SPELLING EDITED
O-5. HOW DID JESUS BECOME JESUS?
We, as Christians, all know and agree that Jesus is called the Word of God in Revelation 19:13.
Revelation 19:13.
“And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his NAME is called The Word of God.”
And we all know and agree that Jesus was called the LIVING Word or the Word of LIFE in 1 John 1:1,2. 1 John 1:1,2.
“That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of LIFE; 2. (For the LIFE was MANIFESTED, and we have seen IT, and bear witness, and show unto you THAT ETERNAL LIFE, which was WITH the Father and was MANIFESTED unto us;)”
And of course, almost every Christian is familiar with the two famous verses in John 1:1 and John 1:14.
John 1:1.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
John 1:14.
“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”
Now from these four passages of Scripture, we have come to see that before Jesus became Jesus he existed or PRE-EXISTED in the FORM of God. And more precisely, that FORM of God was the Word OF God, which has LIFE in itself, as in, this is HOW the living God GIVES life to what He Himself creates. Life itself is SPIRIT, or life is Almighty God, HIMSELF. Also, God, HIMSELF is not just merely life, but ETERNAL LIFE having always been IMMORTAL, having SELF-existing LIFE, or always possessing IMMORTALITY in HIMSELF as the SOURCE of all life. And then we see that this LIFE that is WITHIN the one true God comes OUT FROM God as His OWN LIVING Word when God Himself spoke forth His life-giving word to create and give LIFE or breath to HIS creation. So then, God Himself manifested itself, speaking of the life-giving words of PROPHECY. In other words, it was PROPHECY that came forth OUT FROM God to be MADE FLESH to dwell among mankind BY speaking forth his living word out from his mouth. This is what the WHOLE word of God teaches us. But these four passages of Scripture alone and by themselves do not tell us HOW the living Word BECAME FLESH. In other words, these four passages of Scripture alone and by themselves do NOT answer the following questions:
#1. Was the Living Word a separate divine eternal Spirit being, who was WITH the God AT God's side? And then Living Word, being a separated divine being, talked back and forth with THE God?
#2. Was the living word a part or a component OF the ONE TRUE God like our speech is a PART us. And like us our own thoughts speak within us as our thoughts develop within us, so did God's OWN living word as his THOUGHTS converse WITHIN the one true and only living God?
Now some Christians INTERPRET these four passages of Scripture APART from the REST of God's word to say that the Word was a SEPARATE divine eternal being, who was WITH the God AT the Almighty God's SIDE from all eternity past. Some say that the Word was God's eternally begotten Son named the Word in eternity past. And then, THE God sent down from heaven into the world in the fullness of time God the Son named the Word. And then, the eternal divine SON became flesh, BUT yet, God the Son remained the fully DIVINE Almighty God at the SAME time having TWO natures, one divine, and one human during the days of his FLESH. And then they INTERPRET all other verses BASED upon their own personal INTERPRETATION of these above four passages of Scripture, which they interpreted first, APART from the rest of God's word. In other words, they ASSUMED or theorized that God MUST be a Trinity Godhead and THEN they set out to try and prove their THEORY that God is a Trinity God being three SEPARATE persons in the one true God. But what I am going to show you, my readers, who are TRULY seeking to know the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of God, is that God's SON did not become FLESH. But rather, Yahweh, Almighty God HIMSELF manifested His SPOKEN word of PROPHECY to be made FLESH by SPEAKING His HUMAN Son into existence FIRST. In other words, God spoke forth His very own living word out from His mouth and His life producing living word became FLESH. Please know and understand that the word did not become DIVINE flesh, but rather, the spoken living word was made to become human FLESH as the Bible ITSELF plainly states with NO interpretation needed. Please read the study “WHAT DOES JOHN 1:14 TRULY MEAN?”, and “WHAT DOES GOD INCARNATE MEAN?”, which gives all the verses that clearly show us that Yahweh Himself becomes who and what he creates by speaking word of PROPHECY out from Himself. But for now, let us see WHO or WHAT the Bible itself teaches us MANIFESTED to become FLESH.
Please read 1 Timothy 3:16.
“And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was MANIFEST in the FLESH, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.”
Please notice that the Bible ITSELF teaches us that it was God, who was MANIFESTED in the FLESH and NOT the SON OF God who manifested himself in the FLESH. This verse does NOT say that God manifested Himself in the flesh. Rather, it says [God] was manifested in the FLESH. However, it does NOT say that God Himself manifested Himself in the flesh. So then, in order to be a sound Biblical interpretation, this verse can only mean two things, and both things or both interpretations do not contradict any other part of God’s word. And I myself believe that interpretation #2, is the Apostle Pauls' INTENDED meaning.
#1. The word “God” can refer to Almighty God the Father, as in, Yahweh the Father was manifestly DECLARED and clearly made known unto us in the FLESH of His Son Jesus.
#2. The word “God” can refer to [A] God was manifest in the FLESH FIRST as the HUMAN Son of MAN, Jesus. And then, the Son of MAN, Jesus, was HIGHLY EXALTED after the cross and RECEIVED up in GLORY by His God and Father to await his return.
For the verses as to why I believe that both of these interpretations are true and sound Biblical teaching please read the study “1 TIMOTHY 3:16 GOD WAS MANIFEST IN THE FLESH!” But for now, let us continue to look at the living word that became FLESH as being a part of God, or a component of God like our own voice and speech is a part of who we are. Our voice does not speak on its OWN power, ability, or intelligence. We ourselves are in control of our OWN spoken words. Now, we all can agree that Jesus taught us that he came to SHOW us the FATHER. Jesus did not come to speak of himself, to glorify himself, or to reveal himself. But rather, Jesus came to show us the Father to be the ONE TRUE God and himself, as being God's SON, whom the Father COMMISSIONED. The Greek word translated as SENT also means to commission. The word commission means giving power and authority to one in order for them to accomplish the task that was set before them. The word “manifest” has several meanings. It can be APPEAR to, as in, God APPEARED in the FLESH. The word manifest can also mean to become, to be made to appear, as in, God Himself became FLESH. But this word also means the SHOW, to make clearly known, to REVEAL, as in, God REVEALED HIMSELF in the human body of the FLESH of His first-begotten Son, Jesus. But I also believe that 1 Timothy 3:16 means that the living spoken word of prophecy became flesh FIRST and then the human Son of Man, Jesus was manifested or clearly shown to be MADE a God under and subject to his God and Father. Acts 2:26 teaches us that Jesus was MADE both Lord and Christ. And there is NO article “THE” God was manifest in the flesh. So this verse could be translated as A God was manifested in the FLESH, seen of angels, JUSTIFIED, and RECEIVED up in glory. Why would the one true and only Almighty God need to be JUSTIFIED and RECEIVED? Again, please read the study “WHAT DOES 1 TIMOTHY 3:16 TRULY MEAN?” Now the only way that one can make or force this verse we just read in 1 Timothy 3:16 to say that it was the SON OF God, who was manifest in the flesh is to prove that the Bible ITSELF teaches us that Jesus HIMSELF is one and the self-same being as Almighty God the FATHER, which would CONTRADICT the doctrine of the Trinity that plainly states that Jesus is NOT the FATHER. Please read the studies “WHO IS JESUS ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE?”, and “IS JESUS ALMIGHTY GOD?”. But for now, I would like you to humor me for a moment and CONSIDER with me that the Word was NOT a SEPARATE person, who was WITH the God AT the God's SIDE in eternity past as being God's eternal divine SON as some Christians dogmatically demand. But rather, I want you to see directly from God's word, as in, the WHOLE word of God and not just verses taken OUT of CONTEXT, that the word that existed WITH the God, in the beginning, was God's yet UNSPOKEN word that was WITHIN the God, which then came out from God's MOUTH to create all that is created including the begetting of God's Son, Jesus. Plain and simple, Yahweh is the only creator, and the WAY in which Yahweh ALONE and BY HIMSELF creates all things is by SPEAKING them into existence. This will be clearly shown to you by the WHOLE word of Almighty God as you continue this study in God's word. Before I show you these four passages of Scripture having the Greek word “LOGOS” translated as Word with a capital “W” from a LITERAL word for word translations, I want you to read Isaiah 44:24 which clearly teaches us that Yahweh was ALONE when he created all things. Isaiah 44:24.
