"Hear, Israel: Yahweh our God. Yahweh is ONE" Deuteronomy 6:4

This study of the trinity "Doctrine" is based on biblical and historical research. Scripture, resource links, and relevant annotations are used where needed.

The personal names Yahweh and Yahshua are used in this study.

Yahweh: The personal name of the God of Israel (YHWH - meaning I am that I am) identified to Moses by the God of Israel Himself in Exodus 3. (see side column)

Yahshua: The personal Hebrew name of Yahweh's son (Yah - yasha meaning Yahweh's salvation) which Yahweh told Mary and Joseph to name His son via the angel Gabriel. (see side column)

*For an historical perspective on the names Yahweh and Yahshua and also today's Christian church. CLICK HERE.

(Note that some authors capitalize the word trinity)

Neil Jennings Braithwaite Blog Editor

INTRODUCTION

The modern doctrine of the Trinity is not found in any document or relic belonging to the church of the first three centuries. Letters, art, usage, theology, worship, creed, hymn, chant, doxology, ascription, commemorative rite, and festive observance, so far as any remains or any record of them are preserved, coming down from early times, are, as regards this doctrine, an absolute blank. They testify, so far as they testify at all, to the supremacy of the Father, Yahweh, the only true God, and to the inferior and derived nature of the Son. There is nowhere among these remains a co-equal trinity. The cross is there; Christ is there as the Good Shepherd, the Father's hand placing a crown, or victor's wreath, on his head: but no undivided three, co-equal, infinite, self-existent, and eternal. The trinity was a conception to which the age had not arrived. It was of later origin. (Alvan Lamson, D.D. "Church of the First Three Centuries")   

For about the first three hundred years of the church – longer than the United States of America has been in existence – there was no concept of a triune God. The present form of the doctrine not only evolved gradually, but it evolved in such a way that the very men who provided its building blocks have been judged heretics by the creed’s final version. Historian R.P.C. Hanson rightly states that the early church councils were “not the story of a defense of orthodoxy, but of a search for orthodoxy, a search conducted by the method of trial and error.” ("The Evolution of the Trinity Doctrine")

There was no formal established doctrine of the Trinity until the fourth century is a fully documented historical fact. (V. P. Wierwille "Jesus Christ is Not God")
 

What is the trinity?

Few Christians know anything about the trinity be­yond the bare fact that it is a doctrine of the Father, the Son, and the Spirit united in "one sub­stance" as "one God." In fact, some Christians don’t even know about the "one sub­stance," for they simply equate the trinity with the idea of the deity of Yahshua (Jesus). But if asked whether the trinity is a biblical doc­trine, they would answer with a resounding “yes.” But are they aware that this doc­trine did not be­come a creed until the fourth century? The Catholic scholar, Father John L. McKenzie, says: “the belief that in God are three persons who subsist in one nature … was reached only in the 4th and 5th centuries AD and hence is not explicitly and formally a biblical belief.”

Using the evolution­ary language that is freely applied to many disciplines today, did the doctrine somehow “evolve” from the Bible over a 300 year period? The truth of the matter is that the trinity devel­oped in the Gentile (non Jewish) Hellenistic church from the latter part of the 2nd century after it had lost most of its connections to the early Jewish-Christian church from the middle of the same century. The [now] Gentile Christian church, in its deter­min­ation to exalt the man Christ Yahshua higher and higher in the direction of deity, indeed towards full equality with God, went through a doctrinal pro­cess that culminated in the formal deifica­tion of Yahshua Christ at the Council of Nicaea in 325.  (Source)

The most important question: How can a doctrine that arrived over 300 years after the resurrection of Christ and the apostolic age be a legitimate biblical doctrine?

Even among Christians who uphold the doctrine of the trinity, very few know anything about the histo­rical events that culmin­ated in the doctrinal form­ulation of the trinity. Likewise, very few know anything about the trinity beyond the basic “God in three per­sons” formula.

In fact, most churches regard the trinity as the corn­er­stone of their faith, yet surprisingly churches rarely ever teach the trinity to the lay people in depth, which is pro­bably because a proper understand­ing of the trinity and the history of its creation will create doubts and object­ions to the doctrine. The first thing the people will notice is the lack of biblical support and the absence of logical cohesion. (Source)

The trinity doctrine is commonly expressed as the statement that the one God of the Bible exists as, or in, three equally divine “Persons”- the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Every term in this statement (God, exists, as or in, equally divine, Person) has been variously understood. The guiding principle has been the creedal declaration that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of the New Testament are consubstantial (i.e., the same in substance or essence, Greek: homoousios). Because this "shared" substance or essence is a divine one, this is understood to imply that all three named individuals are divine, and equally so. Yet somehow the three in some senses “are” the "one" God of the Bible.  

After its creedal formulation and enforcement by imperial Roman authority towards the end of the fourth century, this sort of "Gentile" Christian theology reigned more or less unchallenged. But before this, and again in post-Reformation modernity, the origin, meaning, and justification of the trinity doctrine has been repeatedly disputed. (Source) 

According to the trinity doctrine:

• There is one and only one God.
• God subsists in three persons.
• Note: The word “subsist” is unfamiliar to most people, but it is commonly used in trinitarian writing to mean “to exist, be” (AHD).
• The three persons are: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirit.
• Each is fully God.
• The three are coequal and coeternal.
• The three are distinct from each other, yet are not three Gods.
• God is not God except as Father, Son, and Spirit—the three together.
• Note: Trinitarians often use the term “Godhead” to refer to the triune God (AHD defines “Godhead” as “the Christian God, especially the Trinity”). One reason for the trinitarian use of the term “Godhead” is that in trinitarianism, God is not a person.
• God is three persons, but is only one “being” or “essence”.
• Note: Although the word “being” usually refers to a human being, trinitarians use it in the sense of “one’s basic or essential nature” (AHD, similarly Oxford).
• Note: Although the word “person” usually means a human person, in trinita­rian language it usually refers to a divine person (e.g., “God in three persons”).
• Note: Trinitarians often use the Greek word hypostasis as an approximate equivalent of “person”. Hence God is three hypostases (three persons).
• Note: The three hypostases—Father, Son, and Spirit—share one ousia (essence or substance). Hence trinitarians speak of three hypostases in one ousia (three persons in one substance).
• Note: From ousia comes homoousios (of one essence or substance), which is historically the key term in trinitarian­ism because it is this term that supposedly makes trinitarianism “monotheistic”.
• Note: Because the three persons are of one substance, they are said to be “consubstantial”.
• By incarnation the second person of the Godhead—namely, the eternally preexistent God the Son—acquired a human nature and took on God-man existence as Jesus Christ, who now, as one person, possesses both a divine nature and a human nature, and is both fully God and fully man through the “hypostatic union” (of Christ’s two natures, divine and human, in one person or hypostasis). (Source)

This definition is complete in the sense that any further dis­cuss­ion on the trinity is funda­ment­ally an elabo­ration on these bas­ic points, e.g., how the three hypo­stases relate to one another, or how they have diff­erent roles in salvation history (the economic trinity), or how Christ’s divine nature re­lates to his human nature (debate over this last question had resulted in years of bitter conflict with­in trinita­rian­ism).

Anyone who reads the formal or techni­cal literature on the trinity will soon discover that it tends to use Greek and Latin terms (or their equivalent English terms), and is imbued with neo-Platonic and other philo­sophical con­cepts. These generate more con­fusion than illum­inat­ion on how the three distinct persons can be one God. 

Today's basic definition of the trinity is based on dozens of definit­ions given by both Protestant and Catho­lic trinita­rian authorities, includ­ing the fol­lowing six definitions. (Included is a seventh statement on the incarnation)

“The Christian doctrine of God, according to which he is three per­sons in one substance or essence.” (New Diction­ary of Theology, “Trinity”)

“The trinity of God is defined by the Church as the belief that in God are three persons who subsist in one nature. The belief as so defined was reached only in the 4th and 5th centuries AD and hence is not explicitly and formally a biblical belief.” (Dictionary of the Bible, Father John L. McKenzie, “Trinity”)

“The term designating one God in three persons. Although not itself a biblical term, ‘the trinity’ has been found a con­ven­ient de­sign­ation for the one God self-revealed in Scripture as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It signifies that within the one essence of the God­head we have to distin­guish three ‘per­sons’ who are neither three gods on the one side, nor three parts or modes of God on the other, but coequally and coeter­nally God.” (Evangel­ical Dictionary of Theology, “Trinity”)

“The term ‘trinity’ is not a Biblical term, and we are not using Bib­lical lan­guage when we define what is expressed by it as the doctrine that there is one only and true God, but in the unity of the Godhead there are three coeternal and coequal Persons, the same in sub­stance but dis­tinct in subsist­ence.” (B.B. Warfield, ISBE, “Trinity”)

“The trinity is the term employed to signify the central doc­trine of the Christian religion—the truth that in the unity of the Godhead there are Three Persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, these Three Persons being truly distinct one from another. Thus, in the words of the Athanasian Creed: ‘the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spi­rit is God, and yet there are not three Gods but one God.’ In this trinity of Persons the Son is begotten of the Father by an eternal gen­eration, and the Holy Spirit pro­ceeds by an eternal procession from the Father and the Son. Yet, notwith­stand­ing this differ­ence as to origin, the Persons are co-eternal and co-equal: all alike are uncreated and om­ni­potent.” (The Catholic Encyclope­dia, “The Blessed Trinity,” under “The Dogma of the Trinity”)

“It is time to lay down a basic, fundamental definition of the tri­nity. But we need a short, succinct, accurate definit­ion to start with. Here it is: Within the one Being that is God, there exists eternally three coequal and coeternal persons, namely, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit … When speaking of the trinity, we need to realize that we are talking about one what and three who’s. The one what is the Being or essence of God; the three who’s are the Father, Son, and Spirit.” (The Forgotten Trinity, James R. White, pp.26-27)

“[The incarnation is] the act whereby the eternal Son of God, the Second Person of the Holy Trinity, without ceasing to be what he is, God the Son, took into union with himself what he before that act did not poss­ess, a hum­an nature, ‘and so He was, and continues to be, both God and man in two distinct na­tures and one person, forever’”. (Evangelical Diction­ary of Theology, “Incarna­tion”; the words in single quotation marks are cited by EDT from the Westminster Shorter Catechism). (Source)

Why question the trinity doctrine?

Scripture clearly affirms that every Christian has been personally charged by Christ and his apostles to hold every professed conservator and defender of the Christian faith accountable to biblical truth. This includes Pastors, Priests, teachers, theologians, etc. 

More specifically, Christians have been "Solemnly Charged" to investigate and test any controversial *doctrine* in order to verify beyond any doubt its biblical legitimacy; and further, to EXPOSE and RENOUNCE any alleged "Christian" doctrine that can be biblically proven false.

In this matter of verification of questionable doctrines, the words of Christ and his apostles should be more than enough to compel  Christians to SEEK THE TRUTH about the Trinity. This solemn admonition is clearly what Christ and his apostles had in mind when they communicated the following warnings in scripture:

I SOLEMNLY CHARGE YOU in the presence of God and of Yahshua Messiah, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, AND WILL TURN AWAY THEIR EARS FROM THE TRUTH AND WILL TURN ASIDE TO MYTHS. (2 Timothy 4:1-4)

And YAHSHUA answered and said to them, "SEE TO IT THAT NO ONE DECEIVES YOU. FOR MANY WILL COME IN MY NAME, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ AND WILL DECEIVE MANY." Matthew 24:4-5

“BEWARE OF THE FALSE PROPHETS, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves." (Matthew 7:15)

You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy about you, by saying: ‘This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far away from Me. And in vain do they worship Me, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN’” (Matthew 15:7-9)

But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, PAYING ATTENTION TO SEDUCING SPIRITS AND DOCTRINES OF DEMONS, through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron; (1Timothy 4:1-2)

Beloved, DO NOT BELIEVE EVERY SPIRIT, but TEST THE SPIRITS to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. (1 John 4:1-3)

FALSE PROPHETS AROSE AMONG THE PEOPLE, JUST AS THERE WILL BE FALSE TEACHERS AMONG YOU, WHO WILL SECRETLY BRING IN DESTRUCTIVE HERESIES, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. (2 Peter 2:1)

But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. (John 16:13) 

As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him. (1 John 2:27)

SEE TO IT THAT NO ONE TAKES YOU CAPTIVE THROUGH PHILOSOPHY and EMPTY DECEPTION, according to the TRADITION OF MEN, according to the elementary principles of the world, RATHER THAN ACCORDING TO CHRIST.  (Colossians 2:8) 

By covetousness THEY WILL EXPLOIT YOU WITH DECEPTIVE WORDS; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber. (2 Peter 2:3)

He (Yahweh) replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: “These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; THEIR TEACHINGS ARE MERELY HUMAN TRADITIONS." (Isaiah 29:13)

You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions." And he continued, YOU HAVE A FINE WAY OF SETTING ASIDE THE COMMANDS OF GOD IN ORDER TO OBSERVE YOUR OWN TRADITIONS! ...Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.” (Mark 7:6-13)

As you continue your scriptural and historical study of the trinity, you will discover, as it is defined and taught today, the Trinity arose almost four hundred years AFTER Christ's resurrection and the apostolic age. It arose not from sound biblical doctrine, but from a "philosophy" of "false prophets" and grounded in an "empty deception" of the spiritual and physical "nature" of Christ. Empty deceptive words were used by those "ravenous wolves" in "sheep's clothing" along with Roman emperors using their imperial forces to exploit the burgeoning "Catholic" Church into accepting a man-made philosophy of a three-person god as orthodox biblical doctrine for the purpose of political and governmental power and control of a Roman nation in crisis. In all of this, according to the words of Christ, the trinity is nothing more than an ungodly "HUMAN TRADITION" and "MYTH."  

It's important to remember that the trinity, as it is defined today, was never acknowledged or taught by Christ and his apostles, or by any Christians for several centuries after Christ's resurrection and the apostolic age.  

Again, and this needs to be strongly emphasized, the trinity doctrine was only added as orthodox doctrine by the "Catholic Church" in AD 381. 

Based on demonstrable biblical and historical evidence, the Trinity can be proven to be a false doctrine. The evidence clearly shows the Trinity is nothing more than a contrived compilation of the philosophies of men who were debating the physical and spiritual nature of Christ's being regarding his humanity and personal relationship with his "God and Father" - the one/only true God. 

Examining scripture, along with simple reason and logic, should be enough to raise plenty of doubt about the legitimacy of the trinity as a biblical doctrine. Especially when not one bible scholar, either before or since it's inception, can explain the trinity without reverting to the excuse that it's a "mystery" that can't be explained.

Let us test and examine our ways, and let us return to Yahweh. (Lamentations 3:40)

Trinity Doctrine vs. The Bible

For more clarity on this issue, it's important to note that wherever an author of the Bible identifies "Father" in the context of "the/their/your/our/my", they are specifically identifying Yahweh, the one and only God of the Bible. Therefore, there can be no ambiguity in identifying Yahweh, the one and only God of the Bible, as both our Father and our God.

But now, O Yahweh, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all of us are the work of Your hand. (Isaiah 64:8)

For You are our FATHER, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not recognize us. You, O YAHWEH, are our FATHER, our redeemer from everlasting is Your NAME. (Isaiah 63:16)

If you are a Christian who believes the trinity is a biblical doctrine you may be in for quite a shock. Because the trinity of today, defined as "God in three persons," is never clearly disclosed or explained anywhere in the Bible; not by the one God of Israel, Yahweh, or His prophets, and not by Yahshua Christ or his apostles, or by any other authors of the Bible. However, the Bible does specifically reveal that there is but one God and creator of all things - Yahweh. 

The trinity alleges that Yahshua Christ is literally "God incarnate." But there is no getting around the very words of Christ when he specifically says that "his Father" is also "his God." Likewise, the Apostle's Paul and Peter both say the same thing about Yahshua Christ; that "his Father" is also "his God."  (see references below)

The easily verifiable biblical fact that Yahshua Christ identifies Yahweh as "his Father' and "his God" begs a very serious question to trinitarians: If, according to the trinity, both "God the Father" and "God the Son" are co-equally "God," how can it be that Yahshua Christ specifically identifies "God the Father" as "my God"?  

According to trinitarian apologists, the answer to this perplexing question is that one just has to believe their convoluted definition of a three-in-one God - chalking the trinity up as just a mystery that can't logically be explained or proven. Not withstanding that the very words of Yahweh, Yahshua Christ, the apostles Paul and Peter, and all other Bible authors directly refute the idea that the one God of Israel, Yahweh, is actually three distinct divine persons. 

The choice is to believe the trinity or believe the Bible - facts prove you can't believe both.

Scripture clearly states there is but ONE God and Creator, the God who identified Himself by the name Yahweh, - a name, by the way, found 6,828 times in the Old testament. Whereas a three-in-one god called the trinity is never mentioned or alluded to anywhere in the Bible. Not one time!  

Scripture also clearly states that Yahshua is the one and only "Messiah, the Son of the Living God." Simon Peter said it and Yahshua concurred with his answer; blessing Peter that his answer was revealed to him not by any human, but by his Father in heaven.  

¹⁵ He [Yahshua] said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” ¹⁶ Simon Peter replied, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” ¹⁷ And Yahshua answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father [Yahweh] who is in heaven." (Matthew 16:13-17)

But wouldn't this have been a perfect opportunity for Yahshua to explain to his chosen apostles that he was not only the Messiah, but literally God incarnate; specifically, one of three persons that make up the trinity. Surly this confession would have been as easily understood by the apostles then as it is today by every single Christian.   

No, Yahshua didn't have to explain anything further to his apostles about who he was because Peter answered correctly, that Yahshua is the Messiah, the son of the living God - not literally God incarnate.

Serious Facts about the Trinity

Fact: The term "trinity" is nowhere to be found in the Bible. 

Fact: As defined today, there is no clear depiction of the trinity anywhere in the Bible.

Fact: Trinitarian terms such as consubstantial, homoousios, substance, essence, hypostases (hypostatic union), perichoresis, ousia, tripersonal, co-eternal, co-equal, all originated at least three centuries after the the apostolic age. 

Do not be deceived by the many cryptic terms and incomprehensible explanations used by trinitarian apologists to describe their multi-person "God." It is a clear effort to try and explain and defend a totally made-up concept of a three-in-one God.

Fact: The God of the Bible, Yahweh, is immutable. In which case, He cannot change His nature, change His mind, become human or take on a human nature in any mode.

God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. (Numbers 23:19)

"For I, Yahweh, have not changed... (Malachi 3:6)

He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie or change his mind; for He is not a human being, that he should change his mind.” (1 Samuel 15:29)

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. (James 1:17)

In the same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, interposed with an oath, so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us. (Hebrews 6:17-18)

According to the three-in-one "God" of the trinity, "God the Father," "God the Son," and "God Holy Spirit" embody a fullness of deity nature. But they also assert that "God the Son" (Yahshua Christ) embodies both a fully divine and fully human nature. This is in complete contrast to how scripture characterizes the one God of the Bible as having an immutable divine nature because the three-in-one God of the trinity also consists of a "human" nature in Christ. This trinitarian assertion nullifies any idea of an immutable God because God cannot be both divine and human.

The trinity is a doctrine that continues to be falsely read into the scriptures in order to validate a claim made over three hundred years after the resurrection of Christ and the apostolic age which is easily debunked as a false doctrine simply by testing it through an accurate handling the scriptures.

Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast what is good. (1 Thessalonians 5:20-21)

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth. (2 Timothy 2:15)

Scripture and historical facts prove conclusively that the trinity is an absurd false doctrine which literally denies the singularity of being and immutable nature of the one true God of the Bible, Yahweh. 

The following scripture passages clearly reveal these truths:  

Yahweh tells us He ALONE is the ONE and ONLY GOD and CREATOR:

I AM YAHWEH, and there is NONE BESIDES ME;
    BESIDES ME THERE IS NO GOD. (Isaiah 45:5)

I MYSELF ALONE made the earth,
    and I CREATED humankind upon it.
    I, MY HANDS, stretched out the heavens,
    and I COMMANDED ALL THEIR HOSTS. (Isaiah 45:12) 

THUS SAYS YAHWEH:                                                                                            “Heaven is My throne, and the earth is the footstool of My feet.
Where then is a house you could build for Me?
And where is a place that I may rest?
FOR MY HANDS MADE ALL THESE THINGS,
THUS ALL THESE THINGS CAME INTO BEING,” DECLARES YAHWEH. (Isaiah 66:1-2)

Yahweh is the King of Glory

⁷ Lift up your heads, O gates,
And be lifted up, O ancient doors,
That the King of glory may come in!
⁸ Who is this King of glory?
Yahweh strong and mighty,
Yahweh mighty in battle.
⁹ Lift up your heads, O gates,
And lift yourselves up, O ancient doors,
That the King of glory may come in!
¹⁰ Who is He, this King of glory?
Yahweh of hosts,
He is the King of glory.  (Psalms 24:7-10)

 You either believe Yahweh or be found a liar:

EVERY WORD OF YAHWEH PROVES TRUE;
    He is a shield for him who takes refuge in Him.

DO NOT ADD TO HIS WORDS
    lest He REBUKE YOU and YOU BE FOUND A LIAR. (Proverbs 30:5-6)

Yahshua said his Father, Yahweh, is the ONLY true God:

"This is eternal life, that they may know You [Yahweh], the ONLY true God, and Yahshua Christ whom You have sent." (John17:3)

"How can you believe, when you accept glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that is from the ONE and ONLY God?" (John 5:44)

Jesus answered, “The first [commandment] is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord [Yahweh] our God, the Lord [Yahweh] is ONE; (Mark 12:29)

Yahshua said his Father, Yahweh, is also his God:

“The first [commandment] is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord [Yahweh] OUR* God, the Lord [Yahweh] is ONE; *("our" = "his" or "my") (Mark 12:29)

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” (Matthew 27:46)

“Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to MY FATHER and your Father, to MY GOD and your God.’” (John 20:17)

To him [Christ] who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve His God and Father (Revelation 1:5-6)

Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I [Christ] have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God. (Revelation 3:2)

He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the name of My God [Yahweh], and the name of the city of My God  the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My new name. (Revelation 3:12)  

Yahshua said "The Father is Greater than I":

You heard that I said to you, ‘I go away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father, for THE FATHER IS GREATER THAN I. (John 14:28)

The apostle Paul said the ONE God and creator is the God and Father of Yahshua:

...there is no God but ONE. ...yet for us there is but ONE God, THE FATHER, from whom are ALL things and we exist for Him. (1 Corinthians 8:6)

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Yahshua Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, (2 Corinthians 1:3)

The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, He who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying. (2 Corinthians 11:31)

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

that the God of our Lord Yahshua Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him. (Ephesians 1:17) 

The apostle Peter said the ONE God and creator is the God and Father of Yahshua:

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 1:3) 

Yahshua recites the "Shema" as the Greatest Command: 

The Shema is the centerpiece of the daily morning and evening prayer services and is considered by some the most essential prayer in all of Judaism. The Shema is an affirmation of their God’s (Yahweh's) singularity and kingship. The daily recitation of the Shema is regarded by traditionally observant Jews as a biblical commandment.

Hear O’ Israel, the Lord [Yahweh] is our God, the Lord [Yahweh] is One.

In the Shema, the Hebrew word for "Lord" is "Yahweh," and the word for "one" is "echad and the word for "our" is hēmōn (Deuteronomy 6:4)

When a Jewish person recites the Shema they are confessing that Yahweh is their God, specifically because the Shema states, "Yahweh 'our' God."

When a scribe asked Yahshua “Which commandment is the greatest of all?" he may have been curious to find out if Yahshua was a true practicing Jew who believed that Yahweh was his one and only God. Yahshua answered the scribe by quoting the Shema.

