Originally posted by josephw
[b]"Get a life Joseph and free yourself from pagan dogma. Still waiting to hear your thoughts on that other lie that was posted, namely Christ being termed Immanuel means that Christ is God. Just one big fat lie after another, you people are shameless."
READ AND QUOTE THE VERSES. LET THE WORD OF GOD SPEAK FOR ITSELF.
Matt. 1:23
Behold, a virgi ...[text shortened]... AL.
EMMANUEL MEANS GOD WITH US.
Explain why this is wrong. Go ahead. Please!!!!![/b]
i have already done so and guess what, is says something entirely different from what you are saying, i wonder why?
Matt. 1:23, Revised standard version: “‘Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel’ (which means, God with us [“God is with us,” NE]).”
In announcing Jesus’ coming birth, did Jehovah’s angel say that the child would be God himself? No, the announcement was: “He will be great, and will be called the
Son of the Most High.” (Luke 1:32, 35, RS)
And
Jesus himself never claimed to be God but, rather, “the Son of God.” (John 10:36, RS) Jesus was sent into the world by God; so by means of this only-begotten Son, God was with mankind.—John 3:17; 17:8.
It was not unusual for Hebrew names to include within them the word for God or even an abbreviated form of God’s personal name. For example,
Eliathah means “God Has Come”; Jehu means “Jehovah Is He”; Elijah means “My God Is Jehovah.” But none of these names implied that the possessor was himself God.
Are we to seriously assume that everyone who is termed Emmanuel is God incarnate, nope, piece of trinitarian dogma. are we to assume that since other Bible characters have 'God', in the meaning of their name that they are also God incarnate? No then why are the trinitarians trying to convince us in the case of Christ? Are we to assume that the Bible is wrong when the angel announced that Christ is not God , but the son? why are the trinitarians trying to get us to accept something that the Bible does not say? Must we ignore that Christ himself never claims to be God? why are the trinitarians trying to get us to accept something that not even Christ himself claimed?
who can tell?