I shouldn't have to explain this, for the two, or more, different senses should be obviously clear? How can the Word be with God, and be God, in the same sense?
First thanks for the reply, second, here's how, for your edification.
John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
lets break this down. repeated, but in two different senses. the word was repeated, but not in two different senses
#1. THE "SAME" SENSE", Beginning, God.. Word.
"In the
beginning was the
Word". the same sense, Genesis 1:1 "In the
beginning God created the heaven and the earth." BINGO same Sense.
#2. THE "SAME" SENSE", "
WITH".
" and the Word was
with God ", the same sense, Deuteronomy 6:4 "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is
one LORD:" what is the sense here, "
ONE", meaning the SAME "ONE" PERSON,
as in FIRST and LAST, because God is the First and the Last the SAME person. quickly solve .... this, Revelation 22:13 "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end,
the first and the last."
so who is the FIRST? as Deuteronomy 6:4 states, the "ONE" is the ordinal "First", definition time,
"
ONE", H259 אֶחָד 'echad (ech-awd') adj.
1. (properly) united, i.e. one.
2. (as an ordinal) first.
[a numeral from H258]
KJV: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together.
Root(s): H258
now the Last. 1 Corinthians 15:45 "And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the
last Adam was made a quickening spirit."
"
LAST", G2078 ἔσχατος eschatos (es'-cha-tos) adj.
farthest, final (of place or time).
[a superlative probably from G2192 (in the sense of contiguity)]
KJV: ends of,
last, latter end, lowest, uttermost
Root(s): G2192
BINGO, God is the
First and the
Last. "
ONE", and the same PERSON
Jesus one person is First and Last, supportive scripture of this ONE person "
WITH" God, is God, lets see it, 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." NOW LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THE FIRST THAT IS "
WITH" THE LAST
IS THE SAME PERSON. scripture. Isaiah 48:12 "Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called;
I am he;
I am the first,
I also am the last." BINGO, there it is.
so "
WITH"
is the same sense, because he is
ALSO, meaning
the same one person. So John is correct, and you, DNB is incorrect in your use of John 1:1 as antanaclasis
#3. "and the Word was God.", must I... self explanatory.
so you are
reproved of that error.
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