“The first [commandment] is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord [Yahweh] OUR God, the Lord [Yahweh] is ONE; (Mark 12:29)

Obviously satisfied with Yahshua's answer, the scribe said, “You are right, Teacher; you have truly said that He [Yahweh] is one, and there is no other but He." 

So when Yahshua answered the scribe by quoting "Yahweh OUR God, Yahweh is one" he was confessing that Yahweh is MY God, and that Yahweh is ONE.

Several questions arise from this informative incident:

1: If Yahshua is God incarnate, as trinitarians assert, why would Yahshua recite Deuteronomy 6:4 as the greatest commandment, which clearly implies that Yahweh is his one and only God?

2: Why did Yahshua agree with the scribe as scripture states that he "saw that he answered wisely" if Yahshua knew that he was literally "God the Son" of the "three-in-one" God trinitarians believe is identified in Deuteronomy 6:4?

3: In order to clear up once-for-all exactly who he was, why didn't Yahshua take this golden opportunity to explain to the scribe and the gathered crowd that he was in fact God incarnate?

Answer to all 3 Questions: The reason Yahshua didn't have to explain anything other than reciting the Shema is because Yahshua is NOT God! Yahshua's reciting the Shema clearly implies that his (our) God is Yahweh - the one and only God of the Bible. Yahshua knew exactly who he was, and still is; the Messiah - the son of the living God.

This is the same reason Yahshua didn't explain that he was "God the Son" of the three-in-one God of the trinity to his disciples in Matthew 16 when he asked them specifically, "who do you say that I am?

¹³ Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” ¹⁴ And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” ¹⁵ He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” ¹⁶ Simon Peter replied, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” ¹⁷ And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven." (Matthew 16:13-17)

The interaction between Yahshua and his apostles here in Matthew 16 and with the scribe earlier in Mark 12 makes it crystal clear that Yahshua knew that Yahweh is his one and only God and Father. And as the only begotten son of the living God, Yahshua knew his role and purpose in Yahweh's plan of salvation for mankind was as the Messiah - the only true way anyone can come to his Father and his God and be saved.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (John 14:6)

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven [Yahshua] that has been given among men by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12)

Yahshua is the "way," the Father is the "destination."

The Bible is clear and unambiguous in this matter; if Yahshua Christ tells us, in his own words, that Yahweh is both his Father and his God, and the Apostle's Paul and Peter also tell us, in their own words, that Yahweh is both the Father and God of Yahshua, how can anyone say that Yahshua Christ is somehow equal to his Father and his God or that he is literally God incarnate?

Does your church teach a three-in-one God?

Today, almost all Christian denominations and independent churches embrace the trinity as a fundamental and foundational, "biblical" doctrine; alleging that the God of the Bible, Yahweh, exists as one "essence," comprised of three equally divine, eternal, and distinct persons, specifically identified as God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. 

However, regardless of the claims alleged by those who support and believe the trinity doctrine, in the entire Bible, the God of Israel, Yahweh, is never specifically defined, identified, or addressed as a three-in-one divine being. Likewise, neither is Yahshua Christ ever specifically defined, identified, or addressed as "God-incarnate," "God the Son," or one of three equally divine persons that constitute what trinitarians refer to as the "God-head."

What's more, the trinity doctrine wasn't even contrived until the fourth century, and didn't become "official" Catholic Church doctrine until after the First Council of Constantinople in 381. That's nearly three hundred and fifty years after the resurrection of Christ and the apostolic age, which is an extraordinary length of time to "discover" what trinitarian proponents allege is an "obvious" and "provable" biblical doctrine. 

While there were some sects of Gentile (non-Jewish) Christians in the first three centuries that may have questioned the nature of Christ; whether he was simply a man, a divine being, or both, history clearly shows that it wasn't until the early fourth century that a serious controversy arose over the issue of Christ's personal and spiritual nature between a "Catholic" Bishop named Athanasius and a Church presbyter named Arius.

At the center of the controversy between Athanasius and Arius was the question of Christ's personal and eternal nature, and his relationship to God (Yahweh); specifically, whether Christ was an eternal being or "begotten" by Yahweh at a specific time, or by nature, was he simply a man, or partially divine, or was he literally "God-incarnate." Athanasius believed that Christ was eternal and equal in divinity with God, whereas, Arius believed Christ was begotten at a specific point in time, and, while possibly having some divine attributes, was not an eternal being or equal with God. (Alvan Lamson, D.D. "CHURCH OF THE FIRST THREE CENTURIES")

A closer investigation at what became a very long, and often violent, public controversy over the nature of Christ reveals a very sordid history of the trinity, and how it eventually came to be a central Roman Catholic Church doctrine. History records in detail the collusion between the Catholic Church and the Roman government, and more specifically, the major political role Emperor Constantine and his imperial enforcement played in the doctrinal debate within the Catholic Church. (See "Arian Controversy" below and "When Jesus Became God")

A Catholic scholar’s admissions about trinitarianism

Hans Küng, one of the greatest Catholic theo­logians of the 20th century, wrote a section titled, “No doctrine of the Trinity in the New Testament,” in his classic work, Christianity: Essence, History, and Future (p.95ff). Küng firmly rejects trinitar­ianism in his work, but is there a similar dissent­ing voice from the ranks of trinitarian Catholics?

An esteemed Bible diction­ary—one of the most popular for two decades and in its time the most widely used one-vol­ume Bible dictionary ever—was the scholarly Diction­ary of the Bible by Father John L. McKenzie, which, though written by a Catholic, was also widely used by Protestants for its intellectual depth. The following are excerpts from “Trinity,” an article in the dict­ion­ary. In the arti­cle, McKenzie, himself a trini­tarian, makes some observa­tions that are unfavor­able to trinita­rianism, in­clud­ing that: (1) The doctrine of the Trinity was reached only in the 4th and 5th centu­ries, and does not represent bibli­cal belief. (2) The trinitarian terms used for describ­ing God are Greek philo­so­phical terms rather than biblical terms. (3) Terms such as “essence” and “substance” were “erroneously” applied to God by early theolo­gians. (4) The personal reality of the Holy Spirit is uncertain and was a later develop­ment in trinita­rian­ism. (5) The Trinity is a mystery that defies under­stand­ing. (6) The Trin­ity is not mentioned or foresha­dowed in the Old Testa­ment. Here are some excerpts from his article:

• TRINITY. The trinity of God is defined by the Church as the belief that in God are three persons who subsist in one nature. The belief as so defined was reached only in the 4th and 5th centuries AD and hence is not explicitly and form­ally a biblical belief. The trin­ity of persons within the unity of nature is defined in terms of “person” and “nature” which are Greek philosophical terms; actually the terms do not appear in the Bible. The trinitarian definitions arose as the result of long controversies in which these terms and others such as “essence” and “substance” were erron­eously applied to God by some theologians.
• The personal reality of the Spirit emerged more slowly than the per­sonal reality of Father and Son, which are personal terms … What is less clear about the Spirit is His personal reality; often He is men­tioned in lang­uage in which His personal reality is not explicit.
• … in Catholic belief the Trinity of persons within the unity of na­ture is a mystery which ultimately escapes under­standing; and in no res­pect is it more mysterious than in the relations of the persons to each other.
• The OT does not contain suggestions or foreshadowing of the Trinity of persons. What it does contain are the words which the NT employs to express the Trinity of persons such as Father, Son, Word, Spirit, etc. (Source)
  

A comprehensive historical and biblical study of the trinity should raise serious questions, suspicions and doubts among Bible believing Christians regarding its alleged scriptural and apostolic legitimacy. Not to mention the fact that every non-Catholic Christian denomination spin-off since AD 381 has blindly accepted, without question, the "Catholic" trinity as a legitimate Biblical doctrine, while disregarding voluminous biblical and historical evidence to the contrary.

Despite the trinity's acceptance today as a "biblical" doctrine by almost every "Christian" church, scripture clearly reveals the very idea that the God of Israel is a three-in-one divine being was never specifically taught or even remotely alluded to by Yahweh or His prophets, Yahshua Christ or his apostles, or any other writers of both the Hebrew (Old) and New Testament scriptures.

Unfortunately, today you will be hard-pressed to find any Christian pastor or church leader, and especially any Christian, that can biblically, identify, explain and defend the trinity as a biblical doctrine, much less have any knowledge of its sordid history and how it eventually came to be accepted as a "legitimate' Christian Church doctrine. 

Top 10 questions trinitarians must answer:

1. If the trinity is biblically obvious and beyond refutation, why did it take three hundred and fifty years after the resurrection of Christ and the apostolic age to discover and establish the doctrine?

2. If Yahshua is literally "God incarnate," why didn’t he clearly explain this crucial detail regarding his unique "fully divine" and "fully human" nature to his apostles and followers, and especially to the Jewish leaders who said that he claimed to be God? (John 10:33)

3. If the God of Israel (Yahweh) literally exists as three distinct, eternal, and equally divine "persons," why isn't this crucial detail clearly explained in the Bible by Yahweh or His prophets, or by Yahshua, his apostles, or any of the writers of the New Testament?

4. Why did the Catholic Church allow Roman Emperor Constantine (who made himself the de facto head of the Church, having no theological understanding of Christianity) to intervene in church business and play such a pivotal role in establishing the trinity as Catholic orthodoxy. (Read "When Jesus Became God" by Richard E. Rubenstein)

5. Why did Yahshua call his Father the "ONLY true God," and also "MY God" if the trinity specifically indicates that he is "God incarnate?" (John17:3)

6. Why did Yahshua say "the Father is greater than I" if the trinity doctrine specifically indicates he is "co-equal" with "God the Father?" (John 14:28)

7. If Christ is "God incarnate," who "alone possesses immortality," and thus cannot die, why did the risen Christ say "I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore?" 1 (Timothy 6:16, Revelation 1:18)

8. Why, if the 3 "persons" of the Trinity are co-equal, did the apostle Paul say "God is the head of Christ" and "Christ will be put under God?" (1Corinthians 11:3) (1 Corinthians 15:20-28)

9. Why, if Christ is the "eternal" ruler of the Kingdom of God, did the apostle Paul say when "the end" comes "Christ will give the Kingdom back to his Father God?" (1 Corinthians 15:20-28)

10. When Yahshua asked his disciples who they say the son of man is, and Peter answered, "You are the Messiah, the son of the living God," why did Yahshua agree with Peter's answer without further explaining the most important aspect of his being; that he was also "God-incarnate?" (Matthew 16:13-20)

These, as well as many other serious questions regarding the trinity, need to be answered by every Christian who professes and promotes a "multi-person God" called the trinity.

Fortunately, for those seeking the truth in this serious matter, biblical and historical evidence clearly reveals truthful answers to any and all questions regarding the legitimacy of the trinity.

Who is Yahweh?  

⁴ “Hear, O Israel! Yahweh is our God, Yahweh is ONE! ⁵ You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. ⁶ These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. ⁷ You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall speak of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. ⁸ You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as phylacteries between your eyes. ⁹ You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. (Deut. 6:4-9)

In examining the identity of the God of the Bible, it's important to first understand that the Israelite's believed Him to be their God and that He is one, not an entity of multiple persons known as the trinity of today. 

But it's also important to understand why God's personal name, Yahweh, is absent from every major translation of the "Christian" Bible, and also why that name is rarely ever used by Christian pastors or in Christian circles? 

For I am YAHWEH, your God,
    who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar;
    YAHWEH of hosts IS HIS NAME. (Isaiah 51:15)

History reveals that the elimination of the name Yahweh began with the post-exilic refusal to pronounce it or write it for fear of unintentionally mis­using it, notably by violat­ing the third commandment (“You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain”). In the end, no one could be exactly sure how the Name (YHWH) was orig­in­ally pronounced, though the authorita­tive 22-volume Encyclopedia Judaica says that the original pronun­ciation was “Yahweh” and that it has never been lost.

The near elimination of the personal name Yahweh in Christendom has given trinitar­ian­ism an opportunity to establish its errors. Using the title "God"  helps to conceal the personal name Yahweh and allows trinitarians to propagate the erroneous idea of there being a "trinity" of "persons" that makes up what they define as the "essence" of "God."

These errors should naturally wilt and die if we restore God's personal name, Yahweh; simply because scripture easily proves that Yahweh is the personal name of the One true God of Israel. 

It's of utmost importance to understand that the name Yahweh is so much more than just a name. The name Yahweh embodies every aspect of the living God. The name Yahweh represents the fullness of God's immutable majesty, power, and love over all of His creation. And indeed, this is why the Holy Scriptures emphatically pronounce that the name Yahweh is to be proclaimed above all names and is never to be suppressed under any circumstance:

For I shall proclaim the NAME of Yahweh. Oh, tell the greatness of our God! Deuteronomy 32:3

And in that day you will say, “Give thanks to Yahweh, call on His NAME. Make known His deeds among the peoples; Make them remember that His NAME is exalted.” Isaiah 12:4

The fact is, nowhere in scripture is the God of Israel, Yahweh (Written as "LORD" in most Bibles), ever alluded to as a multi-person entity.  

It is of utmost importance to understand that when anyone in the NT or OT speaks of the/their/our "Father," they are, without exception, identifying Yahweh - the one God of Israel.

For You are our FATHER, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not recognize us. You, O YAHWEH, are our FATHER, our redeemer from everlasting is Your NAME. (Isaiah 63:16)

YAHWEH is the ONE and ONLY God of Israel

²² Therefore you are great, my lord Yahweh, for there is no one like you, and there is no god except you, in all that we have heard with our ears. ²⁴ You have established your people Israel for yourself as a people forever, and you, O Yahweh, have become their God. ²⁵ So then, Yahweh God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house, confirm it forever, and do just as you have promised. ²⁶ Your NAME shall be great forever, and they will say, ‘Yahweh of hosts is God over Israel’; and the house of your servant David shall be established before you. ²⁷ For you, O Yahweh of hosts, are God of Israel! You have revealed to the ear of your servant, ‘I will build a house for you’; therefore your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you. ²⁸ Now, my Lord Yahweh, you alone are God, and your words are true. (2 Samuel 7:23-28)

Scripture makes certain, beyond any doubt, that Yahweh is the one and only "God" of the Bible. Yahweh identifies himself many times that he alone is God. The Trinitarian doctrine clearly contradicts the words of the Holy Scripture; that Yahweh alone is God and that there is no other god besides Him. And also that He alone is the creator and supreme ruler of all things. 

⁵ I am YAHWEH, and there is NONE BESIDES ME;
    BESIDES ME THERE IS NO GOD.
        I gird you though you do not know me,
⁶ so that they may know from the rising of the sun
    and from the west that there is NONE BESIDES ME;
        I am Yahweh and there is NONE BESIDES ME.
⁷ I [Yahweh] form light and I [Yahweh] create darkness;
    I [Yahweh] make peace, and I [Yahweh] create evil;
        I am Yahweh; I DO ALL THESE THINGS.
⁸ Trickle, O heavens, from above,
    and let clouds trickle with righteousness;
let the earth open so that salvation may be fruitful,
    and let it cause righteousness to sprout along with it.
        I myself alone, Yahweh, have created it.

¹² I myself alone made the earth,
    and I created humankind upon it.
    I, my hands, stretched out the heavens,
    and I commanded all their host. Isaiah 45

Yahweh emphatically says that He alone is the God of Israel. Not once in Hebrew scripture is Yahweh or "God" ever referred to as "one person" of a three person co-equal and co-eternal godhead known as the trinity.  

And afterward, Moses and Aaron went, and they said to Pharaoh, “Thus says Yahweh the God of Israel, ‘Release my people so that they may hold a festival for me in the desert.’” (Exodus 5:1) 

And he said to them, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Put each his sword on his side. Go back and forth from gate to gate in the camp, and kill, each his brother and each his friend and each his close relative.’” (Exodus 32:27)

Three times in the year all your males will appear before the Lord, Yahweh, the God of Israel, (Exodus 34:23) 

 “I am Yahweh, and there is no other, besides me there is no God” (Isaiah 45:5); 

“...there is no other god besides me” (Exodus 45:21)  Also see (Ex.5:1; 32:27; 34:23)

To you it was shown that you might know that Yahweh, He is God; there is no other besides Him. (Deut. 4:35)

²⁴ You have established your people Israel for yourself as a people forever, and you, O Yahweh, have become their God. ²⁵ So then, Yahweh God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house, confirm it forever, and do just as you have promised. ²⁶ Your name shall be great forever, and they will say, ‘Yahweh of hosts is God over Israel’; and the house of your servant David shall be established before you. ²⁷ For you, O Yahweh of hosts, are God of Israel! (2 Samuel 7:24-27)

 YAHWEH is the ONE and ONLY Creator  

Yahweh says, “I am Yah­weh, who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth alone, - who was with me?.” (Isaiah 44:24)

I am Yahweh and there is none besides me. I form light and I create darkness; I make peace and I create evil; I am Yahweh; I do all these things. Isaiah 45:6-7

Thus says Yahweh, the holy one of Israel, and its maker:
I myself made the earth, and I created humankind upon it.
I, my hands, stretched out the heavens, and I commanded all their host. Isaiah 45:11-12 

For thus says Yahweh, who created the heavens, he is God, who formed the earth and who made it. He himself established it; he did not create it as emptiness - he formed it for inhabiting. I am Yahweh and there is none besides me. Isaiah 45:18 

...there is no God but one. ...yet for us there is but one God, the Father (Yahweh), from whom are all things and we exist for Him; 1 Corinthians 8:6

Then Hezekiah prayed before the face of Yahweh and said, “O Yahweh, God of Israel who lives above the cherubim. You are God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the world; you [alone] have made the heavens and the earth. (2 Kings 19:15) 

“You alone are Yahweh. You alone have made the heavens, the heavens of the heavens, and all of their army, the earth and all that is in it, the waters and all that is in them. You give life to all of them, and the army of the heavens worship you. (Nehemiah 9:6)

Blessed be Yahweh God, the God of Israel, who alone does wonderful things. (Psalm 72:18)

...that they may know that you, whose name is Yahweh, you alone, are the Most High over the whole earth. (Psalm 83:18)

SPECIAL NOTE: 55 Bible translations all state the same thing - that Yahweh alone, by himself, created ALL THINGS. Many translations also emphasize deeper Hebrew textual meaning that "no one else was with Him/Yahweh". (See for yourself - Isaiah 44:24). Obviously, Isaiah was not a trinitarian, otherwise he would have mentioned that Yahshua, not Yahweh, was actually the creator of all things. Trinitarians try and reconcile this absurd notion by conflating the context of John 1:3,10, Col. 1:16, 1 Cor. 8:6 to somehow supersede the irrefutable word of Yahweh in Isaiah 44:24. 

 

(Find answers to refute trinitarian claims regarding these, and other, specific scriptures here: The Trinity Delusion)

Yahweh is the GOD and FATHER of Yahshua Christ. 

It's of utmost importance to understand that when anyone in the NT or OT speak of the/their "Father," they are speaking of non-other than Yahweh, the one God of Israel.

For You are our FATHER, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not recognize us. You, O YAHWEH, are our FATHER, our redeemer from everlasting is Your NAME. (Isaiah 63:16)

As a prelim­inary point, we note that Yahweh is our Father: “You, O Yahweh, are our Father” (Isaiah 63:16; also 64:8). “Is this the way you repay Yahweh, you foolish and unwise people? Is he not your Father who created you?” (Dt.32:6; cf. Mal.2:10). But more specific­ally, Yahweh is “the God and Father of our Lord Yahshua Christ” (Rom.15:6; 2Cor.1:3; 11:31; Eph.1:3; Eph. 1:17), a truth that is expressed by Yahshua when he says, “I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God” (Jn.20:17). Just three chapters earlier, Yahshua calls his Father “the only true God” (Jn.17:3), an identification that aligns perfectly with Isaiah 45:5: “I am Yahweh, and there is no other, besides me there is no God”. Hence Yahweh is the God and Father of Yahshua Christ.

YAHWEH has Sole, Unshared and Unrivalled Sovereignty

The trinitarian term “coequality”, which is fundamental to its doctrine, is a total denial of Yahweh’s greatest divine attribute - His sole, unshared and unrivalled sovereignty.

Yahweh clearly defined in the Bible (that He authored) that He has NO peer, NO equal, NO coequal, and is eternally immutable. PERIOD!

“For I, Yahweh, have not changed..." (Malachi 3:6a)

Take note of the Hebrew definition of the words "alone, above, and all" in the following scripture verses:

...that they may know that you, WHOSE NAME IS YAHWEH, you alone, are the Most High over the whole earth. (Psalm 83:18)

“Yours is the kingdom, O Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all” (1 Chronicles 29:11).

"For Yahweh is a great God, and a great King above all gods.” (Psalm 95:3)

Commit your hearts to Yahweh and serve Him alone. (1Sam. 7:3)

So the Israelites removed the Baals and the Ashtoreths, and they served Yahweh alone. (1 Sam. 7:4) 

Now, my Lord Yahweh, you alone are God, and your words are true. You have promised this good to your servant. (2 Sam. 7:28)

Then Hezekiah prayed before the face of Yahweh and said, “O Yahweh, God of Israel who lives above the cherubim. You are God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the world; you [alone] have made the heavens and the earth. (2 Kings 19:15)

So then, O Yahweh our God, rescue us, please, from his hand, that all of the kingdoms of the earth may know that You, O Yahweh, you alone are God!” (2 Kings 19:19)

“You alone are Yahweh. You alone have made the heavens, the heavens of the heavens, and all of their army, the earth and all that is in it, the waters and all that is in them. You [alone] give life to all of them, and the army of the heavens worship you. (Nehemiah 9:6)

Blessed be Yahweh God, the God of Israel, who alone does wonderful things. (Psalm 72:18)

• bad (ALONE): 

Original Word: בּד
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Definition: separation, apart

• al (ABOVE): 

Original Word: עַל
Part of Speech: Preposition
Definition: upon, above, over

• kol (ALL): 

Original Word: כֹּל
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Definition: the whole, all

Yahweh calls Himself a “Soul”, which is the equivalent of ‘Self’

In Isaiah 42:1 ​God speaks of “My Soul”. The Hebrew ​nephesh​ here translated ‘soul’ is used consistently to mean an individual, that is, a single self, whether animal, human or God Himself. Yahweh describes himself as a Single Individual Soul, a “Self”. This fact is verified thousands of times throughout the Bible, not only by the use of His Personal Name, but also by personal pronouns.

Look! here is my servant; I hold him, my chosen one, in whom my soul delights. I have put my spirit on him; he will bring justice forth to the nations. (Isaiah 42:1)

Whenever God speaks of Himself or is addressed or referred to by others, singular personal pronouns are used. When referring to Himself God says, ‘I’, ‘Me’, ‘My’, ‘Mine’ in the first person. When He is prayed to He is addressed in the second person singular, ‘Thou’, ‘Thee’, ‘Thy’ or ‘Thine’, but this is old English, and not so obvious today because our ‘you’ can be either singular or plural in meaning depending on context and whether the attending verbs and pronouns are singular or plural. Then, when someone refers to God indirectly, the third person singular ‘He’, ‘Him’, ‘His’, ‘Himself’ are invariably used.

Language has no stronger way of conveying that the God of the Bible is a Single Personal Self when it uses thousands and thousands of singular personal pronouns with singular verbs in conjunction with His Personal Name! ​(There are only four exceptions to this overwhelming rule. In those four exceptions God uses what Bible scholars call the royal courtly language, “Let us …” These four are not exceptions that prove God is after all a plurality of Persons. They are easily explained in their particular contexts.) The fact is, in the Old Testament, Yahweh never refers to more than one Individual God and certainly not a trinity of Persons. (source)

Consequently, the fundamental trinitarian doctrine of a god consisting of three "coequal" persons that somehow mysteriously "share" a singular divine supremacy is a blatantly ignorant and blasphemous denial of Yahweh's sole, unshared and unrivaled  supremacy. 

