Is Jesus Standing at God's Right Hand? | Episode 65
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Several New Testament passages describe Jesus as sitting or standing at God’s right hand. One of the most frequently referenced is Acts 7:55, where Stephen looks into heaven as he is being martyred and sees “the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.” Taken at face value, this and similar verses seem to indicate a distinction between Jesus and God. How can Jesus, the Son of God, and God the Father be one and the same if Stephen really saw Jesus standing at God’s right hand?
Dr. David K. Bernard answers this question by reviewing the Bible's statements about the nature of God and the significance of the right hand in Scripture.
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If you dont have the gift of the Holy Ghost which occurs when you are born again, then it is almost impossible to get a revelation of the Mighty God in Jesus.
If it occurs when you are born again, are you saying that in the upper room they prayed fervently while not being born again? Seems to me they were born again and after praying for 10 days they received the gift of the Holy Spirit.
@@ivanluther3823A believer must recieve the Holy Spirit in order to be born again. The Holy Spirit is not recieved when we first beieve the gospel message.
It is after belief, repentance,and water baptism that the Holy Spirit is recieved.
@@robertnieten7259 believers in Acts received the Holy Spirit many days after they were born again.
@@ivanluther3823 In order to be born again a person must recieve the Holy Spirit.
An easy way to look at being born again is death, burial, and resurrection. Death= repentance, burial = water baptism, resurrection = Holy Spirit. You cannot be resurrected without the infilling of the Spirit, when you are filled with the Spirit you will speak in tongues.
This is said in Love and Truth ❤ people who received the Holy Ghost with the evidence of praising God in Tongues, see the scriptures in Algebra form,,,,,,those who have not received God's Revelation see the scriptures as 1+1=2😢😢😢😢
When you have seen me, you have seen the father... And- I and my father are one...... ❤
how are they one? It says that husband and wife are one, yet I believe we agree that doesn't mean they are one person. They are ONE, in that Jesus did what God the Father wanted, they worked together. Read John chapters 14-16 and I believe scripture will answer what it means about "seen the Father" and being one.
@@DannyLoydthe issue is about God that there is only one God. Don't compare it into husband and wife. But if you understand the passage that answer is particularly to the one who ask the questions and direct answer by telling him directly that I am that I am. That's also JESUS answered to parisses. And there also passage in the Bible that JESUS is the image of God. So that the sentence say I am and my Father are one and If you see me you see the father's also. Is prof answers that who is the father. That if you look into JESUS. You seen the Father in Him.
@@DannyLoydIt's as the the apostle John said, God is a Spirit( John 4:24).
" No man has seen him or can see him"( John 1:18). Why is that ? Because God ( Father) is an invisible Spirit. John also said," the Son of God hath declared him", he is literally saying that Jesus Christ made the invisible God visible.
Jesus said," If you have seen me then you have seen the Father"(John 14:9).
God is Spirit/ spirit,soul,and body.
So God is one person with a duality of spirit. When a believer recieves the Holy Spirit the Word says that he recieves the Spirit of God and the Spirit of Christ. He doesn't recieve two Holy Spirits', but one. When the believer recieves the Holy Spirit the Spirit joins with his becoming one.
God has always been visible to His creation. In the old testament He was refered to the Angel of the Lord and spoke to the prophets in the first person not as a messenger from God.
When we stand before the throne of God we will see Jesus Christ sitting on the throne of God.
@@DannyLoydSTOP BEING SICK. THIS IS WHY THERE'S SO MUCH PEDOPHILIA IN THE CHURCH, BECAUSE RATHER THAN ONE BEING, MONOTHEISM, YOU BELIEVE IN 2 BEINGS THAT SHARE UNION LIKE A HUSBAND AND WIFE. GROSS! YOU NEED TO REPENT FOR THAT DEMONIC SPIRIT TO SAY SUCH THINGS!
Read the greek bro... the "One" in John 10:30 is neutered. Meaning that it is not one person, but one unified nature.
I don’t care if the Right Hand of God as used in this passage in Acts is used metaphorically or literal. But one thing remains clear throughout Scripture from the very beginning. Genesis 1:26 reads “And God said, Let us make man in our image…” This statement alone provides evidence of more than a single person in communion/communication. The Hebrew root is “Elohim” -the plural form of the word ‘God’ as in ‘Gods’.. although there are plenty of its usage elsewhere in Scripture where it is used in the singular person’s perspective.
Also, if Christ, the Son of God is the same Eternal Father, who for a period in history was miraculously conceived and begotten as the Son of God and later Outpoured Himself on the 120 disciples on the Pentecost Day, then I humbly request an explanation of Dr. Bernard how this Self-Same Jesus who has exited His Father-figure and begotten Himself miraculously, could still speak from Heaven whiles he was still embodied on earth in the person of Christ as “ This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased” as Scripture tells us in Matthew 3:17? Did Christ leave His body for a moment, go back to Heaven and speak to the hearing of all at the River Jordan, descended spiritually as a Dove on Christ as well? Please let us not categorize any plain statements that the Bible presents in any historical event as metaphorical unless the Bible clearly depicts it as metaphorical or proverbial. The Bible clearly teaches the Unity of the 3 Persons of the Godhead in 1 John 5:7 “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit: and these three are one”
Those that hold the position of the Trinity very simply see the distinction and acknowledge it at least but unfortunately still come to a faulty conclusion. The job of being “God” was already filled by JEHOVAH when Jesus showed up. Besides he was formed in the womb of Mary by Jehovah…
The 3 tittles the father, the son, and the holy spirit has a name
@@NickMampanaYahweh is the name. Stop trying to say Jesus because the latter J is only 5 hundred years old
@@acts238jesusgodsson3 do you mean God didn't what English people to have a translation of his name to their native language? secondly, the Holy Scriptures refer to him in English Jesus Christ, and in my language Nkulunkulu, so the question is who do I listen to you or the Holy Scriptures? lastly, the name of the 3 titles is Jesus Christ.
@@NickMampana God name was not Jesus.
The trinity theory is the most entrenched heresy in the history of organized religion.
''To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my Throne, as even I also over overcame, and am set down with my Father in His Throne'' (Revelation 3:21).
They won’t be able to answer that.
@@JoshuaMSOG7Absolutely. They can't because their reading is biased.
When you look at Revelation 22:1-3, we see that there is ONLY a Throne for the Father and the Son. Even more, Mark 16:19 confirms the fact.
It is not a metaphorical position of authority. If that be the case, why is Jesus Christ saying to be God Almighty in Revelation 22:12-16? Or why is Jesus being worshipped in Revelation 5:8-14 just as the Father is?
Jesus is right at the middle of the Throne (Revelation 5:6). What is doing at the middle of Throne with the Father?
That is why we have to study meticulously the scriptures to point out their wrongness.
