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John 1:1 does not include God's name YHVH - it uses the Greek word theos, which means a mighty one, or a god. It says nothing about the creation of the world in this verse. As for "as “The WORD” this is the essence of the name “Elohim” the plural G-d who is “Three” yet “One” like; 1 x 1 x 1 =...

According to the apostle Peter, on the day of Pentecost just after Jesus' resurrection, Jesus received God's Holy Spirit after he was resurrected, and that he pours out this holy Spirit onto Christians - God pours out His Spirit though Jesus. Referring to Joel 2:28 (WEB): “It will happen...

I don't understand what you mean by "Departure Truth". :confused: I understand that passage to be saying that we are confident, i.e. we are absolutely sure, that while we are still human beings that we are not spirit beings living in heaven with Jesus and God. (For we don't yet see Jesus - we...

Yes, that's right. In the beginning Jesus, God's son, was with God, and God spoke to Jesus and said "Let us make man in our image". But that doesn't mean that Jesus was God or part of God, or that God is more than one person. Consider Isaiah 52 (WEB): 4) For thus says the Lord Yahweh: “My...

You are one person, not three persons. The Trinity dosctrine claims that God is three persons - that's completely different.

2 Corinthians 5:6 says, "while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord". That does not mean that being absent from the body implies that we must be present with God. In between we "sleep in death".

I have read other people's explanations of their understanding of this parable, and reading and studying the Scriptures too convinced me that their explanations were reasonable. Claims that it is a true story or a description of reality seems unreasonable to me because it it contrary to many...

In this passage Paul is saying that as Christians we know that after we die, and our earthly bodies disintegrate away (perish), that God will give us an eternal heavenly (spritual) body (verse 1). While we groan and are burdened in our corrupt earthly bodies, we desire to be clothed with our...

What I wrote was correct. The only place in the Bible that "Abraham's bosom" is mentioned is in this parable, in verses 22 and 23. By reading good Bible study literature. Why would the dead go to a paradise or a place of torment, considering that death means you will be in an unconscious...

All the Bible commentaries that I've read interpret Exodus 3:15 to mean that YHVH (Yahweh) is God's name. God's name Yahweh is mentioned nearly 7,000 times and as I mentioned in reply #494 Isaiah 42:8 confirms that it is God's name: “I am Yahweh. That is my name. ...".

Which is why Jesus gave the poor man the name (but he didn't name the rich man), because the meaning of the name gave information relevant to the story. He was indicating that Lazarus represented those of true faith who God was going to help. Abraham's bosom is only ever mentioned in this...

Romans 10:9 (WEB): that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. The requirement is that you believe that Jesus is the Lord, not that he is God, and that God raised Jesus from the dead. John 3:16...

You have not provided any evidence to support that. You have merely assumed that because God mentions three men that that somehow means that God is made up of three persons - but that is not what the Scripture says, and it is totally illogical to draw that conclusion. Peter said, "The God of...

It could have been Jesus. But as I wrote, there is no such person as "God the Son".

No thank you. I'm only interested in using the Scriptures to explain and harmonise other Scriptures.

I was thinking of your posts on Exodus 3:14-15, the latest of which was post #424, where you wrote: Verse 15 says: God said moreover to Moses, “You shall tell the children of Israel this, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me...

Genesis 3 (WEB): 8) They heard Yahweh God’s voice walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden. 9) Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” From what Moses wrote it...

The Rich Man and Lazarus - continued. The Chasm Then Abraham informs the Rich Man that there is a great chasm (canyon, gulf) between the Rich Man and himself. This chasm represents the difference between faith in Jesus and the seeking of righteousness through the Law. The Rich Man...

The Rich Man and Lazarus - continued. The Death of Lazarus In the context of this parable Jesus said the following: "The Law and the Prophets were until John. Since then the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it." (Luke 16:16) To those who view this parable as...

Why did Jesus give the poor man the name Lazarus? Because the name means "whom God helps". Here's an article (fairly long) about this parable that I downloaded about 21 years ago: The Rich Man and Lazarus Luke 16:19-31 It is evident from the whole setting of this passage that it is a...