Jehovah Witnesses, What does Revelation 1:8 say? Is Jesus not called the Almighty? Alpha & Omega?

Question

and the Beginning & and the End? Who is, Was, Who is to come?

The (IS) I am He who lives, The (Was) I am He who WAS DEAD, (Who is to Come) I am alive forever more.

What does it say about the Father in Revelation 4:8, "Holy, holy, holy LORD GOD Almighty which WAS, and is, and is to come."

Why is the FATHER Almighty calling Himself the WAS, which equals WAS DEAD!

Answer 1

All you need to know about the Jehovah's Witnesses is that they say "Jesus had his return to power" aka his second coming in the year 1914.

What do you think?

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/136743/1.ashx more

Answer 2

Jesus NEVER SAID he was God let alone God Almighty.
Isa 9:6-7 Jesus is refered to as a Mighty God, not Almighty God.
Satan even knows that Jesus is the Son of God. If he would have thought that Jesus was God he would never have even wasted his time trying to mislead God.
God Almight can not be mislead.

John said no man has seen God.
John also writes at no time has anyone beheld God.

Rev 1:1 A revelation by Jesus Christ which God gave him.

John 3:16 God gave his only begotten Son.
God didn't give himself.

Answer 3

The bible never calls Jesus "Almighty" or "Alpha and Omega".

By contrast, the expressions "Almighty" and "the Alpha and the Omega" are used exclusively with reference to Jehovah the Father (and no authentic Scripture calls Jesus by this title).

(Revelation 21:5-7) And the One seated on the throne said: “Look! I am making all things new.” ...And he said to me: “They have come to pass! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To anyone thirsting I will give from the fountain of the water of life free. Anyone conquering will inherit these things, and I shall be his God and he will be my son.

(Revelation 22:13) I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.

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Answer 4

You are right !!! Jesus is called the almighty, for He inherited all things from His Father, (Matthew 11:27 and Luke 10:22)

Jesus was was and is and is to come. Jesus was as told in Revelation 12:2, and is as in John 1:10-14, and is to come as in Revelation 19:7-16.

John 3:35 John 16:15 and as told in Luke 21:36.

Jesus has never left us, His Word, the knigdom of heaven is here on earth, John 1:14 and John 14:26.

Answer 5

Context please:

Rev 1:6and He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father--to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

(John is telling us about the God of Jesus, if Rev 1:8 is Jesus and if Jesus is the Almighty, What is the God of Jesus, The more than Almighty God?)

Next the Hebrew at

Isa 44:6 “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. 7 And who is there like me? Let him call out, that he may tell it and present it to me.

Doesn't translate into Greek as Alpha and Omega, Though the titles are similar they are still different.

Next the context of Isa 44 and Rev 1:8 clearly denote Godship.

The title first and last when applied to Jesus, do not apply to Godship, but his death and resurrection.

Jehovah is never the Firstborn, The Only Begotten, The Son.

Jehovah never had to learn obedience.
Jehovah can never die.
Jehovah was never sent forth.
Jehovah never had to obey anyone.

Yet all these things happened to Jesus.

edit----

Isa 44 doesn't list two different Jehovahs, but two titles he has.

(example if we say John is smart and John is funny, we aren't talking about two different Johns, but two of John's qualities.)

Not only is Jehovah the true King of Israel, but as King he redeemed or saved his people many times.

Jehovah is the only true God, and not even Jesus is like or equal to him.

The best Jesus can do is to imitate Jehovah.
and he imitates Jehovah so well, that we can come to know Jehovah.

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Answer 6

Let no one delude themselves as to think Isaiah 44:6 speaks of Christ. It seems interesting to note that the fact it mentions "his" in certain translation's alludes not to a person but to Isarel the nation.

(NWT) Isaiah 43:14 "This is what Jehovah has said, the Repurchaser of YOU people, the Holy One of Israel: “For YOUR sakes I will send to Babylon and cause the bars of the prisons to come down, and the Chal·de´ans in the ships with whining cries on their part."

