Why Did Jesus Die?

Just to me are your thoughts, God.

How vast is the sum of them.

Were I to count them, they would be outnumbered.

The sands of this, the grain, they would outnumber this grains of sand.

And when I awake, I am still with you.

In the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and of Christ Jesus,

who while testifying, oh, that was the next one.

So this sums up.

This is a picture of God.

Knowing everything about us.

He knows about us before we are born.

He knows our thoughts, what our thoughts are before we have them.

He knows all the events in our lives before they happen.

He sees all events of everything at all time.

You know, if you remember what a reel-to-reel movie was,

does anybody have that?

It's like God could take that film, put it out on a table,

and look at the whole thing all at once.

Every slide.

Every slide of every minute of our lives.

Of every person.

Of all their thought.

He sees it all from end of the reel, you know, start to finish.

That is who God is.

He knows us.

1 Timothy 16, 13-17.

In the sight of God, who gives life to everything,

and of Christ Jesus, who while testifying before Pontius Pilate,

made a good confession,

I charge you to keep this command without spot or blame

until the appearing of our Lord Jesus,

which God, while bringing about in his own time,

God, the blessed and only ruler,

the King of kings, the Lord of lords,

who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable life,

whom no one has seen or can see,

to him be honor and might and glory forever.

Amen.

So this verse declares that God is the ruler

and alone is immortal.

He created all other living beings.

This is the declaration of our God that he is the creator

and he is the only one that has lived from beginning to end.

The beginning and the end.

Jesus, and when we're going through revelations,

it refers to Jesus as the beginning and the end.

Psalm 102, 25-28.

In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth

and the heavens are the work of your hands.

They will perish, but you remain.

They will all wear out like a garment, like clothing.

You will change them and they will be discarded,

but you remain the same and your years will never end.

So the earth will end,

but God has a plan for a new heaven and a new earth.

And this includes believers in Christ.

So as we have hope that the things that are on the world now

are not just the way they will be.

We have an eternal home.

And it's going to be different than right now.

That Deuteronomy?

Okay.

You were shown these things so that you might know

that the Lord is God and beside him there is no other.

This verse declares there is no God but God.

You know, we look at the Buddhists and they have their idea

or Muslims, they have their ideas and they have this.

The Romans, they had their pantheon of gods,

but you alone are God.

There is none beside you.

So this is just a declaration

that there is none other than the Lord God.

1 Kings 8, 27.

But will God really dwell on earth?

The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain you,

how much less this temple I have built.

So will God really dwell on earth?

Like is he confined?

Is our God confined to this earth?

Is he confined to the temple?

Was he confined to the tent out in the wilderness with Moses?

He's not contained to the farthest regions.

He's, you know, the edge of the universe is over 20 billion light years

from where your seat is right now.

So God is in that, his presence is there.

You know, and some claim Gaia, that the earth is God.

But the Bible declares that he is not part of anything created.

God is not part of the earth,

but his presence is everywhere, even hell.

So there is, so God's presence is everywhere,

but he's not confined to anywhere.

Matthew 28, 19 and 20.

Again, this is God telling the people to go out and baptize.

Therefore, go and make disciples in all nations,

baptizing them in the name of the Father,

and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

teaching them to obey everything,

and I have commanded you.

And surely I am with you always

to the very ages of the earth,

or to the very end of the age.

So this is just declaring the Trinity,

the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

So God is, Jesus is telling them,

you must, when you baptize,

you must declare the Trinity.

And again, you know, this is more for younger people,

but you know, if you look at a hard-boiled egg,

there are three parts in it.

The shell, the egg white, and the yolk.

They're each as a separate piece,

but they're all one egg.

The same with God.

There's, he is, there's three parts to our God.

Revelation chapter 4, 8 to 11.

Revelation 4 · chapter mention

Each of the four living creatures had six wings

and were covered with eyes all around,

and were covered with eyes all around,

even under his wings.

Day and night, they never stopped saying,

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,

who was and is and is to come.

Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor

and thanks to him who sits on the throne,

who lives forever and ever,

the 24 elders fall down before him,

who sits on the throne and worship him,

who lives forever and ever.

They lay their crowns before the throne and say,

You are worthy, our Lord and God,

to receive glory and honor and power.

For you created all things,

and by your will they were created

and have their being.