“Thus SAYS the LORD (Or thus says YAHWEH), your redeemer, and HE that FORMED YOU from the WOMB, I am the LORD (Or I am YAHWEH) that makes ALL THINGS; that stretches forth the heavens ALONE; that spreads abroad the earth BY MYSELF;”
So then, from this and many other verses throughout the Old Testament, it is made perfectly clear to us that YAHWEH, Almighty God HIMSELF, created ALL things BY HIMSELF being ALONE with no one WITH Him AT His side helping Him to create all things or creating all things FOR Him while Yahweh sat and watched. Some Christians, namely the Jehovah’s Witnesses, teach that God begat his SON first in eternity past, and then his SON created all things. But this is NOT what the WHOLE word of God teaches us as you will see very plainly as you continue this study in God's word. Also please read the study called “EPHESIANS 3:9 DID JESUS CREATE ALL THINGS?” which covers all the verses in the New Testament like Colossians 1:15-17 that SEEM to be saying that Jesus is the creator who created all things, but for now, let us continue this study. SO HOW did Yahweh Himself ALONE and BY HIMSELF create ALL things? Let us go to Genesis 1:3 and find out what the Bible ITSELF teaches us in SIMPLICITY.
Genesis 1:3.
“And God SAID, Let there BE light: and there was light.”
Or God SPOKE forth the specific words out from his mouth SAYING, Let there BE light: and there was light or light came into existence by or through God’s spoken living word coming out from his mouth. God created light BY SPEAKING a light into existence. This is easy to believe because most every Christian already believes that God SAID, Light BE, and light became. What God SAID became what God SAID. Let us read one more translation of Genesis 1:3 before we read the LITERAL word for word translation.
Here is Genesis 1:3 from the Douay-Rheims Bible
“And God SAID: Be light MADE. And light was MADE.”
In other words, the SPOKEN word of God coming out from God's mouth was MADE to become light. And God SAID, light be made, and the light of the world was MADE. The word was MADE light. Sound familiar? The word was MADE FLESH. John 1:14 does NOT say that the SON OF God was made flesh, but rather, the clear, plain, and simple word of God states in simplicity that the word was MADE flesh and dwelt among us.
John 1:14.
“And the Word was made FLESH, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”
In other words, and God SAID, be flesh MADE and flesh was MADE. What did God's spoken words of PROPHECY say? Did God prophesy that he would send down his eternally begotten SON from heaven to manifest himself into a human being but yet REMAIN the fully divine eternal SON of God having TWO natures at the SAME time, one divine, and one human? Show me the PROPHECIES! It cannot be done because there are no such prophecies. Please read the study “HOW DID JESUS PREEXIST?” for all the prophecies of God Himself raising up a MAN like Moses to be his Prophet and that we are to hearken to the words of the Son of MAN, who would be called the Son of God. But for now, let us continue this study.
Now let us read the LITERAL translation of Genesis 1:3.
“And he is SAYING Elohim he shall become light and he is becoming light.”
In other words, Elohim or God, He is SAYING that HE Himself shall become light, and He Himself is becoming light in the SAME way that Yahweh became EVERYTHING He created. So from this one verse alone and apart from the rest of God's word one could INTERPRET the “HE” here as the LIVING WORD. Or one could INTERPRET the “HE” here as Yahweh HIMSELF, in that, Yahweh HIMSELF is becoming whatever Yahweh SPEAKS forth out from his mouth. Or one could INTERPRET the “HE” here as SPIRIT becoming whatever Yahweh Himself SPEAKS forth out from his own mouth. Or one could interpret the “HE” here as the IMAGE of God, which God IMAGINED within Himself to be MADE or brought forth into existence by way of God's spoken word of PROPHECY. But what is NOT sound Biblical interpretation is that the “He” is referring to God the Son, the second person of a Godhead Trinity God. I myself believe that Genesis 1:3 is a hidden PROPHECY of Yahweh's yet future human Som becoming the light of the world who came OUT FROM the TRUE Light who is the Faher OF lights. In other words, the Bible itself prophesies of a human child being born first and then that human Son of man is given to die on the cross, as opposed to an already pre-existing God the Son being given from heaven to come down and die on the cross. But before we jump to a wrong conclusion or ANY conclusion just yet, let us read some more of God's word first, and then we can draw a correct conclusion based upon the WHOLE word of God rather than basing what we believe on some theory or on wrong interpretations of verses taken out of their context.
Please read Isaiah 55:8-11.
“For my THOUGHTS are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says the LORD. 9. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my THOUGHTS than your thoughts. 10. For AS the rain COMES DOWN, and the snow FROM HEAVEN, and returns not thither, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth and bud, that it may give SEED to the sower, and bread to the eater: 11. SO shall my word BE that goes FORTH OUT of my MOUTH: IT (Yahweh's spoken living word that has gone forth out from his mouth) shall not return unto me void, but IT (Yahweh's spoken living word that has gone forth out from his mouth) shall accomplish that which I please, and IT (Yahweh's spoken living word that has gone forth out from his mouth) shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent IT. (Yahweh's spoken living word that has gone forth out from his mouth)”
In other words, God first THINKS, IMAGINES, or forms an IMAGE in his THOUGHTS with himself or WITHIN himself as to what he himself alone and by himself wants to create. And then God SPEAKS forth that IMAGE that is WITHIN HIMSELF that is in the form of his THOUGHTS OUT from within himself. This is when the IMAGE that was in himself begins to agitate, to vibrate, to move, to stir, to take shape, to MORPH into the CODE printed in the living word as the IMAGE of what God desires to bring forth into existence. To say this another way once that IMAGE that God formed within himself is SPOKEN forth out from himself is when what God SAID begins to MANIFEST into what God SAID. Plain and simple the IMAGE on the inside of God becomes ALIVE, comes to PASS, or is brought forth into existence only AFTER God speaks forth those images out from his mouth as his DNA coded WORDS. Then that spoken word containing the DNA code of what God desires to bring forth into existence coming out from the mouth of God comes down from heaven as the rain comes down out of heaven to the earth to water and bring forth SEED just like Isaiah 55:8-11 teaches us. Jesus teaches us in the parable of the sower sowing seed that the SEED being planted in the hearts of men is the WORD of God. And then Jesus said if we do not UNDERSTAND this parable, then HOW came we understand ANY parable or teaching of God?
Please read Luke 8:11.
“Now the parable is this: The SEED IS the WORD OF God.”
Mark 4:13.
“And he said unto them, Know you NOT THIS parable (Or do you NOT know what THIS teaching means)? And HOW then will you know all parables?”
When we SPEAK forth God's word out from our mouth and then that spoken word of God is believed by the hearer of that spoken word, then that LIVING word of God is PERFORMED by God Himself. The spoken word is manifested. The spoken word comes to pass at it was SAID or spoken by God. God, Himself confirms His word. Now when God HIMSELF speaks forth His very own word out from his mouth it does NOT have to be believed by anyone except for Yahweh Himself to have faith in His own words for them to come to pass, be fulfilled, or be manifested. We ourselves, as born again Christians, were BORN again BY the spoken word of God called the incorruptible SEED. Please read 1 Peter 1:19-23.
