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Thayer, Joseph Henry: A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament Click to View Click to View Decepto-Meter Self Quoting: Unitarian Thayer, like Jehovah's Witnesses, was a Unitarian who believed Jesus was a creature. The quote is from a handwritten note in a book that was supposed to be Thayer's personal copy in his library. Thayer, Joseph Henry: A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Grimm's lexicon translated by Thayer, with Thayer's personal commented added) Click to View How the quote appears in "Should you believe in the Trinity", Watchtower, JW's booklet. "In the same way, since John 1:1 shows that the Word was with God, he could not be God but was "a god," or "divine." Joseph Henry Thayer, a theologian and scholar who worked on the American Standard Version, stated simply: "The Logos was divine, not the divine Being himself." ("Joseph Henry Thayer's personal copy of Griesbach's Greek New Testament text, 1809, with Thayer's handwritten comments on John 1:1 interleaved." Watchtower organization's own words as to the source) What they ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Thayer.htm

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John Calvin: Commentary On The Gospel According To John (Translated ... Jehovah's Witnesses create a false dilemma in an effort to prove their interpretation of John 10:30. They try to project the idea that if Jesus was not teaching He was "made of the same stuff as the Father", then he was a creature. In fact, the passage clearly proves Jesus was divine, because twice the Jews wanted to stone Jesus for making himself out as being God. Jesus never denied he was God. John Calvin: ... For Christ does not argue about the unity of substance, but about the agreement which he has with the Father."" (As quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication, John 10:30; p 416-423) ""Making Himself Equal to God"? The ancients made a wrong use of [John 10:30] to ... And yet our gracious God indulges us so far, that he prepares us for faith by a knowledge of his works. But the knowledge of God and of his secret wisdom comes after faith, because the obedience of faith opens to us the door of the kingdom of heaven. That the Father is in me, and I in him. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Calvin.htm

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The Deity of Jesus Christ Upon his resurrection, Jesus became the fullness of deity in bodily form thus completing a three step progression in nature. (Heb 13:8) They do not believe Christ will ever be equal to God or truly divine since they believe Jesus is a created being just like man and the angels. Jehovah's Witnesses They teach that Jesus was created by God just prior to creation. ... I. Jesus pre-existed His physical birth A. Jesus actually created the universe in Gen 1:1 (John 1:3, Heb 1:2,8-12; Col 1:16-17) B. Jesus existed before Abraham who died 2000 BC: John 8:56-58 C. Jesus existed before John the baptist who was six months older than Jesus: John 1:15 + Lk 1:24-26 D. Prophecies before ... The gospel of John traces the process of Jesus teaching this fact of His divinity to mankind in various settings. Finally the book closes with another plain statement of the fact of Jesus' divinity, except this time it comes from the mouth of "doubting Thomas". B. Basic outline of John: More than a just a ... ... https://www.bible.ca/su-deity-christ.htm

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Trinity proof texts: John 10:30-33 Trinity Proof Texts Click to View John 10:25-39 If You are the Christ, tell us plainly." Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe; the works that I do in My Father's name, these bear witness of Me. "But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep. "My sheep ... No where in the text does Jesus deny or correct their impression that Jesus was God. Comments: One thing everyone agrees with, including Jehovah's Witnesses, is that the Jews wanted to stone Jesus because they understood Jesus claimed to be God (divine). What we find puzzling, is that Jehovah's Witnesses believe Jesus to be: "mighty god" "a god". If Jesus really is a "created demi-god" like JW's falsely believe, would this not ... And if they were mistaken in thinking this, Why, did Jesus not correct them? Did they not understand Him correctly? Look at John 10:34-38! If the watchtower interpretation of John 10:30 is correct, and the oneness that Christ shares with the Father is identical to the oneness that ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-john10-30.htm

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Officail creed of Dutch/Christian/Canadian Reformed Churches ... Therefore we reject with all our hearts everything that does not agree with this infallible rule, as we are taught to do by the apostles when they say, "Test the spirits to see if they are of God," and also, "If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house." Gal. 1:8 Deut. 12:32; Rev. 22:18-19 1 John 4:1 2 John 10 Article 8: The Trinity In keeping with this truth and ... And so, in this matter we willingly accept the three ecumenical creeds-- the Apostles', Nicene, and Athanasian-- as well as what the ancient fathers decided in agreement with them. Gen. 1:26-27 Gen. 3:22 Matt. 3:17 Matt. 28:19 Luke 1:35 2 Cor. 13:14 1 John 5:7 (KJV) ARTICLE 10: THE DEITY OF CHRIST We believe that Jesus Christ, according to his divine nature, is the only Son of God-- eternally begotten, not made nor created, for then he would be a creature. He is one in essence with the Father; coeternal; the exact image of the person of the Father and the "reflection of his ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-CRef-Belgic.htm

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Official creed of Worldwide Church of God (Plain Truth Magazine ... As a Spirit-led body of believers, the Church is exhorted," Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" (2 Peter 3:18). The Spirit of God leads the Church into all truth (John 16:13). Accordingly, this Statement of Beliefs does not constitute a closed creed. The Church constantly renews its commitment to truth and deeper understanding and responds to God's guidance in its beliefs and practices. God God, by the testimony of Scripture, is one divine Being in three eternal, co-essential, yet distinct Persons - Father, ... Jesus Christ Jesus is the Word, by whom and for whom God created all things. As God manifest in the flesh for our salvation, he was begotten of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, fully God and fully human, two ... Grace is the free, unmerited favor God bestows on a sinner who repents. In its broadest sense, grace is expressed in every act of God's self-disclosure. By grace, a person comes to know God and Jesus Christ, is justified, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-PainTruth.htm