Yahweh revealed His true identity and personal name to Moses 

Moses was to go to Pharaoh and the Israelites and lead the Israelites out of the bondage of Egypt. God identified Himself by NAME to Moses to give credible evidence to the Israelites that his message was indeed from their God. God also wanted the Israelites to know that His personal name is Yahweh, which is a memorial to be remembered forever by all generations. 

God said. "And now, look, the cry of distress of the Israelites has come to me, and also I see the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them. ¹⁰ And now come, and I will send you to Pharaoh, and you must bring my people, the Israelites, out from Egypt.”

¹¹ But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and that I should bring the Israelites out from Egypt?” ¹² And God said, “Because I am with you, and this will be the sign for you that I myself have sent you: When you bring the people out from Egypt, you will serve God on this mountain.” ¹³ But Moses said to God, “Look, if I go to the Israelites and I say to them, ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is his NAME?’ then what shall I say to them?” ¹⁴ And God said to Moses, “I am that I am.” And he said, “So you must say to the Israelites, ‘I am sent me to you.’”

¹⁵ And God said again to Moses, “So you must say to the Israelites, ‘YAHWEH, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is my name forever, and this is my remembrance from generation to generation.’ ¹⁶ Go and gather the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘YAHWEH, the God of your ancestors, appeared to me, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, “I have carefully attended to you and what has been done to you in Egypt.” ¹⁷ And I said, “I will bring you up from the misery of Egypt..." (Exodus 3:9-17)

Yahshua knew his Father, Yahweh is the "ONLY TRUE GOD."

"This is eternal life, that they may know You [Yahweh], the ONLY true God, and Yahshua Christ whom You have sent." (John17:3)

"How can you believe, when you accept glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that is from the one and  ONLY God?" (John 5:44)

King David understood that the ONE and ONLY God is Yahweh:

"But as for me, I trust you, O YAHWEH. I say, “You are my GOD.” (Psalms 31:14)

Yahshua is Yahweh's only begotten Son

In his own words, Yahshua undeniably reveals the truth in the matter regarding the nature of his humanity and personal spiritual relationship with his Father and his God, Yahweh. 

When Christ personally addressed his Father in prayer he called Him "the ONLY (monos) TRUE GOD." And upon Christ's resurrection, he told Mary that he was ascending to "...MY GOD and your God." These statements prove conclusively that Christ drew a specific distinction between his humanity and his Father's supreme deity by making it perfectly clear that his Father, Yahweh, is also his God.

"This is eternal life, that they may know YOU [Yahweh], the ONLY [one] TRUE GOD, AND Yahshua Christ whom You have sent." (John17:3)

Christ said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to MY FATHER and your Father, to MY GOD and your God.’” (John 20:17)

The last thing Yahshua declared before he died on the cross, and the first thing he declared upon his resurrection, was that the one true God of Israel, Yahweh, is "MY GOD." Again, Christ makes it perfectly clear that Yahweh is both his Father and his God. 

Immediately BEFORE his death:

And about the ninth hour Yahsha cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabaktanei?” that is, “MY GOD, MY GOD, why have You [Yahweh] forsaken Me [Yahshua]?” (Matthews 27:46)

Immediately AFTER his resurrection:

"I am ascending to MY FATHER and your Father, to MY GOD and your God." (John 20:17)

In addition to personally identifying Yahweh as his Father and his God, Christ also made it very clear that his Father was "GREATER" than he. This makes perfect sense because Christ's God would logically be greater than Christ. 

You heard that I said to you, ‘I go away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father, for THE FATHER IS GREATER THAN I. (John 14:28)

These definitive personal statements, spoken directly by Yahshua Christ himself, categorically put to rest any idea that he was "God incarnate" or that he was equal to God in any way. These statements also put to rest any idea that the one God of Israel, Yahweh, is some sort of a tri-personal divine "essence" or that Christ is one of those three divine "persons" which make up the alleged "essence" of a Trinitarian God. 

Logically, if Trinitarians believe that "God" consists of three "equally divine persons" (God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit) which make up some sort of a "godhead," how is it that "God the Son" clearly identified "God the Father" as "his" God? 

There is absolutely no logical way to reconcile Yahshua being "God incarnate" when scripture clearly reveals that he personally identified his Father as his God.

Not to mention that Yahshua Christ also clearly stated, "the Father is greater than I." A statement that can't be misconstrued to mean anything other than what it literally says - that Yahshua Christ is subordinate to his Father and his God, Yahweh, and that Yahshua is NOT God, nor in any way whatsoever equal to God.  

Regardless of the scriptural spin, confusing terms, and illogical descriptions used by trinitarians to define and defend their multi-person "God" of the Trinity, it is the personal statements Yahshua Christ made about his Father and his God that clearly demonstrate only one logical conclusion; that there is but one God, a singular being whose name is Yahweh, and but one Messiah, a human being, whose name is Yahshua. Anything other than this truth being taught as a Christian doctrine must be EXPOSED for what it is - an ungodly lie.

"Trinitarians say that Jesus is not only a man but a God-man, as if Jesus is demeaned when we say that he is true man. In trini­tarian dogma, no one other than Jesus, not even God the Father or God the Spirit, is God-man. This leaves Jesus in a category all of his own.

The trinitarian assertion that Jesus is fully God and fully man ultim­ately means that he is neither truly God nor truly man. It is simply impos­sible for anyone to be 100% God and 100% man at the same time. When we make Jesus 100% God and 100% man, we are fabricating a non-existent person to suit our doc­trines, doing this without regard for reality or common logic, and coming up with state­ments which are pat­ently false, non­sen­sical, and unbibli­cal. False­hood may sound convincing enough to deceive people but that doesn’t make it true. False gods are worshipped in many religions but that doesn’t make them true.

There is a subtle, and for this reason dangerous, implic­ation in the God-man doctrine: Are we making Jesus more than God? In trinita­rianism, God the Father is “only” God whereas Jesus is God + man. We cannot discount man as having zero value with nothing that can be added to God. In fact, man is the apex and crown of God’s creat­ion—a creation that was deemed to be “very good” in God’s eyes (Gen.1:31).

Even if we insist that man is worth nothing, the fact remains that a per­son who is both God and man would be far more appealing and at­tractive to us human beings than one who is “only” God. It is psycholog­ically easier for us to relate to someone who is human than to one who is not. This goes a long way towards explaining the great appeal of the trinitarian “God-man” construct of Jesus and its power of deception.

It is the human element that accounts for the strong appeal of Mary, the mother of Jesus, to the Catholics who worship her. Whereas the Jesus of trin­itarianism is vested with divin­ity and human­ity, Mary is entirely human and for that reason would be more appealing than Jesus to many Catholics. Her appeal is strength­ened by her status in Catholicism as “the Mother of God,” making her power of persuasion before God unsur­passed in the eyes of her devot­ees. It is not surprising that statues of Mary are found in most Catholic churches, and that many churches are dedi­cated to her, such as the cathedral in Montreal called “Mary, Queen of the World”. The fact that Mary is “merely” human and not divine does not deter her devotees from adoring and even worship­ping her.

But if we go with the biblical view that Jesus is a true man, a 100% man, it will elicit the trinitarian protest that we are reducing Jesus to a “mere” man. But every human being on the face of the earth is “mere” man or woman, yet was created in “the image of God”. As for Jesus the “mere” man, it has so pleased Yahweh the Most High God to exalt him above the heavens and to seat him at His right hand, making Jesus second only to Yahweh in the universe. Jesus is thus “crowned with glory and honor” (Heb.2:7). But how can the trinitarian Jesus ever be crowned with—i.e., conferred with—glory and honor when as God he has always had this glory from all eternity?" (Source)

Ask you pastor or priest if the risen Christ, now sitting at the right hand of God, is still fully God and fully human? And to please clearly explain his answer from scripture.

Yahweh has authority over His Son, Yahshua

The apostle Paul clearly explained that Yahshua Christ is, and always has been, subject to the authority of his Father and his God, Yahweh. 

Paul clearly states that when the "end" comes, Christ will hand over the Kingdom to his Father and God; at which time all things will be in subjection to Yahweh - including Christ himself.

²⁰ But Christ really has been raised from death—the first one of all those who will be raised. ²¹ Death comes to people because of what one man did. But now there is resurrection from death because of another man. ²² I mean that in Adam all of us die. And in the same way, in Christ all of us will be made alive again. ²³ But everyone will be raised to life in the right order. Christ was first to be raised. Then, when Christ comes again, those who belong to him will be raised to life. ²⁴ Then the end will come. Christ will destroy all rulers, authorities, and powers. Then he [Christ] will give the kingdom [back] to God the Father.

²⁵ Christ must rule until God puts all enemies under his control. ²⁶ The last enemy to be destroyed will be death. ²⁷ As the Scriptures say, “God put everything under his control.” When it says that “everything” is put under him [Christ], it is clear that this does not include God himself. [Because] God is the one putting everything under Christ’s control. ²⁸ After everything has been put under Christ, then the Son himself will be put under God. God is the one who put everything under Christ. And CHRIST WILL BE PUT UNDER GOD SO THAT GOD WILL BE THE COMPLETE RULER OVER EVERYTHING. (1Corinthians 15:20-28)

But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and GOD IS THE HEAD OF CHRIST. (1Corinthians 11:3)

The Apostle Paul clearly indicates in 1 Corinthians 15 that Yahshua Christ was his Father's emissary to mankind on earth, and in 1 Corinthians 11 that God is the head of Christ. Here scripture clearly indicates that Yahweh conferred His glory, His authority, His power and His Kingdom upon His son Yahshua for a specific purpose at a specific time. Christ accomplished his purpose on earth at that specific time, and when he defeats the final enemy, which is death, he will return to earth at another appointed time to redeem his Father's chosen ones and only then his work will be finished.

On the day of Pentecost Peter addressed the crowd that was demanding answers about what was going on. Notice that Peter identified Christ as a "man," not a "God man" or "God incarnate." And Peter clearly stipulated that every miracle, sign and wonder was performed by God "through him" [Christ], and making it perfectly clear that it was God who resurrected Christ from the dead - Christ did not resurrect himself. Also notice Peter said it was "God’s deliberate plan and foreknowledge," not the plan and foreknowledge of Yahshua Christ.

“Fellow Israelite's, listen to this: "Yahshua of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know. This man was handed over to you by God’s deliberate plan and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross. But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him." (Acts 2:22-24)

Peter acknowledged the prophesy of the coming Messiah by Moses in Deuteronomy: that Yahweh would no longer speak directly to his people.

“Yahweh your God will raise up for you a prophet LIKE ME [Moses - a human being] from your midst, from your countrymen, and to him you shall listen. This is according to all that you asked from Yahweh your God at Horeb, on the day of the assembly, saying, ‘I do not want again to hear the voice of Yahweh my God, and I do not want to see again this great fire, so that I may not die!’ And Yahweh said to me, ‘They are right in what they have said. I will raise up a prophet for them from among their countrymen LIKE YOU [Moses - a human being], and I will place MY WORDS into HIS MOUTH, and HE SHALL SPEAK TO THEM EVERYTHING I COMMAND HIM. And then the man that will not listen to my words that he shall speak in my name  [Yahweh], I will hold accountable. (Deuteronomy 18:15-18)

Note specifically that Yahweh was honoring the request of the assembly at Horeb to "not want again to hear the voice of Yahweh my God." So Yahweh agreed to no longer speak directly to them, but to speak to them through a coming prophet like Moses by placing His [Yahweh's] words into his [Yahshua's] mouth, where he shall speak to them everything that Yahweh commands him. That "prophet," a MAN like Moses, is "the MAN" Yahshua! It can't be any more clear.

Also note that nowhere in the Old Testament does Yahweh identify the coming prophet as anything other than a person/man (human being) "from among their countrymen." (Deuteronomy 18:15-18) Yahweh did not identify the coming prophet as a "God-man" or "God incarnate" or "God the son." And, this "man," whom Yahweh clearly identified as His coming prophet, would never speak or act of his own authority or volition, but would only speak and act under the "authority" and "command" of his Father, Yahweh, alone.

The Apostle Paul points out in the introduction of his letter to the Romans that as a "descendant of David," Yahshua was, "according to the flesh," a man. Note that Paul seems to miss the most important aspect of the trinity which is the trinitarian nature of Christ as "God incarnate" - fully God and fully man. Why do you think that is?  

1 Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, 2 which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy Scriptures, 3 concerning His Son, who was born of a DESCENDANT [seed] of David according to the FLESH, 4 who was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord.  (Romans 1:1-4)

The Apostle Paul also clearly understood the importance of Yahshua's obedience to his Father, Yahweh; specifically regarding the redemptive purpose of his obedience to a fallen mankind.

For as by the one man’s disobedience [Adam] the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience [Yahshua] the many will be made righteous.  (Romans 5:19)

It is clearly understood that obedience is expected from one who is under the authority of another. 

Yahweh's promised coming prophet, Yahshua, was subject to His will in all things, and rightfully obeyed his Father's every command and faithfully fulfilled the will of his Father's commission as the savior of mankind. Yahshua's complete obedience to his Father's will proves that he is not equal to his Father, rather, Yahshua is subordinate to his Father, Yahweh, in all things. In which case, the trinitarian concept of Yahshua being co-equal with his Father, Yahweh, is proven by scripture to be demonstrably false. Scripture is abundantly clear; Yahweh's son was under His complete command. 

The following statements spoken by Yahshua verify the prophesy of Moses to the assembly at Horeb, and prove beyond any doubt that he was fully under his Father's authority. Yahshua was fulfilling His Father's will, doing his Father's work, and following His Father's every command. Yahshua's statements clearly indicate, beyond any doubt, that his words, his works, and his will were not his, but were 100% from his Father and his God, Yahweh.

"For I have NEVER spoken on My own initiative or authority, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a COMMANDMENT regarding what to say and what to speak. I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me." (John 12:48-50)

^"but so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father has COMMANDED Me." (John 14:31) 

“If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s COMMANDS and remain in His love.” (John 15:10)

“No one takes it [life] from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This COMMAND [authority] I received from my Father.” (John 10:18) 

The words I say to you I do not speak on my own initiative or authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing His work." (John 14:10) 

“Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does." (John 5:19)

“He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s (Yahweh) who sent Me. (John 14:24)

“My food,” said Yahshua, “is to do the will of Him [Yahweh] who sent me and to completely finish His work." (John 4:34)

“I can do nothing on my own initiative or authority. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will, but only the will of Him who sent me." (John 5:30)

“My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me. ¹⁷  “If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God (Yahweh)  or whether I speak from Myself. (John 7:16-17)

“I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and the things which I heard from Him, these I speak to the world.” (John 8:26) 

“They did not realize that He had been speaking to them about the Father (Yahweh). When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father (Yahweh) taught Me." (John 8:27-28) 

“But as it is, you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God (Yahweh); (John 8:40) 

“No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father (Yahweh) I have made known to you." (John 15:15)

Jesus spoke these things; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father (Yahweh)…⁶ “I have manifested Your name (Yahweh) to the men whom You gave Me out of the world; they were Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word…⁸  for the words which You gave Me I have given to them…" (John 17:1,6,8)

“I have given them Your (Yahweh's) word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. (John 17:14)

You heard that I said to you, ‘I go away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father, for the Father is GREATER than I. (John 14:28) 

Truly, truly, I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent [Yahshua] greater than the one [Yahweh] who sent him. (John 13:16)

This is eternal life, that they may know You [Yahweh], the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. (John 17:3) 

Yahshua Christ knew for certain that he was NOT God

*REMEMBER: The Father is Yahweh* 

It's an irrefutable fact that Yahshua Christ understood that his Father Yahweh was also his God - the one true God of Israel.

 Yahshua called out to "his God" from the cross.

And about the ninth hour Yahshua cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabaktanei?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” (Matthew 27:46)

Yahshua told Mary "his Father" was also "his God." 

“I [Yahshua] am ascending to MY FATHER [Yahweh] and your Father, to MY GOD [Yahweh] and your God” (John 20:17)

Yahshua emphatically stated his Father, Yahweh, "is GREATER than I."

You heard that I said to you, ‘I go away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father, for THE FATHER IS GREATER THAN I. (John 14:28)

When Yahshua said Yahweh was the "only true God" what exactly did he mean? The Greek word for only is "monos." Do you think Yahshua misspoke - or maybe he forgot that he was also the "only true God."

"This is eternal life, that they may know You [Yahweh], the ONLY (monos) true God, and Yahshua Christ whom You have sent." (John17:3) (Greek Interlinear)

monos: alone

Original Word: μόνος, η, ον
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: monos
Definition: alone
Usage: only, solitary, desolate.

The above verses could not be more clear, which presents a major dilemma for trinitarians who believe Yahshua is also "God." For starters, the "one true God" Yahshua is speaking of is his Father, Yahweh, not some "godhead" imagined by trinitarians that consists of three equally divine co-equal and co-eternal persons. Yahshua was speaking of the same God who spoke to Moses from the burning bush, telling him His personal name is Yahweh. The evidence is abundantly clear:

Yahshua ≠ God

What Yahshua said about "his Father" and "his God" speaks volumes regarding his personal relationship with the one true God of Israel. As you read to following, ask yourself if these are the statements of someone "equal" or "subordinate" to the one true God of Israel. 

Yahshua said:

• Yahweh is the "only true God." (John 17:3,5:44)
• Yahweh is "his Father." (John 20:17)
• Yahweh is "his God." (John 20:17)
• Yahweh gave him his "authority." (Matthew 28:18)
• Yahweh is "greater than I." (John 14:28, John 13:16)
  
• Yahweh is "greater than all." (John 10:29)
• Yahweh "commanded" his every word and action. (John 12:49) 
• Yahweh "taught" him what to "do" and what to "speak." (John 8:28)
• Yahweh "God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." (John 4:24)
  
• "See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself, touch me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have." (Luke 24:39)
• Yahweh "sent him." (John 5:37)
• Yahweh "anointed" him with the "Holy Spirit." (Acts 10:38) 
• Yahweh "glorifies me." (John 8:54)
• Yahweh "dwells in him." (John 17:23)
• Yahweh delivered "all things" to him. (Matthew 11:27)
• Yahweh "testified of me." (John 5:37)
• Yahweh's "Kingdom" is coming. (Luke 4:43)
• Yahweh's "word is truth." (John 8:26)
• Yahweh "loved" him and the world. (John 15:9) (John 3:16)
• Yahweh "raises the dead and gives life." (John 5:21)
• One needs to "believe in" Yahweh. (John 14:1)
• He "honored" Yahweh. (John 12:26) 
• He "kept" his Father's "commandments." (John 15:10) 
• His teachings were Yahweh's "teachings" (John 7:16) 
• It is Yahweh's "Word he keeps." (John 14:23) 
• He only "sought" Yahweh's "will." (John 5:30)
• One needs to "worship" and "serve" Yahweh only. (Luke 4:8)
• He came "to serve" not "be served." (Mark 10:45, Matthew 20:28, John 13:12-15)
  
• Yahweh is the "One who seeks and judges." (John 8:50)
• "No one is good except God [Yahweh]." (Mark 10:18)
• Yahweh withheld knowledge from him regarding his "return from Heaven." (Matthew 24:36) 
• Yahweh "answered" his prayers. (Matthew 21:22)  
• Yahweh "gave him" his followers. (John 17:24) 
• Yahshua called Yahweh his  "Father" 17 times in his sermon on the mount. (Matthew 5,6,7)
• Yahweh would "send the Holy Spirit." (John 14:26)
• He is "the way" to his Father Yahweh. (John 14:6)
• One can only "come to" his Father Yahweh through him. (John 14:6)
• One must "know" Yahweh to have eternal life. (John 17:3)
• Yahweh's Kingdom can be "within you." (Luke 17:21)
• His followers could "live in" Yahweh's "house". (John 14:2)
• He would "acknowledge" his followers before his Father Yahweh. (Matthew 10:32) 
• Do not "put [Yahweh] to the test" (Matthew 4:7)  

Yahshua also: 

• "Prayed to" his Father Yahweh. (Luke 22:42)
• "Declared" the "name" Yahweh to his followers. (John 17:26)
• "Cried out" to his Father and his God Yahweh from the cross. (Matthew 27:46) 

It is abundantly clear these are are not the statements of someone who is equal with the one true God of Israel, but someone who is totally subordinate to the one true God of Israel. 

The Apostle Paul said of Yahweh: 

• Yahweh "is but one God, the Father." (1 Corinthians 8:6)
• Yahweh "is the head of Christ." (1 Corinthians 11:3)
• Yahweh "raised up Yahshua from the dead." (Romans 8:11)
• Yahweh will "give life to our mortal bodies.". (Romans 8:11)

Three important biblical facts: 

1. The one true God of Israel, Yahweh, is both the Father and God of Yahshua Christ.

“I am ascending to MY Father and your Father, to MY God and your God” (John.20:17)

and He [Yahshua] has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. (Revelation 1:6)

2. Yahweh alone is the alpha and omega, the one and only creator of heaven and earth and all that is in them, and the true source of our salvation.  

I am Yahweh, and there is no savior besides me! (Isaiah 43:11)

“I am Yah­weh, who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth alone, - who was with me?.” (Isaiah 44:24)

For I [Paul] am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God [Yahweh] for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. (Romans 1:16) 

3. Yahshua's God was his Father, Yahweh - not the Trinity.

Statements by Paul, Peter, Matthew, Mark, and Yahshua confirm that Yahweh is both the Father and God of Yahshua:

Paul: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, (2 Corinthians 1:3) 

Paul: The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, He who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying. (2 Corinthians 11:31)

Paul: ...so that with one accord you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 15:6)

Paul: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, (Ephesians 1:3) 

Paul: that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him. (Ephesians 1:17) 

Paul: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, (2 Corinthians 1:3)

Peter: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 1:3)

Jesus *said to her, “Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I [Yahshua] ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.’” (John 20:17)

John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him [Yahshua Christ] who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood - 6 and He [Christ] has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His [Yahshua's] God and Father... (Revelation 1:4-6)

Yahshua: He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My [Christ's] new name. 13 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’ (Revelation 3:12-13)

Matthew: Now from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour. 46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You [Yahweh] forsaken Me?” (Matthew 27:45-46)

Mark: At the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” (Mark 15:34)

Yahshua: This is eternal life, that they may know You [Yahweh], the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. (John 17:3)

Paul: 20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep. 21 For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, after that those who are Christ’s at His coming, 24 then comes the end, when He [Christ] hands over the kingdom to THE God and Father, when He has abolished all rule and all authority and power. 25 For He [Christ] must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. 26 The last enemy that will be abolished is death. 27 For He [Yahweh] has put all things in subjection under His [Christ's] feet. But when He [Yahweh] says, “All things are put in subjection,” it is evident that HE [Yahweh God] IS EXCEPTED who put all things in subjection to Him [Christ]. 28 When ALL THINGS are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself [Christ] also WILL BE SUBJECTED to the One [Yahweh] who subjected all things to Him, so that God [Yahweh] may be all in all. (1 Corinthians 15:20-28)

Here is an easier to understand translation from the Living Bible: 1 Cor. 15:20-28 

²⁴ After that the end will come when Christ will turn the Kingdom over to his Father [Yahweh], having put down all enemies of every kind. ²⁵ For Christ will be King until he has defeated all his enemies, ²⁶ including the last enemy—death. This too must be defeated and ended. ²⁷ For the rule and authority over all things has been given to Christ by his Father; except, of course, Christ does not rule over the Father himself, who gave him this power to rule. ²⁸ When Christ has finally won the battle against all his enemies, then he, the Son of God [Christ], will put himself also under his Father’s orders, so that God [Yahweh], who has given him the victory over everything else, will be utterly supreme.

