Tag: Hebrews 2:17-18

Was Jesus Just a Man?

In the Watchtower Bible, 1 Timothy 2:6 reads as follows: “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, a man, Christ Jesus, who gave himself a corresponding ransom for all—this is what is to be witnessed to in its own due time.” (emphasis added)

 So far as I can find, no other translation includes the word “corresponding,” but the Watchtower builds much of its Christology around it.

 In its book Good News to Make You Happy (1976), p. 118, the Watchtower states: “Jesus was not half God, half man. He was not God in the flesh. To atone for ‘one man’s [Adam’s] trespass’, ‘the one man, Jesus Christ’ had to correspond exactly to the once-perfect Adam. He had to be a perfect man, nothing more, nothing less. (Romans 5:15)” Continue reading

Jesus Isn’t Michael: Points #2-#3

Last week, we noted that nowhere does the Bible identify Jesus Christ as being Michael the archangel. Today, we make two more points which refute the Watchtower’s “Jesus is Michael” teaching. Continue reading

Jesus Isn’t Michael: Contradictory Watchtower Teachings

jesus-cant-be-both-michael-and-a-perfect-manAlthough the Watchtower claims that Jesus is Michael the Archangel, in reality its claims about Jesus contradict each other. Continue reading

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