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Col. 2:9; "Trinity" (rs p. 405-p. 426; Watchtower Online Library)
Col. 2:9 "Divine" (Insight-1 pp. 638-639; Watchtower Online Library)
Does Col. 2:9 prove that Jesus is God? (Search For Bible Truths)
"Fulness of Deity" - Col. 2:9 (Examining the Trinity)
"Theotes simply does not literally mean "godhead," and the use of "godhead" by the KJV translators was not intended as some would understand it today..." (Jehovah's Witnesses Questions and Answers)
"The Fullness of the Divine Quality" in Colossians 2:9 (Bible Translation and Study)
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Monday, September 6, 2010
'Dual Nature' of Christ
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Does the Bible Support the Doctrine of the Double Nature of Christ? (SFBT)
Dual Nature of Christ? (JWQ&A)
Because God does not die according to Habakkuk 1:12, it would be absurd for Jesus to be God and man at the same time. (JWQ&A)
If Jesus is God and resurrected himself, wouldn't that mean that Jesus was never really dead in the first place and therefore his sacrificial death never really happened? Even if it did, would God's death really be "a corresponding ransom"? (SFBT)
Does the Bible Support the Doctrine of the Double Nature of Christ? (SFBT)
Dual Nature of Christ? (JWQ&A)
Because God does not die according to Habakkuk 1:12, it would be absurd for Jesus to be God and man at the same time. (JWQ&A)
If Jesus is God and resurrected himself, wouldn't that mean that Jesus was never really dead in the first place and therefore his sacrificial death never really happened? Even if it did, would God's death really be "a corresponding ransom"? (SFBT)
Beginning - Links to Information
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"Was" and "Beginning" in John 1:1 (Examining the Trinity)
VIDEO - "The Beginning of God's Creation" (A grammatical and historical consideration of Revelation 3:14.) (Search For Bible Truths; Video from Scriptural Truths)
NWT - Rev. 3:14 (Defending the NWT)
BWF - 'Beginning,' 'Wisdom,' and 'Firstborn' (Examining the Trinity)
"Was" and "Beginning" in John 1:1 (Examining the Trinity)
VIDEO - "The Beginning of God's Creation" (A grammatical and historical consideration of Revelation 3:14.) (Search For Bible Truths; Video from Scriptural Truths)
NWT - Rev. 3:14 (Defending the NWT)
BWF - 'Beginning,' 'Wisdom,' and 'Firstborn' (Examining the Trinity)
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Alpha and Omega
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ALPHA AND OMEGA - SPEAKER CONFUSION TRICK (Examining the Trinity)
"Elijah's" response to Answerbag question concerning Alpha and Omega (AB)
Is Jesus the "Alpha and the Omega" (Rev. 1:8)? (jwitness forum)
ALPHA AND OMEGA - SPEAKER CONFUSION TRICK (Examining the Trinity)
"Elijah's" response to Answerbag question concerning Alpha and Omega (AB)
Is Jesus the "Alpha and the Omega" (Rev. 1:8)? (jwitness forum)
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Wisdom (Prov. 8:22-31)
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Does "Wisdom" at Prov. 8:22-30 refer to the Messiah, and does it say that he was created? (SFBT)
Is Proverbs 8:22-31 talking about Wisdom personified instead of Jesus? Why is Wisdom referred to in the feminine gender? (SFBT)
Scores of trinitarian bibles have decided to render the word 'qanah' as "create". (JWQ&A)
Prov. 8:22-30 "Wisdom" and Christ (Examining the Trinity)
Does "Wisdom" at Prov. 8:22-30 refer to the Messiah, and does it say that he was created? (SFBT)
Is Proverbs 8:22-31 talking about Wisdom personified instead of Jesus? Why is Wisdom referred to in the feminine gender? (SFBT)
Scores of trinitarian bibles have decided to render the word 'qanah' as "create". (JWQ&A)
Prov. 8:22-30 "Wisdom" and Christ (Examining the Trinity)
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Are Jehovah's Witnesses the first to reason that Jesus is Michael the Archangel?
It is likely that most reject this reasoning due to a theological bias. But, as can be seen below, Jehovah's Witnesses weren't the first to reason that Jesus is Michael the Archangel:
"In a number of passages we read of an angel who is superior to the six angels of God's inner council, and who is regularly described as "most venerable", "holy", and "glorious". This angel is given the name of Michael, and the conclusion is difficult to escape that Hermas saw in him the Son of God and equated him with the archangel Michael. Both, for example, are invested with supreme power over the people of God; both pronounce judgment on the faithful; and both hand sinners over to the angel of repentance to reform them. ... The evidence to be collected from the Apostolic Fathers is meagre, and tantalizingly inconclusive. There is evidence also, as we observed in the preceding paragraph, of attempts to interpret Christ as a sort of supreme angel; here the influence of Jewish angelology is discernible." - Early Christian Doctrines, by JND Kelly, pp 94, 95)
In The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, John A. Lees says:
"The earlier Protestant scholars usually identified Michael with the preincarnate Christ, finding support for their view, not only in the juxtaposition of the "child" and the archangel in Rev 12, but also in the attributes ascribed to him in Dnl (for a full discussion see Hengstenberg, Offenbarung, I, 611-22, and an interesting survey in English by Dr. Douglas in Fairbairn's B{ible} D{ictionary}." (1930, Vol. III), p. 2048 (and in Vol. IV, pp. 238-241 of Zondervan Publishing's 1957 reprint.)