If someone quotes a book of the Holy Bible to underpin their biases, let's prove their wrongness by quoting the same book.
Even Gospel of John time & again we can see three persons in One God head. At Baptism of Jesus , Trinity is seen. Jesus handed over His Spirit to Father. We can only know in part now & we shall see Him when we make it there. May God save us from Cults.
@ombandajeanpaul7117, @Joshua777 and @63Timotheus Revelation 3:21, Jesus said, “I . . . am set down with my Father in his throne.” If we interpret this statement to refer to two divine persons with two bodies, then two persons would be sitting in one throne, a direct contradiction of Revelation 4:2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
Clearly, this is not the intention of the verse. Rather, it expresses that the image of God i.e. Jesus! (Colossians 1:15-19; 2:9-10) has been exalted by the indwelling Spirit to the position of highest authority in the universe. God rules from heaven as the One, in the image of Jesus Christ.
Jesus also promised in Revelation 3:21, “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne.” We must interpret this part of the verse as metaphorical, just as the rest of the verse, since a literal interpretation would place millions of believers sitting in the throne with Jesus-either beside Him or on Him. Instead, we must understand Jesus to mean that He will share His power and authority with believers, so that they will rule with Him.
@@JoshuaMSOG7I have already responded that simple and easy argument..
HaleluYah!This is the most accurate on how to picture who God is..
Amen. I bless you in the name of our Lord and God Jesus Christ ! You are correct brother! These lesson and all l studied from my God! The Holy Spirit taught me the lesson of One God! He guides me into the Truth! Glory to Him forever Amen!
The right hand of God is symbolic for the power of God.
According to King David the LORD is at his right hand indicating that God is Power Himself because if God is beside David who can destroy his reign as king of his people Israel.
To Jesus be the glory now and forevermore. Amen!
The Bible did not say the right hand of God is symbolic.
@@kevinwindom9367 How many do you expect to see someday?
@@eagleeyes6642 what do you mean eagle eye?
@@kevinwindom9367 Sorry...I mean when everything is over and we are in heaven and after that on earth.
How many persons do you expect to see?
Jesus is God
Beautifully said, Bro. Bernard! I love this podcast! I enjoy all of your podcasts. I love your ministry and appreciate your close walk with the Lord that allows you to continue to bless others with your knowledge of the scriptures! 🙏🏻❤️❤️
How many people does it take to have a relatioship ?
Very powerful
Thank you Bro. Bernard for the clear explanation of this topic. Truly, Jesus is the only One True God❤
Jesus Rose with the spirit
Praise the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ the one Truth God manifest in the flesh in the identity of human being thank you brethren Pastor David k Bernard your always have this amazing anointed revelation of the Holy Spirit of God too give wisdom and knowledge of all the scripture of the breathed of God thank you and family and all the congregation members God bless you'll 🙌 🙏 ❤ 😊
it clearly prooves omnipresence mystery of a plurality of majesty theophanie of God incarnate,,,,,who dares to Limit God to Trinity,,,hello Melchizedec❤🙏❤
Amen. I think it takes having the Holy Ghost to understand the Oneness of the Godhead.
True. That's where God is glorified when revelation is given
@@derekbaker777 that's what happened to me at 26. I walked into the UPC Calvary in Hawaii, was baptized in Jesus name also. Was reading the Bible while TDY in Riyadh when I asked God which doctrine was the true one. Before that I saw and read, accepted the doctrine more intellectually as I grew in Spirit but it took God taking me into his Spirit and speaking personally in a vision while standing next to me to fully understand. Like he told me, "All you will ever see or hear of God is Jesus Christ".
I'm 52 now. Still one God Jesus name
So, are you denying the Holy Ghost in the lives of Christians that don’t hold to your extraordinary claims? Because you seem to imply that
@@anthonycortes3554 depends on their doctrine 1st and foremost
@@wjdyr6261 c’mon, you know who I am talking about... the other 95%+ of Protestant Christians who are sola fide, sola scriptura kind of believers who happen to be trinitarians
Amen.
Jesus sitting on the right hand of power. Matthew 26:24, Mark 14:62 and Luke 22:69.
Fantastic teaching! This is awesome and revelatory by the Spirit Almighty God!! 🔥🔥🔥
Too bad, Pastor. When I look at the passage, your explanation doesn't work:
Acts 7:54-56 ESV
[54] Now when they heard these things they were enraged, and they ground their teeth at him. [55] But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. [56] And he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
IF "right hand of God" means the power/glory of God (Jesus as God), verse 55 would be problematic ("...saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God"). NOTICE IT?
Stephen saw the glory of God AND Jesus...
The irony is, the three persons of the Trinity are mentioned in the three verses 😅😂.
Pastor asks, respectfully responding, if it means Jesus is physically standing besides God, where is the third person of the Trinity? Well, the exact passage he is exponding answers him.
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS ON EARTH WITH STEPHEN AND ALL THE BELIEVERS.
That's why Trinity works and oneness doesn't. God is in belivers yet He is in heaven. How does that work?
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Stephen's use of the title "Son of Man" is telegraphing to Daniel 7. Pastor Bernard's interpretation of Daniel 7 is incorrect IN THIS VIDEO. The Son of Man and the Ancient of Days are two separate beings in Daniel 7.
Just read:
Daniel 7:13 ESV
[13] “I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him.
See it? The Son of man came of the Ancient of Days.
With that said, using the right hand metaphor ELSEWHERE IN SCRIPTURE as figurative (though true) to dismiss the notion that Stephen saw Jesus standing beside God the Father is quite dishonest to the text, based on the Acts 7 passage and Daniel 7.
There's only ONE God.
And JESUS is that ONE GOD. Amen!
as a young boy i heard a "Jesus only" believer laughing about Jesus sitting on Gods hand, and if Gods hand was getting sore, as a young boy I knew that wasn't good. Jesus only followers are very militant on the subject.
I hate that you have had an encounter like that. And being militant is not a productive way to discuss anything spiritually. Dealing with spiritual matters needs to be handled with humility and grace.
I think sometimes there is a misconception of oneness believers being Jesus Only! As a oneness believer I have not been taught Jesus only per say, but Jesus everything! Col 2:9 In him dwelt all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. Jesus only would be to reject the Father and his Spirit.
The Lord has revealed him self to us as the father, as the son and as the holy ghost. And in him dwelt all of who God is.
The Lord revealed him self to us through a begotten body.
He reveals himself through his creation as the father of all
He reveals himself within us as the comforter and our helper in the holy ghost.
So when we pray in Jesus name we believe we are praying in the name of the Father. Col 1:12-20.
When we baptize in "Jesus" name we are baptized in the name of the Father,Son and Holy ghost. Matt 28:19 is the instructions Peter followed in Acts 2:38 and was direct instruction from Jesus in Luke 24:47.
So there is a lot there and it all ties into a God that revealed himself to us in all these ways as one God.
