Jesus and His God

Acts 3:15 -- and the Prince of the life ye did kill, whom God did raise out of the dead, of which we are witnesses. -- Young's Literal . Acts 3:15 -- You killed the author of life, the very one whom God raised from the dead. We are witnesses of this. -- Common English Bible . Acts 3:15 (CSB) And you killed the source of life, whom God raised from the dead; we are witnesses of this. -- Holman Christian Standard Bible . Some offer Acts 3:15 as a proof of the trinity. It has been claimed that Jesus is the Creator of the universe  and thus this is alleged to prove that Jesus is God Almighty, and therefore one of the person of the alleged triune God. Evidently, the phrase "Prince of Life" is being assumed to mean the absolute source of all life, and thus that this would mean that Jesus is God who created the universe. The word rendered " prince " above is a compound word that roughly means chief or first leader. It can refer to the chief source. It is used again in A...

Is Jesus presented in Revelation 10:5 as being the Creator? Revelation 10:5 - The angel who I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to the sky, Revelation 10:6 - and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it. Revelation 10:6 is sometimes presented as proof that Jesus is the Creator and that Jesus is God Almighty. Actually, Jesus is not mentioned anywhere in Revelation 10. It should be obvious, however, that He by whom the angel swears is not Jesus, but rather it is the God and Father of Jesus. -- Micah 5:4; Ephesians 1:3. What some appear to think, however, is that the voice from heaven spoken of in Revelation 10:4 is the voice of Jesus (Revelation 1:17-19) and then they would associate the One by whom the angel swears to be Jesus, the voice from heaven. There are two suppositions required for this claim: 1) One would have to as...

God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, (Hebrews 1:1, World English ) In many parts, and many ways, God of old having spoken to the fathers in the prophets, (Hebrews 1:1, Young's Litera l) has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds (ages). (Hebrews 1:2, World English ) in these last days did speak to us in a Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He did make the ages; (Hebrews 1:2, Young's Literal ) His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself made purification for our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. -- Hebrews 1:3, World English Bible translation. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. ...

God in Hebrews 1:1-4 Hebrews 1:1–4 is often cited in discussions about the identity of Jesus and the nature of God. Yet these opening verses present a remarkably straightforward contrast between God and His Son. Below is a rendering designed to highlight the clarity of what we believe to have been the author’s intent: Hebrews 1:1 — God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, Hebrews 1:2 — has at the end of these days spoken to us by means of His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the ages. Hebrews 1:3 — His Son is the reflected brightness of His glory, the impress of His personal being, and His Son bore all by means of the word of His power. When His Son had made purification for our sins, he sat down at the right hand of Jehovah on high. Hebrews 1:4 — having become so much better than the angels, as he has inherited a more excellent name than they have. God in Hebrews 1:1 — One Person, Not a Pl...

Genesis 1:26; Genesis 3:22, Genesis 11:7 and Isaiah 6:8 have been presented as allegedly being proof of the plurality of persons who are claimed to make up the triune God. Regarding Genesis 1:26; Genesis 11:7 and Isaiah 6:8, Walter Martin (Kingdom of the Cults, page 82) claims that the "plurality" of these verses are speaking of Trinity. Let us examine these verses to see if this is so. Genesis 1:26 - God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." We find nothing at all in this verse about there being a God consisting of three persons; any such thought has to imagined, assumed, added to, and read into, what “God” said here. Evidently, the unipersonal “God”, in saying “Let us,” is speaking to someone else. By comparing spiritual with spiritual, we conclude ...