WHY Colossians 1:16 is NOT about the Genesis Creation

My update on Colossians 1:16!

Berean Study Bible  Colossians 1:16

For in Him (Jesus) all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.

Most of Christianity believe Paul is saying and teaching: (All Things), is referring to (All Things) that has been created, from the very beginning of GODS creation, hence, like the earth, planets, heavens, and ALL life, as told in Genesis 1:

World English Bible

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Hezekiah prayed before Yahweh, and said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, who are enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.

Notice how we read in 2 Kings 19:15, how GOD The Father is GOD ALONE, who created the Genesis creation BY HIMSELF, ALONE, ON HIS OWN, as we read in Isaiah 44:24

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If we believe what most of Christianity believe, that Jesus created ALL THINGS, or that GOD created ALL THINGS through Jesus, then we are simply CONTRADICTING the word of GOD, who says over, and over again, how He (YAHWEH GOD) ALONE, BY HIMSELF created the Genesis creation.

On the other hand, we do know the word of GOD teaches us how ALL THINGS were created IN GOD's PLAN, WITH Jesus FIRST (IN) Order, Precedence, Purpose, and RANK, before the foundation of the world, as Jesus was ''FOREKNOWN'' as we read in John 1:15, John 1:30, John 8:58, 1 Peter 1:20, 

having been 👉 foreknown👈 indeed before the foundation of the world, but having been revealed in the last times for the sake of you,

But notice how we are told by 1 Peter 1:20 how Jesus was 👉 FOREKNOWN, 👈 but NOT, PREEXISTING!

Acts 2:23 also confirms this saying: Him delivered up by the determinate plan and foreknowledge of God, you put to death, having crucified Him by lawless hands,

However, may I demonstrate how Paul is not teaching anything about the material world, that Jesus created the Genesis creation, or that GOD created the material world through Jesus as most of Christianity believe, making this yet again another deception and confusion within modern Christianity today.

 Colossians 1:16

For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.

Firstly, did you notice how there is nothing said by Paul saying: the earth itself, or the planets, and the heaven itself, or created beings were created, as we were told what was created in Genesis 1.

I)  Paul does not mention the Genesis creation.

2) Paul does not mention THE HEAVENS Itself.

3) Paul is referring to what is (IN) the HEAVENS, NOT the HEAVEN itself, indicating the Heavens were ALREADY there.

4) Paul does not mention THE EARTH ITSELF, but instead, what is, (ON) the EARTH, indicating the EARTH was ALREADY there.

The next question is, what is (IN) the HEAVENS, and (ON) the EARTH?

The answer is IN the next statement by Paul saying: visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities.  

Lets have a look at what we can learn from the meaning of: thrones or lordships or rulers or authorities.

In the Strong's Concordance

thronos: a throne

Original Word: θρόνος, ου, ὁ

Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine

Transliteration: thronos

Phonetic Spelling: (thron'-os)

Definition: a throne

Usage: a (king's) throne, seat; meton: power, dominion; a potentate.

Strong's Concordance

kuriotés: lordship

Original Word: κυριότης, τητος, ἡ

Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine

Transliteration: kuriotés

Phonetic Spelling: (koo-ree-ot'-ace)

Definition: lordship

Usage: (a) abstr: lordship, (b) concr: divine or angelic lordship, domination, dignity, usually with reference to a celestial hierarchy.

Strong's Concordance

arché: beginning, origin

Original Word: ἀρχή, ῆς, ἡ

Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine

Transliteration: arché

Phonetic Spelling: (ar-khay')

Definition: beginning, origin

Usage: (a) rule (kingly or magisterial), (b) plur: in a quasi-personal sense, almost: rulers, magistrates, (c) beginning.

HELPS Word-studies

746 arxḗ – properly, from the beginning (temporal sense), i.e. "the initial (starting) point"; (figuratively) what comes first and therefore is chief (foremost), i.e. has the priority because ahead of the rest ("preeminent").

Strong's Concordance

exousia: power to act, authority

Original Word: ἐξουσία, ας, ἡ

Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine

Transliteration: exousia

Phonetic Spelling: (ex-oo-see'-ah)

Definition: power to act, authority

Usage: (a) power, authority, weight, especially: moral authority, influence, (b) in a quasi-personal sense, derived from later Judaism, of a spiritual power, and hence of an earthly power.

HELPS Word-studies

1849 eksousía (from 1537 /ek, "out from," which intensifies 1510 /eimí, "to be, being as a right or privilege") – authority, conferred power; delegated empowerment ("authorization"), operating in a designated jurisdiction.

In the NT, 1849 /eksousía ("delegated power") refers to the authority God gives to His saints – authorizing them to act to the extent they are guided by faith (His revealed word).

