@ Berean,

There’s a pot calling the kettle black! Still waiting for my questions to be answered!

@ Carmel,

How interesting that you would bring up Isa 9; I am currently in the middle of studying this section of Isaiah (7-12,13).

@ Berean,

You still haven’t explained what it means to “come down from heaven” nor answered what truths I have rejected.

Funny what happens when people who are shown their thinking is incorrect; they start looking for other things to argue about, all the while ignoring the truth that just slapped them in the face.

Explain how “going to” or “ascending to” became the primary focus when “My Father, your Father; My God, your God” was the prior focus? (Hopefully…[Read more]

In reference to John 20:17 “My Father, your Father; My God, your God.” Did the Jews think of God as their father? After doing a quick, simple search; let’s take a look…

Isa 63:16 “For you are our Father, though Abraham doesn’t know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us: you, Yahweh, are our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is your name.”[Read more]

@ Berean,

What truth have I rejected? Your belief system? Articulate.

@ Berean,

You don’t see how that belief and understanding diminishes the Father?!!? The Father, who created the universe and all that is in it, is incapable of judging and redeeming HIS creation. My the God you serve is tiny! I believe the understanding you are missing is the Father/Son, King/Prince relationship. The son/prince can never be over…[Read more]

@ Proclaimer,

YOU:

If Jesus Christ was not the literal firstborn of all creation, then this verse is impossible.

to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.

Do I hear an amen to this verse. So far no one is saying amen to these verses in the New…[Read more]

Berean,

How am I to explain myself when you have not answered the question? You demand answers to your questions; where are my answers? My response/explanation is dependent upon an answer. What is the Jewish understanding of coming from heaven and is Jesus coming from heaven the same as manna coming from heaven? It’s a simple question, stop…[Read more]

@ Berean,

So is Christ decent from heaven the same as manna? Both “came down” from heaven.

Is Jesus truly the archangel Micheal? Can you scripturally show where in the old testament this is stated?

@ Proclaimer,

In all your have written, you still haven’t said what come “from heaven” means from a Jewish perspective.

To say the “Jews rejected” Christ is a misnomer because you need to read the book of Acts. 3000 at Pentecost.

So what does is it mean to “descend from Heaven”? Is it to physically or in the mind of God?

@ Berean,

You: “IS JESUS NOT IN A CERTAIN SENSE “THE FATHER”

NO!!

I thought Jesus was the archangel Micheal in the old testament…would that then make it the quadinitry. I’m confused!

@ Proclaimer,

What is the Jewish understanding of what it means to come  “from heaven”?

Answer that, and you may get an “amen.”

Jesus did not preexist!

…And the bible battle continues…

Our translations aren’t unified, so how can the church be?!?!? Think about it!

Ever notice how the Tanakh doesn’t have this issue?

@ Carmel,

Sorry, what you wrote sounds like something out of Dante’s Inferno!

Sheol, Hades, and Gehenna are NOT the same place, regardless of what you believe.

Hades is Greek mythology.

Gehenna is the name of an actual valley on the southeast of Jerusalem where refuse, dead animals, and unburied bodies of criminals were burned.

Sheol is o…[Read more]

@ Carmel,

YOU: Luke 2:52 – “And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.”

ME: Christ “kept increasing”; meaning wisdom, stature, and favor were continually increasing. If Christ was filled with this at his birth or prior, why would more need to be “added” as he grew?

YOU: “THAT JESUS EVER (“never”?) RECEIVED TH…[Read more]

@ Berean,

What is this “mystery of God” in Col 2:2? Explain its meaning.

You also state: “For me Jesus is not just a man. HE IS THE 👉DIVINE 👈 SON OF GOD
WHO HAS CLOTHED OUR HUMANITY IN ORDER TO SAVE US FROM SIN.”

Can you provide any scripture that states Christ existed in a dual form?

@ Berean,

Your statement is the main reason this debate has been raging for the last 20 years; no one wants to verify what they have been told or taught to be truth is actually the truth. Doctrine has superseded God’s words and is why the church isn’t unified, why the church is collapsing, and why sin is running rampant within its walls. Truth…[Read more]

@ Carmel,

This is patently false and makes absolutely zero sense. You are quoting a verse before Christ was baptized, before beginning of his ministry, and equating Christ to “our first love”??!!?

One question for you, what is the first and greatest commandment? Also, read I John 4:7-21; where does love come from?

@ Berean,

As I skimmed through the suggested book, the main take away is the King James is the only proper bible written and other translations are only good when they agree with it. Hate to break it to you, the KJV has its own flaws and in no way is it “perfect”; which is why I have 12 translations I use daily and reference another 60+ online.…[Read more]

@ Proclaimer,

What was the gospel, the “good news”, Christ taught? Wasn’t it the coming of the Kingdom of God? Was it not Christ who entered the Kingdom of God?

I haven’t had the time to fully talk about Col 1:15-18 as it becomes a lengthy discussion to dissect the verses. I will say, there is a period in most translations at the end of verse 17…[Read more]