I think there is a misunderstanding by trinitarians...and please understand in my text I say this humbly....there is a misunderstanding by the trinitarian doctrine of 3 separate persons all co existant and co eternal with each other. When in reality it is one God on the throne who has all power and dominion in his name!
Right hand of power. God is a brilliant light .
1 Timothy 2:5-6 there is one God and one mediator between God and Man, Jesus Christ the man, who gave his life for us
I praise God in Oneness manifest as Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Yes it takes at least 2 people to have a relationship.
@@theodoreritola7641 Yes, so true! Inter Relationship of Eternal Love between the Father and Son and Holy Spirit.❤️👍🙏
@@brianguglielmin2873 The Son was not in existence before he existed. He came into existence as a holy child born from his mother's womb. Luke 1:35
@@geraldhancock6208 The Son is God without Beginning and End the Alpha and Omega the Almighty. John1, 1 John 1, Revelation 1 and 2 and John 17 He shared Glory with His Father and the Holy Spirit from Ever to Ever. See also the Inter Personal Relationship of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit One God in Love and Truth. John 8 and John 14-16.🙏❤️
@@brianguglielmin2873 Jesus is never called "God Almighty" - nowhere.
Your references are non-specific. You list the 1st and 2nd chapters of Revelation: Please also list the exact verses you are referring to. Also, what verse in John 17 are you talking about? What verses are you referring to in John 8 and what in particular in John 14-16 are you talking about? You are too general with your references. Let's zero in on specifically what you are talking about.
Jesus Christ was still given all Authority over the Heavens and the Earth that's the evidence Lord Jesus Christ open my people eyes and hearts and minds to the deception of Satan the looser
Bro. Barnard, I've been teaching bible since my early 20's and as you can walk paths thru the word. But, I could sit for days listening to you teach, you have an anointing supreme. Without the Spirit we are as a sound of brass. Thank you for your leadership.
There is NO "anointing supreme" He has the Same Spirit as ALL Born Again Believers, but yes maybe a GIFT of teaching given BY the Spirit
@@REVNUMANEWBERN, I beg to differ, any anointing from God is supreme. No we don't earn it or own it, it's a gift as the Holy Spirit. But I do understand you're thinking as well.
@@Kajuniter Where in scripture does it speak of a anointing of Supreme? God bless.
@@dannythompson1057 all anointing from God is supreme as He is Supreme.
@@REVNUMANEWBERN this is not born again teaching
Jesus not only sitting he also standing at the right hand of God
At then right hand of HIMSELF ?
When he delved into the final prayer of the 1st martyr, Stephen, "Lord Jesus receive my spirit.." that hit me HARD! Amen❤❤❤
WHAT do you mean ? Does it NOT take at least 2 people to have a relationship ?
You cant see god , but you can see a light on the throne .... Now on the right side of that of that light is jesus christ .....since God is a spirit ,this spirit can exist in the body of jesus Christ at same time as on the throne .....
Gloria a Dios!👏🏽🙌🏽
John 17.5
Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that ( I ) jesus.. had with you before the world existed.
I and the Father are one John 10.30
Can jesus have the title God...
Isaiah 9.6
For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder. And His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Jesus shall be call mighty God.
There is only One God and Jesus is His Name. Awesome! 👍
King David sits at YHWH'S right side
Are you saying Jesus is liar...?
The Scripture says
Whosoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God (2jn1:9)
Jesus said O righteous Father the World have not known you but I know you and this have known that you sent me (Jn17: 25)
VERY VERY CLEAR VERSE
JESUS SAID THE WORLD HAS NOT KNOWN GOD ALMIGHTY
QUESTION
Where did Jesus teach YHWH...?
Can you provide even only one verse..?
@@dreameruy9510 Yes, Jesus/Yahawashi is a liar!! In Psalms 110:1 YHWH said unto my Master sit thou on my right side until I make thy ENEMIES THY FOOTSTOOL.
Fulfilled in 1 Kings 5:1-(3) DAVID
Psalms 110:5 The Master at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
Fulfilled in 1 Chronicles 18th Chapter. DAVID
I have actually seen the throne of God but couldn't see the face and power of God but I knew what was there
Something to consider: the verses below, taken from the prayer in Acts 4, could not be prayed in this fashion in Apostolic churches, for the most part, without one being labeled in some way. Understand: the Apostles were praying to the Father about the Son. Pray in this fashion at your own risk, you may be called a Trinitarian if you do so.
Acts 4:24 KJV
And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:
Acts 4:27,30 KJV
For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
[30] By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
Praise GOD and His infinite Oneness 🙌🏼
Good luck on that
Does it take at Least 2 people to have a relationship ?
Yet, who was worthy to open the book in Rev. 5:6? It was the Lamb......and he (the Lamb) came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne". One taking the Book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. Who can deny this?
I would love to see David B and Dr Michael Brown debate… anybody can make that happen?
Now, that debate would be awesome.
Two pentecostals.
One is Oneness.
One is Trinitarian.
Both charismatic.
I'd love to see that conversation/debate.
It needs to be structured to where the cross examination is long.
That is my favorite part of the debate.
That's the part everyone wants to see, because that is where most of the pressing matters are addressed.
@@jamestiffany3531
There’s no such trinity, in the scripture they added to the scripture.
All verses say the same thing God is one, alone, no God with him he is by himself.
So why would he has to waste his time with people that keep adding to the scripture when the scripture itself says don’t add don’t take away Revelation 22:18-21
@@RTVS6720 I'm a Oneness believer.
I also understand the Trinity perspective.
Nothing was added or taken away.
It was all perfectly preserved.
I think it would be awesome to see those two gentlemen debate the topic.
@@jamestiffany3531
The word trinity was added by a pop from Catholic
God has never used it, the prophets has never used it, Jesus has never used it, the apostles has never used it,
So where did it come from?
You cannot believe in something that is not biblical.
Look at this John 5:39
@@RTVS6720 Again, I agree in the sense that I also reject the doctrine of the Trinity.
However, I use words outside the Bible all the time.
I mean, we're speaking in English.
The original manuscripts were not in English.
Also, I believe God is omnipresent, omnipotent, and omniscient.
None of those words are in the Bible, but they are words that derive from Biblical concepts to describe God.
The Trinity doctrine comes from the council of Nicaea.
This council had over 300 attendants.
Consisting of bishop's, deacon, etc.
So again, I reject the concept, but we also mustn't resort to forms of argumentation that doesn't deal with the root of the issue.
Anyways I would still like to hear the debate.
God said let us make man in our image...God is a "us"...wow that was easy
God was speaking within Himself in Gen. 1:26. It is my belief that the Light that God spoke into the earth--not the orb of the sun, mind you--was who God was speaking with. Gen. 1:2. This was Himself, and not a second Person in the Godhead.