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H.A.A. Kennedy: The Expositor's Greek Testament, The Epistle ... Jehovah's Witnesses project the false impression that since Kennedy takes the active interpretation of harpazo (grasped at), that Jesus is a creature. In fact Kennedy out right states that the passage teaches Jesus is uncreated God. H.A.A. Kennedy: The Expositor's Greek Testament, The Epistle to the Philippians How anti-Trinitarians quote the ... Thus it is not permissible to glide from the true sense 'grasp at' into one which is totally different, 'hold fast.'" (As quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication, John 10:30; p 416-423) What they left out of the quote: He means, of course, in the strictest sense that the pre-existing Christ was Divine But in trying to reach a conception of the pre-existing nature of his ... Zahn, Luthardt's Zeitschr., 1885, pp. 244-249-) Cf. OemiLds, lit. = "the laying down," 46 ordaining " of a thing, which comes to mean "the thing laid down," the ordinance or statute; LXCLWFLds, lit. =a propitiating, appeasing, but usuallythe ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Kennedy-Expositors-Greek.htm

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Hopkins, E. Washburn: Origin and Evolution of Religion Compare this: How the Watchtower quotes Hopkins: What they left out of the same paragraph: "To Jesus and Paul the doctrine of the trinity was apparently unknown; . . . they say nothing about it." (Origin and Evolution of Religion, E. W. ... What the fail to tell you that Hopkins also said: "The beginning of the doctrine of the Trinity appears already in John " (c. 100). "To Jesus and Paul the doctrine of the trinity was apparently unknown; . . . they say nothing about it." (Origin and Evolution of Religion, E. W. Hopkins, p 336) "The early Church declared that Christ was the Logos and that the Logos was God. As such, though the earlier Gospels give no hint of this, Christ in John is represented as remembering his preexistence. Paul does not say ... been resolved into a sun-myth, so Jesus Christ has been explained as cosmic truth in legendary form, a Gilgamesh or other divine hero. The wisdom of Buddha has been referred to Zoroaster and to Moses; that of Jesus to Seneca and Epictetus. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Hopkins.htm

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Kittel, Gerhard: Theological Dictionary of the New Testament Watchtower publication Watchtower Magazine, Aug. 1, 1984 Our Comments: The way Jehovah's Witnesses misuse and misrepresent Kittel's work is Satanic! Kittle refers to the threefold formulae IN THE BIBLE ITSELF, not later trinitarian dogma! Do Arians believe that polytheism influenced the text in 2 Cor 13:13 and Mt 28:19? Kittel's comments do not exclude the Arian view (JW's) of God from ... Notice that although Kittel admits, like all Trinitarians do, that the developed doctrine of the Nicene Trinity is not in the Scripture, but that early Christians believed Jesus was divine and rejected Jesus ... The Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, edited by Gerhard Kittel, says: "[Mo·no·ge·nes'] means 'of sole descent,' i.e., without brothers or sisters." This book also states that at John ... The relation of the pre-existent Lord to God is that of Son to Father. This comes out Indisputably in 17:5, 24. Jesus is aware that He was with God, and was loved by Him, and endued with glory, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Kittel.htm

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Trinity Proof Texts: Genesis 1:26; 3:22; 11:7; Isa 6:8 ... Jesus, being God, is the creator of all things: "All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. " John 1:3 IV. Christ cannot be the angel Michael the arch-angel: Jehovah's Witnesses are taught through their Watchtower, that Jesus is the created arch-angel named Michael. This is false doctrine and heresy. Hebrews 1:5 proves Jehovah's Witnesses false teachers when they say Jesus is an angel: "For to which of the angels did He ever say, "You are My Son, Today I have begotten You"? And again, "I will be a Father to Him And He shall be a Son to Me"? " (Hebrews 1:5) Of course the ... Concerning the Trinity, Chapter XXVI. Argument.-Moreover, Against the Sabellians He Proves that the Father is One, the Son Another.) Constitutions of the Holy Apostles: "the divine Scripture testifies that God said to Christ, His only-begotten, "Let us make man after our image, and after our likeness. And God made man: after the image of God made He ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-genesis1-26.htm

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Official creed and Baptismal vows of Seventh-day Adventist church truth or finds better language in which to express the teachings of God's Holy Word. #1 The Holy Scriptures The Holy Scriptures, Old and New Testaments, are the written Word of God, given by divine inspiration through holy men of God who spoke and wrote as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. ... The qualities and powers exhibited in the Son and the Holy Spirit are also revelations of the Father. Support is found in these Bible passages: Genesis 1:1: Revelation 4:11: 1Corinthians 15:28: John 3:16: 1John 4:8: 1Timothy 1:17: Exodus 34:6,7: John 14:9 #4 The Son God the eternal Son became incarnate in Jesus Christ. Through Him all things were created, the character of God is revealed, the ... Led by the Holy Spirit we sense our need, acknowledge our sinfulness, repent of our transgressions, and exercise faith in Jesus as Lord and Christ, as Substitute and Example. This faith which receives salvation comes through the divine power of the Word and is the gift of God's grace. Through ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-SDA.htm

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Official creed of the Shakers: Compendium (1859) Mother Ann Lee ... the self-denials of Jesus, aided by baptisms of the Holy Spirit of Christ, an influx of the saving power of the Divine Creator; salvation is not otherwise found." Atonement. As a new, practical and living sense is found in the terms resurrection, regeneration, so do the followers of Mother Ann Lee learn from her a new rendering of this old theologic term, which is at-one-ment. By the life of the resurrection, by following in the steps of Jesus, living out his principles, man works out his salvation and comes to be at one with God. ... Biographies of the Six Founders of the Shaker Society CHAPTER XI. - Ann Lee CHAPTER XII. - William Lee CHAPTER XIII. - James Whittaker CHAPTER XIV. - John Hocknell CHAPTER XV. - Joseph Meacham and Lucy Wright Click to View ... protective influence to the physical: third, of the intellectual powers; by which tools and machinery are created (constituting man a tool-making animal), which facilitate and increase the means of physical subsistence, and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-shakers.htm

