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Its just a really odd way that God speaks sometimes, a little like...its already happened, because He already knows what the end is, since its going to happen exactly as He has planned. Trying to think of another instance where He spoke that way but I'd have to go digging for it.
Ah, no, i'm picking up what you are laying down bro, you are seriously on a Truth wave there, follow it out imo. G'nite, and don't shy away from the obv there k peace
 

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Gee, not in the 6 days or anything, huh, hmm. Wanna see when the world was founded? With your own Two Eyes?

I was referring to the verse. That particular verse does not state when the world was founded. It just states that the Lamb was slain before.
 

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14So the Word became humandand made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness.e And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son
Wouldn't this have been a great place to write "Jesus?"

As many as do the will of God, they are the Sons of God right
 
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15John testified about him when he shouted to the crowds, “This is the one I was talking about when I said, ‘Someone is coming after me who is far greater than I am, for he existed long before me
My current working theory is that we conflate Jesus with Christ bc we forget that the Spirit came and rested on Him at a certain point
 

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Revelation 13:8
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written (literally, whose names do not remain written) in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

In this passage, "from the foundation of the world" can belong grammatically with either "whose names do not remain written" or with "the Lamb slain". Since there is this grammatical ambiguity, I look to the parallel passage for clarification.

Revelation 17:8
The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

Much love!


 
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My current working theory is that we conflate Jesus with Christ bc we forget that the Spirit came and rested on Him at a certain point

I think the early church was well aware of the Holy Spirit descending upon Jesus during his baptism and they still taught that His is God from the beginning. They are condemned heresies who taught differently like Gnostic Christian teachers.
 

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I think personifying the Beast power can be dangerous - just like personifying Satan, it can lead to avoiding personal responsibility and attempting to control the evil of the world. As if simply avoiding the mark of the Beast is enough to remain in a somewhat pure state.
 

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18No one has ever seen God. But the unique One, who is himself God,gis near to the Father’s heart. He has revealed God to us
Word Origin
from Yhvh and yasha
Definition
"the LORD is salvation," Moses' successor, also the name of a number of Isr.
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Jeshua (28), Joshua (219).



Brown-Driver-Briggs
יְהוֺשׁוּעַ, יְהוֺשֻׁעַ and (later) יֵשׁוּעַ,


proper name, masculine (& location, see

9 below) (׳י is salvation, or ׳י is opulence, compare אֱלִישָׁע, אֱלִישׁוּעַ, אֲבִישׁוּעַ & NesSK 1892, 573 f.; in any case it came to be associated with ישׁע, compare Matthew 1:21; on יֵשׁוּעַ see especially FräVOJ iv. 1890, 332 f. MüllSK 1892, 177 f. who cite analogue for change of וֹ to later ֵ֯, & Nesl.c.) —

1 Moses' successor, son of Nun, (ᵐ5 Ἰησοῦς) יְהוֺשׁוּעַDeuteronomy 3:21; Judges 2:7; = יְהוֺשֻׁעַ Exodus 17:9,10,13,14; Exodus 24:13; Exodus 32:17; Exodus 33:11; Numbers 11:28; Numbers 13:16; Numbers 14:6,30,38; Numbers 26:65; Numbers 27:18,22; Numbers 32:12,28; Numbers 34:17; Deuteronomy 1:38; Deuteronomy 3:28; Deuteronomy 31:3,7,14 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 31:23; Deuteronomy 34:9; Joshua 1:1 167t. Joshua; Judges 1:1; Judges 2:6,7,8,21,23; 1 Kings 16:34; 1 Chronicles 7:27; = יֵשׁוּעַ Nehemiah 8:17 (ᵐ5 Ἰησοῦς); according to P, name changed by Moses from הוֺשֵׁעַ q. v. Numbers 13:8,16 (ᵐ5 Αὑση) Deuteronomy 32:44 (ᵐ5 Ἰησοῦς).

2 יְהוֺשֻׁעַ a Bethshemite 1 Samuel 6:14,18 (ᵐ5 'Wshe, A Ἰησοῦς, ᵐ5L Ἰωσηε).

3 high priest after the restoration, son of Jehozadak יְהוֺשֻׁעַ (ᵐ5Ἰησοῦς) Haggai 1:1,12,14; Haggai 2:2,4; Zechariah 3:1,3,6,8,9; Zechariah 6:11; = יְשׁוּעַ (ᵐ5 Ἰησοῦς) Ezra 2:2; Ezra 3:2,8; Ezra 4:3; Ezra 5:2; Ezra 10:18; Nehemiah 7:7; Nehemiah 12:1,7,10,26.