We aren’t GOD & he isn’t us …
Glory to our God Jesus Christ 🙏🙏🙏
@Pedro juggler kenya In His Temple aka the Body of Christ
This is probably the best explanation of the trinity. When we go to heaven the only God we will see is Jesus. And anyone who wishes to see the father will get the same answer Jesus gave Philip
How many people does it take to have a relationship ?
How do you know that? Have you gone to heaven
R U YOUR DAD OR IS YOUR DAD U? DO U TALK TO YOUR DAD IF YOUR THE SAME PERSON LOL
Amen. Praise God
Brother, a good teaching,,,you do know your speaking Greek to those without the spirit 🙏🙏🙏
Praise God!!
David, So when the Son of God made Himself equal with God, you would have accused Him of blasphemy too!
"This made the Jews more determined than ever to kill Him, for not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was also calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God." John 5
As a Born Again Fundamental Baptist this is an EXCELLENT quickie lesson
How about having an interest in studying our doctrine of Oneness?
Baptist is wrong doctrine bro seek what Christ taught Apostolic
Love you, Bro/Sis. Glad we both have a theologian in common.
What is the Oneness view of the coming of Elijah that is to Restore All things?
@@itzmxlvinOneness Apostolic Pentecost movement is also wrong. It's was started by man
If the Son of God is not God as David Bernard teaches, then Oneness Pentecostals would have approved of stoning Jesus for blasphemy right along with the 1st century Jews.
I love these teaching moments
The Father is Center of Consciousness as is the Son as is the Holy Spirit. One God forever in Love and Fellowship in One Divine Being. Not three gods but ONE God.❤❤
Thanks again for your teachings, Brother Bernard. I love hearing the Word of God being explained. You are one of the best I have ever heard. May God bless you! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
How many people does it take to have a RELATIONSHIP ?
People need to know Jesus is on the right hand,, but once again HE WILL GET UP AND TAKE HIS PLACE ON THE THRONE NO MORE NEED OF SONSHIP, He will be fully God on the THRONE! God is spirit, Jesus was body! all fullness was inside as it will be on the THRONE! NO more sitting on right hand!
Ummm brethren, help me out here... Bernard said to not to take the passage literally, but metaphorically, no? Well... didn’t James and John ask to sit at the right and left of Jesus too in Mark 10:37? Yeah, if you read the Greek, “at the right hand” (lit εκ δεξιων) is the literally in same form in both passages. Obviously, James and John were not asking to be deity or anything like that... but the point is... if James or John would be on the right hand of Jesus, wouldn’t that still make them distinct and not the same person? If so, why wouldn’t Jesus (My Lord) be distinct to whom He is on the right of (The Lord) when the Greek syntax was identical?
I don't see how identical syntax would force the same interpretation in different passages. Context still plays a very important role.
I'd like to know how do you answer the question briefly mentioned by brother Bernard: if Stephen saw 2 bodies/persons, why did he address only Jesus afterwards?
(apologies for my non-native English).
@@heramaha7452 what? Because the Greek language never does that. The context could never alter compositional devices to the extent that you propose. If so, give me one example in the entire New Testament where you have the same grammatical syntax yielding two different meanings. I’ll give you 5 years to find one, I’ll be waiting.
Umm, hmmm this might be a little shock, but Steven only addressing Jesus is not a problem for trinitarian thought, since one could converse with one divine person in the Godhead. Take this back to Acts 2:34 where it says, “The Lord SAID TO my Lord, ‘Sit at My right hand, until I make YOUR enemies a footstool beneath YOUR feet.”
@@heramaha7452 here is another challenge: John 1:18 says that CHRIST “is in the bosom of” THE FATHER. Luke 16:22 also records how LAZARUS “is in the bosom of” ABRAHAM.
“is in the bosom of” in Greek is «εις τον κόλπου». So in one, it’s “Christ εις τον κόλπου the Father” and the other is “Lazarus εις τον κόλπου Abraham.”
Lazarus and Abraham aren’t the same person. You need two people where one lies “in the bosom” of the other. Hence, Christ and the Father are two persons! Two persons, who are at the same time the one being of God. Hence, the Trinity is proven! Unless of course «εις τον κόλπου» is somehow different in both cases even though they are syntactically identical- something that UPCI claims happens all the time.
Is the burning bush (Exodus ch.3), pillar of cloud by day (Exodus 13), pillar of Fire by night (Exodus 13), the man that wrestled with Jacob (Genesis 32), the man that talked with Abraham over looking sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 18) etc.. are all of these persons of God that are separate in heaven and do all of these have there own thrones?
My understanding is there is One God. That is clear and echoed throughout Scripture.
This One God has many ways in which He Manifest Himself or reveals Himself in the natural realm to His Creation through Relationship. We see Him revealed through a burning bush to get Moses’s attention and to have a very important dialogue with him for the instruction of freeing His people from Bondage in Egypt, We see Him revealed as an Angel in Human Form Wrestling with Jacob and changing Jacob’s name to Israel. We see Him reveal Himself in the form of a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of Fire by night to lead the children of Israel through the desert to The Promised Land etc… I can go on. These are from my understanding referred to as Theophanies. Manifestations of God or God revealed to Creation through Relationship naturally in a physical form.
So concerning Christianity. God is referred in what we see scripturally stated as The Godhead. Which I would argue is God in His entirety not just pertaining to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost/Spirit. But also the many Manifestations throughout Scripture. In regards to Christianity concerning The Godhead we reference God as our Father in Relationship/Creation, Son in Redemption, Holy Ghost/Spirit in Action or Active in and through a believer’s life.
When we think of Son we shouldn’t think of a Demi-god like Zeus and Hercules. Someone that pre-existed because that is not scriptural. He (the Son) was begotten (John 1:14, etc.). He had a beginning and that beginning was in the incarnation. So when we think of Son. In reference to Son of God, it references God Manifested in flesh -1 Timothy 3:16. In reference to Son of Man, it refers to The incarnation of God in the flesh birthed of a woman (Mary) who is a descendant of Adam and also King David.
When God was Manifested in The Flesh or The Express image of The Invisible God. He God still existed outside and was controlling all of Creation, Time, Universe, Eternity, At the Beginning and At The End, Filling all Time and Space in between while He was walking the earth fulfilling His Will through His Ministry and still is doing that through us as Spirit filled believers/ Body of Christ. We have His One and only Holy Spirit. There is always reference to God being the Holy One I can’t find Holy Two or Three in there. Scripture interprets Scripture.
Amen, a very clear explanation. To God be all the Glory to the life of Doctor DKB
When Stephen said, " Behold, I see the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God". He was stoned because they knew he was saying that he was seeing Jesus standing where God would stand if He rose from His throne and stood up.
I think you must be one who is stoned, brother! Ba dam tss! I had to, but I’m jk!
