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Originally posted by SirPaulMuaddib
Just who was God talking to when He said "Let US make man in OUR image"? Was God suffering schizophrenia? No, He was talking to another Being, the Word.
Originally posted by SirPaulMuaddib
There are many, many, scriptures that clearly point out Jesus's pre-existence.
John 6:38-40
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me; and this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up at the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 8:58
"I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!"
Jesus claimed to exist before Abraham. The words I am mean I exist. So Jesus existed before Abraham.
Originally posted by SirPaulMuaddib
In Hebrews 1:1-2
1 In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,
2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.
Originally posted by doctorex
Originally posted by SirPaulMuaddib
Just who was God talking to when He said "Let US make man in OUR image"? Was God suffering schizophrenia? No, He was talking to another Being, the Word.
Elohim is a uni-plural.
ISAIAH 45 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
Originally posted by SirPaulMuaddib_2
Isaiah 45:5 (from hebrew)
I Yahweh and·there-is-no further except·me there-is-no Elohim
As you stated Elohim is uni-plural, so notice....
I Yahweh and·there-is-no further except·me there-is(singular)-no Elohim (Gods)
Elohim is the Hebrew plural word meaning "goddesses and gods," but each time it appears in the Bible it is translated as "God."
So the above verser could correctly be translated...
ISAIAH 45 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there IS no GODS beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
The point is God AT THAT TIME had more than one member composing the Godhead at that time. This other member was The Word.
Originally posted by SirPaulMuaddib_2
Let's consider this carefully....
All Christians are "sons of God" (through the Holy Spirit).
Now Christ of course was a Son of God (both via virgin birth by Holy Spirit, and via being filled with Holy Spirit). Now if we say Christ was just "another" son (albeit the first), the same way other Christians are "sons of God", is this true? Is there no distinction between His sonship and the sonship of other Christians?
Originally posted by SirPaulMuaddib_2So the "sonship" of Christ is NOT the same as the sonship of all Christians everywhere, it is unique. Christ accepting worship also shows He could only do so, if He were in the past a part of the God Family.