“But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: 20. Who verily was foreordained (Or PROPHESIED to BE) before the foundation of the world, BUT was MANIFEST in these LAST TIMES for you, (God SPOKE his foreordained words of PROPHECY before the foundations of the world BUT the prophecies concerning Jesus were NOT MANIFESTED of brought to pass UNTIL these LAST TIMES. The word “times” is plural because the prophecies concerning Jesus are not all fulfilled as yet. This is why Jesus is called the word OF God. The SCRIPTURES speak of Jesus. This is why Jesus said that not one jot or tittle of God's word will pass away until ALL be fulfilled, which is at the end of the 1000 year reign of Jesus when the heavens and the earth will pass away and God himself then completes his NEW CREATION for the righteous in Jesus to inherit for all eternity) 21. Who by him (Jesus) do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; (This verse makes it perfectly clear that Almighty God GAVE Jesus GLORY AFTER God raised the Son of MAN, Jesus from the dead. This is WHEN Jesus became the IMAGE of God, the FIRSTBORN of every CREATURE) that your faith and hope might be in God. 22. Seeing you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that you love one another with a pure heart fervently. 23. Being BORN again, not of corruptible SEED, but OF incorruptible (SEED), BY the word of God, which lives and abides forever.
When we HEARD the gospel of truth, the word OF God spoken to us, and we BELIEVED the word of TRUTH that Jesus is the Christ, the SON OF the living God, then we were BORN as a NEW creature created IN Jesus Christ by our faith IN God's Son. This is what Genesis 1:26 PROPHESIED. The “us ” and “our” in Genesis 1:26 is Almighty God and the Son of MAN, Jesus who worked together WITH his God and Father to obey the Father’s WILL to die on the cross for the sins of the world. God made the Son of MAN, Jesus, in His own image FIRST by GLORIFYING Jesus AFTER the cross as his reward. Now let us read Exodus 3:14 first from the King James Bible Version and then we will read the LITERAL word for word translation.
Exodus 3:14.
“And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shall you say unto the children of Israel, I AM has sent me unto you.”
Now some Christians argue that God's NAME is I AM because Moses asked God in the previous verse, WHO shall I say sent me if they ask me your NAME? And then they interpret “I AM” to be God's NAME out of CONTEXT using only verses 13 and 14. In other words, they leave out verse 15 where God says that Yahweh is his NAME forever.
Here is Exodus 3:13-15 from the LITERAL translation.
“And he is saying Moses to the Elohim behold I coming to sons of Israel and I say to them Elohim of father's of you he sends me to you and they say to me what name of him what I shall say to them? 14. And he is saying Elohim to Moses I SHALL BECOME WHO I AM BECOMING and he is saying thus you shall say to sons of Israel I SHALL BECOME he sent me to you. 15. And he is saying FURTHER Elohim to Moses thus you shall say to the sons of Israel YAHWEH Elohim of fathers of you Elohim of Abraham, Elohim of Isaac, Elohim of Jacob, he sent me to you, THIS is NAME of me for eon and this remembrance of me for generation generation.”
God's NAME is Yahweh and NOT “I AM”. The I AM is what God DOES when He creates. Yahweh BECOMES who or what He shall become. In other words, when God SPEAKS forth His word out from His mouth and the IMAGE programmed into His spoken words SHALL BECOME what and WHO the IMAGE of His word is BECOMING. God's words are SPIRIT and God is SPIRIT and there is but ONE SPIRIT. So then, God and His words are ONE, and the SELF-same eternal SPIRIT. Jesus was MADE FROM the word of God in the same way that everything is MADE FROM the spoken word of God. But what or who God BECOMES is NOT Yahweh Himself after the spoken word become whatever it became. Rather, it is the IMAGE in God's mind that came forth OUT FROM God as His spoken word of PROPHECY that was MADE FLESH. And the IMAGE God had of His Messiah was [a] God to rule FOR Yahweh as the Lord of the Sabbath in the world yet to come. But FIRST, God CHOSE to use a MAN that He MADE lower and inferior to the angels for the suffering and death on the cross. And we know full well that the angels are NOT equal with God so how could Jesus, who was MADE LOWER than the angels, be equal with God DURING the DAYS of his FLESH? Jesus said that he could do NOTHING OF himself and that it was his Father dwelling in him who was the one doing the works. You see dear children of God, Jesus was NOT ALL KNOWING but his God and Father, the one true God IS all-knowing. Please read the study “37 THINGS TO PONDER ABOUT JESUS BEING GOD!”. This study gives more than 37 Scriptures that show the errors of INTERPRETATION made by those who dogmatically demand that Jesus was fully Almighty God Himself and the Son of man at the SAME time having TWO natures, one divine, and one human during the days of his FLESH. Let us continue. There is MORE to God than just His words. God's spoken words are Spirit having LIFE producing ability in them that is the SUBSTANCE, the DNA CODE, or the building blocks of things desired by Yahweh to be brought forth into existence. Think of the FORM of God that Jesus was in as a BLUEPRINT in Yahweh’s mind and PLAN to make [A] God. But FIRST, Yahweh desired His “God” to be made FLESH for the suffering of death on the cross. And then Yahweh would HIGHLY EXALT the victorious MAN to the highest possible authority ever GIVEN to any of His creation. Jesus knew the Scripture spoke of him so he knew his future as being a FORM of God who would rule for Yahweh in the NAME OF Yahweh as the Lord of the Sabbath. But Jesus never once thought to take that authority by force. Rather, Jesus being found as a man humbled himself even further to be a servant to his fellow man. Almighty God the Father knows the end FROM the beginning because the Father SPOKE the end from the beginning. The end had its ORIGIN from the beginning. God SAID it and what God SAID will BE because Yahweh watches over His spoken word of prophecy to PERFORM it.
Please read Hebrews 11:1-3.
“Now FAITH is the SUBSTANCE of things hoped for (Or things DESIRED to BE), the EVIDENCE of things NOT SEEN. 2. For by it the elders obtained a good report. 3. Through faith we understand that the worlds were FRAMED BY the word of God, so that things which are seen were NOT made of things which do appear.”
In other words, God BELIEVES that what He SPOKE forth out from His own mouth would be MADE, formed, created, brought into existence, come to pass just as He SAID. We also see that what God creates was not made from things that already existed, as in, things that can be SEEN. But rather, God creates what is seen from what is NOT SEEN, the INVISIBLE. And God Himself is INVISIBLE SPIRIT. To say this another way, this verse is not saying that God created all things out of NOTHING but rather that God creates all things out of that which is INVISIBLE to the naked eye of mortal human beings without the use of powerful microscopes. Now, when you put all these verses together and you have Yahweh, who IS SPIRIT, creating all things out OF HIMSELF, the INVISIBLE ETERNAL SPIRIT, who ONLY has always had LIFE IN Himself in eternity past without ever having a beginning. The Bible ITSELF clearly teaches us that the ONLY one, who has self-existed WITHOUT ever having a beginning. And that one being is the eternal INVISIBLE Spirit, who ONLY has always had IMMORTALITY or eternal LIFE in Himself. And Spirit exists everywhere in the entire universe.
Please read 1 Timothy 6:13-16.
“I give you charge in the sight of God, WHO quickens all things, (Or who makes alive or gives LIFE to ALL things, AND before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; (Here we see that God himself alone is the creator of ALL things, the one who alone gives breath and life to his creation) 14. That you keep this commandment (Or I give you CHARGE before Almighty God the Father our creator AND before his SON Jesus that you KEEP this teaching) without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: 15. Which in his times (Speaking of both the first and second comings of Jesus) HE (Jesus) shall show, WHO is the blessed and ONLY Potentate, (The word Potentate means Sovereign or over and above all, the ALMIGHTY. So Jesus was commissioned by his God and Father to SHOW us WHO this one true and ONLY Almighty God is, as in, the one true God's character) the King of kings, and Lord of lords; 16. WHO ONLY HAS IMMORTALITY dwelling in the light which NO MAN can approach unto; (No man comes to the FATHER except through the DOOR, Jesus) whom NO MAN has SEEN, NOR CAN SEE: to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen.”
