Today, divine names, roles, and two versions of the Bible are in view. The holy names revealed and used for communication within relationships between the Creator and mankind have included El Shaddai (The Almighty), Jealous, Jehovah, and the Lord of Hosts. Titles and names used for Jesus Christ include the Redeemer, the Savior, the Son of the Highest, and the Zeal of the Lord. One of the fighters at “Yahoo! Answers” who uses the ID “Anonymous” (no identifying profile information shared) posted the following:
Jehovah is the First and the Last, correct?
Isaiah 44 vs 6: This is what Jehovah says, The King of Israel and His Repurchaser, Jehovah of armies: I am the first and the Last. There is no God but me.
According to Revelation 2:8 And to the angel of the congregation in Smyrna write; These are the things that He says, The first and The Last who became dead and came to life again.
Can you please tell me "when did Jehovah die?"
THE GOLDEN ARROW: Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: (Colossians 1: 12-22, King James Version, KJV)
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: The GOD Named “Jealous” (09/15/2016); Jesus Known As Word (01/17/2016); We Call Him Jealous? (10/25/2015); The Preeminence of the Word (08/23/2015);The Lamb of GOD (08/19/2015); Known By Divine Revelation (06/16/2015); Evil is not Sin? (09/22/2013); Moses Killed? (09/23/2013)
“Anonymous”, may I share a response? Many mature Christian believers are not familiar with more than a single translation or version of the Bible, and you seem to be quoting the contemporary language Bible shared among Jehovah’s Witnesses, the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (2013 Revision), NWT. Those who pursue a study of multiple presentations often resolve the conflicts and differences among them by applying the rule that says, Not the letter, but the spirit…intent, what it means, and what you are to understand by it. Without arguing the issue of oneness and sameness for Christ within the full GODhead with the Father and the Holy Spirit, for many readers of the King James Version (KJV), the language of “alpha and omega” is thought to acknowledge the role of Jesus Christ as the Creator as well as his preeminence in atonement, judgment, resurrection, and salvation. The Prophet Isaiah shows GOD to be sanctified (exalted; set apart) by declaring his immortality, incorruption, and purity (i.e., absence of aging, decay, rotting) as well as having divine foreknowledge, and unlimited sacred duration (i.e., active and present (here) through the continuums of time and space we call the past, now (the present), and the future). The many titles granted to Jesus Christ within the Scriptures, and the living culture of born-again believers include “Faithful and True,” “head of the church,” “the king of glory,” “the mighty GOD,” “the Everlasting Father,” “the Crucified One,” “the One Sent,” and “the Risen Lord.” Consider again the following:
(1.) Isaiah 9: 6-7, King James Version (KJV): 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. 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
(2.) Revelation 1: 5-8, KJV: 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, 6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. 8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
(3.) Psalms 24: 7-10, KJV: 7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. 8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. 9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. 10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.
There is far more to be said, correctly applied, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, (4.) Revelation 19: 11-14, KJV: 11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. 12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. 13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
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