Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Is YHWH our God a "He" or a "They"?

Here's a typical explanation of the doctrine of Trinity, which I had believed in and upheld steadfastly for more than thirty years of my life:
"What then does it mean that God exists as the Trinity? It is a basic principle of our biblical faith that there is only one God. “Hear, O Israel! The LORD our God, the LORD is one!” (Deuteronomy 6:4). The unity of the Godhead cannot be questioned. God does not consist of parts. He is one. But Scripture reveals that there are, in that one divine essence, three eternal distinctions. Those distinctions seem best described as Persons, known as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. All three have identical attributes, however, and therefore they are one—not merely one in mind and purpose, but one in substance. To possess all the same attributes is to be one in essential nature. The three Persons of the Godhead possess identical attributes. They are one in substance and one in essence, and therefore they are one God."
Is YHWH, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, really made up of three persons?
Is our Abba in Heaven merely one of those three persons, and not YHWH himself?

Can we find "they" are one God in the Torah of Moses?
or in the Prophets?
or in the Writings?
or any where in the Gospel accounts,
the Acts of Apostles,
the Epistles
or even in the Book of Revelations?

Is YHWH our God, a He or a They?

YHWH Elohim is One. Throughout the Torah, the Neviim and the Khetuvim, the entire scriptures refer to our God with one and only one singular pronoun: "He".

Likewise throughout the Gospel accounts, the Acts of the Apostles, the Epistles, right through the end of the book of Revelations, our God is always referred to as "He", never once as "They".

Over the past three years, after I turned away from the man-made traditional doctrine of the trinity to worship our Father in Heaven, the Only True God, through the name of Yshua our Messiah, I have been called a cultist, a heretic, accused of falling away and of having lost my salvation. I have also been accused of twisting the scripture.

Please let me tell you who is twisting the scripture.

(1) Those who twist God into a "Godhead"

(2) Those who twist the One and Only True God into a trinity of three persons.

(3) Those who twist the worship of one God in spirit and in truth, into the worship of three little gods, sometimes praying to the father, sometimes to the son and sometimes even praying to the holy spirit.

(4) And those who twist the praise and thanks and giving of glory to our Father, the One True God, into a cult of praising Jesus, thanking Jesus, glorifying Jesus, blessing Jesus, . . . Jesus, Jesus and just only Jesus.

These people forget that over and over again, the apostles teach us to glorify the Father, give thanks to the Father, praise the Father and bless YHWH, the Name of our Father, God Almighty, creator of heavens and earth.

Ephesians 1:3 NIV
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
1 Peter 1:3 NIV
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

These people also forget that our Father is not only our God, that He is also the God of our Master Yeshua the Messiah (Iesou Christos).

Revelations 3: 11 - 13 NIV
I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name. Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Do the Miracles prove that Messiah is God?


This morning I came across a post in a discussion group, that contained a list of some miracles performed by Jesus Christ, with a remark that, "It is these miracles that attest to who Jesus is because His remarkable deeds confirm His incredible claim to be God in flesh, the only way to salvation."

"Jesus was born of a virgin (Matt. 1:25).
Jesus changed water into wine (John 2:6-10).
Jesus caused the disciples to catch a large load of fish (Luke 5:4-6).
Jesus cast out demons (Matt. 8:28-32; 15:22-28).
Jesus healed lepers (Matt. 8:3; Luke 17:14).
Jesus healed diseases (Matt. 4:23,24; Luke 6:17-19)
Jesus healed the paralytic (Mark 2:3-12).
Jesus raised the dead (Matt. 9:25; John 11:43-44).
Jesus restored sight to the blind (Matt. 9:27-30; John 9:1-7).
Jesus cured deafness (Mark 7:32-35).
Jesus fed the multitude (Matt. 14:15-21; Matt. 15:32-38).
Jesus walked on water (Matt. 14:25-27).
Jesus healed the sick (Matt. 8:5-13; 9:22).
Jesus forgave sins (Mark 2:5).
Jesus calmed a storm with a command (Matt. 8:22-27; Mark 4:39).
Jesus was transfigured (Matt. 17:1-8).
Jesus rose from the dead (Luke 24:39; John 20:27).
Jesus appeared to disciples after resurrection (John 20:19).
Jesus ascended into heaven (Acts 1:9).

What is so important here is that Jesus claimed to be God (John 5:18; 8:24; 8:58 -- see Exodus 3:14)"

The above conclusion contradicts the preaching of the Apostle Peter in the Book of Acts:

(1) Peter's message on Pentecost Day, in Jerusalem
Acts 2:22-24, Note especially 2:36
- Jesus is a man: accredited by God,
- handed over to the Jews by God's foreknowledge,
- raised from death by God and
- made Master and Messiah by God.

(2) Peter's message to the Israelites in Solomon's Portico
Acts 3:11-26
-Yeshua is a Servant of God. 
-The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, HAS GIVEN divine glory to His Servant Yeshua. (3:13)
- Yeshua is holy and good, but the Israelites rejected him (3:14),
- They killed the one who leads to life, but God RAISED him from death (3:15)
- If the Israelites would repent and turn to God, their sins would be forgiven and God will SEND Yeshua (3:19,20)
- Yeshua is the Anointed One CHOSEN by God for Israel (3:20)
- Yeshua the Anointed One must remain in heaven until the time comes for all things to be made new. (3:21)

(3) Peter's message to the household of Cornelius in Caesarea
- God anointed Yeshua of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power (10: 38).
- God was with Him (10: 38b).
- After he was killed, God raised him up on the third day (10:39).

It is undeniably clear, brothers and sisters, the Apostle did NOT come to any conclusion at all that the our Messiah Yeshua (Iesous Christos) is "God". Instead, again and again, he explained to people everywhere that our Messiah was chosen by God, anointed with the Spirit of God and given power by God. After he was killed, he was RAISED by God.

Yes, without doubt, the Miracles show that God was with the our Master, the Messiah.

And, No, the Miracles do not show that Messiah is God.