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CONSIDER THE SOURCE: For The Bible That You Read? “and the Word was God,”Compare [70]
(1) Greeks.
(2) Experts in Greek
[Myth]ology and False Religion.
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Trinitarians! (And Oneness Greek Bible Publishers)
That’s right! The rules of Greek grammar were written by Greek speaking people
who did not believe in the true God of the Bible. They did not know about the
Son of God, Jesus Christ.
Or if
they already knew about Jesus Christ they wrote the grammatical rules after the
fact and made them fit their belief in a false (man-made) Trinity.
It is not surprising that they contrived a
mysterious god-head they called the Trinity, after all they believed in
fictitious religious beings such as Zeus, Apollos and
Hercules. Zeus was considered the father of many gods. The Greeks, like the
Romans, and many other heathen societies believed in many “multiples of gods.”
Will you allow men who believed in false gods to dictate how you translate the
inspired Word of God at John 1:1?
Will you allow
grammatical rules to control your faith?
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CONTEXT… PROVES TWO SEPARATE SPIRIT BEINGS: The context of John 1:1
emphatically indicates that it is talking about Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and
God as two separate spirit beings. Bible authorities agree that “the Word” is
Jesus Christ. The same verse, John 1:1, indicates that
God and Jesus Christ are two separate beings when it says that “the Word was
with God.” The Greek “pros” means ‘with,’ ‘by the side of’
and ‘near to” indicating two separate beings. Listen to what Bible
scholars say about the Greek word pros:
“This word ‘with’ points out that there is a distinction of persons here.”
(Geneva Bible Translation Notes)
“This expression denotes friendship or intimacy. John affirms that he (Jesus)
was “with God” in the beginning - that is, before the world was made.” (Albert
Barnes Notes on the Bible)
“Though existing eternally with God the Logos was in perfect fellowship with
God.” (Robertson’s Word Pictures)
“The preposition “pros” implies not just proximity, but intimate personal
relationship. (
“was with God”--having a conscious personal existence distinct from God (as one
is from the person he is "with"), but inseparable from Him and
associated with Him.” (Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Commentary)
CONTEXT….JESUS CHRIST IDENTIFIED AS THE “
Even Satan knew him as the “Son of God.” (Matthew 4:6)
The demons and unclean spirits recognized him as the “Son of God.” (Mark
The centurion who guarded him at his death admitted that Jesus was the Son of
God. (Mark
The Gospel writer Mark identified Jesus as the “Son of God.” (Mark 1:1) All of
the Gospel writers knew that Jesus Christ was the “Son of God.”
Nathanael called Jesus the “Son of God.” (John 1:49)
Jesus spoke of himself as the “Son of God.” (John 11:4)
Martha knew that Jesus was the “Son of God.” (John 11:27)
John the Baptist proclaimed Jesus as the “Son of God.” (John 1:34)
CONTEXT…APOSTLE PAUL KNEW THE
CONTEXT…APOSTLE JOHN KNEW JESUS CHRIST, THE
APOSTLE JOHN KNEW THAT JESUS HAD A GOD: John was inspired to write Jesus' words
at John 20:17 when he told Mary: "Go to my brothers, and say to them, I ascend
to my Father and you’re Father, and my God and your
God.” Did you get that? Jesus called God...his God! John was also inspired to
write Jesus' words at Revelation
“ THE REVELATION GOD GAVE TO JESUS CHRIST, so that he
could tell his servants the things that must soon take place. Christ then sent
his angel to communicate the symbolic message to his servant John.” (Revelation
1:1) (NSB) It was obvious to John at the time he wrote these words that Jesus
and the congregation of believers were united in harmony with the Father. (John
14:10, 20) It was also obvious that God was in charge and that Jesus Christ was
subservient to his Father. (John 14:28) (1 Corinthians 11:3) The entire context
of the Holy Scriptures shows that John recognized Jesus Christ as the Son of
God and not as God.
THE EMBLEMATIC LANGUAGE OF JOHN 1:1: When the apostle John wrote the first
verse of his Gospel he was inspired to express a visible symbol for something
very abstract…very abstract! He established three basic Biblical facts in that
one verse: (1) The Word was alive in the beginning. (2) The Word was with God.
