A Question for Jehovah's Witnesses

[marks]

This is who Immanuel is; a normal human who underwent spiritual development.

Allow me to ask you . . .

1 Corinthians 15:47 KJV
The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

Who is the first man, and who is the second man, also called the last adam?

What does it mean to be "of the earth", and what is the meaning of it being contrasted to "is the Lord from heaven"?

Much love!

 

[marks]

I don't think Jesus repented of his sin, but everyone's sin.

How do you repent of someone else's sin? Can you show me that in Scripture? I don't understand how that makes sense.

Much love!

 

[Runningman]

Allow me to ask you . . .

1 Corinthians 15:47 KJV
The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

Who is the first man, and who is the second man, also called the last adam?

What does it mean to be "of the earth", and what is the meaning of it being contrasted to "is the Lord from heaven"?

Much love!

Are you aware of why most modern Bible's omit "Lord" from 1 Corinthians 15:47 and replace it with "man?"

Trinitarian commentary Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers says this:

"The second man is the Lord from heaven.—Better, the second man is from heaven. The words “the Lord,” which occur in the English version, are not in the best Greek MSS. The word which is twice rendered “of” in this verse has the force of “from,” “originating from,” in the Greek. The first representative man was from the earth, the second representative man was from heaven; and as was the first earthly Adam, so are we in our merely physical condition; and as is the second heavenly Adam, so shall we be in our heavenly state."

 

[Runningman]

How do you repent of someone else's sin? Can you show me that in Scripture? I don't understand how that makes sense.

Much love!

It's better than Jesus repenting of his (own) nonexistent sin.

1 Peter 4
8Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

 

[RedFan]

To not make the people in the area angry?

Well, close; let's just say it was for appearances sake.

Ditto for Jesus being baptized, if Matt. 3:13-15 is accurate.

 

[Runningman]

Well, close; let's just say it was for appearances sake.

Ditto for Jesus being baptized, if Matt. 3:13-15 is accurate.

Jesus bluffed his way through John’s water baptism of repentance even though it was a command given from heaven? That seems problematic too.

 

[RedFan]

Jesus bluffed his way through John’s water baptism of repentance even though it was a command given from heaven? That seems problematic too.

Perhaps. But neither Jesus' baptism nor Timothy's circumcision can fairly be called a "bluff," although both events were ineffective to accomplish what a baptism or a bris is thought by their respective adherents to accomplish. Jesus was not in need of repentance, Timothy was not in need of being marked a Jew -- but both obediently went through the formality in order to affirm their support for the ritual.