So then, from this passage of Scripture, we clearly see that there was only ONE eternal Spirit, who ONLY has always possessed IMMORTALITY or eternal LIFE in Himself as the SOURCE of all. as in, the invisible Spirit had no beginning. Therefore, to ME, any INTERPRETATION of any verse of Scripture that says Jesus pre-existed as a SEPARATE divine eternal being who was WITH THE God AT the God's SIDE in eternity past is in ERROR because they CONTRADICT 1 Timothy 6:13-16. For you see, 1 Timothy 6:13-16 clearly and plainly teaches us in simplicity that ONLY the ONE TRUE INVISIBLE God that can NOT be seen by mortal humans is the one who created ALL things ALONE and BY HIMSELF and who ALONE has always possessed IMMORTALITY in Himself in eternity past. We also know from John 5:26,27 that Almighty God the Father GAVE TO the Son of MAN TO BE HAVING life in himself EVEN AS the Father has always had life IN HIMSELF.
Please read John 5:26,27.
“For AS the Father HAS life IN HIMSELF; (Who ONLY has always had IMMORTALITY as the source of all life) so has He GIVEN TO the Son TO HAVE life in himself; 27. AND has GIVEN him authority to execute judgment ALSO, BECAUSE he is the Son of MAN.”
Not because Jesus was Almighty God Himself. Not because Jesus was the pre-existing Son of God. Not because Jesus was a so-called God-man having two natures at the SAME time, one divine, and one human. But BECAUSE Jesus was the Son of MAN who became obedient to do all that his God and Father gave him to do even to suffer and die a cruel death on the cross for the sins of the world. Philippians 2:8-11 clearly teaches us that the very reason of WHY God HIGHLY EXALTED his Son Jesus was BECAUSE the Son of MAN became OBEDIENT to do all the will of the Father even to die on the cross.
Philippians 2:8-11.
“And being found in fashion as a MAN, he (Jesus, the Son of MAN) humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. 9. WHEREFORE (Or for this VERY REASON of the Son of MAN becoming OBEDIENT unto death even to die on the cross) God also has HIGHLY EXALTED, and (Or and has also) given him a NAME which is above every name: 10. That at the NAME of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11. And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
It is AT the SECOND coming or the return of Jesus that EVERY knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess that Jesus, the anointed one of God, is Lord over the earth. Even the angels will worship Jesus as Lord over them during the 1000 year reign of Jesus when God brings AGAIN His FIRSTBORN Son from the dead into the world at the second coming of Jesus.
Please read Hebrews 1:6.
“Being MADE so much BETTER than the angels, (Remember in Hebrews 2 that Jesus was FIRST MADE as the Son of MAN who was made lower or inferior to the angels and THEN the Son of MAN was crowned with glory and honor and declared to be the Son of God after the cross BY the RESURRECTION, according to Romans 4:1. Therefore, these verses are speaking AFTER the Son of MAN was HIGHLY EXALTED and GIVEN a NEW NAME above every other name to now be made BETTER than the angels) AS he has BY INHERITANCE OBTAINED a more excellent NAME than they. 5. For unto which of the angels said he at any time, You are my Son, THIS DAY have I begotten you? And again, (Or further it is written in PROPHECY) I WILL BE to him a Father, and he SHALL BE to me a Son? (In other words, the writer of Hebrews is saying that all of this was PROPHESIED in the LIVING word of God concerning a child being born of a woman first. And then a Son is given to die for the sins of the world has been FULFILLED in Jesus. In other words, the beginning of the Son of God began as PROPHECY that began to be fulfilled at the virgin birth. And then the human Son of God was made PERFECT or completed at his death and resurrection being HIGHLY EXALTED to become God's ETERNAL divine Son to rule and reign FOR Yahweh during the SEVENTH 1000 year long day of the Lord while Yahweh rests) 6. And again, (Or it is also written in PROPHECY that has not yet been fulfilled, but this prophecy says) WHEN he brings in the FIRST BEGOTTEN (Among MANY BRETHREN) into the world,(Speaking of the return or the second coming of Jesus yet to be fulfilled) he says, And let all the angels of God worship him.”
So then, it is WHEN the government of the world system is LAID on the shoulders of Jesus that the NAME of Jesus will be called the mighty God. And that is why I believe 1 Timothy 3:16 should read “...A God was manifest in the flesh, seen of ANGELS, sanctified, and RECEIVED up in GLORY.” Why say seen of ANGELS? The angels have already seen Almighty God the Father but they never saw an inferior species of being, live WITHOUT SIN. Now, please read Psalm 89:26-29, which the writer of the book of Hebrews is quoting.
Psalm 89:26-29.
“He SHALL (This is a prophecy of Jesus reading this prophecy knowing that it is speaking of him. So Jesus, HE SHALL) cry unto me, You are my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. 27. Also I (Yahweh)WILL MAKE him my FIRSTBORN, higher than the kings of the earth. (Clearly, this is a PROPHECY speaking of Jesus the Son of MAN where God is prophesying that he WILL MAKE Jesus HIS FIRSTBORN Son and WILL MAKE the Son of man be HIGHER than the kings of the earth. For you see, an already pre-existing God the Son would ALREADY BE higher than the kings of the earth. God’s firstborn Son was NOT the firstborn of every creature in eternity past. But rather, the Son of MAN, Jesus was MADE in the IMAGE of the invisible God to BECOME the firstborn of every creature from the DEAD, the firstborn among MANY BRETHREN. Jesus is our brother, the FORERUNNER who has gone before us) 28. My mercy will I keep for him forevermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. 29. His seed also will I make to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.”
Here in Psalm 89:36-39, we see Yahweh prophesying of his yet coming into existence Son, whom he WILL MAKE to become his FIRSTBORN ETERNAL Son after the cross. Please read the three-part study “WHEN DID JESUS BECOME GOD’S ETERNAL SON? -1” So then, for one to INTERPRET Hebrews 1:6 as God bringing in his FIRST BEGOTTEN into the world to mean that Jesus was as an ALREADY pre-existing Son of God who was begotten of God in eternity past is in ERROR. To argue that God brings his already begotten Son into the world at the virgin birth to manifest himself to become the Son of MAN is to contradict Psalm 89:36-39. This verse clearly and plainly teaches us that God WILL MAKE him his FIRSTBORN. And when we interpret all the verses TOGETHER God made Jesus to BECOME his FIRSTBORN of every creature AT the RESURRECTION of Jesus. ALL the angels will not worship Jesus until God brings Jesus BACK into the world AT his SECOND coming. Please read Revelation 5:10-13 showing us WHEN this prophecy of the angels worshiping Jesus will be fulfilled.
Revelation 5:10-13.
“And has made us unto our God kings and priests: and we SHALL reign on the earth. (In the world yet to come) 11. And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; 12. Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain (So this is AFTER the cross and AFTER God HIGHLY EXALTED the Son of MAN to become God's ETERNAL DIVINE Son) TO RECEIVE, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing. (The reason that Jesus was SLAIN on the cross was so that he could RECEIVE power, riches, wisdom, strength, HONOR, GLORY, and blessing from his God and Father the ONLY TRUE God in ONE person) 13. And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto him that sits upon the throne, AND unto the Lamb forever and ever.”
