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Thank you br. @glff for your good contribution. You understand the Gospel, the work of the Holy Spirit and His purpose with us. God bless you.

The Lord Jesus Christ did not say of Himself that He was not good, but asked why the rich young ruler called Him good. He urged the rich young ruler to come to the conclusion that if what he said is true, then the Lord Jesus Christ must be God Himself!

Greetings br. @truth7t7, Thank you for your contribution, I was already aware of that. I agree, the KJV is my Bible and I prefer it much more than the Nestle-Aland editions.

Please continue, what do you tell us about the other three manuscripts, is there Son or God?

I know some Bible translations including the KJV have the "only begotten Son" but the earliest manuscripts have "only begotten God". These are Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Vaticanus, the Peshitta, Papyrus 66, and Papyrus 75.

Thank you and greetings br. @Luther and br. @tatwo, In my opinion, there is good reason to believe that the Lord Jesus Christ already had the Holy Spirit even before He was baptized by John in the Jordan. After all, He was born of the Holy Spirit. (Matt.1:18, Luke 1:35) The Lord Jesus Christ is the 'only begotten God', He the Holy God came HOLY in the flesh. (John 1:18 Codex Sinaiticus)

No! If you think that the book of Revelation somewhere indicates a connection between unbelieving Jews who reject the Lord Jesus Christ, and His Church of born-again Christians, then I kindly ask you to provide a Bible verse that shows this.

In the Old Testament, the people of Israel were indeed chosen by God to be a holy nation, but they never were, on the contrary. The people of Israel served idols and did what was evil in the eyes of God! They were and are, except for a remnant, a disobedient, rebellious and violent people! In the better New Testament, the apostle Peter clearly writes in his letter to the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ who belongs to the holy people of God: 1Peter 2:9,10 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: 10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.'

Greetings br @Michael37, There is no connection between God's born again people who love and worship the Lord Jesus Christ, and those who do not love the Lord Jesus Christ and reject Him! Not even when those unbelievers live in the Middle East country of Israel and are circumcised in the flesh. The Church of the Lord Jesus Christ has been persecuted by these unbelieving Jews after the day of Pentecost, and even today the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ is not welcome among the people of Israel in the Middle East! (Matt.10:22) There has never been any 'continuity' between Judaizers and born again Christians, only hatred and persecution, which is why the first Christians had to flee to Damascus and Antioch, for example. (Acts 11)

Br. @JohnD The Lord Jesus Christ repeatedly says that the content of what John is to write is meant for His Church. Why do you then start about the ethnic Jews?

Greetings Br. @JohnD The book of Revelation belongs to the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ. And everything written in the book of Revelation is exclusively for the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ. In chapter 1:11 He clearly indicates for whom the contents of Revelation are specifically intended: 'Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.' (Rev. 1:11) And finally in the last chapter of Revelation the Lord Jesus Christ emphasizes again: 'I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.' (Rev. 22:16) May the Holy Spirit bless you.

So you present the Name of God as YHVH? And when you pray to God you say for example: "Please Yod Hey Vav Hey, I pray to you for healing for my brother", or for someone else. That is strange, isn't it? Especially since it is not customary for you as a Judaist to pronounce the Name of God! Not only you, but there is not one Jew who pronounced the Name of God, only the high priest did that once a year on Yom Kippur. But the high priest and the temple have been gone for almost 2 thousand years, so how can you know how and with what sound it was pronounced? Moreover, according to Jewish linguists, יהוה cannot be translated, because it is simply impossible! The Name of the Holy God is therefore not JEHOVAH, JAWEH or YHWH, because these are only approximations of the transliteration from Hebrew to English. But what should we call Him when we call on Him to be saved and healed? The true God has only one Name. The old covenant is over and the New Covenant has come, and there is now only one Name for salvation and healing: JESUS CHRIST, He is God. (Acts 4:10-12, 1 John 5:20)

The very tragic thing about a Jew who rejects the Lord Jesus Christ is that he also forfeits the promises of God! In that regard and for verification I bring to your attention this Bible verse from Paul: 2Co 1:20 KJV For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. By “him” the Lord Jesus Christ is meant.

Paul's explanation in Rom. 2 about circumcision is not meant metaphorically, but points to the criterion by which God's people are known: circumcision of the heart by the Holy Spirit, received through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. De facto: Whoever does not believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Holy God, the unbelieving Jew or the unbelieving Gentile, does not receive His Spirit and does not belong to Him! (Rom.8:9) So this is not a metaphor but a spiritual reality, namely the receiving of the Holy Spirit. Through His Spirit, God circumcises His children, the believers from the Jews and the believers from the Gentiles, one people, God's people. My brother, may the blessing of the Holy God Jesus Christ be with you!