Okay, didnt James and John asked to be seated at the left and “at the right hand” of Christ in Mark 10:37? In fact, the Greek syntax is the same for “at the right hand” in both passages of Mark 10:37 and Acts 7:56, where it says ek (at) dexion (right hand). So if we are to take Acts 7:56 metaphorically, how in the world would you interpret Mark 10:37? Again, it’s the same grammatical syntax. Only the literal understanding , not metaphorical, makes sense.
@@anthonycortes3554 I don't see how identical syntax would force the same interpretation in different passages. Context still plays a very important role.
I'd like to know how do you answer the question briefly mentioned by brother Bernard: if Stephen saw 2 bodies/persons, why did he address only Jesus afterwards?
(apologies for my non-native English).
@@anthonycortes3554 In Acts 10:37 Jesus told his apostles that the seats at His right hand and left would be given to those for whom it is prepared.
Acts 7:37 is speaking of the literal right side and left side of Jesus Christ.
Mark 10:37 is speaking figuratively of " the right hand of power "which is always to be understood as where that source of power is and that is the throne of God.
@@robertnieten7259 you see, that’s where I have to disagree with you. Concerning this “right hand” where Jesus sits, you’ll note that it says in Acts 2:34, “The Lord SAID TO my Lord, ‘Sit at My right hand until I make YOUR enemies a footstool beneath YOUR feet.” There’s a dialogue that takes places between Jesus and to the Father who He is at the right of.
This makes perfect sense with John 17:5, where Christ told the Father, “glorify Me with the glory I had WITH You.” The WITH in caps comes from the Greek word “para,” which is literally translated at “besides.” The usage of “para” also debunks Bernard’s views on John 17:5... how the “human-side” of Jesus was merely in communion with the “divine-side” of Him. The humanity of Jesus was never literally “beside” the Father.
So yes, Acts 2:34 states that Jesus sits to the right of One who speak to Him... and we know that’s the state that John 17:5 pointed to... how Jesus would have glory BESIDE the Father.
You have no way out... it’s time concede and reckon that David K Bernard is just flat out wrong in this video! Do you want me to lead you in prayer to accept the trinity now?
@@anthonycortes3554 In Mark 10:37 James and John asked Jesus if one could sit one his right and one on his left in his kingdom. Jesus said that those places will be for those whom they are prepared for ( Mark 20:23)
If, acting on the common mistake of what exactly the Lords' right hand is, his left hand wouldn't have been prepared for anybody because the Father is sitting there.
Also the woman who asked Jesus if one of her sons' could sit on his left and one on his right in his kingdom.(John and James)( Matt.20:21).
Jesus said that those places are prepared for by the Father.
The Father has not prepared for anyone to sit on Jesus left side of He is sitting there .
Amen
Nowhere in the book of Acts did any Apostle preach Jesus is God like oneness does. They preached Jesus as the Son of God like in Acts 9:20.
Acts 4:27 and v30 thy holy child Jesus is how they were praying and God honored it. You oneness know good and well you would not stand up and pray those words because your denomination does agree with scripture. I know. I was in your movement for yrs. Now im One God, not Oneness.
The word "oneness "is not even in the bible. When God spoke from heaven saying this is my beloved son, he did not lie. Jesus did not throw his voice in the air tricking the people making them believe someone else spoke. The disciples did not say, we saw your lips move Jesus, you cant fool us. Jesus is God but he is not his own father like oneness dreams up. Nobody, i repeat Nobody has God figured out, or ever will, period. Jesus was the Son of God then, just as he is in heaven the Son of God.
His own words in Rev 2:18 proves this. Look at John 20:17 here is Jesus after the resurrection saying he has a Father and a God. Wake up oneness dumbness, wake up. I finally did. I tried for years to deny all the scripture that didn't agree with our denomination also, cause that's what is taught.
God has made Him kyrios and christos- Lord and Christ - and kyrios means deity.
@@shaunbutler238kyrios by no means always mean “deity” that would be absurd. Please when you have time look up how many times the word kyrios or adon/adoni are used in reference to men other than either Christ or God in both the OT and NT…
@@leapedrosa4475 that Jesus is the Son of God
@@leapedrosa4475 amen
John : 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Joh 5:17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
Jesus Is Equal with God
Joh 5:18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath,
but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
The Authority of the Son
Joh 5:19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do:
for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
Joh 5:20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.
Joh 5:21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
Joh 5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
Philippians 2: 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Colossians 1:15-20 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and
that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead;
that in all things he might have the preeminence. For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; And, having made peace through the blood of his cross,
by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
The Rider on a White Horse Rev 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True,
and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. Rev 19:12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written,
that no man knew, but he himself. Rev 19:13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
Glory to our Heavenly Father 🙏 amen.
WHO IS THE SON ? How many people does it take to have a relationship ?
The phrase "right hand of God" is a metaphor used in the Bible and in common speech to represent God's power, authority, and sovereignty.
Woa that is the very best explanation i ever heard of this passage.
1Cort 8: 6
One God the Father
One Lord Jesus Christ
God is One and ALONE
Before me there was NO GOD formed, neither shall there be AFTER ME (Isa 43:10)
The Scripture says
Whosoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God (2jn1:9)
Jesus said I am the Son of God
( Not God the Son)
From Gen. To Rev. There is no God the Son
Jesus said the Holy Ghost is comforter
( Not God the Holy Ghost)
From Gen to Rev there is no God the Holy Ghost
Jesus said the Father is the only TRUE GOD Jn17
God was manifest in the flesh (1tim3:16) or God Come in the flesh
His name is== JESUS
The WORD was God Jn1:1
( Not the Son is God)
THE WORD WAS GOD
And the WORD became flesh and dwelt among us ( 14)
His name is==JESUS
Jesus said I and my Father are ONE
John said for many deceivers have gone out into the World who do not confess Jesus Christ come in the flesh this is Deceiver An Antichrist ( 2 Jn1: 7)
Jesus said the first of all the commandment is HEAR O ISRAEL The Lord our God is One Lord ( Mark 12: 29)
Question
Who is One Lord...?
Answer
Paul said Jesus Christ is One Lord (1Cort 8:6)
Thomas said my LORD and my God
I am the Lord and there is none else THERE IS NO GOD BESIDE ME, I girded thee though thou has not known me Isa 45: 5
I am Alpha and Omega the beginning and the end Saith the Lord, which is, which was, and which is to come the ALMIGHTY (Rev 1:8)
Who is he...?
John said for many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ come in the flesh, this is Deceiver An Antichrist (2 Jn1:7)
Brother Bernard - thank you for these informative videos.
I have been captivated recently by the Oneness Pentecostal Theology by Dr. David S. Norris entitled, "I AM."
Can you make a video to share your thoughts on the origin and purpose of the name Yahweh, and how Yahweh can be the name of God forever, as recorded in Exodus 3? Thank you so much.
