Bible Question:
Good morning Tara1! Your post of 12/24/03 states "Jesus is not Jehovah, never was never will be. He is Jehovah's Son, Second in all the universe." Does this mean that Jesus is "a god"? If so, is Jesus a true god or a false god? If He is a true god, then we have TWO true God's, which is contrary to Scripture. Jeremiah 10:10a says "But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: . . ." Remember, there are many things and persons in the world that are "called" gods, but there is only One True God. If Jesus isn't a true god, the only alternative is He is a false god. But this "logical deduction" presents lots of other problems. 1) Heb. 1:6 says: "And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says, 'Let all God's angels worship him.'" Would Jehovah tell His angels to worship a false god? 2) Heb. 1:13: "But to which of the angels said He at any time, 'Sit on My right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?'" Would Jehovah have a false god sitting next to Him in His Glory? Deut. 32:39 makes it very clear that there is no "god" with Jehovah: "See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand." 3) Isaiah 11:10 says: "And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse, Who shall stand as a banner to the people; For the Gentiles shall seek Him, And His resting place shall be glorious." NKJV Would you agree that the Root of Jesse is Jesus? If so, then Jesus is the One to whom the Gentiles will seek. Will Jehovah approve of the nations seeking after a false god? If Jesus is NOT the Root of Jesse, then who is? 4) Jesus said in John 6:45: "It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me." KJV Would Jehovah have "every man that has heard and has learned" of Him (the Father)come to a false god? 5) Gen. 19:24? "Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;" Two Jehovahs? How can this be? Just an observation, but there appears, to me, to be a real dilemna with the theology of your statements. Kindest regards, Mrs. B |
Bible Answer: Hi Mrs B, I see no dilemna with my theology of the Bible. 2 Tim 3:16. I will answer each and every one of your questions, Biblically, if you first please explain how your theology can agree with the following: *If Jesus is God and he is at the right hand of God, is he by himself? (Acts 7:55, Ro 8:34, Eph 1:20) *If Jesus is God when he said, “I am ascending to my God and your God” did he ascend to himself? (John 20:17) *If Jesus is the God of the headship principle how can he be head over himself? (1 Cor 11:3) *If Jesus is God to whom does he turn over the kingdom at the end of the thousand years? (1 Cor 15:24) *If Jesus is God to whom did he pray? (John 17:1) *If Jesus is God why did he tell the people in the temple you know me and you know where I am from, but you do not know the one who sent me? (John 7:28,29) *If Jesus is God why did the high priest call him the Son of God? (Matt 26:63) *If Jesus is God why did unclean spirits prostrate themselves before him and call him the Son of God? (Mark 3:11) *If Jesus is God why would the Almighty God himself call Jesus his Son? After all he would know his own son. (Matthew 3:16,17) *If no man has seen God why did people see Jesus when he walked the earth? (John 1:18) *If Jesus is God why did he call himself God’s Son? (John 10:36) *If Jesus is God why did he say, “my father is greater than I?” (John 14:28) *If Jesus is God why did he die? (Jeremiah 10:10, Psalm 90:2) *Who resurrected Jesus? Did he resurrect himself? *If Jesus is God who was in charge the three days and three nights he was dead in the grave? (Matthew 16:21) *If Jesus is God who gave him the Book of Revelation which he shared with John? (Rev 1:1) *If Jesus is God who said “You are my Son, I, today, have become your father”? (Heb 1:5) *If Jesus is God and also the mediator between God and man, does he mediate with himself? (1 Timothy 2:5) *Why did the Devil offer all the kingdoms of the world to Jesus? If he was God he could just take them anytime he wanted. (Matthew 4:8,9) *If Jesus is God why did the centurion assigned to guard him say, “Truly this was the Son of God”? (Matthew 27:54) *If Jesus is God why did the two robbers on the torture stake next to him refer to him as the Son of God? (Matthew 27:40) *Why did the angel tell Mary Jesus would be called God’s Son and the Son of the Most High? (Luke 1:32,35) *Why did the Apostle John testify in the Gospel of John, “this is the Son of God”? (John 1:34 and John 20:31) *If he is God why did Nathanael call Jesus, “Son of God, king of Israel”? (John 1:49) *When Jesus resurrected Lazarus, Martha called him the Christ the Son of God at John 11:27. Martha knew! *Even the Jews knew his claim to be the Son of God and said, “He ought to die because he made himself out to be the Son of God.” (John 19:7) *After meeting Jesus, with the vision fresh in his mind, the newly converted Paul, “began to preach Jesus, that this one is the Son of God.” The vision was fresh in his mind. Jesus has revealed his true personality to Paul. (Acts 9:20) *Revelation Chapter 3 is the “My God and Father” chapter. Five times Jesus refers to Jehovah the almighty God as “my God” and twice as “my Father.” The resurrected, in heaven, Jesus Christ says he is not God! *If Jesus is God his ransom sacrifice would be unequal to Adam, because Gods’ perfection is greater than Adams’. Sincerly Tara1 |