So this focuses that God is holy.

We read some of the song this morning,

holy, holy, holy.

And that's what the angels,

that's one of their roles in heaven.

They are declaring praises to God,

and he alone is to be worshipped.

And as imperfect people,

we cannot just walk into the presence of a perfect God.

There are very strict rules

that we must follow to enter heaven.

Hebrews,

next we want to look at,

the next entity,

are angels.

Angels have a

very big role in

our

picture of God,

why we need salvation.

It says,

Hebrews 1,

13 and 14.

To which of the angels

did God say,

Sit at my right hand

until I make your enemies

a footstool for your feet.

And are not all angels

ministering spirit

sent to serve

those who will

inherit salvation.

So,

angels are not

equal to God.

It says,

which of the,

which,

which of the angels

have I made

your enemies

a footstool?

Like,

he didn't,

Christ alone

does,

he has,

will be in that place.

But angels will not.

Angels

are ministering

spirits sent to serve

those who will

inherit salvation.

Luke 15,

10.

In the same way,

I tell you,

there will be rejoicing

in the presence

of angels,

of God,

over one sinner

who repents.

So,

angels have emotions.

They are excited.

They,

you know,

they see,

they are able to see

like God

that things

that are happening

on the earth.

And,

there is more

rejoicing in heaven,

you know,

over the repentance

of one sinner.

So,

that's great.

Revelation 4,

6 to 8.

Also,

in front of the throne,

there was,

looked like a sea of glass,

clear as crystal.

In the center,

around the throne,

were four living creatures.

And they were covered

with eyes,

in front and in back.

The first living creature

was like a lion,

the second like an ox,

the third had a face

like a man,

and the fourth

was like a flying eagle.

Angels

don't look like

valentine cherubs.

You know,

those little babies

that have wings on,

they're so cute.

They are terrifying.

Literally,

angels

are powerful

entities

and,

you know,

they have wings

and,

you know,

they have different roles,

they have different looks,

but,

they don't look like

little babies.

Also,

they're not humans

that have gone to heaven

and now become angels.

Angels are angels,

humans are humans,

and they never,

one doesn't become the other.

Okay,

Revelation

5,

11,

and 12.

Then I looked

and heard the voice

of many angels,

numbering thousands

upon thousands

and ten thousand

times ten thousand.

They encircled the throne

and the living creatures

and the elders.

In a loud voice

they were saying,

Worthy is the Lamb

who was slain

to receive power

and wealth

and wisdom

and strength

and honor

and glory

and praise.

this is a number.

This is a number

declared in the Bible.

Other verses

don't quite have,

like the NIV

declares

ten thousand

times ten thousand

and thousands

of thousands.

That's over

a hundred million

angels.

A hundred million angels.

You know,

in perspective,

there's

eight billion people

on earth,

so a hundred million

isn't a lot

in comparison,

but it is

a lot of angels.

Luke 20,

34 to 36.

Jesus replied,

The people of this age

marry and are given

in marriage,

but those who are

considered worthy

of taking part

in the age to come

and in the resurrection

from the dead

will neither marry

nor be given

in marriage.

and they

can no longer

die,

for they are

like the angels.

They are God's

children,

since they are

children of the

resurrection.

Angels cannot

marry

and they cannot

die.

So,

we will be,

our form

will be like

the angels

when we are

in our new

resurrection body.

But we have

to realize

that angels

have a life

that doesn't

end.

So,

they were created

and it goes

onwards from there.

And they never

marry.

Revelation 19,

9 and 10.

Then the angel

said to me,

Write this,

Blessed are those

who are invited

to the wedding

supper of the Lamb.

Then he added,

These are the

true words

words of God.

And at this,

I fell

at the feet

to worship him.

But he said to me,

Don't do that.

I am a fellow

servant with you

and with your

brothers and sisters

who hold to the

testimony of Jesus.

Worship God,

for it is the

spirit of prophecy

who bears testimony

of Jesus.

So,

as we look

at true angels,

they will reject

worship.

worship.

They will only

focus the worship

onto the

spirit of prophecy

who bears testimony

to Jesus.

So,

these are

important things.

For us to put

a context

on why Jesus

died,

we have to

understand

who the angels

are,

who God is.

and the

next is

the most

notorious

angel,

Satan.

