--- title: Jesus Is a Created Being url: https://jw-apologetics.app/doctrines/created-jesus/ markdown: https://jw-apologetics.app/doctrines/created-jesus.md type: doctrine perspective: Summary of a Jehovah's Witness (Watchtower) teaching, with Protestant counter-arguments topics: [Deity of Christ] aliases: [Michael the Archangel, First creation, Jesus was created, spirit creature, Jesus is a creature, created being, bodily resurrection, body dissolved, spirit body, Jesus came into existence, Jesus created being, Jesus first creation, Jesus had a beginning, greatest creation, no incarnation, Jehovah created Jesus first, Jesus angel example, Jesus moral exemplar] index: https://jw-apologetics.app/llms.txt --- # Jesus Is a Created Being ## Watchtower Teaching The Watchtower teaches that Jesus (Michael the Archangel) is the first and greatest creation of Jehovah God, not eternal deity. ## Key Implication If Jesus is merely a spirit creature, the bodily resurrection collapses. Yet John 20:25–27 records Thomas touching the nail marks in Jesus' risen hands and the wound in his side — the same body that died. Jesus himself said, 'A spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have' (Luke 24:39). The Watchtower teaches Jesus' body was dissolved and he was re-created as a spirit creature — but Thomas met the same Jesus, with the same wounds, in the same body. ## Watchtower Sources - What Does the Bible Really Teach?, ch. 4 - Insight on the Scriptures, vol. 2, p. 394 ## Counter-Arguments (96) - [Jesus' Eternality](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/psalm102-hebrews1.md) — Psalm 102 → Hebrews 1 [Deity of Christ] - [Colossians 1 — Inserted 'Other'](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/colossians1-other.md) — The NWT adds a word that changes everything [NWT Translation] - [Isaiah Saw Jesus' Glory](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/john12-isaiah6.md) — John 12:41 / Isaiah 6 [Deity of Christ] - ['A God' = Polytheism](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/john1-polytheism.md) — John 1:1 + Exodus 20:3 + Isaiah 43:10 [Deity of Christ] - [El Gibbor — The Mighty God](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/el-gibbor.md) — Isaiah 9:6 / Isaiah 10:21 [Deity of Christ] - [Jesus as Alpha and Omega](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/alpha-omega.md) — Revelation 22:12–16 [Deity of Christ] - [Ego Eimi — 'I AM'](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/ego-eimi.md) — John 8:58 [Deity of Christ] - [Jesus Shared Jehovah's Glory](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/john17-glory.md) — John 17:5 [Deity of Christ] - [The Incarnation Framework](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/philippians2.md) — Philippians 2:5–8 [Deity of Christ] - [The Good Teacher Dilemma](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/good-teacher.md) — Mark 10:17–18 / Luke 18:18–19 [Deity of Christ] - [Jesus Receives Worship](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/worship-of-jesus.md) — Hebrews 1:6 / Revelation 5:13–14 / Daniel 7:13–14 [Deity of Christ] - [Monogenes — 'Only Begotten' Means Unique](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/john3-16-monogenes.md) — John 3:16 [Deity of Christ] - [Jesus Is Not Michael the Archangel](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/jesus-not-michael.md) — Hebrews 1:5 / Jude 9 [Deity of Christ] - [The Bodily Resurrection of Jesus](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/bodily-resurrection.md) — A spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have [Deity of Christ] - [Jesus Must Be a Man Now — The Melchizedek Priesthood](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/melchizedek-priesthood.md) — "He always lives to make intercession for them" (Hebrews 7:25) [Deity of Christ] - [Call Upon the Name of the Lord Jesus](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/call-upon-name.md) — The OT worship phrase applied to Jesus [Deity of Christ] - [Our Great God and Saviour Jesus Christ](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/titus-2-13.md) — Titus 2:13 and the Granville Sharp Rule [Deity of Christ] - [Jehovah Created Alone — So Jesus Must Be Jehovah](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/isaiah44-creator.md) — Isaiah 44:24 [Deity of Christ] - [The Fullness of Deity in Bodily Form](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/colossians2-9.md) — Colossians 2:9 [Deity of Christ] - [From the Days of Eternity](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/micah5-2.md) — Micah 5:2 [Deity of Christ] - [Who Appeared to Abraham?](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/ot-christophany.md) — If no one has seen the Father, the OT appearances were Christ [Deity of Christ] - [What Christians Actually Believe — The Trinity Defined](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/trinity-definition.md) — One