Now some may argue and say that God did NOT MAKE him his Son, but rather, God made his ALREADY pre-existing firstborn from eternity past HIGHER than the kings of the earth. But mere common sense teaches us that, if so be, Jesus was the FIRSTBORN of every creature in eternity past being with God and who was God, then he would have ALREADY BEEN HIGHER than the kings of the earth by being God the Son. Also, Colossians 1:15 says CREATURE and a creature means a CREATION of God. Clearly, Jesus was made in the IMAGE OF God AFTER the cross as being the FIRSTBORN from the dead just like the context in Colossians 1:18-20 teaches. This is why I say so many times that any verse when it is interpreted ALONE and APART from the REST of God's word may SEEM to say or be MADE to say something that it is NOT truly saying when it is CORRECTLY interpreted in the LIGHT of the WHOLE word of God. So then, according to the WHOLE word of God, the IMAGE of the living word within the Almighty God was spoken forth by God and then that IMAGE of God's spoken word or SAYING of God was the BLUEPRINT that was manifested as FLESH FIRST. It is PROPHESIED BLUPRINT design of Yahweh that a CHILD would be born of a virgin FIRST. And then that the Son of MAN was given the NAME Jesus, which means the salvation OF Yahweh, who would be DECLARED the SON OF God BY the RESURRECTION. And then in the world to come his NAME will be called the Mighty God, the God of the whole earth who will rule FOR Yahweh as the Lord of the Sabbath during the seventh 1000 year long DAY of Yahweh's Sabbath rest. The Bible ITSELF clearly teaches us that it was AFTER the Son of Man became obedient unto death on the cross his God and Father HIGHLY EXALTED the Son of MAN granting him the right to partake of the DIVINE NATURE of IMMORTALITY. And also, God gave His now ETERNAL divine Son all power and authority to JUDGE the fallen angels and the wicked of mankind BECAUSE he was the Son of MAN, who overcame God's enemy. So then, Jesus, who came OUT FROM Deity to become the Son of MAN, was made to BECAME DEITY AFTER the CROSS when his God and Father HIGHLY EXALTED the Son of MAN. And WHEN God brings in his FIRSTBORN into the world at his coming is when Jesus will be worshiped by the angels and every creature in heaven, on earth and under the earth. Plain and simple, God CREATED Jesus to become A God to replace the fallen God Lucifer. The word God is just a TITLE like King is a TITLE. Yahweh is the ETERNAL KING who has always been the king of all kings including being God and King OVER His FIRST begotten Son that He Himself SET or CROWNED to be His King of kings over the earth. And WE are made kings under and subject to Jesus who is under and subject to Yahweh. Please read Colossians 1:15 where Jesus is MADE into the IMAGE of Yahweh by becoming the firstborn of every CREATURE which means a CREATED being By Yahweh.
Colossians 1:15.
“Who is the IMAGE OF of the invisible God, the firstborn of every CREATURE:”
Now some Christians INTERPRET this verse to mean that Jesus was BEGOTTEN of God in eternity past, in that, the SON OF God was BORN in eternity past and NOT CREATED. But this verse says that Jesus was a CREATURE. And a creature is a created being. The REASON that both Trinitarian and Oneness Christians dogmatically demand that Jesus was NOT created is that they NEED Jesus to be Yahweh Himself or their doctrine falls apart. For you see, in their minds there can only be ONE God. And since Jesus is called God then, to THEM, Jesus must be the ONE TRUE God Yahweh Himself. But the word of truth teaches us that Yahweh is THE God OF Gods. And clearly, the New Testament proves beyond any shadow of a doubt that the Father is the God OF His Son Jesus. Let us read Colossians 1:15 from another translation. The New Revised Version and the American Standard Version along with many other Bible translations that say that Jesus was the firstborn of every CREATION.
Here is the New Revised Version (NRV) of Colossians 1:15. “He is the IMAGE OF the invisible God, the firstborn of all CREATION;”
Again, some Christians INTERPRET this verse alone and apart from the rest of God's word WITHOUT keeping other verses in mind. They read INTO the text what they want or NEED it to say rather than letting God's word interpret itself. You see dear children of God, Jesus was NOT the firstborn of every creation in ETERNITY PAST as some Christians wrongly INTERPRET Colossians 1:15 to mean by taking it OUT of its CONTEXT. The WHOLE context is speaking of God's NEW CREATION of which we, who believe in Jesus, are a PART of God's NEW CREATION. So this verse means that Jesus is the FIRSTBORN of every NEW CREATURE by being the FIRSTBORN from the dead to become the BEGINNING OF God's NEW CREATION. Jesus is the FIRST HUMAN to ever be GIVEN the divine nature of IMMORTALITY and he is the FIRST mortal to be made in the ETERNAL IMAGE of God. For you see, Adam was not created as an immortal human being. Otherwise, there would have been NOT tree of eternal life in the Garden of Eden. Please read the CONTEXT of Colossians 1:15.
Colossians 1:12-23.
“Giving thanks unto the Father, which has made us meet (Or made us worthy by the shed blood of Jesus) to be PARTAKERS of the INHERITANCE of the saints in light: (The inheritance is to be JOINT-HEIRS with Jesus to be made PARTAKERS of the DIVINE NATURE of immortality along with Jesus who has already RECEIVED his new glorified immortal body of flesh and bones) 13. Who has delivered us from the power of darkness, and has translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son: 14. IN whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: (This is what Genesis 1:26 PROPHESIED. Yahweh the Father AND His Messiah would make fallen man in their image. BUT FIRST God needed to make the Son of MAN, Jesus, PERFECT) 15. Who is the IMAGE OF the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: (Jesus is the IMAGE OF the one true God, whom God MADE HIM the IMAGE OF Yahweh Himself to become his FIRSTBORN of EVERY creature) 16. For by him were all things created, (Or BECAUSE of Jesus were the ALL speaking of God's NEW CREATURES created IN Jesus) that are in heaven,(The dead in Jesus Christ who are in heaven awaiting their resurrection to be partakers of the INHERITANCE) and that are in earth,(Those of us who remain alive unto the coming of Jesus) visible and invisible, (Those in heaven in Jesus who we cannot see and those on earth who we can see), whether (The Greek word translated as “whether” means “IF ANY”, or and if there be one of the following that is awaiting you, then know that they were made possible by Jesus and they are for Jesus. So then, if any) they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things (Or the ALL) were created by him, and for him: (Or the ALL of whosoever believes were created through Jesus or because of Jesus and we are created by God for him to be given to him by Almighty God the Father) 17. And he is before all things, (Or Jesus is OVER the ALL) and by him, all things consist. (Or and BECAUSE of Jesus the ALL speaking of us, God's NEW CREATION, we all are held together or we all STAND firm IN him) 18. And he is the HEAD of the BODY, the CHURCH: who is the BEGINNING,(Speaking of Jesus being the FIRSTFRUITS unto God, the FIRSTBORN of EVERY CREATURE being) the FIRSTBORN from the DEAD; that in all things he might have the preeminence (Or being BEFORE or ABOVE or OVER the ALL speaking of the worlds yet to come) 19. For it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell, (Speaking of AFTER the CROSS when Yahweh the Father shared His GLORY with the Son of MAN, Jesus to be made PERFECT to receive the gift of eternal life, the DIVINE NATURE of IMMORTALITY) 20. And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him (Speaking of by way of the crucified Son of MAN, Almighty God the Father made peace) to reconcile all things unto Himself; (The cross and the whole plan of Salvation was Yahweh the Father’s plan. And working TOGETHER, Yahweh and the Son of MAN, Jesus, are making fallen humans into their IMAGE of divine immortal beings. So then, Almighty God) by him, I say, whether they be things in earth or things in heaven. (Speaking of the ALL who are IN Jesus Christ and NOT the wicked who reject Jesus as the Messiah. The word “THINGS” is NOT in the original text all the way through this entire passage of Scripture. The ALL is speaking of us, God's NEW creatures, or God's NEW creation who are created IN Jesus Christ BECAUSE OF the shed blood of Jesus. So this entire passage of Scripture has nothing whatsoever to do with Jesus being the CREATOR of ALL THINGS) 21. And YOU, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet NOW has He reconciled 22. IN the body of his FLESH through death, (Speaking of Yahweh the Father reconciling the ALL of whosoever believes IN the flesh of His human Son, Jesus) to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: 23. If YOU continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which you have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;”
Now, please read Romans 8:29.