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The New World Translation: A corrupt sectarian paraphrase. 1666 ... ... This is the same claim that Joseph Smith made when he translated the Book of Mormon. "a translation committee of experienced anointed Christians was organized to produce the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures in English." (Watchtower, October 15, 1997, How the Bible Came to Us, p 11-12) Mr. Franz was asked to explain how "translations and ... Click to View E. Examples of mistranslation within NWT in order to teach their that Jesus was created: First and most obviously to anyone who has looked at the NWT is the appearance of JEHOVAH in the NT portion over two hundred times where the Greek text has KURIOS (LORD). The second way in which the NWT has systematically abused the divine names or titles is in its handling of text in which Jesus is called God (Isa 9:6; John 1:1,18; 20:28; Rom 9:5; Titus 2:13; Heb. 1:8; 2 Peter 1:1; 1 John 5:20; Acts 20:28), of these, the NWT translates four so that Jesus is not called God at all (Rom 9:5; Titus 2:13; Heb. 1:8; 2 Peter 1:1), and two so ... ... https://www.bible.ca/Jw-NWT.htm

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Eliade, Mircea: Encyclopedia of Religion Mircea Eliade, Vol 15, Trinity, p53-57, as quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication) What else did they fail to quote from this source? theologians today are in ... with the Logos ("word") of Greek philosophy.(The Encyclopedia of Religion, Mircea Eliade, Trinity, Vol 15, p53-57) Our comment Trinitarians agree! Surprise! Notice "explicit doctrine". This refers to the creedal definition of the trinity of the Nicene era 325 AD. All theologians (except for Arians/Jw's and modernists) agree that the New Testament and the earliest Christians viewed Jesus as God. ... The language of the Bible, of early Christian creeds, and of Greek and Latin theology prior to the fourth century is "economic" (oikonomia, divine management of earthly affairs). It is oriented to ... At the close of the patristic period John of Damascus (d. 749) summarized Greek trinitarian doctrine with the doctrine of pericharesis (Lat., circumincessio), or the mutual indwelling of the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Eliade.htm

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How the Koran and Muslims view of Jesus Christ "Muslims simply cannot follow, as the Jews thus far have likewise failed to grasp, the idea of the Trinity" (as quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication) It is utterly incredible that the Watchtower or any ... None is there in the heavens and earth but he comes to the All-Merciful as a servant. (Qur'an 19:88-93) Truly the likeness of Jesus, in God's sight, is as Adam's likeness; He created him of dust, then said He unto him, " Be" , and he was. (Qur'an 3:59) People of the Book, go not beyond the bounds in your religion, and say not as to God but the Truth. The Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, was only the Messenger of God, and His Word that He committed to Mary, and a spirit from Him. So believe in God and His Messengers, and ... himself, but what he seeth the Father do..." St. John 5:19. Again he said, " I can of mine own self do nothing: As I hear I judge, and my judgement is just because I seek not mine own will but the will of the Father which has sent me." ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Koran.htm

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Debate with Catholic on Sola Scriptura (Riggs Vs Lopez) The name of Jesus is the only name by which we can be saved (Acts 4:12). We cannot reject His word and be guiltless (John 12:48). God, therefore, makes known His will to us today through His Son who gave us His New Testament. ... But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you." (John 14:25-26; see also 14:16-17). Furthermore, Jesus said, "But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of ... How was this prophetic utterance passed on for centuries? By oral tradition. No one considers Enoch canonical, but Jude considers this portion as reliable, and divine revelation. c) Matthew 23:2-3 Jesus said "The scribes and the ... He has created and knocked down straw men without dealing with the substance of any of my objections. For example, he writes (par. 13) "There are no verses in all of the holy Scriptures which indicates that the church has the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-debate-riggs-lopez.htm

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Bible Quiz: 100's of questions for Outdoor Fairs & Home Shows ... Which of the following ways to salvation are in the Bible? (Acts 2:38) × Infant Baptism and church attendance as an adult. × Invite Jesus into your heart with the "Sinner's Prayer". × Believe in Jesus and be immersed in water to forgive your sins. 5 True or False: Who is Jesus? × Jesus is Mighty God (Isa 9:6; John 1:1; 20:28; Heb 1:8) × Jesus is the created angel ... The "Who Is Jesus" Bible quiz! The most important thing Jesus provided for man was a sinless, loving example for how we ought to live morally His shed blood for forgiveness of sins divine insight into the spirit world Supporting Bible Verse: 1 John 1:7 How was Jesus different from all other world religion ... This means... Man has no role to play in his own salvation Man has freedom of choice, he can choose to obey or not. Man can be saved by what others do. When it comes to Bible study, people were encouraged to... Let the religious leaders do the studying only. Search the scriptures to see if what was taught was ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-fairs-home-shows.htm

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Weigall, Arthur: The Paganism in Our Christianity The idea was only adopted by the Church three hundred years after the death of our Lord."-The Paganism in Our Christianity." (The Paganism in Our Christianity, Arthur Weigall, as quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower ... Lords Supper is of pagan origin" p146,147 The idea of "blood atonement for sins" is of pagan origin: p152,158 Jesus "Begotten of God" is of pagan origin: p169 Incarnate Logos of Jn 1:1 is of pagan origin, The "pre-existent angel" is a 4th century concept: p172,173-175 The Trinity is of ... Peter., from A. D. 59 to 64; Revelation, from A.D. 69 to 93; the Gospel of St. Mark, from A.D. 70 to 110; the Acts, from A.D. 80 to 110; the Epistles of St. John, from A.D. 90 to 110; the Epistle of St. James, from A.D. 95 to 120; the ... between fifty and seventy years after the Crucifixion; and, in the second plate, because so many gods and semi-divine heroes have mothers whose names are variations of 'Mary' Adonis, son of Myrrha; Hermes the Greek Logos, son of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Weigall.htm

