First of all way before the old testament scriptures were written in Greek, The old testament scriptures were written in Hebrew by the scribes of Israel.
True. Since the Jews spoke Hebrew, why would their scriptures be written in any other language? In their own land, they did not fraternize with Gentiles, but kept themselves separated. God's law forbade marriage and interfaith with pagans. Only after the diaspora did Jews become dispersed into other nations and many lost their native language as a result. This was the reason why the holy spirit empowered the disciples to speak in foreign languages, so that Jews coming to Jerusalem for their festivals could hear the good news preached in their own language.
And then after the death of Jesus Christ on the cross, Then the new testament and the old testament scriptures were starting to be written in Greek.
The Christian Greek scriptures were written about Jesus. Koine Greek was the common language of the day, but many Jews still spoke Hebrew. The scriptures read in the synagogues were probably written in Hebrew, but it was in Alexandria that the Greek
Septuagint, the first translation of the Hebrew Scriptures, was made. It was produced by Alexandrian Jews, evidently beginning during the reign of Ptolemy (II) Philadelphus (285-246 B.C.E.) so the Hebrew Scriptures were already translated into Greek well before Jesus arrived on the earthly scene.
What makes you think, those Translators have alot to answer for, some words got lost in Translation, but we to day have the necessary tools to translate words, Unto which those who Translated Hebrew and Greek language into English, did Not have the necessary tools that we have to day.
The words may change as language inevitably does, but the KJV was one of the most biased translations towards the trinity.
e.g. John 1:18 KJV
"No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him."
The ASV also renders that verse the same way....
"No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him."
But in the Greek it says.....
18 θεὸν
God οὐδεὶς
no one ἑώρακεν
has seen πώποτε·
at any time; μονογενὴς
only-begotten θεὸς
god ὁ
the (one) ὢν
being εἰς
into τὸν
the κόλπον
bosom τοῦ
of the πατρὸς
Father ἐκεῖνος
that (one) ἐξηγήσατο
explained.
The correct rendering is
"only begotten god" not "only begotten Son" in that verse. Think about what the translators did by mistranslating that verse, especially in view of John 1:1. If they rendered the correct word "god" in verse 1, then it should also have been rendered "god" in verse 18. If you switch the order and translate verse 1 as "the Word was the Son" then there is no trinity. Conversely, if you understand the meaning of the word "god" in Greek, it refers to a divine mighty one, not specifically the one God of Israel. Since
"the only true God" (John 17:3) cannot be "
begotten", it left the translators in a quandary.....so they took liberties with the rendering to support their trinity even if it meant altering the words.
It also says clearly that
"no man has seen God at any time"....yet thousands of people saw Jesus.
For someone who purports to know scripture, you demonstrate that your knowledge is very selective.
We have to day, The Strong's Concordance to Translate the Hebrew and Greek language into English, So if you choose to be lazy and not use the necessary tools that are at your disposal, that's no one's fault but your own fault.
I use Strongs often to demonstrate the flaws in many translations.
Laziness comes from not doing your research deeply enough.
In the book of John, you find Jesus claiming to be God the Father.
In the book of John we find Jesus stating the only designation he ever declared...that he was
"the son of God". Not once did Jesus ever state that he was God or that he was in any way equal to his God and Father. Even in heaven, the Father is still the God of Jesus. (Revelation 3:12) So unless the three headed god worships parts of himself, the trinity is a nonsense....adopted by an apostate church centuries after Jesus died.
Therefore you have Jesus claiming to be God the Father.
No you don't. He never once claimed to be the Father, but always stressed the superiority of his God and teacher.
When the devil tempted him by offering him all the kingdoms of the world....what did Jesus say?
"And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve." (Luke 4:8KJV)
By saying
"it is written" Jesus was making reference to the OT and the verse he was quoting contained the Tetragrammaton. So he was directing worship to his Father, Jehovah, not himself.
When disciple Philip ask Jesus to show them the Father, Not realizing when they were looking at Jesus, They were actually seeing God the Father standing there right before them.
Please consider the words of the apostle Paul.....in Hebrews 1:1-4 KJV.
"God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they."
"The Logos" is "The Word" or spokesman for Jehovah. He is his representative and "the express image" of his Father. An image is a reflection of the real thing, not the real thing itself. You can see your reflection in a mirror, but it isn't you.
How does God make a part of himself better than the angels and give himself a more excellent name?
Can you see how ridiculous that is?
I can see your sincerity but I believe that you are misguided in your understanding of many things. This is what usually happens when people try to work things out for themselves. God does not work through individuals; he has always appointed human leaders among his people, so those who find themselves alone in their worship should ask themselves why they are alone when they should be surrounded by those who speak in agreement with them. (1 Corinthians 1:10)
