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Colossians 1:15-18 - The Firstborn of All Creation The study of Colossians 1 has lead many to more questions than answers. Addressing the preexistence of Christ, many have argued that verse 15 places Christ as the first in the created order, while others have appealed to verse 16 for the purposes of denying this.
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Support ScripturalTruths.com and this Free Book An Interesting Question 01/06/07 When John the Baptist quoted and applied Isaiah 40:3 to his ministry, did he equate Jesus with Jehovah? All four Gospels have recorded John's quotation of the words in Isaiah, thereby applying the text to himself. (Matt. 3:3; Mar. 1:3; Luk. 3:4; Joh. 1:23) In John 1:23 we read of John the Baptist speaking: "He said, "I am "a voice of the one crying in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord," as Isaiah the prophet said." The words quoted by John are found to have a dual application, with the first dealing with the return of the Jews from exile in Babylon. (Isa. 40:2; 44:2) In this context they would return and rebuild by the way that Jehovah had established. The people themselves walked in his way. What though with Jesus? Was Jesus the Jehovah to whom the path belonged? Recent Questions 10/2/06 - In John 8:56 Jesus tells us that Abraham rejoiced at the prospect of seeing his day, and then that he saw it and rejoiced. How did this take place? 9/9/06 - Since Jesus stated that he did not come to destroy the Law in Matthew 5:17, are Christians under an obligation to observe the Sabbath as a part of the Law?
An Interesting Question 01/06/07
When John the Baptist quoted and applied Isaiah 40:3 to his ministry, did he equate Jesus with Jehovah?
All four Gospels have recorded John's quotation of the words in Isaiah, thereby applying the text to himself. (Matt. 3:3; Mar. 1:3; Luk. 3:4; Joh. 1:23) In John 1:23 we read of John the Baptist speaking: "He said, "I am "a voice of the one crying in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord," as Isaiah the prophet said." The words quoted by John are found to have a dual application, with the first dealing with the return of the Jews from exile in Babylon. (Isa. 40:2; 44:2) In this context they would return and rebuild by the way that Jehovah had established. The people themselves walked in his way.
What though with Jesus? Was Jesus the Jehovah to whom the path belonged?
Recent Questions
10/2/06 - In John 8:56 Jesus tells us that Abraham rejoiced at the prospect of seeing his day, and then that he saw it and rejoiced. How did this take place?
9/9/06 - Since Jesus stated that he did not come to destroy the Law in Matthew 5:17, are Christians under an obligation to observe the Sabbath as a part of the Law?
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