Monday, August 1, 2011

On Mica 5:2



Mic 5:2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

This scripture is used notoriously by trinitarians to prove  the pre-existence of what they claim to be God the Son or second person of the Triune-God

This is a prophetic scripture about the man Christ Jesus who is to be born in Bethlehem. There is no clear evidence that support the teachings of the so-called , the second person of the Triune-God rather its clearly teaches the monotheistic view hold by oneness Christians.
I'll bring out few points and anyone who wants to jump in is more than welcome.


Point one: The writer says, " yet out of thee shall he come forth." This part of the passage speaks of the incarnation of the man whom the bible says that when the fullness of time comes, God sent forth His son MADE of a woman MADE under the law. There are no hints or anything that can point out to the possibility of pre-existant second person of trinity.


Point 2 , "whose goings forth have been from of old." Now,  any trinitarian would quickly jump to this and say that this is a definite proof that this Jesus is from "of old "so therefore He existed prior to the birth in Bethlehem. Is this what the writer intended for the reader to understand? No! The word here is, "whose goings forth ." Comes from Hebrew wordmôtsâ'âh.
{mo-tsaw-aw'} meaning ( family descent.
FAMILY DESCENT! Its not the second person who is from the everlasting but the one that caused the conception is from the everlasting. The man christ Jesus was born in Bethlehem but the originator is God, the very God who dwelt in Him thats why He could say,"The Father in me, He doeth the work."


Point 3
Jehovah here is speaking as a singular being. Theres no indication that there was another with Him but alone, (Me) He didnt speak in Us , we, our etc.


Point 4
he spoke of the messiah in the futuristice sense; " out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be."

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