Yahshua was 100% human - born in the FLESH

Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, 2 which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy Scriptures, 3 concerning His Son, who was born of a DESCENDANT [seed] of David according to the FLESH, 4 who was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord.  (Romans 1:1-4)

"Behold, I am Yahweh, the God of all flesh; is anything too difficult for Me?” (Jeremiah 32:27)

Christ’s true and full humanity is essential for man’s salvation

There is another important observation that we need to take note of in view of the foregoing points: If the humanity of Christ is in any way called into quest­ion or compromised, we would likewise com­promise our salvation, for as we have noted, if Christ is not truly man he cannot be our savior. But trinitarian­ism has done precisely that; it compromises Christ’s humanity by dogmatically as­serting that Christ is both “truly man and truly God”. If we have not been blinded by the twisted logic of trinitarian­ism, it should not have taken us more than a moment to see that this is logical nonsense. The plain fact is that no one can be truly man who is truly God. No one can be 100% man and also be 100% God, for that adds up to 200%—two persons.

Is there anything impossible with God? The answer is ‘Yes’ if what is involved is logical contradiction or nonsense. It is like ask­ing: can God make something both 100% black and 100% white all over at the same time? Can 100% salt also be 100% sugar? The point is that self-contra­dictory nonsense can never be attributed to God; He is the God of truth, not irrationality and falsehood.

Yet this is precisely the kind of self-contradictory Christology which results in Christians saying “Jesus is God”; these Christians generally have a weak concept of his humanity. The fact is that we cannot hold two contra­dictory ideas about Christ in balanced tension without the one dominating over the other, and since God must be the One who domin­ates, therefore the humanity of Christ is eclipsed by that dominance.

Also, this dogmatic God-man notion about Jesus results in Christians having to engage in the art of double-speak: one mo­ment we may speak of him as God and then at another moment we talk about him as man, without even noticing the contradictions involved. We are hardly con­scious of this swinging to and fro, having become immune to self-contradiction in a thought world in which truth and falsehood, reason and irrationality, are forced into coexistence.

This mental “achievement” has come at a terrible price: we need only look around in the world and see that, far from the church being “the light of the world” (Mt.5:14) as it is meant to be, it has become irrele­vant, because it has itself fallen into the darkness of error. How can the church function as light unless it is delivered from the bond­age of error? In view of the evil of error, the relevance of the words which Jesus taught his disciples to pray, “deliver us from evil,” begins to become strikingly clear.

Let us take one example: the temptation of Christ in Matthew 4 and Luke 4. How is trinitarianism to explain these passages in the light of the principle stated in James 1:13, “God cannot be tempted by evil”? This means that if Jesus cannot really be tempted, then he is not man; and if he can be tempted, he is not God. To argue in the usual double-talk way, as trinita­rians unashamedly do, that he can be tempted as man, but not as God, is to reduce sense to nonsense, and truth to falsehood, for when it comes to temptation, he is not God—but if he were God, then he could not be tempted and the temptation of Christ would be an exercise in meaning­lessness. What hap­pened to the claim that he was both 100% God (true God) and 100% man at one and the same time? How can one properly and responsibly inter­pret the Scriptures with this kind of teach­ing?

Trinitarianism wants to have it both ways: Jesus, the God-man, is one person yet functionally he is really two persons simulta­neously, i.e. God and man. So when there is the question of facing temptation, Jesus who is God, is instantly switched to being man. This constant switching back and forth as the situation requires is the inevitable way in which the trinitarian Christ functions, but which immediately reveals the fact that he cannot be both God and man simultaneously. For the truth of the matter is that no one can both be tempted yet not tempted simultan­eously, as this is both logically and factually imposs­ible, and to maintain that it is possible is simply to in­sist on speaking nonsense. Is it really that difficult to see that any statement to the effect that Jesus can be tempted but at the same time and in the same sense cannot be tempted is non­sensical? Yet it is this kind of double talk that trinitarians are obliged to engage in to argue for the God-man doctrine. Their “yes” is “no,” and their “no” is “yes” (cf. Mt.5:37; 2Cor.1:17,19; Jas.5:12)—whatever suits their purpose to sustain a dogma which in the end proves sustainable neither by Scripture nor by logic. (Source)

The “Incarnation” 

The term "incarnation" is interpreted to mean that two different and distinct persons, one who is said to be “God”—namely, “God the Son”—and the man named Jesus, are quite literally compressed or condensed into becoming one person, one individual. Two persons are made to become one person! This is not meant as a metaphorical union such as that of husband and wife becoming “one flesh” (Gen.2:24; Mt.19:5, etc), but actually becoming one person! By this doctrine two persons are conflated into one—without any concern whether this is logically or factually possible. But this raises the prob­lem that such a “person” ends up being neither truly human nor divine, being some kind of combination of both. But, worst of all, there is absolutely no basis for any of this in Scripture. It is nothing more or less than a mis­guided trinitarian fabrication. Yet this is the sort of doctrine that Christians are expected to believe in! (Source)

The God of Israel's personal name, YAHWEH, dispels the trinity concept of a 3-in-1 co-equal, co-eternal god.  

I am Yahweh, and there is NONE besides Me; besides me there is NO god.  (Isaiah 45:5)

I am YAHWEH: that is My NAME: I will not give My glory to another, neither My praise to graven images. (Deuteronomy 4:2)

The information presented so far has clearly established through scripture that the name Yahweh always, without exception, refers to a singular (monos) being - never a multi-person being. 

Yahweh is the name of the God of Israel, and we know this because the God of Israel told Moses that his "forever name" is Yahweh. There is no distinction anywhere in scripture that the term "God" referrers to anyone other than Yahweh, the God of Israel. The Hebrew scripture (OT) states this fact multiple times regarding the name Yahweh; which is found 6,828 times to be exact. To say, believe or teach anything to the contrary is akin to calling Yahweh a liar, and constitutes blasphemy of the highest level.

The God of Israel told Moses in Exodus 3:15 that His personal name is YAHWEH, which He explained means "I am that I am." God further explained to Moses that YAHWEH is His "forever" name and is to be remembered as a "memorial name" "for all generations." 

And God said again to Moses, “So you must say to the Israelites, ‘YAHWEH, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is my name forever - my memorial name for all generations.’ (Exodus 3:15) 

We know from God's detailed explanation of Himself that He identifies as a singular being and demands the utmost reverence to be given to His personal name, Yahweh - not only by His chosen people in Moses' day, but by His chosen people of "all generations" to come.

So, there you have it - the biblical evidential account of how we know the personal name of the God of Israel is Yahweh (YHWH). 

So, why can't you find God's personal name Yahweh in your Bible?

Unfortunately, Hebrew scribes believed that God's personal name, Yahweh (YHWH), was to holy to write or speak. So they wrongly replaced God's personal name 6,828 times in scripture with the Hebrew word Adonai (אֲדֹנָי, lit. "My LORD"). This number does not include the 49 occurrences of “Yah” - a shortened version of Yahweh.

With 23,145 versus in the Old Testament, the name Yahweh appears an average of every 3.4 versus.

Regrettably, most Bible translations blindly followed the custom of Rabbinic Judaism and also wrongly replaced God's personal name Yahweh with the generic title "LORD" in the Old Testament. This deliberate action virtually eliminates the personal name of the one true God from the Bible; in essence, hiding the sacred memorial name Yahweh from the majority of Christians around the world. 

However, there is nothing in the context of Exodus 3, or anywhere else in the entire Bible for that matter, to indicate that the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob didn't want His personal name Yahweh written or spoken. Likewise, nowhere in the bible is there any indication that there was ever going to be any other name than Yahweh used to specifically identify the one true God of Israel.

The mistake of Hebrew scribes in removing the personal name of God, Yahweh, followed by most Bible translators, has helped trinitarians perpetuate the deception of a "three person" God, because the personal name Yahweh reveals the true nature of God as a singular being - the ONE true God of Israel - exposing the Trinity as a lie. 

"The Greek Septuagint (a translation of the Hebrew Bible and some related texts into Koine Greek as the primary Greek translation of the Old Testament) renders “Yahweh” as kyrios (Lord), the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew Adonai (Lord). In other words, God’s unique personal name, Yahweh, was replaced with a descriptive title, “the Lord” (kyrios, a word that is also applied to human beings).

Despite this misrendering of “Yahweh,” the Greek-speaking Jews had the benefit of know­ing that kyrios in many contexts refers to Yahweh, the credit for which could be given to their Jewish religious heritage. But the same could not be said of the non-Jews (the Gentiles) because most of them don’t know that kyrios (Lord) is often simply a substitute for “Yahweh”. 

Because of the Gentile ignorance of this fact, within three centuries after the time of Jesus, the title “Lord” as applied to God was conflated with the title “Lord” as applied to Jesus, who was by then declared to be “God the Son,” a trinitarian title found nowhere in the Scriptures. By as early as the mid-second century, by which time the Gentile churches had become predomi­nantly non-Jewish, the name “Yahweh” had prac­tically disap­peared from the church." (Source) 

It should be very concerning to every Christian that the majority of Bible translations have chosen to remove the personal, forever and memorial name of our God and Father, Yahweh - the author of the Bible itself - and replace that holiest of names with a generic title LORD. 

Let them praise the NAME of YAHWEH, because His NAME alone is exalted. His splendor is above earth and heavens. (Psalms 148:13)

Removing the name Yahweh and  replacing it with "LORD" also resulted in many somewhat ridiculous passages. For example, which translation of Deuteronomy 4:2 makes more sense?

I am the Lord: that is my NAME: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

I am YAHWEH: that is my NAME: I will not give MY glory to another, neither my praise to graven images.

The Old Testament, which is the literal word of God, describes some very specific things about the personal name of the God of Israel, Yahweh: 

First of all, that His people (us) should; Glorify the Name Yahweh, Exalt the Name Yahweh, Revere the Name Yahweh, Fear the Name Yahweh, Praise the Name Yahweh, Remember the Name Yahweh, Proclaim the Name Yahweh, Call on the Name Yahweh, and Meditate on the Name Yahweh. And secondly, we are to "Thank" Yahweh in everything and "Make known His [Yahweh's] deeds." And most importantly, everyone who calls on the NAME of Yahweh will be SAVED 

 Ascribe to Yahweh the GLORY DUE His NAME!
 Lift up an offering and come before him!
 Bow down to Yahweh in the splendor of holiness! (1 Chronicles 16:29)

Also, for the sake of your NAME, O Yahweh,
forgive my sin, because it is great. (Psalms 25:11)

"Then those who revered Yahweh spoke with one another. And Yahweh listened attentively and heard, and a scroll of remembrance was written before Him of those who revere Yahweh and meditate on His NAME." (Malachi 3:16)

Give thanks to Yahweh; proclaim His NAME; make known His deeds among the peoples. (Psalms 105:1)

Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is Your NAME in all the earth, who put your splendor above the heavens. (Psalms 8:1)

Give thanks to Yahweh; call on His NAME. Make his deeds known among the  peoples; bring to remembrance that His NAME is exalted. (Isaiah 12:4)

Yahweh is great in Zion, and He is exalted over all the peoples. Let them praise your great and fearful NAME. He is holy. (Psalms 99:2-3)

Let them praise the NAME of Yahweh, because He commanded and they were created. (Psalms 148:5)

Let them praise the NAME of Yahweh, because His NAME alone is is exalted.
His splendor is above earth and heavens. (Psalms 148:13)

And it will be that everyone who calls on the NAME of Yahweh will be SAVED; (Joel 2:32)

Regardless of whichever Bible translation you personally prefer, I believe you would agree there should always be room in a book for the author’s personal name.

The "Legacy Standard Bible" translation has the personal name Yahweh. You can find it at BibleGateway.com

What value did Yahshua place on his Father's personal name?

Did you know that Yahshua was named after his father, Yahweh? And Yahshua even confirmed that he was named after his Father. 

Yahshua states emphatically that all power is in the NAME of his Father Yahweh, and that same power is in his name, YAHshua. 

"...Holy Father [Yahweh], protect them by the power of your NAME [Yahweh], THE NAME [Yah] YOU GAVE ME, so that they may be one as we are one." (John 17:11)

Yahshua is a compound Hebrew name, with Yah being the shortened version of Yahweh, and shua coming from the Hebrew word yasha which means "brings salvation." Put together, Yahshua literally means "Yahweh's Salvation." 

This makes perfect sense when you read what name the angel gave Mary for her son and what Yahweh's son's ultimate purpose would be. 

She will bear a son, and you shall call his NAME Yahshua, for he will SAVE his people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:21)

At the time of Christ, and even today, Jewish culture places great emphasis on the Hebrew names of their children. Hebrew names are seen as the embodiment of the past, present and especially the prophetic future of the child. The name Yahshua - Yahweh's Salvation - is truly the name above all names.

"For in our name lies our soul and self. That is why Jews always placed great emphasis on naming a child, for in that name there lay the history and past of the family and the hopes and blessings for the newborn’s success – Jewish success – in life. I know of nothing that so deeply touches a family’s nerve system as the naming of a child." (Rabbi Berel Wein)

The Apostle Paul understood that The God of Israel, Yahweh, bestowed His powerful name on His son, Yahshua. Paul describes Yahshua as the "name above every name" and makes it abundantly clear that Yahshua Christ is Lord, but only "to the glory of God the Father," Yahweh - in whose name the power ultimately resides, and in whose name Yahshua derives his power and authority.

It is only by Yahweh's authority that His son bears His personal name (YAH), along with the power and authority which the name Yahweh ultimately holds.

For this reason also, God [Yahweh] highly exalted Him [Yahshua], and bestowed on Him the NAME which is above every name, so that at the name of YAHshua every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that YAHshua Christ is Lord, TO THE GLORY OF God the Father [Yahweh]. (Phillipians 2:9-11)

It's of utmost of importance here to note that Yahshua's existence and ultimate purpose was "to the glory of his Father, Yahweh."

Matt 7:29 tells us: "He (Yahshua) was teaching them as a person having authority, and not as their scribes." In the hearing of his faithful apostles, Jesus prayed to Yahweh, his God, saying:  

"I have made YOUR NAME [Yahweh] manifest to the men you gave me out of the world.... I have made YOUR NAME known to them and will make it known." (John 17:6)

"... and I have made YOUR NAME [Yahweh] known to them, and will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.” (John 17:26)

So what "name" do you suppose Yahshua made known to his disciples? Was it LORD, or God, or maybe even Father? Since these are generic titles, the answer is quite obvious. Yahshua said, "I have made Your Name known," he did not say, "I have made Your Title known." The name Yahshua made known was the name of his Father and his God, Yahweh.

And doesn't it seem logical why Yahshua instructed us in Matthew 6:9 to pray "Hallowed be THY NAME" not "hidden be THY NAME." Yahshua faithfully showed why the name of his father, Yahweh, must be known to us, for only by that way would we know who Yahshua Christ truly is, and how he personally set the pattern for pure worship.

This is directly tied to our having eternal life, for Yahshua himself said in prayer to Yahweh:

"And this is ETERNAL LIFE, that they might know YOU [Yahweh] THE ONLY TRUE GOD, and Yahshua Christ, whom YOU have sent.” (John 17:3)

Yahshua could not have been more clear. To have eternal life one must know Yahweh, the ONLY true God, and also know Yahshua Christ - His only son.

Yahweh's salvation was made available to us through His only son Yahshua. (Remember what Yahshua means?) Yahweh anointed His son Yahshua as the true Messiah. With regard to our salvation, Yahshua, emphatically said: 

“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father [Yahweh] except through me. (John 14:6)

Jesus’ total submission to the Father stands out with perfect clarity throughout John’s Gospel. In retrospect I now realize how strange it is that Jn.14:6 (“I am the way, and the truth, and the life”), for example, is quoted by trinitarians as evidence of Christ’s deity and equality with God the Father. One does not need to be a profound thinker or to be extra­ordinarily percept­ive to see that a “way” or a road is the means to a destination, not the destinat­ion itself; it is the means to an end, not the end itself. When we travel, do we become so enamored of the road that we lose sight of our ultimate destination; which is where the road is meant to take us? And where is Christ, the Way, meant to bring us? What is that ultimate destination? The same verse (14:6) provides the answer: To bring us to the Father, because “no one comes to the Father except through me.” Christ is the Way—“through me”—whereas the destin­ation is “the Father”: “for Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the un­righteous, to bring us to God” (1 Peter 3:18, NIV). (Source)

Yahshua clearly states here that he is "the way" to his father Yahweh - who is our salvation.

I myself am Yahweh, and there is no savior besides me! (Isaiah 43:11)

But as for me, I will look to Yahweh; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me. (Micah 7:7)

"Promises of salvation are expressly made to all who embrace the gospel as it is defined by Christ and the Apostles. But no promise is made to the trinitarian as such. There is no scripture which asserts that whosoever believes in the Trinity, or in the two natures, or in the Son's equality with the Father ... shall be saved. Nor does any scripture assert that whosoever believeth not these doctrines shall be damned. But if no promise is made to him who embraces the gospel as it is defined by trinitarians, and no threatening against him who does not embrace it as thus defined, is not this sufficient evidence that their definitions are not correct?

All who believe on Yahshua Messiah, as the Son of God, have assurance from Christ himself, of everlasting life. All who do not believe Yahshua Messiah to be the Son of God, are assured, by the same authority, that they shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on them. 

What, then, does the true believer gain by admitting the doctrine of the Trinity? If it does not secure to him a single promise, nor shield him from a single threatening, then what use can it possibly be to him? It cannot make one hair either white or black."  (Charles Morgridge - from a discourse in 1837) 

Our trinitarian friends may try to frighten us into submission. They continue try to scare us with threats that unless we subscribe to their “statements of faith”, that unless we believe God is three persons in one being, we will forever damn our souls. Does this question affect our eternal salvation?

The answer is NO ... if it doesn’t matter whether we listen to and obey the Lord Jesus’ own teaching or not (Matt.7:21). NO ... if the First Commandment on which all the others “hang” is not really the first and the greatest of all the commandments (Matt. 22:38). NO .. if you want to create your own fanciful religion, with your own rules of grammar. NO ... if you think the Scriptures as they are written are of little use to you. NO ... if the one God and Father of all is unable to exist by Himself alone. NO ... if there really are two or three Yahwehs. (From Greg Deuble)
 

The history behind the trinity  

The mutual needs of Roman Emperors and the Catholic Church, fueled by the political expedience of both parties, led to the trinity becoming a nonnegotiable obligatory Catholic Church doctrine, enforced by both church and imperial authority.

In collusion with Roman Emperors, along with their imperial enforcement, the trinity became an "official" Catholic Church doctrine almost four hundred years after the resurrection of Christ and the apostolic age.

After the trinity's formulation and imperial [Roman] enforcement towards the end of the fourth century, this sort of Christian theology reigned more or less unchallenged. But before this, and again in post-Reformation modernity, the origin, meaning, and justification of trinitarian doctrine has been repeatedly disputed. One aspect of these debates concerns the self-consistency of trinitarian theology. If there are three [persons] who are equally divine, isn’t that to say there are at least three gods? Yet the tradition asserts exactly one God. Is the tradition, then, incoherent, and so self-refuting? (Source) 

Yahshua warned of deception in his name!

Most people assume that everything that bears the label "Christian" must have originated with Yahshua Christ and His early followers. But this is definitely not the case. All we have to do is look at the words of Yahshua Christ and His apostles to see that this is clearly not true.

The historical record shows that, just as Yahshua and the New Testament writers foretold, various heretical ideas and false teachers rose up from within the early Church and infiltrated it from without. Christ Himself warned His followers: 

And Yahshua answered and said to them, SEE TO IT THAT NO ONE DECEIVES YOU. For MANY WILL COME IN MY NAME, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and WILL DECEIVE MANY. Matthew 24:4-5

MANY FALSE PROPHETS WILL ARISE and WILL MISLEAD MANY. Matthew 24:11

There are many similar warnings in other passages:

I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. Acts 20:29-30

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their deeds. Corinthians 11:13-15

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths. 2 Timothy 4:2-4

But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves. Many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned; 2 Peter 2:1-2

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 1 John 4:1-3

Barely two decades after Christ's death and resurrection, the apostle Paul wrote that many believers were already "turning away . . . to a different gospel." He wrote that he was forced to contend with "false apostles" and "deceitful workers" who were fraudulently "transforming themselves into apostles of Christ." One of the major problems he had to deal with was "false brethren."

I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel; which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed! As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be accursed! (Galatians 1:6)

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. (2 Corinthians 11:13)

I have been on frequent journeys, in dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my countrymen, dangers from the Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the wilderness, dangers on the sea, dangers among false brethren; (2 Corinthians 11:26) 

By the late first century, conditions had grown so dire that false ministers openly refused to receive representatives of the apostle John and were excommunicating true Christians from the Church! 

I wrote something to the church; but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not accept what we say. For this reason, if I come, I will call attention to his deeds which he does, unjustly accusing us with wicked words; and not satisfied with this, he himself does not receive the brethren, either, and he forbids those who desire to do so and puts them out of the church. (3 John 9-10)

In his classic work, "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," famed historian Edward Gibbon wrote of this troubling period calling it a "dark cloud that hangs over the first age of the church." It wasn't long before true servants of God became a marginalized and scattered minority among those calling themselves Christian. A very different religion, now compromised with many concepts and practices rooted in ancient paganism, took hold and transformed the faith founded by Yahshua Christ. (such mixing of religious beliefs being known as syncretism, common in the Roman Empire at the time)

Respected mainline Protestant Jesse Hurlbut says of this time of transformation: "We name the last generation of the first century, from 68 to 100 A.D., 'the age of shadows,' partly because the gloom of persecution was over the church, but more especially because of all the periods in the [church's] history, it is the period about which we know the least. Hurlbut goes on to described the "age of shadows" as separating the original Church from what came later. 

"For fifty years after the Apostle Paul's life a curtain hangs over the church, through which we strive vainly to look; and when at last it rises, about 120AD with the writings of the earliest church-fathers, we find a church in many aspects very different from that in the days of St. Peter and St. Paul" (Story of the Christian Church, p. 41). 

So we no longer have the clear light of the Book of Acts to guide us; and no author of that age has filled the blank in the history.

This "very different" church would grow in power and influence, and within a few short centuries would come to dominate even the mighty Roman Empire!

By the second century, faithful members of the Church, Christ's "little flock" (Luke 12:32), had largely been scattered by waves of deadly persecution. They held firmly to the biblical truth about Yahshua Christ and God the Father, though they were persecuted by the Roman authorities as well as those who professed Christianity but were in reality teaching "another Yahshua" and a "different gospel" (2 Corinthians 11:4; Galatians 1:6-9).

This was the historical setting in which the doctrine of the Trinity emerged. In those early decades after Yahshua Christ's ministry, death and resurrection, and spanning the next few centuries, various ideas sprang up as to Christ's exact nature. Was he man? Was he God? Was he God appearing as a man? Was he an illusion? Was he a mere man who became God? Was he created by God the Father, or did he exist eternally with the Father?

All of these ideas had their proponents [and opponents]. The unity of belief of the original Church was lost as "new beliefs," many borrowed or adapted from pagan religions, replaced the teachings of Yahshua and the apostles.

Let us be clear that when it comes to the intellectual and theological debates in those early centuries that led to the formulation of the Trinity, the true [non Catholic] Church was largely absent from the scene, having been driven underground. For this reason, in that stormy period we often see debates not between truth and error, but between one error and a different error, a fact seldom recognized by many modern scholars yet critical for our understanding of how the trinity became a "Christian" church doctrine. (Source)

Early Christianity was theologically diverse.

