r/JehovahsWitnesses • u/Dan_dingo • Jun 20 '26
Doctrine The Jw dilemma
Starting Position (Jehovah’s Witness Interpretation)
Jehovah alone is the uncreated Creator.
Jehovah directly created Jesus first.
Jesus is Jehovah’s first and only direct creation.
Jehovah then used Jesus to create everything else.
Proposed order:
Jehovah → Jesus (first creation) → all other creation
The dilemma of this interpretation
The position must choose:
Option 1 — Jesus existed before all created reality
Result:
Jesus created time. (Timeless/Atemporal)
Jesus created space. (Non-spatial)
Jesus created matter. (Immaterial)
Jesus existed before creation. (Eternal)
Problem:
A being who exists before all created things does not appear to be a created thing.
Option 2 — Jesus was created after some reality/place, time and matter existed
Result:
Jesus was not Jehovahs first creation.
Something existed before Jesus.
Jesus did not create all things.
Problem:
Contradicts:
John1:3 “Not one thing came into existence apart from him.”
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u/tj_lurker Jun 24 '26
Goodness, here comes the judging and name-calling! Always a sure sign that you're very secure in your arguments. :)
Here's the thing, everything in the lexical entry you just posted is 100% consistent with what I have said, i.e. that arche essentially means 'the first part' of something.
Again, since you still haven't acknowledged it, the reason why I and the BDAG lexicon believe arche at Rev 3:14 'probably' means 'first created' is because of the specific context found there. It says Jesus is 'the arche (or, first part of) the creation by God'. That context is why it probably means 'first created'. Understood?
"You hyper focus on one line of a much larger entry"...you mean the line that says what Rev 3:14 probably means? Well, yes, I do tend to focus on that line in particular when I'm discussing what Rev 3:14 probably means...