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The analytical study of the Bible reveals clear answer to the question as to who is Jesus in reality?. Two confounded beliefs are there -whether Jesus is Creator? or a Creature?. So let us know distinctly that who is the Creator according to Bible.
WHO IS THE CREATOR?
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. -Genesis 1:1
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. -Genesis 1:31
Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all thing that are therein, the seas, and all that is threin, and thou preservest them all, and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. -Nehemiah 9:6
We have a number of verses such as above in the Bible all of which establish the fact that ‘Only Jehovah is the Creator of whole Universe’. Two important points can be noticed from the above verses. One of them is that God has created the heavens and the earth, and the second is that he made all things, which are existing in between these two. From these two points it is evident that the only Creator is exclusively beyond the creation. It means except Him everything and what all exist such as all souls, Angels, holy Spirits and Prophets... all are His creatures.
JESUS ALSO A CREATURE OF JEHOVAH?
Except a few remaining all Christians believe Jesus as God, while very few believe Jehovah as the only one God. However, majority of christianity believes Jesus as God, yet they have no concordance in their belief that Jesus is God. Anyhow, if Jesus is supposed as a God then he should have been existent in all times and should be all powerful just as Jehovah is. And our Christian scholars show the following verse in vain to prove his divinity.
The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of lod. I was set up from everlasting, from the begining, or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. -Proverbs 8:22-26
According to the Biblical theologians it is recorded to have been prophesied in the direct statement of Jesus himself.
On examination of the above passage we understand that Jesus is the person, who is speeking. Let us see what he says about himself “THE LORD POSSESSED ME”, this is to mean that he was not in the very beginning! .Further “I WAS SET UP” it means there should be one Creator in existence to set him up ,and also says as “I WAS BROUGTH FORTH”. Therefore from the perusal of the above passage one important point is- whether the birth of Jesus is spoken relating to worldly birth through the womb of Mary or he had been created in heaven by God. The appropriate answer is that undoubtedly he had been created by God Jehovah in the heaven. And Paul also makes clear in the following verse that Jesus is a mere creature of the Creator God Almighty.
Who is the image of the invisible God, the first born of every creature. -Colossians 1:15
And unto the angel of the church of the laodiceans write; these things saith the amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God. -Revelations 3:14
The above verses disclose the fact that Jesus was “The first Born” in the beginning of the creation of God. Merely because Jesus was the first born, can we declare that Jesus is equal to the Creator God Almighty? As a matter of fact , may he be the first born or last born can not be equal with his creator and the creature is only a creature that is all. Further, Paul says clearly in the following verses that it is God who has created Jesus.
Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a saviour, Jesus.-Acts 13:23
Unto you first God, having raised up his son Jesus. -Acts 3:26
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.-1 John 5:1
According to the above verse it is obvious that Jesus had been created by God Jehovah. According to context, his birth is spoken relating to his worldly birth. So the persons who equate Jesus with God, must understand that he should be self subsistent but should not have been created by God. But the above verses say clearly that “THE CHRIST IS BORN OF GOD” and also indicates clearly that Jesus was a mere servant of God Almighty. Therefore just as Jehovah is capable of doing every thing by himself so also one who is being regarded as God should be capable of doing every thing by himself. But it can not be taken as wisdom to presume as parallel or equal to God to one, who had been created by God or sent or ascended by the command of God. And presumption such as this is blasphemy towards God. Further there are many verses of Bible which proclaim that Jesus as a man who is neither a creator nor a part of the creator but just he was a creature of the creator Almighty God.
