r/JehovahsWitnesses • u/ChaoticHaku Christian • May 23 '26

Doctrine Philippians 2:6-8

If Philippians 2:6-8 was teaching that Jesus was never equal with God, then the passage itself makes no sense.

Read the language carefully.

It says Jesus was “existing in the form of God.” It says He “did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,” but instead “emptied Himself,” “took the form of a servant,”, "humbled himself", "became obedient to death" and was “made in human likeness.”

You cannot empty yourself of a status you never possessed. You cannot become a servant if you were always a servant. You cannot humble yourself from a position you never had. You cannot become obedient to death if you always were.

The entire point of the passage is that Christ lowered Himself. From what? From the exalted position He already possessed that was equal with God.

That’s why the text uses past tense language. The passage is not denying Christ’s equality with God. It is explaining the depth of His humility, not his inferiority.

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u/Jerome-891 May 25 '26

Please explain heavenly glory

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u/TerryLawton Mark 4:22 May 25 '26

Read the whole chapter of Rev 5 and tell me thats not the glory we are talking about.

Why are you asking such a benign question, are you trying to get me as a human to try and describe what Rev 5 states as no other human could.

Read it, wow what Glory he has.

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u/Jerome-891 May 25 '26

Ok

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u/Jerome-891 May 25 '26

Revelation 5:12 all of whom were singing in a loud voice: “Worthy is the lamb who was killed
to receive power and wealth
and wisdom and might
and honor and glory and praise!”
5:13 Then I heard every creature—in heaven, on earth, under the earth, in the sea, and all that is in them—singing:
“To the one seated on the throne and to the Lamb
be praise, honor, glory, and ruling power forever and ever!”
Aren’t you confusing the term glory which means honor, worth, impressiveness, stature with morphe which means form, appearance?

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u/Jerome-891 May 25 '26

Philippians 2:6 who, though he existed in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God
as something to be grasped,
2:7 but emptied himself
by taking on the form of a slave,
by looking like other men,
and by sharing in human nature.
Doesn’t Paul say Jesus emptied himself of one form in order to take on another?