Subject: John 1:1---"a god"? !?!? |
Bible Note: 'If you want to try and make Jesus Almighty God, go ahead. He's not, he is God's "only-begotten son", "first born of all creation".' He is that and more: "God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power." --Hebrews 1:1-3a 'But of the Son He says, "YOUR THRONE, O GOD, IS FOREVER AND EVER, AND THE RIGHTEOUS SCEPTER IS THE SCEPTER OF HIS KINGDOM.' --Hebrews 1:8 "Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to every man according to what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates into the city. Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the immoral persons and the murderers and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying. I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star." --Revelation 22:12-16 Jesus is the Alpha and Omega? Who is "the Alpha and Omega" in Rev. 1:8 and 21:6? And if the NWT is so dedicated to accurate Bible translation, where does the word "other" come from in its rendition of Colossians 1:16-17? It is used four times there, but has no business being there at all, Greekly speaking. Same thing with John 1:3. Take your eraser to them and what do you get? The deity of Christ. Really, now, who is playing fast and loose with the translations? "That's what the Bible tells us and if you want to try make it mean otherwise, and what others have told you go right ahead but that doesn't make it true. As far as John 1:1 is concerned, again the translators such as the NIV and NASB and King James have tried to make the trinity appear as true. I have studied what Greek scholars say defending their translations for and against. Both translations are proved by these scholars as acceptable Greek grammar." And the anti-Trinitarian arguments do not make sense in the context of John's prologue. In verse 1:3, John makes it clear that NOTHING was made without Jesus' participation. If Jesus was made, then he is self-created (a logical impossibility) or else he is eternally pre-existent like Jehovah the Father. --Joe! |