“For whom He (Almighty God) did foreknow, he also did predestine to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he (Jesus) might be the FIRSTBORN AMONG MANY BRETHREN.”
This does NOT mean that Jesus became the firstborn at his virgin birth to be BORN AMONG his brethren as a fellow human being. But rather, this verse means that Jesus BECAME the FIRSTBORN among many brethren when God raised him from the dead and GAVE the Son of MAN, Jesus, the DIVINE NATURE of eternal life. Jesus is the FIRSTBORN from the DEAD among many brethren, who would come AFTER him by BELIEVING on him. Hebrews 12:23 teaches us that WE as BELIEVERS are the church of the FIRSTBORN written in heaven.
Hebrews 12:23.
“To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,”
Now I said some things earlier that I did not give you Scriptures for as yet. I said that the words Jesus spoke were the Father's words and not his own words.
Please read John 7:16.
“Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine (Or my teaching or my words I speak) is NOT MINE, but HIS that sent me.”
Again, the Greek word translated as SENT means COMMISSIONED. God did not send down his already preexisting SON from heaven into the earth, but rather God commissioned the Son of MAN to go out into the world to preach the gospel.
Please read John 17:16.
“AS YOU have sent me INTO the world, EVEN SO (Or in the SAME WAY AS you have sent me into the world) have I ALSO sent them INTO the world.”
And we know that WE were NOT sent down from heaven INTO the world, but rather we were sent OUT into the world. Jesus was not SENT into the world until AFTER his baptism in the River Jordan by John the Baptist, which is WHEN God ANOINTED the Son of MAN. The main point that I want you to see right now is that the words Jesus spoke were NOT his OWN words, but rather, Jesus spoke the very words of Almighty God the Father.
Now read John 3:27-36.
“John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. 28. You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. 29. He that has the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy, therefore, is fulfilled. 30. He must increase, but I must decrease. 31. He that comes from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaks of the earth: he that comes from heaven is above all. (There is no doubt that the ORIGIN of Jesus was from above, from heaven, from God Himself as being UNIQUELY born as the HUMAN Son of God without an earthly father but still yet born of an earthly mother. But the question is HOW did Jesus BECOME Jesus? More specifically, was the Word a SEPARATE divine eternal Spirit being, who was WITH the God AT the God's SIDE, who God then sent down from heaven ALREADY being God's eternal Son, who then manifested HIMSELF to become the Son of MAN? OR was it Yahweh HIMSELF, who manifested HIMSELF by speaking forth His own LIVING word out from His own MOUTH? And the SPIRIT, the word of LIFE itself or himself became flesh and dwelt among us? In other words, did Yahweh manifest HIMSELF in the FLESH or did the SON OF God manifest Himself in the flesh? Or was [A] God manifest in the flesh, as in, Yahweh manifested Himself a God in the flesh FIRST to be highly exalted to be made Lord of the Sabbath?) 32. And what he (The ANOINTED Son of MAN, Jesus) has seen and heard, that he testifies; and no man receives his testimony. 33. He that has received his testimony has set to his seal that God is true. 34. For he whom God has sent (Or for he whom God has COMMISSIONED) speaks the words of God: for God gives not the Spirit by measure unto him. (Again, God gave the Son of man, Jesus, the Holy Spirit without measure AFTER the CROSS because that is WHEN Jesus was GIVEN all power and authority to be MADE Lord of the Sabbath to rule and reign FOR Yahweh during the world to come for 1000 years. That is when He shared His GLORY with His human Son to make Jesus in His image to be a partaker of the DIVINE NATURE of IMMORTALITY. That is when it pleased the Father that the FULLNESS of Deity should dwell in the Son of MAN bodily) 35. The Father loves the Son and has GIVEN all things into his hand. 36. He that believes on the Son has everlasting life: and he that believes not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”
One more verse to show that the words of Jesus are NOT his OWN words but they are the words of Almighty God the Father HIMSELF.
Please read John 17:14-17.
“I have given them YOUR WORD; and the world has hated them, because they are NOT OF of the world, EVEN AS I am not of the world. 15. I pray not that you should take them out of the world, but that you should keep them from the evil. 16. They are NOT OF the world, EVEN AS I am not of the world. 17. Sanctify them through YOUR TRUTH: YOUR WORD is TRUTH.”
So then, the words of Jesus ARE the very words of Almighty God the Father Himself. Then Jesus teaches us in John 6:63 that the words he speaks, which again are Yahweh the Father’s words, are SPIRIT and they are LIFE.
John 6:63.
“It is the SPIRIT that quickens, (Or it is the SPIRIT that makes alive or gives LIFE) the flesh profits nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are SPIRIT, and they are LIFE.”
So Jesus is saying that he himself is nothing, but rather, the WORD of Yahweh that he speaks is LIFE. And if the WORDS that Jesus spoke to his disciples are believed and obeyed unto the end, then that faithful believer will receive the right to partake of the divine nature of immortality the SAME as Jesus was made a partaker of the divine nature of eternal life AFTER the CROSS. So then, the “LOGOS” that was WITH the Almighty God in [A] beginning some 6000 years ago is SPIRIT. The word of God is LIFE, in that, Yahweh gives life to His words that He speaks forth out from His own mouth. The logos of God are His LIVING words spoken out from God that gives LIFE or makes alive. God's word is SPIRIT, the source of all life, as in, the HOW that Yahweh Himself ALONE and by himself CREATES all things and gives LIFE to them. We have already read Isaiah 44:24 where God ALONE and BY HIMSELF created all things. Now let us read Isaiah 42:5,6 where Yahweh is speaking TO his Son Jesus through his WRITTEN word of prophecy teaching the Son of MAN, who he is and what Yahweh's will is for him.
Isaiah 42:5,6.
“Thus says God the LORD, (Or thus says Yahweh the Elohim) HE that created the heavens, and stretched them out; HE that spread forth the earth, and that which comes out of it; HE that gives BREATH unto the people upon it, and SPIRIT to them that walk therein: 6. I the LORD (Or I YAHWEH your maker) have called YOU in righteousness, and will hold YOUR hand, and will keep YOU, and GIVE YOU for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;”
Now let us compare this with Isaiah 44:24 where again I myself see that Yahweh is speaking TO his Son Jesus through the SCRIPTURES teaching the Son of MAN, who he is, from where he came, how he came to be, and what Yahweh's will is for him.
Isaiah 44:24.
“Thus SAYS the LORD, your redeemer, and HE that FORMED YOU from the WOMB, I am the LORD that makes ALL THINGS; that stretches forth the heavens ALONE; that spreads abroad the earth BY MYSELF;”
Here we see WHEN the spoken word was MANIFESTED to become FLESH. The very start of the actual literal LIFE of God's Son BEGAN in the WOMB of the Virgin Mary. Some Christians may argue and say that Jesus did not NEED a savior and, therefore, to THEM, this verse is NOT a prophecy of Jesus. But being redeemed does not always mean being saved from SIN. The salvation being spoken of here is that God will not LEAVE the soul of His human mortal Son in hell and his body to see corruption to turn back to dust.
Please read Psalm 89:26-29.
