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.
Question The Messianic prophecy at Isaiah 9:6 foretold that he would be called “Mighty God,” though not the Almighty God, and that he would be the “Eternal Father” of all those privileged to live as his subjects.
Hello JANKO...I have read from the King James Bible the following verses pertaining to the issue of whether the word "mighty" would make Jesus a lesser God or not. mighty God of Jacob..compare Genesis49:1 with Psalm132:2 and 5
The two verses in Psalm 132 show that Jehovah is mighty. Jehovah is suppose to be almighty, according to you. Can you explain this?
Sincerely Yours, Independent Thinker
Answer Hello there,
Thank you for the question.There is nothing much to explain on this topic.The Bible clearly states that there is only one Almighty God,Most High God,and only true God whose name is Jehovah.Nowhere will you find the same as for Jesus Christ,although he is called a Mighty God,and Son of the Most High in the Holy Scriptures.Jesus always made it clear who was the Almighty and it wasn't himself but his Father in heaven and he says that the Father is greater than he is.
As far as a being a lesser god is absolutely correct when in comparison to his Father,but Jesus is always second in line with him.Here is an article on this suject with more
information:
The title “Mighty God” applied to Jesus Christ at Isaiah 9:6 is also used to prove that Jesus is God, because Isaiah 10:21 and Jeremiah 32:18 speak of Jehovah God as “mighty God.” But here again too much is read into the texts. Only the superlatives and the infinites can dogmatically be limited to Jehovah, such as “the Most High.” Jesus is a god, a mighty god, and so is Jehovah a God, a mighty God. But additionally, Jehovah is the mighty God and also the God Almighty. The term in the Hebrew, el gibbór, “mighty God,” is not limited to Jehovah, but the term el Shaddái, “God Almighty,” is.—Gen. 17:1.
“Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.” (Isa. 43:10) More is also read into this text than it warrants by those who use it to prove that Jesus Christ is equal with God. The claim is made that this text proves that Jesus could not have been created by God but must have existed from eternity, otherwise he would have been a god that came after God, and God says that there shall be no god after him. Such an argument, however, shows a misunderstanding of the text. The point Jehovah is here making is that he had no predecessors, before him no god existed. How could there be a god before him, since he always was? Neither will there be any god after him, that is, he will never have any successors, because he will always be the Supreme Sovereign, Jehovah God. That God Jehovah did produce other gods, the Scriptures show: “I say, ‘You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you; nevertheless, you shall die like men, and fall like any prince.’” So also the Logos was a god created by Jehovah.—Ps. 82:6, 7. Janko
