Often, believers feel superior to other believers when they receive godly wisdom and display amazing tenacity against sin. When we begin to think of ourselves more highly and with unparalleled importance, we are forgetting the fact that anything good in us is the result of Christ living in us and that the old self is now dead (Galatians 2:20). The following is Proverbs’ list of seven things God hates:Īrrogant (haughty) eyes: This describes a feeling of pride and looking down upon others (Philippians 2:3, 5–11). Avoiding the seven things God hates will help us expose our hidden intentions and motives. Sin is committed the moment it is conceived in the heart, even before it is actually committed. The same is true at Revelation 1:4, "Grace and peace from "HIM" who is and who was and who is to come and from the seven Spirits who are before "HIS" throne " Revelation 4:8-10 identifies the Lord God, the Almighty is on the throne.This is in line with our Lord Jesus Christ’s elaboration of the Ten Commandments during His Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:21–48). Genesis 1:27, "And God created man in "His" own image, in the image of God "He" created him male and female He created them." In this verse the "His" and the "He" refers to God, and only God, not some specific person. It then says, "Let US make man in OUR image." Whatever argument that can be made regarding who the "Us" and the "Our" is really beside the point, why? Verse 26, "The God said," notice it does not refer to any particular person. I think the following example of what I mean can be explained from Genesis 1:26-27. As I stated the "HIM" is the eternal God who is God Almighty. The word "Father" nowhere appears in Revelation 1:8.Īt verse 4 it specifically says, "Grace to you and peace, from HIM who is and who was and is to come." verse 5, and from Jesus Christ etc. Please note in this statement that, only the Father" of the Lord Jesus Christ is spoken of in Revelation 1:8.
While Jesus Christ is referred to in the previous verse as “coming with the clouds,” the words of Revelation 1:8 and the surrounding verses show that he could not be “the Alpha and the Omega.” In the Scriptures, only the Father of the Lord Jesus Christ is spoken of as “the Lord God” and as the “Almighty.” I'm going to add some new information from the jw.org site by quoting the following: The Apostle John closes out the book of Revelation at verses 20, "He who testifies to these things says, "Yes, I am coming quickly." Amen, COME LORD JESUS. Revelation 22:12-13 also confirms that Jesus Christ is both the Alpha and Omega and the first and the last, the beginning and the end." Since we know the various text identify Jesus Christ as coming in the clouds, and every eye will see Him (vs8) He must be "God Almighty" and not just a "mighty" god as the Jehovah Witnesses teach. And He laid His right hand upon me, saying, "Do not be afraid, I am the first and the last, vs18, and the living One, and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and Hades." Verse 17, "And when I saw Him, (saw who?) I fell at His feet as a dead man. Revelation 1:8, "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." You cannot assume it's the Father because the Father does not qualify as coming in the clouds and because you cannot see the person of God the Father. Remember, at verse 4, I stated the "Him" is the eternal God.
Verse 7, "Behold, He is coming, with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. He not only released us from our sins by His blood, (vs5) but He also (as a man) presented us to His God and His Father. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood." From this verse it is obviously Jesus Christ.Īt verse 6 where He/Jesus Christ has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father was one of the reasons Jesus incarnated as a man. Verse 5, "and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
We read at Revelation 1:4, "John to the seven churches that are in Asia Grace to you and peace, FROM HIM who is and who was and who is to come and from the seven Spirits who are before HIS throne," So who is the "HIM" and who is the "HIS" in this verse? The eternal God.
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