Although as time went on a “catholic” movement, a bishop-led, developing organization which, at least from the late second century, claimed to be the true successors of Yahshua’s apostles, became increasingly dominant, out-competing many Gnostic and quasi-Jewish groups. Still, confining our attention to what scholars now call this “catholic” or “proto-orthodox” Christianity, it contained divergent views about the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  

No theologian in the first three Christian centuries was a trinitarian in the sense of believing that the one God is tripersonal, containing equally divine "persons," Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 

The term we translate as “Trinity” (Latin: trinitas, Greek: trias) seems to have come into use only in the last two decades of the second century; but such usage doesn’t reflect trinitarian belief. These late second and third century authors use such terms not to refer to the one God, but rather to refer to the plurality of the one God, together with his Son (on Word) and his Spirit. They profess a “trinity”, triad or threesome, but not a triune or tripersonal God. Nor did they consider these to be equally divine. A common strategy for defending monotheism in this period is to emphasize the unique divinity of the Father. (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

The God and Father, who holds the universe together, is superior to every being that exists, for he imparts to each one from his own existence that which each one is; the Son, being less than the Father, is superior to rational creatures alone (for he is second to the Father); the Holy Spirit is still less, and dwells within the saints alone. So that in this way the power of the Father is greater than that of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and that of the Son is more than that of the Holy Spirit… Origen of Alexandria (ca. 186–255)

Many scholars call this strain of Christian theology “subordinationist”, as the Son and Spirit are always in some sense derivative of, less than, and subordinate to their source, the one God, that is, the Father. One may also call this theology unitarian, in the sense that the one God just is the Father, and not equally the Son and Spirit, so that the one God is “unipersonal”.

Views about the Spirit remained comparatively undeveloped, mainly because in the New Testament the Spirit was not worshiped.

In the second and third centuries "catholic" Christianity came to attribute a "a divine nature" to Yahshua, and to firmly establish his being called "God."

[This] ...language, which had been very unusual in the first century, now became the norm; Yahshua was now “God” or “a god”, but not the one true God. This divine Son (i.e. the pre-human Yahshua) was mysteriously “generated” by God either just before creation or in timeless eternity.  (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

Roman Emperor Constantine played a pivotal roll in trinity history

Roman Emperor Constantine, although held by many to be the first "Christian" Roman Emperor, was actually a sun-worshiper who was only baptized on his deathbed. During his reign he had his eldest son and his wife murdered. He was also vehemently anti-Semitic, referring in one of his edicts to "the detestable Jewish crowd" and "the customs of these most wicked men"—customs that were in fact rooted in the Bible and practiced by Yahshua and the apostles.

As emperor in a period of great tumult within the Roman Empire, Constantine was challenged with keeping the empire unified. He recognized the value of religion in uniting his empire. This was, in fact, one of his primary motivations in accepting and sanctioning the "Christian" religion (which, by this time, had drifted far from the teachings of Yahshua Christ and the apostles and was Christian in name only).

But now Constantine faced a new challenge. Religion researcher Karen Armstrong explains in A History of God that "one of the first problems that had to be solved was the doctrine of God . . . a new danger arose from within which split Christians into bitterly warring camps" (1993, p. 106).

Debate over the nature of God at the Council of Nicaea

Constantine convened the Council of Nicaea in the year 325 as much for political reasons—for unity in the empire—as religious ones. The primary issue at that time came to be known as the Arian controversy.

"In the hope of securing for his throne the support of the growing body of Christians he had shown them considerable favor and it was to his interest to have the church vigorous and united. The Arian controversy was threatening its unity and menacing its strength. He therefore undertook to put an end to the trouble. It was suggested to him, perhaps by the Spanish bishop Hosius, who was influential at court, that if a synod were to meet representing the whole church both east and west, it might be possible to restore harmony.

"Constantine himself of course neither knew nor cared anything about the matter in dispute but he was eager to bring the controversy to a close, and Hosius' advice appealed to him as sound" (Arthur Cushman McGiffert, A History of Christian Thought, 1954, Vol. 1, p. 258).

Arius, a priest from Alexandria, Egypt, taught that Christ, because He was the Son of God, must have had a beginning and therefore was a special creation of God. Further, if Yahshua was the Son, the Father of necessity must be older.

Opposing the teachings of Arius was Athanasius, a deacon also from Alexandria. His view was an early form of Trinitarianism wherein the Father, Son and Holy Spirit were one but at the same time distinct from each other.

The decision as to which view the church council would accept was to a large extent arbitrary. Karen Armstrong explains in A History of God: "When the bishops gathered at Nicaea on May 20, 325, to resolve the crisis, very few would have shared Athanasius's view of Christ. Most held a position midway between Athanasius and Arius" (p. 110).

As emperor, Constantine was in the unusual position of deciding church doctrine even though he was not really a Christian. (The following year is when he had both his wife and son murdered, as previously mentioned).

Historian Henry Chadwick attests, "Constantine, like his father, worshiped the Unconquered Sun" (The Early Church, 1993, p. 122). As to the emperor's embrace of Christianity, Chadwick admits, "His conversion should not be interpreted as an inward experience of grace . . . It was a military matter. His comprehension of Christian doctrine was never very clear" (p. 125).

Chadwick does say that Constantine's deathbed baptism itself "implies no doubt about his Christian belief," it being common for rulers to put off baptism to avoid accountability for things like torture and executing criminals (p. 127). But this justification doesn't really help the case for the emperor's conversion being genuine.

Norbert Brox, a professor of church history, confirms that Constantine was never actually a converted Christian: "Constantine did not experience any conversion; there are no signs of a change of faith in him. He never said of himself that he had turned to another god . . . At the time when he turned to Christianity, for him this was Sol Invictus (the victorious sun god)" (A Concise History of the Early Church, 1996, p. 48).

When it came to the Nicene Council, The Encyclopaedia Britannica states: "Constantine himself presided, actively guiding the discussions, and personally proposed . . . the crucial formula expressing the relation of Christ to God in the creed issued by the council . . . Overawed by the emperor, the bishops, with two exceptions only, signed the creed, many of them much against their inclination" (1971 edition, Vol. 6, "Constantine," p. 386).

With the emperor's approval, the Council rejected the minority view of Arius and, having nothing definitive with which to replace it, approved the view of Athanasius—also a minority view. The church was left in the odd position of officially supporting, from that point forward, the decision made at Nicaea to endorse a belief held by only a minority of those attending.

The groundwork for official acceptance of the Trinity was now laid—but it took more than three centuries after Yahshua Christ's death and resurrection for this unbiblical teaching to emerge! (Source)

Will anyone still want to maintain that the trinity “evolved” out of the Bible? 

Constantine forced the church into doctrin­al unity, and overrode the major­ity who still believed in the subordination of the Son to the Father. He es­tablished the Nicene Creed as the faith of the church by command, backed by the law of the Roman Empire. Constant­ine did this for the purpose of maintaining political unity in his empire. By sup­pressing dissent in the church, the freedom of the church—libertas ecclesiae—was stamped out by the many in­stances of ex­commun­icat­ion from the church and banish­ment as crim­inals under Roman law. To put it simply, one must believe that Jesus is God or face the horrible conse­quences.

Few Christians know anything about the historical develop­ment of trin­it­arian dogma and the Nicene Creed. Some may be shocked to hear that the pivotal enabler of this doctrine was the pagan Roman Emperor Con­stantine, who was not even bap­tized at the time he con­vened the Council of Nicaea in 325. He directed the proceed­ings of the council both personally and through his repre­sentatives, guid­ing the council to adopt the then controver­sial view that Yahshua is coequal with the Father in one essence, and eventually making this dogma part of state law in the Roman Empire. Thus we have a doctrine cen­tral to Christ­endom which was deter­mined by an emperor who at Nicaea was still function­ing as the chief priest of the Roman pa­gan deities. This, then, is the origin of official trinitarian dogma. (Source)

The Arian Controversy (Defeating trinity opposition) 

The "Arian Controversy" involves an era in Christian history that played a major role in defeating opposition to Christ being formally identified as a divine being - co-equal to God - which resulted in the eventual recognition of the Trinity as "official" Catholic Church doctrine. The Arian Controversy marks a point in Christian history long after the Apostolic age when "Catholic" church leaders, along with the imperial influence and power of the current Roman Emperor, literally forced the Trinity on "Catholic" Christians of that era.  

The following information is essential for any "Christian" Church or individual that adheres to the Trinity, despite its highly problematic origin and meaning.

Here are several important points to note before reading the following excerpt.              

• The following piece was written from an impartial historical perspective - not as an argument either for or against the Trinity doctrine. 
• No theologian in the first three Christian centuries was a trinitarian, in the sense of believing that God is a tri-personal being; consisting of three equally divine “persons” - God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
• This "controversy" happened about 75 years before the New Testament was even canonized.
• Arius had many supporters who also believed Yahshua was a man created by Yahweh to be His emissary on earth, and that Yahshua was not a divine being who was co-equal with God. 
• Both sides in this controversy sought favor from the Roman Emperor, hoping to receive "imperial power" to crush their opponents. 
• Eventually, the support of the Roman Emperor tipped the scale against Arius and in favor of assigning deity to Christ.
• Arius and his supporters were excommunicated from the Catholic Church.
• Arius' beliefs regarding the unique divinity of Yahweh were branded as heresy by the church.
• Neither Christ nor any of his apostles ever espoused, taught or supported anything remotely close to the trinity.
• No apostle of Christ had any say or input in developing or adopting the trinity doctrine - as they were all long dead for almost three centuries. 
• The Trinity is a pre-New Testament doctrine wholly contrived by "catholic" religious leaders.  

It was only in response to the controversy sparked by the Alexandrian presbyter Arius (ca. 256–336) that a critical mass of [catholic] bishops rallied around what eventually became standard language about the Trinity. The Arian Controversy was complex, and has been much illuminated by recent historians (Ayres 2004; Freeman 2008; Hanson 1988; Pelikan 1971; Rubenstein 1999; Williams 2001).

The "Arian Controversy" can be briefly summarized as follows; Alexandrian presbyter Arius taught, in accordance with an earlier subordinationist theological tradition, that the Son of God [Yahshua] was a creature, made by God [Yahweh] from nothing a finite time ago. Some time around 318–21 a controversy broke out, with Arius’ teaching opposed initially by his bishop Alexander of Alexandria (d. 326). Alexander examined and excommunicated Arius. Numerous churchmen, adhering to subordinationist traditions about the Son [Christ] rallied to Arius’ side, while others, favoring theologies holding to the eternal existence of the Son and his (in some sense) ontological equality with the Father, joined his opponents. The dispute threatened to split the church, and a series of councils ensued, variously excommunicating Arius and his defenders and vindicating their opponents.

Each side successively tried to win the favor of the then-current emperor, trying to manipulate Rome's imperial power to crush its opposition.

From the standpoint of later catholic orthodoxy, a key episode in this series occurred in 325, when a council of bishops [at Nicaea] convened by the Emperor Constantine (ca. 280–337) decreed that the Father and Son were homoousios (same substance or essence), and Arius and his party were excommunicated. The intended meaning of ousia here was far from clear, given the term’s complex history and use, and the failure of the council to disambiguate it (Stead 1994, 160–72). They most likely settled on the term because it was disagreeable to the party siding with Arius. However, this new and ambiguous formula fanned the flames of controversy, as subordinationists and anti-subordinationists understood the phrase differently when signing on to it, and later argued for conflicting interpretations of it.

By the time of the council of Constantinople (381 CE), an anti-subordinationist reading, vigorously championed by Alexandrian bishop Athanasius had the upper hand; homoousios was understood as asserting the Father and Son to not merely be similar beings, but in some sense one being. While it stopped short of saying that the Holy Spirit was homoousios with the Father and Son, the council did say that the Holy Spirit “is worshiped and glorified together with the Father and the Son”, and added in a letter accompanying their creed that the three share “a single Godhead and power and substance” (Leith 1982, 33; Tanner 1990, 24, 28). 

Over the ensuing period the same sorts of arguments used to promote the divinity of the Son, were reapplied to the Holy Spirit, and eventually inhibitions to applying homoousios to the Holy Spirit evaporated. [Eventually leading to the addition of a third "person" to the divine "essence" of God as defined by Catholic Church doctrine.] (From Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

The Nicene decision didn't end the trinity debate

The Council of Nicaea did not end the controversy. Karen Armstrong explains: "Athanasius managed to impose his theology on the delegates... with the emperor breathing down their necks..."

"The show of agreement pleased Constantine, who had no understanding of the theological issues, but in fact there was no unanimity at Nicaea. After the council, the bishops went on teaching as they had before, and the Arian crisis continued for another sixty years. Arius and his followers fought back and managed to regain imperial favor. Athanasius was exiled no fewer than five times. It was very difficult to make his [Trinitarian] creed stick" (pp. 110-111).

The ongoing disagreements were at times violent and bloody. Of the aftermath of the Council of Nicaea, noted historian Will Durant writes, "Probably more Christians were slaughtered by Christians in these two years (342-3) than by all the persecutions of Christians by pagans in the history of Rome" (The Story of Civilization, Vol. 4: The Age of Faith, 1950, p. 8). Atrociously, while claiming to be Christian many believers fought and slaughtered one another over their differing views of God!

Of the following decades, Professor Harold Brown, cited earlier, writes: "During the middle decades of this century, from 340 to 380, the history of [Trinity] doctrine looks more like the history of court and church intrigues and social unrest . . . The central doctrines hammered out in this period often appear to have been put through by intrigue or mob violence rather than by the common consent of Christendom led by the Holy Spirit" (p. 119).

Ongoing disputes led to the Council of Constantinople

In the year 381, 44 years after Constantine's death, Emperor Theodosius the Great convened the Council of Constantinople (today Istanbul, Turkey) to resolve these disputes. Gregory of Nazianzus, recently appointed as archbishop of Constantinople, presided over the council and urged the adoption of his view of the Holy Spirit.

Historian Charles Freeman states: "Virtually nothing is known of the theological debates of the council of 381, but Gregory was certainly hoping to get some acceptance of his belief that the Spirit was consubstantial with the Father [meaning that the persons are of the same being, as substance in this context denotes individual quality].

"Whether he dealt with the matter clumsily or whether there was simply no chance of consensus, the 'Macedonians,' bishops who refused to accept the full divinity of the Holy Spirit, left the council . . . Typically, Gregory berated the bishops for preferring to have a majority rather than simply accepting 'the Divine Word' of the Trinity on his authority" (A.D. 381: Heretics, Pagans and the Dawn of the Monotheistic State, 2008, p. 96).

Gregory soon became ill and had to withdraw from the council. Who would preside now? "So it was that one Nectarius, an elderly city senator who had been a popular prefect in the city as a result of his patronage of the games, but who was still not a baptized Christian, was selected . . . Nectarius appeared to know no theology, and he had to be initiated into the required faith before being baptized and consecrated" (Freeman, pp. 97-98).

Bizarrely, a man who up to this point wasn't a Christian was appointed to preside over a major church council tasked with determining what it would teach regarding the nature of God!

The trinity becomes official "Catholic Church" doctrine

The teaching of the three Cappadocian theologians "made it possible for the Council of Constantinople (381) to affirm the divinity of the Holy Spirit, which up to that point had nowhere been clearly stated, not even in Scripture" (The HarperCollins Encyclopedia of Catholicism, "God," p. 568).

The council adopted a statement that translates into English as, in part: "We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible; and in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all ages . . . And we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of life, who proceeds from the Father, who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets . . ." The statement also affirmed belief "in one holy, catholic [meaning in this context universal, whole or complete] and apostolic Church . . ."

With this declaration in 381, which would become known as the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, the Trinity as generally understood today became the official [Catholic Church] belief and teaching concerning the nature of God.

Theology professor Richard Hanson observes that a result of the council's decision "was to reduce the meanings of the word 'God' from a very large selection of alternatives to one only," such that "when Western man today says 'God' he means the one, sole exclusive [Trinitarian] God and nothing else" (Studies in Christian Antiquity, 1985,pp. 243-244).

Thus, Emperor Theodosius—who himself had been baptized only a year before convening the council—was, like Constantine nearly six decades earlier, instrumental in establishing major church doctrine. As historian Charles Freeman notes: "It is important to remember that Theodosius had no theological background of his own and that he put in place as dogma a formula containing intractable philosophical problems of which he would have been unaware. In effect, the emperor's laws had silenced the debate when it was still unresolved" (p. 103).

Other beliefs about the nature of God banned

Now that a decision had been reached, Theodosius would tolerate no dissenting views. He issued his own edict that read: 

"We now order that all [Catholic] churches are to be handed over to the bishops who profess Father, Son and Holy Spirit of a single majesty, of the same glory, of one splendor, who establish no difference by sacrilegious separation, but (who affirm) the order of the Trinity by recognizing the Persons and uniting the Godhead." (quoted by Richard Rubenstein, When Jesus Became God, 1999, p. 223).

Edict from Emperor Theodosius went further in demanding adherence to the new teaching:

 "Let us believe the one deity of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, in equal majesty and in a holy Trinity. We authorize the followers of this law to assume the title of Catholic Christians; but as for the others, since, in our judgement, they are foolish madmen, we decree that they shall be branded with the ignominious name of heretics, and shall not presume to give their conventicles [assemblies] the name of churches. They will suffer in the first place the chastisement of the divine condemnation, and the second the punishment which our authority, in accordance with the will of Heaven, shall decide to inflict" (reproduced in Documents of the Christian Church, Henry Bettenson, editor, 1967, p. 22).

Thus we see that a teaching that was foreign to Yahshua Christ, never taught by the apostles and unknown to the other biblical writers, was locked into place and the true biblical revelation about the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit was locked out. Any who disagreed were, in accordance with the edicts of the emperor and church authorities, branded heretics and dealt with accordingly. 

Trinity doctrine was decided by trial and error

This unusual chain of events is why theology professors Anthony and Richard Hanson would summarize the story in their book Reasonable Belief: A Survey of the Christian Faith by noting that the adoption of the Trinity doctrine came as a result of "a process of theological exploration which lasted at least three hundred years . . . In fact it was a process of trial and error (almost of hit and miss), in which the error was by no means all confined to the unorthodox . . . It would be foolish to represent the doctrine of the Holy Trinity as having been achieved by any other way" (1980, p. 172).

They then conclude: "This was a long, confused, process whereby different schools of thought in the Church worked out for themselves, and then tried to impose on others, their answer to the question, 'How divine is Yahshua Christ?' . . . If ever there was a controversy decided by the method of trial and error, it was this one" (p. 175).

Anglican churchman and Oxford University lecturer K.E. Kirk revealingly writes of the adoption of the doctrine of the Trinity: 

"The theological and philosophical vindication of the divinity of the Spirit begins in the fourth century; we naturally turn to the writers of that period to discover what grounds they have for their belief. To our surprise, we are forced to admit that they have none..."

"This failure of Christian theology . . . to produce logical justification of the cardinal point in its trinitarian doctrine is of the greatest possible significance. We are forced, even before turning to the question of the vindication of the doctrine by experience, to ask ourselves whether theology or philosophy has ever produced any reasons why its belief should be Trinitarian" ("The Evolution of the Doctrine of the Trinity," published in Essays on the Trinity and the Incarnation, A.E.J. Rawlinson, editor, 1928, pp. 221-222). (Source)

And therein lies the huge problem with the Trinity doctrine - it is simply not of the teaching of Yahshua Christ or the Apostolic age, and can not be explained either biblically, philosophically, metaphysically, logically or rationally. (Blog author) 

The trinity vs biblical truth  

Remember, in the entire Christian Bible, neither Yahweh (the God of Israel), authors of the Old and New Testaments, Yahshua Christ, nor any Apostle or disciple of Christ EVER clearly and unambiguously declared, implied, or taught anything even remotely close to the Trinity as defined today. And more importantly, "No theologian in the first three Christian centuries was a trinitarian in the sense of believing that the one God is tri-personal, consisting of three equally divine “persons”, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit." It was not until Yahshua Christ and his apostles were almost 350 years gone did such a concept of a "three person" God come about?  

Let that sink in for a moment; especially if you believe the Bible to be the inspired word of the God of Israel, Yahweh. And remember, the Trinity, as it stands today, wasn't introduced as a part of any Christian "Church" doctrine until 350 years (A.D. 381) after the apostolic age. So much for the Trinity being a God-breathed authoritative apostolic biblical doctrine. 

If you currently believe the Trinity simply because it's what you were taught and understood was accepted as part of your church doctrine, I challenge you to set aside all your preconceived ideas about the Trinity and investigate it thoroughly, as Christ himself implores you to do, and use your God-given "Spirit of truth" to take a closer biblical and historical look at the facts regarding this false doctrine and how it came to be forced on believers and erroneously accepted as Christian "Church" doctrine almost 400 years after the apostolic age. 

Pray for guidance from the Spirit of truth that resides in you and read on, paying close attention to all scripture references, and then decide for yourself if the Trinity is biblical truth or a lie. And of utmost importance, always remember what Yahshua Christ said about the "truth".

“If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8:31-31)

Why believe a teaching that isn't biblical?

This, in brief, is the amazing story of how the doctrine of the Trinity came to be introduced—and how those who refused to accept it came to be branded as heretics or unbelievers.

But should we really base our view of God on a doctrine that isn't spelled out in the Bible, that wasn't formalized until almost four centuries after the time of Yahshua Christ and the apostles, that was debated and argued for decades (not to mention for centuries since), that was imposed by religious councils presided over by scriptural novices and antisemitic nonbelievers and that was "decided by the method of trial and error"?

Of course not. We should instead look to the Word of God—not to ideas of men—to see how our Creator reveals Himself!  (Source) 

 

DID YOU KNOW...

Isaac Newton was one of the world’s greatest scientists. He utilized his great genius and powers of reasoning to produce his famous scientific discoveries including his laws of motion, the law of universal gravitation, studies in optics, and the invention of calculus. But he was also a devout Christian, and he brought this same intellectual genius to bear in his analysis of Christianity, and he based his beliefs on his own studies of the Bible along with the earliest Christian writers. Based on his studies he rejected the doctrine of the Trinity and proved that it was unbiblical. Newton saw two major flaws in the Christian doctrine of the Trinity: it was unsupported from the scriptures and it was illogical. Newton used scriptural passages to demonstrate that the Trinitarian doctrine was incorrect. He wrote, “Let them make good sense of it who are able; for my part, I can make none.” Newton also concluded from that there had been an apostasy from the true Church of Christ, and that at some future time there would be a restoration. (Source)  

*WARNING* Unfortunately, because almost every bible commentary, research study, reference book and website resource are authored or curated by trinitarian apologists,the materials and data from those sources will be slanted toward the Trinity as being a legitimate biblical doctrine. Fortunately, there are now many "unbiased" resources available for those who are searching for the truth in all things. 

I encourage you to read the following two books by Eric H. H. Chang, and also to use the reference links below and in the side column that use sound arguments of scripture and history to refute Trinitarian arguments. There is also a link to my other website that has some excellent posts and lots more informative links about this and other false teachings of traditions and doctrines of most Christian churches.

But most importantly, let the Holy Spirit guide your God given ability of reason and logic as you read and study the Holy Scriptures outlined below.

