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NASB | Revelation 14:9 ¶ Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 14:9 ¶ Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, "Whoever worships the beast and his image and receives the mark [of the beast] on his forehead or on his hand, |
Bible Question: I thought I sent this question before but I must have not because someone usually answers my questions. My husband is a believe of the Jovaho witnesses and he is trying to confuse my children. My questions when Jesus return as it says in John that the unbeliever will be throw in the lake of fire and will be tormented day and night will they be tormented or that is just a better way of saying you will burn and that is the end or will they acually be burning thru eternally. I just can't believe that someone will burn forever. Is that a saying symbolic? my next question is about the trinity the bible says that if you seen the father you seen me I am in the father and the father is in me does that mean we are speaking of 2 Jesus Christ and the one who sent him as 2 people or are they one? |
Bible Answer: Hi Towanda, Here is some information on the triune nature of God. I hope you find this useful. - Mark Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning, Elohim. . .” Elohim is the plural form for “God”, which is a very strange way to speak of Him. In Deuteronomy 6:4 we read “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD.” In Hebrew, this is “YHWH Elohim, YHWH echad” – echad means to be unified. First used in Genesis 1:4 “and there was evening, and there was morning, one day” – a day made of two parts that were unified. Echad is used of one object or person, but is also used of compound unities, such as the first day. Echad is used of the married couple “the two shall become one (echad) flesh” “YHWH Elohim (Plural God) YHWH unified” This leads us to the doctrine called The Trinity, or Triune God. God identifies Himself as YHWH, but also is called the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Each of these are separate and distinct persons, each are God, and yet we know the “LORD is One.” Perhaps the clearest picture of our Triune God is at the baptism of Jesus. Matthew 3:16 “And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” 2 Samuel 23:2 The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel (God with us). Matthew 10:20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. The Father, The Son, The Holy Spirit Each are called God: Jude 1:1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Acts 5:3-4 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God. Each acts in the same capacities as God: Creating: Malachi 2:10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? Colossians 1:16 (of Jesus) For by him were all things created, Job 33:4 The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. Psalm 148:5 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created. John 1:3 (of Jesus) All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. Gives to us eternal life: Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. John 10:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. Galatians 6:8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. Raised Jesus from the dead: 1 Corinthians 6:14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power. John 2:19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. 1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive by the Spirit: Everywhere at once (omnipresent): Jereriah 23:24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD. Ephesians 1:23 (of Jesus) Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. Psalm 139:7-8 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. Saves us: 2 Thessalonians 2:13 God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: Titus 3:5-6 according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; 1 Peter 1:2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. So we find in the scripture that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are each individuals, each are God, and that there is only One God. There are many ways people use to try to describe or understand this doctrine (teaching) of the Trinity, all fall short. |