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Truthseeker10:Yes, I will answer directly. No, Revelation 3:14 does not teach that Jesus is a creature. And no, Revelation 3:14 by itself is not a standalone statement saying, "Jesus is the Creator" in the sense that the entire doctrine rests on that one verse alone. What it does teach is that Jesus is "the arche of the creation of God." The dispute is over what "arche" means in that context. You have assumed that "arche" must mean "the first thing created." But that is the very point that must be proven, not assumed. If John intended "first creature," there were clearer Greek expressions available to communicate that idea. Instead, he chose "arche," a word that can mean beginning, origin, source, first cause, or ruler depending on context. Now here is the critical issue: Whatever meaning you assign to Revelation 3:14 must harmonize with the rest of John's writings. John 1:3 says: "All things were made through Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made." That leaves only two possibilities: Either Christ belongs to the category of things that were made, or He does not. If He belongs to that category, then John 1:3 creates a contradiction because Christ would have had to make Himself. If He does not belong to that category, then Revelation 3:14 cannot mean He is the first creature. Therefore, the interpretation of Revelation 3:14 that best fits John's own theology is that Christ is the origin, source, or sovereign beginning of God's creation, not the first item within creation. Notice also that Revelation was written by the same apostle who recorded: "In the beginning was the Word." Not "came into existence." Not "was created." But "was." John deliberately distinguishes between the eternal existence of the Word and the coming into existence of created things. So the real question is not whether Revelation 3:14 contains the word "arche." Everyone agrees that it does. The real question is whether your interpretation of "arche" can coexist with John 1:1, John 1:3, Colossians 1:16 to 17, Hebrews 1:2, and the rest of the New Testament witness. That is where the "first creature" interpretation encounters its greatest difficulty. A doctrine is not established by isolating one possible meaning of one word. It is established by reading that word in harmony with the entire testimony of Scripture. |
Actually actions have consequences.. I can never forget that statement Tinubu made ""where are the cows? Is Evans a herdsman?"" Just because of yeye politics, even said Fulani and Yoruba are one.. honestly Tinubu has sold out the SW.. |
Those two you mentioned are actually the reset botton. Any thing else is just deleting.. 🤣 And that is major reason why approving automatic weapons for civilians may never happen. Nukilia: |
Goke7:In all honesty, 30k views is pretty tame/unimpressive for a country like Nigeria with our footballing pedigree, population and sporting culture. Although, I personally wouldn't attribute the low YouTube views to a lack of fan interest - that one has more to do with a fragmented official media presence, thanks or no thanks to NFF. That being said, I'd say that interest in Nigerian football has definitely taken a massive nosedive over the recent years, mostly because of our poor World Cup campaign. The last time I can say our national team had serious hype around it in recent memory was during our AFCON 2023 run where we eventually made the finals. But it won't stay down forever. I think we either need an AFCON title or another World Cup appearance, and things will be back to the way they were. Real Nigerian soccer fans don't stay angry at the NT forever. |
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Don't Ignore Spiritual Realities. Ignoring The Causes of Your Situations and Approaching Solutions that is Unrelated is the Greatest Mistake and a Waste of Time. You Grow Old Every Minute ... Think.and think |
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Chapter Three: The Testimony of Lisbon, 1590 Verse 1: From the Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino, Lisbon. Verse 2: Códice 478, folio 112, São Tomé Factory Log. Verse 3: The year: One thousand, five hundred and ninety. Verse 4: One hundred and twenty-four years before the first British treaty in the Bight. Verse 5: The Portuguese write: 'The Heebo bring ivory and pepper in great quantity.' Verse 6: They note trade. They note wealth. They note volume. Verse 7: The Portuguese write: 'They are a people with many towns.' Verse 8: Not a village. Towns. Plural. Urban centres. Verse 9: The Portuguese write: 'And their own kings.' Verse 10: Not chiefs. Not headmen. Kings. Plural. Political structure. Verse 11: The Portuguese write: 'They will not be ruled by the Calabar.' Verse 12: Sovereignty. They reject foreign dominion. Verse 13: In 1590, three facts are recorded. Verse 14: One: The Igbo were a trading nation. Verse 15: Two: The Igbo had kings and towns. Verse 16: Three: The Igbo were politically independent. Verse 17: This is Portugal testifying. A rival empire. Verse 18: France said 'Royaume d'Ibo' in 1747. Verse 19: Holland said 'Nation to be feared' in 1753. Verse 20: Portugal said 'People with their own kings' in 1590. Three empires. One testimony. One nation. Before Nigeria. Chapter Three. |
