Did God GIVE His ONLY Son called God the Son to be crucified of the cross for the sins of the world.
Did the ONLY BEGOTTEN Son pre-exist as the ONLY BEGOTTEN Son?
In other words, was the Son of God begotten in the ETERNITY PAST?
B-6 Ch8 What Does John 3:16 TRULY Mean?
WHEN was the Son of God BEGOTTEN?
Chapter 8.
What Son was GIVEN to Die on the Cross?
Chapter 8.
What Son was GIVEN to Die on the Cross?
Who died on the cross for the sins of the world? In other words, did Almighty God the Son die on the cross, or did the Son of MAN die on the cross? There are no less than five choices that Christians teach as to WHO die on the cross for the sins of the world.
Obviously, all Christians agree that it was Jesus who died on the cross, but they DISAGREE as to WHO Jesus truly is during the days of his flesh.
Let me explain what I mean by listing the five main teachings among Christians concerning the meaning of the phrase “God GAVE His ONLY BEGOTTEN Son” found in John 3:16.
And then, I will throw you a curve ball so to speak by showing you what I myself believe that John 3:16 TRULY means in the LIGHT of the whole word of Almighty God.
I will list the five different views that different groups of Christians have concerning who Jesus is to them. And I will list them in no particular order.
But first, let us read this controversial verse of Scripture from the King James Version in its context.
John 3:16-21.
“For God so loved the world, that He GAVE His ONLY BEGOTTEN Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:17. For God SENT not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
John 3:18. He that believes on him is not condemned: but he that believes NOT is condemned already, because he has NOT believed in the NAME of the ONLY BEGOTTEN Son of God.
John 3:19. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. (The word “EVIL” in the Bible simple means not BELIEVING God to obey God to do things God’s WAY. For you see, God told the children of Israel to go and possess the land, but the disobeyed what God said to do. Instead of doing what God said, they sent 12 spies to see if it was POSSIBLE to possess the land. Ten spies came back with an EVIL report saying that it is impossible to do what God said to do. And the TWO spies who BELIEVED God over fearing the EVIDENCE of what the SAW said, Yahweh is WITH us, and we can, and we will take the land. So then, to NOT believe in the NAME of Jesus is and EVIL deed in the eyes of Almighty God)
John 3:20. For every one that does evil hates the light, neither comes to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. (The light is the teachings of Jesus that Almighty God Himself put in the mouth of His Prophet, Jesus, for the Son of MAN, Jesus to teach the people. And every one that does NOT believe and obey the words of Jesus does EVIL in the sight of Almighty God. The light was prophesied to come in Genesis 1:3,4, when God said, Let there be light and God saw the Aleph Tav Messiah Jesus light that it was good. The Aleph Tav, the first and the last letters of the Hebrew alphabet, are not translated. The light coming into the world of filled with darkness and evil is a hidden prophecy of the Messiah Jesus)
John 3:21. But he that does truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.”
#1. The Trinitarian interpretation of John 3:16.
Trinitarian Christians “interpret” John 3:16,17 as God sending down God the Son who had NO BEGINNING to become flesh. And they believe that the ONLY BEGOTTEN God the Son died on the cross for the sins of the world.
And some argue that if you do not believe that God HIMSELF died on the cross for your sins, then you will remain dead in your sins. In other words, to most Trinitarian Christians, the Son of God always existed as God the Son having NO BEGINNING. And, to them, God the Son always pre-existed in the eternity past as the second person of Almighty God, a Trinity Godhead made up of three separate persons.
#1. WHY the Trinitarian interpretation of John 3:16 is in ERROR!
The word “begotten” means that the Son of God has a BEGINNING, a time when he came into existence to become the ONLY BEGOTTEN Son of God.
The Greek word translated as “GAVE” also means “BROUGHT FORTH”. But as you will see later, this Greek word also means RECEIVE. In other words, God so loved the world that He RECEIVED the ONLY BEGOTTEN Son from the DEAD up into heaven to be seated at the right hand of the Father to be MADE the Lord over the earth during the world to come.