God, three persons — not three gods, not one person [Deity of Christ] - [The 237 Additions — Zero Manuscript Evidence](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/tetragrammaton-insertion.md) — Not one Greek NT manuscript contains Jehovah's name — so why does the NWT insert it 237 times? [NWT Translation] - [The Corresponding Ransom Chain](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/ransom-chain.md) — Romans 5 — Not Like the Trespass [Salvation] - [The Elohim Category Trap](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/elohim-category.md) — Psalm 82 — If Jesus Is 'a God,' Which Kind? [Deity of Christ] - [The Law of Agency Doesn't Work](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/law-of-agency.md) — Agents Are Never Called God [Deity of Christ] - [Irenaeus Believed Jesus Is God](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/early-church-fathers-irenaeus.md) — Against Heresies — In Context [Deity of Christ] - [The NWT's One-Way Mirror](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/nwt-unidirectional-bias.md) — Every Change Points the Same Direction [NWT Translation] - [Thomas' Confession: My Lord and My God](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/john20-28-thomas.md) — John 20:28 [Deity of Christ] - [The Father Calls the Son 'God'](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/hebrews1-8-throne.md) — Hebrews 1:8 quoting Psalm 45:6 [Deity of Christ] - [Prayer to Jesus in the New Testament](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/prayer-to-jesus.md) — Acts 7:59, Revelation 22:20, 2 Corinthians 12:8 [Deity of Christ] - [Spirit of Christ — Restructured Away](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/spirit-of-christ.md) — 1 Peter 1:11 — The NWT Breaks the Genitive to Hide Pre-Existence [NWT Translation] - [The Jehovah/Adam Name Analogy](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/jehovah-adam-analogy.md) — Genesis 5:2 — One Name, Two Persons [Deity of Christ] - [The Exact Representation Problem](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/heb1-3-psalm89-contradiction.md) — Hebrews 1:3 vs Psalm 89:6 [Deity of Christ] - [Jesus Forgives Sins — Only God Can Do That](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/jesus-forgives-sins.md) — Mark 2:5-12 [Deity of Christ] - [Jehovah Alone Is Saviour — Yet Jesus Saves](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/isaiah43-saviour.md) — Isaiah 43:11 / Acts 4:12 / Titus 2:13 [Deity of Christ] - [The Angel from Heaven](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/angel-from-heaven.md) — Galatians 1:8 — Three-Way Angel Parallel [Deity of Christ] - [Let Us Make Man — The Isaiah 44:24 Trap](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/genesis1-26-let-us.md) — Genesis 1:26 / Isaiah 44:24 / Job 33:4 [Deity of Christ] - [Seeing the Father in Jesus](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/john14-9-seen-the-father.md) — John 14:9 / Hebrews 1:3 / Colossians 2:9 [Deity of Christ] - [Unless You Believe That I AM — Christology as a Salvation Issue](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/john824-believe-i-am.md) — John 8:24 / Isaiah 43:10 / John 13:19 [Deity of Christ] - [Hebrews 1:6 Quotes a Jehovah-Worship Text — And Applies It to Jesus](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/deut3243-hebrews16-worship.md) — Deuteronomy 32:43 LXX / Hebrews 1:6 / Dead Sea Scrolls [Deity of Christ] - [Peter's Confession — 'The Son of the Living God'](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/peter-confession-son-of-god.md) — Matthew 16:16-17 / John 5:18 / John 10:33-36 [Deity of Christ] - [Gods Who Die and God to Pharaoh Don't Parallel Jesus](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/psalm82-exodus71-gods-parallel.md) — Psalm 82:6-7 / Exodus 7:1 / John 10:34-36 [Deity of Christ] - [No Man Can Redeem — But Jesus Did](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/ransom-who-can-redeem.md) — Psalm 49:7-9, 15 / Hebrews 9:12-14 / Acts 20:28 [Salvation] - [The Christian Shema — Paul Splits the Shema to Include Jesus](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/christian-shema.md) — 1 Corinthians 8:6 / Deuteronomy 6:4 / Isaiah 44:24 [Deity of Christ] - [Whose Angel Is It? — God and Jesus Both Claim Ownership](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/rev22-whose-angel.md) — Revelation 22:6 / 22:16 [Deity of Christ] - [Honour the Son Just As You Honour the Father](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/john5-equal-honour.md) — John 5:22-23 / Isaiah 42:8 / Revelation 5:13-14 [Deity of Christ] - [The Lamb Receives Identical Worship to God](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/revelation5-lamb-worship.md) — Revelation 5:12-14 / Revelation 22:8-9 / Isaiah 42:8 [Deity of Christ] - [The Son Hands Over the Kingdom — 1 Corinthians 