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We have done our best to provide answers below on questions that have been emailed to us. | We have done our best to provide answers below on questions that have been emailed to us. Please feel free to email us if you have further questions. | ||
=Is there such a thing as eternal sonship?= | =Is there such a thing as eternal sonship?= | ||
Please see our article on [[Eternal Sonship]]. | Please see our article on [[Eternal Sonship]]. | ||
=Did God leave Jesus Christ on the cross?= | |||
William Branham stated: | |||
:''Now notice this quickening Power, Zoe, bringing the Word, the mind that was in Christ was in you then. I'm trying to show you, that, you, when you raised. When God raised Jesus from the dead, He raised up you, also. And also quickened to Life, with Him, you are now quickened to Life, although then you were but an attribute in His thoughts, but God had saw all in Him, at the finish, see. When God looked down upon the body... | |||
:'''''The Spirit left Him, in the garden of Gethsemane. He had to die, a man.''' Remember, friends, He didn't have to do that. That was God. God anointed that flesh, which was human flesh. And He didn't... '''If He'd have went up there, as God, He'd have never died that kind of death; can't kill God. But He didn't have to do it'''. | |||
:''But, remember, He went there with you in Him. See, God had never separated the Bride from the Groom, yet. So when God looked down upon the body of Christ, He saw both male and female. It was all redeemed in that one body. See? They are one, same, same Word. The same Word, spoke of the Groom, speaks of the Bride.<ref>IT IS THE RISING OF THE SUN JEFFERSONVILLE.IN 65-0418M </ref> | |||
:''He died more death in Gethsemane than He did on the cross." <ref>57-0418 THE.COMMUNION</ref> | |||
However, it states in Romans 5:6 and 8, Romans 8:34, Romans 14:9 and 15, 1 Corinthians 8:11, 1 Corinthians 15:3 and 2 Corinthians 5:14 that CHRIST (the anointed one) died. He died as he had lived - as the Christ. | |||
William Branham's understanding of this issue was clearly non-scriptural. Read more about this in our study on [[John 18:6]]. | |||
=What is the meaning of "begotten"?= | =What is the meaning of "begotten"?= | ||
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The word "begotten" used in these passages is the Greek word "μονογενής" (monogenés) which means ''pertaining to what is unique in the sense of being the only one of the same kind or class.'' For example, in Hebrews 11:17 it states "''he who had received the promises presented his only son''" or "''… was ready to offer his only son"''. Abraham, of course, did have another son, Ishmael, and later sons by Keturah, but Isaac was a unique son in that he was a son born as the result of certain promises made by God. Accordingly, he could be called a μονογενής son, since he was the only one of his kind.<ref>Johannes P. Louw and Eugene Albert Nida, vol. 1, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: Based on Semantic Domains, electronic ed. of the 2nd edition., 590 (New York: United Bible Societies, 1996).</ref> | The word "begotten" used in these passages is the Greek word "μονογενής" (monogenés) which means ''pertaining to what is unique in the sense of being the only one of the same kind or class.'' For example, in Hebrews 11:17 it states "''he who had received the promises presented his only son''" or "''… was ready to offer his only son"''. Abraham, of course, did have another son, Ishmael, and later sons by Keturah, but Isaac was a unique son in that he was a son born as the result of certain promises made by God. Accordingly, he could be called a μονογενής son, since he was the only one of his kind.<ref>Johannes P. Louw and Eugene Albert Nida, vol. 1, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: Based on Semantic Domains, electronic ed. of the 2nd edition., 590 (New York: United Bible Societies, 1996).</ref> | ||
This is a clear example of the current inadequacy of some passages in the KJV. The above passages are translated completely differently in more modern translations: | This is a clear example of the current inadequacy of some passages in the KJV. The above passages are translated completely differently in more modern translations. In fact, in virtually all of the newer translations, the term "begotten" is rarely, if ever used in these passages: | ||
John 1:14 | |||
:''...we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Jn 1:14.</ref> | |||
:''We saw his glory—the glory of the one and only, full of grace and truth, who came from the Father.<ref>Biblical Studies Press, The NET Bible First Edition; Bible. English. NET Bible.; The NET Bible, Jn 1:14 (Biblical Studies Press, 2006). </ref><br> | :''We saw his glory—the glory of the one and only, full of grace and truth, who came from the Father.<ref>Biblical Studies Press, The NET Bible First Edition; Bible. English. NET Bible.; The NET Bible, Jn 1:14 (Biblical Studies Press, 2006). </ref><br> | ||
John 1:18 | |||
:''No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Jn 1:18.</ref> | |||
