Yes I'm familiar with the NET Bible and its extensive notes.
Question #1: Here's how the first three verses of the Bible is rendered in the New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition published in 2019:
That reading makes it clear that God fashioned the universe from the preexisting chaos...
I'm not interested in reading an entire thread before I post my thoughts.
1) Not exactly. God (actually Jesus) had to create the heavens and the earth from something, but I don't know what that "something" is.
2) No
3) No
If you're very interested in this I suggest reading the following (NET...
Brian2, you specialise in deception… so, jimb, please be careful who you raise a cup of glory to!
You say that Jesus is NOW ruling over THE CREATION OF GOD…. FOR A PERIOD OF TIME (1000 years) AFTER WHICH jesus HANDS BACK the rulership TO GOD.
Brian2, how many questionable fallacies have been...
John1:3, Heb 1:1-2.
You keep ignoring these scriptures which show what I said to be scripturally true.
You just did it again, you claimed that the Trinity claims that Jesus is the Father.
"I and the Father are one (one thing)" -----You ignore the meaning of that, which is that the TWO of...
He was the Logos (John 1) but you are wrong when you say "before he came to be" because John1:3 tells us that the Logos has always been and Heb 1:2 tells us that the Logos was the Son of God.
We are told that the Logos was what God was (John 1:1,2) and so the Logos was alive. He was the living...
One definition of "nature" I found is "the basic or inherent features, character, or qualities of something."
So apply this to God.
It is the Bible that tells us about Jesus being the same, yesterday, today and forever.
This means, for both of us, that all those things that you listed as what...
You can’t really answer the questions, can you?
God CANNOT BECOME… God is PERFECTION… Perfection cannot become anything else.
If God can become mortal then all is madness. This is why Scriptures says that we must not grieve the Spirit of Truth. If truth is grieved then all is madness, all is...
Ah, you are Pagan… So now understand why you fail to understand the scriptures… You believe like the Greeks….
I do feel sorry for you if you continue this way. I keep trying to warn you - I DO warn you, but you persist with wrongful belief… why? Why, when you must know you are in deceit each...
Hebrews 1:1 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.
Soooooo, the Logos of John 1:1 who was with God in the...
The invention of written language, based on archeological evidence, appears in the time frame associated with Genesis; 5-6K years ago. My theory is written language is what allowed the human mind, to alter the natural human mind, to create the modern human mind. The Word "God" in some form, may...
Jesus was not created (see John1:3) so any quotes you give which you claim to show that He was created are misinterpretations or lies by your teachers. eg. "firstborn" does not always mean "first one born". (see Psalm 89:27. A firstborn is not appointed.)
You believe that God is ‘Father, Son, and ‘Spirit of God’, yes? Or else define ‘God’ in reference to the three!!
What does it mean to be ‘Son’ of God… in your opinion?
What does it mean to be ‘Spirit’ of God… in your opinion?
What does it mean to be ‘Father’ of God… in your opinion?
You're right about John1:3. I was talking about John 1:1 and made a mistake. :-) There are other translations.
1808: "and the Word was a god" – Thomas Belsham The New Testament, in an Improved Version, Upon the Basis of Archbishop Newcome's New Translation: With a Corrected Text, London...
I agree with you saying Jesus is God's son.
Jesus is called God's son before birth, as a young child, at his baptism, at the transfiguration and again at his resurrection.
- He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. --before born a Human.
- “Out of Egypt I called my son.”...