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.

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.

How shall we honour the Son?

John 5:22-23 NKJV
22 For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son, 23 that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

Some people point out from John chapter 5 that we are to honour the Son as God, just as we honour the Father as God. The emphasis is placed on one single word: "JUST".

Is that so?

No. No where in the New Testament are we taught to honour the Son as God, not even in John 5:23. That would be tantamount to idolatry. Instead we are to honour the Son as the One Anointed by God (Messiah, Christos) just as we honour the Father as our one and only true God.

Let us remember, from Philippians 2:9-11, that when we bow our knees, and when we confess with our tongues "Yeshua the Messiah is Master (Iesous Christos is Lord)", it is TO THE GLORY OF GOD THE FATHER.

Let us also remember the reason why the Son of God is worthy of such great honour. It is because God has exalted him and has given him a name above all other names. (Phil 2:9).

Indeed, in the very same chapter of the verse quoted above, in John 5:26,27 it is written:
"26 For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself, 27 and has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man. "

No, we shall not honour the Son as God. Instead let us honour him as Son of Man, to the glory of God who exalted him and gave authority to execute judge.

Let us honour the Son, because he is Son of Man.

Let us stop hiding in the back room

Many Christians dwell in some dark corners of little back rooms instead of coming out into the large spacious and well-lit living room to enjoy the refreshing view.

Those dark and narrow back rooms comprise a sprinkling of scattered, isolated bible verses usually having more than one way of translating or interpretation. These back room bible verses are typically arguable and many translators are uncertain over how they should be rendered in the English translations.

Today I would like to comment on three of these popular "back room" verses which are often quoted by Trinitarian Christians in defence of their belief in the doctrine of the Triniy. At the end of my commentary, I shall contrast such verses with the occurence of an abundance of verses from all over the New Testament verses that explicitly and undeniably tell us of our One and Only True God. I liken the abundant occurence of such verses to our well-lit and refreshing living room.

[All quotations in this post are taken from the Good News Translation, formerly know as Today's English Version.]

Back Room verses quoted by Trinitarian Christians:

(1)
Hebrews 1:8 (Quotation of Psalm 45:6,7)
Your kingdom, O God, will last forever and ever . . .

The footnote of my Bible states that this verse can also be translated as,
"God is your kingdom forever . . ."

It tells us that bible translators are divided over how Hebrews 1:8 should be exactly translated. Is this prophetic Messianic verse addressing the Messiah as "O God" or is it instead saying, "Messiah, God is your kingdom . . ."? We can answer this question if we read on to verse 9:

Hebrews 1:9

You love what is right and hate what is wrong.
That is why God, your God, has chosen you
    and has given you the joy of an honor far greater
    than he gave to your companions.

It is succinctly clear from verse 9 above that God is the God of the Messiah. "Your God has chosen you", this prophetic verse says. If so, then the alternative, "footnote" version of  Hebrews 1:8 would be more consistent with the context of Hebrews chapter1 and therefore a better choice.

(2)
Titus 2:13
" . . .  as we wait for the blessed day we hope for, when the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ will appear."

Like Hebrews 1:8, this verse can also be translated in another way, i.e.

" . . . when the glory of the great God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ will appear."

Again, when we look at this second way of translating Titus 2:13, we realize that it is actually very consistent with the rest of the New Testament, with statements made by both our Master the Messiah as well as by his apostles.

That is, we have One God, and One mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus (1 Timothy 2:5).

(3)
1 John 5:20
". . . We live in union with the true God - in union with his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and this is eternal life"

Please note the significance of the phrase, "the true God" and contrast it with "His Son". It is clear that our True God has given us His Son. Our God is the true God. And the True God is our God. We are to be one with our God and one with the Son of God in our new life. The meaning of 1 John 5:20 comes alive to us when we recall the very words of the Son of God in his prayer in John 17:11 and 17:21,

John 17:11
Holy Father! Keep them safe by the power of your name, the name you gave me,[a] so that they may be one just as you and I are one.

John 17:21
 I pray that they may all be one. Father! May they be in us, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they be one, so that the world will believe that you sent me.

