Is Jesus The God Of The Bible

John 1:10 - Even though Jesus made the world, the people of the world didn’t recognize the creator/God. (who people would argue did acts of God) Why would that verse be said if Jesus was some angel, like Jehovah's Witnesses believe?


Jesus grew in wisdom. That could’ve been because he had to suffer/be tested like a human.


Revelation 1:1 - God gave Jesus that revelation. So Jesus maybe wasn’t omniscient at that time. God feels compelled to act one way. God holds the right to some information first, before Jesus? It may be possible that Jesus had received the knowledge of that revelation (and all the rest of the knowledge that Jesus lacked) from the Father, after his death.


In Revelation 1:17,18 Jesus (it is clearly talking about Jesus due to the next verse) is called ‘the first and the last.’ In Isaiah 44:6 (from the original ancient Hebrew) God is called ‘the first and the last.’ These verses also mention 'first and last': Isaiah 41:4, Isaiah 48:12, Revelation 22:13, Revelation 1:8, Revelation 2:8.


A Jehovah's Witness claimed that Jesus was ‘the first and last’ one resurrected by the Father. (Jesus is supposed to resurrect others. He has 'the keys of death')


Revelation 1:17,18 shows that John was afraid. Then Jesus' angel told John to not be afraid, and (the following, which could only be said in an attempt to calm John) that he was ‘the first and the last’. (why would Jesus say that to John, if it was not referring to God’s name? It makes more sense that Jesus was telling him to not be afraid because it was God)


If Jesus saying ‘I am the last’ meant what that Jehovah's Witness thought, then that was not clearly explained in the Bible or to John.


Choosing perfect words involves not saying things that can mean more than 1 thing if you can. (that would have proved that Jesus is logical and perfect in his ability to communicate. Why wouldn't God allow Jesus at that point, whose job it was to communicate with John, through the messenger, to be perfectly, and better able, to communicate/do his job?) Why would Jesus call himself what God called himself?


People think that since Jesus said “I am” that he was claiming God’s name. When Jesus said ‘I am’ it could mean ‘I existed’ in the 1 case, and ‘I am (here)’, or "I am (he)" in another.


John 18:5-8 - Jesus said 'I am'. When he spoke it, it caused them to draw back/fall to the ground. A Jehovah's Witness might say that perhaps God made Jesus' voice sound frightening/loud/powerful. (as another display/something that we could find cool/good)


I read that if Jesus only wanted to say that he existed before Abraham, he could have said, 'Before Abraham, I was.' (instead of ‘I am’)


'Elohim' is the plural word for 'god'. It is used in Genesis 1:1. However, Jews viewed it to mean a ‘plural of majesty' or other things.


Jesus was possibly called an angel. Angel means messenger.


Revelation 19:12 - God would know that name of Jesus.


There was other evidence in the letters to the churches that I didn’t add here.

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