3-31-24 Daily Bible Nugget 838 John 8v56
The Nugget:
John 8:56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
The Challenge Answered:
Abe San You make the claim or statement above:
“Abraham saw Jesus according to your NT? Is there any passage in the OT confirming this fantastic claim of Jesus? None.
How can we then trust that claim?”
Since it is our Lord Jesus Christ who made the claim, to dispute the claim is to call the Lord Jesus Christ a liar.
I suggest you go back and think about how far off you must be in your thinking to ever state or write a claim like that.
I have meticulously studied every verse in the Bible and its cross references. My judgment is that the claim Jesus made is absolutely correct and is confirmed by the passages in the Old Testament or the Hebrew Scriptures to which He refers.
Jesus identified the problem and reason for the unbelief of the Jewish leaders of His day. Jesus told them that had they believed Moses, they would have believed Him, because Moses wrote of Jesus (John 5:46).
John 5:46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.
Jesus also stated that they failed to search the Scriptures, stating that the Scriptures testified of Him (John 5:39).
John 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
The way to find the Biblical answer which demonstrates the truth of the claim Jesus made in John 8:56 is to do a proper search of the Scriptures yourself.
To make the task easier for everyone, I have spent well over five decades collecting cross references from scholarly sources and placing them all in my published Bible study resources, The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and the greatly extended and more complete digital resource, The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury. I share these cross references on my Real Bible Study site. The site has a search feature. Place the verse reference “John 8:56” in the search box to see if I have posted the cross references for that verse. If I have not done so yet, leave a comment requesting that I post those references and I will do so.
My Comment:
I have followed my own advice today (Friday, April 12, 2024) and searched this site for John 8:56. It turns out I have not written about John 8:56 here before.
To Dig Deeper, Study the Cross References from The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury for John 8:56 as I have shared them below:
John 8:56
father. FS171G, +Gen 13:8, Rom 4:1.
Abraham. Joh 8:33; Joh 8:39, 40; Joh 8:53, Mal 2:10, Act 7:2.
rejoiced. or, leaped for joy. Gr. agalliaō (S# G21). Joh 5:35, Gen 15:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; Gen 17:17; Gen 17:19; *Gen 22:13; *Gen 22:14; *Gen 22:18, Mat 13:17, Luk 2:28, 29, 30; Luk 10:24, Rom 4:18, 19, 20, 21, 22, *Gal 3:7, 8, 9; *Gal 3:14, 14, 16, 17, 18, Heb 11:13; Heb 11:39, 40, 1Pe 1:10, 11, 12.
to see. Joh 6:40, Mat 23:39, Luk 17:22, Heb 12:2; Heb 13:8.
my day. *Gen 18:14, Mat 13:17, *1Co 2:8.
he saw. Joh 1:3, **Gen 17:1, +**Gen 18:1, +*Exo 6:3, Act 7:38, +*Rev 1:8; Rev 15:3.
and was glad. or, rejoiced. Gr. chairō. Joh 3:29.
Note that for the key words “he saw” I added the new reference to +**Gen 18:1. At that reference in The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury I have given more cross references which demonstrate that Abraham saw and talked with Jesus in His pre-incarnate form. The point is that no man has ever seen God (John 1:18. John 4:24). In the Old Testament when individuals are reported as seeing God, they are actually seeing our Lord Jesus Christ who appeared to them as God, as Jehovah, and as the Angel of the Lord.
Hello. I see you’re still alive and kicking. I know of you through your endorsement of Malcom Lavender’s book Greek grammar versus Calvinism. I was wondering if he is still alive? I can’t find the website he used to have, or anywhere his books in print or as ebooks are available. That would be a shame. Also, I do have some questions regarding his atonement viewpoint. When he and you say Christ wasn’t punished nor bore the wrath of God, but that he bore our sins, was the atonement, what exactly does that mean? How did he do this is not experiencing wrath in our place? what does sacrifice exactly mean? Thanks.
Dear AP,
Thank you for your comments and questions here.
Malcolm Lavender passed away in 2019 as I recall.
His son Russ Lavender is continuing his father’s work.
A new edition of the Lavender’s New Testament and a companion volume explaining the need for this translation is being prepared for publication. I recently went over the text of the companion volume to verify its accuracy.
I believe I have written an article on this site which explains why it is incorrect to suppose that our Lord Jesus Christ was punished for our sins or that He bore the wrath of God on our behalf.
Here is the link to that very important article:
https://www.realbiblestudy.com/?p=3664
Jerry