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1 | Who is God Talking to in verse 26? | Genesis | Tess | 140896 | ||
In this passage God is speaking to his son Jesus. The person who became known as Jesus Christ did not begin life here on earth. He himself spoke of his prehuman heavenly life. (Joh 3:13; 6:38, 62; 8:23, 42, 58) John 1:1, 2 gives the heavenly name of the one who became Jesus, saying: “In the beginning the Word [Gr., Lo´gos] was, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god [“was divine,” AT; Mo; or “of divine being,” Böhmer; Stage (both German)]. This one was in the beginning with God.” Since God is eternal and had no beginning (Ps 90:2; Re 15:3), the Word’s being with God from “the beginning” must here refer to the beginning of God's creative works. This is confirmed by other texts identifying Jesus as “the firstborn of all creation,” “the beginning of the creation by God.” (Col 1:15; Re 1:1; 3:14) Thus the Scriptures identify the Word (Jesus in his prehuman existence) as God’s first creation, his firstborn Son. |
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2 | Who is God Talking to in verse 26? | Genesis | BradK | 140902 | ||
Tess, Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God. He is not created and the scriptures do not identify the Word as God's first creation. This is faulty JW theology! The major problem with your erroneous interpretation of John 1:1 as the Word being "a God" is that you're admitting polytheism. The firstborn of all creation- Prototokos- is more a reference to position than chronology! it identifies the RELATION of the Son to creation. In similar vain is John 1:18- "the only Begotten". In considering John 1:18 "the only begotten", John alone uses monogenes to describe the relation of Jesus to God the Father. The word is descriptive of the kind of Sonship Christ possesses and not of the process establishing such a relationship. Jesus has the same nature as the Father. To call Jesus "the only begotten Son" means that he is fully divine and eternal. He is God the Son. Your position is nothing more than Arianism, which was soundly defeated at the Council of Nicea in 325. The Athansian Creed also has a more fully clarified definition of the nature of the Son. He is equal to the Father in His divinity! Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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