Jesus Cristo: quem é, o que ensinou e sua identidade divina

Quem é Jesus Cristo: Deus feito homem

Jesus Cristo é o Filho de Deus, o Salvador prometido nas Escrituras e a figura central da fé cristã. Ele é Deus que assumiu a natureza humana para reconciliar a humanidade com o Criador, vivendo sem pecado, morrendo na cruz pelos nossos pecados e ressuscitando ao terceiro dia.

No grego do Novo Testamento, Jesus é apresentado como o Logos — a Palavra ou o Verbo eterno —, que já existia antes da criação do mundo e que se fez carne. A teologia cristã afirma que Jesus não é uma criatura elevada nem um homem que virou Deus, mas o próprio Deus que se humilhou e tomou a forma humana.

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God-Theos, and the Word was God-Theos.

2 The same was in the beginning with God-Theos.

3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.(John 1:1-3)

14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.(John 1:14)

9 For in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.

10 And you2f are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:(Colossians 2:9,10)

5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Moshiach [Messiah] Yeshua [God is Salvation]:

6 Who, being in the form of God-The Father, thought it not robbery to be equal with God-The Father:

7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a slave, and was made in the likeness of men:(Philippians 2:5-7)

O Messias prometido e Filho de Deus

O título "Cristo" não é o sobrenome de Jesus, mas a tradução grega do hebraico Messias, que significa "o Ungido". Durante séculos, o povo de Israel esperou pelo Rei que traria a redenção prometida por Deus aos profetas.

Nos Evangelhos, essa identidade fica evidente no nascimento virginal anunciado como Emanuel ("Deus conosco"), no batismo com o testemunho do Pai e na confissão dos discípulos. Diante do tribunal judaico e até mesmo no momento de sua morte na cruz, a autoridade de Jesus como Filho de Deus foi proclamada.

23 But he did not have intercourse with her until she brought forth her firstborn Son and he called his name Yeshua [God is Salvation].(Gosel 1:23)

21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Yeshua [God is Salvation] also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,

22 And the Holy Spirit [Ruach HaKodesh] descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, youi are my beloved Son; in youi I am well pleased.(Luke 3:21,22)

15 Yeshua [God is Salvation] said to them: "What do you say about me?"

16 Shim’on [he has heard]; called Kefa [pebble]; answered and said: "You are Ha-Moshiach [Messiah] [The Messiah] [which means ‘the Messiah’], the Son of the Living Elohim (The Many Powered) [The Living Word of God], who has come into this world"

17 Yeshua [God is Salvation] said to him: "Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous) are you Shim’on [he has heard] bar Yonah [dove], because flesh and blood has not revealed this to you but my Father Who is in heaven"(Gosel 16:15-17)

61 But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the High Priest asked him, and said unto him, Are youi the Moshiach [Messiah], the Son of the Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous)?

62 And Yeshua [God is Salvation] said, I am: and you2f shall see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.(Mark 14:61,62)

54 The captain of the hundred and those who were with him watching Yeshua [God is Salvation] saw the earthquake and the things which were done and were very afraid saying: ‘Truly this was the Son of The Mighty One’.(Gosel 27:54)

6 And he says unto them, Be not affrighted: You2f seek Yeshua [God is Salvation] of Natzeret [one separated], which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.(Mark 16:6)

A reivindicação do "Eu Sou" e a autoridade divina

Quando Jesus declarou: "Antes que Abraão existisse, Eu Sou", ele usou deliberadamente a mesma expressão com que Deus se revelou a Moisés na sarça ardente (Yahweh, em Êxodo 3:14).

Os líderes religiosos da época compreenderam com clareza o que ele quis dizer: Jesus estava afirmando possuir a mesma eternidade, poder e honra que pertencem exclusivamente ao Pai. Por fazer essa afirmação de igualdade com Deus, os líderes tentaram apedrejá-lo.

13 And Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters] said unto God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], Behold, [when] I come unto the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and shall say unto them, The God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of your fathers has sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What [is] his name? what shall I say unto them?

14 And God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] said unto Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters]: Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh [I am/will be what I am/will be] and he said, "Thus shall youi say unto the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]: ‘Ehyeh [I Am or I Will Be] …has sent me unto you."(Exodus 3:13,14)

58 Yeshua [God is Salvation] said unto them, Truly, truly, I say unto you, Before Avraham [Exalted Father] was, I am.(John 8:58)

30 I and [my] Father are one.(John 10:30)

17 But Yeshua [God is Salvation] answered them, My Father works up to this time, and I work.

18 Therefore the Y’hudim (Judeans) [praised of Yah] sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the Shabbat [rest], but said also that God-The Father was his Father, making himself equal with God-The Father.(John 5:17,18)

21 For as the Father raises up the dead, and quickens [them]; even so the Son quickens whom he will.

22 For the Father no man, but has committed all judgment unto the Son:

23 That all [men] should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honours not the Son honours not the Father which has sent him.(John 5:21-23)

25 Truly, truly, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God-The Father: and they that hear shall live.(John 5:25)

O Salvador e único mediador

A Bíblia ensina que a humanidade foi separada de Deus pelo pecado e que nenhum esforço próprio pode restabelecer essa comunhão. Por essa razão, a vinda de Jesus teve um propósito substitutivo: levar sobre si o castigo que pertencia ao ser humano.

Como o profeta Isaías antecipou séculos antes, o Messias foi traspassado pelas nossas transgressões. Pela sua morte e ressurreição, Jesus se tornou o único mediador entre Deus e a humanidade, oferecendo salvação pela graça àquele que crê.