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Inspiration claims of the Watchtower Bible Tract Society ... It all came from God, through the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit." (Studies in the Scriptures, Vol. 7, p. 387.) 1922 "This chronology is not of man, but of God. Being of divine origin and divinely corroborated, present-truth ... No human interpretation of scripture is advanced." (Reconciliation, 1928, p. 6) 1930 "The Watchtower is the channel which Jehovah, our God, is using at this time to in the faithful remnant who are keeping the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." (Watchtower, ... No man's opinion is expressed in the Watchtower. (Watchtower, Nov. 1 1931 p. 327) 1931 "Today the children of Zion need no extraneous proof that the spiritual food and understanding of the prophecies they have comes from God. They know ... p. 127) 1943 "In Genesis 1:26 Jehovah issued a 'call to action' to his Son, the Logos, and such other agencies as were required for the creation of man, in these words: `And God said, Let US make man in our image, after our likeness.' ... ... https://www.bible.ca/Jw-inspiration.htm

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Official creed of Assemblies of God ... It is never applied, in the New Testament, either to the Father or to the Holy Ghost. It therefore belongs exclusively to the Son of God Rom 1:1-3, 7; 2 John 3 (f) The Lord Jesus Christ, God with Us The Lord Jesus Christ, as to His divine and eternal nature, is the proper and only Begotten of the Father, but as to His human nature, He is the proper Son of Man. He is, therefore, ... Man was created good and upright; for God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness." However, man by voluntary transgression fell and thereby incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death, which is separation from God (Gen. 1:26, 27; 2:17; 3:6; Rom. 5:12-19). 5. The Salvation ... All believers are entitled to and should ardently expect and earnestly seek the promise of the Father, the baptism in the Holy Ghost and fire, according to the command of our lord Jesus Christ. This was the normal experience of all in the early Christian Church. With it comes the enduement of power for ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-assemblies-of-god.htm

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Julius R. Mantey: Manual Grammar of the Greek New Testament: ... Here is the letter written by Julius R. Mantey, whose Manual Grammar of the Greek New Testament has been quoted by various Watchtower publications in their discussions of John 1:1-2: "I have a copy of your letter ... the Greek Scriptures at John 1:1." There is no statement in our grammar that was ever meant to imply that "a god" was a permissible translation in John 1:1. A. We had no "rule" to argue in support of the trinity. ... On pages 139 and 140 (VI) in our grammar we stated: "without the article theos signifies divine essence...theos en ho logos emphasizes Christ's participation in the essence of the divine nature." Our interpretation is in agreement with that in NEB and the TED: "What God was, the Word was"; and with that of Barclay: "The nature of the Word was the same as the ... Your quotation of "The father is greater than I am" (John 14:28) to prove that Jesus was not equal to God overlooks the fact stated in Phil. 2:6-8. When Jesus said that, he was still in his voluntary state of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Mantey.htm

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Jesus Echoes the "I AM" statements of Jehovah in the Gospel of ... ... I am. [ego eimi]" John 9:9 He [man born blind] kept saying, "I am [ego eimi] the one." John 13:19 "From now on I am telling you before it comes to pass, so that when it does occur, you may believe that I am" [ego eimi]. ... John 6:20 echoes Isaiah 41:10,13 (fear not) Phil 2:6-8 echoes John 13:19 which echoes Isaiah 43:10-12 (saviour/God incarnate) John 14:5-6 echoes Isaiah 40:3 (the way) John 4:25-26 echoes Isaiah 52:6 (quoted by Jesus) John 8:58 echoes Isaiah 40-55; Ex 3:14; Psalm 90:2 (eternal) John 18 echoes Isaiah's "I AM" Rev 22:12-13 echoes ... The tension between the tense of the two verbs would be lost if the reader was only meant to see the utterance of a divine name here. It would therefore be better to look for a background for these sayings which also ... Not only does the one verb express coming into existence while the other expresses existence itself, but the change in tense is evocative. Immediately 'there is a contrast between the created and the uncreated, and the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-i-am.htm

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Official creed of The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (PAOC ... whole Bible to be inspired in the sense that holy men of God were moved by the Holy Spirit to write the very words of Scripture. 2 Pet. 1:20,21 Divine inspiration extends equally and fully to all parts of the original writings. ... The Father exists eternally as the Creator of heaven and earth, the Giver of the Law, to whom all things will be subjected, so that He may be in all. Gen. 1:1; 1 Cor. 15:28 THE SON The Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal and only begotten Son of the Father, is true God and true man. John 1:1,14; 10:30; 17; Phil. 2:6,7; ... Acts 5:3,4 His personality is shown by the fact that He has personal characteristics and that individuals may relate to Him as a person. John 16:13-14 ANGELS CLASSIFICATION Angels were created as intelligent and powerful beings ... The baptism in the Holy Spirit is an experience in which the believer yields control of himself to the Holy Spirit. Matt. 3:11; Acts 1:5; Eph. 5:18 Through this he comes to know Christ in a more intimate way, John 16:13-15 and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-PAOC.htm

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Official creed of United Pentecostal Church International ... "He came unto His own, and His own received Him not" (John 1:11). This one true God was manifest in the flesh, that is, in His Son Jesus Christ. ". . God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing their ... His flesh was the lamb, or the sacrifice of God. He is the only mediator between God and man. "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus" (1 Timothy 2:5). Jesus on His Father's side was divine, on His mother's side, human; Thus, He was known as the Son of God and also the ... "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved" (Acts 4:12). CREATION OF MAN AND HIS FALL In the beginning God created man innocent, pure and holy; ... John the Baptist preached repentance, Jesus proclaimed it, and the Apostles emphasized it to both Jews and Gentiles. (Acts 2:38, 11:18, 17:30). The word "repentance" comes from several Greek words which mean, change of views and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-United-Pentecostal-(upci).htm

