About Janko Expertise I am a qualified minister of Jehovah`s Witnesses and fully capable of answering any or all questions on our faith as well as others too, and the correct understanding of the Bible,which is God`s Word.
Experience My experience with our faith is quite substantial and was introduced to it in the 1960's as a child.
In my study to determine who/what God really is, triune being or one God I have come across an interesting passage that doesn't seem to be often debated and would like the Jehovah's Witness view.
1 Timothy 6:15,16 (NASB) "...He who is the blessed and only Soverign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see..."
Here's the "dilemma": King of kings and Lord of lords is a title that appears to only be given to Jesus (Rev.19:16); however, the description that follows seems to more accurately describe God (Jehovah). "...who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see."
I appreciate your interpretation of these verses. Thank you.
Brad
Answer Hello Brad,
Thank you for your question.There's actually no dilemma if you take it in the correct context.First you don't want to confuse the two as being one in the same,the King of kings and the Lord of lords is not he same as the King of Eternity
which is Jehovah God.The Scriptures mention that after all of God's enemies are brought to nothing,the last one being death,the the Kingdom will be given back to God from Jesus.
Remember too that Jesus is called the Word of God in book of Revelation as the rider of the white horse.To give you are more informative answer for you,this article I have included should help clarify your dilemma:
First Timothy 6:15, 16 mentions “the one alone having immortality.” Why is this applied to Jesus rather than to Jehovah?
These verses read: “This manifestation the happy and only Potentate will show in its own appointed times, he the King of those who rule as kings and the Lord of those who rule as lords, the one alone having immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom not one of men has seen or can see. To him be honor and might everlasting. Amen.”—1 Tim. 6:15, 16.
Many persons have thought that these words describe Jehovah. That is understandable, for most of those things could be said of God, he the “King of eternity,” “incorruptible,” a “happy God” and the “Lord of lords.” (1 Tim. 1:11, 17; Deut. 10:17) Also, no man ever saw or can see him. (Ex. 33:20) However, when Paul wrote 1 Timothy 6:15, 16, he could not say that Jehovah alone possessed immortality, for Jesus was given immortality at his resurrection.—1 Cor. 15:50-54; Heb. 7:16; Rom. 6:9.
The description in 1 Timothy 6:15, 16 does, though, fit Jesus, who is “the reflection of [Jehovah’s] glory and the exact representation of his very being.” (Heb. 1:3; Col. 1:15) Since Jesus’ resurrection and ascension to heaven, he “dwells in unapproachable light.” No man has actually seen the glorified Jesus. When he revealed himself to the persecutor Saul, the overpowering light blinded Saul. (Acts 9:3-8; 22:6-11; John 14:19) And as a grand Potentate Jesus will receive everlasting honor, for his Father crowned him “with glory and honor.”—Heb. 2:9; Phil. 2:9-11.
But how is it that Jesus ‘alone has immortality’? Let us note the setting. Paul was not discussing God’s kingship or immortality but was contrasting Jesus to others of mankind. Jesus is “King of those [men] who rule as kings.” (Rev. 17:12, 14; 19:16) Christ is also preeminent in lordship, being “Lord of those [humans] who rule as lords.” (Compare 1 Corinthians 8:5, 6.) So when Paul wrote that Jesus is “the one alone having immortality” he meant that of all kings or lords from humankind, the glorified Christ is alone immortal. Janko
