John Byer

This commentary about John 3:16 is provided by the detective after several people asked him about the truth of this popular Bible verse. Christians flash this written verse on hand-held posters at many public places, but particularly during televised sporting events. Although many Christians earnestly believe in the truth of this verse, the evidence is strikingly clear, they have been deceived, and simplistically fooled, by the guile of a prodigious forger. John didn’t write this verse … Lucius, the Bishop of Cyrene wrote it. And, on top of that, John would never write this verse himself since he knew the actual identity of Jesus, and the God-given reason why Christ came to earth. Thus, it is sad to say, but the people who constantly quote this verse, and the people who wave the posters at the sporting events, don’t even understand the religious faith they are desperately trying to promote. In this specific regard, John knew Jesus was not the son of God, and people who have studied the Bible should also know it. Why? Because the resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday is totally meaningless, if he was God, or the Son of God. It only has meaning if he was a human being. Furthermore, the contents of the message are false and dogmatically untrue, and anyone who proclaims to be a devout Christian should immediately perceive this fact. The bottom line is this: the above verse should really be titled ~ Lucius 3:16 !!!

In breaking down this verse, it is a given that God loved (loves) the world, but this is not the reason God gave (up) “his only begotten son.” The latter phrase is shown in quotes because it is a false description of Christ, and it completely misrepresents who he is.  John would never make this statement, but Lucius would because he didn’t know or understand the mission of Christ. As Isaiah 53:6 reported, God gave up Jesus, but not for the world, only for the Jews. Jesus came to the earth strictly for the lost sheep of Israel because they had corrupted Mosaic Law, and violated the Lord’s covenant which they had made with God. At the time of Moses, only the Jews believed in the true God, but then, after the passing of many centuries, the Jews (i.e. Sadducees) had severely corrupted the scripture, and the Jews no longer believed in the everlasting life of the soul. This is the reason why Christ came to earth, and the justification for God’s well-planned, three-day death, and resurrection of the Messiah. Despite all the foregoing, Jesus was not the “only begotten son” of God. Jesus was a human being, the anointed one of God who was sent to earth solely to die, and resurrect, in order to demonstrate Man lived after his burial in a grave.

In this regard, the Lord God said … Man (both male and female) are made in God’s image (Genesis 1:27). However, God’s spiritual image does not reflect a male or female body, or anything else for that matter. The image is only light (i.e. spiritual energy) so it doesn’t display any human form or physical characteristics. Remember: God has no physical image (Exodus 20:4) and neither do the souls of Man since they are made in the image of God. God is spiritual energy and so are the souls of all mankind. Thus, Jesus is not the begotten son of God because there are no gender assignments in the spiritual world; this physical attribution has misidentified Jesus for a very, very long time.

If a person studiously reads Isaiah 7:14, the verse reports God will give a sign, and “a virgin will bear a son;” it doesn’t proclaim a son will be born to the Lord God, since the soul of Jesus has existed since eternity (as all human souls have), and thus, Christ’s soul was not being born either in a spiritual or a physical sense. It was only being moved, transferred, or relocated to earth. The word which describes this relocation to earth is “Reincarnation.” This is a difficult nut for people to crack, because most humans cannot think outside the box of their own physical world. The spiritual realm of God is beyond man’s ability to comprehend since man resides in a three-dimensional sphere. However, the soul of Christ (or the person we know as Jesus) was sent, i.e. dispatched to Earth by God (and it had no gender identity). This soul then entered, and occupied, the physical body of Jesus (a male) created for him on earth. The baby Jesus was born on Yom Kippur in 5BCE. Even so, the soul of Jesus was not born, since it had existed for eternity prior to taking up temporary residence on earth. Christ is not the only son of God since all souls in this vast world entering male bodies (or female bodies) enter into the flesh the same way. Thus, if all souls enter human bodies in the same manner, then Jesus can’t be the only begotten son of God… because God doesn’t have earthly sons, only spiritual souls in the image of God. This expression is a misnomer, since the existing, living soul of Christ was moved, and relocated to earth. The soul of Jesus was not a new soul … it was a very old soul … so it wasn’t spiritually born or physically born (See John: 5: 37 & 6:38 where Jesus says he was sent to earth). And, Jesus could not be sent to earth, if he did not exist prior to his arrival on earth. Therefore, Christ was not begotten (in a reproductive or sexual sense), nor was he the son of God from a spiritual perspective … because his soul had no masculine image. God only ensured the soul of Christ would take up residence in the physical body of Jesus. Also, Christ’s incarnation into a male body on earth was not an accident. His male physical body represents the original sin he committed in the Garden of Eden. This is the reason Jesus identified himself as “the first and the last” to John on the Isle of Patmos (Revelation 1: 17). John understood the destiny of Christ’s soul, so he knew the soul inside Christ’s physical body was the same soul that resided in Adam’s body during his incarnation as the first man. Jesus also knew John would recognize him in his celestial state if he used those identifying words.