:''No one has ever seen God. The unique God, who is close to the Father’s side, has revealed him.<ref>International Standard Version, Jn 1:18 (Yorba Linda, CA: ISV Foundation, 2011). </ref><br> | :''No one has ever seen God. The unique God, who is close to the Father’s side, has revealed him.<ref>International Standard Version, Jn 1:18 (Yorba Linda, CA: ISV Foundation, 2011). </ref><br> | ||
:'' | John 3:16 | ||
:''For God so loved the world, that he gave his '''only Son''', that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Jn 3:16.</ref> | |||
:'' | :''For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his '''one and only Son''', so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.<ref>Biblical Studies Press, The NET Bible First Edition; Bible. English. NET Bible.; The NET Bible (Biblical Studies Press, 2006), Jn 3:16.</ref> | ||
::''has | John 3:18 | ||
:''...but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Jn 3:18.</ref> | |||
:''...but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s unique Son.<ref>International Standard Version, Jn 3:18 (Yorba Linda, CA: ISV Foundation, 2011).</ref> | :''...but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s unique Son.<ref>International Standard Version, Jn 3:18 (Yorba Linda, CA: ISV Foundation, 2011).</ref> | ||
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'''Question''': Do the words, Everlasting and Eternal have the same meaning? | '''Question''': Do the words, Everlasting and Eternal have the same meaning? | ||
'''Answer:''': There are two words which are translated as "everlasting" - ἀΐδιος (aidios)and αἰώνιος (aionios). "Eternal" is also a translation | '''Answer:''': There are two words which are translated as "everlasting" - ἀΐδιος (aidios)and αἰώνιος (aionios). "Eternal" is also a translation of these two words, as well as αἰών (aion). | ||
William Branham taught that there was a difference between "everlasting" and "eternal": | William Branham taught that there was a difference between "everlasting" and "eternal": | ||
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This is amazing. Many biblical scholars are sure that when John was writing that, he was thinking about … In the book of Proverbs, there is this very artistic and poetic place where it talks about God creating the world, and by his side was the divine wisdom. In Proverbs 8, wisdom speaks like this. It’s almost for sure that John was thinking about this when he penned these words. | This is amazing. Many biblical scholars are sure that when John was writing that, he was thinking about … In the book of Proverbs, there is this very artistic and poetic place where it talks about God creating the world, and by his side was the divine wisdom. In Proverbs 8, wisdom speaks like this. It’s almost for sure that John was thinking about this when he penned these words. | ||
Wisdom says... ''“when he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth, then I was beside him, like a master workman, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always...<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version, Pr 8:29–30 (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001)<ref> | Wisdom says... ''“when he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth, then I was beside him, like a master workman, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always...<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version, Pr 8:29–30 (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001)</ref> | ||
See? “… the Word was with God …” And. “Through him all things were made.” | See? “… the Word was with God …” And. “Through him all things were made.” | ||
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Augustine says not only do you have an imperfect God, but you have a God who created to meet a love need. He created in order to have love. Augustine says that’s not true of the God of the Bible. Love and relationship are eternally inherent in him. He has always had love and relationship beginninglessly. Therefore, when he created the world and he created other persons and angels and human beings, he created not to get love, he created to give love. He created not to use us to meet his needs, he created just to let us take in the richness and the spillover of the love he had within himself, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. <ref>Timothy J. Keller, The Timothy Keller Sermon Archive (New York City: Redeemer Presbyterian Church, 2013).</ref> | Augustine says not only do you have an imperfect God, but you have a God who created to meet a love need. He created in order to have love. Augustine says that’s not true of the God of the Bible. Love and relationship are eternally inherent in him. He has always had love and relationship beginninglessly. Therefore, when he created the world and he created other persons and angels and human beings, he created not to get love, he created to give love. He created not to use us to meet his needs, he created just to let us take in the richness and the spillover of the love he had within himself, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. <ref>Timothy J. Keller, The Timothy Keller Sermon Archive (New York City: Redeemer Presbyterian Church, 2013).</ref> | ||
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