(3) The Word was God. John attempted to explain these basic beliefs in the
inspired Gospel of John, the three Letters of John, and the book of Revelation.
The serious Bible student needs to study and meditate on all of the Bible books
written by John in order to understand the Emblematic Language of John 1:1. The
entire context of Johns writings show that Jesus
Christ is the Son of God…NOT GOD!
What was John talking about when he wrote: “theos en ho logos” God was the Word? According to the
context of the New Testament, he was talking about Jesus Christ (the Word) as a
member of the God Family. Jesus was a divine spirit actively serving in heaven
with his heavenly Father before he came to earth. He is a divine spirit now
serving in heaven along side his heavenly Father.
“GOD-LIKE” EXPRESSES ACCURATE MEANING: The New Simplified Bible uses one of the
other accurate meanings of the Greek word “theos,”
Godly, God-like, or like God. This reference to Jesus Christ, the Word, as
being God-like is fitting since he is a member of the God family and is
therefore very much like his heavenly Father. It is in a relative sense that
Jesus Christ could even be considered God. After all he is not his own Father
and his Father truly is God.
THE DEITY OF JESUS CHRIST:
The debate continues… Is Jesus Christ deity? Or is he not deity? The following
Biblical evidence proves that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, spiritually
powerful like his Father, and very much qualified to be a deity! But GOD, not
Jesus Christ, is the true Deity!
(1) Jesus Christ is a supernatural (spiritual) being. (1 Corinthians 10:4)
(2) He is divine. (Colossians 2:9)
(3) Jesus lives forever. (Revelation 11:15; 22:5)
(4) Jesus is a priest forever. (Hebrews 7:17, 21)
(5) Jesus Christ is the Son of God. (Mark
(6) After living as a man on earth, he is now at the right hand of God. (Acts
(7) Like his Father, Jesus Christ is the Savior. (2 Samuel 22:2) (Isaiah 43:3)
(2 Peter 1:11)
(8) Jesus and his Father are united in thought (purpose) and deed. (John
(9) Jesus Christ is second in command in the entire universe. (1 Corinthians
15:27)
(10) Jesus has a God. (John 20:17) (Revelation 3:12)
DEFINITION OF DEITY: The Word-Web Dictionary from
Is Jesus Christ God? NO! But using this definition Jesus could be considered a
deity. That is why some call him “a god.” And he is truly “God-like” in his
nature. (Philippians 2:5, 6) The Holy Scriptures clearly identify the position
of Jesus Christ in heaven. He is second in command. GOD is first! (Hebrews
10:12, 13) (Colossians 3:1) (1 John 2:1)
JESUS CHRIST IS THE BEGOTTEN
• (NSB) JOHN 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and
the Word was with God, and the Word was like God (God-like). (Greek:
Theos: a deity, a god, magistrate, supreme God,
God-like).
The transliterated Greek of this verse looks like this:
En arche en ho logos kai ho
logos
In beginning was the Word and the word
en pros ton theon kai theos en ho logos
was with the God and God-like was the Word
Reference Open-Trinity,
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http://www.webspawner.com/users/newsimplifiedbible/nsbnotestrinity6.html
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In
an ancient time there was the Word.
John Chapter 1
The Word or Expression of a
Thought?
The
Greek word logos is often rightly translated as
word. However, logos implies a greater
meaning than that; it means the expression of a thought. So, Jesus is
truly the complete expression of God’s thoughts.
People
have often wondered why John used such unusual wording to start this, his
literary masterpiece. It is obvious he was explaining Genesis 1:1-3. Notice how
that scripture reads, ‘In an ancient time (gr. en arche)
God created the heavens and the earth. But the earth was unsightly and
unfinished, darkness covered its depths, and God’s Breath moved over its
waters. Then God spoke (gr. eipen),
saying, May there be light, and light came to be.’
So,
you can see that God spoke, and the things came into existence by means
of some unnamed person or force.
Now,
follow John’s opening words (at John 1:1) and notice how they dovetail with and
explain Genesis 1:1: ‘In an ancient time (gr. en arche)
there was the Word . . . He was with God long ago. Everything came into
existence through him. Life came into existence through him and the life
was the light of men.’
