Suprashy,
Thanks Lone Wolf! I don't have a JW Bible, but am set to discuss the Trinity with a JW this Fri. I've heard there is in Rev. 1:18 in the JW Bible that reads something like "Jehova was pierced.." Is this right, and is this the exact verse, and chapter? Thanks for any help! Suprashy!
No, this is not Rev 1:18 in the JW "bible". You might be thinking of Rev 1:7, which reads "and every eye will see him, and those who pierced him...". The witness will tell you this verse refers to Jesus Christ, and the very next verse refers to Jehovah. (Note the WTS has inserted the name "Jehovah" into verse 8.)
Or you may be thinking of Zech 12:10, which reads in most Bibles, "and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced" (Jehovah speaking). However, the jw "translation" reads "they will certainly look to the One whom they have pierced". This scripture wont help you much.
Proving the Deity of Christ using Revelation is not too difficult; I'll jot down some thoughts for you. Hopefully they will help.
First thing to know is that the jws believe the "Alpha and Omega" to be Jehovah God alone. I try to show the jw that Revelation clearly shows that Jesus Christ is the Alpha and Omega.
all scriptures, NWT (jw "bible")
Rev 21:5,6:
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5 And the One seated on the throne said: "Look! I am making all things new." Also, he says: "Write because these words are faithful and true." 6 And he said to me: "They have come to pass! I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. To anyone thirsting I will give from the fountain of the water of life free."
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Now look back to chapter 20:11-15, for more on the One seated on the throne:
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11 And I saw a great white throne and the one seated on it. From before him the earth and the heaven fled away, and no place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and scrolls were opened. But another scroll was opened; it is the scroll of life. And the dead were judged out of those things written in the scrolls according to their deeds. 13 And the sea gave up those dead in it, and death and Ha'des gave up those dead in them, and they were judged individually according to their deeds. 14 And death and Ha'des were hurled into the lake of fire. This means the second death, the lake of fire. 15 Furthermore, whoever was not found written in the book of life was hurled into the lake of fire.
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The One seated on the throne is the Alpha and Omega. He gives to anyone thirsting from the fountain of the water of life. He renders judgement to the great and the small.
Compare Matt 25:31-41:
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31 "When the Son of man arrives in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit down on his glorious throne. 32 And all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 And he will put the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left. 34 "Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, YOU who have been blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for YOU from the founding of the world. ... 41 "Then he will say, in turn, to those on his left, 'Be on YOUR way from me, YOU who have been cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his angels.
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And John 5:22:
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For the Father [in WTS lingo, ="Jehovah"] judges no one at all, but he has committed all the judging to the Son,
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Jesus is the one doing the judging; Jesus is the Alpha and Omega.
Note also Rev 7:17:
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because the Lamb, who is in the midst of the throne, will shepherd them, and will guide them to fountains of waters of life.
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And John 4:10:
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In answer Jesus said to her: "If you had known the free gift of God and who it is that says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him and he would have given you living water."
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Jesus gives the water of life.
Rev 22:12,13 says:
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12 "'Look! I am coming quickly, and the reward I give is with me, to render to each one as his work is. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
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Three verses later Jesus identifies himself as the speaker: "I, Jesus, sent my angel to bear witness to you people of these things for the congregations."
The jw will argue that it is Jehovah speaking in verses 12-15 though (very weak argument).
But that's fine because Jesus elsewhere identifies himself as the one who is coming quickly (verse 20). He identifies himself as the "First and the Last" (Rev 1:17). He identifies himself as the one who gives to each one according to their deeds (Rev 2:23).
There's more that could be said, but this is all I have time for right now.
TS,