Jesus claiming to be the "Alpha and the Omega":
The sections of this article are:
1- Rebuttal from www.jewsforjudaism.org.
2- GOD Almighty has no beginning and no end!
3- The book of Revelation is an unreliable book according to the NIV Bible's
Theologians.
4- The "Alpha and Omega"quote doesn't even exist in the original
Bibles!! See the historical proofs about how
this quote was nothing but a lie inserted into the book of revelation.
From www.jewsforjudaism.org:
Question : In the Book of Revelation we find the verse, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty" (Revelation 1:8). But what do you do with Revelation 22:13, which appears to be Jesus speaking (see verse 16), when he says, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end"? Doesn't the command by Matthew's Jesus to, "Go therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit" (Matthew 28:19) show the existence of a triune deity.
Answer: Despite the distinctiveness with which God and Jesus are regarded in the New
Testament some Christians are under the misconception that God and Jesus form two-thirds
of a triune deity. Partial responsibility for this error is due to the New Testament
writers, who use a number of designations for Jesus, which are the same as those given to
God in the Jewish Bible and in the New Testament. The resulting confusion as to whether
certain New Testament passages refer to God or to Jesus helped to produce the belief in a
triune god.
That Jesus, who is considered by the New Testament writers to be the link between God and
creation, is called by some of the same designations that are applied to God is
understandable. After all, the New Testament writers believed that God had conferred a
tremendous amount of power upon this angelic being, so why not, as well, some of His
names, which express certain facets of His being? But it is nevertheless clear that
although the God of the New Testament interacts with the world He created solely through
His "firstborn" (Colossians 1:15-17), the latter is still subservient to God.
Because of the exalted yet subservient position in which they envision Jesus, the New
Testament writers do not believe it compromises God's status to apply some of His names to
Jesus (cf. Ephesians 1:21, Philippians 2:9, Hebrews 1:4). The use of common names is not
intended to indicate that Jesus is of one substance with God.
Perhaps, if "the Alpha and the Omega" in Revelations 22:13 is actually a
reference to Jesus it stems from the New Testament belief that the pre-incarnate Jesus was
the first thing created by God. What is significant is not so much the use of this name as
the fact that whenever the relationship between God and Jesus is treated, the New
Testament writers always describe God as superior to Jesus.
In any case, in verse 12 the subject of verse 13 ("the Alpha and the Omega")
says he is "coming quickly." Since Jesus has not come "quickly" this
is either false prophecy or the text is not speaking about Jesus.
GOD Almighty has no beginning and no end!
Even if Prophet Jesus peace be upon him claimed to be the "Alpha and Omega", which by the way, this claim is only found in the book of Revelation in the entire NT, it still wouldn't prove that he is the Creator of the Universe. Unlike the other Books and Gospels that contain repeated/similar quotes from Jesus in them that can be found in multiple Books/Gospels, this quote in Revelation 1:8 can not be found any where else in the Bible! In the "The book of Revelation is an unreliable book according to the NIV Bible's Theologians" section below, you will see how the NIV Bible's Theologians believe that the book is an invalid one.
But anyway, let's assume that Jesus peace be upon him did say this claim: that he is the beginning and the end. This still doesn't prove anything because GOD Almighty has no beginning and no end! Yes, Jesus peace be upon him will come back to fight the devil and end all evil on earth, which makes him the END. And yes, when Jesus peace be upon him comes back to earth, his coming will be the BEGINNING of the end of all evil on earth. So Jesus during the end times can be indeed the BEGINNING and the END.
Please visit Jesus' second coming in Islam for more details.
But like I said, GOD Almighty most certainly has no beginning, and He most certainly has no End! So any statement with a "begin" and "end" in it can not be applied at all to GOD Almighty! So therefore, Jesus peace be upon him did not claim to be the Creator of the Universe in Revelation 1:8.
The book of Revelation is an unreliable book according to the NIV Bible's Theologians:
The following about the validity of the book of Revelation was taken from the article: Just who were the original authors of the Bible?!
The Book of Revelation:
"Four times the author identifies himself as John (1:1,4,9; 22:8).....In the third century, however, an African bishop named Dionysius compared the language, style and thought of the Apocalypse (Revelation) with that of the other writings of John and decided that the book could not been written by the apostle of John. (From the NIV Bible Commentary, page 1922)"
Again, we don't know who wrote the Book of Revelation. It is certainly highly doubtful that it was written by Apostle John. The Theologians and Historians of the NIV Bible seem to agree with the invalidity of this book from the above quote. So are you now going to consider the other John's words as the Words and Inspirations of GOD Almighty?
