“I am,” said Jesus, “and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.”Jesus said, “I am. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky.”And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.
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They understood what Jesus was saying with two little words. Jesus was saying, I am God. Secondly, consider Jesus' declaration to Caiaphas. It's found in Mark 14, verses 60 to 65. Remember the night before Jesus was crucified, he was arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane, and throughout the night, he went through five different trials. They weren't real trials. They were more like kangaroo courts, but they were pseudo trials. And one of those trials was before Caiaphas, the high priest. It was late at night. Caiaphas was tired. The Jews came and said, this man Jesus is claiming to be the Messiah. Caiaphas was ready to call it a night. And so he said, let's just cut to the chase about all of this. He says in verse 61 to Jesus, are you the Christ, the son of the blessed one? And Jesus answered with two words in verse 62, I am. I am. There are those words again. Now Jesus could have stopped there easily and made his point but then he goes on to say something else. Not only to drive his point home but to drive his accusers absolutely crazy. He said I am and verse 62 you shall see the son of man sitting at the right hand of power and coming with clouds of heaven. This is a quote from the Old Testament book of Daniel 7 verse 13. It was a verse that prophesied of the Messiah's second coming when he would come with power. And by quoting that verse about himself, Jesus said, I am the fulfillment …
… It is as you say. and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of power and coming in the clouds of heaven. It's a direct quote out of Daniel chapter 7. The high priest heard that, ripped his robes and said, we don't need any further proof. That's blasphemy. This man just claimed to be God. So he's reading minds, he's demonstrating his power over the visible and invisible and he gives himself a divine title. So this is Jesus and his priorities. He's putting first things first. He preached the truth. He forgave people's sins. He claimed to be deity and he proved that. And I love verse 12. Immediately he arose. That's the paralyzed guy. Just imagine, here's a guy with no control over his limbs. He arose. Just that. He's getting up. Took his bed. I'm guessing he didn't fold things nice and neatly. Just grabbed his little mat. And he went out in the presence of them all. Can you see all five of them dancing down the street? …
… And they kept saying to Him, Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One? And Jesus said, I am, and you shall see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of power and coming with the clouds of heaven. Tearing His clothes, the high priest said, What further need do we have of witnesses? You've heard the blasphemy. How does it seem to you? They all condemned Him to be deserving of death. Some began to spit on Him and to blindfold Him and to beat Him with their fist and say to Him, Prophesy. and the officers received him with slaps in the face. So the apostles had forsaken him. Religious leaders had forsaken him. What about the people? Over in chapter 15, verse 12, Pilate says to the people, What shall I do with him whom you call the king of the Jews? They shouted back, Crucify him. But Pilate said to them, Why, what evil has he done? But they shouted all the more, crucify Him. …