"The Only True God"

https://www.christiandiscipleschurch.org/content/the-only-true-god

"The Only Perfect Man"

https://www.christiandiscipleschurch.org/content/the-only-perfect-man

"The Surprising Origins of the Trinity Doctrine"

https://www.ucg.org/bible-study-tools/booklets/is-god-a-trinity/the-surprising-origins-of-the-trinity-doctrine

"Theological Metamorphosis: Moving From Trinitarianism Towards Biblical Monotheism"

http://www.christiandiscipleschurch.org/content/theological-metamorphosis-read-this-first

Other great resource websites:

http://www.angelfire.com/space/thegospeltruth/trinity.html

http://www.biblicalunitarian.com/

http://www.honorgodsword.com/

http://adonimessiah.blogspot.com/

 

Many blessings to you on your journey and search for the truth regarding the trinity

Let's begin...

Get your Bibles out.

Time to explore some biblical, rational facts about the one true God Yahweh and His only begotten son Yahshua versus the man-made doctrine of the trinity:

 

1. (a) YAHWEH is NOT a human and can NEVER be a human!          

The divine nature of Yahweh is immutable! Which means Yahweh is not capable of or susceptible to any change whatsoever. PERIOD! According to the principal of immutability, the divine nature of Yahweh means it is impossible for Him to do certain things like die or lie, or be or exhibit certain things like unknowing, unaware, ignorant or unjust.

“For I, Yahweh, have not changed..." (Malachi 3:6a)

Being immutable, it is impossible for Yahweh to transform Himself, in whole or in part, into a hybrid human/divine being. Simply put, Yahweh cannot become human or partly human any more than a human being can become God or partly God.

"...for I (Yahweh) am God, and NOT A MAN; the Holy One among you..." (Hosea 11:9)

GOD IS NOT A MAN, that he should lie, nor the SON OF MAN, that he should repent. (Numbers 23:19)

However, trinitarians believe that Yahshua is the God of Israel (Yahweh) who became incarnate. They explain this absurd notion by saying that Yahshua Christ was both "fully God and fully human". To believe this, one would have to disregard Yahweh's eternally divine immutable nature and embrace a less than"fully divine" God, who would be subject to the limits of humanity and the laws of nature - as scripture clearly indicates Yahshua clearly was. Logically speaking, Yahweh is either immutable or He is not, simply because it is impossible for Him to be both. In the same sense, it is impossible for Yahshua to be both 100% fully God and 100% fully human, which would render him a living contradiction, as a "person" having duel natures.

Yahshua clearly stated that "everything he did and said" came from his Father and his God, Yahweh.

Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father [Yahweh] doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. (John 5:19)

For I did not speak on my own, but the Father [Yahweh]  who sent me commanded me to say all that I have spoken. (John 12:49)

Yahshua also clearly stated that his "will" was not his own, but was the will of his Father and his God, Yahweh.

“My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him [Yahweh] who sent me and to finish his [Yahweh's] work. (John 4:34) 

Every word and deed exhibited by Yahshua Christ were in obedience to the will of his Father and his God, Yahweh, - not because Yahshua was a divine being equal to his Father, but by the power of the Holy Spirit of God indwelling him. It is that same Holy Spirit , by-the-way, that is available to every one who accepts Yahshua Christ as their savior. 

Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father. (John 14:12)

The only difference between Yahshua's humanity and ours is that Yahshua was Yahweh's only son; begotten by His power (Which is impossible to understand exactly how he was begotten in the womb of Mary) and blessed with a full "measure of faith," seemingly never before allotted to a human being, and having a complete and undiminished Godly nature - exhibiting total obedience to his Father's will every second of his physical mortal life.

For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith. (Romans 12:3)

The apostle Paul clearly stated that Yahshua Christ was a man. 

For since by a man [Adam] came death, by a man [Yahshua] also came the resurrection of the dead.  (1 Corinthians 15:21)

For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Yahshua. (I Timothy 2:5)

We, unfortunately, are born into a world of sin, but thanks to God, we can obtain an obedience and power that Christ and his apostles promised every believer they could have by the same power of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit that Christ had.

“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one - I in them and you in me - so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me." (John 17:20-23)

As scripture clearly indicates, at a specific point in time, Yahweh begat His only son Yahshua "according to the flesh" (through human birth) and then "designated/appointed" Yahshua as the "Son of God in power according to the spirit of holiness" (upon His baptism and receiving the Holy Spirit).

Paul, a slave of Christ Yahshua, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised previously through his prophets in the holy scriptures, the gospel about His son, descended from David according to the flesh, but designated/appointed as Son of God in power according to the spirit of holiness through resurrection from the dead, Yahshua Christ our Lord. (Romans 1:1-4)

Yahshua said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. (John 14:6)

I, [am] Yahweh,
    And there is no other god besides me,
a righteous God besides me,
    and no savior besides me. (Isaiah 45:21-22)

Scripture clearly indicates that Yahshua was self aware of his humanity. He clearly understood His human limitations and respectful obedience and submissiveness to His Father and his God,  Yahweh. He understood his mortality and designated/appointed unique identity as Yahweh's only begotten son, and most importantly, that he was "designated by God" as "mediator between God and mankind" and the "source of eternal salvation," as the only "way" to the eternal "author" of salvation, his Father, Yahweh.           

In the days of His flesh, He (Yahshua) offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One (Yahweh) able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety. Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered. And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation, being designated by God as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek. (Heb. 5:7-10)

For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Yahshua... (1 Timothy 2:5)

God [Yahweh] raised Yahshua; of this we are all witnesses. (Acts 2:32) 

But God [Yahweh] raised him [Yahshua] up, releasing him from the throes of death, because it was impossible for him to be held by it. (Acts 2:24)

But God [Yahweh] raised him from the dead on the third day and caused him to be seen (Acts 10:40) 

But God [Yahweh] raised him from the dead. (Acts 13:30) 

Paul, an apostle - sent not from men nor by man, but by Yahshua Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead. (Galatians 1:1)

Further parsing the above scriptures reveals the fullness of Yahshua's humanity. While Yahshua was alive, "in the days of His flesh," His "prayers and supplications" of "loud crying and tears" indicate He was very anxious about his death, but also fully aware and faithful that only His Father and his God [Yahweh] could "save him from death". Yahshua knew that His prayers would only be heard if he demonstrated a genuine submissive attitude of "piety" toward His Father and his God. He also knew he must "learn obedience" through "suffering," which would ultimately lead to His being "made perfect" in His Father's eyes. 

Through all of this, Yahshua was "designated/appointed by His Father Yahweh" as "high priest according to the order of Melchizedek" and anointed "the source of eternal salvation" for all mankind. 

"The God of the Bible [Yahweh] states categorically that He and mankind are infinite opposites. To say that [Yahshua] is the "God-man" is to scuttle the word of God on a matter He says is impossible. Saying something can be the opposite of itself is not a mystery, it's a contradiction." (Source) 

Those who are in the flesh can not please God. (Romans 8:8)

FACT: Yahshua – the man - was born, ate, drank, slept, grew, learned, and was susceptible to physical pain and death. He was not self-sufficient or self-existent; as is the case with every human being, He needed specific things to sustain his mortal human existence. If Yahshua was, in fact, the God of Israel he would rely on nothing to sustain his existence. The fact is, if Yahweh did become a man He would necessarily have to relinquish many divine attributes; which would render Him no longer God. It is important to understand that Yahweh is immutable - He does not and cannot change who He is; consequently, it is impossible for Yahweh to be both God and not God. It is also important to understand that Yahweh is the one to be SERVED – He is not anyone’s servant, nor would His divine nature allow Him to humble, or maybe better put, degrade himself in that respect. If that were the case, Yahweh would cease to be the immutable God of ALL creation. Yahshua said unequivocally that he "served" his Father, Yahweh, which made him, as all humans are, subordinate to and less than God.

 1 (b) YAHWEH CAN NEVER DIE! 

In Revelation Yahshua said to John:

“I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever more. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades..”(Revelation 1:18)

The big dilemma for trinitarians is who exactly was John speaking with in this scripture. Was he speaking with the "fully God" and "fully human" Yahshua - who admits he was dead and is now alive forever more?

Trinitarians have to answer this question - it can't be side-stepped.

Since trinitarians believe that Yahshua Christ is "God incarnate" - both "fully God" and "fully human" - they must also believe that it was the "God incarnate," Yahshua, who literally died on the cross. They have to believe this because they say that God could only accept a "perfect" and "sinless" sacrifice for the sins of man. And  Yahshua was only sinless because he was "fully God." So if God cannot die, as scripture clearly indicates, how was it that "God incarnate" died for our sins? Hence, the trinitarian dilemma -  exactly who was it that died on the cross and who was speaking to John? 

Trinitarians have yet to answer this question logically - because they can't. So trinitarian "scholars" formulated an answer from Greek philosophy called the "Hypostatic Union." But since that answer is just as illogical and convoluted, trinitarians simply say the answer to Yahshua being fully God and fully human lies in the realm of another "mystery" of the Trinity doctrine.

Fortunately, for the logically minded and Biblical literate person, the only honest answer is that John was speaking with the former living mortal human being, named Yahshua, who was killed and then resurrected by his Father Yahweh, to a spiritual body and eternal spiritual life. Which, by-the-way, he promised would happen. 

Revelation 1:18 should be the most inspirational passage to anyone who calls on the name of Yahweh for salvation. Yahshua's clear and unambiguous message to John is that he was dead and now is alive forever more.

How beyond excited John must have been to see his beloved friend alive again  To see Yahshua in person and to hear him say "I was dead, and behold, [now] I am alive forever more." These words by a resurrected Christ are what should give every believer everlasting hope in a life hereafter.

It stands to reason that if Yahshua had conveyed to John while he was alive that he was both "fully God" and "fully man," then John would no doubt expect that Yahshua would survive what seemed to be a mortal death - simply because John understood that Yahweh can't die. But the person speaking to John specifically tells him that he was dead. In which case, that person can't possibly be both God and man! John is not confused at all about what Yahshua told him. He understands clearly that his friend Yahshua was crucified and that Yahweh raised him from the dead.

The Trinity doctrine falls apart upon the words of Yahshua in Revelation 1:18.

 Also, see 1 Corinthians 15:20-21 & 42-46 that specifically relates Adam and Yahshua as "created" beings. Both the "first Adam" and "second Adam" are identified as "men". They both died because their bodies were perishable - but their spirits did not die. Yahweh can NOT die!

²⁰ But the fact is, Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep [dead]. ²¹ For since by a man (Adam) death came, by a man (Christ) also came the resurrection of the dead. 

⁴² So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; ⁴³ it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; ⁴⁴ it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.

If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. ⁴⁵ So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last [man] Adam, a life-giving spirit. ⁴⁶ The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual.

2. YAHWEH cannot change. He alone is immutable! (Malachi 3:6) 

“For I, Yahweh, do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not  consumed.”

3. YAHWEH is not subjected to the laws He created.

Yahshua was subject to God's created laws. He was born, drank, ate, slept, prayed, died and was resurrected by God.

4 (a). YAHWEH is the essence of worship and Yahshua gives our example.

God is the object of worship and was the object of Yahshua’s worship. Had Yahshua been God incarnate, he would have told people to worship him. But he did the exact opposite - he told them to worship his Father. 

Then Yahshua said to him, “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only/alone.’” (Matthew 4:10)

Yahshua was an “offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma” [worship]. (Ephesians 5:2)

Yahshua said these things, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you; ² even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him. ³ This is eternal life, that they should know YOU, the ONE (monos) true God, and him whom you sent, Yahshua Messiah. ⁴ I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do. (John 17:1-4)

It is clear by this statement that Yahshua knew that his Father was the ONE and ONLY true object of worship! 

  4 (b). YAHWEH is our destination - Yahshua is the way.        

Yahshua said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.(John 14:6)

            The way: The path Yahweh provided to His kingdom through His son Yahshua.

            The truth: What Yahweh related through His son Yahshua.

            The Life: Yahweh's promise given through His son Yahshua Messiah.      

Yahshua is all of these things, but only by the authority of his Father Yahweh. Yahshua is not our Father, Yahweh. Yahshua Christ is the way, he is the truth and he is the life that leads to our Father and his Father - to our God and his God. 

Yahshua said to her, “Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.’” (John 20:17)

Did you get that? Yahshua distinctly said Yahweh is his Father - just like he is our Father, and Yahweh is his God, just like He is our God.

Don't confuse the way (Christ) to the destination with the destination itself (Yahweh).       

 5. The Trinity is not a mystery, it's a contradiction.

Yahweh is not the author of confusion.

A trinitarian says: Yahshua is fully God and fully man.

Logically speaking, trinitarians are saying: Yahshua is: fully God and not fully God or fully man and not fully man. A total contradiction!  

The trinity can’t be explained to an adult, let alone a child. How would a child ever understand the trinity? How did the “jailer” and his “whole household” (including his children) understand and believe to be saved if the trinity is essential to salvation?

See the “Athanasian Creed”

Is the resurrected Yahshua still fully God and man? If so, doesn’t he represent a duality of person-hood within the trinity? And wouldn’t it be more correct to call the Godhead a Quadrinity instead of Trinity?

Respected biblical scholars agree that the trinity is incomprehensible. (Read their works on the subject) But followers Yahshua Messiah have been promised that we can know and understand even the "deep things of God" as we have been given the "spirit which is from God" and also the very "mind of Christ."

¹⁰ But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. ¹¹ For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man, which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God, except God’s Spirit. ¹² But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that were freely given to us by God. ¹³ Which things also we speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things... ¹⁵ But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is judged by no one. ¹⁶ “For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him?” But we have Christ’s mind. (1 Corinthians 2) Also read John 17 and see what Yahshua Messiah prayed to his Father about our "understanding" of the deep spiritual things of Yahweh.

"So why do even those who believe in the Trinity find it so difficult to explain?
The answer is simple yet shocking: It’s because the Bible does not teach it! One cannot prove or explain something from the Bible that is not biblical! The Bible is our only reliable source of divine revelation. And the truth, as we will see, is that the Trinity concept simply is not part of God’s revelation to humankind."

"For sixteen centuries the church has been using the word mystery to account for the incomprehensibility of the trinitarian doctrine, nota­bly in regard to insolvable issues such as how one God can exist in three persons, or how Christ’s divine nature relates to his human nature. These ideas defy logic and under­standing, so the solution is to consign them to the realm of mystery, the unknowable, the unfathom­able."

6. Yahshua is God’s prophet – His anointed “agent” (Deut. 18:15)

“Yahweh your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your countrymen, you shall listen to him.” 17 Yahweh said to me, “They have well said that which they have spoken. 18 I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you. I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him. 19 It shall happen that whoever will not listen to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

Then a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, My Chosen One; listen to Him!” (Luke 9:35, Mark 9:7, Matthew 17:5)

16 For we did not follow cleverly devised tales when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Yahshua Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty. 17 For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such an utterance as this was made to Him by the Majestic Glory, “This is My beloved Son with whom I am well-pleased”— 18 and we ourselves heard this utterance made from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain. 19 So we have the prophetic word made more sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts. 20 But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, 21 for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

(1 Peter 1:16-21)

7. YAHWEH anointed/appointed Yahshua (the man) to be our high priest forever. (Hebrews 5-6)

4 And no one takes the honor to himself, but receives it when he is called by God, even as Aaron was. 5 So also Christ did not glorify Himself so as to become a high priest, but He who said to Him, “You are My Son, Today I have begotten You”; 6 just as He says also in another passage,

“You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.” 7 In the days of His flesh, He offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety. 8 Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered. 9 And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation, 10 being designated by God as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

8. YAHWEH “exalted” Yahshua above the heavens and “crowned him with glory and honor”                 (Heb.2:7) Yahweh "gave" His authority To Yahshua to carry out His plan. (1 Cor. 15:21-28             & John 17:1-4)

As for Yahshua the man, it has so pleased Yahweh the Most High God to exalt him above the heavens and to seat him at His right hand, making Yahshua second only (subordinate) to Yahweh in the universe. Yahshua is thus “crowned with glory and honor” by Yahweh.

So how can  "God the Son" be crowned with, conferred with, glory and honor when, the trinity doctrine clearly states that he is God's "eternal" equal?

Yahshua asked his Father Yahweh to "glorify him" so that he could "glorify his Father." Obviously, there was a time when Yahshua did not have "glory." Yahshua also admits that his Father is the one who "gave him authority over all flesh." Obviously, Yahshua had no perpetual standing authority of his own before he received it from his Father. Also note that Yahshua can only give "eternal life" to those "given him" by his Father. Obviously, the "eternal life" Yahshua promised was only for those authorized by his Father Yahweh. Finally, Yahshua said he "accomplished the work" his Father Yahweh "gave" him to do. Obviously, Yahshua is admitting his subordination to his Father (also his God - John 20:17) Yahweh.

To sum it all up, Yahshua is not an eternal being, he is not God, and he is not now nor ever has been co-equal with God as the Trinity doctrine suggests. 

 Yahshua said these things, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you; ² even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him. ³ This is eternal life, that they should know YOU, the ONE (monos) true God, and him whom you sent, Yahshua Messiah. ⁴ I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do. (John 17:1-4)

The important thing to understand is that Yahshua is subordinate to his Father Yahweh in all things - and always has been subordinate to Him. He was born a man, lived as a man and died a man. What set him apart was that he had no earthly father - just as Adam had no earthly father. But while Adam sinned, Yahshua did not! He did his Father's bidding as his anointed emissary until the day he was killed. And after three days it was Yahweh who raised him from the dead - being the first human (first fruits) ever to attain everlasting life after death. At which point, Yahshua sat at Yahweh's right hand until all of Yahweh's enemies are destroyed - the last being death. At which point, Yahshua hands over all authority and power back to Yahweh who then becomes "all in all."

²¹ For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. ²² For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. ²³ But each in turn: Christ, the first fruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. ²⁴ Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power. ²⁵ For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. ²⁶ The last enemy to be destroyed is death. ²⁷ For he “has put everything under his feet.” Now when it says that “everything” has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ. ²⁸ When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that Yahweh may be all in all.
(1 Cor. 15)

9. YAHWEH “begat” Yahshua at a definitive point in time – Yahshua did not preexist (Luke 1:35)

The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. 
“You are My Son, Today I have begotten you” (Psalms 2:7, Acts 13:33, Hebrews 5:5)

10. The “begotten” Messiah was “anointed” by Yahweh – who is his creator and superior (Psalms  2) Yahweh has always been (I am that I am), Yahshua Messiah has not. 

1 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against Yahweh and against his Anointed (Yahshua) saying, 3 “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.” 4 He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision. 5 Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying, 6 “As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.” 7 I will tell of the decree: Yahweh said to me, “You are my Son; today I have begotten you. 8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession. 9 You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.” 10 Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth. 11 Serve Yahweh with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

11. Yahshua is the “image/likeness of God. (Col. 1:15 - Philippians 2:6 - 2 Corinthians 4:4 - Hebrews 1:3)

As Yahshua is the “image/likeness” of God, and the first commandment tells us not to have ANY God’s other than the one God of Israel -by God’s own words, Yahshua cannot be God! An image of "something," no matter how exact that image is, is not the "something." If that were the case, then Adam, being made in the "image" of God, is by the trinitarian definition, the one in the same God. 

Expounding on the first commandment; Moses wrote: You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness*of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God…”

*When the man called Yahshua “good,” Yahshua denied being “good,” and told the man that ONLY God was “good.” Yahshua essentially told the man that he was NOT God, and to be careful NOT to equate him with God, which would literally make him (Yahshua) an Idol. We can be assured that Yahshua was familiar with Exodus 20:1-6)

12(a). Yahshua referred to Yahweh as his Father and our Father and his God and our God.

Just who was Yahshua's "God?" He clearly tells us many times that his Father is HIS GOD! Are we to believe that Yahshua believed his father Yahweh was a 3-person God - and that he was literally the second person of that 3-person God?  

“I am ascending to MY Father and your Father, to MY God and your God” (Jn.20:17)

28 One of the scribes came and heard them arguing, and recognizing that He had answered them well, asked Him, “What commandment is the foremost of all?” 29 Yahshua answered, “The foremost is, ‘Hear, O Israel! Yahweh is OUR God. Yahweh is ONE; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’    (Mark 12:28-29) Also: Mark 15:34, John 20:17, Luke 18:19, Eph 1:3, 1Cor 11:3

12(b) The Apostle Paul opens most of his letters acknowledging a distinction between "God our father" and Yahshua Messiah using the coordinating conjunction "and".

Romans 1:7, I Corinthians 1:3, 2 Corinthians 1:2, Galatians 1:3, Ephesians 1:2, Philippians 1:2, Thes. 1:1, 2 Thes. 1:1, 1 Timothy 1:2, 2 Timothy 1:2, Titus 1:4,

 See also: James 1:1, 2 John 1:3, Jude 1:1, Rev. 1:4-5 

NOTE: Paul also acknowledges a distinction between "Christ" and "God" in Col. 3:1, where he clearly identifies Christ being "seated at the right hand of God." This begs an obvious question; was Christ seated beside the Trinity doctrine God? That answer has to be yes for trinitarians because the Greek word for "God" here is θεός (theos), which occurs 1327 in the Gospels - with each occurrence having the same meaning for God the Trinity doctrine specifically identifies as a co-equal, co-eternal 3-person God. In which case, basic logical reasoning regarding this passage alone, in the context of the term "God" identified 1327 times in the Gospels, shows the absolute absurdity of the Trinity doctrine.

Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. (Col. 3:1)         

   12(c) In the book of Revelation, God is not the Lamb and the Lamb is not God.

The Book of Revelation is “the revelation of Yahshua Christ, which God/Yahweh gave him” (Rev. 1:1). From the very first verse we are told that Yahshua is not God. God is differentiated from Yahshua. The God of Yahshua Christ gave Yahshua this revelation via "His angel." This is a revelation of Yahweh - revealed to John by His son Yehshua Christ. (Read More)

The Revelation of Yahshua Christ, which God [Yahweh] gave Him [Yahshua] to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John, (Rev. 1:1)

13. YAHWEH is the God and Father of Yahshua Messiah.

“As a preliminary point, we note that Yahweh is our Father: “You, O Yahweh, are our Father” (Isaiah 63:16; also 64:8). “Is this the way you repay Yahweh, you foolish and unwise people? Is he not your Father who created you?” (Dt.32:6; cf. Mal.2:10). But more specifically, Yahweh is also the God and Father of Yahshua Messiah: “I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God” (Jn.20:17). Just three chapters earlier, Yahshua calls his Father “the only true God” (John 17:3), an exclusive identification that aligns perfectly with Isaiah 45:5: “I am Yahweh, and there is no other, besides me there is no God”. Hence Yahweh is the God and Father of Yahshua Messiah.” (From “The Only Perfect Man” – Eric H. H. Chang)

Paul knew that there was only one God of Israel and that Yahweh was in fact God of ALL creation - including His son Yahshua. He wrote to the Ephesian Ekklesia and prayed: "that the God of our Lord Yahshua Messiah, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;" Did you get that? The same God Paul worshiped was also the God of Yahshua. Paul also made it clear when he said, "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the MAN Yahshua Messiah." 1 Timothy 2:5

15 The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord God Yahweh, and of his Messiah. He will reign forever and ever!” Revelation 11:15 Yahshua is Yahweh's Messiah - THE ANOINTED ONE of Yahweh. 

14. Yahshua's own words emphatically imply that he was NOT Yahweh or equal with Him in any way! (See also #15)

You heard that I said to you, ‘I go away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. (John 14:28)

[John 17:3] – Salvation depends on one knowing the ONE true God and Yahshua Messiah whom You (God) have sent.
[John 5:44]- How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that is from the ONE and ONLY God?
[John 20:17] – “Yahshua said unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.”

How can the Father ascend to Himself? In the above verse, Yahshua not only distinguishes between himself and his Father, but he also makes it sound as though the relationship that he has with God, 'The Father,' is exactly the same relationship that all people have with God, who is, in fact, the Father of all. 