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Biblical Subordination expressed by scholars ... On the contrary he makes it clear that the Son is not on the side of the creature but of the Creator and that through the Son all things are created. Paul is dealing with the mystery of Christ and is aware of the problem of his ... in the Synoptics Jesus is presented sometimes as subordinate to the Father, sometimes as equal to Him in certain divine functions. (The Triune God, Edmund Fortman, p15) Paul ascribes to Jesus a divine nature, origin, power, and sonship that put Him on the same divine level as the Father. ... The New Testament writers do not witness to the Holy Spirit as fully and clearly as they do to the Son. (The Triune God, Edmund Fortman, p30-33) If God must have His Logos from eternity, must He also have His Son? Later theology and ... It offers no room for a statement of the relations of Father, Son, and Spirit which would imply that one of them is more or less properly on the divine level of being than another. (Dictionary of the Bible, John L. McKenzie, Trinity, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-subordination-scholars.htm

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Johannes Greber: "The New Testament", and "Communication with ... ... is the reading by a former Roman Catholic priest: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god. (The Word-Who is He? -According to John, 1962, p5; quoting, The New Testament - A New Translation and Explanation...by Johannes Greber. ... Doctrine Johannes Greber, "Communication with the Spirit World of God--Its Laws and Purpose. Revealed to him by demon spirits: Watchtower doctrines revealed by the "faithful and Wise servant" God Has a Body Material forms are images of spiritual forms, and since all ... Thus the Scriptures identify the Word (Jesus in his prehuman existence) as God's first creation, his firstborn Son. (Insight on the Scriptures Vol. 2 p.52) ... This means that [Jesus] was created before all the other spirit sons of God, and that he is the only one who was directly created by God. (You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth p. 58) Christ not divine Christ was therefore the Son of God, and claimed to be nothing more. He was not the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Greber.htm

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The Dugger-Porter Debate on Sunday as the Lord's Day ... And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made." Here we find that the seventh day was not classed with ... out of their homes on the Sabbath which God forbade them doing. Hence Jesus told them to pray that their flight would not be on the Sabbath. He well knew Jerusalem would not be taken, and the land overran until long after he died on the cross. The event did not happen until 70 A.D. as all histories affirm. There- fore, Jesus proclaimed the divine importance of that day, belonging to God nearly forty years after he was crucified. ... See Luke 4:14-16, where it says his custom was to keep the Sabbath day. We are told that "In him was life, and his life was the light of men" (St. John 1:4). Also: "If we follow him we ... THE PORTER-DUGGER DEBATE 17 part of my friend. The word from which "rest" comes simply means "to cause to cease." It does not indicate that they were keeping the Sabbath. The work of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-debate-porter-dugger.htm

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Is the RC church infallible and unable to make errors? To enable her to carry out this divine plan she makes laws, laws purely ecclesiastical, but laws that have the same binding force as the divine laws themselves, since they bear the stamp of divine ... Jesus has all authority in heaven and on earth (Matt. 28:18), and He is head over all things of the church (Eph. 1:22); therefore, He alone has the right to ordain what pleases Him in His church. ... They will forbid marriage, and will enjoin abstinence from foods, which God has created to be partaken of with thanksgiving by the faithful and by those who know the truth." (1 Tim. 4:1-3). In the above ... "Christ gave the Church full authority and power saying, 'As the Father has sent me, I also send you' (John 20:21). "Christ, upon leaving the earth, gave to His Church full power and authority to ... When Catholic officials argue that the church existed before the written New Testament, are they trying to say that the church existed without the faith that comes by hearing the Word (Rom. 10:17)? ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-church-infallible.htm

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Stumper questions Jehovah's Witnesses do not like to be asked ... ... Why would the name God gave to His people not be "Christians" since Acts 11:26 says, "The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch"? Why is the name "Jehovah's Witness" found nowhere in the New Testament, if that is God's divine name ... What kind of confidence can anyone have in an organization that rejected its founder and first two presidents for the first 63 years of its existence? This represents about 53% of the time they have existed! Since the Watchtower organization ... Jn 1:3 says that Jesus created "all things", but in Isa 44:24, God says that he "by myself" created the heavens and the earth and asks the question "Who was with me?" when the heavens and the earth were created. How can this be since if Jesus was created by God, ... How can it be, then, that God says in Isa 51:6, "... the earth itself will wear out, and its inhabitants will die like a mere gnat ...", and that Jesus says in Mt 24:35, "Heaven and earth will pass away...", and that John says in Rev 21:1 that ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-questions.htm

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The Personality & Deity of the Holy Spirit proven from the Bible ... ... John 16:13-15-"But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. He shall glorify Me; for He shall take of Mine, and shall disclose [it] to you. All things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said, that He takes of Mine, and will disclose [it] to you." C. The Holy Spirit and Jesus are both our helper/lawyer between us and God: Jesus sent "another comforter": ... Click to View III. The Holy Spirit is a divine person, like the Father A. The Holy Spirit is outright Called God: Acts 5:3-4 "You have lied unto the Holy Spirit ... you have lied to God" Mt 12:28; Lk 11:20 "If I cast out demons by the ... Eternal like the Father: Heb 9:14 Omnipresent like the Father: Ps 139:7 Omniscient like the Father: 1 Cor 2:10-11 C. The Holy Spirit is divine in power: To create: Ps 104:30 "Thou send forth thy Spirit, they were CREATED." To work ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-holy-spirit-personality-deity.htm

