my thoughts is to let each person speak for themselves as individuals.  Although I do not agree with certain denominational beliefs, I also am aware that not all individuals in a denomination strictly adhere to their denominations doctrines.  My dad was raised Roman Catholic and remained so all of his life, as far as I could tell,  but he ex…[Read more]

YAHWEH AND EL

Were Yahweh and El originally the same Deity or not?

What was the relationship between Yahweh and the Canaanite god El? In the Old Testament Yahweh is frequently called El. The question is raised whether Yahweh was a form of the god El from the beginning or whether they were separate deities who only became equated later. The Old…[Read more]

Berean, i quoted exactly what Jesus himself said , question is do you really “believe”  him ?  Jesus is called the word of God , because he “quotes” God the Fathers words to us,  not because he really “IS”  God the Fathers words “HIMSELF”, But, tells us the words of God the father,  get it? , why can’t you simply understand that?  Is it becaus…[Read more]

Hi Mike,

You: Okay, time to take a different tack…

CARMEL, DOES THE PLURAL WORD “DAYS” EVER REFER TO SOMETHING OTHER THAN LITERAL 24-HOUR DAYS IN THE BIBLE?  YES OR NO?  AND IF YES, SHOW THE SCRIPTURE(S).
 

Me: Mike from that same page, and the same post I asked this question hereunder:

Answer Mike,

DO YOU MEAN THAT GENESIS 1:1 IS A SOR…[Read more]

Hi Mike,

Carmel:  According to Google fight, back in the days seems more popular: 1,800,000,000 against 584,000,000.

You: So there you have it.  Both are acceptable, and both are used by millions of people today, just as both were used at various times in the Bible. 

Produce scripture please that supports your conclusions!

Therefore there is…[Read more]

Hi to all

Daily Devotional

SHOT LIKE A CORK

AN AMAZING FACT: In 1692, the city of Port Royal on the island of Jamaica literally slid into the sea when it was struck by a massive earthquake. Many had predicted that Port Royal, a corrupt city of pirates and cutthroats, would one day suffer God’s judgment and be destroyed. The disaster, th…[Read more]

Gene

Revelation 19v.13 IS the REVELATION OF THE TRUTH ABOUT * THE WORD* of John 1v.1 

And he *Jesus *was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called* The Word of God.*

Gene, Are you going to believe this word of God?

The Sons of El (God)

In the Old Testament there appears the concept of Yahweh’s having a heavenly court, the sons of God. They are referred to variously as the ‘sons of God’ (bene ha’ elohim, Gen. 6.2, 4; Job 1.6, 2.2; or bene ‘
elohim, Job 38.7), the ‘sons of gods’ (bene ‘elim, Pss. 29.1, 89.7 ), or the ‘sons of the Most High’ (bene ‘elyon, Ps.…[Read more]

Mike…..It’s both, the word came to be , at that (time), when? , when  God “SAID”,(intellegent utterance),  “let there “be” , thats our only proof when the word came into being (at),   that time , but it dosen’t mean the word didn’t exist before that time,  but at that picticular time , it was there , why because God who skoke it was ther…[Read more]

Mike your answer is easey debuncked,  God the Father himself said he looked for other God’s and found none, and that he himself was the “ONLY”  God that existed.  Jesus said THOU ARE THE  “ONLY” TRUE God.    

WHATS INTERESTING IS God the Father said he could find no other God’s , but you can find them,  hundreds or thousands .  Satan would sur…[Read more]

Hi Mike

In part b (“the Word was with God”), who do you think that “God” is, Berean?  Who is the “God” that the Word was with in the beginning?  

Me

IN THE BIGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND THE WORD WAS WITH THE ONLY TRUE GOD👉 JOHN 17 THE FATHER

AND THE WORD WAS GOD IN NATURE.

THE WORD WAS NOT GOD THE FATHER BUT the brightness of his glory, and the…[Read more]

Hi Mike, thanks for your replies to my posts. But I am sorry to say that I am not here to take any challenges on these ancient religious texts.

I can ensure you that all the three Abrahamic religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam would not agree with your belief of many gods with the most high God. Even a Trinitarian may not agree with your…[Read more]

Berean:  Mike, show me an apostle of Christ who emphasizes Jesus as a god… like you do.

I just did, Berean.  I showed you John, the Jews who said Jesus was blaspheming for making himself out to be a god, and Jesus himself, who not only clarified that he was indeed a god, but an even higher god than the disobedient ones who were punished by God in…[Read more]

Hi Mike

You

It is a CLEAR distinction between the Most High God whom no man has ever seen, and a different god who has come to make us better acquainted with the Most High God.

Me
I disagree that Jesus is
*a different god
Jesus is the Son of God and he is God by nature or essence, he is the reflection of the glory of God, the very imprint of…[Read more]

Clanging Cymbal:  The problem here we are relying the strong arguments put forth by Mike on “Many Gods of the Bible” which includes Jesus the first century Jew.

You have correctly identified that I am making strong arguments here – including my most recent that Jesus is indeed one of the many gods of the Bible – but I fail to see why you woul…[Read more]

Gene:  When Jesus said, “he called them  God’s unto whom,  the word of God came”, you need to understand that,  as him meanning that,  in a possessive sence, they were God’s people , to whom the word of God came.  get it brother? , Jesus was not ever saying the were actually God’s, thenselves,  but they belonged to him.

Gene, your statement above…[Read more]

Okay Berean and all, now let’s see if the Ps 82/John 10 connection makes sense with the proper translations and understandings.

The confusion starts with the erroneous and completely unscriptural idea that the Bible is a monotheistic book, and that the Israelite/Jewish culture itself held monotheistic beliefs.  I have already showed you…[Read more]

Gene: You seem to have a problem with the word, (was) ,  I gave you the dictionary meaning several time now , “was” simply means (it came to be ) as in,  existed that way. 

The word, (intellegent utterance)  do not come to be God,  it  was,  (existed) with God, and it was the (intellegent utterance) or expression of God,    God and his words are…

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Yahweh of Teman at Kuntillet Ajrud

The title “Yahweh of Teman” is found outside the Old Testament at Kuntillet Ajrud, and this adds historical weight to the idea that Yahweh with the South were associated early on. Kuntillet ʿAjrud (AKA Horvat Teman) is a small, one-period site situated between the southern Negev and the eastern Sinai peni…[Read more]

Thanks for that commentary, Berean!  Let’s scrutinize it together and see which parts hold water and which ones don’t.

a. Jesus answered them: The religious leaders surrounded Jesus (John 10:24) and now held rocks to stone Him to death (John 10:31). Jesus didn’t panic and didn’t run; He stopped them with the power of His word. He answered them…

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