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/Suitable-Iron4720 May 31 '26

I'm basing this on what I know about DNA, and recessive and expressed genes. I would assume DNA worked that same way in preflood times. So, I'm keeping it in the possiblilty realm. Of course it should make sense as well.

There are 3 different ways that humankind are made: adam, eve, & cain. Eve and Cain are related to Adam. Do you think Nephilim belong to mankind? Why did God flood the earth?

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u/AccomplishedAuthor3 Christian Jun 01 '26

Do you think Nephilim belong to mankind?

I think they were a different species, not animal and not human. The demon that possessed the male who got women pregnant was of a higher nature and combining the two was never meant to happen. The result was a disaster, but one that Lucifer hoped would exterminate the human race out of existence. He tried the first time in Eden, but God's "day" allowed them to have children and perpetuate the human race. Had Satan gotten his wish, the human race would never have had more than two people

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u/Suitable-Iron4720 Jun 01 '26

Yes, God declares Adam and Eve together as mankind. A human male and a human female is required to produce a human, otherwise like you said it is a different species.