Originally posted by divegeester
And the rest of ex scriptures I cited...?
Deal with the rest of scriptures I cited.
One step at a time.
The whole of the OT was re-interpreted and redacted by Christians to be one long drawn out prediction leading up to the coming of the Messiah. The Jews, whose Book that is, don't see it that way. So I don't see that your OT references support the claim that Jesus and God are identical, and I'm not alone in that. Jews and Muslims also regard Jesus as a prophet, but not God.
Incidentally, a pagan once asked one of the ancient oracles the question "Is Jesus God?" He got an astounding answer. The answer he got was clear and simple (astounding, because pagan oracles were famous for answering in riddles). The answer he got was: "Jesus is a man of great piety, but those who worship him as God are making a grave error." [This is recounted by Robin Lane Fox in his history, "Pagans & Christians in an Age of Uncertainty."]
Four world religions (paganism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) agree that Jesus existed and was a prophet; three of them say he was a man and not God. So it's 3 to 1 against that the Christians got it right. Give me three good reasons why I should believe the religion in the middle when two older ones and one newer one are unified in their claim?
If your answer is "Scripture says so" then I see no reason to accept that as the final word. Islam accepts the Bible, too, and says there was an epilogue. So, either the OT was complete as it was in the Jewish tradition;
or the OT got revised, once in the NT and
again in the Koran. Either way, the religion in the middle looks untenable.