Ezekiel 28,

12 to 18.

Son of man,

take up a lament

concerning the

king of Tyre

and say to him,

actually this is

written about

Satan and you'll

see why.

This is what the

sovereign Lord

says,

you were the

seal of

perfection,

full of wisdom

and perfect

in heart and

beauty.

You were in

Eden,

the garden of

God.

Every precious

stone adorned

you,

carmelin,

crystallite,

emerald,

topaz,

onyx,

jasper,

lapis,

lazuli,

turquoise,

and beryl.

Your settings

and mountings

were made of

gold.

On the day

you were

created,

they were

prepared.

You were

anointed as

a guardian

cherub.

So he was

a very,

very powerful

angel.

So I

ordained you.

You were

on the

holy mount

of God.

You walked

among the

fiery stones.

You were

blameless in

your ways

before the

day you

were created

till wickedness

was found

in you.

So Satan

was the

perfect angel.

He was the

highest

angel there

was.

He was,

you know,

as far as

rank,

he was the

top angel.

through your

widespread trade

you were

filled with

violence

and you

sinned.

So I

drove you

in disgrace

from the

mount of

God

and I

expelled you

guardian

cherub

from among

the fiery

stones.

Your heart

became proud

on account

of your

beauty

and you

corrupted

your wisdom

because of

your splendor.

So I

threw you

out,

threw you

to the

earth.

I made

a spectacle

of you

before kings.

By your

many sins

and dishonest

trades

you have

desecrated

your

sanctuaries.

So I

made a

fire come

out from

you and

it consumed

you and

I reduced

you to

ashes on

the ground

in the

sight of

all who

were

watching.

That

was the

problem.

Satan

was proud.

He was

the most

beautiful

created

angel.

He was

the most

beautiful

angel.

And a

model of

perfection

until

wickedness

was found

in him.

He became

proud and

arrogant

because of

his beauty

corrupting

his sanctuaries.

So this

is

Satan.

It doesn't

ever say

I guess

that's kind

of prophetic

that he will

be thrown

ash.

But he's

still in

the presence

of God

as we'll

see later

on.

Genesis

3,

1-7

very

well-known

scripture

very well-known

about the

temptation.

Now the

serpent

was more

crafty than

any of the

other wild

animals the

Lord God

had made.

He said to

the woman

did God

really say

you must

not eat

from any

tree in

the garden?

The woman

said to the

serpent

we may

eat fruit

from the

tree in

the garden

but God

did say

you must

not eat

from the

tree that

is in

the middle

of the

garden

and you

must not

touch it

or you

will die.

This is

the serpent

Satan.

You will

not certainly

die the

serpent said

to the

woman for

God knows

that when

you eat

from it

your eyes

will be

opened and

you will

be like

God knowing

good and

evil.

When the

woman saw

that the

fruit of

the tree

was good

for food

and pleasing

to the

eye and

also desirable

for gaining

wisdom she

took some

ate it and

she gave

some to her

husband who

was with

her and

he ate

it.

Then the

eyes of

both of

them were

opened and

they realized

they were

naked so

they sewed

fig leaves

together and

made coverings

for themselves.

So this

is what

Satan does.

Satan

became evil.

He hated

humans because

he knew

that he was

no longer

perfect,

that he was

doomed.

He did not

want humans

to have that

fellowship with

God.

He hates

humans.

He does

everything he

can to

keep humans

from having

a relationship

with God.

God.

So after

Satan became

evil he

used lies to

deceive Adam

and Eve.

He was not

totally wrong.

He took

what God

had told

them and

just twisted

it a little

bit and

kind of omitted

things.

He was not

totally wrong

he said but

they would

not die.

It took over

900 years for

Adam to

physically die.

But Satan

did not

explain what

knowing what

good and evil

would do to

them.

He did not

explain that

that would

break

fellowship.

Perfect

fellowship.

Because God

would come

down and

walk with

Adam and

Eve in the

cool of the

day.

Just like

friends.

Like the

perfect fellowship

that God

desired.

That was

broke.

We don't

have that

kind of

fellowship.

We can't

because sin

has blocked

it.

Most

amazing is

that Satan

deceived about

a third of

all the angels

in heaven.

They knew and

worshipped God

but were

deceived.

