Faith-What I Believe and Why I Believe It Is The Doctrine of The Trinity Biblical?

- FAITH-
WHAT I BELIEVE AND

WHY I BELIEVE IT
IS THE DOCTRINE OF THE

TRINITY BIBLICAL?
Matthew h. nofziger
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Faith-What I Believe and Why I Believe It-Is the Doctrine of the Trinity
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~Chapter 19~
Is the Doctrine of the

Trinity Biblical?
The word Trinity does not appear in the Bible, so where did
it come from? I want to search the scriptures and find out which ones
support the doctrine and which ones go against it. One of the things
that Trinity supporters often say is that the reason no one can
understand the Trinity is because God’s mind is above our
understanding. That is fine if God tells me through His word,
“Believe in the Trinity even though it is beyond your understanding.”
However, does God say this in the Bible or did man make it up?
Let’s say that someone told you that demons were the good guys and
also told you to just believe them because it is above your
understanding. Would you believe it at face value, or search out the
scriptures to find the truth? I want to search out the scriptures. There
are many different variations to the Trinity doctrine, but I want to
outline one of the most accepted ones. I know some of you are
saying in your mind right now; what about John chapter one? In the
beginning was the Word. Don’t worry, we will look at all the
passages that support and go against this doctrine.
Standard Definition of the Trinity Often Used Today
The doctrine of the Trinity means that there is one God who eternally
exists as three distinct Persons--the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Stated differently, God is one in essence and three in person. These
definitions express three crucial truths: 1) The Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit are distinct Persons, 2) each Person is fully God, 3) there is
only one God. While the three members of the Trinity are distinct,
this does not mean that any is inferior to the other. Instead, they are
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all identical in attributes. They are equal in power, love, mercy,
justice, holiness, knowledge, and all other qualities. Having seen that
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are distinct Persons, that they
are each fully God, and that there is nonetheless only one God, we
must conclude that all three Persons are the same God. In other
words, there is one God who exists as three distinct Persons. How is
God one? He is one in essence. How is God three? He is three in
Person. Essence and person are not the same thing. God is one in a
certain way (essence) and three in a different way (person). Since
God is one in a different way than He is three, the Trinity is not a
contradiction. There would only be a contradiction if we said that
God is three in the same way that He is one.
This is a very standard belief of the Trinity in the Body of Christ

today. I do not necessarily agree completely with the above
statement. Let’s study a little deeper into the scriptures.
Here is a picture often used to describe the doctrine.
Section 1) There is One True God

One of the reasons people support the doctrine of the Trinity is
because the Bible says there is only one true God. Is this true? Yes,
countless scriptures say that there is only one true God. Does this
automatically mean that God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are the same
God? The above picture is a widely accepted drawing of the Trinity.
It says that each member is not the same as the other, but they are all
Is the Doctrine of the Trinity Biblical? 3
God. Does scripture support this? I want to do some research and see
if the Father (Yahweh) is actually supposed to be in the middle of
this picture instead of the outside. Let’s examine a few things.
Mark 12:28 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 Jesus answered, “The
foremost is, ‘HEAR, O ISRAEL! THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE
LORD; 30 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.’ 31 The
second is this, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS
YOURSELF.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.
It can be easy to miss, but Jesus states here that one of the most
important commandments is to know that “the Lord our God is one
Lord.” I write this article under the fear of the Lord and with this
verse (and others), it is easy to understand how the Trinity doctrine
came about; but does this verse mean that the three are one?
YHWH-The Father’s Proper Name
In the Old Testament YHWH, also known as the Tetragrammaton is

