Part 1: Rev. 1:12-18 within your NWT describes John seeing One like the Son of Man. In part, it reads: 17 And when I saw him, I fell as dead at his feet. And he laid his right hand upon me and said: “Do not be fearful. ****I am the First and the Last****, 18 and the living one; and I became dead, but, look! I am living forever and ever, and I have the keys of death and of Ha´des."
It seems obvious this is Jesus speaking. Agree or disagree?
Part 2: Isaiah 44:6 within your NWT reads:
6 “This is what JEHOVAH has said, the King of Israel and the Repurchaser of him, Jehovah of armies, ‘I am the first and I am the last, and besides me there is no God."
So you can see that Jesus called Himself "the first and the last," despite the fact that Jehovah also called Himself "the first and the last."
It's not possible to have TWO firsts and TWO lasts, is it? So when comparing these passages, why do you deny Jesus ever called Himself God?
2007-04-16
03:09:43
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