As we plainly and clearly see and read, Paul is talking about the thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities IN the HEAVEN, and ON the EARTH, when Jesus went to heaven all authorities and powers were given to Jesus.

Paul is referring to what Jesus told us in Matthew 28:18

And having come to them, Jesus spoke to them, saying, 👉 "All authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to Me.👈

Conclusion:

As we have seen in Colossians 1:16, Paul is NOT talking about the Genesis Creation, but: 👉 All authority 👈in heaven and on the earth which was given to Jesus.

And this is confirmed in many more teachings in the Bible as below:

Ephesians 1:

 9 having made known to us the mystery of His will according to His pleasure, which He purposed in Him 10 for the administration of the fullness of the times, to bring together all things in Christ— 👉 the things in the heavens and the things upon the earth. 👈

Ephesians 1:

 20 which He worked in Christ, having raised Him out from the dead, and 👉 having set Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, 21 above every principality and authority and power and dominion, 👈 and every name being named, not only in this age, but also in the one coming.

Ephesians 1:10

Berean Literal Bible

for the administration of the fullness of the times, to bring together all things in Christ-- 👉 the things in the heavens and the things upon the earth--👈

1 Corinthians 15:24

then the end, when He shall hand over the kingdom to the God and Father, 👉when He shall have annulled all dominion, and all authority and power. 👈

Ephesians 1:20

20 which He worked in Christ, having raised Him out from the dead, 👉 and having set Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, 21 above every principality and authority and power and dominion, and every name being named, 👈 not only in this age, but also in the one coming. 22 And He put all things under His feet and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of the One filling all in all.

This concludes the doctrine in which most believe that says Paul was teaching all things within the Genesis Creation was created by or through Jesus, is yet again another false doctrine and a deception, deceiving most into believing in a false PRE-HUMAN Christ, or some kind of pre-existing Spirit being or Angel.

Which therefore DENIES the true Man and Christ, and DENIES GOD the Father as GOD ALONE, and the creator ALONE, as said by GOD in many scriptures like Isaiah 44:24

World English Bible

Yahweh, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb says: “I am Yahweh, who makes all things;👉 who alone 👈 stretches out the heavens; who spreads out the earth 👉 by myself; 👈

To say and believe what most of Christianity say and believe and teach, that Jesus is the creator of the Genesis Creation, or GOD created all the Genesis Creation THROUGH Jesus, is CONTRADICTING and DENYING what the Father of creation tells us throughout His word.

Notice in just some Scriptures below, how we never read there was a second or third person WITH GOD creating the Genesis Creation:

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Job 12:10

in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?

Job 33:4 

The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

Psalm 102:25

Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.

Acts 17:24,25

The God having made the world and all things that are in it, He being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in hand-made temples, nor is He served by hands of men as needing anything, Himself giving to all life and breath and everything.

Revelation 1:5, PROVES Jesus Is NOT The FIRST person to EXIST!

Introduction:

By Simon Brown.

Dear friends, thank you for joining me again, as I tell you about my latest insights and research on the book of Revelation.

What I believe the best teacher in the world, teaches me, I would like to share with you.

Very sadly, not many people know Him, but I know Him, and His name is Jesus, The Son of The One True GOD John 10:36.

I am at present digging deep into ''Revelations'' with thorough examinations, while seeking, and researching and asking Jesus for wisdom from GOD regarding probably the most complicated book in the Holy Bible called the Book of Revelation.

Lets start at the Beginning of The Book of Revelation.

Please be kind to me, by letting me know if you believe I am wrong, as I am not in anyway perfect, and I know next to nothing, as I am always seeking, listening and learning with an open heart and mind, always discovering what I did not know.

I always like to stay in my own field, and stick to what I do know, like knowing the simple teachings in the Bible, that Jesus truly is the SON of His ONE TRUE GOD.

I have been deceived too many times, and enough is enough.

Now I walk upright, always denying myself, I feel GOD is telling me to broaden my field, and take the leap into The Book of Revelation, an Apocalypse, where John has Symbolic Visions and gives the Seven churches  Symbolic Imagery, of the end times and completion of GOD's New Kingdom through Christ.

We know about the past, please now follow me in my research to discover the future, and be ready for the next greatest events in history, where we will understand and see the last days and the end times of the Bible prophecies unfolding before our eyes preparing ourselves to be ready as the wise virgins, instead of the foolish virgins!

◄ Revelation 1 ►

Berean Standard Bible

Prologue

(Daniel 12:1–13)

1 This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John, 2 who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near.

Revelation 1:5, PROVES Jesus Is NOT The FIRST person to EXIST!

There are many within Christianity like the Jehovah witnesses, who say Jesus was the FIRST ever person to EXIST BEFORE all creation.