“He shall cry unto me, YOU are my father, my God, and the rock of MY SALVATION. (This is Yahweh prophesying that his Son Jesus, the Son of MAN who will become His FIRSTBORN of every new creature, will cry unto Yahweh calling Yahweh his Father, his God, and his SALVATION to save his soul from hell) 27. ALSO I will MAKE him MY FIRSTBORN, higher than the kings of the earth. (Jesus did not become God's FIRSTBORN ETERNAL, Son, until AFTER the cross when God SAVED the Son of MAN from the grave by raising Jesus from the dead to become the FIRSTBORN from the DEAD. Jesus became the FIRSTBORN among many brethren WHEN God raised him from the DEAD. It makes no sense for God to say that he WILL MAKE His firstborn to be HIGHER than the kings of the earth if so be that Jesus was God's firstborn of every creature in eternity past because he would have ALREADY been HIGHER than the kings of the earth. I agree that Jesus became the firstborn HUMAN Son of God at his virgin birth but that is NOT when God MADE him Lord and His King of kings. Rather, it was AFTER the ANOINTED Son of MAN, overcame God’s enemy that Jesus was CROWNED with glory and honor to be made a partaker of the DIVINE NATURE of immortality) 28. My mercy will I keep FOR him for evermore, (In other words, God will have mercy on mankind FOR the SAKE OF his Son Jesus) and my covenant shall stand fast with him. 29. His seed also will I make to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.”
The LITERAL translation of Psalm 89:27 actually says. “Indeed I firstborn I SHALL give HIM…”
So Yahweh Himself is saying that it is indeed I and firstborn of me I shall give HIM. In other words, Yahweh is prophesying to give to Jesus the kings of the earth. Again, this does not mean that Jesus IS Yahweh Himself, but rather, it means that Yahweh who is Spirit SPOKE forth Spirit life OUT FROM His own mouth and that Spirit life that came out from God BECAME FLESH and dwelt among men. We must remember that the Scriptures also say that God is NOT a MAN nor is God the SON of MAN. When God creates a tree, the spoken word of God becomes a TREE void of any divine nature except for the Spirit of life that is in all of God’s creation. The tree is NOT the Almighty God. The Bible itself says that the word was MADE FLESH. And that flesh was the Son of MAN. And Almighty God Himself is NOT the Son of MAN. So when Yahweh says “I am HE” then Yahweh is NOT saying that Jesus is Yahweh Himself. Rather, Yahweh is saying that he is my WORK. Yahweh is saying I did this. I provided you a Savior. Christians need to know that the verb “am” is NOT in the original text and it should read “I, he” to show two separate persons in the future when the prophecy is fulfilled. Keep in mind that Isaiah 41:4 says “Who has wrought and done it, calling (Or PROPHESYING) the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and WITH the last; I [am] he.”
Or I the first WITH the last: I, he together will judge Lucifer, aka, Satan and the fallen angels. It is Yahweh who PERFORMS His own spoken word of PROPHECY. Please read Isaiah 52:6.
“Therefore, my people shall know my NAME: Therefore, they shall know in that day that I am he that does speak: behold, it is I.”
Jesus came in the NAME of Yahweh. It was Yahweh’s words that He Himself put in the mouth of His Prophet to speak in Yahweh’s NAME. Also, Jesus said that the Scriptures spoke of him. So another way of interpreting Isaiah 52:6 is that Jesus is the FULFILMENT of the words of PROPHECY that Yahweh spoke out from His mouth. It is I, Yahweh, who PERFORMED this. He is my King whom I have set to be my mouthpiece over the earth. So understand that what he speaks it is I who gave him the authority to speak in my NAME.
John 5:38.
“Search the scriptures; for in them you think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of ME.”
So Jesus knew all the prophesies speaking of him being born of a virgin. Jesus knew that Isaiah 44:24 spoke of him as being FORMED in the womb of his mother by the spoken word of God coming out of the mouth of God in Isaiah 55:11. Jesus knew that Jeremiah 1:4-9 spoke of him.
“Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 5. Before I formed you in the belly I knew you, and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you, and I ordained you a prophet unto the nations. (BEFORE God ever prophesied His first word concerning His yet coming into existence Son, Almighty God LOVED His Son. Just like proud parents LOVE their yet unborn child and they PREPARE a place for their baby BEFORE he or she is BORN. And, so also, did God LOVE His yet unborn future Son BEFORE the foundation of the earth. And in like manner, while Yahweh alone and by Himself recreated the earth that became void and empty to once again be habitable FOR His yet unborn Son and His NEW CREATION of righteous people He would create in the future) 6. Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. (I believe that this verse was revealed to Jesus when he was 12 years old and he told Mary and Joseph that he must be about his Father's business. But first, Jesus argued with God saying that he was just a child, how can I speak your words being only a small child?) 7. But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for you shall go to all that I shall send you, and whatsoever I command you you shall speak. 8. Be not afraid of their faces: for I am WITH you to DELIVER YOU, says the LORD. 9. Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.”
Now, this does not mean that Jeremiah was not a child as well when God called him to also be a prophet to the one nation, Israel. God HIDES prophecies of Jesus by speaking those prophecies to His other prophets. And, at times, it SEEMS like God is just speaking to that prophet as an account of “history”. But when we look closer we can see that it is both the history of the prophet AND a hidden PROPHECY of God's yet future Messiah. So then, Jesus knew that his ORIGIN was OF God and that he CAME OUT FROM God as Yahweh’s spoken word of PROPHECY. Jesus understood through the reading of the Scriptures that God formed him in his mother's womb and that he did NOT have an earthly biological father. I am quite sure that Jesus knew that Joseph was NOT his biological father and that he was conceived in his mother's womb by the Holy Spirit when the angel Gabriel spoke to the Virgin Mary. How else did the disciples know to tell us about the virgin birth of Jesus unless Jesus taught them? Jesus even told us that he CAME OUT FROM God. Jesus was pleased that his disciples believed that he CAME OUT from God.
Please read John 16:27,28.
“For the Father, himself loves you, because you have loved me, and (BECAUSE you) have BELIEVED that I CAME OUT FROM God. 28. I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.”
Again, some Christians INTERPRET these verses as Jesus coming down out of heaven from God to come forth from the Father who SENT him down from heaven into the world. But to ME this interpretation contradicts 1 Timothy 6:13-16 where ONLY the one true invisible God alone had immortality in eternity past. It also contradicts Isaiah 44:24 where Yahweh ALONE and BY HIMSELF created ALL things. So for ME, I see the living word, which is SPIRIT, came out from God. And then, Yahweh Himself PERFORMED His own SPOKEN living word that CAME OUT FROM His MOUTH that He sent down from heaven by the angel Gabriel as His word of PROPHECY. Then God’s messenger SPOKE the word of PROPHECY to the Virgin Mary to be conceived in her womb to be born as FLESH. The word of PROPHECY was made FLESH by Yahweh PERFORMING His own spoken word that came OUT FROM Himself. This interpretation AGREES with the account that Luke teaches as to HOW Jesus was BORN of a virgin. It also agrees with ALL of the PROPHECIES of Jesus being FORMED in the WOMB by God. ALL the verses harmonize with this interpretation of the word being God's SPOKEN word. But as you will see in a moment it is not just an INTERPRETATION. The LITERAL translation proves that the word is God's spoken word by translating the Greek word “LOGOS” as the SAYING. Now back to 1 John 1:1,2 to learn what Jesus taught his disciples as to HOW he CAME OUT FROM God.