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It's a Day of an Appointment that Could Change your Story for the Better .An Apportionment with Good Destiny. But a Day before the day of Appointment,there you go Again Having Sex in the Dream .. It's been Happening Always ,Rather than fighting against this Spiritually You still decides to Ignore it while you Waste your Time . It Could be Crazy to be the Architect of one's Predicament Knowingly |
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Caseless:You are the ones who don't think. This is not a war. Iran has ZERO air defence. If US decides to carpet bomb Iran tommorrow WHAT will Iran do?? THINK! |
She may have died naturally in a man's house or a friend but to avoid being thrown into jail without any investigation by the Nigerian police the man just had to leave her corpse where her people will find her. We all know how the police in imo state kept the boyfriend of that murdered Imo state nurse in jail even after the real murderers have been arrested by the same police in the same imo state Yet they still kept her boyfriend locked up. The girl's parents had to come to social media to appeal to the police to release the innocent boy. . |
UkoAnnang:ever since we don dey go inec office they are claiming there is no network because they know that people are angry and peoole want this qnimals but but sha no wahala |
esnbrutality:I wish I had power to grant you your BiaBia |
They have cashed out on VFD. From 11.40 to 10.10 naira. Dump activated, 10% gain in the bag |
anonimi:you're asking questions as if you don't know Nigeria system I have already explained and expressed everything I can, you just choose not to understand vividly. There's no solution unless disintegration That's it You can go back to my expressions and read it carefully enough instead of repeating questions over and over again |
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Does Nigeria really deserve these? |
ObaOfYorubaLand:If you never mention Yoruba your life will not be okay. All these tribalists on NL you all need to be excommunicated from this forum. |
Kog45:Even you are not sure of that Morocco game if it's Okoye, Be honest Sir you are not Sure, just assumed we might lost if it's him |
Trump is about to fall. If he isn't careful, his fall would be disastrous. Pride wants to kill him. Who saved him several times from being assassinated? Besides, Israel can fight Iran alone, yes but they just chose to do things with the U.S because they are allies. |
Oga Tinubu nor know anybody for you lineage not to talk of sending you. Chucks13: |
TemporaryHansel:What is the correlation between the video and the Lord Luggard discussion? |
wfjimmytobby:Bro leave her and move.she has seen another man and you will be wasting your time trying to bring her back |
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do4luv14:I calm down to watch that shot also…despite the breeze curly effect of the ball, it was bound for the left side of the net, meaning if Okoye had positioned to a close proximity between himself and the space in between that left side of the net where the ball entered he would have had a brilliant punch… In 2002 When Paul scholes got his pass from a midfielder he tilted towards the left to pick a spot where he would release a bullet, Enyeama also tilted to closed the space between himself and the left side of the net…thats why he was able to punch that ball from scholes Okoye was far from that left corner space, he would have adjusted a bit to close the wide gap between himself and the left space of the net when he saw that polish player was tilting towards left to pick a shot spot |
gigabyte13:US don't negotiate with terrorists. It's as simple as that. |
Odewaleadesoye:CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PURSUIT. |
You don't know Israel is a nuclear power State that can wipe off Iran Morenikeji090: |
This old video of Army wey dey punish Civilians with Free beer na im u just changed the topic? U see as nobody comment on am? |
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