So you know

like Adam

and Eve

you know you

think well

you know no

one had ever

lied in their

presence.

and Satan

told them a

partial truth

and kind of

made it sound

oh you'll be

like God.

You'll be so

much more

powerful.

You'll be so

much you'll be

like God.

Wow that's

something to be

desired.

Didn't you

know and

they were

deceived because

he hates us.

First Peter

5 8 and

9.

Be alert and

sober minded.

Your enemy the

devil prowls

around like a

roaring lion

looking for

someone to

devour.

Resist

them.

Stand firm

in the

faith because

you know that

the family of

believers throughout

the world is

undergoing the

same kind of

sufferings.

So this is a

picture of

Satan.

He is a

roaring lion.

You know

in Canada we

don't we

don't really

appreciate that

but anywhere in

the wild where

there are lions

and they hunt

at night and

they still do

come into

villages.

and they

still kill

people.

So he's

powerful.

He's hungry

and he will

do everything

to take us

down.

People are no

match for his

power.

Even angels

do not go

looking for a

fight.

And our

defense is

resistance to

the Holy

Spirit.

Stand firm and

resist the devil

and he will flee

from you.

But we have to

do that through

the Holy Spirit.

it's not us

our own

power.

It's God's

power.

Revelation 12

7-10 and

11-12.

Then war broke

out in heaven.

This is in

Revelation.

Michael and his

angels fought

against the

dragon, Satan,

and the dragon

and his angels

fought back but

he was not

strong enough

and they lost

their place in

heaven.

The great

dragon was

hurled down,

the ancient

serpent called

the devil or

Satan, who

leads the

whole world

astray.

He was

hurled to

the earth and

his angels

with him.

Then I heard

a loud voice

in heaven

saying,

Now I have

come, the

salvation and

the power and

the kingdom of

our God and

the authority of

his Messiah for

the accuser of

our brothers and

sisters who

accuses them before

our God day and

night has been

hurled down.

Satan is not

in hell yet.

Satan is in

heaven, still

is.

He accuses

brothers and

sisters day and

night before

God.

He's pointing

out our faults.

He's pointing

out what we've

done wrong.

He wants God

to remember

that this

person gossiped,

that person did

something wrong,

this person

stole, this

person did

that.

You know, we

as believers,

yeah, we have

forgiveness.

But Satan wants

to accuse us,

wants God to

reject us because

Satan knows

his, that he's

doomed, but he

doesn't and he

wants man to be

doomed too.

Job 6, 1, 6-12.

On the day the

angel came to

present themselves

before the Lord

and Satan came

also with him.

The Lord said

to Satan,

where have you

come from?

And Satan

answered to the

Lord, from

roaming throughout

the earth, going

back and forth

on it.

Then the Lord

said to Satan,

have you

considered my

servant Job?

There is no

one on earth

like him.

He is blameless

and upright, a

man who fears

God and shuns

evil.

Does God, does

Job fear God

for nothing?

Satan presents

himself to God

seeking permission.

Satan can't do

anything unless

God gives him

the okay to

cause pain and

suffering.

He cannot do

this on his own.

Now, Isaiah 14,

13, and 14, this

is the big I

problem.

This is Satan.

You have said in

your heart, I will

ascend to the

heavens.

I will raise my

throne above the

stars of God.

I will sit

enthroned on the

mount of assembly,

on the utmost

heights of the

mount Zatham.

I will ascend

above the tops of

the clouds.

I will make

myself like the

most high.

But you were

brought down to

the realms of

the dead, to the

depths of the

pit.

So here is

Satan saying, I

will ascend.

I will raise

my throne.

I will sit

enthroned on

above the most

high.

So this is the

problem with

Satan.

He figures he's

more to be

praised more than

God.

And this is the

problem with

Satan.

So he

decides many

with false

gods to take

the holy glory

of God away.

But his fate is

already assured.

God's

Lord.

We can think of

demons.

I haven't talked

about demons, but

they do possess.

And Jesus cast

out the demons.

Picture of man.

And I'm running

a little long

here.

Genesis chapter

Genesis 2 · chapter mention

2, 16 and

17.

And God

commanded the

man, you are

free to eat from

any tree in the

garden.

But you must

not eat from

the tree of

knowledge of

good and evil.

For when you

eat from it, you

will certainly

die.

