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NASB | John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 1:1 In the beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. [Gen 1:1; Is 9:6] |
Subject: who can explain to me? |
Bible Note: Part 2 of 2 But let‘s look at Revelation 1:12-18 I turned round to see who was speaking to me, and when I turned I saw seven golden lamp-stands [13] and, in the middle of them, one like a Son of man, dressed in a long robe tied at the waist with a belt of gold. [14] His head and his hair were white with the whiteness of wool, like snow, his eyes like a burning flame, [15] his feet like burnished bronze when it has been refined in a furnace, and his voice like the sound of the ocean. [16] In his right hand he was holding seven stars, out of his mouth came a sharp sword, double-edged, and his face was like the sun shining with all its force. [17] When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead, but he laid his right hand on me and said, ‘Do not be afraid; it is I, the First and the Last; I am the Living One, [18] I was dead and look--I am alive for ever and ever, and I hold the keys of death and of Hades. In 1:13 John is describing someone he sees and he uses one of Jesus’ self-proclaimed titles, Son of man, to offer a more complete description--the Father was never identified with this title or the idea of this title. But even if we refused to see that John is speaking of the Son not the Father, verse 1:17 clearly cannot be construed as the speaker being Yahweh, God the Father! So, Jesus, the one that was dead, who is alive for ever, the Living One (see Deuteronomy 5:26; Joshua 3:10; 1 Samuel 17:26, 36; 2 Kings 19:4, 16; Psalms 42:2; 84:2; Isaiah 37:4, 17; Jeremiah 10:10; 23:36; Daniel 6:20 and Hosea 1:10--they all refer to the Living God) is the First and the Last: the Alpha and Omega. Some groups confuse the term Jesus applied to Himself as the First and the Last as meaning that Jesus is the first created--if this were true… then logic dictates that He is also the last created… and if He is the first and last created then we are living quite an error since nothing was created before Him and nothing is created after Him. Hence Creation ceased once Jesus was created! Clearly, the Bible does not teach such nonsense! Jesus is the First and Last: the Alpha and the Omega; not in some misconstrued first created, but as Yahweh’s words through the prophet: Isaiah 43:10-11 …No god was formed before me, nor will be after me. I, I am Yahweh, and there is no other Saviour but me. Since there is only One God, the One Savior, Jesus, our Lord and Savior, can say: “I and the Father are one.” (John 10:30) “Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? What I say to you I do not speak of my own accord: it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his works. You must believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me… (John 14:10-11 ) LIVING IN ME!… Mary, we can go to science and philosophy and we will never discover God! We can only discover God through Faith; we must humble ourselves to the Holy Spirit, begging Him for enlightenment; only He can lead us to the Truth (John 14:16-17; 15:26; 16:13): Jesus is God: Thomas replied, ‘My Lord and my God!’ Jesus said to him: You believe because you can see me. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe. (John 20:28-29) I’ll leave you with this final passage: …The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city; his servants will worship him, (Revelation 22:3) How can we separate God from the Lamb? Why is the God of Israel sharing His glory with Jesus? Whose servants will worship whom? Can our finite understanding define God’s infinite being? God Bless! Angel |