They will site their main scripture of Colossians 1:15 saying: Berean Literal Bible

He is the image of the invisible God, 

👉the firstborn over all creation.👈

And so many misunderstand Paul by believing Paul was teaching Jesus is the FIRST ever person to EXIST BEFORE all creation.

But notice what we read in the opening book of Revelation 1:

John Greets the Seven Churches

 To the seven churches in Asia:

4 Grace to you and peace from Him being and who was and who is coming, and from the seven Spirits before His throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, 👉 the firstborn of the dead, 👈 and the ruler of the kings of the earth.

Did you see that: Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.

This verse alone proves how Jesus is NOT the FIRST EVER PERSON TO EXIST, as taught by many like the JWS, who say Jesus is the FIRST ever person to EXIST BEFORE all creation.

Did you notice how there is NO MENTION by John what so ever about Jesus being the FIRST EVER PERSON TO EXIST.

Would not, John saying Jesus was the first ever to  EXIST, of GOD's creation be a most important fact to reveal?

But instead John tells us how Jesus is (The Firstborn of The Dead), Revelations 1:4.

WHY would John NOT say or tell us how Jesus PRE-EXISTED His flesh, as the FIRST EVER PERSON TO EXIST, if that doctrine were true, as many claim?

In fact, what John does tell us in Revelation 1:5, by saying NOTHING about Jesus being the FIRST EVER PERSON TO EXIST, not only confirms with what Paul wrote in Colossians 1:15 saying Jesus is the firstborn over all creation.

But proves that Paul did NOT mean what many believe, that Jesus is the FIRST EVER PERSON TO EXIST.

And confirms Paul meant what John said and meant, as we are told in Revelation 1:4, that Jesus is (The Firstborn of The Dead) and the ruler of the kings of the earth.

WHY Jesus did not Pre-exist His flesh!

Most Christians believe Jesus is GOD.

But that's not possible, simply because GOD cannot die, yet Jesus died.

Please don't be fooled in believing Jesus is both GOD and MAN, as there are no such teachings throughout the Bible.

Jesus said how GOD is SPIRIT.

Yes, we know GOD was IN Jesus, as a Father and Son, who act as ONE.

GOD being in His SON makes TWO SEPARATE beings, and NOT ONE GOD.

As GOD was IN Jesus that proves Jesus is not GOD, and if Jesus Pre-existed His flesh, then He must have been some kind of Holy Spirit being, or a Holy Angel of GOD.

However, that's also not possible, simply because Holy Spirit's of GOD, or GOD's Holy Angels also cannot die, yet Jesus died.

On top of them simple Biblical facts, as The First MAN Adam did not pre- exist his flesh, the same case has to apply to Jesus, the second and last perfect Adam, who also could not, and did not pre- exist His flesh.

The final witness that Jesus was NOT GOD, or some kind of pre-human, or a pre-existing Spirit being, or an Angel, is seen in Hebrews 1, and there we see how Jesus: 4 having become by so much superior to the angels, as much as He has inherited a name more excellent beyond theirs.

5 For to which of the angels did He ever say:

“You are my Son;

today I have begotten You”?

And again:

“I will be to Him for a Father,

and He will be to Me for a Son”?

6 And again, when He brings the Firstborn into the world, He says:

“And let all God’s angels worship Him.”

There in Hebrews 1: we see how Jesus inherited a name more excellent beyond Spirit beings or Angels, proving He was NOT a pre - existing being or an Angel.

Lastly, I like to save the best till last.

Jesus has a Title like no other, as the (ONLY BEGOTTEN SON) of the ONE TRUE GOD, John 1:18 John 3:16.

If Jesus Pre-existed His flesh, He would be some kind of Spirit being, or an Angel, but Spirit beings or Angels were created by GOD.

On the other hand, Jesus was NOT created from the DUST, and has no human Father, as He declared, He came from GOD, and GOD is His Father, and this is why there is NO other MAN, or Spirit being, or Angel, who is called the (ONLY BEGOTTEN SON) of the ONE TRUE GOD.

These simple facts, prove how MOST of Christianity are deceived, into believing in a false pre- existing Christ, who is NOT the TRUE MAN and the true Christ Jesus, of GOD.

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How Did Jesus COME DOWN From Heaven, If He Was Not In Heaven?

This Quick Facts infographic examines one of Jesus' most discussed statements in John 6:38: "I have come down from heaven." By comparing this verse with the wider context of Scripture, including the teaching about the Second Adam, the only begotten Son of God, and Jesus' own words concerning the Father, the study encourages readers to examine whether Jesus was describing a literal pre-human existence or revealing a deeper spiritual truth about His divine mission. Read the full research at https://wwwrealdiscoveriesorg-simon.blogspot.com/

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How Did Jesus Come Down From Heaven If He Was Not Already in Heaven?

