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FAQ # 192
QUESTION 192 : How long will his [Jesus] throne endure? Forever and ever!
But in his book "The
Oneness of God” on page 121,
"The
Son's reign will have an ending, for when the Church is presented to God
and when Satan and sin and death are finally judged and subdued, the role
of the Son will cease."
Again, the scripture
said God's throne would endure forever, not "the distinct
person of the Son's throne shall endure forever." There is only
ONE GOD, and that ONE GOD'S Throne will endure forever, and
the deity of Jesus Christ IS none other than THAT VERY SAME ONE GOD
…. David Bernard was merely rephrasing what could otherwise be quoted
and merely left at-
1 Cor 15:21
For since by man came death, by MAN came also the
resurrection of the dead.
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall
all be made alive.
23 But every MAN in his own order: Christ
the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered
up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all
rule and all authority and power.
25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies
under his feet.
26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
27 For he hath put all things under his feet.
But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he
is excepted, which did put all things under him.
1 Cor 15:28
And WHEN ALL THINGS SHALL BE SUBDUED UNTO HIM, THEN SHALL THE
SON ALSO HIMSELF BE SUBJECT UNTO HIM THAT PUT ALL THINGS UNDER HIM,
THAT GOD MAY BE ALL IN ALL.
Notice the word "MAN"
in the scriptures above. Well, God is not a man (Num 23:19, 1 Sam 15:29).
But "MAN" is what is in the Bible describing the one
who shall deliver up the kingdom TO GOD, not a second distinct person
in the Godhead, and not a second God. There is one God. I haven't added
to the words of the Bible, I'm just pointing them out to you to make sure
you notice them.
1 Tim 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator BETWEEN
GOD and men, THE MAN Christ Jesus;
This is the only biblical distinction
within and between the Father and Son- deity in contrast to humanity.
You will find absolutely NO other distinctions between the (titles) Father
and Son specifically so stated in the scriptures. "Jesus" the
name, happens to apply to both. But don't take my word for it, here it
is in scripture-
Rev 22:13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and
the end, the first and the last...
16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things
in the churches. I am the root and the offspring.
Isa 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government
shall be upon his shoulder: and his NAME shall be called Wonderful,
Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
2 Cor 5:19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling
the world unto himself, (not themselves)!
{Source: Tom
R.}
[Think of it like this. I traveled to
Beach Fest to handout some tracks in my Jesus T-shirt. At the end of the
day I will go on (bathe, relax, witness on the phone, etc). Though while
giving out tracks the Jesus T-Shirt helped me witness with the message
on it, it will cease but I will go on. I’ll take it off wash it and eventually
it will wear out. But I will go on with the telephone, at work, school,
play and places where even T-shirts aren’t allowed. Similarly, Christ
humanity will cease in that he will put it off and reign as he was in
the beginning as the father (John 1:1), whereby he could have said indirectly,
“glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee
before the world was” (John 17:5). Not that the role ‘son’ will become
extinct, because in a way it represents us as off-springs of God. But
he did it for our example and to draw us into it, when that is complete,
his role as son is finished and ‘all sons’ would have been redeemed. Then
it will be God the father and us, his sons, in glorious eternity together.]
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