Jesus is shown in the Scriptures as being created in Rev. 3:14; Col. 1:15; Prov. 8:22 and Psa. 2:7.?

Question

Jesus is shown in the Scriptures as being created in Rev. 3:14; Col. 1:15; Prov. 8:22 and Psa. 2:7. If He was created, He can't be God, since God is eternal.

ANSWER: (A) Rev. 3:14 states that Jesus is "the beginning of the creation of God." The word translated "beginning" is ARCHE in the Greek. It also means ORIGIN besides BEGINNING. Since ORIGIN and SOURCE are synonymous, we can now understand why this verse reads in the N. A. B. "the SOURCE of God's creation." This verse doesn't show Jesus is created, but that He is the Creator! After all, since Jesus created EVERYTHING that was created (Col. 1:16), how could He be part of His own creation?

(B) Col. 1:15 reports that Jesus is "the firstborn of every creature." Please notice that it does NOT say "first-created"! This word, "firstborn," has more than one possible meaning. If one would read Gen. 41:51,52; 48:17-19 and Jer. 31:9 he would see that it can mean PREEMINENT. That is how it is used in Col. 1:15 as the context reveals from verses 15 through 18. Jesus is PREEMINENT over creation because: (1) He created everything that was created, (2) ALL created things were created for Him, (3) He existed before ALL created things and (4) ALL created things are held together because of Him.

(C) Prov. 8:22 states that Wisdom was brought forth in the beginning. Since Jesus is called the "Wisdom of God" (1 Cor. 1:24), He was created, according to the argument.

What one must decide is: IS THIS WISDOM MENTIONED IN PROV. 8 REFERRING TO JESUS, BEFORE HE CAME TO EARTH? According to Jn. 1:1,14, Jesus was called the "Word" before He came to earth, NOT Wisdom (or even "Michael" as some groups teach)!

Secondly, the chapter reveals Wisdom in verse 19 as the PROPER USE OF KNOWLEDGE as shown by Job 28:15. Therefore, the Wisdom of Prov. 8 is personified and not really a person at all!

Finally, since Jesus is the WISDOM OF GOD and the POWER OF GOD (1 Cor. 1:24), for one to say that He was created is to say that there was a point in time in the distant past when God existed WITHOUT Wisdom and Power, which is ludicrous!

D) Psa. 2:7; Jn. 3:16; etc. state that Jesus was "begotten." Does this mean that Jesus had a beginning as we did, since we were begotten by our fathers and at that point we had our beginning? The answer to Psa. 2:7 is found in Acts 13:30-33. There we learn that this verse from Psalms refers to the resurrection of Christ! Secondly, the word translated "only begotten" in Jn. 3:16,18 and 1 Jn. 4:9 in regards to Christ is also used in Heb. 11:17 in regards to Isaac.

Was Isaac the FIRST child of Abraham? No! See Gen. 16:15,16. Was Isaac the ONLY child of Abraham? No! See Gen. 16:15,16; 25:1,2. Was Isaac the UNIQUE ONE-OF-A-KIND son of Abraham? Yes! This is how this same Greek word is used in reference to Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the UNIQUE ONE-OF-A-KIND Son to the Father, but NOT created. Micah 5:2 refers to Jesus the SAME WAY Psa. 93:2 refers to God. Jesus is "from everlasting" and therefore can't be part of creation. Since He isn't part of creation, then He must be God, since only God is eternal!

Answer 1

Hallelujah! Jesus Is God.

Shalom
dbd

Answer 2

I need to know you definition or understanding of what the LORD God, the Lord God, god and gods are. Deut.10:17; The LORD your God is God of gods, so if Jesus was to be God, he could not be so unless The LORD his God allowed him to be God to Save the world. Isa.9:6,7; Heb.1:1-13; His God will do it. Matt.28:18; His God will give him power over heaven and earth.
No matter how many gods, there is only one God.
Jesus said Matt.6:9-13; 22:37-40; about his God John 20:17;
2Cor.4:3,4; Satan is the god of this world.
John 10:34-36; Jesus called them gods to whom the word of god came.

The POWER, the Power and a lesser power, and the man made so called powers that God said had no power.

Answer 3

Oh no... a Jehovahs Witness....None of these ever say Jesus was CREATED you need to go outside the Bible to man's word to get that idea. And if John 1:1 REALLY says Jesus is A god not "God" then he would be a false god since there is only One True God and we arent even permitted to honor a false god so how would every knee bow to him and confess him as Lord?

Answer 4

Assuming you are right.... the whole Bible, Jesus, etc. is a fraud.... do you honestly think the writers (of the biggest fraud ever) would make such a mistake as this, and nobody has caught on until now? Or is it possible that you are not doing your research and you are just taking each word at face value, instead of looking to see what idea the verse is actually trying to get across?
Honestly, one can question evolution or any religion, using the same tactics. If you want you can challenge me to that.

Answer 5

God is creation, and Eternal. God is Light, and Light is Love, and Love is God, etc. One cannot separate any part of any thing that exists from creation, including Jehovah, Jesus or Jupiter. Everything we see and everything we cannot see is part of creation, and nothing is apart from what exists.
The Bible cannot be taken literally in every sense-- it was after all a story written by men.

Answer 6

And in the holy book of Castaldo, the Magic Salami was proven to have eaten Jesus before we was made, as shown in Chapter 1, Verse 1: "How anything whose only proof is a chapter in a book cannot possibly be true."

Answer 7

Thank you! Well done! Jesus is not God, only God is God. Jesus was born without a father because God willed it so. Excellent research!

Answer 8

In short, in my bible, John 1:1-4 Jesus appears to have been one with God from the beginning of time. Doesn't your bible tell you that?

Answer 9

Jesus is God.

Answer 10

In Revelation ,Jesus said of himself, I am the alpha and Omega, which is God