No problem br. @AdHoc, I will try to explain it per Rom.2:28-29, Rom.9:6, Rom.11:1, and Gal.4:26. The Old Testament Jews were recognizable by their circumcision in the flesh. But Paul declares in so many words that these people are in fact not Jews, and that is why I also do not call these unbelieving people "true" Jews. Or I should know better than Paul but I don't, do you? A people that definitely does not believe in the Lord Jesus Christ cannot possibly be Israel! That is also Paul's explanation in Rom.9:6. Not all, but those who are from Israel now believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, they are truly Israel, Paul himself also belongs to that. (Rom.11:1) And those who are indeed from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, but definitely do not believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, they are NOT Israel. True Jews are described by Paul as people who are circumcised in the inner man, that is, not in the flesh, but in the heart. Rom 2 28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: Note: So the circumcision that people do in the flesh, is futile and reprehensible! 29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. Note: But if the heart is circumcised by the Lord Jesus Christ, in the spirit, then that person is a true Jew, who was born again in Jerusalem which is 'above'. (Gal. 4:26)

Joseph certainly came from the house of David. (Matt. 1:16) So the sons of Joseph were also descendants and they represented "the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down." (Acts 15:16) If we then look back at Acts 1, we find in verse 14 that there were also women in the upper room on the day of Pentecost, and Mary was also there. Moreover, it is clearly noted that her sons were with her; James and Joses, and Simon and Judas. (Matt. 13:55) These young men were the remnant of "the tabernacle of David that has fallen down." (Am. 9:11-12) But God is going to restore it in a special way, namely by pouring out the Holy Spirit on this 'remnant' of believers. You see, br. @AdHoc, what the conditions are for the restoration of Israel and also of the house of David, that is the belief that the Lord Jesus Christ is God and loving and worshiping Him. Those who are of Israel, but were not in the upper room on the day of Pentecost or received the Holy Spirit afterward, are not truly Israel and have no part in God's restoration! That is what Paul meant when he said: 'For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel.' (Rom.9:6) Furthermore, through this unique way of salvation, countless heathen will be saved and become God's people, if they receive the Lord Jesus Christ and believe in His name. (Amos 9:12)

Would you please explain yourself? God's purpose was to make people 'in our image, after our likeness'. (Gen.1:26) Do you think God is an angel?

I agree with you, but then a heavenly body. The Lord Jesus Christ can appear in His heavenly body, but also in an earthly tangible body. (Luke 24:39) Spirits cannot do that.

Br. @other one, This is not entirely clear to me, do you mean to say that Adam was created by "gods"?

When we read John 17:21 the preposition "with" is missing. It says: 'That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.' (Joh.17:21) This agrees with Deut.6:4 "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD" The Lord our God is only truth (the lie is absent!), He is only light (the darkness is absent!), He is only Holy (the unholy is absent!). And that is what He asks of us. (Lev.20:7)

Thank you brothers @other one and @lrs68 , for your good contribution, I agree with you. For my understanding I have written it as follows: God is one, one Person with three characteristics: a) That Person has a Spirit, b) that Person has a body, and c) He has a Name. These three characteristics always describe the same Person: Jesus Christ. The Spirit of the Lord Jesus is Holy, that is the Holy Spirit. The body of the Lord Jesus is God's body, because God bought the Church with His blood, His blood that flowed on the cross of Golgotha. (Acts 20:28) And God has a Name. Very special, the names Jehovah, JHWH, or Jaweh, are nowhere in the Bible. They are always the product of transliteration, in an attempt to translate the Hebrew יהוה. For Jewish scholars and linguists it has been established for centuries that יהוה is simply not translatable, hence all these names are to some extent based on guesswork and assumption. However, when the Lord Jesus Christ was born all ambiguity came to an end, because Mary had to give Him the Name JESUS. Jesus Christ is very clear and the Personal Name of God. (1 John 5:20)

Brother @JohnD, In John 1:18 the apostle uses the word "begotten" (G1096). The Lord Jesus Christ is "the only begotten God". (Peshitta, Codex Sinaiticus) The body of the Lord Jesus Christ was not created like that of Adam, but He is the Holy One, the only One who is Holy by birth from the Most High Himself. Not the creature is God, but the Creator is God.

The Holy God came from heaven in the flesh, He Himself became Man, to bear the sins of men in His own flesh on the cross of Golgotha, to take away our guilt of sin, so that whoever believes that He is God and worships Him as Savior, will receive eternal life.

The Covenant that God made with Abram in Gen.15 was very good and God of course kept to it. But when the time came, He made a New and better Covenant (Mat.26:28) in His blood, with which the Old Covenant was declared outdated and worn out! If the notary has recorded your Testament but after years you change it to a new better Testament, then only one Testament can be legally valid, and that is the last one or the New Testament. The New Covenant is what the Bible is about, the Old Covenant is worn out! (Heb.8:13)

@AdHoc, You don't understand who is meant by 'the seed of Abraham'. Gal 3:29 KJV And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. Therefore, people who have not accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as God their Savior cannot be the 'seed of Abraham'!