unclean birds and clean, which also was not abiding by the authors of the New Testament and the various churches, for they did not distinguish between clean animals and unclean, between unclean birds and clean like pork and others.
From all of the above, I can say that the term "holy or holy one of God" does not mean that anyone who was called by it; that he has divine attributes and should be worshiped with the LORD the Creator of the heavens and the earth, and the Gospels authors have used the Old Testament texts, as is their method and approach of writing the Gospels, to bestow a state of holiness and credibility and reliability on what they have written, which means that our law "do not accept the lying and false" applies to this title.
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