4 יְהוֺשֻׁעַ governor of Jerusalem under Josiah 2 Kings 23:8 (ᵐ5Ἰησοῦς, ᵐ5L Ἰωσηε).



5 יֵשׁוּעַ (ᵐ5 Ἰησοῦς). head of one of the classes of priests 1 Chronicles 24:11, possibly also Ezra 2:36 = Nehemiah 7:39.



6 יֵשׁוּעַ (ᵐ5 Ἰησοῦς etc.), a Levitical family-name of frequent occurrence:

a. Ezra 2:40; Ezra 3:9 = Nehemiah 7:43; Nehemiah 8:7; Nehemiah 9:4,5; Nehemiah 10:10; Nehemiah 12:8.

b.2Chronicles 31:15; Ezra 8:33; Nehemiah 12:24.

7 יֵשׁוּעַ (ᵐ5 id.), father of a builder at the wall Nehemiah 3:19, perhaps =

8 a Judaite family-name (ᵐ5 id.), Ezra 2:6 = Nehemiah 7:11(compare SmListen 12).

9. proper name, of a location in south of JudahNehemiah 11:26 בְּיֵשׁוּעַ (ᵐ5 ἐν Ἰησού, ᵐ5L ἐν Σουα).

יְהוֺשֻׁעַ, יֵשׁוּעַ proper name.


Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua
Or Yhowshua {yeh-ho-shoo'-ah}; from Yhovah and yasha'; Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader -- Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua. Compare Howshea', Yeshuwa'.

see HEBREW Yhovah

see HEBREW yasha'

see HEBREW Howshea'

see HEBREW Yeshuwa'

Ha not too hard to see why Joshua (Jesus) was the most pop name then i guess, huh. "Also the name of a number of Isr" lol, like they're short on room or something, rather than deliberately obscuring.
 

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29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!30He is the one I was talking about when I said, ‘A man is coming after me who is far greater than I am, for he existed long before me.’ 31I did not recognize him as the Messiah, but I have been baptizing with water so that he might be revealed to Israel.”

32Then John testified, “I saw the Holy Spirit descending like a dove from heaven and resting upon him. 33I didn’t know he was the one, but when God sent me to baptize with water, he told me, ‘The one on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ 34I saw this happen to Jesus, so I testify that he is the Chosen One of God.l
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Ah, could you pare it down to the relevant v, ty, i can't wade lol

Mmm...you sort of need all of it to arrive at the conclusion that Jesus is who John is talking about...

He begins by saying in the beginning the word already existed. Seems to be referring us back to the beginning of Genesis, which also begins: In the beginning.

In the beginning the word already existed. The word was with God and the word was God. So what's "the word?"

John answers that next. He says the word is a HE.
He existed in the beginning with God.
God created everything through HIM.

Etc., etc., until you (or at least I) come to a lot of conclusions.
 

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It doesn't say when the world was founded. It just says the Lamb was slain before that.

Its just a really odd way that God speaks sometimes, a little like...its already happened, because He already knows what the end is, since its going to happen exactly as He has planned. Trying to think of another instance where He spoke that way but I'd have to go digging for it. I think I noted it a few times in the prophets.

"Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding." Job 38:4

"Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together." Isaiah 48:12-13


"And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world." Rev 13:8

But when...? Here is the end of something...which Jesus apparently does not know. Hmmm?

"Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only." Matt 24:35-36


But again, when was the beginning? Seemingly some things only God knows and if He does not tell us, who can know it?

"Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world." Acts 15:18
 
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Mmm...you sort of need all of it to arrive at the conclusion that Jesus is who John is talking about...

He begins by saying in the beginning the word already existed. Seems to be referring us back to the beginning of Genesis, which also begins: In the beginning.

In the beginning the word already existed. The word was with God and the word was God. So what's "the word?"

John answers that next. He says the word is a HE.
He existed in the beginning with God.
God created everything through HIM.

Etc., etc., until you (or at least I) come to a lot of conclusions.
You and I and all of the rest of us are "good" at coming to conclusions. Have any of us ever changed our mind? But then God...

"For I am the LORD, I change not..." Mal 3:6
 

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Revelation 13:8
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written (literally, whose names do not remain written) in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

In this passage, "from the foundation of the world" can belong grammatically with either "whose names do not remain written" or with "the Lamb slain". Since there is this grammatical ambiguity, I look to the parallel passage for clarification.

Revelation 17:8
The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

Much love!


That could be. But, we also read that God chose us in Christ from before the foundation of the world. And we read that Jesus was foreordained before the foundation of the world and now made manifest for us. And we read, come, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. And we also read that He saved us and called us according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.
 
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