As
you can see, the account in Genesis says that God spoke things into existence,
and John is explaining what God said (what the ‘Word’ or the ‘Expression of the
thought’ was). In other words, God ‘spoke’ and the ‘Word’ (Jesus in his prehuman existence) did the work.
So,
if John 1:1 appears to support the idea of a trinity to some, this is
unintentional. John is simply trying to impress on his readers that, although
Jesus isn’t mentioned in Genesis 1:1, he was there with God and was himself a
powerful god who actually did the work (with God’s power) when God ‘spoke’ the
heavens and earth into existence.
Are
we to conclude from John’s writing here that Jesus’ heavenly name is ton
Logos (the Word or Expression of a thought)? No! Recognize that John was
just employing an inspired play on words to draw attention to the phrasing of
Genesis 1:1. Jesus’ prehuman name was likely Michael,
which means: Who is Like God (not a question but a statement). And John called
him ‘the Word’ to point out Jesus’ most ancient high position as a co-worker
with God, who created whatever things God spoke.
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The
simple answer is yes… if you understand what the word god means. This idea may
be a bit difficult to grasp for people who were raised in a monotheistic
society where God refers to just One. However,
remember that the Greeks (whose language we are translating) were a
polytheistic society (they worshiped many gods), and to them the word theos referred to a large
group of individuals who were simply more powerful than men. So, theos just meant powerful
one, not Creator (which is what the Hebrew name Jehovah implies –
He who causes to be).
To
prove that translating the word Theos as
powerful is correct, notice how the Bible calls men gods at Psalm 82:6 (which
Jesus also quotes at John 10:34-36), where it says, ‘I said You are gods;
of the Most High you’re sons!’
Also,
notice that at Exodus 7:1, God told Moses, ‘Look! I’ve made you a god to Pharaoh, and
your brother Aaron is your prophet.’
So,
the terms god and gods just refer to the powerful. And even men can be gods…
that is, in the truest sense of the word’s meaning (powerful ones). Thus, a
word-for-word literal translation of John 1:1 can read, ‘In ancient time was
the Word; and the Word was toward the Powerful One; and powerful was
the Word.’
Then,
why did we use the term God, rather than Powerful One, at John 1:1? We’ve left
the first term (God) in place, because that’s what people call the Divine One
today.
So,
is the Logos the God or just god (powerful)? From the context of
John 1:1, it appears as though Jesus (the Logos) is theos
– powerful – but not The God (gr. ton Theon).
For notice that Jesus described himself as simply God’s son (gr. Uios tou Theou eimi) at John 10:36.
Also
notice that (at John 1:1) Logos (λογος)
and Theon (θεον)
are both preceded by the definite article the (ο λογος and τον
θεον), except in the case where
the Logos is referred to simply as theos
(θεος). By employing such
wording, John was obviously differentiating Jesus from The God. You can clearly
see the differences in the words when you read John 1:1,
That
the early Christians didn’t view Jesus as the God is supported by the fact that
Christians still worshiped at the Temple of Jehovah in Jerusalem until shortly
before it was destroyed in 70-C.E. (see Acts the Twentieth chapter).
This is because Christian Jews didn’t consider Christianity to be a new
religion with a new god, but rather, that it was the natural outgrowth of the
old, and Jesus was the promised ‘Messiah’ or ‘Anointed One of God’ who was to
assume ‘the throne of David his father.’
For
more information, see the document, Who
Was Jesus? Also for more information, see the linked Note in Psalms ‘The Gods of Psalm 82.’
To
see how Jesus was described at John 1:1 in the most ancient Coptic texts, see
the link http://depts.washington.edu/cartah/text_archive/coptic/coptjohn.shtml, and to see why the Coptic
texts are relevant, see the link http://www.integlogic.com/sahidica/pages/sahidicpaper1990.html.
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Jesus
was referred to (herein) as the only-created son at John
In
other Bibles, this word is rendered as only begotten, but begotten
isn’t exactly a word that you would read in the newspaper today (where ‘common’
American English may be read), so not everyone will understand what that means
either. Remember that the goal of these translators to choose words that are
common, easy to understand, and which carry the proper nuance in contemporary
American English.