John 6:38

By Simon Brown

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Quick Facts

Many Christians believe that when Jesus said,

"For I have come down from heaven..." (John 6:38)

He was teaching that He personally existed in heaven before His birth.

But is that really what Jesus meant?

Before reaching that conclusion, let us first consider several important biblical facts.

Quick Facts

• Jesus is called the Last Adam, the Second Adam, and the final Adam (1 Corinthians 15:45–49; Romans 5:12–19).

• The first Adam did not exist before he became a man.

• To truly be the Second Adam, Jesus also had to be a genuine human being, sharing our nature and our temptations (Hebrews 2:14–17; Hebrews 4:15).

• Jesus is the only begotten Son of God, the promised Messiah, and the Christ—not God Himself, not Michael the Archangel, and not a pre-existent angelic being.

• Scripture repeatedly teaches that God gave His Son (John 3:16). It never says that God gave Himself.

• Jesus continually referred to the Father as His God and acknowledged that the Father is greater than He is.

• The Father alone is described by Jesus as "the only true God" (John 17:3).

• The New Testament repeatedly distinguishes one God, the Father, from one Lord, Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 8:6).

• Jesus perfectly fulfilled the role of the Second Adam because He remained faithful where the first Adam failed.

• If Jesus had literally lived as another being before becoming human, many important comparisons between Adam and Christ would require careful re-examination.

So how should we understand Jesus' words:

"I have come down from heaven"?

Did Jesus mean He was literally alive in heaven before His birth?

Or was He speaking in the figurative language that He so often used throughout His ministry?

Let us examine the Scriptures.

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Part 1 – Did Jesus Often Speak Figuratively?

One of the most important principles for understanding the words of Jesus is remembering how He taught.

Matthew tells us:

"Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables."

(Matthew 13:34–35)

Later Jesus told His disciples:

"I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech..."

(John 16:25)

Throughout His ministry Jesus frequently used metaphors, illustrations, idioms, and symbolic language.

For example:

• "I am the door."

• "I am the vine."

• "Eat My flesh."

• "Drink My blood."

• "Destroy this temple."

• "Move this mountain."

No one believes these expressions were always intended to be understood literally.

Therefore, before concluding that "came down from heaven" describes Jesus' personal existence in heaven before His birth, we should first ask whether Jesus could also have been speaking figuratively while expressing a literal truth about His divine origin.

That is exactly what we will now examine.

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The Jehovah’s Witnesses Wrong Teaching of John 1:1!

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 John 1: 

Read About The Most Misunderstood Scripture within Christianity!

The Jehovah’s Witnesses correctly understand Jesus is not GOD and that GOD the Father is GOD ALONE.

But what do The Jehovah’s Witnesses say, believe and teach about John 1:1.

Lets have a look!

Their own translation reads:

As we have read and seen, how The Jehovah’s Witnesses say, believe and teach how John 1:1, is referring to Jesus.

And their own translations says Jesus is (a God), and NOT THE GOD.

Lets now see if The Jehovah’s Witnesses Teaching of John 1:1 is Right or Wrong.

The correct translation of John 1:1 tells us in the: Berean Literal Bible

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

The first and obvious mistake in the modern translations of John 1:1 is what my good teacher and Professor, Bible scholar taught me Sir Anthony Buzzard.

Notice how the Word has been ''CAPITALISED'' deceiving many into believing the WORD is a second person in John 1:1.

Most good Bible scholars and students know how the Greek New Testament translations were written in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS with no spaces and probably no punctuation's.

Making the (Word) into CAPITAL LETTERS, is deceiving us into thinking there is a second person in John 1:1.

The next and obvious fact is that John 1:1 to 1:5 is not referring to Jesus, but to GOD the Father alone.

This is seen by simply going back to Genesis 1.

Berean Standard Bible

The Creation

(John 1:1–5; Hebrews 11:1–3)

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

2 Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.”

And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

So as we read in the (word) of GOD, John 1:1 is referring to GOD the Father 's (word) in Genesis 1.

And this is confirmed in Psalm 33:6:

By Yahweh’s (word,) the heavens were made; all their army by the breath of his mouth. World English Bible.

Notice how Jesus tells us how the (word) comes from the mouth of GOD: But answering He said, "It has been written: 'The man shall live not by bread alone, but by every word coming out of the mouth of God.'" Matthew 4:4.

Did you also see how there is NO SECOND PERSON in Genesis 1, or in Psalm 33:6.

In fact there is never, ever a SECOND PERSON throughout the whole old testament who is said to also be involved in the creation of the world.

We only ever read throughout the whole old testament about ONE PERSON ALONE, who is Yahweh alone, the One True GOD alone, and The Father of creation alone.

Never, ever, is there a second, or third person mentioned being involved in the creation of the world.

Next Biblical fact?

