Saved by the Battery: Muslims try to avoid Mark 14 🪫 😂

0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Muslim sets a trap and fails
3:15 - Daniel 7 interpretation
6:48 - Muslim makes faulty analogies
11:05 - Saved by the battery

In Mark 14, Jesus explicitly identifies himself with the divine “Son of Man” of Daniel 7—the figure who comes with the clouds of heaven and sits at the right hand of God. These muslims respond by denying that this is a divine claim, arguing instead that God merely granted Jesus agency, just as He worked miracles through prophets like Elijah or Moses. They cite passages such as 1 Kings 17 and Exodus 7 to show that divine action mediated through a human agent does not imply divinity.

But why does this comparison fail? Well, the prophets never claimed the identity of the one performing the divine acts. In each case, Scripture carefully distinguishes between God as the acting subject and the prophet as His instrument.

For example, Elijah announces the drought in 1 Kings 17:1, but the very next chapter clarifies the source of the power:

“Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the earth” (1 Kings 18:1).

Likewise, in Exodus 7:17, the Lord explicitly says,

“By this you shall know that I am the Lord… I will strike the water in the Nile.”

In both cases, the prophets act as spokesmen or instruments; they never identify themselves as the divine agent.

Jesus’ claim in Mark 14 is fundamentally different. When asked directly whether he is the Christ, he answers:

“I am, and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven” (Mark 14:61–62).

Here, Jesus does not say that God will act through him. He personally claims the identity of the Daniel 7 figure—the one who rides the clouds and shares God’s throne. In Jewish theology, cloud-riding and enthronement at God’s right hand are uniquely divine prerogatives, not delegated prophetic functions.

The reaction of the high priest confirms how this claim was understood:

“You have heard his blasphemy” (Mark 14:63–64).

Thus, the issue is not whether God can act through human agents—everyone agrees He can. The issue is that Jesus claims for himself the divine identity and authority that the prophets consistently attributed to God alone.