@NJBeisner It’s hard, but come outside your denominational bubble and indoctrination to see what Dolly is saying. There is a beautiful God the bible explains, but He is isn’t contained by it. He is much bigger than scripture. Jesus (God) is in every person, everywhere. John 17.
@ItsAGambleThing@Protestia Why can’t believers ponder on beautiful mysteries of scripture without calling every idea that might be a little different heresy?
@ItsAGambleThing@Protestia Jesus was always Jesus. Jesus is God. The alpha and omega. The beginning and the end. Having a sense of wonder about ancient writing that you and I cannot fully explain is not always heresy. God is in the bible, but the bible does not fully contain God.
@ItsAGambleThing@Protestia The Hebrew word for light in “let there be light is different than the light used for the sun and moon. One of the meanings is “light of Jehovah”.
@ItsAGambleThing@Protestia Understanding this, Revelations tells us that Jesus is the light of the New Jerusalem, with no need for the Sun or moon. This speaks directly back to the beginning where God declares the first light, which was also not the sun or the moon. John calls Jesus that light.
@ItsAGambleThing@Protestia Never said Jesus didn’t always “exist”. Why is it heresy to meditate on the idea that Jesus was the first light of the earth? Scripture tells us He is the last light.
@Protestia Actually John called Jesus the “Light” in the beginning on John 1. John said Jesus was the light in the “beginning”. Perhaps God spoke a part of Himself into a new being, Jesus, both God and Son of God, in the “beginning”. Why can’t a believer meditate on this possibility?
@RepSaraJacobs Hegseth isn’t a doctor. How could he answer? I don’t agree with all Hegseth does, but these stupid questions designed to trap people and say “gotcha” are moronic and waste everyone’s time.
@LowStudies@seanfeucht It can go even farther back to Edward Irving! Go down that rabbit hole. “Five-Fold, self proclaimed apostles, “spiritual authority” over believers…..much more.