Right from the

start.

This is one of

the defining

things that God

has given both

angels and men.

Right from the

start of humanity,

God has let us

have free will.

We have the

ability to make

choices and are

not forced by

God to do

anything.

we can believe

that Jesus is

God and took

our punishment

or we can

reject God,

reject Christ,

and spend

eternity in

hell.

This is right

from the start.

I think I'll

pass on that

one.

Let's go to

1 John 1

to 7.

To which was

from the

beginning, which

we have heard,

which we have

seen with our

eyes, which we

have looked at

with our hands,

have touched.

This we

proclaim concerning

the word of

life, the

life appeared

and have seen

it and testify

it, and we

proclaim to you

the eternal life

which is with

the Father and

has appeared to

us.

We proclaim to

you that what

we have seen

and heard, so

that you also

may have

fellowship with

us, and our

fellowship is

with the Father

and with the

Son, Jesus

Christ.

We write this

to make our

joy complete.

This is the

message we have

heard from him

and declare to

you, God is

light in him,

there is no

darkest at all.

This is what

God started in

the Garden of

Eden, was a

fellowship.

This is the

goal of people

that believe in

God, is to have

fellowship with

God.

So if we walk

in the light, as

he is in the

light, we have

fellowship with

one another.

This is the

key.

This fellowship

can only be

obtained by

believing that

Jesus took

our sins and

purified us from

all unrighteousness.

This is the

strict rule from

God.

Romans 3.23,

For all have

sinned and fall

short of the

glory of God.

Very, there is

no ifs, ands,

or buts.

All have

sinned, fall

short of the

glory of God.

There is no

debating.

This is what the

Bible declares.

Other people

declare different

things.

So there is no

one that gets to

heaven because you're

a nice person.

All have sinned.

John 3.16-18.

You know, a lot of

people do John 3.16,

but you have to

read the three

verses together.

For God so

loved the world

that he gave

his one and

only Son,

that whoever

believed in

him shall

not perish,

but have

eternal life.

For God

did not send

his Son into

the world to

condemn the

world, but to

save the world

through him.

Whoever

believes in

him is not

condemned, but

whoever does

not believe stands

condemned already,

because they have

not believed in

the name of

God's one and

only Son.

So again,

this defines

who, you

know, that God

came to the

world to save

everyone, but

only those who

believe in him

are not.

Whoever does

not believe

stands condemned.

So we're all

condemned, and

the only way to

go from condemned

to not

condemned is to

believe in

Jesus.

God didn't,

it's our

choice, it's

our free will

to choose to

believe in

Jesus.

It's the

default is

rejecting

Christ, we

have to take

this step of

accepting him

and believing

in him.

Okay,

2 Thessalonians

verse 1, 8,

and 9.

He will

punish those

who do not

know God and

do not obey

the gospel of

our Lord Jesus.

They will be

punished for

everlasting

destruction and

shut out from

the presence of

the Lord and

from the glory

of his might.

This is a

picture of

what happens

to those who

reject.

They will be

punished with

everlasting

destruction.

destruction.

This is a

picture of

why God

didn't just

wipe out

Adam and

Eve.

You know,

take Fred

and Julie.

Fred and

Julie will be

the next

couple.

No, because

we have

eternal

spirits.

Everlasting.

So those who

reject God,

their spirit

doesn't die.

They will

have, they

will be

punished with

everlasting

destruction.

And I

think I'll

pass on the

next one.

The promise

of God is

that we

will have

eternal

fellowship

with God

in

Revelations

21, 1-7.

So,

again,

we have an

eternal spirit.

God didn't

just make

it for a

short time.

We have an

eternal spirit

that lives

from now on.

So anyone

who is even

conceived

has

the

everlasting

spirit.

Now, a

picture of

Jesus.

Genesis

7,

17,

18,

and 23.

This is a

picture of,

now we're

going to go

and look at

the last

entity,

Jesus.

He did

the great

reset.

For 40

days, the

flood kept

coming on

the earth

as the

waters

increased.

They lifted

the ark

high above

the earth.

The waters

rose and

increased

greatly on

the earth,

and the

ark floated

on the

surface of

the water.

Every living

thing on

the face

of the

earth was

wiped out.

People

and animals

and creatures

that moved

along the

ground and

the birds

were wiped

out from

the earth.

