Was Christ putting Himself ahead of God the Father by instructing Israel to worship Him, Jesus Christ?
NO, not at all! God the Father and Jesus Christ had decided and agreed that … • Christ would be the One to do all the creating; • Christ would be the One to deal with mankind until the whole plan of salvation was completed; • Christ would reveal Himself to Israel; • Christ would, prior to His first coming, keep the existence of the Father hidden from Israel in general; • In O.T. times Christ would only reveal the Father’s existence to a very few selected individuals, for God’s own reasons; • Only at His first coming would Christ reveal the existence of God the Father to mankind; • Together with revealing the Father’s existence, Christ would point mankind towards worshipping the Father as the One in supreme authority … Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come [again] unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. (John 14:28) • Christ also instructed mankind to address ALL REQUESTS to the Father… And
