In the most pressure filled moment of His entire earthly life Jesus did not address God as Lord. Not as Almighty. Not as Creator. The word He chose in Gethsemane reveals something about how God expects to be approached that most Christians have never fully felt.
The kings of the whole world gather at Armageddon to fight Jesus, and the Bible never describes a fight. Revelation records the gathering, the capture of the beast and the false prophet, and a sword that comes out of His mouth. His name is The Word of God.
John calls Jesus "the Word." In Greek, that title is one word, Logos. And Logos was already in Israel's own Scripture, centuries before John ever wrote it.
God called Job blameless and upright. Then he allowed everything to be taken from him: his ten children, his herds, his health. For chapter after chapter, Job asks for one thing, that the Almighty would answer him. In Job 38, God does.
Five words. Thatβs all it took for the religious leaders to reach for stones.
In John 8:58, Jesus doesnβt claim to be older than Abraham. He doesnβt say βI was.β He doesnβt say βI existed.β He says something that grammatically should be impossible.
Jesus made one of the most surprising statements in all of Scripture in John 16:7. He told His disciples it was actually better for them that He was leaving. Not acceptable. Not necessary. Better. The Greek word is sumphero. Genuinely advantageous.