15:24-28](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/1corinthians15-subjection.md) — 1 Corinthians 15:24-28 / John 17:5 / Philippians 2:9-11 [Deity of Christ] - [The Word of the Lord — Yahweh's Visible Person](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/word-of-the-lord.md) — The OT "Word of the Lord" appeared physically as God [Deity of Christ] - [Abraham Rejoiced to See My Day](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/abraham-saw-my-day.md) — John 8:56 — Jesus Claims Abraham Saw Him in the OT [Deity of Christ] - [All Things Exist For and Through Jesus](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/hebrews2-all-things-subject.md) — Hebrews 2:5-10 [Deity of Christ] - [The Last Adam — More Than a Man](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/1corinthians15-45-last-adam.md) — 1 Corinthians 15:45-49 [Deity of Christ] - ["My God and Your God" — John 20:17](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/john20-17-my-god.md) — Jesus distinguishes his relationship, not his nature [Deity of Christ] - [King of Kings and Lord of Lords](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/king-of-kings.md) — Revelation 19:16 — A title shared with Jehovah [Deity of Christ] - [Arianism Is Not New — JW Christology Was Rejected in AD 325](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/arianism-not-new.md) — Council of Nicaea / Arius / Athanasius [Authority] - [Antichrist Is Whoever Denies the Son — And Your NWT Knows](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/antichrist-christendom-boomerang.md) — 1 John 2:22 / 1 John 4:2 / 1 John 5:20 [Deity of Christ] - [Theotokos Is About Jesus, Not About Mary](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/mary-theotokos-christological-fence.md) — Luke 1:43 / John 1:14 / Colossians 2:9 [Deity of Christ] - [Proskuneo — Same Word, Different Translation](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/proskuneo-worship-obeisance.md) — Hebrews 1:6, Matthew 14:33, Revelation 5:14 [NWT Translation] - [The Trial That Proved Jesus Claimed to Be God](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/mark14-trial-deity-claim.md) — Mark 14:60-64 [Deity of Christ] - [Jesus Delivered Israel from Egypt](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/jude5-jesus-delivered-israel.md) — Jude 5 [Deity of Christ] - [God Is Love — From Eternity, Or Not At All](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/trinity-from-immutable-love.md) — 1 John 4:8 / Malachi 3:6 / John 17:24 [Deity of Christ] - [When Was Jehovah Pierced?](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/zechariah12-pierced-yahweh.md) — Zechariah 12:10 / John 19:37 / Revelation 1:7 [Deity of Christ] - [Liar, Lunatic, or Lord — There Is No Fourth Option](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/liar-lunatic-lord.md) — John 8:58 / John 10:30 / Mark 14:62 [Deity of Christ] - [Volunteer or Servant? — Why the Son's Obedience Cannot Be Angelic](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/voluntary-submission-vs-angelic.md) — John 10:18 / Philippians 2:6-8 / Hebrews 1:14 [Deity of Christ] - [Why a Perfect Man Was Not Enough](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/infinite-value-divine-sacrifice.md) — Hebrews 9:14 / Acts 20:28 / 1 Peter 1:18-19 [Salvation] - [Only God Can Know Good and Evil and Never Sin](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/sinless-knowing-deity.md) — Genesis 3:22 → Hebrews 4:15 [Deity of Christ] - [Tempted in Every Way — Yet Could Not Fail](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/jesus-tempted-yet-impeccable.md) — Hebrews 4:15 / James 1:13 [Deity of Christ] - [Whoever Denies the Son Does Not Have the Father](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/1john2-23-deny-son-deny-father.md) — 1 John 2:22-23 [Deity of Christ] - [The Son of Man on the Clouds — A Divine Prerogative](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/daniel7-son-of-man-deity.md) — Daniel 7:13-14 [Deity of Christ] - [Every Title For Yahweh Is Given To Jesus](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/yahweh-titles-applied-to-jesus.md) — Isaiah 44:6 / Acts 4:12 / Romans 10:9 / Hosea 13:4 / Revelation 22:13 [Deity of Christ] - [The Messenger of the Covenant](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/malachi-3-1-messenger.md) — Malachi 3:1 — Jehovah comes to His own temple as the messenger [Deity of Christ] - [The Angel That Bore Jehovah's Name](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/acts-7-38-angel-name.md) — Acts 7:38, Exodus 23:20-23 — an angel who forgives sin and demands absolute obedience [Deity of Christ] - [The Salvation-Name Dilemma](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/salvation-name-dilemma.md) — Old Testament — only Jehovah's name saves. New Testament — only Jesus' name saves. [Deity of Christ] - [Yeshua — His Name Is "Jehovah