That would be dangerous theology: God through Isaiah said of those who do not SPEAK the Word THERE IS NO LIGHT IN THEM.
That would wish that students NOT be Christians, Disciples meaning students of the Word of Christ.
Dīvīnus I. of or belonging to a deity, divine “divina studia colere divina facta, i. e., religious exercise, divine worship, sacrifice, etc Divine ORIGIN.
2. The divine, that which comes from God, nihil est divino divinius, Sen. Ep. 66, 11.— 3. That which is under the sanction of a god; a. By divine inspiration, prophetically: “plura divine praesensa et praedicta reperiri
Divine stŭdĭum , I. a busying one's self about or application to a thing; assiduity, zeal, eagerness, fondness, inclination, desire, exertion, endeavor, study: (b). A place for study, a study, school (late Lat.): “philosophum (se egit) in omnibus studiis, templis, locis,”
Gordon Ferguson: For to us a child is born, to us a son is
given, and the government will be on his
shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful
Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace.
THE SPIRIT
Is. 9:6 For unto us a CHILD
is born, unto us a SON is given: and the
government shall be upon his shoulder: and HIS NAME
shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God,
The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Mighty:THEY NAMED Him Jesus or Joshua which is Jehovah-Saves as there are many hyphenated names.
h1368. gibbowr, ghib-bore´;, ghib-bore´; intensive from the same as 1397; powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant:—champion, chief, x excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.
h1397. geber, gheh´-ber; from 1396; properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply:—every one, man, x mighty
God
h410. el, ale; shortened from 352; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity):—God (god), x goodly, x great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in “-el.”
h410. ale; shortened from 352; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity):—God (god), x goodly, x great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in “-el.”
Gordon Ferguson: Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever.
This child who would be born and sit
on David’s throne can be no other than Jesus Christ.
And yet this
child who graced Bethlehem’s barn was to be called
“Mighty God” and “Everlasting Father.”
This assumes
that God is ignorant: He could have said a child will be
born and he WILL BE. the Lord (yhwh) the on true God
(Elohim]
The Jehovah’s
Witnesses dodge on this passage is that Jesus is “mighty”
God but not the “almighty”. However, the same term
is applied to Jehovah in Isaiah 10:20-21.
The Jews
claimed that Jesus "made himself God" but he responded
for then and now:
John 10:36 Say
ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, [at
baptism]
and sent into the
world,
Thou blasphemest;
because I said, I am the SON OF GOD.
A son was born and they named Him Jesus or Joshua which is
a hyphenated name Jehovah-Saves.
Is. 10:20 And
it shall come to pass in that day,
that the remnant
of Israel,
and such as are
escaped of the house of Jacob,
shall no more
again stay upon him that smote
them; but shall
stay upon the Lord [yhwh],
the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
Jer. 32:18 Thou
shewest lovingkindness unto thousands,
and recompensest
the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their
children after them:
Gthe Great, the
Mighty God, the Lord [yhwh]
of hosts, IS HIS NAME
Jesus was never
called Lord God (Hebrew)
Rom. 1:1
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an
apostle,
separated unto the
gospel of God, [Theos]
Rom. 1:2 (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in
the holy scriptures,)
Rom. 1:3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, [kurios]
which was MADE
of the SEED of David according to the flesh;
Rom. 1:4 And declared to be the Son of God with power,
according to the
spirit OF holiness, by the resurrection from
the dead:
Rom. 1:5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship,
for obedience to
the faith among all nations, for his name:
Jesus was born in the flesh decades
before God MADE HIM TO BE both LORD and Christ. The
important issue is that Holy Scripture would be
defined as the PROPHETS and other prophecies CONCERNING
ME
Acts 2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly,
that God [Theos]. hath made that same Jesus,
whom ye have crucified, both Lord [kurios] and Christ. [Neither identify deity]
Rom. 14:9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived,
That he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
1Pet. 1:3 Blessed be the
God and Father
OF OUR
Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy
hath begotten us again unto a lively hope
by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Rev. 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness,
and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth.
Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood
Rom. 1:6 Among
whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
Rom. 1:7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of GOD [Theos],
called to be saints:
Grace to you and
peace
from GOD [Theos]
our Father,
AND
the Lord [kurios]Jesus
Christ.
Rom. 1:8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for
you all,
that your faith is
spoken of throughout the whole world.
