Post by ResLight on May 24, 2013 12:44:12 GMT -5
THE LORD GOD
I will now consider the expression “the Lord God” in Revelation 1:8.
My reasoning is that “The Lord” replaces "Jehovah" as in "Jehovah God" in the Old Testament.
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Revelation 1:8
egw eimi to alpha kai to w legei kurios ho
I AM THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA, IS SAYING LORD, THE
1473 1510 3588 0255_5 2532 3588 5598 3004 2962 3588
theos ho wn kai ho een kai ho erchomenos
GOD, THE (ONE) BEING AND THE (ONE) WAS AND THE (ONE) COMING,
2316 3588 1511_1 2532 3588 1511_3 2532 3588 2064
1511_2
ho pantokratwr
THE ALMIGHTY.
3588 3841
Revelation 1:8, Westcott & Hort Interlinear, as found on the Bible Students DVD.
(Please note that the punctuation given is added: such does not actually appear in the ancient Koine Greek)
"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." -- New American Standard.
"The Lord" in the expression "Lord God" is an evident replacement for the Holy Name. In the Old Testament, the expression "Lord God" can only be found once, that is, at Daniel 9:3.
www.biblestudytools.com/search/?q=%22Lord+God%22&c=ot&t=asv&ps=10&s=Bibles
The expression used in Daniel 9:3, as transliterated from the Masoretic text, is often given as 'Adonay 'Elohiym. Christian David Ginsburg, however, provides evidence that the Jewish Sopherim changed the Holy Name in this verse to a form of ADONI, 'my lord'. Thus, it should be apparent that the Holy Name was replaced by a form of ADON in Daniel 9:3, and consequently that it was originally what is often rendered into English as "Jehovah God" or "Yahweh God". The Masoretes, added the vowel point to make the form ADONAI.
See my study on:
Adonay, The Tetragrammaton, and the Great Isaiah Scroll
www.rlbible.com/jesus/?p=27
Nevertheless, there is no scripture in the extant NT manuscripts, nor in the Septuagint, where a form of this expession "Kurios Ho Theos" – The Lord God – is ever once applied to Jesus. It should be evident that, in Revelation 1:8, someone has replaced the expression "Jehovah God" as found in the Old Testament with "Kurios Ho Theos" "the Lord God". Further evidence that this is so is found in the Septuagint which uses "kurios ho theos" when it replaces the Hebrew for "Jehovah God"; thus, the most logical conclusion is that the expression in Revelation 1:8 applies to the God and Father of Jesus, not to Jesus.
"Jehovah God"
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We should also notice that Brother Russell applies forms of the same expression, THE LORD GOD [KURIOS HO THEOS], as it appears in Revelation 4:8, 11:17; 15:3; 21:22, not to Jesus, but to Jehovah, the Heavenly Father.
I could not find any definite statement by Russell concerning “the Lord God” as it appears in Revelation 16:7; 18:8. Nevertheless, it is Jehovah God Himself who comes to judge the world by means of the one whom he has ordained. – Psalm 96:13; 98:9; Luke 1:32,35; John 5:22,23; Acts 10:42; 17:31; Romans 2:16; 1 Corinthians 4:5.
Part 1 * Part 2 * Part 3 * Part 4 * Part 5 * Part 6
Patrick Navas, in his book, The Divine Truth or Human Tradition?, presents an overall picture of why the trinity doctrine is not "divine truth".
Many Bible Students like use Hislop's book, The Two Babylons, for historical background. CLICK HERE for a listing of various editions available of Hislop's book.
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I will now consider the expression “the Lord God” in Revelation 1:8.
My reasoning is that “The Lord” replaces "Jehovah" as in "Jehovah God" in the Old Testament.
www.biblestudytools.com/search/?q=%22Jehovah+God%22&c=&t=asv&ps=10&s=Bibles
Revelation 1:8
egw eimi to alpha kai to w legei kurios ho
I AM THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA, IS SAYING LORD, THE
1473 1510 3588 0255_5 2532 3588 5598 3004 2962 3588
theos ho wn kai ho een kai ho erchomenos
GOD, THE (ONE) BEING AND THE (ONE) WAS AND THE (ONE) COMING,
2316 3588 1511_1 2532 3588 1511_3 2532 3588 2064
1511_2
ho pantokratwr
THE ALMIGHTY.
3588 3841
Revelation 1:8, Westcott & Hort Interlinear, as found on the Bible Students DVD.
(Please note that the punctuation given is added: such does not actually appear in the ancient Koine Greek)
"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." -- New American Standard.
"The Lord" in the expression "Lord God" is an evident replacement for the Holy Name. In the Old Testament, the expression "Lord God" can only be found once, that is, at Daniel 9:3.
www.biblestudytools.com/search/?q=%22Lord+God%22&c=ot&t=asv&ps=10&s=Bibles
The expression used in Daniel 9:3, as transliterated from the Masoretic text, is often given as 'Adonay 'Elohiym. Christian David Ginsburg, however, provides evidence that the Jewish Sopherim changed the Holy Name in this verse to a form of ADONI, 'my lord'. Thus, it should be apparent that the Holy Name was replaced by a form of ADON in Daniel 9:3, and consequently that it was originally what is often rendered into English as "Jehovah God" or "Yahweh God". The Masoretes, added the vowel point to make the form ADONAI.
See my study on:
Adonay, The Tetragrammaton, and the Great Isaiah Scroll
www.rlbible.com/jesus/?p=27
Nevertheless, there is no scripture in the extant NT manuscripts, nor in the Septuagint, where a form of this expession "Kurios Ho Theos" – The Lord God – is ever once applied to Jesus. It should be evident that, in Revelation 1:8, someone has replaced the expression "Jehovah God" as found in the Old Testament with "Kurios Ho Theos" "the Lord God". Further evidence that this is so is found in the Septuagint which uses "kurios ho theos" when it replaces the Hebrew for "Jehovah God"; thus, the most logical conclusion is that the expression in Revelation 1:8 applies to the God and Father of Jesus, not to Jesus.
"Jehovah God"
www.biblestudytools.com/search/?q=Jehovah+God&c=&t=asv&ps=100&s=Bibles
We should also notice that Brother Russell applies forms of the same expression, THE LORD GOD [KURIOS HO THEOS], as it appears in Revelation 4:8, 11:17; 15:3; 21:22, not to Jesus, but to Jehovah, the Heavenly Father.
I could not find any definite statement by Russell concerning “the Lord God” as it appears in Revelation 16:7; 18:8. Nevertheless, it is Jehovah God Himself who comes to judge the world by means of the one whom he has ordained. – Psalm 96:13; 98:9; Luke 1:32,35; John 5:22,23; Acts 10:42; 17:31; Romans 2:16; 1 Corinthians 4:5.
Part 1 * Part 2 * Part 3 * Part 4 * Part 5 * Part 6
Patrick Navas, in his book, The Divine Truth or Human Tradition?, presents an overall picture of why the trinity doctrine is not "divine truth".
Many Bible Students like use Hislop's book, The Two Babylons, for historical background. CLICK HERE for a listing of various editions available of Hislop's book.
Click Here for Bibles, Books and Other Items