[Matthew 19:16-17] - And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And Yahshua said unto him, Why do you call me good? There is none good but ONE, that is, God: but if you wish to enter into life, keep THE  commandments. (Exodus 20: 1-6) Yahshua did not say he was "good" because he knew only his Father fit that description. He implied clearly that he is subordinate and lower than his father.

In the above verses, Yahshua distinguishes between himself and God. How could he have been the 'Mighty Gd,' if he himself made a distinction between himself and God? If Yahshua knew that only God is good, and that he should not be called good, then Yahshua knew that Yahshua was not God.

[Mark 13:32] - “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." If Yahshua was God he would know - and so would the Holy Spirit.

[Matthew 20:23] - “You will indeed drink from my cup, but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father.” If Yahshua was God he would have authority to make grant this request. This shows that Yahshua is subordinate to his Father - Yahweh.

[John 17:3] - "Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only (monos) true God, and Yahshua Messiah, whom you have sent." If Yahshua was God he would have simply said, "if they had known me - the one true God."

[Matthew 27:46] - And about the ninth hour Yahshua cried with a loud voice, 'Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?' that is, 'My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?' Who is Yahshua calling out to and how can God forsake Himself?

[Matthew 26:39] - And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, "My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will."
Yahshua calls the One to whom he prayed his Father, so how can Jesus be 'the Everlasting Father,' if he called another his Father? How could Yahshua be the Father if the will of Yahshua is not the same as the will of the Father? This denies the very idea of the trinity.

[1 Cor. 15:25-28] "For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy that will be abolished is death. For, “He put all things in subjection under his feet.” But when he says, “All things are put in subjection”, it is evident that he is excepted who subjected all things to him. When all things have been subjected to Him, then the Son (Yahshua) will also himself BE SUBJECTED TO HIM [Yahweh] who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all." When the "last enemy" (Death) has been abolished, then Yahweh will again be over ALL THINGS - including His son - the Messiah.

15. Yahshua said his “teaching” was NOT his… [John 7:17]

“Yahshua therefore answered them, “My teaching is NOT mine, but his who sent me.” 

If Yahshua were co-equal with his Father – and fully God, his teaching would be “equal” to the fathers and there could not possibly be a distinction between the two “persons.” So why would Yahshua say that his teaching is NOT his, but his Fathers? 

If Yahshua was co-equally divine with the other two divine persons of the trinity - God the Father and God the Holy Spirit, when he said that he could only speak and act as directed by his Father then he couldn't possibly be co-equal with God the Father. Notwithstanding Yahshua's relationship to God the Holy Spirit, this relationship dynamic, that Yahshua personally verified as a fact, necessarily makes him subordinate to the Father, which unequivocally  means  that Yahshua is NOT co-equally divine. If trinitarians insist that Yahshua is divine, then he is a lessor divine person than God the Father. He obviously isn't co-equally divine and by his own words is subordinate to God the Father. Again, it isn't clear where God the Holy Spirit fits into the trinitarian dynamic. 

16. Yahshua said that he was the Messiah – NOT YAHWEH. (Mark 14:61-62)

“But who do you say that I am?” 16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 17 And Yahshua said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven… (Matthew 16:16-18)

…Then He/Yahshua warned the disciples that they should tell no one that He was the Christ.

Yahshua told the high priests that he was the son of God… (Mark 14:61-62)

17. YAHWEH is the “Father” and "God" of ALL – Including the Father of Yahshua. Yahshua clearly said so... and so did Apostle Paul  (John 20:17)

 

"The New Testament speaks of Yahweh as the Lord, the God, and the Father of believers. Significantly, Yahweh is all of these things to Jesus, e.g., “I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God” (John 20:17). There is no biblical problem in referring to Yahweh by these three titles (Lord, God, Father) even in relation to Jesus.

Paul likewise speaks of “the God and Father of our Lord Yahshua Messiah” (Rom.15:6; 2Cor.1:3; 11:31; Eph.1:3; cf. 1Pet. 1:3). If Jesus is really God, then God would be the God of God.

The very fact that Yahshua has a Father already rules him out as God. That is because Paul speaks of “one God and Father of all” (Eph.4:6). In other words, there is only one God, and that God is the Father of all. Therefore anyone who is not the Father of all is not God. But Yahshua is certainly not the Father (not even in trinitarianism), much less the Father of all. God’s people are not called “sons of Yahshua” or “children of Christ,” nor do they cry out, “Abba Christ!” On the contrary, 1John 5:18 says that we are “born of God” and that Yahshua was “born of God”—in the same sentence." (From “The Only Perfect Man” – Eric H. H. Chang)

18. Yahshua was NOT a schizophrenic.

 

If Yahshua is “fully God” and “fully human” then his words would make him out to be schizophrenic. He said God was greater than he, that he was not “good,” that he was God’s slave. But he also said if you knew (had seen) him then you knew (had seen) God and that he was “one” with God. So how difficult was it for his disciples to distinguish “which” Yahshua was speaking – the God/Yahshua or the human/Jesus.

If Yahshua is fully God and fully man then his prayer in the garden before he was taken and crucified is the best example of a schizophrenic episode. Think about the dialog Yahshua is having with someone who he is supposedly co-equal with? And not only co-equal with, but if you believe the trinity,  also the same "essence" of being. Why would Yahshua be under such agony and distress if he holds the same power, knows all things and even has the identical will as the co-equal God he is praying to? Seriously, if Yahshua and the God he is praying to are EQUAL in every respect, it makes no sense that Yahshua would be in agony and distress because he knows EVERYTHING! Please take these facts into consideration and read the accounts in Luke 22 and Matthew 26. If Jesus is just a human then his prayer makes perfect sense. But if Yahshuais "God" as trinitarians believe, it calls into question not only his sanity, but the entire plan of a multi-person god.

In fact, if his disciples were Trinitarians then they would have always had to discern exactly which Yahshua was speaking. The same goes for Trinitarians today; they have to discern for themselves which Jesus spoke which words. The problem then comes when Jesus says that ALL his words and actions come from his Father. So what are we to do with that statement?

If Yahshua were co-equal and of the same essence as the God of Israel then why would he make the following statement saying that his Father was the "only true God?"

Yahshua said these things, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you; even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him. This is eternal life, that they should know you (Yahweh), the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ. I glorified you on the earth." (John 17:1-4)

19. YAHWEH has many “sons” – and daughters. (Psalm 2:7, 82:6) 

 

The term “son of God” is not exclusive to Jesus as many were called “sons of God” in the OT and NT.  So just being called that does not make Yahshua the divine son of God any more than Adam and Eve were divine because God made them.  Yahshua was the only “begotten” son of God because he was created through being “born” of a woman without a human father.

20. YAHWEH cannot be tempted. (James 1:11)

 

             Yahshua was tempted. (Matthew 4:1-11, James 1:13, Hebrews 4:15)

*Only AFTER he received the Holy Spirit.

“But the New Testament declares that Yahshua is a man, a true human being who was tempted like us in every respect. That being so, how could Yahshua have faced every temptation in life without having once failed? The trinitarian’s answer to this question has the effect of reducing it—and the central struggle of human life—to meaninglessness, for if Yahshua is God, then he cannot be tempted, much less succumb to sin. It would be unconvincing to say that Yahshua empathizes with our moral and spiritual struggles, or with our painful defeats in these struggles, when he himself can never fall and doesn’t even need to struggle, since no temptation can ever bring down God. This makes Yahshua’ humanity irrelevant for us.” (From “The Only Perfect Man” – Eric H. H. Chang)

21. YAHWEH can have no part in sin – flesh.

 

Yahshua was made in the likeness of sinful flesh. (Romans 8:3)

By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Yahshua Messiah has come in the flesh is from God; (1 John 4:2)

In the days of His flesh, He offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety. (Hebrews 5:7)

*If Yahshua were God, living sinless would be expected - not extraordinary.

Yahshua made a choice to accept good over evil. (Isiah 7:14-16) We can do the same thing!

God is pro-life and pro-choice. 

22. YAHWEH knows all things. 

 

Yahshua does not know the time when he will return. He explicitly said that “ONLY the Father knows…” (Matthew 24:36, Mark 13:32) This difference of “knowledge” proves there is a distinct separation of the two persons of Yahweh and Yahshua – “only” the Father “knows” and is omniscient, but NOT the son – and for that matter, not even the Holy Spirit. This truth causes a fatal problem for Trinitarians because their “Godhead” of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit are supposed to be “co-equal” in ALL aspects of divinity.

            Also, Yahshua did not know who had touched his robe in a large crowd. (Luke 8:43-48)

Even as the central theme of his message – the gospel of the coming kingdom of God - Yahshua didn’t know when that kingdom of Israel would be restored (Acts 1:6) Yahshua – even after his resurrection - specifically tells his followers that only his Father (and his God) knows that answer.

            God gave the “revelation” to Jesus. So why didn’t Yahshua know it? (Revelation 1:1)

            Yahshua said I only speak what I hear from my Father. (John 5:19, 8:28, 12:49-50)

Trinitarians must agree, regarding the “fully God” Yahshua, that as far as his omniscience, the “fully human” Yahshua was obviously on a “need-to-know” basis.

*“We are then left with two possibilities: either Yahshua is not God, or God is not omniscient! The former is biblically correct but unacceptable to trinitarians, whereas the latter is blasphemous.”

*(From “The Only Perfect Man” – Eric H. H. Chang)

23. YAHWEH holds supreme authority over every created thing. There is NO “co-equality” beween Yahweh and Yahshua!

 

            Yahshua did not have authority to appoint who sits at his right/left hand.

            His authority comes from God – but God is not subject to Yahshua's authority.

For He (Yahshua) must reign until He (Yahshua) has put all His enemies under His feet. The last enemy that will be abolished is death. For He (God) has put all things in subjection under His (Yahshua’) feet. But when He (Yahweh) says, “All things are put in subjection,” it is evident that He (Yahweh) is the exception who put all things in subjection to Him (Yahshua). When all things are subjected to Him (God), then the Son Himself (Yahshua also will be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, so that God may be all in all. (1 Cor. 15:25-28)

Yahshua said, “No one comes to the Father but by me.” So - no one comes to me but by me? That simply does not make any sense - unless you understand that Yahshua is Yahweh's servant doing Yahweh's bidding.

24. Yahshua is, and always has been, subordinate to his father Yahweh (1 Cor. 15)

²⁵ For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. ²⁶ The last enemy to be destroyed is death. ²⁷ For he “has put everything under his feet.” Now when it says that “everything” has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include Yahweh himself, who put everything under Yahshua Christ. ²⁸ When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all.    (1 Cor. 15:25-28)

            There isabsolutelyno ambiguity in what the Apostle Paul is saying in this account of whatis literally currently transpiring and what will happenwhen the "last enemy" is  destroyed. Yahshua will one day “hand-over” the kingdom of God to his Father Yahweh.

You heard me tell you, ‘I am going away and I will come back to you.’ If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father; for the Father is greater than I. (John 14:28)

This passage is self explainatory.

25. The "word" of YAHWEH is the “only” true word and the "word" of Yahweh is the true "word" of judgement. (Deut. 18:15-18)

            Yahshua spoke only the words his father gave him to speak and he clearly stated that he NEVER spoke for himself - only for his father.

 I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me. (John 5:30)

48 “If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. ⁴⁸ There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the last day. ⁴⁹ For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me to say all that I have spoken. ⁵⁰ I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say.” (John 12) 

 

If we are to truly believe Yahshua, that the words he spoke were 100% from his father Yahweh? Then if Yahshua was in fact also God, how can it be reconciled that Yahshua did not take credit for those words? 

 

If Yahshua ONLY spoke the words of his Father, and those words are what will judge the world, then it is his Father Yahweh who is the one doing the judging - NOT Yahshua.

26. YAHWEH cannot die (Immortal) - Yahshua died (Mortal) (Psalms 90:2. Malachi 3:6, Revelation 1:4, 17, 2:8))

 

Yahshua told John in Revelation 1:18 – “I was dead…” So who was talking to John here? Was it the man Yahshua or the God Yahshua?

 

In the days of His flesh, He offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety. (Heb. 5:7)  

(1 Timothy 1:17) To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. 

(1 Timothy 6:16) "...who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen."

(1 Corinthians 15:3) Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures 

(Romans 5:10) We were reconciled to God through the death of His Son.

           

Yahshua died and was dead for three days – It was God who raised him from the dead.

 

            If Yahshua is the inseparable fully God and fully man, then who died on the cross?  

             

           Did Yahshua (God) raise himself from the dead?

Was God an “offering and a sacrifice to Himself as a fragrant aroma”? (Ephesians 5:2)

27. YAHWEH is ALL Powerful: Yahshua attributed everything he did and said to his Father.

"I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me." (John 5:30)

• Yahshua’s powers were given to him through the gift of the Holy Spirit by Yahweh.
• ‘All power is given unto me.’ (Matt 28:18)
• Yahshua only performed miracles after he received the Holy Spirit.
• Yahshua was tempted by Satan for 40 days – after he received the Holy Spirit – and even then, he needed “help” from angles afterward.
• Yahweh is all-powerful! No one gave Yahweh His powers, otherwise He would not be God because He would be weak. Therefore, because the Bible clearly attests to Yahshua's weakness, he could not be God.
• Yahshua was born a man at a finite point in time. He ate, drank, slept and prayed to his God. Yahshua was not self-sufficient - he needed certain things to sustain his existence - as all human beings do. On the other hand, Yahweh needs nothing to sustain His existence.

*”Since God Almighty is omnipotent, would it not be blasphemous to speak of Him as weak? If God the Son is of the same substance as God the Father, he would also be omnipotent and could not in any sense be described as weak. The point is simple: If he exhibits any weakness or need whatsoever, he can not be God. If he is Almighty, he can not be a man. If he is mortal, he can not be God. If he is immortal, he can not be a man.” *(From “The Only Perfect Man” – Eric H. H. Chang) 
In 2 Corinthians 13:4 the apostle Paul clearly states that it was due to his "weakness" that Yahshua suffered and died and that it is by the power of Yahweh that he now lives.

 "For he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God."

28. YAHWEH doesn’t need to grow-up or learn anything. (Malachi 3:6)

 

Yahshua had limitations of knowledge and in his lifetime had to learn things. 

 

The Bible says clearly that he grew in wisdom and stature. (Luke 2:52) Yahweh grows in nothing!

 

Yahshua had to learn and was made perfect through his suffering and tribulations while in the flesh. (Hebrews 5:7-10) Yahweh learns nothing - and IS perfect!

 

Trinitarians say that Isiah 7:14-16 refers to Yahshua. If this is true, then as a young boy, Yahshua did not know right from wrong (Vs. 16) and at some point had to choose good over evil.  (This incident may not even refer to Yahshua’ birth)

 

*Are we to believe that God the son (Yahshua) transported from heaven into the womb of Mary and was born an infant that had total dependence for his life on his mother and father? If one is to believe that is so, at what point did God the son in heaven enter/possess Yahshua the man –  spatially, functionally and geographically that is? Was it as a toddler, adolescent, or teen? Exactly when was it?

 

“The biblical Jesus, in his pleas to his Father Yahweh, “was heard in that he feared” (Heb.5:7, KJV). What did he fear? Physical death? Certainly not, for Jesus was the one who said, “Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.” (Mt.10:28) What Jesus feared was not death but the mortal danger of succumbing to sin and thus failing the mission of redeeming mankind from sin. I am confident that whatever fear Jesus had, it was not for himself, just as Paul (who had the mind of Christ, 1Cor.2:16) was willing to be accursed for the sake of his fellow Jews, exchanging his soul for theirs (Rom.9:3).

But with the weight of mankind’s redemption resting on his shoulders, Jesus could still fail on his part, notwithstanding the benefit of Yahweh’s indwelling presence in him. We might not be able to understand the weight of responsibility that rested on his soul, but we are fully aware of the frightening possibility of moral failure even in the case of one who is indwelt by Yahweh’s Spirit and can therefore avail of God’s power for victory over sin. We thus have a glimpse of the wonder and magnificence of Jesus’ triumph over sin. It was through the sufferings from many trials and temptations over the years that he attained perfection to become the Perfect Man.

Jesus is the victorious Last Adam in contrast to the First Adam. His victory over sin secured the redemption of mankind, hence the resurrected Jesus became a “life-giving spirit” (1Cor.15:45).”

(From “The Only Perfect Man” – Eric H. H. Chang)

29. YAHWEH is NOT an “heir” of anything (Heb. 1:1-4)

 

God, is not an heir and does not inherit His own belongings – especially His name. 

 

1 God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, ² in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. ³ And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, ⁴ having become as much better than the angels, as He has inherited a more excellent name than they.

⁹ But we do see Him who was made for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone. (Hebrews 2:9)

 

So if Yahshua is God how is it that he became lower than angles and had to inherit his name – which put him above the angles?

30. Yahshua “received HONOR and GLORY FROM God the Father:” (1 Peter 1:17, Acts 3:13, John 8:54)

 

For when He received honor and glory FROM God the Father, such an utterance as this was made to Him by the Majestic Glory, “This is My beloved Son with whom I am well-pleased”— 18 and we ourselves heard this utterance made from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain. 1 Peter 1:17-18

Yahshua answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory IS NOTHING; it is my Father who glorifies me…” John 8:54 (Two points: 1. If Yahshua were “equal” with God he would already have all glory. 2. Yahshua admits openly that he “received” glory FROM Yahweh – proving that he is not “equal” or “greater” than Yahweh)

If Jesus was God he would – eternally – HAVE “honor and glory.” But scripture is very clear that Jesus “received honor and glory” at a specific time to have Peter, John and James not only as witnesses to his receiving honor and glory from God, but also for the three men to receive a directive from God to “listen to him/Jesus.”

The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus, the one whom you delivered and disowned in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release Him. Acts 3:13

Certainly the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob would not have to bestow glory on Himself?

31. Yahshua was created lower than angels – for a while. (Hebrews 2:7, 9)

 

"You made him a little lower than the angels. You crowned him with glory and honor."(vs7) "But we do see him who was made for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus."(vs9)

Yahweh, the Creator of angels, cannot be lower than His own creation, but scripture clearly states that Yahshua was "for a little while" lower than angles. Because Yahshua was a human - born of a woman - he was lower than the angles for a while until he was raised from the dead and "crowned with glory and honor" by his Father Yahweh.

The Messiah - Yahshua - was NOT God and is not now or ever going to be God.

32. Yahshua was a “mediator” “between” God and man. (1 Timothy 2:5)

 

If Yahshua is the "mediator" who is "between" God and men, he can't also be "fully God” as taught by Trinitarians! No person can mediate “between” himself and another. In which case, one can logically conclude that the all-powerful Yahweh also cannot "mediate" between Himself and another. If Yahshua IS, as this scripture indicates, a mediator “between” Yahweh and men, then he can’t possibly also be fully God.

33. YAHWEH needs favor from no one. (Luke 2:52)

            Jesus garnered favor from God.  

"And Jesus INCREASED in wisdom and stature, and in favor WITH GOD and men."

34. YAHWEH is and always has been spirit - invisible:  

Before his resurrection Jesus was just a man and could be seen by anyone. (Romans 5:19 - and many other places) Where was Yahshua when Yahweh interacted with Moses and passed by him on the  mountain?

35. YAHWEH bears His own testimony.

 

            Apart from his Father/God, Jesus said his testimony was not true. John 5:31-32  
               “If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid. It is another who testifies about me. 
                 I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true."
 
36. YAHWEH has one will - His good and perfect will. 

 

Jesus had a will apart from God. (Not MY will, but your (Yahweh's) will be done) John 5:30, Mark 14:36, Luke 22:42

37. YAHWEH gave Yahshua the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 3:16-17)

 

If Yahshua is co-equal with God and the Holy Spirit, and has existed eternally, why didn’t Yahshua already have the Holy Spirit? At Yahshua's baptism, God sent His Spirit into Yahshua. What spirit exactly?   

Now when all the people were baptized,  was also baptized, and while He was praying, heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came out of heaven, “You are My beloved Son, in You I am well-pleased.” (Luke 3:21-22)

Now Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led around by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil. (Luke 4:1-2)

Was it the “human” Yahshua that received the Holy Spirit? And was this the same Holy Spirit we are promised to receive - the same one Yahshua said he would send as our "helper"? 

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you. (John 14:25-26)

It's very important to look at the facts of scripture in this case. Yahshua's ministry began AFTER he received the Holy Spirit from his father, Yahweh. He performed no miracles before he received the Holy Spirit - only after he received it. If Yahshua were in fact "God," why would he need the Holy Spirit? 

38. YAHWEH “set His seal” upon Jesus (John 6:27)

 

Jesus said, “Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him (Jesus) the Father, God, has set His seal.” A “seal” was a sign of ownership/possession and genuineness by the one who “set” the seal. In declaring that his Father has “set His seal” upon him, Jesus agreed that his Father “owns” him, and that he (Jesus) is under His Father’s complete control and guidance. His Father’s seal also gave proof that Jesus was the “genuine Messiah” – through the signs and wonders performed by Jesus.

39. YAHWEH is the Glory

 

            If Jesus was eternally fully God - he would be eternally glorified.

            See “Athanasian Creed” #6, #7      

            But as scripture states: God “glorified” His son – Jesus (John 17:1, 13:31-32)

See also John 8:49 - This "ONE" Jesus speaks of can only be God. If Jesus were "fully God," not only would he be eternally glorified as God is, he would be as the "One" he speaks of seeking glory - GOD! So in this case, Jesus - the “co-equal” God person – is not so equal at all.

40. YAHWEH is deserving of all glory and honor.

 

Jesus agreed, and only received his glory from God and was only a conduit to God’s glory. (John 5:22-23, 7:1f – vs 3*)

            Jesus did not seek his own glory – only the glory of his Father – his God.

41. YAHWEH is greatest of all.

 

Jesus said his Father (God) was “greater than ALL” – and “greater than I.” (John 10:29, 14:28)

The eternal co-equal trinity crumbles on this fact alone!

God is the head of Christ (1 Cor. 11:3)

God made Jesus both Lord and Christ. (Acts 2:36)

            Jesus was made “lower” than angles for a time, later he was “crowned” with glory. (Heb. 2)

            Jesus is, and always has been, subordinate to God (1 Cor. 15)

            Jesus will one day “hand-over” the kingdom of God and Father (1 Cor. 15)

            Jesus said God was the only true God. (John 17:3)

            Jesus is God’s “holy servant.” (Acts 40:30)

            God has never been lower than or subject to anyone or anything

            Every word and deed of Jesus exalted and pointed to God 

*A great contradiction occurs when Yahshua says that he and the Father are “one,” and also says that the Father is “greater” than he. Both can’t be true!

42. YAHWEH can do all things.

 

            Jesus said he could do nothing without his Fathers direction/power. (John 5:19-20, 30)

“³⁰ By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.”

Jesus’ power and knowledge was limited by God (Mark 8:22-26, Mark 6:5) If the trinity  doctrine says that all three persons of the godhead are co-equal then the Father would not have any greater power than Jesus. In fact, if the trinity doctrine is true, Jesus could do anything the Father does, but scripture clearly contradicts the trinity doctrine.

43. Yahshua was called/identified a “man” (1 Timothy 2:5-6) (1 Cor. 15:20-22f – read the entire context)

 

For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all people.

20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep. 21 For since by a man (Adam) came death, by a man (Jesus) also came the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam (A man) all die, so also in Christ (A man) all will be made alive.

44 If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last (man) Adam (Jesus) became a life-giving spirit. (Paul goes on to say that if Jesus was not raised from the dead then there is no hope and those who follow him, and they are all to be pitied. His argument was that Jesus the man had in fact died on the cross – just like the two other men beside him.)