Additionally, can you talk about the name that Abraham and others used to call upon God, before God spoke this name to Moses?
No, He is at the right hand of POWER. The power is of course a "thing", in other words Jesus is ALONE, the Father is there just in the form of a Spirit, i.e. NOBODY is actually there. Jesus is at the right hand of Power because He hasn't got ANY OWN POWER “ I from myself AM NOT ABLE to do a thing” (John 5:30).
I love being Apostolic ❤️
❤ amazing 1 trinitarian had told me Jesus and the Father r separate but I wanted to prove him worng as a apostolic I wanted an answer and I got it thanks sooo much Dr. David k Barnard. God bless you abundantly ❤
Thank you So much Dr. David Bernard you're really a blessing from the Lord😇 truly annointed one of God.
Are you sure ?
The expression 'the right hand' has been used to infer the position, next to a dignitary of some importance, ie; "He is my right hand man"! John & Andrew asked Jesus if they could sit "one at you RIGHT HAND, and one at your left in your kingdom" ( Matt 20:21) Were they asking, in part to become equal with Jesus? No, but to have a special priveldged position, but still SUBORDINATE to their master! Thus why does the bible say so often that Jesus would end up at 'God's righ' hand', if he was God himself or even equal?
Wow,never saw it that way,that's it! I understand 🙏🙌👑👑👑🙏 glory to God our Lord savior Jesus Christ of Nazereth 🙆🕊️
But still you in error,, if you say his spirit is omnipresent and is yet manifest in Christ Jesus, this verbiage declares at least two. ( omnipresence is trinity doctrine) truth gives the understanding of One.
Of course Stephen didn't see Jesus standing at the literal right hand of God, he saw the glory of God AND he saw Jesus standing at the place of honor. How can you use the example of someone saying, this is my right hand man, which is someone other than the person saying it, by using this to explain Jesus doesn’t work. Is Jesus his own right hand man?
Acts 7:55 also points to Psalm 110:1 "The Lord says to my Lord: Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool." Funny enough Jesus himself quotes this passage in reference to himself in Matthew 26:63-64 "But Jesus remained silent. And the high priest said to him, I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God. Jesus said to him , You have said so. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of power and coming on the clouds of heaven."
Not only does Jesus say hes the person God was talking to in Psalm 110:1 he also includes Daniel 7 and the prophecy of the Ancient of Days and the Son of Man.
Daniel 7:13-14 "I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed."
I don’t understand your point?
@@MaileytheMorkie My point is that his argument doesn’t work. Jesus isn’t his own right hand man. Those passages I shared show a clear distinction between Jesus and the Father. His prayers show a clear distinction between Him and His Father.
@@jmac-z8qabsolutely sir. And that’s the issue everyone with this false notion is trying to shirk. We know better sir. You can’t read and know the Bible like this and not know better. I am highly disappointed in this. We have turned a very simple and straight forward experience upon its head just to try and support our own views…it’s a shame…
In the Daniel 7 statement, the saying one like unto the son of man shows the phrase to be metaphoric. What is meant by this is that Jesus went back to being the one Spirit that God is--in other words, he came into his own.
Stephen's use of the title "Son Of Man" recalls Daniel 7. In Dan 7, there are two separate entities, not one. Hence, the interpretation of Acts 7 as well.
Daniel 7:13 ESV
[13] “I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him.
A complicated way to say you don't believe in the real Son of God nor believe the Bible as it is written!
@Maklive AND 1 MEDIATOR For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
1 Timothy 2:5 KJV
@Maklive The way that they teach oneness is false, they believe that the Father played the role of his own son. I'm not a Trinitarian either but they are smarter than oneness apostolics
If you want to get technical, the Bible states the Holy Spirit overshadowed Mary and she conceived. Isn't the one who causes conception the father of the baby? Isaiah 9:6, the prophecy of Jesus birth, says He would be THE MIGHTY GOD, THE EVERLASTING FATHER. Colossians 2:9 says, In Him (Jesus) dwelleth ALL the fulness of the godhead bodily. t@biblicalmeditation4094
John 8:17-18. Jesus and His Father are TWO Witnesses establishing facts. In the Beginning God said Let US create man in OUR Image. John 14:23. Christ said He and His Fathers Life would come to dwell in us through ANOTHER Advocate His Holy Spirit the ONE Personal God. Evidentially God is a Plural Unity in One God in fellowship of Love, purpose, service and Truth. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.
Never once in this explanation does he mention Daniel 7... 🤔 Study your Bibles, kids. Don't just take a man's word for it.
Sounds like the Kingdom of Christ on Earth in the Millenial Reign when God Himself will rule will His saints.
9“As I looked,
thrones were placed,
and the Ancient of Days took his seat;
his clothing was white as snow,
and the hair of his head like pure wool;
his throne was fiery flames;
its wheels were burning fire.
10A stream of fire issued
and came out from before him;
a thousand thousands served him,
and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him;
the court sat in judgment,
and the books were opened.13“I saw in the night visions,
and behold, with the clouds of heaven
there came one like a son of man,
and he came to the Ancient of Days
and was presented before him.
14And to him was given dominion
and glory and a kingdom,
that all peoples, nations, and languages
should serve him;
his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
which shall not pass away,
and his kingdom one
that shall not be destroyed.
@@shaunbutler238 Think hard about verse 13 and its implications. Also I'd recommend the Bible Project's video on the title "Son of Man," to see how Jesus uses the phrase for himself and what it meant to his audience.
@T D Thank you immensely for taking the time to actually read the passage and respond!
For sure the phrase, "son of man" has various uses throughout the whole Bible. For a long time I insisted that when applied to Christ it was referring to his human nature only. It certainly is not calling Ezekiel a divine figure, but rather demeaning him as merely a human.
However, this video is about the concept of Jesus being "at the right hand of God." There is no "right hand" language in Daniel 7, but in Matthew 26:64, Jesus combines clear references to Daniel 7:13 and Psalm 110:1 to talk about himself. And Stephen in Acts 7:56 combines the title "Son of Man" again with a reference to the right hand language of Psalm 110. These are the references we need to really wrestle with and try to understand and not just dismiss too quickly.
First of all, if you get nothing else out of this conversation, please recognize that absolutely *NO* Trinitarian would *ever* say that the Father and Son are "physically" separate. They would never say they are separate beings, separate gods, or anything dividing God's essence in any way shape or form. When being careful, they won't even say they are "separate persons," although it does bother me how often they slip into that language instead of using the more accurate term, "distinct persons." I understand how difficult it is to understand the difference, but if you misrepresent the other side so grossly, you give them cause to dismiss you as schismatic and uninformed.
