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This verse re-asserts YHWH (aka God the Father) is the only God. From REV translation: You are my witnesses,”says Yahweh, “and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he. Before me there was no God formed, nor will there be after me.

Colossians 3:12 points out that we too are chosen by God. John 1:12 says that we too are sons and daughters of God. So, while Jesus was the only son of God, as all firstborns are, he is no longer the only son of God. There is a vid that expands on this. I might be able to dig it up if...

I confess this OP is a challenge to our humility. Have we turned our Lord into an IDOL by holding fast to manmade doctrines that cannot withstand scrutiny? Our Lord and Savior is a man, not a doctrinal idol, yes? Most people, including Christians are exceedingly weak in logic. In this thread, I...

Do you believe that Mark was the scribe and it is actually Peter's account? I only learned that fairly recently in my life.

I've been told Luke is the best one to start with, in general. This especially true for people who are not so familiar with the Jewish culture, which is most people in America today.

I agree this is the best argument and it shows how weak the argument is since it relies on the strongest evidence AGAINST the premise, the heresy, the 4th century manmade IDOL. Jesus is quoted in John 17:1-3 as saying his Father is the only true God. I agree with Jesus. And this is one of many...

Purpose. I am a big picture thinker. A coworker too easily gets lost in the weeds. Everything he says is accurate, just not necessarily relevant to the bigger conversation. Hope this helps.

No worries, my friend. I don't think it is a contradiction at all but a matter of how different people tell a story and what they focus on. If I were to tell the story of my life, I might say I went to college after graduating from high school, bought a house after my daughter was born or that...

Triple down. You are not very intellectually nimble are you?

I've been wondering what the CyB community feels is their favorite Gospel - and why. For most of my life, my favorite was Matthew. When I began to read the Bible daily, I picked Luke for its non-Jewish orientation. Lately, I've come to apreciate the active Gospel of Mark. When I read John, I...

He lived about 15 centuries after the church fathers, no?

Well, obviously you are doubling down on what is not the case. Just out of curiosity, how does this affect how you life out a life devoted to Christ?

Let's take a look 7For the Son of Man is about to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done. 28Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will absolutely not taste of death until they see the Son...

I never heard anyone assert that. I always took the 2nd Coming with the end of the world as we know it.

Not that I see. For the life of me, I cannot grasp why the concern over the precision such things. What difference does it make if John wrote it in 68, 69 or 70 AD?

Perhaps you think it is a compliment to tell someone they are not a Christ follower for having a different opinion than you do? Indeed.

No question, Revelation is the most difficult to discern book because of the figurative language used. I admire your persistence in data mining the text. I've posted in numerous places that I tend to avoid End Times threads. This was not supposed to be that but what is the case right now...

That's a tough question, my friend. I've struggled with that for a long time. One one level, feelings don't matter at all. My ethics professor in college presented this working definition of moral. Moral is when you allow a previously made decision to over-ride your present emotions. Facts...

Come on man. We are all Christ followers on this forum. Just because I have a different take on revelation - as experienced by many, including Saint Augustine from the 4th century - does not mean I am not a Christ follower. What is the Spirit that so divides us that if we differ in any way, we...

Yes. See post 242.