I told you that I would throw you a curve ball. When the Holy Spirit showed me this meaning of the Greek word translated as GAVE in the KJV, it was like a curve ball to me at first.
Then the Holy Spirit brought the BIG PICTURE for WHY God made man and the Son of MAN a little lower than the Elohim in Psalm 8:1-6, and I saw that God RECEIVED His only begotten Son and being the true sound Biblical God intended meaning of John 3:16.
I leave it for you to decide for yourself as you read ALL of the views of who Jesus is according to different groups of Christians. I simply given my readers ALL of the evidence and let them decide what they chose to believe.
So then, the CONTEXT in John 3:1-15 teaches us about being BORN of God and the Son of MAN being lifted up on the cross to die for the sins of the world.
So, to me, the TRUE SOUND Biblical meaning of the phrase “God GAVE His ONLY BEGOTTEN Son” should be understood as God brought forth His FIRSTBORN Son into GLORY, according to Luke 24:26.
So then, the Son that God SENT into the world was His HUMAN Son who was miraculously conceived in the womb of the Virgin Mary just like it was PROPHESIED to happen in Isaiah 9:6,7, Isaiah 55:11, and Jeremiah 31:22.
Jesus said that he sent his disciples INTO the world even as the Father sent him int the world. So then, God sent His Son OUT into the world and NOT down into the world as Trinitarian Christians argue.
And whosever believes in the REGENERATED human Son of God from the DEAD, never to die again, shall NOT perish, but ALSO be given eternal life. And whosoever do NOT BELIEVE that God resurrected the Son of MAN from the dead and GAVE him the divine nature of immortality will PERISH in the lake of fire on the final Day of Judgment.
#2. The Oneness Pentecostal interpretation of John 3:16.
The Oneness Pentecostal Christians believe that Almighty God the Father HIMSELF died on the cross for the sins of the world. And they also dogmatically demand that if you do not believe that Almighty God the FATHER Himself died on the cross, then you will remain dead in your sins.
They believe that the Father BECAME His own Son. And thus, to them, Jesus is the FATHER Himself.
#2. WHY the Oneness Pentecostal interpretation of John 3:16 is in ERROR!
The word of God says that he SENT His Son. It does not say that God Himself came down from heaven and manifested HIMSELF to BECOME flesh.
God Himself does not need to be JUSTIFIED. It was the human Son of God who was justified to be manifested to become a God under and subject to his God whom God SET on His throne at His right-hand side UNTIL God puts all of the ENEMIES under his feet.
The BODY that God PREPARE for His Son was the GLORIFIED immortal body that He prepared for His HUMAN Son.
#3. The “Reformed” Trinitarian interpretation of John 3:16.
The “Reformed” Trinitarian Christians are former or ex-Trinitarian Christians who REDEFINE the Godhead Trinity doctrine. For you see, they now know and understand that the Son of God had a BEGINNING and that the Father is GREATER than His Son.
And thus, they “interpret” the Son of God as being begotten in the eternity past as God the Son who was under and subject to God the Father in the eternity past. And to them, the Holy Spirit is under and subject to both the Father and God the Son. And also to them, God SENT God the Son, His ONLY BEGOTTEN Son, who was supposedly begotten in the eternity past, down from heaven to BECOME flesh.
#1. WHY the “Reformed” Trinitarian interpretation of John 3:16 is in ERROR!
As you can see by what they believe, they still cling to the THREE separate persons in the ONE God theory. I say “theory” because the Bible ITSELF never describes God as being three separate persons in one God. But rather, the Scriptures clearly define the FATHER as being the ONLY TRUE God.
The word “BEGOTTEN” is Strong’s number G1080 and it means REGENERATED. Simply go to BlueLetter.org and type in G1080 in the search box to find all of the verses of Scriptures that have the Greek word “gennaō” in them.
And you will see that EVERY verse teaches about being REGENERATED by the word of God to become a NEW CREATION of God.
So why word God BEGET or REGENERATE God the Son in the ETERNITY PAST?