We
also might have used the terms only fathered, or, only conceived,
or, only born. However, none of those words accurately describes the
situation of Jesus. For, while he was the only son ever born through a woman to
God, He was also the only creature (son, god, or powerful one) that was
directly created by God. For, John went on to elaborate on what he actually
meant at Revelation 3:14, where he referred to Jesus as ‘the
earliest creation of God’ (gr. he arche tes ktiseos tou Theou – or – the
most/ancient creation of/the God). And John wrote of Jesus at John 1:3,
‘Everything [else] came into existence through him’ (gr. panta
di autou egeneto – or – all by him generated).
So,
although the term only created may not be exactly what was said in a
word-for-word translation, it appears to be what John meant in this case.
From
http://www.2001translation.com/JOHN.htm#_The_Word_or_Expression_of_a_Thought
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At the time the
New Testament was written, Greek manuscripts were written in all capital
letters.
The upper and lower
case letters were not blended as we do today. Thus, the distinction that
we today make between “God” and “god” could not be made, and the context became
the judge in determining to whom “THEOS” referred
Jn 1:1
(4.) The last
phrase in the verse, which most versions translate as “and the Word was God,” should not be translated that way.
The Greek language uses the word “God” (Greek = theos) to refer to the Father as well as to
other authorities. These include the Open Devil (2 Cor.Open 4:4
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Publisher’s Theology- Compare BIG –G or small g Example1Jn1-1.htm
Open http://www.friktech.com/rel/canon/types.htm
Look
at the letters in the Codex
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Plus http://www.ntcanon.org/
HowTheBibleBooksWereChoosen.htm
Study
BiblePunctuationMarksPLUS.
At the time the
New Testament was written, Greek manuscripts were written in all capital
letters.
Although
context is the final arbiter, it is almost always the case in the New Testament
that when “God” refers to the Father, the definite article appears in the Greek
text (this article can be seen only in the Greek text, it is never translated
into English). Translators are normally very sensitive to this Open (see John 10:33). The
difference between theos
with and without the article occurs in John 1:1: “In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with “the theos,”
and the Word was “theos.” Since the definite
article is missing from the second occurrence of “theos”
(“God,”) the usual meaning would be “god” or “divine.” The New English Bible
gets the sense of this phrase by translating it, “What God was, the Word was.” James Moffatt who
was a professor of Greek and New Testament Exegesis at
Is the god,---YHWH
in 2 Cor.Open 4:4
Vine’s
Dictionary is not up to speed on this either--–That shows their Bias also to
the Nicene Creeds
Open
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Open John 10:33 |
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1.
Any
difficulty in understanding this verse is caused by the translators.
Had they faithfully rendered the Greek text in verse 33 as they did in verses
34 and 35, then it would read, “…you, a man, claim to be a god.” In
the next two verses, John 10:34 and 35, the exact same word (theos, without the article) is translated as
“god,” not “God.” The point was made under John 1:1 that usually when “God” is
meant, the noun theos has the definite
article. |
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Open John 1:1 Also Open John 20:28--- JOHN1onePLUS.htm
and http://www.searchgodsword.org/par/ enter Acts 7:40
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Cor 8:5
For even if there
are so-called
gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed
there are many
gods
and many
lords,
kai gar eiper eisin (5748) legomenoi
(5746) qeoi eite en ouranw| eite epi ghv, wsper eisin (5748) qeoi polloi kai kurioi polloi,
yet for us
there is but one God, the Father,
from whom
are all
things
and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ,
by whom
are all
things,
and we exist through
Him.
all' hmin eiv qeov o pathr, ec ou ta panta kai hmeiv eiv auton, kai eiv kuriov Ihsouv Xristov, di' ou ta panta kai hmeiv di' autou.
Acts
7:40
SAYING TO
AARON, 'MAKE FOR
US GODS WHO WILL GO BEFORE
US; FOR THIS
MOSES WHO LED US
OUT OF THE LAND
OF EGYPT
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made a calf F174
and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and were rejoicing in the R347
works of their hands
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God
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2:4
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the account
of the heavens
and the earth
when they were created,
in the day
that the LORD
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heaven.
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