Now, regarding the interpretation Daniel received, it certainly does indicate that the people will possess the kingdom in some sense, just as Jesus granted his disciples authority to cast out demons, etc. Jesus came as a man to be the representative for all men, and to redeem humanity so that by the righteousness of Christ, humans may become the imagers of God that they were always intended to be. But in verse 14, it says that the Son of Man "was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, and nations, and languages *should serve him."* The people are going to serve the people? And how can he "give" this kingdom to himself?
What I'm saying is that Jesus *is* mentioned in Daniel 7, starting at verse 13. You can't just look at verse 9 and act like Jesus not being mentioned there means he isn't mentioned at all in the passage. Remember there were no verse or chapter numbers originally. They were added relatively recently in history for convenience when referencing passages.
In verse 13, the Son of man "came *to* the Ancient of Days, and was presented *before* him." These prepositions are what distinguish the persons. Not some physical division between them, but their capability of being *related* to one another. In fact, I still think the term "person" carries too much baggage and has changed meaning in modern English, so I have come to prefer calling the Father, Son, and Spirit distinct "selves" of God. Each can talk about himself, and about the other, and yet they are the same self-existent God.
I do no think Daniel 7 on its own is enough to disprove Oneness theology by any means. I believed it for years after recognizing these challenges. But I don't like that Bro. Bernard is presenting himself as having figured out what "at the right hand" means without even beginning to touch on the Old Testament passages that are being referenced by this phrase.
@T D Did I appeal to the video in my response? No, I just quoted Scripture. I only mentioned the video in an earlier response as a helpful starting point for anyone who prefers video content over text.
I recommend letting Jesus's claims about himself stand as-is and not denying them. He says "You will see the Son of man *coming with the clouds."* That could not be a clearer reference to Daniel 7:13.
Speaking of just believing what's written, did Stephen say he saw "a glory cloud and Jesus coming out of the cloud"? No, he said he saw the Son of Man *seated at the right hand of God.* Bro. Bernard has to come up with a different vision to explain away what he doesn't want to be true.
@T D Funny you would complain about having to read other verses to understand a passage when the Oneness movement was founded on cross referencing Matthew 28:19 with Acts 2:38.
Jesus sees himself as the fulfillment of Daniel's prophecy. It is extremely dangerous to deny what Jesus wants you to know about him.
Yet I bet he can’t answer this verse JOHN,16:13
13 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not
👉🏼speak on His
👉🏼own authority,
👉🏼but whatever
🔥👉🏼He hears👈🏼🔥
👉🏼He will speak;👈🏼
👉🏼and He will tell you
👉🏼things to come.
GOD IS SPIRIT AS HE SAID AND SCRIPTURE SAYS
WHO IS GOD HEARING FROM HE TEACHES US WHAT HE HEARS WHO IS GOD THE SPIRIT HEARING FROM ? I’ll wait
NO ONENESS BELIEVERS CAN ANSWER THIS NOT TO MENTION THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS HIS OWN AUTHORITY
John,16:13
JESUS HAD HIS OWN AUTHORITY
John,12:49
YES, JESUS STANDING AT
GOD'S RIGHT HAND.
JESUS IS THE LORD,
JESUS CHRIST IS GOD.
AMEN, AMEN, AMEN....
Amen
Check this out - in the Mosaic Tabernacle, if you were to draw the outline of it based on the directions described it would be laid out in the form of a CROSS, the candlestick would be placed at the right hand. The candlestick had 66 bowls, knops and flowers, and we know that from John 1:14 Jesus was the WORD (the bible has 66 books) wrapped in flesh...
The Word, the Bible, Jesus, is Truth! He is the Way, and Life. The bowls, knops and flowers are all parts to a plant/tree that grows to fruition. The Tree of Life. Look at how the Mosaic tabernacle was set up with the same directions as Eden.
And if you are really feeling ambitious, check out how all the pieces of old testament tabernacle were associated with the seven days of creation (all things were made by and through Him).
Beautifully explained!!!
God the Father calls His Son God Hebrews 1:8. God doesnot cook up God. The Son has No Beginning or End so has EVER been God with the Father and the Holy Spirit. That is Nonsense to say the Father is the Son is the Spirit. Heresy in the Largest Degree.
How about these Jesus instruction to his Apostles, Matthew 10:26-28,, What i tell you in the darkness, say it in the light, and what you heard whispered, preach it from the rooftop,! Then , Matthew 13:10-11,, Jesus explained all sacred secrets in heaven to his apostles, also in Mark,4:34,,,Now, lets read how they obey Jesus commands as they preach, Romans 8:34, Paul said," Jesus is setting at the rightside of his father,,PLEADING TO HIS FATHER FOR US,,,,1st, Peter 2:4, Peter said, "Jesus the living STONE even rejected by men, God loved and chose him,,, 1st, John, 2:1,John said, "even we sinned, we have a helper Jesus who face his father for us,,,So, think of these,?
Kjv calling upon God then calling God by his name Jesus!!!
Most new bibles are are made for for the trinity which are no good!!
The more I hear the more confused I am...all these opinions....who cares what who ever saw...God said to be holy like He is holy...God said believe in your heart that He raised Christ from the dead, confess that Jesus is Lord, you will be saved.
Believe on Christ and you won't be put to shame....
Love the Lord they God with all your heart.soul, and might, and thy neighbor as they self. If you love me, obey my teachings, said Jesus
You are saying God the Father Duplicates Himself to Son and Spirit at Christs Bsptism and speaks and intercedes to Himself and sits at Own Right Hand on Throne in Heaven.
It ain't no "metaphor", it is literal. The problem is not the language, the problem is the wrong understanding of the Biblical God (Elohim). There is ONE God and His Name is YAHWEH. Jesus is a Man and not God nor "a" God nor a "manifestation" of God. The Bible clearly states that Jesus was CONCEIVED, that he was FORMED in the womb, that he was BORN.
There is no Scripture nor Author or Character in Scripture who speaks of an "incarnation" or a "transformation" of God into a human being. There is no such narrative in Scripture. The Scriptures just plainly tell us about a virgin woman who would CONCEIVE and BEAR a son. Nothing is said about YHWH God "transforming" Himself into a Human Being. Matthew and Luke both wrote about HOW Jesus was BEGOTTEN, i.e., created or came into existence.
Both narratives detail HOW that Mary was told she would CONCEIVE. She asked, "How is this possible since I KNOW no Man." Mary understood her biology 101 which is that a male "seed" was required for FERTILIZATION of her own "ovum". The Angel told her that God Himself would PROVIDE the male "seed" through His own power. He did not tell her that God Himself would ENTER her womb by TRANSFORMING Himself into a "human embryo".