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Dunn, James D. G.: Christology in the Making, 2nd edition, 1989 A wide variety of quotes are used by anti-Trinitarians that are supposed to prove trinity is a false doctrine What they fail to tell the same article also says: Dunn rejects the deity of Christ: "So too the argument that Jesus is divine because he forgave sins ..." (Christology ... In contrast, the too quick resort to the 'obvious' or 'plain' meaning actually becomes in some cases a resort to a form of bitheism or tritheism. So, for example, the assumption that the Logos of John 1. 1 can be substituted by 'Christ', or the argument that Col. 1. 15 would have been intended by Paul as a description of Christ, that is, of Jesus Messiah."' In contrast, classic orthodoxy is that Jesus Christ is he whom the Word of God became ... We fell that attacking opposing views of Christology with the argument, "position X was borrowed from the pagans" is itself based on wholly invalid reasoning. This is why we want to expose the Watchtower claim that Trinity was borrowed from the pagans, as dishonest and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Dunn.htm

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Official creed of Reformed Baptist church ... Word or Son, and Holy Spirit, of one substance, power, and eternity, each having the whole divine essence, yet the essence undivided: the Father is of none, neither begotten nor proceeding; ... Matt. 28:19; 2.Cor. 13:14; Exod. 3:14; John 14:11; I Cor. 8:6; John 1:14,18; John 15:26; Gal. 4:6) Chapter 3: Of God's Decree God hath decreed in himself, from all eternity, by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably, all things, whatsoever comes to pass; yet so as thereby is God neither the author of sin nor hath fellowship with any therein; nor is violence offered to the ... of his glory, some men and angels are predestinated, or foreordained to eternal life through Jesus Christ, to the praise of his glorious grace; others being left to act in their sin to their ... Job 26:13; Rom. 1:20; Col. 1:16; Gen. 1:31) 2.After God had made all other creatures, he created man, male and female, with reasonable and immortal souls, rendering them fit unto that life ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-baptist-ref.htm

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List of 300 Old Testament quotes in New Testament There are certain Old Testament passages that following a sequence of keywords from the LXX are used as an inspiration and a model for the redaction of certain chapters in the gospels, the Acts of the Apostles and the Apocalypse of John. The ... It unlocks the riches of the Bible's truth from entirely new perspectives. Produced for ministry, Our ministry, bible.org, was created to be a source of trustworthy Bible study resources for the world, so that everyone is guaranteed free access ... However, in the Codex Vaticanus, we find the full source quote in Deut 32:43 and take note of the key words deleted by the Jews to disconnect the messianic prophecy with the worship of Jesus as God. This comes as quite a shock to Christians that the "missing ... "Jesus answered, "Is it not written in your law, 'I said, you are gods'?" (John 10:34) "I said, "You are gods, and all are children of the Most High."" (Psalm 81:6) "I had taken you for divine beings, sons of the Most High, all of you;" (Psalm ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/List-of-300-Old-Testament-passage-quotes-in-New-Testament-Septuagint-Codex-Vaticanus-LXX-Masoretic-MT-Jewish-Tanakh-Bible.htm

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The false doctrine of Roman Catholic apostolic succession! ... but to wait for the promise of the Father, 'of which you have heard,' said he, 'by my mouth; for John indeed baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days hence.' " (Acts 1:4-5). "...You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you..." (Acts 1:8). All of this was in fulfillment of the Old Testament prophecies which said, ... Thus, they began to proclaim by inspiration the will or law of God as Jesus had declared in the words, "Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound also in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed ... "There is no just ground for denying to the Apostolic teachers of the nineteenth century in which we live a prerogative clearly possessed by those of the first, especially as the Divine Word nowhere ... The argument is unreasonable as well as unscriptural. We might as well argue that Adam and Eve were created and therefore "in all ages on the same plan that was adopted in the beginning" men are brought ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-apostolic-succession.htm

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Morenz, Siegfried: Egyptian Religion ... God and his works, which are eternal. (Egyptian Religion, Siegfried Morenz, p254-257, quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication) Our comment Morenz, is a flaming Modernist and doesn't even believe the Bible! ... Of course Morenz is wrong on both counts. Jesus no more borrowed from the pagans in Luke 16, (the rich man and Lazarus) any more than apostle John borrowed from the pagans in his view that Jesus was God. Deception Exposed: It is dishonest for JW's not to tell us that Morenz trashes the ... So Morenz comes right out and trashes the JW's view of Jesus pre-existence before creation right along side of the trinity! Absolutely incredible deception! May God have mercy on them in Judgement! Full Text: "It is most important ... Characteristically, the Yahvist tale of the three divine beings who called on Abraham at the sacred tree of Mamre does not lead to any effort to resolve the theological problem raised by the presence of three persons; instead the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Morenz.htm

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The Septuagint, LXX, origin, textual transmission 282 BC Steve Rudd November 2017 Author's Preface and Introduction: When it comes to comprehending the various nuances of the manuscript history of the 66 books of the Bible, ignorance is bliss! Really! Why? Because Jesus assured us that "Scripture cannot be broken" (Jesus, John 10:35) and YHWH promised, "My word will accomplish what I desire and ... both shocking and disturbing but in the final analysis none of it really matters because the text of the Bible we have today is the complete inspired word of God able to bring about salvation and eternal life through the blood of the risen messiah-savour-king, Jesus of Nazareth. ... So the "Miracle of the perfect Quran" was achieved through the sword rather than Divine inspiration. It is almost certain that complete variant manuscripts of the Koran have been ... Tanakh (probably before 200 BC) after the Torah was completed in 282 BC, Susanna was created in 100 BC. We know, for example, that Susanna is pseudepigraphal (falsely purporting to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/septuagint.htm

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Official creed of Associated Gospel Churches (AGC) Note: This is for popular circulation only and is intended to be interpreted in light of the official Statement of Faith and Doctrine of the AGC. I. The Divine Authority and Plenary Inspiration of the whole ... Isa. 7:14 John 5:39 Matt. 1:18-23 Acts 1:11; 17:2+3; 18:28; Luke 1:35; Acts 26:22+23; 28:23 We believe that Jesus Christ in the flesh was both God and man, that He was born of a virgin and that He lived a sinless life, in which He taught and did mighty works and signs exactly as revealed in the four gospels. We believe that He was crucified, ... We also believe that God is the sole Creator of the universe. V. The Fall of Man We believe that man, originally created in the image and after the likeness of God, fell from his high and holy estate through ... We believe that our Lord and Saviour clearly prescribed for His believing disciples the solemn rite of the Lord's Supper as a memorial of the Lord's death to be kept by His disciples until He comes again, according ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-AGC.htm

