something else that I think has been lost in all of this is the Word. The jews long before the first century had discontinued the utterance of the divine name. Its lost. the JWs claim to pronounce it correctly and they may but the point I am trying to make is this........I believe john was in fact refering to that very name or Word, John 1:1 in the begining was yahweh, and yahweh was with God and yahweh was God. He was in the begining with God. I know some will say how was Yahweh with Yahweh. a good ot example of this double talk can be found in zechariah 2:, I will use the new world translation here for the benifit of the JWs.
8 And the word of Jehovah continued to occur to me, saying: 9 “The very hands of Ze·rub´ba·bel have laid the foundation of this house, and his own hands will finish [it]. And you will have to know that Jehovah of armies himself has sent me to YOU people.
so here jehovah says jehovah sent him???????
and again in zechariah 10:8-12
8 “‘I will whistle for them and collect them together; for I shall certainly redeem them, and they must become many, just like those who have become many. 9 And I shall scatter them like seed among the peoples, and in the distant places they will remember me; and they must revive with their sons and return. 10 And I must bring them back from the land of Egypt; and from As·syr´i·a I shall collect them together; and to the land of Gil´e·ad and Leb´a·non I shall bring them, and no [room] will be found for them. 11 And he must pass through the sea [with] distress; and in the sea he must strike down [the] waves, and all the depths of the Nile must dry up. And the pride of As·syr´i·a must be brought down, and the very scepter of Egypt will depart. 12 And I will make them superior in Jehovah, and in his name they will walk about,’ is the utterance of Jehovah.” Why is Jehovah speaking of himself as if he were someone else???
what is lost here is that the name jehovah, yahweh means the I am. I am the wind that blows back the red sea for you to cross, I am your savior, I am the way ,the truth, the life, what reoccurs time and again thru the entire bible is there is just one. But he has three personages!
Would Jehovahs Witnesses have us believe the first 500 or so pages of the bible is dedicated to One god who claims to have created the earth by himself alone as in Isaiah 44:24
This is what Jehovah has said, your Repurchaser and the Former of you from the belly: “I, Jehovah, am doing everything, stretching out the heavens by myself, laying out the earth. Who was with me? 25 [I am] frustrating the signs of the empty talkers, and [I am] the One that makes diviners themselves act crazily; the One turning wise men backwards, and the One that turns even their knowledge into foolishness;
to another lessor god that was there and was the master worker...........I agree with the former post that relects Jesus's words.....But who do you say I am?
ISAIAH 9:6
6 For there has been a child born to us, there has been a son given to us; and the princely rule will come to be upon his shoulder. And his name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. 7
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