In the covenat which God made with Aberham, we see that God has required aberham to offer up his first born son, born of his wife sarah. We also see that God spared the young mans life and counted Aberham as rightious for his obidence.
Gen 22:2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only [son] Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
God relents and the child is spared and a lamb is provide by the Lord to be offered by Aberham. And Aberham offers the animal to the Lord. This the blood of the covenat on Aberhams side.
After these events we see that God created Immanual The christ who is Jesus.
Notice the name Immanual which means "God with us"
isa 7:14 and matt 1:23 confirming this.
Now as this is a blood covenat, God had to offer a equal offering or a greater offering as compared to Aberham offering. for the Covenat to be enforced. My question?
2007-01-22 16:03:07 · 7 answers · asked by Thomas A 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Your faith claims that Jesus is a angle. Is that actually possible as angles have no blood, they are spirit?
Also you faith claims that Jesus is just another son of God. Another son of Called called "God with us"
Your faith claims that Jesus was just a man. When Jesus was baptisted by John the heavens departed and God spoke from heaven and said that Jesus was his son in whom he was will pleased?
In your faith you claim that Jesus was just a angle. john 1; In the beginning was the Word, the word was with God and the Word was God. In other words Jesus who is also called the word is God.
So how is it you denounce the words of God and the prophets and the apostles and claim a true faith?
2007-01-22 16:08:41 · update #1
We believe Jesus is the firstborn of all creation, God's only begotten son.
We believe he is a spirit being who sits in the right hand position by Jehovah God. Putting him above all other angelic creation.
We believe that in order to have a correlating sacrifice to Adam (a perfect man), Jehovah sent his son to be born and to live and die as a perfect man.
We believe that Jesus is now again in heaven with his Father.
2007-01-22 16:15:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Jehovah's Witnesses do understand the bible to teach that EVERY spirit creature can properly be called by any or all of such terms as "angel", or "morning star" or "son of God", including the rebellious demon angels.
(Job 38:4,7) When [Jehovah] founded the earth... When the morning stars [or "angels"] joyfully cried out together, And all the sons of God [or "angels"] began shouting in applause
(Revelation 22:16) I, Jesus... I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright morning star.
(Job 1:6) The sons of the true God entered to take their station before Jehovah, and even Satan proceeded to enter right among them.
(1 Thessalonians 4:14-16) Jesus died and rose again, so, too... the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a commanding call, with an archangel's voice
The bible teaches that Jesus gave up his heavenly life as a spirit creature to be born and exist solely as a human for somewhat more than 30 years. Even as a human, Jesus enjoyed the direct action of the holy spirit, and so was able to continue serving as God's spokesman ("the Word"), to read the hearts of fellow humans, and also to have divine insights into God's will and purposes. Jesus was hardly a typical man, but he was an actual human being.
It is preposterous to suggest that Jehovah's Witnesses "denounce the words of God and the prophets and the apostles". In fact, Jehovah's Witnesses are well recognized as bible students who love and respect and work hard to teach others the bible. The best measure of a faith's trueness is how well it compares with the bible; each Jehovah's Witness performs this measure several times a week.
2007-01-24 17:03:23 · answer #2 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In your account of Abraham and Isaac, Is Isaac Abraham?
Is Abraham Isaac?
No they are two separate people.
Is Isaac equal to Abraham?
No, the father is to be obeyed, and honored as greater than their sons.
Immanual does mean "God is with us",
but Jehu means "Jehovah is he"
Is Jehu equal to or is Jehu --Jehovah? NO.
Names play an important role in bible times.
Not only were they used to discribe people, but they can also be used in a prophetic sense.
Immanuel is used in a prophecy showing that Jehovah would be with his people, not that Jesus would be Jehovah.
Jesus means "Jehovah is salvation"
Isaiah means 'Salvation is Jehovah'
Isaiah is not Jesus is he? Isaiah is not Jehovah is he?
Judges 13:21,22 shows Jehovah's angel is called 'God', Not that the angel is God, but the angel is God's representative.
My NAB bible at the footnote of John 1:1 states that "God (2) is a quality or an attribute and not an idenitity"
Jesus is like God, is what John is telling us, and not that Jesus is God.
Hebrews 1:3 tells us that Jesus is the exact representation of God.
