Hastings. Since you don’t believe that Jesus is divine what about him do you trust that makes him your lord? If he isn’t divine how is he your savior?
I am not thinking your question actually states my position. I do believe he was divine in that the creator God sent him and gave him supernatural powers to perform miracles for the purpose of impressing mankind that he was truly sent by God on a mission to bring the truth the light and the way.
I just can't see that He explicitly claimed any more than that. I'm not sure how a Hebrew prophet, Rabbi, and Savior became a Christian God.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't believe the covenant with the Hebrew people has been annulled. We are invited in to the covenant. We didn't win it at a Jewish bankruptcy sale.
Patriotism (and religion) is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
