Subject: Is Jesus YHWH? |
Bible Note: Tara1, hi! Please do not discard this post before reading it in its entirety! (Part 1 or 3) You seem as confused as the JW--you (unless otherwise stated, for the purpose of simplification “you“ is inclusive of Tara1 and JW) want to give God a rank. Where do you position I am? (Exodus 3:14: God said to Moses, ‘I am he who is.’ And he said, ‘This is what you are to say to the Israelites. “I am has sent me to you.”) Is it first, which implies that there’s at least a second? Is it last, which implies inferiority? You attest that “His Son is Jesus Christ, second in all the universe.“ ”Second,” this implies that He is not as able, as powerful, as divine, as perfect as the “first.” In essence what you are saying is that “I am” of Ex 3:14 and Is 43:11 is first and that “I am” of Jn 8:58 and 8:24 (8:58--Jesus replied: In all truth I tell you, before Abraham ever was, I am. 8:24--I have told you already: You will die in your sins. Yes, if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.) is second, an inferior counterpart. And, if that is what you are saying, can I conclude that you believe that God is both perfect and imperfect? For some reason that confounds me, you seek to define God not in His infinite faculty but in our finite human capacity. If you believe that the Bible is God’s Word (not Jesus as the Word), then why do you not believe God? Why do you seek to invent meanings and interpretations that can only lead you to perdition? (John 8:24) From the very first book of the Bible to the last, God has revealed Himself to the people of Israel, and to the world in general, in various forms and functions. What reasons does God have to communicate and interact with humanity in such composite manner? I do not know--it is a mystery of faith (believing in that which is not known: Heb 11:1). What I do know is that God is: One; Eternal; Omniscient; Omnipotent; Transcendent; Perennial; Life; Light; Spirit; Perfection; Truth; Love; Patience… |