As Creator, Genesis 1:1-3, “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” Jesus was and is and always will be the source of light.As Creator, Genesis 1:26, “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”
After the fall of Adam, Genesis 3:22, “And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever:”
The people were building a tower reach the heavens, so God said, Genesis 11:7, “let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.” After this the area was known as Babel. This was the first world dictatorship, and in my opinion we are headed for another one.
How wonderful would it be to hear as Isaiah did, Isaiah 6:8, “Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.” Isaiah was willing, would we be?
John 17:24 “Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.” The Holy Spirit was to come as the conformer after the crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus. Given that I would suggest that the Holy Spirit was privy to this conversation also.
And our great commission from Jesus, Matthew 28: 19 “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:”
As the hymn goes, “God in Three Persons Blessed Trinity.”
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Excellent post Jerry, you highlighted a major factor that I absolutely skated over in my response to this question, Satan. As Paul says in Ephesians 6:12, “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” [KJV]
In my opinion, and likely in the opinion of many others, both the Quran and the book of Mormon had the same author, that old serpent Satan. The “prophet” Joseph incorporated many of the occultist practices of Masonic rites into Mormonism. Not many in the Mormon faith reach the pinnacle of godhood. After washing the ”More than Human” teaching I’m reminded of the concept of GenRich verses the Naturals.
After 9/11 I really started to educate myself with respect to the Islamic faith. It seems Mohammed was quite devote in his early years and spent a lot of time meditating in a cave. After his first “revelation” he ran to his wife saying he thought it was a jinni. Unfortunately his wife had the opposite opinion and encouraged Mohammed. The rest is very, very bloody history.
While originated by the same author it is interesting that the doctrines seem to be polar opposites. One so-called religion wants to create an elite group of gods and goddesses. The other wants to be totally submissive to a capricious God.
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