Judgment - by bionic mosquito - A Christian Hall

 The mutual love that binds the Father and the Son is manifested in the oneness of their will and their actions.

Jesus Christ - His Life and Teaching, Vol. 5: The Lamb of God, by Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev

Having healed a man on the Sabbath, the Jews sought to kill Jesus. Facing this risk, Jesus doubled-down:

John 5: 17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”

He didn’t say that the Father worked and Jesus served; He worked, just as the Father worked.

18 Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.

Whatever the Father does, the Son does in a like manner. In judgment, Jesus claims they have equal authority, and the Son should be honored just as the Father is honored:

21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will. 22 For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son, 23 that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

For the Son to have life in Himself, He must be God, because only God has life in Himself; only God is “I AM,” a being not dependent on another:

26 For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself,

And all judgment in placed in the hands of the Son:

27 and has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man.

We see here a very judicial point: the Son is the judge, one put in place to determine guilt or innocence. I understand that the Eastern Church prefers to focus on the healing found in salvation (the hospital), but the Western emphasis on the forensic aspect (the courtroom) cannot be ignored. Certainly, Jesus does not ignore it – and we see that both aspects are true and necessary for salvation.

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There are many examples in the Old Testament where the interchange between God and His people is presented as a trial. Jesus continues in this way, where His conversations with the Jews are a continuation of the litigation God pursued with His people.

Conclusion

Jesus, like Moses, stands as accuser. Yet Jesus, like Moses, also stands as mediator:

…Jesus…tirelessly presents them with the message of salvation. For, ultimately, He came not to condemn them, but to save.