Those who depend on the Gnostic Alexandrian translated text may depend on a bible that translates John 1:1 differently than the authorized text, so here is something to consider:
Seven times in scripture, God tells us that He is the first and the last. When encountered with question of the deity of Jesus Christ, I want to point out these eight verses: (These verses point out the deity of Christ in any translation; even the New World Translation which is the bible of the Watchtower Society.)
| Isaiah 41:4 |
Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he. |
| Isaiah 44:6 |
Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. |
| Isaiah 48:12 |
Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. |
| Revelation 1:11 |
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. |
| Revelation 1:17 |
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: |
| Revelation 1:18 |
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. |
| Revelation 2:8 |
And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; |
| Revelation 22:13 |
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. |
- Jesus is the Alpha and Omega, Jesus is the first and the last, and Jesus is God.
| Colossians 2:9 |
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. |
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June 24, 2010
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