Jehovah's Witnesses that answered my Question about Alpha and Omega..?

Question

In my Bible , and most everyone else's , Rev. 22: 12-13..Has this as Jesus speaking when he says' "Behold, I am coming soon! and I will give to everyone according to what he has done. (13) I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End". I am sure the Jehovah's Witnesses will say that Jesus is not saying this..But, I think God would not have allowed so many of mankinds Bibles that represent him, show this as Jesus speaking..

I am not asking for sacastic remarks..I am very serious and trying to understand something here..Majority of the Bibles that I have researched and looked through, in compaision, have this as Jesus speaking..even if it weren't in RED to identify him as speaking, I think its pretty clear..Thanks.

To the Jehovah's Witness that answered..thanks..I find it amazing how you speak to ones here trying to get answers to questions..If you were at my door and asked these same questions, you would not talk like that ..I am sure..
I know that there is only one God..I know that..You can't seem to grasped the concept that God is in Jesus..What did God give of himself , to send his created Michael as you believe to die a painful death..Wouldn't it be more likely that God put himself into Jesus..That is what is meant by God being Jesus..God is still the all mighty God in heavens..The one God..But God is in Jesus..

sklemetti..You state that God has no sin and therefore doesn't need redeming.( we all know that.).Jesus had no sin either...so ..your reasoning makes no sense...There is no reasoning with JW's..They should take a look at the bible where is say there will be ones twisting the scriptures for their own interpertations..It may not apply to all others as you believe.

I would like to add..I am using a study Bible..and it was translated by 100's of schlars working directly from the best available Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts. Your Bible..JW's was translated by 4 people..only one of who had any (very, very, little) qualifications..The other 3 had none..

Answer 1

In your bible it does. Not all bibles are the same. Everyone interprets things differently. What matters is the lesson you have learned from it.

Answer 2

I read Revelation 22. In this chapter, there are 4 different people who speak. There is an angel, John, Jesus, and Jehovah. In Rev. 22:1 it talks about John being led by an angel to the thrones of God and the Lamb. It is logical to think that both Jesus and Jehovah are going to be speaking at some point. Jehovah speaks from vs. 12-15, we know this because all of the other times Alpha and Omega are used, they identify Jehovah. Then in vs. 16, Jesus speaks. There is no doubt that it is Jesus speaking at verse 16 because he identifies himself as Jesus.

Not every Bible highlights what the translator believes Jesus to have said in red. And no human is infallible. However, Jehovah has protected the Bible for thousands of years from not only natural but human obstacles. The most important thing is to make sure what we read harmonizes with the rest of the Bible. That takes a lot of effort. Proverbs 2:1-6 talks about how learning about God requires us to dig into his word, like it was a hid treasure. We can't just take someone else's word for it. We have to do the studying. When we do this, he makes himself known to us.

Answer 3

Why don't you just start with the simple teaching of John 3:16?

God gave his son.

Then proceed from there.

Thus nothing elsewhere can contradict that. So what you read in Rev 22 or elsewhere does not contradict that.

Oh, BTW, the speaker in Rev 22:13 is not Jesus. Jesus does not speak until Rev 22:16.

"o the Jehovah's Witness that answered..thanks..I find it amazing how you speak to ones here trying to get answers to questions.."

Because you are not trying to get answers to questions. That can not be done here. You do not know who is answering.


"If you were at my door and asked these same questions, you would not talk like that."

Of course not. But what stops you from going to a Kingdom Hall and asking those questions? Your being here and asking is not a serious attempt to get answers.



"I know that there is only one God..I know that..You can't seem to grasped the concept that God is in Jesus.."

Where do you get that idea? If we were speaking in person we could dialogue, but can't here. God is in Jesus in the sense that they both know each other well.

"What did God give of himself , to send his created Michael as you believe to die a painful death..Wouldn't it be more likely that God put himself into Jesus..That is what is meant by God being Jesus..God is still the all mighty God in heavens..The one God..But God is in Jesus.."

That would redeem no one. God did not sin so God does not need a redeemer. Humans sinned thus someone between Jehovah God and sinful man must redeem. That is why Jesus is 0% God and 0% sinful man. He is neither of them.

Why is it so hard to understand that to redeem, Jesus must not be God and must not be sinful man, but be perfect man.

Answer 4

Are you asserting that God would not let man do anything that would misrepresent him? I have trouble with that idea. That means that God agrees with man killing others in his name. That means that God agrees with the gang-bangers who murder children over an ounce of marijuana while wearing a cross around there neck. Seems a bit contradictory to me!

Answer 5

I think because all bibles are not the same, no one is right. Just use it to start fires.

Answer 6

You have no proof of this, so how can you be sure? If you want to believe, that's called "faith" and people of faith take religious teachings as true without searching for proof.

Answer 7

actually 80% of humanity doesnt subscribe to your bible