Rom. 1:9 For God is my witness,
whom I serve with
MY spirit in the gospel of his Son,
that without
ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
Gordon
Ferguson: Further, Micah
5:2 indicates the ruler who would come from Bethlehem was
one whose “
goings forth are
from long ago, from the days of eternity.” (NASV)
Mic. 5:2 But
thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among
the thousands of Judah,
yet out of thee
shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in
Israel;
whose goings forth
have been from of old, from everlasting.
g4163.
mo-tsaw-aw´; feminine of 4161; a family descent;
also a sewer (marg.; compare 6675):—draught house; going
forth.
Matt. 2:1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the DAYS of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
Matt. 2:2 Saying, Where is he that isborn King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
Matt. 2:3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
Matt. 2:4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be BORN.
Matt. 2:5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
Matt. 2:6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda:
for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israe;
Mic. 5:3 Therefore will he give them
up,
until the time
that she which travaileth hath brought forth:
then the REMNANT of
his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
Mic. 5:4 And he shall stand and feed in the strength of
the Lord,
in the majesty of
the NAME of the Lord his God; and they
shall abide:
For now shall he be
great unto the ends of the earth.
Mic. 5:5 And this man shall be the peace,
when the Assyrian
shall come into our land:
and when he shall
tread in our palaces,
then shall we raise
against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
Mic. 5:6 And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the
sword,
and the land of
Nimrod in the entrances thereof:
thus shall he
deliver us from the Assyrian,
when he cometh into
our land,
and when he treadeth
within our borders.
Mic. 5:7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the
midst of many people as a dew from the Lord,
as the showers upon
the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the
sons of men.
Mic. 5:8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among
the Gentiles
in the midst of many
people as a lion among the beasts of the forest,
as a young lion
among the flocks of sheep:
who, if he go
through, both treadeth down,
and teareth in
pieces, and none can deliver.
Gordon Ferguson: Isaiah
43:10 and 44:6 make it clear that there was no God but
Jehovah (“LORD” in NIV).
Is. 43:9
Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the
people be assembled:
who among them can
declare this, and shew us former things?
let them bring forth
their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them
hear, and say, It is truth.
Is. 43:10 Ye are MY
witnesses, saith the LORD
[yhwh],
and my SERVANT
whom I have chosen:
that ye may know and
believe me,
and understand that
I am HE: before ME there was no GOD [Elohim] formed,
neither shall there
be after ME.
Is. 43:11 I, even I, am the Lord; [yhwh] and
beside me there is no saviour.
Is. 43:12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have
shewed,
when there was no
strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses,
saith the Lord [yhwh] ,
that I am God.
Is. 43:13 Yea, before the day was I am he;
and there is none
that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who
shall let it?
IN ISAIAH 9 OF MESSIAH HIS NAME SHALL BE CALLED.
Is. 44:5 One shall say, I am the Lord’s;
and another shall
call himself by the name of Jacob;
and another shall
subscribe with his hand unto the Lord,
and surname
himself by the name of Israel.
Is. 44:6 Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel,
and his redeemer
the Lord of hosts;
I am the first,
and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
Is. 44:7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare
it, and set it in order for me,
since I appointed
the ancient people?
and the things
that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto
them.
Is. 44:8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid:
have not I told
thee from that time, and have declared it?
ye are even my
witnesses. Is there a God beside me?
yea, there is no
God; I know not any.
Gordon Ferguson: Either
the term Jehovah (from the original “Yahweh”)
refers to the Godhead
(Father, Son, and Spirit), or Jesus is not DEITY.
plēr-ōma that which fills, complement, fullness, full and perfect nature, duties of an office
-theotēs , ētos, hē, A divinity, divine nature, Ep.Col.2.9, Plu.2.359d, Luc. Icar.9, etc.; dia theotēta for religious reasons
theiotēs , ētos, hē, A. divine nature, divinity, Ep.Rom.1.20 , 2. f.l.for hosiotēs, Isoc.11.26, Plu.2.857a, and so prob. in Id.Sull.6. II. as title of Roman Emperors,
OR: hosi-otēs , ētos, hē, A. disposition to observe divine law, piety, Pl.Prt.329c, Euthphr.14d sq., X.Cyr.6.1.47, pros theōn ho. piety towards them, Plu.Alc.34 ; “pros tous theous ”like Lat. pietas, “hē pros goneis ho.” D.S.7.4 ; “pros tēn tekousan” Id.31.27.
