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Yahweh and Yeshua (Part 2): Issues with trinity theology
Bible Texts (Concordant Version of the Old Testament and Concordant Literal New Testament with keywords Concordance-CLNT: Colossians 1:15; John 10:30; Luke 23:46; Deuteronomy 6:4 and Mark 12:29
Deuteronomy
6:4:
Hear,
Israel! Yahweh is our Elohim; Yahweh the only One.
John
10:30:
30. I
and the Father, We are one."
Luke
23:46:
46
And shouting with a loud voice, Jesus said, "Father, into Thy hands am I
committing My spirit." Now, saying this, He expires.
John
14:16-17:
16
"And I shall be asking the Father, and He will be giving you another
consoler, that it, indeed, may be with you for the eon --
17 the spirit of truth, which the world can not get, for it is not beholding
it, neither is knowing it. Yet you know it, for it is remaining with you and
will be in you.
1
John 5:6-9:
6
This is He Who is coming through water and blood and spirit -- Jesus Christ --
not in the water only, but in the water and in the blood. And the spirit it is
which is testifying, for the spirit is the truth,
7 seeing that three there are that are testifying,
8 the spirit, and the water, and the blood, and the three are for the one
thing.
9 If we are obtaining the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater;
for this is the testimony of God, that He has testified concerning His Son.
Matthew
28:19:
19
Going, then, disciple all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit,
Mark
12:29
29
Jesus answered him that "The foremost precept of all is: Hear, Israel! the
Lord our God is one Lord.
The implications from Yeshua’s conversations with his followers have made some
people believe that there is God father, God Son and God the Holy Spirit. They believe
that they are three in unity not understanding that this is not so. Often
times, Yeshua drew line between himself and Yahweh. He said in Matthew 24: 36
that the son of man does not know when he would come back but only his father
knows. In another scripture passage, Yeshua said that father should forgive
them (i.e. those who crucified him) for they did not know what they were doing
(Luke 23:34). These should be enough reasons for people to understand that he
directed his conversation and prayers only to his father. Otherwise, he should
have said, “father and holy spirit, forgive them for they did not know what
they were doing”. Therefore, both Yeshua and Yahweh are one in spirit but
different in roles. The spirit of Yahweh is required to perform the biddings of
Yahweh. Yahweh and Yeshua are spirits and they are holy.
So, where did trinity come from?
First of all, this was a developed idea since 2nd
through 4th century according to stanford.edu and AI search.
Secondly, theologians like Tertullian (circa 160-225 AD) and Origen (circa
185-254 AD) contributed significantly to the formulation of Trinitarian
concepts. The First Council of Nicaea (325 AD) and Council of Constantinople
(381 AD) have also pivoted the theology of trinity. All these negate what early
followers of Christ and Israelites (including Jews of old) understood about
Yahweh and Yeshua. Habitual cheery pick from many Christians on this issue has resulted to controversies because some scriptures apparently oppose trinity theology.
This week will discuss to some extent what went wrong with this theology.
It can be found in 1 John 5:6-9.
John’s account revealed that there is father, son and the holy spirit as found
in verse 6 through 8. However, if you read verse 9, it boils down to father and
son. What I observed here is that the earlier Christian theologians did not
study this scripture very well before they concluded that there are three
beings that formed one entity as trinity. This is a false doctrine. If the
Israelites understand that there is only one God (Deuteronomy 6:4) as testified
by Yeshua himself in Mark 12:29, then, the Western Christian theologians have
questions to answer on how they recorded 1 John 5:6-8. They have misled
billions of people and this is why some Christians, especially some Catholics disagree
with the theology of trinity.
The question now is who/what is the Holy Spirit?
Ø It can be deduced from the above
explanations that it is addressed as a spirit of Yahweh through Yahweh to
humans. It is a spirit. Therefore, the word, “it” is used mostly in John
14:16-17.
Ø It is not a person as most people may
refer to it in Matthew 28:19. English theologians came up with the idea that
the Holy Spirit is a person because Yeshua mentioned that people should be baptized
in the name of Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. They do not understand that the
common denominator between Father and Son is the Spirit which is Holy. The Holy
Spirit is just like their DNA. It came from Yahweh as a helper. It doesn't make it another God.
Ø Remember that there are other Elohim created
by Yeshua (John 1:2-3) through Yahweh and they are also spirits. However, Yahweh
and Yeshua are holy. Holy means, separated. They are not like other elohim.
Ø It is the spirit of Yahweh that helps
us to do Yahweh’s bidding because our flesh cannot help us (John 6:63). This is
the same spirit Yeshua prayed his father to help all his followers to do
his father’s biddings. It is not another God but a helper of our faith in Christ Yeshua.
Ø Yahweh is spirit and he is holy.
Yeshua is also a spirit and he is holy. However, Yeshua is the express image of
the invisible Yahweh (Colossians 1:15). No one can see Yahweh (John 1:18).
Yeshua is the image of his father (Yahweh). This is why Yeshua always refer to
his father and not to the Holy Spirit because it is not a being like him and
his father. It is their connection. Just like blood connection between earthly father
and his son. I am trying to explain it in a simple way I could think of.
Ø According to www.ucg.org, the word, trinity does not exist in
the scripture. Therefore, it is a created theology of the Western Christians
who believe that God exists in three dimensions.
Ø People need to understand that they cannot hold on to their religion and traditions if they contradict the scriptures. Otherwise, this is a deception. The scriptures mentioned above are the true proves that the word trinity is human made doctrine. Trinity is human assumption and incorrect interpretations of the scriptures.
With all mentioned above, it would be great if you ponder
seriously on this matter as Western Christians have manipulated a whole lot
about the truth concerning Yahweh and his Yeshua. Trinity is just one of many false theologies they have come up with. So, you can imagine many things they have
done to mislead billions of people. This theology is human tradition and convention. It has been imposed on Christain religion since many years ago. You must have read many books promoting this theology as well. This is rather deceitful.
I hope this week’s blog has got you thinking. I pray Yahweh to
make you read between the lines and come out of this deception.
Grace and Peace.
References:
https://www.concordant.org/version/read-concordant-new-testament-online/
/
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/trinity/trinity-history.html
Is God a Trinity?
from https://www.ucg.org/beyond-today/bible-study-aid/god-trinity?s=1&msclkid=f11a46ad4347175667b42f9ad6c75778
Stanford Encyclopedia of
Philosophy: History of Trinitarian Doctrines from: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/trinity/trinity-history.html
When human’s traditions cloud the truth from the scriptures, many are deceived from such deadly assumptions.
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