04-23-2009, 06:16 AM
Peace SisterJennifer,
To understand how I am pulling the other criteria into the verse, you have to understand all of what John wrote concerning Jesus Christ. For instance, In John's first letter he writes:
1 John 1:1-2
(1) [WE ARE writing] about the Word of Life [in] Him Who existed from the beginning, Whom we have heard, Whom we have seen with our [own] eyes, Whom we have gazed upon [for ourselves] and have touched with our [own] hands.
(2) And the Life [an aspect of His being] was revealed (made manifest, demonstrated), and we saw [as eyewitnesses] and are testifying to and declare to you the Life, the eternal Life [in Him] Who already existed with the Father and Who [actually] was made visible (was revealed) to us [His followers].
Which is actually a repeat of what he wrote in what is called the Gospel of John in the first chapter. The divinity of Jesus Christ is the central theme of that Gospel and is a theme that is carried throughout all of John's letters.
Again, we aren't speaking about "trinity", only the divinity of Jesus Christ.
While muslims believe "messiah" will come at the end of the world, the Bible teaches something different:
John 4:25-26
(25) The woman said to Him, I know that Messiah is coming, He Who is called the Christ (the Anointed One); and when He arrives, He will tell us everything we need to know and make it clear to us.
(26) Jesus said to her, I Who now speak with you am He.
Christians know and understand that Jesus Christ the Messiah has indeed come...as Jesus himself admitted that he was the Messiah