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Subject: Christologically Pregnant Passages |
Bible Note: Tim, I’ve followed your exchange with Makarios. Great stuff. As you likely know, the JW bible emends Acts 20:28 to read “…which he purchased with the blood of his own son,” implying that the son’s blood is distinct, because this son, saith the Watchtower, is in truth the archangel Michael, a created being. Here’s a neat progression leading to Christ as God: Who has performed and done this, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he. (Isa 41:4 ESV) Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: "I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god. (Isa 44:6 ESV, which refutes the “…was a god” mangling of John 1.1 in the JW bible) Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: "I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god. (Isa 44:6 ESV) "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." (Rev 1:8 ESV) And he said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. (Rev 21:6 ESV) "And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: 'The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life. (Rev 2:8 ESV) If you follow “ the first and the last” through scripture until Rev 2.8, you come to the truth of Christ. Colin |