Heb. 5:8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
g5219. hupakouo,from 5259 and 191; to hear under (as a subordinate), i.e. to listen attentively; by implication, to heed or conform to a command or authority:
Luc. Icar.9 As to Gods, I need hardly deal with that question. For some of them God is a number; some swear by dogs and geese and plane-trees 2. Some again banish all other Gods, and attribute the control of the universe to a single one; I got rather depressed on learning how small the supply of divinity was. But I was comforted by the lavish souls who not only make many, but classify; there was a First God, and second and third classes of divinity. Yet again, some regard the divine nature as unsubstantial and without form, while others conceive it as a substance. Then they were not all disposed to recognize a Providence; some relieve the Gods of all care,
-splendor , lustre, splendor, honor, dignity, excellence,
I. sheen, brightness, brilliance, lustre, splendor. God is LIGHT with the same meaning as WORD but neither are another god
John 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world:
he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
John 9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
John 11:9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day?
If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
THE LATIN GODHEAD IN COLOSSIANS 2:9
Latin Divine: dīvus a god, deity, divine being
A Church of Christ of which Jesus is the Head is commanded to "teach that which has been taught." It has no other function.
Latin Godhead or Divine is: dīvīnĭtas Divine quality, divine nature, excellence; of the orator
Dīvīnus I. of or belonging to a deity, divine “divina studia colere divina facta, i. e., religious exercise, divine worship, sacrifice, etc Divine ORIGIN.
2. The divine, that which comes from God, nihil est divino divinius, Sen. Ep. 66, 11.— 3. That which is under the sanction of a god; a. By divine inspiration, prophetically: “plura divine praesensa et praedicta reperiri
Divine stŭdĭum , I. a busying one's self about or application to a thing; assiduity, zeal, eagerness, fondness, inclination, desire, exertion, endeavor, study: (b). A place for study, a study, school (late Lat.): “philosophum (se egit) in omnibus studiis, templis, locis,”
Gordon Ferguson: The
Jehovah’s Witnesses’ claim that Jesus is a lesser god is
unscriptural polytheism. A number of passages
demonstrate that Jesus is in fact Jehovah.
Some people mistakenly assume that Jehovah is a name
applied only to the Father.
1Tim. 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
Gordon Ferguson: In
Jeremiah 23:5-6, however, the righteous Branch from
David’s lineage is called specifically “the LORD (Jehovah)
our righteousness.” Let’s look at that passage in
its context:
Jer. 23:1 Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!
saith the Lord.
Jer. 23:2 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people;
Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away,
and have not visited them: behold,
I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the Lord.
Jer. 23:3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them,
and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.
Jer. 23:4 And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them:
and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the Lord.
Jer. 23:5 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch,
and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
Jer. 23:6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely:
and this is his NAME whereby he shall be called, THE Lord OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
NOT: he will BE THE LORD.
1Cor. 1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus,Jer. 23:7 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord,
who of God is MADE unto us wisdom, and RIGHTEOUSNESS,
and sanctification, and redemption:
that they shall no more say, The Lord liveth,
which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
Jer. 23:8 But, The Lord liveth,
which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel
out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them;
and they shall dwell in their own land.
Zech 6:11 Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest;
Yehowshuwa (h3091) yeh-ho-shoo'-ah; or yÿhowsua yeh-ho-shoo'-ah; from 3068 and 3467; Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua (i. e. Joshua), the Jewish leader: - Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua. Comp. 1954, 3442
Yasha (h3467) yaw-shah'; a prim. root; prop. to be open, wide or free, i. e. (by impl.) to be safe; causat. to free or succor: - * at all, avenging, defend, deliver (-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save (-iour), get victory.
Is.59:16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.
The Father is:
Jehowcadaq (h3087) yeh-ho-tsaw-dawk'; from 3068 and 6663; Jehovah- righted; Jehotsadak, an Isr.: - Jehozadek, Josedech. Comp. 3136.
Cadaq (h6663) tsaw-dak'; a prim. root; to be (causat. make) right (in a moral or forensic sense): - cleanse, clear self, (be, do) just (- ice, -ify, -ify self), (be, turn to) righteous (-ness).
Is.53:11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
Zech 6:12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord:
The BRANCH is part of the Menorah holding the seven LAMPS or SPIRITS of Divine knowledge.
Isa 11:1 AND there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
Isa 11: 2 And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;
Isa 11: 3 And shall make him of quick understanding [spiritual] in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
Isa 11: 4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath [SPIRIT] of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
These are the SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD.