Saves"](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/yeshua-jehovah-saves.md) — Matthew 1:21 — the bridge between the two saving names [Deity of Christ] - [Until Now You Have Not Asked in My Name](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/john-16-23-26-prayer-trap.md) — John 16:23-26 — the unitarian collapse on prayer [Deity of Christ] - [I Live Because of the Father](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/john-6-57-i-live-because.md) — John 6:57 — incarnation context, not pre-existent origin [Deity of Christ] - [If Jesus Is God, Who Raised Him?](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/god-cannot-die-jw-closing.md) — Acts 20:28 / 1 Corinthians 2:8 — the two natures of the one Person [Deity of Christ] - [Angels Do Not Share the Divine Nature](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/angels-not-divine-nature.md) — Hebrews 1:5-14 — the seven-fold contrast between the Son and angels [Deity of Christ] - [Divine but Not God — The JW Half-Step](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/divine-but-not-god-jw-position.md) — Colossians 2:9 — fullness of the Godhead bodily forecloses the distinction [Deity of Christ] - [The Grammar Doesn't Support 'A God'](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/colwells-rule-john-1-1.md) — John 1:1c — Colwell, Harner, and the construction the NWT mishandles [Deity of Christ] - [Two Verbs, Two Categories](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/en-vs-egeneto-john-1-tense.md) — John 1 — the Word 'was' (ēn), creation 'came to be' (egeneto) [Deity of Christ] - [Paul's Greeting Puts Jesus Beside the Father](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/pauline-greeting-formula.md) — Galatians 1:1-3 — Co-Source of Grace and Peace [Deity of Christ] - [A First-Century Parallel to JW Christology](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/colossian-heresy-jw-parallel.md) — Colossians 1:15-20 — Paul Addressed a Christology Structurally Like the Watchtower's [Deity of Christ] - [Two Matches, One Candle — How Three Persons Create as One](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/trinity-causal-overdetermination.md) — Causal overdetermination and opera ad extra sunt indivisa [Deity of Christ] - [You're Already a Trinitarian — The Watchtower's Eternal Logos Problem](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/watchtower-eternal-logos-tu-quoque.md) — If two persons existed before creation, where's the "one"? [Deity of Christ] - [Perichoresis — Three Persons Sharing One Will, Not Three](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/trinity-perichoresis-one-will.md) — Mutual indwelling, not a committee of gods [Deity of Christ] - [The Incarnation Is Addition, Not Compression](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/word-became-flesh-not-michael.md) — Why the Logos-to-Michael-to-Jesus-to-Michael cycle does not match the New Testament [Deity of Christ] - [The Prologue Has Two Bookends — Read John 1:18 Before You Argue About John 1:1](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/john1-1-and-1-18-inclusio.md) — John 1:1 and 1:18 — the opening and closing of John's prologue say the same three things [Deity of Christ] - [An Attribute Can't Become Flesh](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/logos-attribute-vs-person.md) — John 1:14 — the Word who became flesh has a son's glory, a past and a place at the Father's side [Deity of Christ] - [Was God Ever Without His Wisdom?](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/wisdom-and-power-of-god.md) — 1 Corinthians 1:24 — Christ is God's power and God's wisdom, so Proverbs 8 cannot make him a creature [Deity of Christ] - [Always the Father, Always a Son](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/eternal-father-eternal-son.md) — Malachi 3:6 / John 17:24 — if Jehovah never changes and has always been Father, he has always had a Son [Deity of Christ] - [A Creature Can Point to Life; Only the Source Can Say 'I Am the Life'](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/i-am-the-life.md) — Psalm 36:9 / John 11:25 / John 14:6 / John 5:26 — the source of life is with Jehovah, and Jesus says he is that life [Deity of Christ] - [Sharing a Role Is Not Sharing Who God Is](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/god-alone-shared-or-identity.md) — Isaiah 44:24 / 1 Corinthians 6:2-3 / Job 38:7 — when 'God alone' texts allow others in, and when they don't [Deity of Christ] - ["Nor the Son" — and "You Are Aware of All Things"](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/jesus-knowledge-mark-13-32.md) — Mark 13:32 / Revelation 1:1 / Revelation 14:14-16 — what the Son didn't know, and what he did [Deity of Christ] - [David's Son, David's Lord](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/psalm-110-my-lord.md) — Psalm 110:1 / Matthew 22:41-46 — the question Jesus asked that nobody could answer [Deity of Christ]