Not listening to the video but reading the commentary on the page: it really does not matter whether the reading for the only begotten in John 1:18 is "Son" or whether the only begotten is "God", (Theos). That is because the man Yeshua does not claim to be the Logos-Memra-Word and the rest of the Gospel of John reveals this to be true. Those passages have already been quoted and gone over many times in this and many other threads. There is a chain of clear emphatic statements which, if a person be honest and accept what Yeshua says, then none of this would even be necessary because the arguments would be over. If you would like that I go find them and post them again here, I will, just for you, seriously.
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That is because the man Yeshua does not claim to be the Logos-Memra-Word and the rest of the Gospel of John reveals this to be true.
Jn.1:14. And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among (in)us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15John testified about Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said,
‘He who comes after me has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.’”
John the Baptist said that.
You posted my quote but did not post the passages of which I spoke, which were then posted in the very next reply to the same person: why would you omit the passages which I spoke about in what you quoted when they were right there in the next post? Here they are again, please refute them if you think any of the statements are incorrect or wrongly understood:
First allow me to answer with some of the passages I mentioned in the previous post.
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The Father judges no one but has committed all judgment to the Son:
John 5:22
22. For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment unto the Son:
The man Yeshua also states that he judges no one:
John 8:15
15. You judge after the flesh: I judge no one.
There is only one who judges, the Seeker and Judge:
John 8:50
50. And I seek not mine own glory: one there is, the Seeker and Judge. [Rev 2:23]
The Memra-Logos-Word which the man Yeshua speaks is not his own:
John 14:24
24. He that loves me not, keeps not my sayings: and the Logos-Word which you hear is not of me, but [it is] of the Father who sent me.
The Memra-Logos-Word is the Seeker and the Judge:
John 12:47-48
47. And if anyone hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but that the world might be delivered.
48. He that rejects me, and receives not my words, has one that judges him: the Logos-Word that I have spoken, that one shall judge him in the last day.
Revelation 19:11-16 KJV
11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Logos-Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
The Son of man and Son of Elohim is the Memra-Logos-Word who descended from the heavens in the spiritual somatiko-bodily form of a dove and abode-remained upon the man Yeshua throughout his ministry including Golgotha.
But as for your question concerning the birth of Yeshua; why have you not first offered up an answer to my question which came first in this subject matter pertaining to Matthew 11:11? If you say that Yeshua is born of a woman, as you apparently do, then he clearly tells you that Yohanan is greater than he is because of the clear emphatic statement written in Matthew 11:11. How do you account for that in your doctrine? Do you just ignore what Yeshua says like most or do you have an acceptable answer? My initial answer, (without explanation), has already been given:
Matthew 11:11 KJV
11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
The only way that Yeshua can be greater than Yohanan, according to this statement from the Master himself, is if Yeshua is not born of a woman: and we know that Yeshua states that he has a greater Testimony than Yohanan, and therefore he is greater, (and not born of a woman).
As for what Yohanan says in the passage you quoted:
Jn.1:14. And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among (in)us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15John testified about Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said,
‘He who comes after me has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.’”
John the Baptist said that.
How do you know it does not say "...behind me..."?
That is simply an interpretation from someone else according to their own perception.
Study up on the anthropos-man-faced-countenance of man, (it is all in the Testimony of Yeshua).
Revelation 1:10 W/H
10 εγενομην εν πνευματι εν τη κυριακη ημερα και ηκουσα οπισω μου φωνην μεγαλην ως σαλπιγγος
10 I was in [the] Spirit in the Day Kuriake, [pertaining to the Master], and I heard behind me a great voice as of a trumpet:
John 1:15 W/H
15 ιωαννης μαρτυρει περι αυτου και κεκραγεν λεγων ουτος ην ο ειπων ο οπισω μου ερχομενος εμπροσθεν μου γεγονεν οτι πρωτος μου ην
15 Yohanan testifies concerning him, and has cried, saying, This was of whom I said: The one coming behind me, in front of me has become; for before me he was!
("He must increase, but I must decrease").
Understand? The natural man will not because he knows not from where or what Spirit he speaks.