used about 6,800 times. It is used more than any other name in the
Bible. It is Strong’s Concordance number H3068. In years past,
scholars used to believe that it was pronounced Jehovah. However,
with their current understanding, most scholars now believe that it is
pronounced Yahweh. The Hebrew language does not use vowels, so
they are often added to help us with pronunciations. YHWH is
commonly translated as LORD in most translations. When Bibles
capitalize all the letters of the word LORD in the Old Testament, the
Hebrew word is Yahweh. When Bibles write the word Lord, with
lower case “ord,” the Hebrew word is a more basic form of God or
Lord, but not His proper name. Jehovah is translated as such four
times in the KJV and never in the NASB out of the 6,800 times it is
written. Why is this important? Most people would agree that
Yahweh or Jehovah describes God the Father and it changes the way
the Bible is read. The World English Bible puts Yahweh in the
scriptures where H3068 is used. The scriptures actually sound quite a
bit different in the WEB with the use of Yahweh instead of LORD.
If you want to examine this for yourself, look up the Strong’s
numbers and find out where H3068 is used to confirm these things.
Remember Mark 12:29 that we just read, “The Lord our God is one
Lord”; do you know what scripture it refers back to?
Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God; Yahweh is one:

WEB [emphasis mine]
Does Scripture Confirm That the Name Yahweh is Referring to

the Father?
Jeremiah 3:19 "But I said, 'How I would put you among the children,
and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the
nations!' and I said, 'You shall call me "My Father," and shall not
turn away from following me.' 20"Surely as a wife treacherously
departs from her husband, so you have dealt treacherously with me,
house of Israel," says Yahweh. WEB
Jeremiah 31:9 They shall come with weeping; and with petitions will
I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a
straight way in which they shall not stumble; for I am a father to
Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. 10 Hear the word of Yahweh,
you nations, and declare it in the islands afar off; and say, He who
scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as shepherd does his
flock. WEB
Isaiah 64:8 But now, Yahweh, you are our Father; we are the clay,
and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand. WEB
I believe that the aforementioned verses affirm that Yahweh is the

Father.
Does the Old Testament State That Yahweh is the Only True
God?
Does the Old Testament Separate Yahweh and His Son?
Exodus 8:10b He said, "Be it according to your word, that you may
know that there is none like Yahweh our God. WEB [emphasis mine]
Deuteronomy 4:35 It was shown to you so that you might know that
Yahweh is God. There is no one else besides him. WEB [emphasis
mine]
Deuteronomy 4:39 Know therefore this day, and lay it to your heart,
that Yahweh he is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath;
there is none else. WEB [emphasis mine]
Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the
government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of
Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall
be no end, on the throne of David, and on his kingdom, to establish
it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that time
on, even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.
WEB [emphasis mine]
Isaiah 45:5 I am Yahweh, and there is none else. Besides me, there
is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not known me; 6
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 no one else.
WEB [emphasis mine]
Proverbs 30:4 Who has ascended into heaven and descended? Who
has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has wrapped the waters in
His garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is
His name or His son’s name? Surely you know! 5 Every word of
God is tested; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him. 6 Do
not add to His words Or He will reprove you, and you will be proved
a liar. [emphasis mine]
I believe Proverbs 30 is referring to Yahweh having a Son and

therefore making a distinction between them.
Psalms 2:2 The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take
counsel together, against Yahweh, and against his Anointed, saying,
WEB [emphasis mine]
In Psalms chapter two the author makes a distinction or separation

between Yahweh, and His Anointed (Jesus).
Psalms 110:1 Yahweh says to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I

make your enemies your footstool for your feet." WEB [emphasis
mine]
Here David also separates Yahweh from the Lord (Jesus). In the
New Testament, this verse simply reads; the Lord says to my Lord.
However when we read it in the Old Testament and examine the
Hebrew words, David is actually saying; Yahweh says to my Lord.
He not only teaches us their separate names, but He states that the
Father (Yahweh) will be sitting in the middle, with Jesus (Lord) at
His right hand.
Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because

Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has
sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the
captives, and release to those who are bound; WEB [emphasis mine]
Jesus confirms that this verse is referring to Him in the New

