nPeace
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When asked to explain how Jesus can be God, and at the same time be subject to God, many religious leaders reply with the words, "It is a mystery."
The scriptures evidently show that this teaching is a mystery, and solves it.
How so?
God - Jehovah
Isaiah 44:6
This is what Jehovah says, The King of Israel and his Repurchaser, Jehovah of armies: ‘I am the first and I am the last. There is no God but me.
Revelation 1:8
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says Jehovah God, “the One who is and who was and who is coming, the Almighty.”
According to scripture, Jehovah - the almighty God - had no beginning. He is the beginning - Alpha and Omega.
The only begotten son - Jesus the Christ (Messiah)
John 1:14
So the Word became flesh and resided among us, and we had a view of his glory, a glory such as belongs to an only-begotten son from a father; and he was full of divine favor and truth.
John 3:16
For God loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life.
1 John 4:9
By this the love of God was revealed in our case, that God sent his only-begotten Son into the world so that we might gain life through him.
Colossians 1:15
...is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
According to scripture, Jesus the Christ, is the only begotten son of God brought forth first and foremost of all of God's creation.
From everlasting Jehovah God is.
The firstborn son of God did not exist for everlasting. He had a beginning. He was brought forth - begotten.
So apparently from what we see in scripture, persons who teach that Jesus is God, prefer to teach something that is difficult or impossible to understand or explain, because they do not want to teach the simple truths from God's word.
The Bible gives a description of these persons. 2 Corinthians 11:13-15
Mystery solved.
The scriptures evidently show that this teaching is a mystery, and solves it.
How so?
God - Jehovah
Isaiah 44:6
This is what Jehovah says, The King of Israel and his Repurchaser, Jehovah of armies: ‘I am the first and I am the last. There is no God but me.
Revelation 1:8
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says Jehovah God, “the One who is and who was and who is coming, the Almighty.”
According to scripture, Jehovah - the almighty God - had no beginning. He is the beginning - Alpha and Omega.
The only begotten son - Jesus the Christ (Messiah)
John 1:14
So the Word became flesh and resided among us, and we had a view of his glory, a glory such as belongs to an only-begotten son from a father; and he was full of divine favor and truth.
John 3:16
For God loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life.
1 John 4:9
By this the love of God was revealed in our case, that God sent his only-begotten Son into the world so that we might gain life through him.
Colossians 1:15
...is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
According to scripture, Jesus the Christ, is the only begotten son of God brought forth first and foremost of all of God's creation.
From everlasting Jehovah God is.
The firstborn son of God did not exist for everlasting. He had a beginning. He was brought forth - begotten.
So apparently from what we see in scripture, persons who teach that Jesus is God, prefer to teach something that is difficult or impossible to understand or explain, because they do not want to teach the simple truths from God's word.
The Bible gives a description of these persons. 2 Corinthians 11:13-15
Mystery solved.