Zech 6:13 Even
he shall build the temple of the Lord;
and he shall bear the glory,
and shall sit and rule upon his throne;
and he shall be a priest upon his throne:
and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
Gordon
Ferguson: “The
days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will raise up
to David a righteous , a King who will reign
wisely and do what is just and right in the land. In
his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in
safety. This is the name by which he will be
called: The LORD Our Righteousness.”
Jer. 23:5 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
Jer. 23:6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE Lord OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
God COULD have said that the Branch will be the LORD or. YHWH. Jesus will not BE yhwy buut will be NAMED AFTER the Father:
h3072. …Yhwh tsidqenuw, yhwh tsid-kay´-noo; from 3068 and 6664 with pronominal suffix;
Yhwh (is) our right; Yhwh-Tsidkenu, a symbolical epithet of the Messiah and of Jerusalem:—the Lord our righteousness.
1John 2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not.
And if any man sin, we have an advocate [comforter Paraclete]
with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
1John 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
1John 2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
1John 2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1John 2:5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
1John 2:6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
Gordon
Ferguson: Consider also
the following parallels. Isaiah 45:18-23 states that
unto Jehovah every knee would bow and every tongue
swear because he was the only God.
Philippians 2:11 shows that this event refers to Judgment
when all confess and bow to Christ.
The
terms LORD and GOD are reverssed in Greek!!
Is. 45:17 But Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an everlasting salvation:
ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
Is. 45:18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens;
God HIMSELF that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it,
he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.
Is. 45:19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right
Is. 45:20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations:
they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
Is. 45:21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time?
who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? [YHWH]
and there is no God [ELOHIM] else beside me;
a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
Is. 45:22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth:
for I am God, and there is none else.
Is. 45:23 I have sworn by myself, the WORD is gone out of my MOUTH in righteousness,
and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
However, Phillipians 2 is a different confession:
Jesus was born 30 years before God called Him, Sanctified and Sent Him. At the Resurrection GOD made him to be both Lord and Christ.
Phil. 2:6 Who, being in the FORM of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
I don't believe that God has a SHAPE and proving that God is not ignorant Paul said that BEING IN THE FORM and not BEING JEHOVAH GOD.
Forma contour, figure, shape, appearance (In poet. circumlocution with gen.: astra tenent caeleste solum formaeque deorum, the forms of gods, for gods, Ov. M. 1, 73: “formae ferarum,” id. ib. 2, 78: “ursi ac formae magnorum luporum,” Verg. A. 7, 18: “formae ingentis leo,”
2. An outline, plan, design (of an architect, etc.): “cum formam videro, quale aedificium futurum sit, scire possum,” Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1:
3. A model after which any thing is made, a pattern, stamp, last (of a shoemaker),
4. A mould which gives form to something:
2Cor. 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Jesus was the FORMA of God Who is WORD and LIGHT.
morphaō morphē to shape, fashion, mould,
morph-ē , hē, A.form, shape, , soi d' epi men morphē epeōn thou hast comeliness of words, Od.11.367 allos men . . eidos akidnoteros pelei anēr, alla theos morphēn epesi stephei God adds a crown of shapeliness to his words, Od.8.170: phanta^s-ma apparition, phantom,
2. generally, form, fashion, appearance, 3. kind, sort,
Phil. 2:7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the FORM of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
Phil. 2:8 And being found in fashion as a man,
he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Phil. 2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him,
and given him a name which is above every name:
Phil. 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
Phil. 2:11 And that every tongue should confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord [Theos], to the glory of God [Theos] the Father.
Jesus was born thirty years in the flesh before He was baptized and given the roles of Lord (kurios) and Christ. It is impossible to be baptized if you believe that Jesus was Jehovah:
Acts 8:36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water:
and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
Acts 8:37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest.
And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Acts 8:38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still:
and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
Gordon
Ferguson: A comparison
of Joel 2:32 and Romans 10:9-13 shows that calling on the
name of Jehovah is equated with confessing Christ and
calling on him.
Joel 2:32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever
shall call on the name of the Lord [yhwh] shall be delivered:
for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance,
as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call.
Paul quotes from the Hebrew and not of Jesus Who is always a THEOS.
Is. 53:1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
John 12:38 That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled,
which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report?
and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?
Note that [Theos] in the Hebrew is
Rom. 10:16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel.
For Esaias saith, Lord [Kurios]. , who hath believed our report?
Rom. 10:16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel.
For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
Rom. 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing,
and hearing by the WORD of God. [Theos].