THIS, then is what 1 John 5:20 really means when it says "When we are in Him who is true, even in His Son Jesus Christ". The GNT/TEV renders it more succinctly by, "We live in union with the true God - in union with his Son Jesus Christ."

So who then is the true God? It is Him who is true. It is not the Son, who is Christos, the Messiah, the One Anointed by the True God.


Leaving the above verses with their alternative translations and non-explicit interpretation  in their little back rooms, let us move out to the spacious, bright and refreshingly airy living room:

Living Room verses, often ignored by Trinitarian Christians:

Anyone who goes through the New Testament, even with a casual reading, cannot help but notice an abundance of passages and verses, from Matthew all the way to Revelations, that tell of our One True God.

Every single reference to God in the New Testament refers to the Father in Heaven, often addressed as God our Father, or the Father, or God the Father, and very often simply as "God". In other words, every single reference to the Father refers to God, and nobody else.

While the phrase, "God the Father" or "God our Father" is found all over the New Testament, you can never find one single mention of "God the Son" or "God the Spirit:" anywhere in any book or chapter.

Most distinctly is the repeated use by the apostles of the expression, "the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ" or "the God of our Lord Jesus Christ", telling us that our Master the Messiah has a God, his God and our God.
For a list of examples, too long to include in this post, please view the following:

(a) Thanksgiving, Prayer and Praise in the Epistles

(b) Reasons why you should not believe in the Trinity

(c) Implicit allusions vs Explicit assertions

(d) How can you deny the deity of Yeshua

Dear Christian brothers and sisters, there is no trinity in this brightly lit and well ventilated living room of the New Testament. It is as clear as daylight. The fictitious concept of God-the-Father, God-the-Son and God-the-Holy Spirit, a 3-in-1 trinitarian God-head is nowhere to be found in this large and spacious living.

I urge all who are still dwell in dark corners of their crammed little back rooms, holding on tightly to their questionable interpretations of arguable translations of isolated bible verses, trying to prove the existence of a Trinity, to come out for some fresh air and a clear view of the truth of the One True God.

Let's go to the living room.

Whose testimony is greater?

1 John 5:9-12
9 We accept human testimony, but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son. 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.


A Trinitarian friend had made the following remark on the above passage:

"The verse is not to convince that we do away with the Father. It is a message from the Father Himself that we focus on the Son . . ."

(His remark was followed by a string of other verses typically used to support the doctrine of the Trinity.)

My reply:

Yes, the words in 1 John 5:9-12 does bring our focus about "His" Son, rather than "the" Son as you have put it.

Keeping the pronoun "His" in mind, and I shall come back to it at the end of this explanation, let us ask a few simple, direct and explicit questions :

Q1. Whose testimony is greater than human testimony?
Answer: God's testimony. Please note that it is the testimony of our God, not just a "person" within a tri-une "God-head", but instead it is OUR one and only true God who makes His testimony.

Q2. Of whom does God testify?
Answer: God testifies of His Son. Yes, God testifies about His Only Begotten Son, not just "The Father testifies about the Son", but instead it is our God, our only true God, who testifies about His Son.
When Peter was asked by God's Son, "Who do you think I am?", he replied with absolute certainty, "You are the Anointed One (Messiah, Christos), the SON OF THE LIVING GOD". (Matt.16:16)

Dear brother, this is THE GOD who has testified. He is the only true God. And He has testified about His Son, our Master, the Messiah. Do you believe that your GOD has testified? If not, beware lest you be found a liar, as you have not believed the testimony of GOD.

Q3. Finally, what is God's testimony about?
Answer: The testimony says, "God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son." Please note carefully, our GOD has given us eternal life. Once again, at risk of being superfluous, I'd like to quote John 17:3 which you have read several times from my previous comments:

John 17:3
Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

This is what 1 John 5:9-12 is trying to tell us.

In closing, I'd like to invite you to ponder over the pronoun "His".

Who is this person? Is he just part of a 3-in-1 substance called the "God-head"? Or is he actually our only true God? It is crucial that we get this right, otherwise we may be found to be among the liars mentioned in 1 John 5:10.