2 Cor 4:4 tells us that if we believe Jesus is more than an image of God, we are being blinded by Satan.
Jehovah's legal requirements required not a greater sacrifice, but an equal sacrifice.
tooth for tooth, eye for eye, soul for soul.
Paul tells us that Jesus is equal to Adam at 1 Cor 14:45.
2007-01-23 15:11:44 · answer #3 · answered by TeeM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course they use the same Bible, its that theirs ACTUALLY put God's name BACK where good old Gay King James took it out 6,000 times. Remember when Christ Jesus taught his Apostles HOW TO PRAY the night before he died? The VERY FIRST thing he said in his prayer was:
Hallowed be THY NAME (and his name is not "god")
2nd - Christ Jesus was sent as a Blood Covenant to replace the PERFECT HUMAN LIFE that Adam LOST when he sinned. Abraham and Isaac's (almost sacrifice) was just a foretelling of what Jehovah God and Christ Jesus "would actually have to go through." By dying Perfect on the Cross, Christ Jesus replaced Adam as a Perfect Man and his death equalled what Adam had lost. Thereby making a propitatory sacrifice.
THEY TOTALLY BELIEVE CHRIST JESUS WAS THE MESSIAH AND THE ONLY WAY TO SALVATION WAS THROUGH CHRIST JESUS AND STILL IS. They love Christ Jesus and believe he now sits at his Father's Right Hand as the Bible says. The first 3 answerer's are idiots. I seriously hate to say it that rudely, but its true. Don't speak when you don't know!
They do not believe "Jesus is an angel" (PLEASE learn to spell). They believe he existed IN HEAVEN before he cam to earth as Christ Jesus "as an angel." That would make sense. Do you think God created Jesus out of the blue, just in Mary's womb, or do you think he sent down his son and only creation? Some he loved and trusted? Also, YOUR WRONG AGAIN, Michael means, "WHO IS LIKE GOD" this is a direct CHALLENGE! It means, AS A CHALLENGE, who DARES compare himself to Jehovah God, the true ruler of the Universe. Michael was/and still is God's Vindicator and Champion and will Fight on behalf of God against Satan and his Demons on the Last Day (Read Revelation).
Yes, Jesus WAS just a man. He was not a demi-god. He had to come AS YOU SAID, AN EQUAL SACRIFICE TO WHAT WAS LOST. What was lost was a PERFECT HUMAN LIFE, NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS. So, think of the glory he gave up to come live life among us mongrels. What a mighty mighty humbling experience Christ Jesus did JUST FOR ME! I honestly can say, I don't think I would have done the same thing, and I say that with much shame.
Also, John 1:1 can be interpreted as "a god," and not "god." So that depends on "which" bible you use and which Translator did the job. Its a tranliteration, NOT a translation. Meaning that there is not a TRUE TRANSLATION and so it has to be a "most correct guess." This means, its 50-50 at best. One IS AS GOOD AS THE OTHER. Sorry!
So, NOW, all your questions have been answered!
PS I am not a JW, but I know their beliefs and have NOTHING but respect for them. They, unlike the rest of Christendom, NEVER go out of their way to talk bad about people, "ban" products because they don't agree with their sponorship, they don't knock gay and lesbians (realizing their problems are between them and their god), and they don't mix in politics as Christ said not to do, when he said, "be no part of this world, but to wait for HIS INCOMING KINGDOM," since IT would have all the answers and no kingdom of mankind ever would!
2007-01-23 00:16:00 · answer #4 · answered by AdamKadmon 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I don't know what "Bible" they use, but I work with a Jehovah's Witness, and my understanding in the difference is that Jesus, while being a prophet, was not the Messiah, and they are saving all celebrations for the day when the actual "Son of God" arrives. So no b-days, Christmas etc. But I am unaware of a separate Bible. Maybe no New Testament? Otherwise, I don't know. Sorry.
2007-01-23 00:10:48 · answer #5 · answered by HuskersRock 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
They didn't like our Bible..it doesn't fit their agenda so they created their own. PEACE!!!
2007-01-23 00:09:16 · answer #6 · answered by David H 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They do not use that Bible
2007-01-23 00:06:59 · answer #7 · answered by LaurenElyse 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