(May 24, 2012 at 8:55 am)Alter2Ego Wrote: Jehovah and Jesus Christ are two separate and distinct individuals according to the scriptures… the Bible says Jesus Christ was created by Jehovah.…(Colossians 1:15)…Being that thepre-human Jesus Christ was [/color]created by Jehovah, it's therefore impossible for Jesus to also be combined into a trinity "Godhead" with Almighty God who existed before him.Solid interpretation comes from treating the Word as a whole. Isolating a single verse, like (Col 1:15) and using it to justify a whole doctrine is bad practice. Like you, my interpretations often fall outside of orthodoxy, but I am able to defend them with extensive biblical support. Compare your one reference to my 25 references from multiple books and dispensations, from Torah, through the Prophets, to Revelations. Not to mention numerous others that point to a Holy Trinity.
But since you have chosen to this one verse, (Col 1:15) one which to hang your doctrine, let’s take a closer look at it and the verses 16 to 19 that follow:
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven. (Col 1:15-19)
Now look at the parallel text from John. Both passages clearly refer to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ who is our God.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being…And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:1-3, 14)