Who is this Son? Whose Son are we talking about?

1 John 5: 11, 12

And this is the testimony, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his son. Whoever has the Son has life, whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

Yes, we must affirm that eternal life is found in His Son. The pronoun "His" is of utmost importance here. "His" means "God's". In other words, while we find eternal life in "God's Son" , we acknowledge that God is the Father and the Father is God. 

No where in the New Testament do we read that God is the Son or that the Son is God!

Furthermore, the eternal life we find in God's Son, (or Son of God) is made possible by God Himself, whom the Apostles call the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. For example,

* the Son of God did not come on his own authority. It was God who sent him (John 7:28,29),

* the Son of God did nothing on his own authority. He said only what God had instructed him to say (John 8:27,28),

* the Son of God did not exalt himself. It was God who exalted him to the highest place, and gave him the highest name (Phil. 2:9)

* the Son of God did not make himself Lord (Master). It was God who made him Master, so that every tongue will confess and every knee will bow at his God-given name, saying, "Yeshua (Iesous) is Lord" 

(Phil 2:10)

* and every tongue confesses that Jesus is Lord not to glorify the Son of God, but instead, "to the glory of God the Father" (Phil 2:11)

* the Son of God did not raise himself from death. It was God who raised him from the dead. 

(Acts 10:39-41, Acts 13:29, Romans 4: 24 - 25)

Dear Brothers and Sisters, let us uphold our belief in the Son of God, whom God has sent, whom God has authorized to speak, whom God has raised from the dead and to whom God has given the highest name. 

Let us confess "Yeshua (Iesous) is our Master (Lord)" to the Glory of God the Father! 

Romans 4: 24 - 25

It will be reckoned to us who believe in Him that raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, who was put to death for our trespasses and raised for our justification.

How Trinitarians learned trinity.

Everyone who believes in the doctrine of the Trinity, who insists that the Messiah Yeshua (Iesous Christos) is part of a triune God, who vehemently condemns others and ridicule others for not believing the Trinity, yes, virtually every Trinitarian Christian was led into believing this dangerous pagan doctrine by some Trinitarian who in turn were taught by other similar Trinitarian.

Likewise, from the first day I turned to God almighty, I was taught by several dear Christian friends that God is 3-in-1, a triune God. Thus began my journey as a trinitarian believer, a journey which started in the year 1977, lasting right through most of 2009, reinforced by many preachers and Christian books along the way.

For more than three decades, I did not question this doctrine, but instead assumed it must be divine truth. I was also taught to question any individual, church or organisation that did not subscribe to this strange doctrine (which did not seem strange at all to me at that time), regarding them all as heretical cults.

I even went so far as to complain to my pastor about an elderly church member who had told me that he didn't believe in the trinity, leading to this gentleman leaving the church and never coming back.

In fact, the doctrine of the trinity became a basis of my interpretation and understanding of the New Testament. In other words, I did not learn Trinity using the New Testament. Instead, I learned New Testament using the Trinity!

By the grace of God our Father in Heaven, one day in October 2009, I came across a book entitled, "Biblical Monotheism" that pointed out how the New Testament apostles and believer believed in the Only True God, just like the Jews have for thousands of years. I woke up to the fact that our Messiah is a Jew. His disciples and apostles were Jews. The early believers were Jews. Yes, in fact, all their holy scriptures are Jewish scriptures!

For the last two and a half years, I have searched the New Testament over and over again, without the predisposition of Trinitarian thinking indoctrinated into me by my early Christian friends. I am convinced, beyond a shadow of doubt, that there is no Trinity in the New Testament.

Until today, I have not come across any trinitarian Christian who believes in the trinity because of his or her own reading of the New Testament. Instead, and my I reiterate, virtually every one of them was led into this belief by some other trinitarian.

My dear Christian brothers and sisters who believe in the Trinity, I urge you to read the New Testament all over again for yourselves.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Master Yeshua the Anointed One (Kurio Iesous Christos).


Ephesians 1:3 NKJV
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,


Acts 5:29-31
We must obey God rather than men. The God of our fathers raised Jesus whom you killed by hanging him on a tree. God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.