"ARCHANGEL. This word is only twice used in the Bible, 1 Thess. 4:16; Jude 9. In the last passage it is applied to Michael, who, in Dan. 10:13,21; 12:1, is described as having a special charge of the Jewish Nation, and in Rev. 12:7-9 as the leader of an angelic army. So exalted are the position and offices ascribed to Michael, that many think the Messiah is meant." - International Bible Dictionary, published by Logos International, Plainfield, New Jersey, p. 35.
Protestant Reformer John Calvin said regarding "Michael" in its occurrence at Daniel 12:1:
"I embrace the opinion of those who refer this to the person of Christ, because it suits the subject best to represent him as standing forward for the defense of his elect people." - J. Calvin, Commentaries On The Book Of The Prophet Daniel, trans. T. Myers (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1979), vol. 2 p. 369.
John Wesley's Note on the Whole Bible:
Daniel Chapter 10
13. Withstood me; God suffered the wicked counsels of Cambyses to take place awhile; but Daniel by his prayers, and the angel by his power, overcame him at last: and this very thing laid a foundation of the ruin of the Persian monarchies. Michael; Michael here is commonly supposed to mean Christ. I remained; To counter-work their designs against the people of God
21. Michael; Christ alone is the protector of his church, when all the princes of the earth desert or oppose it.
C. H. Spurgeon from "Mornings and Evenings":
"To whom do we owe all this? Let the Lord Jesus Christ be for ever endeared to us, for through Him we are made to sit in heavenly places far above principalities and powers. He it is whose camp is round about them that fear Him; He is the true Michael whose foot is upon the dragon. All hail, Jesus! thou Angel of Jehovah's presence, to Thee this family offers its morning vows."
For much more, see the category:
Archangel
"In a number of passages we read of an angel who is superior to the six angels of God's inner council, and who is regularly described as "most venerable", "holy", and "glorious". This angel is given the name of Michael, and the conclusion is difficult to escape that Hermas saw in him the Son of God and equated him with the archangel Michael. Both, for example, are invested with supreme power over the people of God; both pronounce judgment on the faithful; and both hand sinners over to the angel of repentance to reform them. ... The evidence to be collected from the Apostolic Fathers is meagre, and tantalizingly inconclusive. There is evidence also, as we observed in the preceding paragraph, of attempts to interpret Christ as a sort of supreme angel; here the influence of Jewish angelology is discernible." - Early Christian Doctrines, by JND Kelly, pp 94, 95)
In The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, John A. Lees says:
"The earlier Protestant scholars usually identified Michael with the preincarnate Christ, finding support for their view, not only in the juxtaposition of the "child" and the archangel in Rev 12, but also in the attributes ascribed to him in Dnl (for a full discussion see Hengstenberg, Offenbarung, I, 611-22, and an interesting survey in English by Dr. Douglas in Fairbairn's B{ible} D{ictionary}." (1930, Vol. III), p. 2048 (and in Vol. IV, pp. 238-241 of Zondervan Publishing's 1957 reprint.)
"ARCHANGEL. This word is only twice used in the Bible, 1 Thess. 4:16; Jude 9. In the last passage it is applied to Michael, who, in Dan. 10:13,21; 12:1, is described as having a special charge of the Jewish Nation, and in Rev. 12:7-9 as the leader of an angelic army. So exalted are the position and offices ascribed to Michael, that many think the Messiah is meant." - International Bible Dictionary, published by Logos International, Plainfield, New Jersey, p. 35.
Protestant Reformer John Calvin said regarding "Michael" in its occurrence at Daniel 12:1:
"I embrace the opinion of those who refer this to the person of Christ, because it suits the subject best to represent him as standing forward for the defense of his elect people." - J. Calvin, Commentaries On The Book Of The Prophet Daniel, trans. T. Myers (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1979), vol. 2 p. 369.
John Wesley's Note on the Whole Bible:
Daniel Chapter 10
13. Withstood me; God suffered the wicked counsels of Cambyses to take place awhile; but Daniel by his prayers, and the angel by his power, overcame him at last: and this very thing laid a foundation of the ruin of the Persian monarchies. Michael; Michael here is commonly supposed to mean Christ. I remained; To counter-work their designs against the people of God
21. Michael; Christ alone is the protector of his church, when all the princes of the earth desert or oppose it.
C. H. Spurgeon from "Mornings and Evenings":
"To whom do we owe all this? Let the Lord Jesus Christ be for ever endeared to us, for through Him we are made to sit in heavenly places far above principalities and powers. He it is whose camp is round about them that fear Him; He is the true Michael whose foot is upon the dragon. All hail, Jesus! thou Angel of Jehovah's presence, to Thee this family offers its morning vows."
For much more, see the category:
Archangel
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
VIDEO - "The Beginning of God's Creation" (A grammatical and historical consideration of Revelation 3:14.)
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