6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Pele-Yo’etz El Gibbor Avi-’Ad Sar-Shalom (Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God [The Powerful Living Word], The Father of eternity, The Prince of Peace).(Isaiah 9:6)

4 Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], and afflicted.(Isaiah 53:4)

5 But he [was] wounded for our transgressions, [he was] bruised for our iniquities: the punishment of our peace [was] upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.(Isaiah 53:5)

16 For God-The Father so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

17 For God-The Father sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

18 He that believes on him is not condemned: but he that believes not is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God-The Father.(John 3:16-18)

6 Yeshua [God is Salvation] says unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me.(John 14:6)

12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.(Acts 4:12)

5 For [there is] one God-The Father, and one mediator between God-The Father and men, the man Moshiach [Messiah] Yeshua [God is Salvation];(1 Timothy 2:5)

3 Who being the brightness of [his] glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.(Hebrews 1:3,4)

17 For what reason in all things it behoved him to be made like unto [his] brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things [pertaining] to God-The Father, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.(Hebrews 2:17)

14 Seeing then that we have a great High Priest, that is passed into the heavens, Yeshua [God is Salvation] the Son of God-The Father, let us hold fast [our] profession.

15 For we have not an High Priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tried or tested like as [we are, yet] without sin.(Hebrews 4:14,15)

2 Looking unto Yeshua [God is Salvation] the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the stake (cross), despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God-The Father.(Hebrews 12:2)

25 Yeshua [God is Salvation] said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:(John 11:25)

O que significa crer e viver em Cristo

Crer em Jesus Cristo vai além de aceitar dados históricos sobre a sua passagem pela terra. O ensino dos apóstolos mostra que a fé bíblica envolve confiança pessoal na obra da cruz e submissão ao senhorio de Cristo.

Essa resposta se manifesta na confissão pública de fé e em uma transformação prática de vida. Viver em Cristo significa deixar para trás o domínio do egoísmo e do pecado, passando a caminhar em novidade de vida, fortalecido pelo amor fraterno e pela esperança da ressurreição.

9 That if youi shall confess with youri mouth the Lord - Kurios [he to whom a person belongs] Yeshua [God is Salvation], and shall believe in youi heart that God-The Father has raised him from the dead, youi shall be saved.(Romans 10:9)

9 In this was manifested the love of God-The Father toward us, because that God-The Father sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

10 Herein is love, not that we loved God-The Father, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the Propitiation (sacrifice to pay for sins against God, to satisfy His righteous anger) for our sins.(1 John 4:9,10)

15 Whosoever shall confess that Yeshua [God is Salvation] is the Son of God-The Father, God-The Father dwells in him, and he in God-The Father.(1 John 4:15)

8 He that commit sin is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God-The Father was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.(1 John 3:8)

11 And this is the record, that God-The Father has given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

12 He that has the Son has life; [and] he that has not the Son of God-The Father has not life.(1 John 5:11,12)

27 Then says he to T’oma [twin], Reach here youri finger, and behold my hands; and reach here youri hand, and thrust [it] into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.

28 And T’oma [twin] answered and said unto him, My Lord - Kurios and my God-The Father.(John 20:27,28)

30 And many other signs truly did Yeshua [God is Salvation] in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:

31 But these are written, that you2f might believe that Yeshua [God is Salvation] is the Moshiach [Messiah], the Son of God-The Father; and that believing you2f might have life through his name.(John 20:30,31)

20 I am crucified with Moshiach [Messiah]: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Moshiach [Messiah] lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God-The Father, who loved me, and gave himself for me.(Galatians 2:20)

10 For we are his workmanship, created in Moshiach [Messiah] Yeshua [God is Salvation] unto good works, which God-The Father has before ordained that we should walk in them.(Ephesians 2:10)

2 And walk in love, as Moshiach [Messiah] also has loved us, and has given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God-The Father for a sweet smelling savour.(Ephesians 5:2)

15 And let the peace of God-The Father rule in your hearts, to the which also you2f are called in one body; and be you2f thankful.(Colossians 3:15)

4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:

5 So we, [being] many, are one body in Moshiach [Messiah], and every one members one of another.(Romans 12:4,5)

15 But sanctify (make holy; set apart for God’s use) the Lord - Kurios God-The Father in your hearts: and [be] ready always to [give] an answer to every man that asks you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:(1 Peter 3:15)

12 This is my commandment, That you2f love one another, as I have loved you.(John 15:12)

O Rei que há de voltar e o Reino eterno

A história bíblica não termina na cruz nem na ascensão de Jesus aos céus. As Escrituras prometem que ele retornará de forma visível e gloriosa para consumar o seu Reino, julgar a justiça e restaurar todas as coisas.

Para quem nele confia, essa promessa traz segurança: nem a morte nem qualquer poder terreno pode afastar as pessoas da mão de Cristo. Ele reina como Senhor e voltará como Rei dos reis.

11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him [was] called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he does judge and make war.

12 His eyes [were] as a flame of fire, and on his head [were] many crowns, having names written; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.

13 And he [was] clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God-The Father.

14 And the armies [which were] in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

15 And out of his mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it he should strike the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God-The Father.

16 And he has on [his] vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.(Revelation 19:11-16)

28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any [man] pluck them out of my hand.

29 My Father, which gave [them] me, is greater than all; and no [man] is able to pluck [them] out of my Father’s hand.

30 I and [my] Father are one.(John 10:28-30)

57 But thanks [be] to God-The Father, which gives us the victory through our Lord - Kurios [he to whom a person belongs] Yeshua [God is Salvation] Moshiach [Messiah].(1 Corinthians 15:57)

19 But my God-The Father shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Moshiach [Messiah] Yeshua [God is Salvation].(Philippians 4:19)

21 The grace of our Lord - Kurios [he to whom a person belongs] Yeshua [God is Salvation] Moshiach [Messiah] [be] with all the saints. Amen [Let it be so].(Revelation 22:21)