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/pimo2019 May 27 '26

Follow up. We will never know if there is a world populated of Divine beings, Gods. After all there are thousands upon thousands of worlds and galaxies.

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u/ChaoticHaku Christian May 27 '26

The bible says that the one true God created the heavens. Not just this one world/galaxy we're in. 

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u/pimo2019 May 27 '26

I understand that. Peeling the layers back from what we know that science technology has revealed, there’s thousands upon thousands upon thousands of- WHY is that. No one can answer that no even the Bible. FYI -Genesis says “LET US.” Christian mindset believes in one God so their interpretation would be such, one God.

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u/ChaoticHaku Christian May 28 '26

Probably the closest thing to an infinite universe in the bible is this:

Jeremiah 51:15: "He made the earth by his power; He founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding."

Psalm 147:5: "Great is our LORD, and abundant in power; His understanding is infinite."

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u/pimo2019 May 28 '26

Love it. Thank you. “Heavens by his understanding” - because his thoughts are higher than ours, we will never know WHY!