NO! All of the Scripture teach us that the Son of MAN was BEGOTTEN on the DAY that God RESURRECTED or BROUGHT FORTH to Son of MAN from the DEAD and RECEIVED him up into heaven.
And that very same day in the evening, the now GLORIFIED Son of MAN descended back down from heaven to show himself ALIVE for forty days before ascending back into heaven where he was BEFORE just forty days earlier.
#4. The Jehovah’s Witness interpretation of John 3:16.
The Jehovah’s Witnesses also teach that the Son of God was begotten in the eternity past. And then, the Son in the “office” as the Word helped God create all things.
However, they do NOT believe that Jesus is God Himself, but yet they teach that the Son helped God CREATE all things BECAME the Son of MAN. And thus, they must believe that the Son of God RETURNED to his throne in heaven.
#4. WHY the Jehovah’s Witness interpretation of John 3:16 is in ERROR!
The CONTEXT in Colossians 1:15-17 is speaking of the ALL who BELIEVE in Jesus to be made as NEW CREATURES created in Jesus ANOINTED. And thus, Jesus if the FIRSTBORN of every NEW CREATURE made in the IMAGE of the unseen God.
The English word “THINGS” is NOT in the original Greek text. In other words, there is no Greek word in the original Geek text that can be translated as the English word “things” in Colossians 1:16,17.
And the Greek word “dia” translated as “by” him were created all “things” also means “in” him were the “all” created.
In other words, the ALL who believe were created by God INTO the BODY of Jesus Christ, the church.
And Jesus is the BEGINNING of God’s CREATION by becoming the FIRSTBORN from the DEAD, the FIRSTBORN among many BRETHREN, the FIRSTBORN of every CREATURE made in the IMAGE of the unseen God who ALONE in the Father.
#5. The Biblical Unitarian interpretation of John 3:16.
The Biblical Unitarian Christians believe that the Son of God did NOT pre-exist in the eternity past.
We believe that the Son of God is the FULFILLMENT of the word of God which God SPOKE out from His MOUTH and then PERFORMED His own spoken word of PROPHECY.
And thus, we believe that the word made FLESH literally means the written and spoken word of God became the HUMAN Son of God called the Son of MAN.
We believe that the Son of MAN was lifted up on the cross to die for the sins of the whole world. And we believe that the Son of MAN BECAME the ONLY BEGOTTEN Son of God after the cross and resurrection.
So then, Biblical Unitarians interpret John 3:16 and God gave His only begotten HUMAN Son, which still AGREES with the whole word of Almighty God.
And this is what I also believed until the Holy Spirit showed me that the Greek word translated as gave ALSO means RECEIVED His only begotten Son.
I believe that this is a more correctly understanding of John 3:16 because the Son of MAN, Jesus was GIVEN his NEW NAME after he was BEGOTTEN from the DEAD.and RECEIVED up into heaven on the day that God raised him from the dead and gave him eternal life never to die again. And John 3:18 says we must believe in the NAME of the only begotten Son.
#5. WHY the Biblical Unitarian interpretation of John 3:16 is in ONLY true SOUND Biblical interpretation among these five interpretations that AGREES will ALL of the Scriptures!
The short answer for WHY the Biblical Unitarian interpretation of the phrase “God GAVE His ONLY BEGOTTEN Son” is the ONLY SOUND Biblical interpretation is that it does NOT CONTRADICT any other verse of Scripture in the entire Bible when the Scriptures are correctly TRANSLATED and correctly INTERPRETED.
Now, that you have seen all of the main interpretations of John 3:16,17, let us look at how the concordance in E-Sword defines the Greek word “didōmi” in verse 16.
G1325
δίδωμι
didōmi
did’-o-mee
A prolonged form of a primary verb (which is used as an alternate in most of the tenses); to give (used in a very wide application, properly or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection): – adventure, bestow, bring forth, commit, deliver (up), give, grant, hinder, make, minister, number, offer, have power, put, receive, set, shew, smite (+ with the hand), strike (+ with the palm of the hand), suffer, take, utter, yield.
God MADE His only begotten Son by DELIVERING up His human Son from Hell to BRING FORTH from the dead and RECEIVED him into heaven.
