Yehsua my Salvation > I Have many questions for Ex-Jehovah's or people who know the reasoning behind such interpretations.
I had the pleasure in discussing scripture with a Co-worker i Supervise that is a member of the Jehovah's Witness religion. Before he began preaching to me i let him know that i was Jewish; he began to tell me about Christianity and how off there interpretations of scripture are. In the conversation we were having he mentioned that Catholics worship Mary and believe that to be biblical. He also mentioned that it was clearly unlawful to worship Yeshua biblically, much-less Mary; right there then i put a stop to him and asked him to turn John 20:28 along with me! Using my Concordance so there will be no misrepresentation i answered him by telling him that according to the Greek not only was Thomas calling Yeshua God, but he was also calling him Jehovah! The Greek word [Kurios] which is the word translated as LORD in our bibles is the exact translation used in the Septuagint for God's divine name YOD-HEY-VET-HEY. Though i believe Jehovah to be a highly inaccurate translation and i gave the Witness my reasons why, i did not attack his beliefs but asked him to show me proof, knowing off the bat that he was totally wrong according to the Greek and Hebrew manuscripts. We focused only on Thomas and and his worship of Yeshua! He attempted to throw me off the subject by quoting John 4:23 Which says the following > But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
I immediately let him know that not only did the above scripture not answer my question, but neither is it a direct condemnation to worshiping Yeshua! He noticed that he was unsucessful in answering my question. He told me that he could not answer me as of now, but he was certainly going to come up with an answer for me son enough. It has taken him two months of study for him to come up with something. It was not until recently that he found something worth arguing. He mentioned that Thomas was not worshiping Yeshua, but rather doing something out of courtesy to a Superior"Obeisance." I asked him, so if Thomas was only being respectful and not Worshiping Yeshua then why is the Greek so direct, why does the Greek say that he not only called him his Kurios [LORD] but he also called him his Theos GOD! He explained that a god could be anyone, even kings were called gods and they were mere mortals! I told him that i was going to bring him a concordance and the Greek. He immediately said that Christians only use about six passages to prove the deity, but he mentioned that he had about 76 passages to disapprove the deity of Yehsua! He brought up John 1:1 and said that this is one of the most misunderstood passages in Christian-dome, it proves nothing. All of this we were saying by phone so it was tough for both of us to reach a correct understanding. Yet i still asked him why do you think John 1:1 does not prove the deity of Yeshua? He told me that John 1:1 says that Yeshua is a God not Jehovah the almighty! I told him that some Messianic groups have proposed this to me; fortunately i can defend myself with the Greek thus i've had no problem understanding this! I let him know that the Word [a] as in for a little god does not appear in the Greek. Actually the word [a] does not appear in any of the known copies that exist! He became very discouraged and told me he was going to do more studies!
Later on i'm going to post my questions concerning Jehovah's Witness reasoning and i would like for someone to address my questions logically, that could be from an Ex-Jehovah's Witness or a person who happens to have an incredible understanding about Jehovah's Witness and what they teach. I truly no very little of Jehovah's Witness teachings but i find them very strange and un-biblical!
I had the pleasure in discussing scripture with a Co-worker i Supervise that is a member of the Jehovah's Witness religion. Before he began preaching to me i let him know that i was Jewish; he began to tell me about Christianity and how off there interpretations of scripture are. In the conversation we were having he mentioned that Catholics worship Mary and believe that to be biblical. He also mentioned that it was clearly unlawful to worship Yeshua biblically, much-less Mary; right there then i put a stop to him and asked him to turn John 20:28 along with me! Using my Concordance so there will be no misrepresentation i answered him by telling him that according to the Greek not only was Thomas calling Yeshua God, but he was also calling him Jehovah! The Greek word [Kurios] which is the word translated as LORD in our bibles is the exact translation used in the Septuagint for God's divine name YOD-HEY-VET-HEY. Though i believe Jehovah to be a highly inaccurate translation and i gave the Witness my reasons why, i did not attack his beliefs but asked him to show me proof, knowing off the bat that he was totally wrong according to the Greek and Hebrew manuscripts. We focused only on Thomas and and his worship of Yeshua! He attempted to throw me off the subject by quoting John 4:23 Which says the following > But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
I immediately let him know that not only did the above scripture not answer my question, but neither is it a direct condemnation to worshiping Yeshua! He noticed that he was unsucessful in answering my question. He told me that he could not answer me as of now, but he was certainly going to come up with an answer for me son enough. It has taken him two months of study for him to come up with something. It was not until recently that he found something worth arguing. He mentioned that Thomas was not worshiping Yeshua, but rather doing something out of courtesy to a Superior"Obeisance." I asked him, so if Thomas was only being respectful and not Worshiping Yeshua then why is the Greek so direct, why does the Greek say that he not only called him his Kurios [LORD] but he also called him his Theos GOD! He explained that a god could be anyone, even kings were called gods and they were mere mortals! I told him that i was going to bring him a concordance and the Greek. He immediately said that Christians only use about six passages to prove the deity, but he mentioned that he had about 76 passages to disapprove the deity of Yehsua! He brought up John 1:1 and said that this is one of the most misunderstood passages in Christian-dome, it proves nothing. All of this we were saying by phone so it was tough for both of us to reach a correct understanding. Yet i still asked him why do you think John 1:1 does not prove the deity of Yeshua? He told me that John 1:1 says that Yeshua is a God not Jehovah the almighty! I told him that some Messianic groups have proposed this to me; fortunately i can defend myself with the Greek thus i've had no problem understanding this! I let him know that the Word [a] as in for a little god does not appear in the Greek. Actually the word [a] does not appear in any of the known copies that exist! He became very discouraged and told me he was going to do more studies!
Later on i'm going to post my questions concerning Jehovah's Witness reasoning and i would like for someone to address my questions logically, that could be from an Ex-Jehovah's Witness or a person who happens to have an incredible understanding about Jehovah's Witness and what they teach. I truly no very little of Jehovah's Witness teachings but i find them very strange and un-biblical!