Gordon
Ferguson: Since John the
Baptist was to prepare the WAY of Jehovah (Isaiah
40:3-5) and he did prepare the way for Jesus (Mark
1:1-7), Jesus must be Jehovah.
Is. 40:3 The voice of him that crieth
in the wilderness,
Prepare ye the way
of the Lord,
make straight in the
desert a highway for our God.
Is. 40:4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain
and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made
straight, and the rough places plain:
Is. 40:5 And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and
all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord
hath spoken it.
AGAIN, PAUL
IS QUOTING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT and Lord-God is
reversed to Kurios-Theos
Mark 1:1 The
beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
Mark 1:2 As it is written in the prophets,
Behold, I send my
messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way
before thee.
Mark 1:3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
Prepare ye the way
of the Lord, make his paths straight.
A CHURCH OF CHRIST IS THE WAY THAT IS CALLED A SECT:
IT IS JEHOVAH-ELOHIM'S WAY.
THAT WAY
HODOS
2.a
way of doing, speaking, etc., têsd'aph'hodoudizêsios
Parm.1.33 , cf. 8.18 ; triphasiasallasho. logônways
of telling the story, Hdt.1.95,
cf. 2.20,22
; but triphasiasho. trepetai turns
into three forms,Id.6.119
; adikonho. ienaiTh.3.64
; ho. hêntin'iôn by what course
of action,Ar.Pl.506,
cf. Nu.75
; ênechomenho. logônId.Pax733
; miadêleipetai . . ho. Pl.Smp.184b
.
3 . method,
system, “hodō” methodically,
systematically ,Pl.R.533b,
Stoic.2.39, etc.
; so “kath'
hodon”
Pl.R.435a
; “tēn
dia
tou
stoikheiou
ho. ekhōn
egraphen”
Id.Tht.208b
(cf. “diexodon”
208a).
4. of the Christian Faith and its
followers, Act.Ap.9.2,
22.4, 24.14.
4. of the Christian Faith and its followers,
Act.Ap.9.2, 22.4, 24.14. (Root sed- 'go', in Skt.
sad-, ā-sad- 'come to', 'reach', OSlav. choditi
'go'.)
Plat. Theaet. 208b Socrates Yes, but with his opinion he has rational explanation; for he wrote with the method in terms of letters in his mind, and we agreed that that was rational explanation.
There is, then, my friend, a combination of right opinion with rational [logon] explanation, which cannot as yet properly be called knowledge?
THE ONLY PURPOSE
Method-os , hē, (meta, hodos) Pattern II. pursuit of knowledge, investigation, Pl.Sph.218d, 235c, al.; m. poieisthai to pursue one's inquiry, ib.243d; “en tē prōtē m.” Arist.Pol.1289a26: hence, treatise, Dam.Pr.451.
2. mode of prosecuting such inquiry, method, system, Pl.Phdr.270c, Arist.EN1129a6, Pol.1252a18, etc.; “hē dialektikē m.” Pl.R.533c,
THE ONLY ONES INVITED OR ALLOWED TO ATTEND THE SECT OF THE WAY OUTSIDE THE ECUMENICAL
Matt. 11:28
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest.
Matt. 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of
me; for I am meek and lowly in heart:and
ye shall find rest unto your souls
Luke 9:26 For whosoever shall be
ashamed of me and of my WORDS,
of him shall the Son of
man be ashamed,
when he shall come in
his own glory,
and in his
Father’s, and of the holy angels.
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With the
exception of a tiny fraction of "churches"--which I
don't know of--the prophesied c. AD 2000 assault against
God and Scriipture has replaced the SKHOLE or SYNAGOGUE
with "Worship Centers" with -- they think -- are
professional grade musical and theatrical
performers. Rubel Shelly along with the locals
said it most vocally that the only purpose of "church"
is to WORSHIP or a pagan-like "naval" to funnel up
PRAISE.
Ana-pausis A.repose, rest, relaxation
REST FROM: ALL forms of music which upset the rest and which is for sale
REST FROM: ka^koō , A.maltreat, distress, in Hom. always of persons physically, injure, paralyse, “tas arkhas tōn neurōn”
REST FROM: Leitourg-ia III. public service of the gods, “hai pros tous theous l.” Arist.Pol.1330a13; “hai tōn theōn therapeiai kai l.” D.S.1.21, A.D.), etc.; the service or ministry of priests, LXX Nu.8.25, Ev.Luc.1.23.