As previously stated, the detective claims John’s verse 3:16 was written by Lucius, and the next lines of the verse confirm this belief. The beliefs of Lucius were oddly inconsistent, and very confused, and as such, he believed Jesus held “God-like” status. Therefore, with this background, a person now knows why these following words were written “that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” As fully explained in “Lucianity,” Lucius perceived Jesus to be God, or the son of God, since he saw Jesus alive before, and after his crucifixion … and that is all he knew. To him, there was no spiritual dimension to the resurrection of Jesus, and he didn’t understand that God is the one who made it all possible. So when Lucius wrote this verse, he believed a person would have eternal, and ever-lasting “physical” life, not an everlasting spiritual life. He was a Sadducee Jew, or he thought like a Sadducee Jew… so Lucius was thinking just like he had been taught or believed. This is the reason the New Testament scripture reports the “Rapture” and physical bodies rising up and out of their graves at the sound of a trumpet. He saw Jesus physically alive after his resurrection, and maybe even Lazarus physically alive after his alleged death, so Lucius erroneously concluded the same destiny was the future of all mankind. Nonetheless, this perception by Lucius is categorically wrong because the flesh of people does perish, and the dead will not have everlasting life in their physical bodies made of flesh.   

On the other hand, John understood Jesus didn’t hold any God-like status. He knew Jesus was a human being, and the one designated by God to be the Messiah, the one who would reaffirm the truth of the Mosaic Code by his resurrection. He also knew Jesus was the First and the Last since the soul in Jesus was the same soul that existed in the first man, Adam. So clearly understanding Jesus was only a human being and not God, John would stress belief in God, and never in Jesus, but only his teachings. He knew Jesus couldn’t save people; they had to save themselves by their good works and prayer to God, in compliance with the First Commandment. John would never claim that just a belief in Jesus was sufficient to obtain ‘everlasting life’.  Moreover, John already knew the souls of men were everlasting, as proven by the teaching of Christ. In his gospel, at John 3: 1-13, Jesus instructs Nicodemus about Reincarnation. This dogma about the souls of humans descending from heaven and repeatedly incarnating into new-born bodies was a dogma of Jesus and Christianity. It was a central doctrine of the Christian faith for over 500 years … at least until the wife of Emperor Justinian, the Empress of Rome, known as Theodora, eradicated the belief by issuing anathemas and taking control of the Church in the sixth century. She fired Popes and Bishops and proclaimed there would be only one Pope, and he would be domiciled in the City of Rome where the Church would be under her control and watchful eye (See Revelation 17, Theodora is identified as the Mother of Fornications (or Harlots) sitting on the seven hills or mountains of Rome.) Reincarnation was also a tenet, or a belief of Judaism (the religion of Moses) before the Sadducees, a Jewish political party, rewrote and corrupted the Mosaic Law (or the doctrine). Except, it really shouldn’t be considered a belief, since Reincarnation is a fact of human existence, and the way a human being actually saves his soul, and obtains everlasting spiritual life. Reincarnation substantiates life after the grave, and it supports the fact human beings are blessed with everlasting life. Christ confirmed this dogma of Judaism and Christianity by his resurrection. It also indirectly refutes   the contents of the message presented in John 3:16 (written by Lucius), because it reveals Man already possesses everlasting spiritual life despite one’s belief about Jesus. The corruption of this belief about the everlasting existence of the soul is essentially why Christ was sent to earth.  In conclusion, all these points unveiled above, verify the fact, it was Lucius who reported the words in verse 3:16, not John.   

Nonetheless, this review of John 3:16 in the above paragraphs is only a theological and scriptural analysis of this one, single, isolated verse standing alone in the midst of 878 other verses contained in John’s gospel. Furthermore, this constantly, yet thoughtlessly quoted verse, which was allegedly written by John only represents one out of nearly 8000 verses contained within the pages of the New Testament. Thus, this verse, like all other verses, don’t stand alone in the Bible. In fact, contrary to all Christian promotion and evangelising, this much quoted verse is an unbelievably poor example to use in professing the faith… since it doesn’t represent the message of Christ. John 3:16 is actually the godless belief of Lucius because he believed in the physical resurrection, and everlasting ‘physical’ life, not the spiritual resurrection of Man, and everlasting spiritual life of human souls.
People have read corrupted bible scripture for the last 2000 years and they believe every word of it. They are unable to distinguish truth from fiction and as a result, they don’t understand the very narrow purpose of the anointed one’s mission to earth. Very briefly, a short history:  the Jews under Moses believed in one God in heaven, and this God freed them from slavery in Egypt due to their prayers. Once in Israel, God gave Moses the law on Mt. Sinai (the Ten Commandments) and a covenant was established between the Jews and God. Then, about the time of Solomon (or 480 some years later) a new political party developed in Israel — the Sadducees. Looking at the Torah very legalistically, the Sadducees began to reinterpret the Mosaic Code, and in the process, denied one of its most basic and fundamental laws, Genesis 1:27 (which stated ~ God made Man in his image, both male and female). At the time of Moses, the Jews believed they had everlasting spiritual life because they were made in the image of God. And since their life was eternal, they could also be born again or reincarnate. But the Sadducees claimed Man lost everlasting life due to his fall from grace in the Garden of Eden. And, based on their belief, the soul of Man dissipated upon death, and there was no individual identity or existence after death. Thus, Reincarnation no longer existed as a tenet within their dogma. This latter corrupted dogma caused some Jews to worship idols since they realized there was no purpose for their mortal lives. It also led to the corruption by the priests at the temple. Based strictly on these sins of the Jews, and their violation of the covenant with God, Isaiah prayed to the Lord. God responded with definitive information about the Messiah, a Jewish man who would deal with the Jewish sins (See Chapters One & 53 of Isaiah). Isaiah prayed to the Lord to forgive the sins of the Jews; he didn’t pray for any other people or nations. As such, the Messiah would not deal with the sins of the Gentiles (i.e. everyone else in the world); he would only come for the sins of the Jews. 