GOD The Father and the SON, always say how GOD The Father was the creator alone.

Example:

Isaiah 44:24 tells us how Yahweh GOD created all things ALONE, BY HIMSELF: Yahweh, who makes all things; who ALONE stretches out the heavens; who spreads out the earth BY MYSELF.

It's also worth noting, if Jesus were truly GOD, or that Jesus was WITH GOD at creation, that would even ''contradict'' Jesus own teachings when Jesus prayed to His Father saying He is the Only One True GOD and creator alone on His own, as we read in many verses like John 17:3, Mark 12:29, Matthew 19:4.

Notice how Jesus does not mention Himself being WITH GOD and involved in doing the creating!

We do NOT read, (WE), or (US), but we INSTEAD read Jesus saying (THE ONE), defining GOD the Father alone!

So as we see, the most popular belief which most Christians believe in, is that John 1:1 to 1-5 is Jesus, and has to be wrong.

Next fact!

If Jesus was WITH GOD in the BEGINNING, that wrong understanding would simply and clearly be ''contradicting'' the whole Bibles teachings.

As we have seen, as far as I am concerned, Bible ''contradictions'' prove we are deceived or not understanding the true Word of GOD, which explains why false faiths have countless ''contradictions'' against the Word of GOD, who also clearly ''contradict'' their own faith.

My Conclusion:

Jesus is referred to as “God” twice for sure, others are called God or gods, including, angels, and even glorified members of the Church.

However, Jesus is never ever called: The One True GOD.

And John 1:1 to 5 is not about a second person, but is about GOD The Father and His spoken word.

This all concludes how the translations of The Jehovah’s Witnesses of John 1, is wrong.

I believe the Greek translation of John 1:1 is correct, except the Word should not be a CAPITAL LETTER, because John 1:1 is simply referring to GOD's (word) in Genesis 1, His statement, speech, divine utterance, plan, power, authority, of GOD, expressing Yahweh’s thoughts, action, message, purpose and will, spoken by the breath of Yahweh’s mouth, which is why John tells us: and the word was with God, and the word was God, as confirmed in Psalm 33:6.

As most of Christianity are wrong by adding in a second person Jesus into John 1, so are The Jehovah’s Witnesses wrong by adding in a second person Jesus into John 1.

But just in case you do not already know, I have saved the best until last.

There are countless older translations that prove most of Christianity are using and reading the false modern translations of John 1: 3 to 5.

The truth is seen in how this SHOCKING deceptions of John 1: is seen in the MODERN Bible translations.

This is because of the correct older Bible translations that are seen and confirmed by people like William Tyndale, martyred for his efforts to get the Bible to the public.

His translation reads:

“In the beginnynge was the worde, and the worde was with God, and the worde was god. The same was in the beginnynge with god. All thinges were made by it, and without it, was made nothinge that was made. In it was lyfe, and the lyfe was the lyght of men, and the lyght shyneth in the darcknes but the darcknes comprehended it not” (William Tyndale, The New Testament, 1534).

Please read John 1 in 50+ English Translations By Sir Anthony Buzzard. https://wwwrealdiscoveriesorg-simon.blogspot.com/2019/07/john-1-in-50-english-translations.html

What we instead see is how there are Trinitarian biased Bible translators who have wrongly translated John 1:1 to John 1:5.

And there is absolutely NO teachings what so ever throughout the whole Bible saying or teaching Michael the Angel, or GOD, or a Pre-existing Jesus, changed, by being reincarnated from being a Spirit being, or Michael the Angel, or GOD, into the baby Jesus.

In fact the beginning of all four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, and Luke, tell us how Jesus came into existence in the womb of the woman, and Jesus becoming flesh as The Word 👉of👈 GOD in John 1:14.

Notice how Jesus is called The Word 👉(OF) 👈 The GOD, and NOT THE GOD.

Revelation 19:13 

and having been clothed with a garment having been dipped in blood. And His name is called 

The Word 👉OF👈 God.

John is defining the difference of Jesus, 

and the difference of GOD, by telling us Jesus is:  

The Word 👉OF👈 God.

Notice how Jesus is NOT called 👉(GOD) 👈 The WORD, or (GOD the SON),

but instead: The Word 👉OF👈 God.

As John 1:1 correctly tells us 👉The word was GOD👈 this proves John 1:1 is NOT referring to Jesus as (a God), but instead is referring to the 👉 BEGINNING of  Yahweh’s spoken word in Genesis 1, as (The One True GOD) Himself ALONE, on His OWN!

◄ Isaiah 42:5 ►

World English Bible

Thus says God Yahweh, 👉he👈 who created the heavens and stretched them out, 👉he👈 who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, 👉he👈 who gives breath to its people and spirit to those.