How do human beings come into existence? By the union of a male "seed" with a female "ovum". Did God BECOME either or both or an "embryo"? Answer: Neither. The Scriptures declare God BEGOT a human Son, Jesus of Nazareth. God Himself PROVIDED Mary with a holy untainted human male "seed" inside her womb, which NATURALLY COMBINED with Mary's own "ovum" to CREATE, CONCEIVE, a fully human "embryo" which grew and was born 9 months later. THAT is what the RECORD SHOWS. The miracle was HOW God created one microscopic male "seed" inside Mary's womb. God is the Father because He PROVIDED the "seed" which FERTILIZED Mary's "ovum". Biology 101
Therefore, Jesus is Literally Someone else other than the Father who ONLY is God. Jesus is an immortal human being after Resurrection from the dead by God the Father. He ascended to the Father in Heaven and was/is literally "standing" or "sitting" next to the Father who is the ONE sitting on ONE Throne.
The Man Jesus will return to establish the Kingdom on Earth when God the Father makes that decision, just as Jesus told his Apostles. The Lord Jesus is the Messiah, YHWH God the Father's Anointed One whom He has designated as Lord of lords and King of kings. All this is simple literal Biblical Scripture which is EASY to understand. Oneness is Confusing and Contradictory requiring "theologians" to EXPLAIN the "theory". Scriptures clearly depict the Lord Jesus as someone OTHER THAN God by the simple literal language used. Figures of Speech never depict anyone as "God". Only the Father is depicted as the God whom the Man Jesus answers to.
Hargis, yes Jesus the LordGod is at God the Fathers Right Hand and Spirit of God around Throne. God is Three in ONE. Learn to understand scripture❤🙏
CHRIST in me JESUS is my Father.
Before the beginning JESUS after the end JESUS.
You all are listening to words not looking at JESUS the Thinker of the thought of thoughts logos.
In old King movies right hand mean the power of a king,
So Jesus is king of kings
Of course after death,
While on earth he had the spirit of God
Isa.11:2
There is no such a thing as a Trinity God. The Father is an indwelling Spirit, not a person. The only person in the Godhead is Jesus Christ. The father came into the world in the body of Christ Jesus. 2Co 5:19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. The Lord wants us to understand that there is only one person in the Godhead and that is Jesus Christ. Paul says this in Col 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. Col 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. Col 2:10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: Peter says this in Act 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Act 2:39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. Act 2:40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation. Act 2:41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
My story is this, after I was baptized and when I went to church, I knelt down to pray, and Jesus Christ spoke to me and said, “get up and have these two men to pray for you, I am going to give you the Holy Ghost.” I got them together, and asked them to pray for me and when they did, I began to speak in a heavenly language, as the Holy Ghost gave me the utterance. I didn't understand what the Holy Ghost was saying, yet it was coming out of my mouth. I knew then that I had received the Holy Ghost, in the same manner that they did in the book of Acts. If we look closely at the word of God, then we discover that this phenomena, of speaking in a supernatural language, is evidence that God has given us the Holy Ghost. It is a witness to us and to those that are around us, as it was long ago in the book of the Acts of the Apostles. When we receive the Holy Ghost it will lead and guide us into all the truth.
No Eddie, When Jesus calls Father His God He is confirming that the Father is God which is true. He is also calling out as a BondServant Messiah Role here on earth. In Heaven the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit as One God in Unity can certainly reciprocate among Godhead of who they are to ONE Another. The Lord shows service and love within Shared ONE Godhead.
Pentecostals and apostolics will literally make a mountain out of a mole hill to try and convince, persuade, and explain to people this whole Godhead thing. All you have to do is read the Bible and see for yourself that Jesus was praying to God multiple times, and fasted and prayed for 40 days. Not only was he praying to God, but he also referred to God on multiple occasions. The only time where it is alluded to God being Jesus “robed” in the flesh is by apostles. And when Jesus said, if you seen me, you’ve seen the father. Also, it’s the same type of metaphor than standing at the right hand of God. They’re both metaphors. And even at the End, Jesus said Father, Forgive them. Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.
I don’t believe in the trinity, but Jesus didn’t creat this world in 6 days. Jesus is our Savior and no man can see God except through Jesus. And Jesus was given all power under heaven and earth by God. All of humanity now belongs to Jesus and must be covered by his blood and baptism and receive the same Holy Ghost that John the Baptist had at birth as well as his dad Zachariah.
John 17:1-3, Jesus Christ himself said that the Father is the only true God. Psalms 82:6-7, said that the sons of God are liable to die. Therefore God raised Jesus Christ up to be God's high priest that is why, Jesus is at right side of God who is a Spirit (John 4:24). Acts 7:55 said that the glorious God and Jesus standing at His right side. This verse used the word AND signify that there were 2 there, not one but 2, one is the glorious God and the second one is Jesus. Hebrews 8:1 said that we have a high priest who sits at the right side of God's great throne in heaven. That high priest is the Jesus Christ not as God but high priest.
Father Source of His Own Life in the One Godhead revealed as Father, Word (Son) and Spirit, so Father is rightly Creator God as is Son rightly Creator God as is Holy Spirit the One Essense God the Creator and Lord.❤❤
Just curious, why do you call yourself the "UPC". The church is the bride of Christ is it not? So, why would it have the name UPC? perhaps David could tell you.
A lot of this applies to arguments against transubstantiation: are you eating Jesus as lamb kabobs or cannabalistic meats? Jesus isn't literally the rock of meribah, cornerstone, etcetera either.
22 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
Is the Lamb and God sharing the internal throne ? Explain to me
Saying that Jesus sitting at the right hand is metaphorical, doesn't make it any clearer. If we wanted to say that God was in a position of honour, would we say 'God is sitting at God's right hand'? Not really. We would just say 'God sits in heaven'.
The New Testament portrays Jesus as a separate being to his father, and not part of a Triune God either. He is the man Christ Jesus whom God made immortal and exalted to the position of honour at his right hand.
Love this man and his zeal for the Lord! Not one person has seen God except The Son of Man! The Son sent the Holy Ghost! These are all examples of the Living God who could never be explained period! Live your life like the Son and receive the blessing of eternal Life!
Brother don't misled Christians. Jesus told the next man on the cross tomorrow you will be with me in heaven. Jesus told him a lie. Jesus went to hell 1Peter3 18- 20. You don't afraid of God. Or your Bible telling lies.
Has He told you ? Do you talk to Enoch or Elijah ? After the rapture and you see them and talk to each ? You have missed the rapture .Amen . God has been seen as a burrning bush . How he looks may look like His So does now. . Some reason HE would harm us to see the real person . And look up on him . When Jesus was baptsed by his cousin JOHN in the river Jordan and a DOVE flew down and lit on his Son . Sayingthis is my SON , whom i am well pleased. Who is with sin . And God said be is the only one with SIN. Marry his mother must have sinned . And can't forgive sin , Jesus takes our sin to his Father and ask him to forgive this sin . He is the only way to be forgiven for sin . And is the Lamb of God. No one else can or died and shed his holly blood. God said his son is the only way . No preacher , Pope , or Priest can
Think . This is Jovah words .