Then, maybe 200 to 250 years after Isaiah, the Jewish Prophet Daniel also prays to God due to the all the sins committed by Jews, and requests the Lord’s forgiveness. God responds via the messenger Gabriel … who advises Daniel when his vision will be answered and when the Anointed one (the Messiah) will come to Judea. The Messiah, Jesus, the anointed one, would come in accordance with a 70 Weeks (or 490 years) agenda to remedy the sins of the Jews, not for anyone else in the World, just the Jews. To repeat, the Son of Man (i.e. a human being, or in this case Jesus) would come per Daniel … not the Son of God, and not the begotten Son of God (which is impossible as pointed out above). In the 483rd year (or 26 CE), Christ made his public appearance to the Jewish people (just as foretold in the 70 Week message), due to their corruption of the law (i.e. the Mosaic Code) and their constant violation of the covenant which (the Jews) had established with the Lord God. Only the Jews lived under Mosaic Law, and only the Jews had a covenant with God. That is one of the reasons they were (at one time) the chosen people. Unlike everyone else in the world who prayed to idols, and other odd things, the Jews believed in the true God and prayed to this true God, the Lord in heaven. 

As manifested in Revelation 1: 17, the Apostle John knew the real identity of Jesus and why he was on earth. John was a cousin of Jesus, and his selection as an apostle was not accidental. Thus, since John knew everything briefly summarized above, he would never write verse 3:16. He knew Jesus wasn’t the begotten Son of God and Jesus didn’t come to save the world. Jesus only came for the lost sheep of Israel because they are the ones who broke the commandments and defied the covenant adopted, and unanimously approved, by the Jews. John 3:17 reports once again the Son was sent to save the world. This is the continuing corruption of Lucius because John would never write such false scripture. John 3:18 amplifies the falsity  and corruption of verses even further when it mentions Jesus as the only begotten Son again (something which John would not write) and retracing back to John 3:15, it claims anyone who believes in the Son should not perish, but have eternal life. This false scripture continues, verse after verse, and chapter after chapter. Once again, John would not write any of this since he already knew Man had eternal life, and Man wouldn’t perish whether he believed in Jesus or not. Like Jesus, John only prayed to the Lord God in heaven. 

People have failed to recognize the extent of the Bible’s scriptural corruption by Lucius for two millennia. This is something that could only happen if they didn’t understand their religious faith. They have blindly and unthinkingly accepted every false assertion in the New Testament (for example John 3:16), and whatever else a priest or minister has falsely uttered. The scripture of John, and the scripture of the other gospels, are replete with the bogus thoughts and beliefs of Lucius. “Christians” must learn to separate truth from fiction. Lucius created and spread his false dogma from beginning to end in the New Testament; he is responsible for fabricating nearly 75% of the scripture. Such being the case, the Bible Detective willingly and openly declares that “Christians” have been bamboozled about their adopted faith. After 2000 years, it is a sad thing to say, but they have been deceived. Due to the sly, and masterful forgery of Lucius, Christians of the past were lulled into accepting his false dogma or Lucianity. Today, it is no different, as exemplified by the belief in John 3:16.  The Detective piously pleads with God that people of faith will awaken to all the false beliefs to which they subscribe, and pray only to the Lord God in heaven, and no one else, not even Jesus Christ or any of the saints, because they are all human beings. And, in truth, when prayers by Christians (ministers and laity alike) are addressed to the Lord Jesus Christ (due to the unrecognized forgery of Lucius), people are clearly violating the first commandment of God. Without clearly thinking about their actions, they are in direct violation of God’s law since they are praying to other gods. As a result and consequence, “Christians” routinely violate the First Commandment of God, more than any other commandment. 

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