Key scriptures supporting the omnipresence of Jesus include:
Matthew 28:20: "And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age".
Matthew 18:20: "For where two or three are gathered in My name, there am I among them".
Ephesians 1:22–23: Describes Christ as "the fullness of Him who fills all in all".
Colossians 1:17: States that "in him all things hold together".
John 3:13: Suggests the Son of Man is in heaven while on earth (in some translations, such as KJV/ASV).
John 14:23: Jesus indicates he and the Father make their home with those who love him.
These verses highlight that while Jesus had a physical body with limitations during his earthly ministry, his divine nature allows him to be omnipresent.
To JWs neither the Son (creature) or the Father are omnipresent. Here are a few quotes.
I know of no new ones that replace this "light" from "
God's sole channel of communication" or "God's mouthpiece".
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"The face of the deep, of course, would be toward the Pleiades, which are claimed to be the habitation of Jehovah." (Creation; 1927; 2,175,000 ed.; p. 94)
"The constellation of the seven stars forming the Pleiades appears to be the crowning center around which the known systems of the planets revolve even as our sun's planets obey the sun and travel in their respective orbits. It has been suggested, and with much weight, that one of the stars of that group is the dwelling-place of Jehovah and the place of the highest heavens;..." (Reconciliation; 1928; p. 140)
"The constellation of the Pleiades is a small one compared with others which scientific instruments disclose to the wondering eyes of man. But the greatness in size of other stars or planets is small when compared with the Pleiades in importance, because the Pleiades is the place of the eternal throne of God." (Reconciliation; 1928; p. 14)
Spiritual Heavens. The same original-language words used for the physical heavens are also applied to the spiritual heavens. As has been seen, Jehovah God does not reside in the physical heavens, being a Spirit ( it-1 p. 1060 Heaven)
Clearly, the Bible can help us to get better acquainted with our Creator. In it we learn that God lives in an established place called heaven, a spirit realm outside the physical heavens. With him, there are myriads of mighty spirit creatures who also reside in the spirit realm.
(g 4/11 p. 29 Is God Omnipresent?)
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Note the
doublespeak above-- ( it is always that way with Jws)
Back then, if you said that you disagreed with
any of that or dared to say the Watchtower was wrong about
anything you would have been
DF'd (thrown out) and labeled an apostate- ( which means God will kill you) and shunned by all.
But NOW, a Jw will just pass it off as
old light or says it is just from "imperfect uninspired men."
So- now its ok to say Rutherford had it wrong due to being imperfect- since he is long dead--
but while he was alive
and afterwards-- it was
the deadly sin.......to say anything they say is wrong.
It still is that way today. You must believe and teach to others as " the truth" whatever they come up with next, or else..
Until- they get the go ahead to call it .."old light"..
