Yahcubs777
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Excuse me? It's the Bible members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (aka "Mormons") use.
You say that like nobody else's uses it.
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Excuse me? It's the Bible members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (aka "Mormons") use.
Nonsense. You said, "It is the KJV. It isn't a mormon bible." All I did was say that the Mormons use the KJV. I didn't even imply that we're the only ones who do. Don't be so touchy.You say that like nobody else's uses it.
Nonsense. You said, "It is the KJV. It isn't a mormon bible." All I did was say that the Mormons use the KJV. I didn't even imply that we're the only ones who do. Don't be so touchy.
And yet somehow, you seemed to read into my comment the implication that I thought it was.Its not specifically their bible.
Of course it did. I can't help it if it was over your head.Just like catholics have their catechism, yet caltholics use the KJV as well. Even non denominational people, people that aren't "christians" might use the KJV bible. So your comment makes no sense.
That has not been explained well. Because the people haven't understood that GOD can proceed from HIMSELF, body from body, Spirit from Spirit, which HE must do to enter into a planet that HE Formed and hung on air. For HE is bigger than any planet that HE created. So to enter into a planet physically, HE has to Proceed from HIMSELF as GOD the Son. And it doesn't stop there. HE can also Proceed from HIMSELF, and either keep HIS Glory, or Not. And that is called, "Prosubstantiation", and without HIS Glory, as HE did as Melchizadek is "transubstantiation".
They wrote no man can see GOD and live, Adam did. Adam is a man.
What that verse means, is that all the children of the kingdom, who were in the fathers Bosom before being sent into this earth, saw GOD, and they were baptised into a body that can die. And the Allegory of this, is in Isaiah 6
8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,
12 And the Lord have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
13 But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
This is an allegory, of what Isaiah remembered from the Fathers Bosom, before GOD programmed him in the soul, and baptized him into the mortal body that was forming in his biological mothers womb.
So, every child of the kingdom has seen GOD.
Secondly, HE fed the multitudes to reveal to the people that HE is the GOD that fed their fathers in the wilderness. HE also fulfiled Psalms 23 in that.
17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
Then compare this to Matt 24:
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Because Jesus was the Son of God, but a Son is not the Father.Then why does he tell the Apostles to tell no man that HE is the Christ, the Son of the Living GOD?
If He did, that is because Jesus could do miracles, because He was a Manifestation of God.And why did HE feed the mulitude with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish?
"He that has seen me, has seen the father" shows that "me" and the Father are two separate entities.And why did HE say: HE that has seen me, has seen the father?
It is like the Image in a Mirror. God is the Sun, the Holy Spirit is the Ray's from the Sun, the perfect Mirror is the Messenger, the 'Self of God'. Thus Christ is the name on the Mirror the Holy Spirit is the reflection we see in the mirror and what gives us life.
That is why when God puts that Mirror amongst us, we see the same One God, in the Name God has chosen to call the Mirror. Thus to a Baha'i the Father is Bahaullah, at one time that Mirror was known as Adam.
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Because Jesus was the Son of God, but a Son is not the Father.
If He did, that is because Jesus could do miracles, because He was a Manifestation of God.
“The Holy Manifestations are the sources of miracles and the originators of wonderful signs. For Them, any difficult and impracticable thing is possible and easy. For through a supernatural power wonders appear from Them; and by this power, which is beyond nature, They influence the world of nature. From all the Manifestations marvelous things have appeared. “
Some Answered Questions
"He that has seen me, has seen the father" shows that "me" and the Father are two separate entities.
Jesus was a perfect mirror image of God, but an image projected on the mirror is not the same as that which projects that image.
Jesus was a clear mirror, and God became visible in the mirror. This is why Jesus said, “The Father is in the Son” (John 14:11, John 17:21) meaning that God the Father was visible and manifest in Jesus.
“I and my Father are one” (John 10:30) means that the Manifestation of God, in this case Jesus, and God are one and the same, so whatever pertains to the Manifestation of God, all His acts and doings, as well as whatever He ordains and forbids, is identical with the Will of God Himself.
1 Timothy 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Because Jesus was the Son of God, but a Son is not the Father.
