OOOH OOOH THAT SMELL!!!So if I don't follow a book I'll have no eternal life. Is that your final answer?nonsense. The trinity is polytheistic by definition and claiming that Jesus was God is not a literary device. it is blasphemy.
There never was and never will be a human being that was God or became God.
There is only one God with two witnesses. Two 'others' calling out to each other across the river of time. One God two olive trees, one God two candlesticks, one God two lamp stands, one God two trees of life in the middle of paradise, one God two staves to lead the flock.
And if Jesus is to be believed there is only one messiah, which means the two witnesses represents the same being appearing twice. "And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. Then there will be one flock, one shepherd."
One God, one messiah.
First I will send for many fishermen, says the Lord, and they shall fish for them. After that I will call for many hunters and they shall hunt them out from every mountain and hill and from the crevices in the rocks. For my eyes are on all their ways, they are not hidden from my sight, nor is their wrongdoing concealed from me."
Jeremiah 16:16
So write your own Bible and see how many buy it.
Citing verses out of context isn't impressive, either. It merely means you have no point.
As for the term 'Messiah', the term is used to describe Cyrus in the OT, so it isn't an exclusive term for just one, either. You don't like the complexity of the writings and want a simpleton's screed, just memorize the sermon on the Mount and leave the higher levels to the adults to discuss or chat with Rosie; she needs the attention.
When Moses said that God would send another, like him, who spoke with God "face to face" and would put his words into that prophets mouth to convey "all of his commands", he was not speaking about just any messiah, just one. (Deut. 18:18)
Jesus never claimed to be God, he claimed to be this particular messiah, a Jewish man, the Son of God being a relational metaphor, and proved it by revealing the hidden teaching of the law, something that no other man could possibly do unless it had been first revealed to him by God, "face to face".
Once the truth is brought to light there is no longer any need for some other messiah. The way to eternal life has already been made clear.
Either you do it or you don't.
lol... If you don't read the book and follow the instructions you will never know what happens if you do..
Just like if you don't wash your funky self you will never smell very good. ITS A LAW.. lol
Can't you smell that smell?
So anyone who doesn't read The Book and follow its instructions won't have eternal life?
Reading the book isn't enough.. It takes an additional effort to understand it.
But if you didn't read the book or understand it at all you wouldn't even know what eternal life is, and if you didn't know what eternal life is how would you know if you had it or not?