Jesus Christ is God in the flesh.

Rebuttal 1: In order to argue the divinity of Jesus, the bible is simply the context of the debate. You must simply accept that the bible is a valid tool to prove this truth. the fruition of prophecy in todays world simply solidifies the faith of man. Jesus claims to be God Jesus claimed to be God several times in the new testament and correlated this truth with scripture from the old testament, namely the burning bush and God's interaction with Moses. When Moses asked God who he should say sent him in exodus 3:13 he said: 13 Moses said to God, "Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' Then what shall I tell them?" 14 God said to Moses, "I am who I am . [b] This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.' " Now in the new testament Jesus, when debating with the Pharisees about his divinity he says in John 8:58 58"I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!" 59At this, they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple grounds See, here Jesus is telling them that he is God by claiming to be "I Am". the very fact that the pharisees were trying to kill Jesus proves that they wanted him dead for blasphemy in other words for claiming to be God. Rebuttal 2 Jesus displayed omnisience sharing this same attriubute with God. When Jesus met Nathaniel in John 1:47 he displays his all knowing power by being able to see and hear his prayers when he was under the fig tree. 47When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, "Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is nothing false." 48"How do you know me?" Nathanael asked. Jesus answered, "I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you." Rebuttal 3 Absolutely the only way to pay for the sin of all mankind is to offer up a sacrifice worthy of God. God is all there is in the most literal sense of the word. He can do whatever he wants to do he is God. If He wants to lay down his life just to take it up again then he can do so. Which is exactly what he did in this instance. Rebuttal 4 Jesus accepted worship from man. Now with your knowledge of old testament Torah and traditions of the Jewish people you of all people would know that only God himself is worthy to receive worship. even the ten commandments states that you have no other Gods before me. Meaning you shall not worship any other Gods but the great I AM! If Jesus wasn't God in the flesh than anyone who worships him would be cursed by the law of Moses. However, he did receive worship when doubting Thomas refused to believe that Christ had risen unless he saw the scars on Jesus wrists and side. John 20:25 25But he said to them, "Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it." 26A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!" 27Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe." 28Thomas said to him, "My Lord and my God!" The key here is that Thomas proclaimed my Lord and my God. And he gave him worship. why did he break the law of Moses and worship Jesus instead of God. He didn't Jesus is God. Rebuttal 5 Jesus was given the name immanuel which literally means God with us, Look at Matthew 1: 22 22All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23"The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"[d]—which means, "God with us." Again Jesus is literally God in the flesh the God Man Think about it How about Isaiah 53 just for prophecy sake. Since you seem to question the validity of the bible as the context for a debate about the divinity of Christ but at least admit that there is evidence that he walked the earth, this passage predicts Christs crucifixion 700 years before it happened. Please let me know if you want to debate this further Case closed