Testament. His Father’s Spirit was upon Him and His Father
anointed Him to preach the good news to the humble.
Isaiah 11:1 A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch
out of his roots will bear fruit. 2 The Spirit of Yahweh will rest on
him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel
and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh. 3a His
delight will be in the fear of Yahweh. WEB [emphasis mine]
Will Jesus delight in the fear of His Father, or the fear of Himself? In
my opinion, I believe Yahweh is referring to the Father in this
passage.
This next passage some people take to mean that Yahweh and Jesus
are the same person.
Jeremiah 23:5 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD,
“When I will raise up for David a righteous Branch; And He will
reign as king and act wisely And do justice and righteousness in the
land. 6 "In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel will dwell
securely; And this is His name by which He will be called, 'The
LORD our righteousness.'
The word Lord in verse six is the Hebrew word Yahweh. But let’s
look at Young’s Literal translation of the verse to see what it really
means.
Jeremiah 23:5 Lo, days are coming -- an affirmation of Jehovah,

And I have raised to David a righteous shoot, And a king hath
reigned and acted wisely, And done judgment and righteousness in
the earth. 6 In his days is Judah saved, and Israel dwelleth
confidently, And this his name that Jehovah proclaimeth him, 'Our
Righteousness.' YLT
Young states that the proper translation in his opinion is that the
Father (Jehovah) proclaims Him “Our Righteousness.”
Here is another verse this time calling Judah and Jerusalem “The
LORD our righteousness” again using the Hebrew word Yahweh.
Jeremiah 33:16 In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem

will dwell in safety; and this is the name by which she will be called:
the LORD is our righteousness.’
If a person was to declare that Jeremiah 23 definitively states that

Jesus is Yahweh, then Jeremiah 33 would be stating that Judah and
Jerusalem are Yahweh also; but that is far from the truth.
Does the New Testament Confirm That There is One God While
Separating Him From Jesus?
John 17:3 This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only
true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. [emphasis mine]
Jesus said this with His own mouth that Yahweh is the only true
God, and He is obviously God’s Son whom He sent. Don’t be
concerned, I believe Jesus is my Lord and Savior and I worship Him,
but we will get to that later. Here are a few more scriptures on this
topic.
Mark 5:6 Seeing Jesus from a distance, he ran up and bowed down
before Him; 7 and shouting with a loud voice, he said, “What
business do we have with each other, Jesus, Son of the Most High
God? I implore You by God, do not torment me!”
If the demoniac refers to Jesus as the Son of the Most High God,
would it not lead us to believe that God is of higher authority than
Jesus?
Mark 10:18 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No
one is good except God alone.
Jesus is separating Himself from the Father in the gospel of Mark.
John 5:43 I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive
Me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him. 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? 45 Do not
think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses
you is Moses, in whom you have set your hope. [emphasis mine]
In verse 43 Jesus is separating Himself from the Father and in verse
44 He calls the Father the one and only God. He is stating that the
Father is the one and only true God.
John 14:1 “Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God,
believe also in Me.
Jesus is teaching in this passage to believe in God (the Father) and

also in Him, again separating them.
1 Corinthians 8:4 Therefore concerning the eating of things

sacrificed to idols, we know that there is no such thing as an idol 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 are all things and we exist for Him; and one
Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through
Him. [emphasis mine]
We need to examine carefully Paul’s teaching in 1 Corinthians

chapter eight. He starts off in verse eight stating that there is one
God. In verse six he confirms that the one God is indeed the Father.
He continues on telling us that we also have one Lord, who is Jesus
Christ. Paul is separating the Father and the Son in this passage while
saying that the Father is our “one” God, and Jesus is our “one” Lord.
I believe Paul is also implying here that the Father is of higher
authority than the Son.
Ephesians 4:4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you
were called in one hope of your calling; 5 one Lord, one faith, one
baptism, 6 one God and Father of all who is over all and through all
and in all.
Paul restates to the people of Ephesus what he had told the people of
Corinth. There is one Lord and one God and Father. He not only
makes a distinction between them, but he declares that the Father is
over all (which includes being over the Son).
1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator also between
God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
Paul also tells Timothy that there is only one God, just like the Old
Testament states. He continues on saying that there is also one
mediator between God and men (Jesus).
Jude 1:25 to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our
Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and
now and forever. Amen.
Jude also affirms there being one true God and His salvation coming
to us through His son.
All of these scriptures in the NT agree with the previous OT