And when we truly understand that it was the Son of MAN that was BEGOTTEN by God at the RESURRECTION, then you can see why the gospels record the events of Jesus in the PAST tense.
For example, Matthew 1:31 says, “The BIRTH of Jesus Christ was on this wise” or the BIRTH of Jesus ANOINTED happened in this way. The Son of MAN, Jesus was not anointed until his baptism. But yet, he is called Jesus CHRIST or Jesus ANOINTED in the past tense at his birth
The Son of God was not given the NAME Jesus until after he was born. And again, the Son of God was not ANOINTED until his baptism in the River Jordan by John the Baptist. So why did Matthew say the birth of “Jesus Christ” happened in this way, when a SON was BORN? It is because that is the way we talk about events that have already happened and we are giving a RECORD of past events. The Son who was born BECAME known as Jesus Christ. There was no “Jesus ANOINTED” in the eternity past.
And in the same way, there was NOT an ONLY BEGOTTEN Son in the eternity past. But rather, the HUMAN Son of MAN, Jesus, was BEGOTTEN or REGENERATED to BECOME the GLORIFIED eternal Son of God at the RESURRECTION. And the disciples of Jesus referred to the RESURRECTION of the human Son of God as being the ONLY BEGOTTEN Son.
Please read Acts 13:29-41.
“And when they had FULFILLED all that was written of him, (Behold, I COME in the volume of Your BOOK, according to Psalm) they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulcher.
Acts 13:30. But God raised him from the dead: (The CHILD who was BORN, the Son who was GIVEN whose NAME shall be called the mighty God WHEN the government is laid upon his shoulders)
Acts 13:31. And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people. (Speaking of the forty days AFTER the cross and resurrection, the very DAY that the Son of MAN, Jesus, was GLORIFIED and given his new immortal BODY that God PREPARED for him, according to Hebrews 10:5)
Acts 13:32. And we (The eyewitnesses of Jesus) declare unto you, glad tidings, (Or the good news or the TRUE gospel of Jesus Christ) how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,
Acts 13:33. God has FULFILLED the same unto us their children, in THAT He has RAISED UP Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, You are My Son, THIS DAY have I BEGOTTEN you. (Or on this day that I resurrected you, I have REGENERATED you)
Acts 13:34. And as concerning that He raised him up from the DEAD, NOW no more to return to corruption, (In other words, God gave His human Son a new glorified IMMORTAL body of flesh and bones that God PREPARED for his Messiah) He said on this wise, I will GIVE you the sure mercies of David.
Acts 13:35. Wherefore, he (David the prophet) said also in another psalm, You shall not suffer Your Holy One to see corruption. (And Hosea 11:9 makes it BLATANTLY clear the God is NOT the MAN, the Holy One in the midst of you)
Acts 13:36. For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
Acts 13:37. But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption. (And, according to John 3:14, the CONTEXT of John 3:16, it was the Son of MAN who was lifted up on the cross to die for the sins of the world)
Acts 13:38. Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this MAN (Whom God REGENERATED, the ONLY REGENERATED Son of God) is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
Acts 13:39. And by him (Or in him or because of him) all that believe are justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.
Acts 13:40. Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;
Acts 13:41. Behold, you despisers, and wonder, and perish: (And some Christians DESPISED the teaching of Biblical Unitarian Christians that a MAN suffered and died of the cross for the sins of the world. Some WONDER, how can a MAN die for the sins of other men?) for I work a work in your days, a work which you shall in no wise believe, though a MAN declare it unto you.”
Nowhere in the entire Bible is Jesus referred to and God the Son. Nowhere in the entire Bible is Jesus described as a so-called God/man having TWO natures at the SAME time DURING the days of his FLESH, one divine and one human.
But rather, the Apostle saw or understood Jesus to be the HUMAN Son of God made a little LOWER than the angels during the days of his FLESH.
And then his God and Father CROWNED his human Son with GLORY and honor to RECEIVE power to be SET on the throne of Yahweh UNTIL God puts all His ENEMIES unto the feet of His Lord and King whom He Himself MADE bot Lord and Christ AFTER the cross and resurrection, according to Acts 2:36.
