Charles,You might want to speak to a Hebrew speaker about the meanings of “Echad” and  “Yachid” which seem to correspond to the words “One” and “Single” in English.I do not believe stating “Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is a Single Lord”) works that well to pass on the idea there is only one true God.On the other hand stating “”Take now your…[Read more]

Mike Boll and Dennison,Mike wrote to Dennison:Quote Kerwin thinks that this "assembly of gods" is referring to humans.  But what group of human beings ever assembled in the presence of God Himself?  We know from Job 1, that Satan, who IS a god according to Paul, partook in one of these assemblies, when the sons of god came to present themselves b…[Read more]

Quote (kerwin @ May 28 2011,10:22)Quote (shimmer @ May 24 2011,03:55)Does anyone have any insight into this?In Rev 22:12, Jesus is speaking.And lo, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to render to each as his work shall be; I am the Alpha and the Omega — the Beginning and End — the First and the Last. 'Happy are those doing His commands…[Read more]

Quote (shimmer @ May 24 2011,03:55)Does anyone have any insight into this?In Rev 22:12, Jesus is speaking.And lo, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to render to each as his work shall be; I am the Alpha and the Omega — the Beginning and End — the First and the Last. 'Happy are those doing His commands that the authority shall be theirs…[Read more]

Quote (942767 @ May 28 2011,05:53)Quote (Gene Balthrop @ May 28 2011,02:21)To All………..To me Spirit is what Produces cognate thought and cognate thought produces Words , Words are the result of cognate   thoughts, So the Spirit is what creates and produces these thoughts which we express in words. These Spirits can be clean or unclean , but…[Read more]

Quote (Lightenup @ May 27 2011,02:05)The spirit of man is called the innerman or innerperson.The son of man is called man.Wouldn't the Spirit of God be the innerperson of God?Wouldn't the Son of God be called God?If God Almighty is called Father, can He be called true Father apart from a true Son?  If you don't believe in the true and proper Son,…[Read more]

Quote (SimplyForgiven @ May 26 2011,12:40)Hi All,I have been wanting to discuss this for the longest time, and havent had the chance to bring it up. According to scriptures,Matthew 1:21And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.Matthew 1:23Behold, a virgin shall be with child,…[Read more]

Gene,You state that God is in his words as a man is in his words and that much is true as Paul stated:Quote 2 Corinthians 10 (New International Version)10 For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive and his speaking amounts to nothing.” 11 Such people should realize that what we are in our letters when we…[Read more]

Paladin,I employed ideas from 1 Corinthians 2:10-13 in my last post but did not note that I had referenced it.  If you look at verse 13; then you will find that the Holy Spirit teaches (reveals) the Logos.  That is the relationship between the Spirit, which is Rhema,  and the Logos that I was attempting to make clear in my last post.Further re…[Read more]

Mike Boll,I agree that according to the context that Jahovah God is God of God can be spoken of in the context of mighty and thus it could also be started the Jahovah the Mighty is the Mighty of Mighty.I also agree with what you stated earlier and that is that neither angels nor demons can be compared with God. I believe this is true because…[Read more]

Mike Boll,Please be patient as I am busy addressing other issues currently but I hope to get back with you on these issues in a timely fashion.Thank you!

Paladin,Jesus was and is a Jew as God appointed the Hebrew people as a people chosen to spread his word throughout the world.   That is why Jesus restricted himself to teaching only the Hebrew peoples in order to prepare those that would spread the word from Jerusalem in accordance with prophecy.  Therefore the Jews of today have a common root w…[Read more]

Quote (Wispring @ May 25 2011,10:39)Quote 1 John 5 1Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God:   According to this scripture everyone who posts here is born of God.It depends on interpretation.  For examplee if a man states her believes Jesus is the Christ but the Jesus he speaks of is born in Mexico then is he born of God?We h…[Read more]

Quote (shimmer @ May 24 2011,16:03)Quote (kerwin @ May 24 2011,16:21)Quote (shimmer @ May 23 2011,17:23)Hi.Either Jesus was the one and only true God which I would accept if it was shown to me, or we accept the scripture as a child just as Jesus said, “Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter…[Read more]

Paladin,Thank you for your answers.  I believe you have previously mentioned that the Spirit of God is the Word of God according to other scriptures.   Is it plausible the John 1:1 is speaking about the Spirit which is a part of God also has an independent existence?  I ask this because that is similar to the belief common among Rabbinical Jews at…[Read more]

Quote (shimmer @ May 23 2011,17:23)Hi.Either Jesus was the one and only true God which I would accept if it was shown to me, or we accept the scripture as a child just as Jesus said, “Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven” Scripture shows the Father and son in a…[Read more]

Paladin,From what I understand the common Greek words “quen” and “qeov” in John 1:1 are both translated to the word “god” in English.  The endings show what part of speech they are.  I am curious to discover if each word is singular or plural and whether it is a subject, object, or what.  Can either use be translated “a god” instead of “God”?Y…[Read more]

Csaliba (Charles);Wispring is correct about well formatted posts being easier to use but you appear to be new to using the formatting tools provided.I find it easier to hand type my formatting in so I type “” before the text I am citing and “” after the end.   In addition using the letter “b” or “u” instead of the word “quote” before and after tex…[Read more]

Mike Boll,Quote I don't know about “Pantheon”, which means “all gods”, and is the name of the temple of the gods that Agrippa built in 25 B.C.  But I agree that YHWH is their God, and that like us, they also have free will to serve Him or rebel against him.  I was using the word Pantheon to mean “all gods” as Elohim is a plural word.  It is used i…[Read more]

Mike Boll,What we know from scripture is that both demons and angels are called elohim.   We also know that Jehovah Elohim is the Elohim of Elohim.  I doubt very much that Psalms 82 is referring either to angels or demons as it is written to those under the law.   The Hebrew nations are the ones that at that time were under the law of Mo…[Read more]