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Do animals go to heaven? Animals have both a soul and a spirit I have put My Spirit [spirit/ruwach] upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the nations." (Isaiah 42:1) b. "God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."" (John ... And what His soul [soul/nephesh] desires, that He does." (Job 23:13) 2. Only man is made in the image of God, partaking of the divine nature: a. "Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." God created man in His ... may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." (1 Thessalonians 5:23) a. ... creature [soul/nephesh] that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that comes out of the ark, even every beast of the earth." (Genesis 9:9-10) b. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/su-do-animals-have-souls-spirit-will-spot-be-in-heaven.htm

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Mental Ilness Cures: (MMPI-7) meticulous moral principles inquiry ... The Holy Spirit: "I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; " (John 14:16) d. The Bible: "Your testimonies also are my delight; They are my counselors. " (Psalm 119:24) e. Christians: ... " (2 Timothy 3:16-17) b. "Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. ... A3. Click to View I realize that God has placed the desire to worship Him inside my heart, but I cannot learn anything specific about God unless I read the Bible. I realize that false religions are created when men feel this instinct to ... Do not be afraid of sudden fear, nor of the onslaught of the wicked when it comes; For the Lord will be your confidence And will keep your foot from being caught. " (Proverbs 3:24-26) b. "Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-cures-MMPI-7-meticulous-moral-principles-inquiry.htm

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Scholars on the Personality of the Holy Spirit The Watchtower booklet, "Should you believe in the trinity?", said of Mt 28:19: "Do those verses say that God, Christ, and the holy spirit constitute a Trinitarian Godhead, that the three are equal in substance, power, and eternity? ... John, state it explicitly. ... The true divinity of the third Person was asserted at a Council of Alexandria in 362, by two. synods at Rome under Pope Damasus, and finally by the Council of Constantinople of 381, in a decree accepted ... Here the construction shows that the Apostle is speaking of three distinct Persons. Moreover, since the names God and Holy Ghost are alike Divine names, it follows that Jesus Christ is also regarded as a Divine Person. (The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1912, Vol. 15, p 47-49) In regard to the Third ... In them the Apostles are instructed not only as to the personality of the Spirit, but as to His office towards the church. (The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1912, Vol. 15, p 47-49) "Yet, as compared with their thought about the Logos, the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-quotes-personality-of-holy-spirit.htm

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Trinity: plural references to God in the Old Testament: Plural ... ... that the Father is One, the Son Another.) Constitutions of the Holy Apostles: "the divine Scripture testifies that God said to Christ, His only-begotten, "Let us make man after our image, and after our likeness. ... A. Anti-Trinitarians claim that when God said, "Let US make man in OUR image". (Gen 1:26) he was speaking to angels. Angels are not created in the image of God, only man. If angels are included in "Let US make", then angels AND God are equally our creator. Jehovah's Witnesses actually get this one right: The US includes (at least) the Father and Jesus in this creation. Jesus, being God, is the creator of all things: "All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. " John 1:3 Hebrews 1:5 proves Jehovah's ... Therefore Jesus cannot be an angel, but we begotten at his resurrection as Acts 13:33 says, thereby fulfilling Ps 2:7. The self contradictory doctrine of the Watchtower has Jesus the creature, functioning as our ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-oneness-unity-plural-nouns-pronouns-verbs-adverbs.htm

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Lohse, Bernard: A Short History of Christian Doctrine ... The decisive catchword of the Nicene confession, namely, hoinoousios ("of one substance"), comes from no less a person than the emperor himself. To the present day no one has cleared up the ... In 3000 AD, it would be just as ridiculous to dig up Watchtower Magazines from this century and conclude JW's (should they survive that long) borrowed their extinction doctrine from Bill Gates, as ... We notice that Jews would be offended at calling Jesus Lord OR God. JW's do call Jesus Lord and "a God" which is just as much offense to Jews as Trinitarians calling Jesus "Very God". Most of the bishops who ... So the fact that Lohse says Constantine had little understanding and that Trinity is not found in the Bible projects the false impression that such facts refute the fact that Jesus is divine and ... out of nothing, or who assert that the Son of God is of a different hypostasis or substance, or is created, or is subject to alteration or change these the Catholic Church anathematizes." ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Lohse.htm

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Seven Myths Of Denominationalism! ... This is not an endorsement of the King James version -- we have chosen it because it is the most widespread and available valid version. We believe that God's divine providence has assured that the truth can be ... The apostle John provides the authority for this conclusion (John 20:30-31): "And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name." Did John think we would have the capacity to understand what he wrote? Those who think they have created faith within themselves by some means other than a study of God's word have faith in something, but it is not faith in God. Some trust their ... But before we swallow this fable hook, line, and sinker, let us explore the part of it that is false. The old adage comes to mind: you can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/r-7-myths-of-denominationalism.htm

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Jehovah's Witnesses, Anti-semitism and the Third Reich For example, The Watchtower magazine of October 1, 1984 (p. 8), reported the findings of Christine E. King and Michael Kater to the effect that the number of Witness imprisonments and deaths ... His lectures to large audiences, which have been broadcast throughout the world, on "JEWS RETURNING TO PALESTINE", have created an intense interest. There is a good demand for them in printed ... During all this period of time, and particularly during the World War, the true followers of Christ Jesus devoted to God, and to his kingdom, have been bearing the shame of the heathen and have been hated by all ... The book Jehovah's Witnesses in The Divine Purpose, published by the Watch Tower Society in 1957, states: Judge Rutherford had been watching the German situation closely and was well acquainted ... They refused to violate God's commandments. They would not break their Christian neutrality in political affairs. (See Isaiah 2:2-4; John 17:16; James 4:4.) They did not attribute Heil, or ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-penton-3rdreich.htm