The absolute truth is:

We never, ever, read (WE) or (US) or (THEY) or (BOTH) or (TOGETHER) or (a God), or (GODS) or (THROUGH a God) or (THROUGH the SON) or (The Father and the SON) or the (GOD HEAD) or the (TRINITY) or a (TRIAD GOD) created the heavens and spread out the earth ⛔.

The Jehovah’s Witnesses Wrong Teaching of Revelation 3:14!

 

Are The Jehovah’s Witnesses right or wrong with their Teachings of Revelation 3:14?

Lets find out!

We now move forward from The Jehovah’s Witnesses Wrong Teaching of Colossians 1:16, to The Jehovah’s Witnesses Wrong Teachings of Revelation 3:14!

What do the Jehovah’s Witnesses believe, teach and preach, about their faith and understanding of Revelation 3:14?

Let us turn to  the Jehovah’s Witnesses site: Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY http://www.jw.org/  we read about: Colossians 1:16

by means of him all other things were created: God used “his beloved Son” (Col 1:13) in creating the things “in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible.” This would include the millions of other spirit sons in Jehovah God’s heavenly family, as well as the physical universe. (Ge 1:1; Da 7:9, 10; Joh 1:3; Re 5:11) Jesus was Jehovah’s firstborn Son and the only one created directly by God. (Heb 1:6; see study notes on Joh 1:14 and Col 1:15.) Logically, it was to this firstborn Son that Jehovah said: “Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness.”​—Ge 1:26.

all other things: A literal rendering of the Greek text would be “all things.” (Compare Kingdom Interlinear.) However, such a rendering could give the impression that Jesus was not created but was the Creator himself. And that idea would not agree with the rest of the Bible, including the preceding verse, which calls Jesus “the firstborn of all creation.” (Col 1:15; compare Re 3:14, where Jesus is called “the beginning of the creation by God.”)

As we see and read how the Jehovah’s Witnesses believe, teach and preach how Revelation 3:14 is a proof text supporting their doctrine of Colossians 1:15 and 1:16, saying GOD created all things through His SON Jesus, including the millions of other spirit sons in Jehovah God’s heavenly family, as well as the physical universe, and that Jesus is the ''BEGINNING'' and FIRST created being.

Is this doctrine by The Jehovah’s Witnesses of Revelation 3:14, true or false?

Are The Jehovah’s Witnesses correct in saying the word for ''BEGINNING" in Revelation 3:14 means Jesus is the ''BEGINNING'' and FIRST of GOD's creation and that GOD created all the Angels and the physical universe THROUGH Jesus?

May I now please demonstrate how the The Jehovah’s Witnesses are again misunderstanding Revelation 3:14, just as they have also been deceived into misunderstanding Colossians 1:15 and 1:16.

Please follow me as we examine the simple Biblical facts!

Revelation 3:14, Berean Literal Bible tells us:

And to the messenger of the church in Laodicea write: These things says the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the 

''BEGINNING''

 of God's creation.

Who is this talking in Revelation 3:14?

The answer is found in John's Vision on Patmos Revelation 1 ► Berean Literal Bible:

9 I John, your brother and fellow-partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance in Jesus, was in the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like that of a trumpet, 11saying,c “What you see, write in a book and send to the seven churches: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamum, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”

12 And I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands, 13 and in the midst of the lampstands, One like the Son of Man, having been clothed to the feet, and having been girded about at the breasts with a golden sash. 14 Now His head and His hairs are white like wool, white as snow; and His eyes are like a flame of fire; 15 and His feet are like fine bronze, as having been refined in a furnace; and His voice is like the voice of many waters; 16 and He is holding in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp two-edged sword is going forth out of His mouth; and His face is like the sun shining in its full strength.

17 And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as though dead. And He placed His right hand upon me, saying, “Fear not. I am the First and the Last, 18 and the Living One. And I was dead, and behold I am living to the ages of the ages, and I have the keys of Death and of Hades.

19 Therefore write the things that you have seen, and the things that are, and the things that are about to take place after these, 20 the mystery of the seven stars, which you saw on My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

As we have read, in verse 12: John turned to see the voice that was speaking was One like the Son of Man who we know is Jesus.

We know this because in verse 18 we read: and the Living One. And I was dead, and behold I am living to the ages of the ages, and I have the keys of Death and of Hades.

So we now know Jesus is the person talking to John in: Revelation 3:14, 

And to the messenger of the church in Laodicea write: These things says the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the 

 ''BEGINNING''

 of God's creation.

We also know who is: the faithful and true Witness in Revelation 3:14, by going back to Revelation 1:5 where we read: Jesus Christ, the faithful witness.

The next question is, what does Jesus mean by saying He is: the ''BEGINNING" of God's creation?

As we have seen how The Jehovah’s Witnesses Teach Revelation 3:14 proves Jesus is the ''BEGINNING" of God's (GENESIS) creation.