Only Noah

was left

and those

with him

on the

ark.

So God

did a

reset.

He wiped

out evil.

Noah was

a righteous

man and

his family.

He saved

them.

And it

took

less than

almost no

time at

all.

And then

there was

sin again.

So he

didn't wipe

sin out

just by

wiping out

most of

humanity but

keeping

humanity.

So he

did that

and it

didn't work.

We look

at Exodus

12 and

this is a

picture of

Israel coming

out of

Egypt.

The

Passover

lamb.

Exodus

12, 3,

7 and

23.

Tell the

whole

community

of Israel

that on

the tenth

day of

this month

each man

is to

take a

lamb

for his

household,

one for

each

household.

Then they

are to

take some

of the

blood,

put it

on the

sides and

tops of

the door

frame of

the homes

where they

will eat

the lambs.

Then when

the Lord

goes through

the land

to strike

down the

Egyptians,

he will

see the

blood on

the tops

and sides

of the

door frame

and will

pass over

the doorway

and he

will not

permit the

destroyer to

enter your

houses and

strike them

down.

So this

is the

differentiation

between

everyone else

and those

who believed

in the

lamb,

the blood

of the

lamb,

saved them.

This is

the picture

of Christ.

Only

those covered

by his

blood are

saved from

judgment.

John

1.29

The next

day,

John saw

Jesus coming

towards him

and said,

look,

the lamb

of God

who takes

away the

sin of

the world.

John

saw who

Christ was.

This is a

direct reference

back to the

Old Testament.

prophet.

And the

one we

passed on

was through

Exodus.

And it

was an

explanation

of the

sacrifices

that people

did.

They would

sacrifice a

bull as a

sin offering.

They would

do all

kinds of

things.

They would

bring pigeons.

There was

all kinds

of sacrifices

at the

temple.

This was

done as

a prepayment

for the

sin.

And when

Christ came,

he did

away with

that.

John

3,

3-7.

Jesus

replied,

very truly

I tell

you,

no one

can see

the

kingdom

of God

unless

you are

born again.

How can

someone who

has been

born when

they are

old?

Nicodemus

asked.

Surely

they cannot

enter a

second time

into their

mother's

womb to

be born.

And Jesus

answered,

very truly

I tell

you,

no one

can enter

the

kingdom

of God

unless

they are

born of

water and

of the

spirit.

flesh

gives

birth

to

flesh

but

the

spirit

gives

birth

to

spirit.

You

should

not

be

surprised

by my

sayings.

You must

be born

again.

So this

is where we

get the

phrase born

again

Christian.

It is

spirit.

It was

the spirit

that died

immediately

with Adam

and Eve.

Their

body lived

on but

the spirit

that fellowship

spirit with

God died

so now

it has

to be

reborn.

John 6

40

For my

father's

will is

that everyone

who looks

to the

son and

believes in

him shall

have eternal

life and

I will

raise him

up at the

last days.

This is

eternal

security.

Everyone

who looks

to the

son and

believes in

him shall

have eternal

life.

So this

is the

hope that

we have.

When we

have hope

in Christ

knowing

that he

took our

sins to

the cross

and we

don't have

to spend

eternity

in hell.

John 10

7 to

10 and

11

Therefore

Jesus said

again very

very truly

I will tell

you I am

the gate

for the

sheep.

All who

have come

before me

are thieves

and robbers

but the

sheep have

not listened

to them.

I am

the gate

whoever

enters through

me will be

saved.

They will

come in

and go

out and

find pasture.

The thief

comes only

to steal

and kill

and to

destroy.

I have

come that

they may

have life

and have

it to

the full.

Jesus

is the

only

gate.

Others

have

came

and have

been

false

gods

and false

deities

but only

God

only Jesus

is the

gate.

John 11

25

Jesus

said to

her

I am

the

resurrection

and the

life.

The one

who believes

in me

will live

even though

they die.

So this

is even

though we

physically

die we

can have

the assurance

that we

don't have

to spiritually

die.

John 14

6 and

7

I am

the way

the truth

and the

life.

No

one

comes

to the

father

except

through

me.

If

you

really

know

me

you

will

know

my

father

as

well.

From

now

on

you

do

know

him

and have

seen

him.

Again

it's a

declaration

I am

the

only