When Jesus said “It is finished,” (John 19:30) he implied that he had done everything his Father had told him to do on this earth as a man. The next step was all on God! (Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.) Jesus knew he could NOT perform the next step – which was to be raised from the dead to a NEW spiritual/imperishable body. Jesus proved to all mankind that God was true to His promise – that man could live again as immortal. The act of obedience by Jesus and the reward of his eternal life by God is what all mankind can look to with the hope and assurance that there IS eternal/immortal life after death. Jesus, the second Adam, paved the way to eternal life in the Kingdom of God!

44 It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour, 45 because the sun was obscured; and the veil of the temple was torn in two. 46 And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.” Having said this, He breathed His last. (Luke 23:44-46)

44. There is no God but One.

 

            Jesus said that having only “ONE God” was the foremost commandment. (Shema)

So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that “An idol is nothing at all in the world” and that “There is no God but one.” 5 For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”), 6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live. (John 1:4-6)

45. YAHWEH is good.

 

            Jesus agreed and said, “no one is good but God alone.” (Denying that he was God/divine)

            If Jesus was God he would not have rebuked the man for saying he was good.

46. YAHWEH has moral superiority.

 

            Jesus grew in morality. (Heb. 5:7-9)

47. YAHWEH commands obedience.

 

            Jesus learned obedience through suffering – and Jesus obeyed all God’s commands

48. YAHWEH fears nothing.

 

            Jesus feared (had reverence) God. (Heb. 5:7)

49. YAHWEH taught & commanded Yahshua

 

‘As my Father hath taught me, I speak these things,’ (John 8:28)

‘The Father, who sent me, he gave me a commandment.’ (John 12:49)

‘I have kept my Father’s commandments.’ (John 15:10)

No one can teach God, otherwise God cannot be All-Knowing and would owe His teacher.  Since Jesus was taught and commanded by God, Jesus cannot be God himself.  The teacher and the student, the commander and the commanded are not one.

50. YAHWEH made Yahshua both ‘lord’ and “Messiah” (Acts 2:36, 5:31, Romans 14:9)

 

‘God has made this Jesus both Lord and Christ.’ (Acts 2:36, 5:31)

‘Lord (lord) is used in many ways in the Bible, and others beside God and Jesus are called ‘Lord.’ For example:

1)    property owners (Matt. 20:8)

2)    heads of households (Mark 13:35)

3)    slave owners (Matt. 10:24)

4)    husbands (1 Pet. 3:6)

5)    a son called his father Lord (Matt. 21:30)

6)    the Roman Emperor was called Lord (Acts 25:26)

7)    Roman authorities were called Lord (Matt. 27:63)

 

‘Lord’ is not the same as ‘God.’ ‘Lord’ (the Greek word is kurios) is a masculine title of respect and nobility used many times in the Bible.  If Jesus was God, then for the Bible to say he was ‘made’ Lord would make no sense.

51. YAHWEH does NOT have to “overcome” anything.

            Jesus said that he “overcame,” just as we also, if we want to have eternal life, must overcome.            (Revelation 3:21)

52. Yahshua called the Father ‘my God’

 

‘My God, My God, why have You forsaken me?’ (Matt. 27:46)

‘I ascend to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.’ (John 20:17)

‘the temple of my God the name of my God the city of my God comes down out of heaven from my God.’ (Rev. 3:12)

Jesus did not think of himself as God, instead Jesus’ God is the same as ours.

53. Yahshua’s God is also our God.

 

            Jesus said "I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God."

(John 20:17)

54. Yahshua’s Apostles/disciples did not believe he was God. (Ephesians 1:17) 

…that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him. Acts 2:22, Matthew 12:18, Acts 5:29-30  

Paul knew that there was only one God of Israel and that Yahweh was in fact God of ALL creation - including His son Yahshua. He wrote to the Ephesian Ekklesia and prayed: "that the God of our Lord Yahshua Messiah, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;" Did you get that? The same God Paul worshiped was also the God of Yahshua.

Paul also was very clear about the distinction between Yahweh and Yehshua in his first letter to the Corinthians:

Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one. For though there are things that are called “gods”, whether in the heavens or on earth; as there are many “gods” and many “lords”; yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.  (vs 4-6)

Paul does not depict Jesus as co-equal with God, but instead says that God is of superior rank to Jesus:

 “But I would have you know that the head of every man in Christ and the head of the woman is the man and the head of Christ is God” (1 Corinthians 11:3).

Paul puts a considerable strain on “trinitarianism” when he clearly distinguishes between God and Jesus by saying:

“For there is one God and one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus.” (1 Timothy 2:5)

Paul did not indicate any change in the nature of God as he wrote:

“A mediator is not a mediator of one, BUT GOD IS ONE.” (Galatians 3:20)

The disciples viewed Jesus as the “one mediator between God and men,” not as God himself, but two separate beings.

 While Jesus is often called the Son of God, nobody in the first century ever thought of him as being a deity. Paul confirms this relationship as he wrote:

“Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort.” (2Corinthians 1:3)

The idea of a trinity is not even present in the Church of Jerusalem when Peter, leader of the church wrote:

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Peter 1:3)

If Yahshua had made it clear to his disciples that he was in fact God, then it would stand to reason that they, in their teachings and writings, would have made every effort to convey that miraculous message to the world - that the God of Israel had incarnated into a man. But they didn't - WHY? Simply because Yahshua never said he was God and his disciples understood that he was the son of Yahweh - not Yahweh.

55. Satan does not believe Yahshua is YAHWEH.

 

Satan never referred to Jesus (during the temptation) as “God.” Satan said, “If you are the “son of God…”

Even Satan knows Jesus is NOT God!

56. Yahshua was YAHWEH’s servant – YAHWEH’s emissary - not YAHWEH’s equal 

 

            See the “Athanasian Creed”

            Matthew 12:18, Acts 3:13 & 26, Matt. 9:8,

‘a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst.’ (Acts 2:22)

“he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.’ (Acts 10:38)

If Christ was God, the Bible would simply say that Jesus did the miracles himself without making reference to God.  The fact that it was God supplying the power for the miracles shows that God is greater than Jesus.

*Jesus did not begin his ministry (Preaching repentance and the coming kingdom of God) until after he was baptized and received the holy spirit. (Matthew 4:17)

57. Yahshua was sent by YAHWEH and was given authority by Him (John 3:34-36) 

 

34 For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for He gives the Spirit without measure. 35 The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand. 36 He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not [j]obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”

11 For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one Father; for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren, (Heb. 2:11)

Being “sent by God” is not exclusive to Jesus – Clearly, Hebrews says that both man and Jesus were sent “from ONE God.”

Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You - With the oil of gladness above your companions.” (Heb. 1:9)

58. Yahshua regarded himself and YAHWEH as two separate and distinct persons. (Gospel of John testifies to this) 

‘I am one who testifies for myself; my other witness is the Father.’ (John 8:17-18:) 
‘Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.’ (John 14:1) 
“If you have seen ME you have seen the FATHER also.”Thomas “gets it” when he “sees and believes” – “Thomas answered, My Lord and my God.”
If Jesus was God, He would have not have regarded God’s testimony as separate from his own.

59. Yahshua is subordinate to God (John 5:30) See the “Athanasian Creed”

           

‘Now I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.’ (1 Corinthians 11:3)

 

‘When he has done this, then the son himself will be made subject to him (Yahweh) who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all.’ (1 Corinthians 15:28)

60. YAHWEH gave Yahshua “all authority in heaven and earth.”        

Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me." (Matthew 28:18)

The point is that Yahweh “gave” something to Yahshua that he did NOT already possess  .If Jesus is eternally and equally God, then he would logically already possess “all authority.”

 

61. Yahshua submitted and was led fully by Yahweh's Spirit (His teachings) John 3:34, 14:24

 

Upon receiving God’s Spirit after baptism, the man Jesus was “led” into the wilderness by God’s Spirit. This is a perfect explanation of Jesus’ humanity – and his NOT being God. God does NOT “lead” Himself. (The word used in Mark 1:12 indicates that Jesus willingly allowed God’s Spirit to take total control of his life/actions: ekballo: I throw, cast, put out, banish, bring forth)

After being baptized and receiving God’s Spirit, Jesus attributes his every word and deed to his Father, and his every word and deed points to his Father – not himself.

“Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works.” John 14:10

Jesus said I am the way – not the destination!

* (John 8:42) In this passage Yahshua clearly declares that he is NOT in control of his part in Yahweh’s plan – but that he is who he is, says what he says and does what he does only by Yahweh’s initiative.
In Matthew 12:30-32 Yahshua stated that the Holy Spirit was somehow more "superior or important" than he was.
³⁰ “He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn’t gather with me, scatters. ³¹ Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. ³² Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is to come.
Yahshua said that we can say what we want about him and can be forgiven, but not about the Holy Spirit. Why?

62. Yahshua's’ teachings were from YAHWEH - not from himself 

 ‘So Jesus answered them and said, ‘My teaching is not mine, but His who sent me.’ (John 7:16) Jesus could not have said this if he were God because the doctrine would have been his.
I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me. (John 5:30)

63. Yahshua was Yahweh's prophet that the Jews ASKED FOR.  (Deut. 18:15-18)

 

Jesus – the man - spoke God’s eternal words.

“The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me (a man) from among you, from your countrymen, you shall listen to him… ‘Let me (Israel) not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, let me not see this great fire anymore, or I will die.’ 17 The Lord said to me, ‘They have spoken well. 18 I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen (Jew) like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. (Deut 18)

God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, 2 in these last days has spoken to us in His Son (Hebrews 1:1)

God’s “word” has eternally been a part of His person.         

Just because Jesus’ spoke God’s eternal words doesn’t mean Jesus was eternal.

God used His prophet Moses to lead His people out of slavery: “but because the Lord loved you and kept the oath which He swore to your forefathers, the Lord brought you out by a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of ^[m]slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.” (Deut. 7:8)

God then used His son the prophet to lead the world out of slavery to sin. (Deut. 18:15-18)

64. Yahshua admitted that he only lived (exists) because of YAHWEH.

 

‘I live because of the Father.’ (John 6:57)

Jesus cannot be God because he depended on God for his own existence.

“You are My Son, Today I have begotten You”? And again, “I will be a Father to Him

And He shall be a Son to Me”? (Heb. 1:5)

*If Yahshua is co-eternal with his Father then scripture contradicts that notion when it says “today I have begotten you.”

* (John 8:42) In this passage Yahshua clearly declares that he is NOT in control of his part in Yahweh’s plan – but that he is who he is, says what he says and does what he does only by Yahweh’s initiative. 

65. Yahshua implied that the Holy Spirit – as Yahweh's power - held more “clout” than he did. ( Matthew 12:32, Luke 12:10)

 

32 Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

Yahshua knew he was just as human as the next person – that he was NOT Yahweh, and that ALL his power and authority came from his Father through His Holy Spirit. So making accusations against Yahshua - a man - was to accuse a mortal human being or person, but to make accusations against the Holy Spirit was akin to accusing Yahweh.

66. Yahshua’s disciples prayed to YAHWEH – the same God Yahshua told them to pray to.

 

The disciples prayed to God just as they were commanded by Jesus in Luke 11:2, and considered Jesus to be God’s servant.

‘They raised their voices together in prayer to God.  ‘Sovereign Lord,’ they said, ‘you made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything in them.’ (Acts 4:24)

‘…your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.’ (Acts 4:27)
‘…of Your holy servant Jesus.’ (Acts 4:30)

 

67. YAHWEH - creator of all things – NOT a “triune” god. (In both the OT and NT) (Heb. 2)

Yahshua admitted that YAHWEH was the creator of all things – not himself: (Matthew 19:4-6)  

 

“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator made them male and female..."
Yahshua here asks the Pharisees, "Haven’t you read..." He was pointing to the Hebrew Scriptures as evidence to the Pharisees regarding who the "creator" was. Why didn't he simply tell them that he was the creator - and that all things were created through him? He didn't tell them that because Yahshua knows that there is ONE CREATOR  - Yahweh! This verse puts to rest any idea that Colossians 1:6 & John 1:3 are literally speaking about Yahshua Messiah being the "creator." 

Yahweh “alone” created all things: (Psalms 95:1-7) Oh come, let’s sing to Yahweh. Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation! Let’s come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let’s extol him with songs! For Yahweh is a great God, a great King above all gods. In his hand are the deep places of the earth. The heights of the mountains are also his. The sea is his, and he made it.

His hands formed the dry land. Oh come, let’s worship and bow down. Let’s kneel before Yahweh, our Maker, for he is our God. (Yahweh – the personal name identifying Him as “Father,” but NO mention of the Trinitarian “second person” of godhead - “God the son” as creator)

*Jesus was a man created by God. God created the first Adam – and Eve (who were NOT God) and God created in the womb of the Virgin Mary the second Adam – born of a woman.

Jesus was born at a specific time and place and was designated (horizo) “son of God” by God. (Romans 1:1-4)

1 Corinthians 15 proves beyond a doubt that Yahshua was a created man prior to his resurrection as compared to Adam: 20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep. 21 For since death came by man (Adam), the resurrection of the dead also came by man (Yahshua). 22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ’s, at his coming.

Trinitarians use John 1 to say that Jesus was “with” God in the genesis of creation and that all things were created through him/Jesus. But that can be easily refuted when we understand that God’s “word” has eternally been with Him. In the strictest sense of the existence of anything other than God, all things created have always been – as God’s eternal word. As in Ephesians 1, where it clearly states that “we” existed in God’s “word” before creation:

3 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, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before [d]Him. In love 5 [e]He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the [f]kind intention of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.

The promises of God are all based on His word. And our belief in those promises of God is reckoned to us as faith in something that has yet to happen or exist, but in actuality, those promises made by God are His word, and He tells us over and over in scripture to believe that those things not only will happen in our future, but have already happened and exist eternally in God’s word.

When John says the “word” became flesh it is more easily understood by Jesus’ own words when he said several times that he only spoke the “words” his Father told him to speak. So in essence, Jesus became God’s “word” in the flesh. 

Many verses show that Yahweh created all things without help from anyone. This is stated with double emphasis (“alone” and “by myself”) in the following verse:

Isaiah 44:24 I am Yahweh, who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself.

Question: When scripture states that Yahweh was “alone” and “all by Himself” where is Jesus and the Holy Spirit – or are they still there, but not “in use?”

68. YAHWEH has never been seen by man - if anyone did see Him they would die. (Timothy 6:16)

 

Jesus said if you have seen me you have seen the Father, but none who saw Jesus died.

            Jesus declared God’s ways to the world.  (John 1:18)

Jesus was made in the “image/likeness” of God – he was not God incarnate.

69. YAHWEH cannot be BORN – He is eternal and has no beginning.

 

Jesus had a physical beginning - God begat Jesus – if Jesus is God did God “begat” Himself? (Heb. 1:1-6) Jesus was a fertilized egg/zygote, embryo, fetus, infant, child, toddler, adolescent, teen, young man, adult.

At what point did the God part of Jesus become self-aware? Where was the Jesus/God before that point?

Essentially, Trinitarians must attribute Jesus’ being God to a transformation - not a begetting.

70. YAHWEH sat Yahshua at His “right hand.” (Heb. 1:13)

 

Did God set Himself/Jesus beside himself?

But to which of the angels has He ever said, “Sit at My right hand, Until I make Your enemies

A footstool for Your feet”? (Heb. 1:13)

71. Yahshua said he was the ONLY way/path – but YAHWEH is the final destination!

 

            “I am the way, the truth and the life – no one comes to the Father but through me.”

            Everything Jesus said or did points to the Father.

            Jesus pointed “through” himself as a “way” to “come to the Father.”

            Jesus was God’s “guide.”

72. Yahshua prayed to YAHWEH

            Did Jesus/God pray to himself? Was “God the Father” the “senior” “person” of the 3 persons?

73. Yahshua cried out, "My God, My God, why have you forsaken Me?"

 

Had Jesus/God forsaken Himself?

74. Yahshua said He would ascend to the Father after His resurrection. 

 

Did Jesus/God ascend to Himself?

75. Yahshua is the “mediator” between YAHWEH and Man. (1 Timothy 2:5)

 

How can God be His own mediator? “There is ONE God and ONE mediator between God and men – the MAN Christ Jesus”

76. Paul explains the importance of understanding Yahshua's’ part in Yahweh's plan for mankind. (Ephesians 1)

 

Jesus was appointed by God as his heir, which, when God raised Jesus from the dead and sat him on His throne, marked the beginning of a new age and would usher in all ages to come.

These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might 20 which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. 22 And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

77. The Bible says twice that Yahshua was “accused” of being YAHWEH, but Yahshua never specifically said “I am YAHWEH.”

 

Trinitarians believe the words of Jesus' accusers/enemies (Lies) over the the words of Jesus (Truth) when it comes to assigning deity to him. While it is true that some of Jesus' enemies accused him of being God, their words do not make it so. 

Yahshua denied he was God: According to scripture, there are only two instances where the Jews opposed Jesus on the basis that he "claimed" to be God or equal with God. Had Jesus actually claimed to be God, he is likely to have been opposed on this basis at every opportunity by the Jewish leaders.

 

Because in these two instances, when charged, in the one case, with making himself God, and in the other, with making himself equal with God, he denied the charges.  In reply to the charge of being an equal with God, he says immediately:

 

‘The son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father do’; and directly after ‘I can of mine own self do nothing.’ (John 5:19, 30)

 

In answer to the charge of making himself God, he appeals to the Jews in substance thus: Your own Scriptures call Moses a god, and your magistrates gods; I am surely not inferior to them, yet I did not call myself God, but only the ‘son’ of God (John 10:34-36).

 

This is unlikely to have been Jesus’ actual response.  Hastings in ‘The Dictionary of the Bible’ says, ‘Whether Jesus used it of himself is doubtful.’ Grolier’s encyclopedia, under the heading ‘Jesus Christ,’ says, ‘it is uncertain whether the Father/Son language (Mark 18:32; Matt. 11:25-27 par.; John passim) goes back to Jesus himself.’ A University of Richmond professor, Dr. Robert Alley, after considerable research into newly found ancient documents concludes that:

 

‘The (Biblical) passages where Jesus talks about the Son of God are later additions. Such a claim of deity for himself would not have been consistent with his entire lifestyle as we can reconstruct.  For the first three decades after Jesus’ death Christianity continued as a sect within Judaism.  The first three decades of the existence of the church were within the synagogue. That would have been beyond belief if they (the followers) had boldly proclaimed the deity of Jesus.’

Assuming Jesus did say that he was ‘son’ of God.  What did it mean?  We first need to know the language of his people, the language of the Jews to whom he was speaking.

78. The Bible says YAHWEH had many ‘sons’

 

First, most people think there are no other verses that contradict or give equal divine son-ship to other persons in the Old or New Testament. 

For Jesus to be called son of God, does not make him a true son of God, other wise Adam, Jacob, Ephraim and many more should also be considered as been sons of God as such they should be worshiped too according to such method.

Adam: ‘Adam, which was the son of God.’ (Luke 3:38)

Jacob is God’s son and firstborn: ‘Israel is my son, even my firstborn.’ (Exodus 4:22)

Solomon: ‘I will be his father, and he shall be my son.’ (2 Samuel 7:13-14)

Ephraim: ‘for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.’ (Jeremiah 31:9)

is God’s firstborn, common people are called the sons of God: ‘Ye are the children of the Lord your God’ (Deuteronomy 14:1)

79. The Apostles never took opportunity to explain that Yahshua was a God-man.

In Acts 14 Paul and Barnabas were called god-men by the people who had witnessed a   healing miracle. The people said, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!” The people were preparing to offer sacrifices to them and Paul and Barnabas both "tore their clothes, and sprang into the multitude, crying out, Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything that is in them. So what were the "vain things" Paul and Barnabas told the people to turn from? The "vain things" was believing that gods can come down and live as god-men! However, instead of taking advantage of that "teachable moment" and explaining to them that the true God of Israel had in fact come down and became the incarnate God-man, Paul and Barnabas simply told the people that god-men were not real and that they should turn to the "living God" Yahweh, who alone "made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything that is in them."

80. YAHWEH does not have a "God," but  Yahshua's God is YAHWEH - also "our" God. (John 20:17) It doesn't get any clearer than this.

Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me, for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers, and tell them, ‘I am ascending to MY Father and YOUR Father, to MY God and YOUR God.’”

Q1. Why can’t (don’t) Trinitarians “understand” the teachings of Yahshua about his relationship to his Father?

“Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot hear My word. ⁴⁴ You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks ^[n]a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of ^[o]lies. ⁴⁵ But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me. ⁴⁶ Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If I speak truth, why do you not believe Me? ⁴⁷ He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.” John 8:43-47

Trinitarians are blinded to the truth because they are so invested in and devoted to the trinity doctrine – the doctrine of the devil!

7 What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn’t obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened. 8 According as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day.” 9 David says,

“Let their table be made a snare, and a trap,

    a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.

Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see.

    Bow down their back always.”

(Romans 11:4-5)

But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;

(1Timothy 4:1-2)

 

Post-Medieval Developments 

From "History of Trinity Doctrines"

Starting in the great upheaval of the sixteenth century Protestant Reformation many Christians re-examined the New Testament and rejected many later developments as incompatible with apostolic doctrine, lacking adequate basis in it, and often as contrary to reason as well. Initially, many Reformation leaders de-emphasized the trinitarian doctrine, and seemed unsure whether or not to confine it to the same waste bin as the doctrines of papal authority and transubstantiation (Williams 2000, 459–60). In the end, though, those in what historians call the “Magisterial Reformation” decisively fell in line on behalf of creedal orthodoxy (roughly in line with the pro-Nicene consensus), while other groups, now described as the “Radical Reformation”, either downplayed it, ignored it, or denied it as inconsistent with the Bible and reason. This led to several controversies between creedal trinitarians and what came to be called “Unitarians” (earlier, “Socinians”) about biblical interpretation, christology, and the Christian doctrine of God, from the mid 16th to the mid 19th centuries. (See the supplementary document on unitarianism.)

As history played out, the practically non-trinitarian groups and some of the antitrinitarian groups evolved into trinitarian ones. Although unitarian and alternative views of the Trinity have repeatedly re-emerged in various Christian and quasi-Christian movements, the vast majority of Christians and Christian groups today at least in theory adhere to the authority of the Constantinopolitan and “Athanasian” creeds. At the same time, theologians have lamented that many Christian groups are arguably functionally non-trinitarian (though not antitrinitarian) or nearly so in their piety and preaching.

In recent theology, the Trinity has become a popular subject for speculation, and its practical relevance for worship, marriage, gender relations, religious experience, and politics, has been repeatedly asserted. (See section 2.2 of the main text.) It has fallen to Christian philosophers and philosophically aware theologians to sort out what precisely the doctrine amounts to, and to defend it against charges of inconsistency and unintelligibility.

The doctrine’s basis or lack of basis in the New Testament, so vehemently debated from the 16th through the 19th centuries, is not presently a popular topic of debate. This is probably because some theologians hold the attempt to derive the doctrine from the Bible to be hopelessly naive, while other theologians, many Christian philosophers and apologists accept the common arguments (see section 2.2 above) as decisive. Again, the postmodern view that there are no better or worse interpretations of texts may play a role in quenching interest among academic theologians. Finally, it may simply be that trust in the mainstream tradition, or in various particular Christian traditions, currently runs high; many confess trinitarianism simply because their church officially does, or because it and/or the mainstream tradition tells them that the Bible teaches it. Distrust of councils and post-biblical religious authorities has largely evaporated, even among Protestants from historically anti-clerical and non-creedal groups. Ecumenical movements, and anti-sectarian sentiments probably also play a role in deflecting attention from the issues, in that to many it seems perverse to attack one of the few doctrines on which all the main, dominant Christian groups are in agreement.