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                                                    Symbolic Names Don't Define Deity  Isaiah 7:14 English Standard Version 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Parallel in Matthew 1:23.  NOTE: The name can be translated as, “God with us” or “God is with us.” It is true that God was with the Jews and Gentiles in Jesus, and Jesus himself said that if one had seen him, he had seen the Father. See John 14:9. In addition, this is a symbolic name. See 2 Corinthians 5:19 (NASB). We have to be careful. It says GOD WAS IN CHRIST, NOT GOD WAS CHRIST. Other symbolic names include Elijah: My God is Yahweh; Peter: The Rock; Bithiah: Daughter of Yahweh; Dibri: The Word, Speech, Pronunciation; Eliab: God is my Father. These names doesn't make these people God or a M...

                                                                             Mistranslation Verses-Trinity Edition 1 Timothy 3:16 King James Version 16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. NOTE: Trinitarian scholars admit that there was tampering by scribes. The earliest manuscripts has "he who." Zechariah 12:10 New International Version 10 “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on ME , the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one gr...

 Matthew 25 and 1 Samuel 25-70AD connection Have you ever noticed 1 Samuel 25 and Matthew 25 share similar imagery? In 1 Samuel 25 we see David get into a heated confrontation with Nabal (Laban spelled backwards). Nabal's name means Fool in Hebrew. After the confrontation, Nabal gets drunk at his party. The next morning, judgment comes and he dies. David then takes the widow, Abigail, and makes her his own wife. Notice, that Abigail was accompanied by five young women when David came with his Messengers. Likewise, in Matthew 25, the Parable of the 10 Virgins, five of them were foolish and five were wise. The five wise virgins were prepared for the return of the bridegroom while the five foolish virgins missed His visitation.  Now, Jesus, the greater David, came with his army to marry the Church in 70AD (Abigail/Five wise virgins). The foolish (Nabal), Old Covenant Temple system in 70AD drank the wrath of God and died. 1 Samuel 25:42 And Abigail hurried and rose and mounted a d...

                                        To Be Sent and to Come From Verses: Origin passages   *To be SENT OUT by God and to COME FROM God doesn't mean to pre-exist in a heavenly realm.*   TO BE SENT VERSES John 1:6, 3:17, 16:21,28,17:14,17:18, 18:37, 20:21; Mark 16:15;2 John 1:7;1 John 4:1,9   John 1:6 English Standard Version 6 There was a man  SENT FROM GOD , whose name was JOHN. John 8:42 English Standard Version 42 JESUS said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I CAME FROM GOD and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but HE SENT ME. NOTE:  "To be sent" and "come from God" are the same. Unless, we want to admit John the Baptist had a pre-existence in Heaven. See also 1 John 4:6. Jesus was brought forth by the Holy Spirit and given the Holy Spirit at Baptism. This is his Heavenly origin/source/authority.   John 3:17 English Standa...

                                                        P re-existence verses used for Jesus Alleged Pre-existence verses John 1:30 English Standard Version 30 This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’ NOTE: The Greek word Protos can be used to surpass a person. Hence, this verse can be translated as such: After me comes a man who has surpassed me, because he was superior to me. Alternatively, Jesus' prophecy in Genesis 3:15 is earlier than John's prophecy in Malachi 3.   Micah 5:2 English Standard Version 2 But  YOU , O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from  YOU  shall come  forth  FOR ME  one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old,...

                            Zechariah 5:1-11: The Flying Scroll and Lady Wickedness Zechariah 5:1-11 English Standard Version A Vision of a Flying Scroll 5 Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a flying scroll! 2 And he said to me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a flying scroll. Its length is twenty cubits, and its width ten cubits.”3 Then he said to me, “This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land. For everyone who steals shall be cleaned out according to what is on one side, and everyone who swears falsely shall be cleaned out according to what is on the other side. 4 I will send it out, declares the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of him who swears falsely by my name. And it shall remain in his house and consume it, both timber and stones.” NOTE: The scroll is the same size as Solomon's outer porch area in 1 Kings 6:3 and Revelation 11:1-2. Th...

                                               Zechariah 6:1-17 The Horsemen and Crown Zechariah 6 English Standard Version 6 Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, four chariots came out from between two mountains. And the mountains were mountains of bronze. 2 The first chariot had red horses, the second black horses, 3 the third white horses, and the fourth chariot dappled horses—all of them strong.4 Then I answered and said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?” 5 And the angel answered and said to me, “These are going out to the four winds of heaven, after presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth. 6 The chariot with the black horses goes toward the north country, the white ones go after them, and the dappled ones go toward the south country.” 7 When the strong horses came out, they were impatient to go and patrol the earth. A...