John 1:1- Abused for 2,000 years!

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It is so EASY to understand it, IF you read the context of the chapter- and the whole book!

But, for 2,000 years, Churchianity cast a spell on mankinds to think it means~

In the beginning was Jesus, and Jesus was with Jesus, and Jesus was Jesus!

Yes, Jesus IS God! But not as taught by the Churches!
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Let's look closer at the context here- then continue thru the whole book!

John 1:1- In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2- He was in the beginning with God; 3 all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made.

Since even Trinitarians admit the THREE 'Co-Equal' 'Persons' are not THREE Gods, this alone shows the Word (Jesus) isn't LITERALLY God, but represented Him- for ONE God was not WITH another God. The word was WITH the entity "God". And no Third ANYTHING is mentioned! This would have been the ideal place for the 'Trinity' to be taught and explaned, but no mention was made of it- as with the ENTIRE Bible!

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John 1:32- And John bore witness, “I saw the spirit descend as a dove from heaven, and >>> IT <<<< remined on him>"

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John 1:34- "And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the son of God.”

NOT "And I have seen and have borne witness that this is God.”

NOT "And I have seen and have borne witness that this is God-the-Son."

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John 1:49- Nathan′a-el answered him, “Rabbi, you are the son of God! You are the King of Israel!”

Not "You are GOD" or "You are God-the-Son".

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John 1:51- And he said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the son of man.”

Dan 7:13- I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven
there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before Him.

The son of Man appears before GOD stting on a Throne. No 'Trinity' seen ANYWHERE.

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John 2:22- When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this.

Jesus died- God cannot.

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John 3:2- This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.”

The Pharisees didn't REALLY think He was God, or claiming to be....

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John 3:16- For God so loved the world that He gave his only son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17-For God sent the son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

Neither God, nor a Trinity came Himself/Themselves...

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John 3:34- For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for it is not by measure that he gives the spirit; 35-the Father loves the son, and has given all things into his hand.

Again God and Christ contrasted- no Triune ANYTHING.
NO ONE can SEND God, nor give Him anything....

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John 5:17- But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working still, and I am working.” 18-This was why the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

Equal being of a superior rank, not the same person. If he had said his father was tghe Roman Emporer, it would be similar, making himself equal to the Emporer. Only the clergy spin this FAR beyond what the Jews did.

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He clarified this next, to show that he WASN'T equal to his father in the way they thought~

John 5: 19- Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever he does, that the son does likewise.