However, what The Jehovah’s Witnesses are falling to understand is how they are contradicting the whole of GOD's word throughout the Old Testament.

This is because GOD, never, ever, tells us He used His Son Jesus, or in fact ANYONE to create the ''BEGINNING" of the (GENESIS) creation, BY, or through, or with.

GOD tells us over and over again how He ALONE, BY HIMSELF, created all things in the (GENESIS) creation just as we read in just two of countless teachings like below: 

Isaiah 44:24: Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb: "I am Yahweh, who makes all things; who ALONE stretches out the heavens; who spreads out the earth BY MYSELF.

Isaiah 48:12 "Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. 13 Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spread out the heavens: when I call to them, they stand up together.

As we have seen that GOD the Father ALONE: stretches out the heavens; who spreads out the earth BY MYSELF, with MY HAND says GOD, and that is clearly ONE PERSON ALONE on His OWN seen by GOD's own words in Isaiah saying: ALONE, BY MYSELF, MY HAND, and MY RIGHT HAND.

This alone simply proves how The Jehovah’s Witnesses are failing to understand the simple truth, that Jesus could NOT have been WITH GOD at the (GENESIS) creation, because GOD says: He ALONE stretches out the heavens; who spreads out the earth BY MYSELF.

Also Jesus never, ever tells us how He was ALIVE WITH GOD at creation, or helping GOD in the Genesis creation.

Now we have seen how GOD ALONE, BY HIMSELF created the (GENESIS) creation, what then is the truth, what did Jesus mean by saying He is: the ''BEGINNING" of God's creation?

The simple answer is seen in Colossians 1:18

Berean Literal Bible

And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the ''BEGINNING" firstborn out from the dead, so that He might be holding preeminence in all things,

Did you notice, the SAME words saying: who is the ''BEGINNING'' Colossians 1:18.

And we continue to read how Jesus is the: firstborn out from the dead. And holding preeminence in all things.

Lets now look in the Strong's Concordance at the Greek word (πρωτεύω preeminence).

próteuó: to have the first place

Original Word: πρωτεύω

Part of Speech: Verb

Transliteration: próteuó

Phonetic Spelling: (prote-yoo'-o)

Definition: to have the first place

Usage: I have preeminence, am chief, am first.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin

from prótos

Definition

to have the first place

NASB Translation

have first place (1).

So as we have read Jesus is The Chief, The First, The Firstborn out from the Dead, the ''BEGINNING'' Colossians 1:18.

But please hold on, as there is more.

If we turn to John the Baptist, there we read how Jesus is FIRST in order, rank and precedence.

John 1:15

Berean Literal Bible

John witnesses concerning Him, and he cried out, saying, "This was He of whom I was saying, 'The One coming after me has precedence over me, because He was before me.'"

John 1:30

This is He concerning whom I said, 'After me comes a man who has precedence over me, because He was before me.'

Now please make note of Ephesians 1:22

Berean Literal Bible

And He put all things under His feet and gave Him to be head over all things to the church.

The next question is, WHEN did GOD make His Son Jesus the head over all things to the church.

The answer is given by Jesus in Matthew 28:18, and there we read what Jesus said Himself saying:

"All'' authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to Me. 

Is Jesus GOD?

For those who believe Jesus is GOD, then Ephesians 1:22 and Matthew 28:18, proves them wrong, because if Jesus were already GOD, He would not have to be given by GOD "All'' authority, and ''ALL THINGS'' under His feet, because Jesus would already HAVE "All'' authority in the first place if He were already GOD.

And also according to what most believe that Jesus is GOD, that would then simply mean GOD gave Himself "All'' authority in heaven and on the earth. And therefore there would be NO need for Jesus to tell us how His Father and GOD has given Him "All'' authority in heaven and on the earth. 

With all that taken into consideration, this perfectly explains WHY Jesus said in John 8:58 "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, (I am)." Meaning  (I am) the chosen one, the Christ, FIRST in priority, order, rank and precedence before Abraham was, as told by John the Baptist. John 1:15, John 1:30.

Hold on please, here comes the best!

At this point I would now like to bring in my next witness from my previous article of The Jehovah’s Witnesses Wrong Teaching of Colossians 1:16.

This will prove how Jesus was NOT yet WITH GOD ALIVE creating the Genesis creation.

 

Hebrews 1:1 is an undeniable proof text revealing how Jesus was NOT yet alive WITH GOD in the Genesis creation, and yet most still deny these Biblical facts:

 Berean Literal Bible

God, having spoken long ago to our fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways Hebrews 1:1 

Notice how we do NOT read in Hebrews 1:1 God, having spoken long ago (THROUGH JESUS) to our fathers  in the prophets in many portions.