Notice that in the sections of "Gospel of John" and "Gospels of 1, 2 & 3 John" above, the author did not identify himself and it was ASSUMED without actual proofs that it was Saint John who wrote them. Notice how they said that if he were to identify himself, then it would be hard for them to explain it.
Now, notice the author in the Book of Revelation does identify himself as John, but he has a complete different language and style of writing from the other books, which created much uncertainty about its validity in the Church.
My questions here are: Who wrote the Books? And is or is not Saint John supposed to identify himself in his books? And where are his books that have his name on them?
Again, keep in mind that the NT was not even documented on paper until 150 to 300 years after Jesus (depending on what Christian you talk to). So the dating is way too long for us to be assuming books to belong to certain people. Let alone considering their nonsense (contents) as the True Living Words of GOD Almighty.
The Book of Revelation is a very important, probably the most important Book in the Bible today, because it has prophecies in it of what Christians believe is for our future today, even though it has nothing to do with our current world. It talks about Jesus soon (1800 to 2000 years ago) will return (Revelation 22:7). I don't know how soon is 2000 years to the Bible. All the people that this book was told to had died.
It also talks about the great battle of Gog and Magog fighting the righteous; "and will go out to deceive the nations in the four
corners of the earth [The earth DOES NOT
have four corners and no the earth is not a square or rectangle. It is round almost
like an egg!!]--Gog and Magog--to gather them for battle. In
number they are like the sand on the seashore. (From
the NIV Bible, Revelation 20:8)"
The thing that we need to notice here beside the grave error about the shape of the earth
in this false book (sorry to say that), is that the Gog and Magog existed before.
Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal (Ezekiel 39:1), is the name of the leader and
Magog is the name of his nation (Ezekiel 38 and 39). The Gog and Magog army had
already been defeated and the Noble Quran confirms their
story. There had been historical discoveries that perfectly match the
Noble Quran's claims regarding the Gog and Magog, such as the discovery of the "Iron
Gates", and other literature that mentions the Gog and Magog army and location.
There is even historical documentation about them which
matches the Noble Quran in London, England.
Please visit The story of Gog and Magog and the Iron Gates in the Noble Quran and the Bible to see the references and proofs of these historical discoveries and several more.
The Bible says: The earth is flat! See all the verses in the Bible that claim the earth is flat.
It is a common Christian answer to say "We support Israel because it is God's promised land to the Jews, and He will prevail them against the army of Gog and Magog who seems to be mainly an Islamic army today." They mostly rely on the Book of Revelation from the Bible to support this claim.
The story of the Gog and Magog army attacking the Jews exists in both the Book of Ezekiel and the Book of Revelation in the Bible. The Book of Ezekiel which came literally thousands of years before the Book of Revelation predicted the attack and defeat of the army of Gog and Magog.
The Noble Quran (The Muslims' Holy Scripture) talks about the army of Gog and Magog in details and explains the events that ALREADY took place. As I mentioned above, there had been historical discoveries that perfectly match the Noble Quran's claims regarding the Gog and Magog, such as the discovery of the "Iron Gates", and other literature that mentions the Gog and Magog army and location.
Please visit The army of Gog and Magog and the Iron Gates in the Noble Quran and the Bible.
The lie (sorry to say that) of the Book of Revelation, however, also predicts the coming of the army of Gog and Magog. But as I said, the army of Gog and Magog were ALREADY predicted in the Bible thousands of years before the Book of Revelation.
So, the prediction in the Book of Revelation proves that the writer of the book, lacked a great deal of knowledge about history, because as I said, the event of the Gog and Magog battle (i.e., the battle of Armageddon) already happened!
The point is that the Book of Revelation, however, like most of the Bible today seems to be nothing but a big hoax (sorry to say that). It is very doubtful, but yet ironically, very important to the Christians of today.
Would you honestly deep inside yourself call nonsense of this kind the True Living Words of GOD Almighty, especially after knowing that very important early Christian resources thought "the book could not been written by the apostle of John"?
Please visit What parts of the Bible do Muslims believe are closest to the Truth? and Why?
The "Alpha and Omega" quote doesn't even exist in the original Bibles!!
Please visit: Arche of the Creation of God as Alpha and Omega. The "Alpha and Omega" doesn't even exist in the original Bible! It's a lie that was later inserted by trinitarians. See the historical proofs in the article. If their site is down, then you can read the article at this link ON MY SITE.
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