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Harnack, Adolf: Outlines of the History of Dogma What is worse, is that Harnack it a Bible Hater who rejected the entire gospel of John as inspired, resurrection and baptism! Two other sources comment on Harnack: ... of the body, the possibility of miracles, the existence of demons, exorcism and Jesus as the promised Messiah." Read more from a critical review of Adolf Harnack. ... of Dogma, Adolf Harnack, as quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication) The Christian religion in the 3rd century made no compromise ... Through the acceptance of the Logos- Christology as the central dogma of the Church, the Church doctrine was, even for the laity, firmly rooted in the soil of ... only one differs from the creatures, an indefinable being who only becomes God in becoming man, and who is neither God nor man." (Outlines of the History of ... This philosopher who interpreted the Old Testament religion in terms of Hellenism had, in accordance with his idea of revelation, already maintained that the Divine ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Harnack.htm

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The ministry of Dr. Hugh Ross exposed ... However, the multiple billions of years involved are not in accord with Biblical chronology and the manner of development of galaxies, stars, planets, etc., is through natural forces instead of by divine fiat. YOUNG EARTH ... There were two occasions when the Lord fed multitudes by multiplying a few loaves and fishes (Matthew 16:8-10, etc.). At a wedding in Cana He turned water into wine instantly John 2:1-10). After referring to Josephus, Dr. ... Jesus Christ, the Logos, was the exception. He did not fall at all. But still this makes Him subordinate to the Father, being at first on the same level as created beings. For this Jerome, among others, considered Origen to be the precursor to the Arian heresy, which in our day is expressed in the theology of the Unitarians and the Jehovah's Witness cult. Denying hell, Origen reasoned that humans, demons, and even Satan can, and in the end will, be reconciled to God, anticipating the Universalist heresy. He said there is to be "a purging ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tracks/b-hugh-ross.htm

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Why I left the Roman Catholic church! (personal testimony) ... Also, the only way for the wicked one to last from Paul's day to the second coming of Christ is to have a continual succession. It could not be some wicked person of the past because he will not be here for the Lord to slay when He comes. ... There is not a single instance in the Scriptures where any of the above titles are applied to a man. The term, "Holy Father" is used only once in the entire Bible, and it is used by Jesus in addressing God the Father. (John 17:11). Among the above titles is the bold assertion ... Not only does the Catholic Church contend that the Bible is a "dead letter" without the Catholic organization to illuminate it but it maintains that the apostles appointed a "divine, infallible apostolate" to direct us. That is essentially ... We cannot infringe on the silence of the scriptures. When Pope Vitalian II introduced instrumental music into the worship in A.D. 666, it created such a furor that it had to be removed for about a hundred years. The matter of objection ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-why-I-left.htm

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Encyclopedia of Pentecostal ministries and preachers ... 14, 1995) "Yes, Lord, we're going to go for it, we're gonna try to do our part to bring the kingdom of God here...and wouldn't it be wonderful if the Lord would start to move in power and restore the church to its proper place and make us the head and not the tail?" (John Arnott, TACF, 10/19/94) John Arnott and his wife gave approval to a woman's report of a divine message from Jesus that she should leave her husband because he was like a stone around her neck. (A Memoir Of "The Vineyard" Cheryl ... when Jesus arose, now He's going to tear open the heavens and allow the glory of God to come down...I really hope it comes true...I know that He's up to something...Don't get too excited about dates, sometimes prophetic people are right about ... That's what you're doing. (Voice of Victory Vol. 15, No. 2, 2/87) You have the same creative faith and ability on the inside of you that God used when he created the heavens and the earth. (Inner Image of the Covenant, side 2.) Jesus is no ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/tongues-encyclopedia-pentecostal-preachers.htm

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Doctrinal Flip Flops of Jehovah's Witnesses! ... So right away I said to him: 'My lord, you are the one that knows.' (Revelation 7:13, 14a) Yes, that elder could locate the answer and give it to John. This suggests that resurrected ones of the 24-elders group may be ... Evidently because by the time those extant copies were made (from the third century C.E. onward) the original text of the writings of the apostles and disciples had been altered. The divine name in the Tetragrammaton ... Oct 15, 1945) 1945 "The purposes of this Society are: ... public Christian worship of Almighty God and Jesus Christ; to arrange for and hold local and world-wide assemblies for such worship..." (Charter of the Watchtower Society of Pennsylvania, Article II, Feb 27, 1945 [the 1969 Yearbook quotes Article II of the Charter, ... Doctor Alonzo Jay Shadman says: 'The blood in any person is in reality the person himself. It contains all the peculiarities of the individual from whence it comes. This includes hereditary taints, disease ... ... https://www.bible.ca/Jw-changes.htm

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pre-earthquakes-history-data The signs of Matthew 24 prophecies the destruction of Jerusalem in 70AD not the second coming and certainly not some "Rapture" theology that was invented in 1830 AD by John Darby. ... second coming in 1914" doctrine, but when it comes to Premillennialism Jehovah's Witnesses are no different than mainline evangelical churches. 5. They both stand or fall together. ... Multiplied thousands more will perish in greater earth spasms ahead. Never since the days of Noah has the world been so badly battered. Again God is speaking to us - He is seeking to tell us that our time is short. His Son, Jesus Christ, will return soon. Nature's ... Parts of this statement were quoted disapprovingly on page 72 of The Watchtower of February 1, 1974 - without the reader being informed that it came from a leading authority on ... Several of the statements quoted are certainly not scientific descriptions. They rather reflect sensation-rousing newspaper headlines created during the immediate impact of the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/pre-earthquakes-history-data.htm

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