If He did, that is because Jesus could do miracles, because He was a Manifestation of God.
“The Holy Manifestations are the sources of miracles and the originators of wonderful signs. For Them, any difficult and impracticable thing is possible and easy. For through a supernatural power wonders appear from Them; and by this power, which is beyond nature, They influence the world of nature. From all the Manifestations marvelous things have appeared. “
Some Answered Questions
"He that has seen me, has seen the father" shows that "me" and the Father are two separate entities.
Jesus was a perfect mirror image of God, but an image projected on the mirror is not the same as that which projects that image.
Jesus was a clear mirror, and God became visible in the mirror. This is why Jesus said, “The Father is in the Son” (John 14:11, John 17:21) meaning that God the Father was visible and manifest in Jesus.
“I and my Father are one” (John 10:30) means that the Manifestation of God, in this case Jesus, and God are one and the same, so whatever pertains to the Manifestation of God, all His acts and doings, as well as whatever He ordains and forbids, is identical with the Will of God Himself.
1 Timothy 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Actually the Bible says Jesus is seated at the right hand of the Father. Why would the Spirit take a glorifies body up to heaven to sit beside? If one is seated beside the other there must be two persons.
Thanks for pointing that out. I already have an explanation of that verse, and why it does not mean that Jesus is God, but now I have more proof that it does not mean that Jesus is God. So I took the time to look at John 17 and I saw some things I had net seen before.The "Jesus and the Father are one" (John 10:30) 'proof' is explained by John 17:11, 22-23.
No, I'd never do that.Don't overlook John 17:1, 3.
Thanks for pointing that out. I already have an explanation of that verse, and why it does not mean that Jesus is God, but now I have more proof that it does not mean that Jesus is God. So I took the time to look at John 17 and I saw some things I had net seen before.
In His parting words, Jesus prayed to the Father that those who believed on Him may be One with the Father just as He is One with the Father. That alone tells us that “I and my Father are one” (John 10:30) does not mean that Jesus was God, because if that was so that would mean all the believers were also God.
“I and my Father are one” (John 10:30) means Jesus was “one with God” in the sense that He was very close to God, so it was AS IF they were One. In John 17:21 Jesus was praying that the believers would also be One with the Father and One with each after His departure from this earth. Jesus was calling for oneness of His followers as opposed to division.
John 17 KJV
4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
Why?If it were as if HE was one because of closeness, then it would be a lie to say they are one.
Why?
No, my interpretation is just different from yours. In other words, you assign a certain meaning to the words I and my father are one and I assign another meaning to those words.So, if Jesus His Pre-Eminence said: I and my father are one, but they are not one, then that is a lie. So either your interpretation is wrong, or its not true
No, my interpretation is just different from yours. In other words, you assign a certain meaning to the words I and my father are one and I assign another meaning to those words.
I believe my meaning is the correct meaning and the verse could also have other meanings, but you believe that only your meaning -- that Jesus is God -- is correct.
I believe......
“I and my Father are one” (John 10:30) means that the Manifestation of God, in this case Jesus, and God are one and the same, so whatever pertains to the Manifestation of God, all His acts and doings, as well as whatever He ordains and forbids, is identical with the Will of God Himself. Jesus and God also share the same Holy Spirit, so in that sense they are one and the same. Jesus also shares many of the Attributes of God so in that sense they are one and the same. The verse below says that God was manifest in the flesh, it does not say that God became flesh
1 Timothy 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
No, my interpretation is just different from yours. In other words, you assign a certain meaning to the words I and my father are one and I assign another meaning to those words.
I believe my meaning is the correct meaning and the verse could also have other meanings, but you believe that only your meaning -- that Jesus is God -- is correct.
I believe......
“I and my Father are one” (John 10:30) means that the Manifestation of God, in this case Jesus, and God are one and the same, so whatever pertains to the Manifestation of God, all His acts and doings, as well as whatever He ordains and forbids, is identical with the Will of God Himself. Jesus and God also share the same Holy Spirit, so in that sense they are one and the same. Jesus also shares many of the Attributes of God so in that sense they are one and the same. The verse below says that God was manifest in the flesh, it does not say that God became flesh
1 Timothy 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.