1 John 1:1,2.
“That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; (Or the SAYING of life as it reads in the LITERAL translation.) 2. (For the LIFE was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and show unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested unto us;)”
John does NOT say that the SON OF God was WITH the Father and the SON OF God was MANIFESTED unto us. This verse is simply saying HOW to receive eternal life in the world to come. The word “manifested” simply means that the WAY to obtain eternal life was REVEALED to us or CLEARLY SHOWN to us by God's Son Jesus, whose ORIGIN was OF God's SAYING of the PROPHECY that was HEARD from the beginning. In other words, John says that the word of LIFE, or the SAYING of LIFE, the TEACHING of the promise of ETERNAL LIFE that was WITH God in the beginning. And the WAY to eternal life was MANIFESTED or clearly SHOWN to us as being Jesus, the ONLY way to the Father. Jesus was BORN to be the King of Israel. Jesus said, to this END was I BORN. So to me, John 1:1 is a PROPHECY of [A] God that was manifested BY Yahweh HIMSELF by Yahweh SPEAKING FORTH His word of PROPHECY or SAYING of LIFE OUT FROM His mouth just like Isaiah 55:11 PROPHESIED.
Here is the LITERAL translation of Isaiah 55:11.
“So is HE BECOMING word of me which he is going forth from MOUTH of me not he is returning to me empty but rather he does what I desire and he prospers in which I sent him.”
So then, AS God or in the same manners AS God sends down the rain from heaven so ALSO He sent down His word, His SAYING, His TEACHING, His DOCTRINE, His BREAD of life, His SPEECH, which came forth out from God's MOUTH to accomplish God's desire in the earth. The spoken word of prophecy came down from heaven and the word was made flesh by Yahweh PERFORMING His own word of PROPHECY. Now let us read the LITERAL word for word translation of John 1:1.
Here is the LITERAL word for word translation of John 1:1.
“In beginning was the SAYING and the SAYING was TOWARD the God and God was the SAYING.”
And [A] God was the saying of PROPHECY. To this END was the HUMAN Son of God BORN to be MADE Lord of the Sabbath, the King of kings, and the Lord of lords to rule FOR Yahweh in the world to come. The Greek word translated a “WITH” God in the King James Version also means TOWARD God. And the word “toward” means the GOAL. The goal of God is to DETHRONE Lucifer and REPLACE him with ANOTHER. Please read the studies under the heading >>>WHY ARE WE HERE-IS GOD AT WAR?<<< But for now, please know and understand that the beginning in John 1:1 is [A] Beginning some 6,000 years ago and NOT the original beginning in eternity past. Yahweh did not need another God to replace Lucifer UNTIL after Lucifer made WAR with God. Now the Greek word “LOGOS” is found 207 times in the New Testament and 200 of those 207 times this Greek word logos is ALWAYS defined as the SPOKEN word of God. We were begotten of God to become his NEW creation through the spoken word of God, the same logos as in John 1:1. And we can clearly see HOW the logos, the SPOKEN living word of God came down from heaven by the angel Gabriel in Luke chapter 1. God's messenger SPOKE God's word to the Virgin Mary and when she believed saying be it done unto me according to your WORD the Holy Spirit overshadowed her and the SEED of God's word was planted in the womb of Mary to conceive a male child, who would become great and SHALL be called the Son of God. Jesus began to become great shortly AFTER his baptism, which is when God ANOINTED him and SENT him INTO the world. And that is when he began to be called the Son of God. But NOWHERE in the word of prophecy do we find the SON OF God coming down from heaven and the SON OF God manifesting himself to become flesh. Yes, there are some verses that SEEM to be saying that Jesus came down from heaven, but all of these verses can be interpreted as the word, the teaching of God, coming down from heaven. So then, the FORM that Jesus was in BEFORE the word was made flesh was IMAGE of God that was WITHIN Almighty God, who is SPIRIT. The LIFE that was WITHIN the VERY creator God was sent forth out from God’s MOUTH in the FORM of God's LIVING WORD. And that living word of prophecy was STRIPPED of ALL its divine nature to take on HUMAN nature. This is ONE interpretation and even one translation of Philippians 2:6-8 that AGREES with the WHOLE word of Almighty God. But I also see another interpretation of Philippians 2:6-8 which I believe is the TRUE sound Biblical meaning. But because of all the Trinitarian BIAS translations it is not that readily seen due to the added words by that translater. Please read the study “PHILIPPIANS 2:6-8 PROVES THAT JESUS PRE-EXISTED!” But the TRUTH is in HOW Jesus pre-existed. Oneness Pentecostal Christians argue that Jesus pre-existed as the ONE God in ONE person and the ONE God in ONE person manifested Himself to become the Son. So THEY teach that Jesus IS that Father and the Son at the same time. And the Trinitarian Christians argue that Jesus pre-existed as God the Son, the second person of a Godhead Trinity God of THREE separate persons in the ONE God. But that to ME and many, many other Christians like myself, who are called Biblical Unitarian Christians, we find that INTERPRETATION of an already pre-existing Son of God manifesting himself to become flesh but yet REMAINING the fully divine Almighty God having TWO natures at the SAME time contradicts many verses in the Bible. So Biblical Unitarian Christians believe that Jesus pre-existed in the MIND and PLAN of God to one day have a Son with MANY BRETHREN. There are just far too many CONTRADICTIONS to the word of God in the Doctrine of Oneness and the Doctrine of the Trinity that teach Jesus was fully almighty God and fully human at the SAME time having TWO natures, one divine, and one human DURING the days of his FLESH. For example, if so be, that Jesus was fully the Almighty God, then how come Jesus said that he could do NOTHING OF HIMSELF and that it was the FATHER dwelling IN him, who was doing the works? Please read the study “37 POINTS TO PONDER ABOUT JESUS BEING GOD!”. The doctrine of the Deity of Jesus wrongly teaches that Jesus was Deity DURING the days of his FLESH. And that doctrine actually denies that CHRIST or the ANOINTING DWELT IN the flesh of Jesus. And the two nature doctrine of Jesus having two natures at the SAME time is, therefore, antichrist or against the ANOINTING in the flesh of Jesus. This does not mean that Trinitarian and Oneness Christians are not saved, but rather, it means that they are FALSELY or wrongly and unknowingly teaching against the ANOINTING of the Holy Spirit and power who dwelt IN the flesh of Jesus DURING his ministry from his baptism to the cross. And AFTER the cross it pleased the Father that the FULNESS of the Godhead should dwell in the Son of MAN, Jesus, BODILY to be MADE the Lord of the Sabbath. This brings us to section two of this study in God's word where we will closely examine Philippians 2:5-11 in the LIGHT of the WHOLE word of Almighty God to learn its TRUE meaning. To continue section two please click on the link “PHILIPPIANS 2:5-8 PROVES JESUS PRE-EXISTED!” Below is a complete list of all the studies that I have which show WHY I no longer believe in the doctrine of the Trinity and why I can NEVER believe in the doctrine of Oneness. I assure you that every verse that SEEMS to be saying that Jesus pre-existed in eternity past has another meaning that does NOT contradict any other verses of Scripture in the entire Bible. Thanks for reading and may God bless you richly as you CONTINUE to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God.
Your Brother in our Lord Jesus Christ, Brother Mark.
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VERSES USED TO TEACH THAT JESUS PREEXISTED!
Here is a link that will give you links to all the studies that I have written on every verse of Scripture that I have been made aware of that are used to teach that Jesus pre-existed and to try and prove the doctrine of the Trinity. >>>VERSES USED TO TEACH THAT JESUS PRE-EXISTED!<<< Simply click on the link and then scroll down to find the verse of Scripture that you would like to study to learn its true sound Biblical meaning when it is correctly interpreted in the LIGHT of the WHOLE word of Almighty God. And then click on that link to read the study on that particular verse of Scripture. Thanks for reading and may God bless you richly as you continue seeking the truth of the whole word of God. Your brother in our Lord Jesus Christ, Brother Mark.
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