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Originally Posted by mfblume
Read the whole chapter.
Rev 1:8 KJV I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. The Alpha and Omega said He is the Almighty.
Later, John reports a voice he heard from behind him during his time on the Lord's day at Patmos. The voice is from the Son of man who is in the midst of candlesticks. They Son of man calls Himself the Alpha and Omega.
Rev 1:10-13 KJV I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, (11) 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. (12) And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw] seven golden candlesticks; (13) And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. He continued to speak to John. It was Jesus.
You fail to ascertain that the only way in which Jesus could claim to be the Almighty and at the same time the Messenger of the Almighty is for God to manifest in flesh as that Son of man. |
I did read the whole chapter. Did you?
Literal translation:
He did signify [it], having sent through his messenger to his servant John
So yes, this was God's message, and yes, Jesus was His messenger. Now you are taking the message itself, after this was clearly stated at the beginning of the book, and twisting it into making Jesus into something that He himself said he was not?
Pick another reference. This one doesn't match your position. I must say you must be having a bad day. You folks are usually a lot better at cherry-picking than this.