There is simply NO mention of Jesus being ALIVE with GOD except in the many Bible prophecies, and until He is BORN in John 1:14 which is confirmed in Hebrews 2 saying: in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the ages.

Notice: 

and through whom He made the ages.

What does Paul mean by saying  the ages?

The answer is in the beginning of the verse saying: 

in these last days.

 Ages means a period of time, and that time started at the  ''BEGINNING'' of Jesus ministry, referred to as:

 in these last days.

Conclusion.

With all that in mind, what does all this prove, mean, and reveal?

What do the Biblical facts declare?

The Biblical facts REVEAL how The Jehovah’s Witnesses are Wrong Teaching that the ''BEGINNING'' in Revelation 3:14 means Jesus was in the ''BEGINNING'' ALIVE WITH GOD and First at creation helping GOD in the Genesis creation, which therefore makes a false Christ.

The Jehovah’s Witnesses are confused with WHERE the ''BEGINNING'' in Revelation 3:14 starts from.

The Jehovah’s Witnesses have wrongly put the ''BEGINNING'' in Revelation 3:14 BEFORE the very ''BEGINNING'' of the Genesis creation.

When instead if The Jehovah’s Witnesses had understood the simple truth, they would understand the ''BEGINNING'' in Revelation 3:14 means Jesus is the ''BEGINNING'' of ALL ANEW THINGS in creation, Colossians 1:15, in these last days.

And this is why Jesus tells us in Revelation 3:14 And to the messenger of the church in Laodicea write: These things says the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the ''BEGINNING'' of God's creation.

The TRUTH is Jesus is the ''STARTING POINT'' of GODS ANEW creation Colossians 1:16

Jesus DID NOT PRE-EXIST His flesh Galatians 4:4, but was ordained, and foreknown and chosen by GOD Almighty BEFORE the ''BEGINNING'' of the foundations of the world in GOD's perfect plan 1 Peter 1:20, Acts 2:23.

Jesus is FIRST in order, priority, rank and precedence John 1:15, 1:30.

Jesus is The Chief, The First, The Firstborn out from the Dead, making Him the ''BEGINNING'' of GOD's NEW creation Colossians 1:18.

Jesus became the Word of GOD and the ''BEGINNING'' when GOD Sent and Gave His Only Begotten SON "All'' authority IN heaven and ON the earth Matthew 28:18, for-filling all Bible prophecies.

Note, how Jesus IS The WORD ''OF'' GOD as seen in one of the greatest and most powerful words about our New RULER of  the heavens and the earth in Revelation 19:13 Berean Literal Bible

and having been clothed with a garment having been dipped in blood. And His name is called The Word of God.

Please notice if Jesus were GOD, we would simply read in 

Revelation 19:13

and having been clothed with a garment having been dipped in blood. And His name is called God, if Jesus was GOD that is!

But we instead read how Jesus is: The WORD ''OF'' GOD.

The word ''OF'' would not be added in by John if Jesus were GOD.

The word ''OF'' indicates and defines the difference between  The WORD ''OF'' GOD Jesus, in association and relation with The One True GOD.

Also notice please, how Jesus is called the RULER in Revelation 1:5 which again is one of countless proofs Jesus was NOT yet ALIVE with GOD in the geneses creation, as we know GOD is called the creator of all things ALONE: Revelation 4:11 Berean Literal Bible

"Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and because of Your will, they existed and were created."

However, the Jehovah’s Witnesses doctrine is correct on the deity of GOD the Father as GOD ALONE.

But the Jehovah’s Witnesses Christ, is NOT actually the Word and the faithful and true Witness of God, because the TRUE Christ was NOT incarnated from Michael the Archangel,

as Michael the Archangel is still in heaven with BOTH Christ and GOD.

And there is NO mention in the whole Bible of Michael the Archangel no longer existing, which would be the case if Jesus were Michael the Archangel!

Jesus was a MAN!

The whole Bible teaches Jesus was a MAN, and NOWHERE do we ever read in the ''BEGINNING'' Jesus was at first a Spirit being, or Michael the Archangel, or GOD.

Jesus Himself never, ever, said or taught He was first a Spirit being, or Michael the Archangel, or GOD.

Jesus Himself said He was a MAN in: John 8:40 Berean Study Bible

But now you are trying to kill Me, (A MAN) who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.

And yet most believe what He never, ever said or taught that He is GOD or an Angel.

This sadly concludes for me at least, The Jehovah’s Witnesses, are not The One True GOD's Witnesses, because they are also believing in and teaching a false Christ!

The TRUE Jesus said in John 14:6, NO ONE can get to the Father except through Him the TRUE Jesus John 17:3, so at this point The Jehovah’s Witnesses are also in danger of HELL.

I am Simon Brown.

Seek and you will find said Jesus!

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