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In the first verse of the Gospel according to John
we can read: "In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with JAH, and the Word was
JAH". Reading on just a little bit more will
reveal without the shadow of a doubt, that John
refers to Yesus Kristos when he speaks about the
"Word of Jah".
It's a deep, profound teaching that John gives
there. A teaching of which the implications
unfortunately have gone lost to a large portion
within what is generally kown as
"Christianity" For they will identify
the Word of Jah as... The Bible!
People can debate without end about topics,
putting scripture against scripture in attempts to
"convince" their opponents. People will
"expose" "false teachings"
just by quoting a few Bible scriptures. People
will even study the Bible in order to get
themselves some name and fame and power over
others!
Never mind the fact, that there is no original
manuscript left. Never mind the fact, that the
(per)versions contradict each other and
themselves. Never mind the fact, that the canon
itself isn't even mentioned in the Bible and
nobody can really explain just why "the
Bible" is "right".
People who criticize "Christianity"
will often refer to the fact that with a little
bit of intelligence, you can make the Bible say
just about anything you want the Bible to say. And
it's true, especially when you realize that there
are countless of (per)versions that will help
everyone to read what they want to read.
But even if we would have the original scrolls,
it would not better. The apostle Petrus wrote,
that people were twisting the writings of Paulus
as well as the other scriptures, and he was referring
to the original manuscripts there.
We are give a wonderful example within this
very same scripture. We all know about the
Pharisees, how they knew their Bibles inside-out
and how they loved to use that knowledge to get
power over other people. How they even fooled
themselves!
When Yesus faced the Pharisees, he told them:
"You study the scriptures because you think
there is eternal life in there, and you don't
recognize Me and don't want to come to Me"
(John 5:38).
We see this very same mentality within what is
commonly known as Christianity. It can be
recognized in the phrase: "The Word Of God
says...", followed by some quote. A
quote from a (per)version, that is. For the
original manuscripts are lost.
We see, how many try to put Jah in a book,
subsequently study that book, and somehow think
that this the key to eternal life, the key to God,
yes... God!
We see, that when John writes how the Word is
Jah and became flesh, many will de facto
believe that this is about the Bible rather than
about Yesus Kristos Himself.
Now, why is that?
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