Subject: Is the first resurrection, the rapture? |
Bible Note: Steve, Why do I believe that the Word was "a god" and not God? Because, there is only one "Almighty GOD" Jehovah, and one "Son of GOD", Jesus Christ. According to the New English Translation: And the Word was God. John's thrology consistently drives toward the conclusion that Jesus, the incarnate Word, is just as much God as God the Father. This can be seen, for example, in John's use of the verb "worship" (proskunevw, praskunew) with Jesus as object in John 9:38, a word that elsewhere in John (4:21, 23,24) has only God the Father as its object. The construction in John 1:1c does not equate the Word with the person of God; rather it equates the essence of the Word with that of GOD. The Word was "a god". Or "divine," (theos en ho logos). As a divine being Jesus is not only Jehovah's companion but he is also his "master worker" a statement found in Proverbs 8:30. The first two clauses of John 1:1 state Jesus' relation to GOD, but part c states his position. Evidence that John wants to distance the Word with any identification with God is evidenced not only in the omission of the article in John 1:1c, but also the following verse. Jesus was "a god," but not the Almighty Heavenly GOD, Jehovah. |