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    The happy thread

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    Jesus submitted to his God

    I don’t hold that against you. There are a lot of “Christian” members here who aren’t trinitarian. The trinitarians say the same thing. Right? Psalm 110:1 makes a distinction between the Messiah and Yahweh. Jesus is the Messiah. I call upon the name of the Messiah.
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    Jesus is the Son of his God

    It’s the absolute truth. Every Bible translator knows that it is and translates it properly.
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    Jesus is the Son of his God

    It’s the Messiah’s God. It’s the first line of the Apostles’ Creed. It’s scripture. It comes from the Hebrew Bible. It is the scripture of Jewish monotheists. Why do you write “God” in the singular form rather than in the plural form?
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    Jesus is the Son of his God

    It’s basic Hebrew.
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    Jesus submitted to his God

    I’m an ex-trinitarian and, among other things, a retired adjunct college professor of theology. I taught it to my students.
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    Jesus is the Son of his God

    “In later times the church, no longer perceiving the power and decisiveness of the agent-son-representative model, and having among its members men used to a more philosophical analysis, felt it necessary to go further in the direction of metaphysical identity between Jesus and the heavenly...
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    Jesus is the Son of his God

    Every English translation of John’s prologue produced prior to 1611 that was made directly from Greek is rendered in the same fashion. The word is “it”. Jesus isn’t an it. In the prologue, John is speaking about the Father speaking the creation into existence. Everything which was created...
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    Jesus is the Son of his God

    John’s monotheism is the same as the Messiah’s monotheism, the monotheism of Israel. ”John is as undeviating a witness as any in the New Testament to the fundamental tenet of Judaism“ - J.A.T. Robinson I haven’t invented anything. See the concept of ideal preexistence. It’s fundamental to...
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    Jesus submitted to his God

    Could you set a small daily goal?
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    QUOTE for the day

    “Do not be ashamed of aging. Why sorrow that another year of trial is over?” - C.H. Spurgeon
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    The happy thread was dead. Long live the happy thread!

    * Gravy’s attorney *
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    The happy thread

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    What books are you currently reading?

    * ‘Tis always the season. *