So then, God CREATED ALL of mankind to RECEIVE GLORY and power, but ALL men have fallen SHORT of that glory. And in the next chapter of this “Book 6 WHY God Created us!” we will cover why all men have fallen SHORT of the GLORY of God and HOW you can be SURE that you will RECEIVE the SAME GLORY that God GAVE to His human Son, Jesus.
So, I implore you to read B-6 Ch9 Did we INHERIT a Sinful NATURE? You can also read the more in-depth longer study called F-14 The False Doctrine of Original Sin that I have on my old website.
And if you have not read the other chapters in Book 6 called Why God created us, then here are the links to all of the chapters in Book 6.
B-6 Ch2 Why do We ALL Need to be SAVED?
B-6 Ch3 Which Commandments MUST We KEEP?
B-6 Ch 4 Why is Jesus Called the Son of God?
B-6 Ch5 What Does Hebrews 2:14 TRULY Mean?
B-6 Ch6 What Does Philippians 2:6,8 TRULY Mean?
B-6 Ch7 Why Do You NOT Believe in God?
Once you understand the Jesus was CREATED and WHY God created MAN and the Son of MAN, Jesus, then all of the verses of Scripture fall right in place. And the REASON that Yahweh CREATED the Son of MAN, Jesus, was to have DOMINION over the work of Yahweh’s hands. And the REASON that Yahweh did that is to STILL His ENEMIES, Satan and the fallen angels. For a deeper understanding of this WAR that Lucifer and one third of the angel waged against the throne of Almighty God, please read the studies under the subject category called >>> Q-0 Why Are We Here? Is God at WAR? <<<
More studies coming in this SHORTER Biblical Unitarian view of who Jesus is according to the WHOLE word of God. If you have a PARTICULAR verse of Scripture that you would like to know the sound Biblical Unitarian meaning, then please email me at MarkatAMatterOfTruth@Gmail.com and let me know.
For further and more in-depth studies on this subject of Jesus being created to STILL the enemies of Yahweh, please read the studies called D-25. A NEW LOOK at JOHN 1:1-In the BEGINNING, and D-28. The PRE-ADAMIC LUCIFERIAN FLOOD!
Thanks for reading, and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God. And to me, the truth concerning who Jesus TRULY is, according to the Bible ITSELF, is the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus. So, for ALL of the studies on the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus, please click on the subject heading >>> D-0. THE BIBLICAL UNITARIAN VIEW of JESUS! <<<
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Your brother in our Lord Jesus Christ,
Brother Mark.
My heartfelt prayer is that all Christians RETURN to the TRUE FOUNDATION of the church that is taught by the very Apostles of Jesus in the first century. So let us all come into the UNITY of the faith and return to what Jesus and his Apostles taught us in SIMPLICITY in the New Testament.
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VERSES USED TO TEACH THAT JESUS PREEXISTED!
To me, the best way to know the ONE true God in ONE person is to know who Jesus TRULY is according to the WHOLE word of Almighty God. So please read ALL of the studies under the heading >>> N-0. WHO is JESUS ACCORDING to the BIBLE? <<< and you will see that the Bible itself teaches us that Jesus was CREATED by his God and Father. And if you have any questions related to the correct meaning of certain verses of Scripture on this subject of who Jesus is please read all the studies under the two headings >>> U-0. VERSES used for THE TRINITY! <<< and >>> V-0. VERSES used to TEACH that Jesus PRE-EXISTED! <<< These two headings have ALL of the studies that I have on who Jesus truly is according to what the Bible itself teaches us in simplicity. I compiled these three headings to make it easy for my readers to send just one, two, or three links to those you desire to help understand what the Bible itself teaches concerning who Jesus is in the LIGHT of the WHOLE word of Almighty God. If you have any questions, please feel free to write to me.
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Thanks again for reading and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the truth of the whole word of Almighty God.
Your Brother in our Lord Jesus Christ,
Brother Mark.
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