Difflugia wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2023 1:41 pm
JehovahsWitness wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 1:40 pmThere is no third option. Jesus was given a name above *ALL* names (including above the name of Jehovah/YHWH) or Jesus was given the name that is above all names
with the exception of the name of Jehovah: what other options can exist?
Even Jehovah doesnt have a name above Jehovah.
Logic,
If "Jehovah doesn't have a name above Jehovah," than any
other name can't be "above all names" with only one exception. If the name Jehovah has a single exception, then any
other name can have a minimum of two exceptions.
Logic.
And elementary math.
It involves elementary logic. If Jehovah GAVE Jesus a name, He surely could take it back....so Jesus has a name that is higher than all names with the exception of the Father's name. Nothing can be higher than the One who has all the power in the universe (and He GAVE power to Jesus to accomplish His will, not Jesus' will.)
"Jesus answered to them: 'Truly, truly I say to you, the Son can do nothing of himself, unless it is something he sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son does in like manner.'" (John 5:19,
New American Standard Bible.
Jesus said: "The word that you are hearing is
not mine, but belongs to the Father who sent me." (John 14:24)
"For I have come down from heaven,
not to do my own will, but the will of Him who sent me.." (John 6:38)
"...The Father is greater than I." (John 14:28, NASB)
Even Jesus himself believes that the Father is above him, and the Father doesn't change.