He didn't begin...He is Eternal(Psalms 90:2)
2006-10-14 15:36:24 · 11 answers · asked by John G 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No way Stephanie..There is no such thing as an Atheist...God bless.
2006-10-14 15:39:32 · update #1
I believe the Trinity...I just don't think that Jesus began..His Body was God(Acts 20:28)God bless.
2006-10-14 15:41:33 · update #2
This was my answer to your other trinity question, which applies here as well:
You do realize that what you describe is in fact that is exactly the doctrine of the trinity?
From the Nicene Creed, the fouding document of modern theology, ca. 325 AD:
"We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one Being with the Father.
Through him all things were made. "
You can see the words "eternally begotten" - that means we conceive of the person of Jesus as without beginning and end - his relationship of sonship to the Father is an eternal begetting, not a one time event in Bethlehem, which saw only his human arrival in the world.
You can also see "Through him all things were made", which references the opening of the Gospel of John, where Jesus is described as the word of God through which creation was made. (John 1:3)
So no - the idea of the trinity is not now, and never has been, to restict Jesus' existence in time to Bethlehem. That is a heresy called Arianism, and is not the doctrine of the trinity. Trinitarianism vouches for Jesus' eternal nature.
2006-10-14 15:39:39 · answer #1 · answered by evolver 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) Genesis - God was there when it started up.
2) Jesus - we are only told in the 4 Gospels of his human beginning.
3) Intriquing - Proverbs has a player, usually understood to be as the Holy Spirit/Wisdom. He is before Creation - which would go with Genesis. Delightful pictures of him dancing around God as God sprinkled the stars across heaven.
The best we can say is "The manifestations, understandings of God continually unfold, individually and theologically. Each one is a new beginning of wonder for us and a continuation of glory for God."
2006-10-14 16:47:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would need to look at a faulty New World Translation that fudges on the Greek of John 1:1 to find such a concept.
2006-10-14 15:39:21 · answer #3 · answered by BABY 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The King James Version of The Holy Bible states that Christ was, past tense, in the beginning with God, and that Christ was, past tense with God. (John 1:1)
The only beginning Christ had was his physical body, which he took on and dwelt among us. (John 1:14)
He is the eternal only begotten Son of God.
Signed,
The Old Time Preacher.
2006-10-14 15:47:32 · answer #4 · answered by oltmprch 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-16 04:59:17 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't. God has always lived as a potential energy being. Only the Physical Universe begins and ends an begins again.
2006-10-14 15:41:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Start in John 1:1.
In the begining was the Word. And the word was with God and the word was God.
2006-10-14 15:43:15 · answer #7 · answered by ScottyJae 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Jesus did not begin, he is eternal. John's Gospel says, "In the beginning was the word and word was with God and the word was God......And the word became flesh and dwelt among us." The word that became flesh is Jesus and he was already AT the beginning, he did not begin.
2006-10-14 15:40:00 · answer #8 · answered by jakejr6 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
God has no beginning and He has no end. He is eternal.
2006-10-14 15:44:09 · answer #9 · answered by country nana 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I Am I Am-Always was,always is, and always will be.
Heaven and earth can all pass away, but God (Jesus Christ) will still be there.
2006-10-14 15:43:34 · answer #10 · answered by Maurice H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