(NASB) Isaiah 43:14 "Thus says the LORD (yahweh/Jehovah) your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,
"For your sake I have sent to Babylon,
And will bring them all down as fugitives,
Even the Chaldeans, into the ships in which they rejoice.

Their is no "two Jehovah's", thats almost comical to even ponder. Thats it.

Take Care Everybody.

EDIT: The fact he mentions that expression [quote]"First and the last" [unquote]is the same reason God (Yahweh/Jehovah)can be called [quote]"Mighty" (Deu 10:17) is because he is entitled to all these designations. Additionally, the Isiah reference actually counters the Trinity.

Answer 7

In Verse 1 it clearly makes the point that it is a Revelation of Jesus Christ --- "which God gave unto him". There is a distinction between Jesus and God, why would Jesus need God to give him a revelation, if he was God?

The context is even more obvious in the Greek. --- "[which] [gave] [to him] [the] [God]"

The key in the Greek is that little word --- THE, making God specific to who gave Jesus the revelation, not Jesus himself. The point is also in verse 9 --- "for the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ". In the Greek, again, "[word] [of the] [God] [and] [the] [witness] [of Jesus]"

The term THE separates God from Jesus, they are 2 distinct individuals. In verse 8, the KJV drops the term "[the] [God]", but it is in the Greek as you will see if you can find an Interlinear Bible.

That term --- "[the God]" is never referenced to Jesus, ever. So although the English context gives the impression that it is Jesus speaking in verse 8, it is God, THE God (Jehovah).

Answer 8

If Jesus were the Almighty, who gave him the revelation at Rev. 1:1?

How could Jesus be God when verse 6 says of Jesus: "and he made us to be a kingdom, priests to his God and Father—yes, to him be the glory and the might forever"? Does Jesus have a God and Father? Yes. John 20:17. Does God have a God and Father? No.

The Almighty at verse 8 is Jehovah. See Ex. 6:3, where it says: "And I used to appear to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as God Almighty, but as respects my name Jehovah I did not make myself known to them."

Answer 9

Isaiah 44:6 "Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel, And his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: ‘I am the First and I am the Last; Besides Me there is no God.' "

(Notice there are TWO Jehovahs listed there: the LORD [Jehovah], King of Israel "and his Redeemer," the LORD [Jehovah] of hosts.)

I've asked this before. Be prepared for a lot of "he's the first of creation and the last Adam." They won't answer the question because they can't -- the truth conflicts with their theology that Jesus is "a god" and not God. (Which also conflicts with Isaiah 44:6, since God says there are no other gods.)

Answer 10

No, Jesus is not the Almighty God Jehovah.

Revelation 1:4-5 --"John, to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him (Jehovah) who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood"

Notice that God and Jesus are spoken of as two separate spirit persons and the holy spirit is not mentioned at all---yet it is supposed to be just as important as Jehovah and his Son.
Jesus is the firstborn from the dead whereas Jehovah God cannot die.
In what sense is Jehovah God “the One who is and who was and who is to come”? Being the eternal God, Jehovah has at all times been the Almighty. (Ps. 90:2) So, in the indefinite past, he was the Most High. Furthermore, he continues to be the Almighty God and will come in that capacity to execute his judgment. As shown in other parts of the book of Revelation, Jehovah God will display his all-powerfulness at the time that his Son destroys all those who oppose his sovereignty.—Rev. 16:14; 19:13-16.
This shows that Jehovah was, is and is to come.
Jesus said that Jehovah is greater than he is and I believe him. I refuse to believe in the pagan doctrines of men.
LOBT

Answer 11

I'm not a witness, but I do know that you clearly do not study very well.
It means God who was and who will always be. God has been here for time indefinate and will continue to be.
And yeah I agree, just get over it. If you are a true christian you would not ask this question in the MANNER you did.