scriptures that there is one true God and Father (Yahweh) and His
Son Jesus Christ (Yeshua) is our Lord.
Now look back at the drawing of the Trinity at the beginning of this
chapter. God in the middle of the picture should really be labeled
Yahweh and not the vague word God. And that changes the whole
drawing. It no longer makes sense if Yahweh is the one true God and
Jesus is His Son. You would have to remove one corner from the
drawing because Yahweh IS the Father. But the drawing is not in
scripture, so we don’t have to believe it is absolute truth if it goes
against the Bible. You are probably running scriptures through your
mind right now, like what about all the scriptures in the gospel of
John like “the Word was God” and “I am one with the Father.” We
will address those passages a little later on.
Section 2) Jesus is Not Equal With God

Most versions of the Trinity Doctrine state that God and Jesus are
equals, but I don’t believe that scripture agrees with this. Many
scholars believe that Jesus was lower than God only while He was a
man on the earth, but if you look closely at 1 Corinthians 15:24-28
and others you will see that He is lesser than God for eternity. You
may think that this is offensive to Jesus; but if this is really the truth
written in the Bible, don’t you think that Jesus has always known
this? And if Jesus sits at the Father’s right hand and does not know
when the world is going to end, how can He be equal to Him?
Following are a few passages that address this subject.
John 14:28 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.
Jesus tells us with His own words that the Father is greater than Him.
I believe this verse is meant to be taken at face value.
1 Corinthians 3:22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world
or life or death or things present or things to come; all things belong
to you, 23 and you belong to Christ; and Christ belongs to God.
Paul lets us know the order of authority between believers, Christ,

and God. We as believers belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to
God.
1 Corinthians 11:3 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.
Paul reiterates his prior statement. Christ is of higher authority than

us and God is of higher authority than Christ.
1 Corinthians 15:24 then comes the end, when He hands over the
kingdom to the God and Father, when He has abolished all rule and
all authority and power. 25 For He 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 HAS 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 put all things in
subjection to Him. 28 When all things are subjected to Him, then the
Son Himself also will be subjected to the One who subjected all
things to Him, so that God may be all in all.
Look at the phrasing in verses 27 and 28. It is evident that Paul does
not believe the Father and the Son are equals. In verse 27 Paul is
saying that all things will be put in subjection to Christ, but that this
excludes God the Father. For at the end of all things the Son will be
subjected to the Father. If God was of higher authority than Christ
only during Christ’s time on earth, then why at the end of all
things is Christ in subjection to God?
Also see Matthew 20:23, John 5:19, John 10:29, John 12:27-28, John
12:49-50, John 13:16, Acts 1:7, Acts 2:33, Acts 3:13, Acts 3:18, Acts
3:26, Acts 4:26-30, Acts 5:30, Romans 8:16, and Revelation 21:23.
Section 3) God is Jesus' God

While this subject may sound foreign to you, there are many
scriptures to back it up. There are also scriptures from the book of
Revelation (after Christ ascended) and others that state that it is this
way forever, and not just while Jesus was a man on the earth.

make your enemies your footstool for your feet." WEB [emphasis
mine]
Matthew 22:44 ‘THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, “SIT AT MY

RIGHT HAND, UNTIL I PUT YOUR ENEMIES BENEATH YOUR
FEET”’?
Matthew 27:46 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 FORSAKEN ME?”
John 20:17 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
ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.’”
Jesus tells Mary that He is ascending to His God. This is a foreign

statement to many in the body of Christ. Jesus Himself is calling
God, His God.
Romans 15:6 so that with one accord you may with one voice glorify
the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world

or life or death or things present or things to come; all things belong
to you, 23 and you belong to Christ; and Christ belongs to God.
2 Corinthians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
2 Corinthians 11:31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, He who
is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.
Ephesians 1:3 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,
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.
I know some of these passages may be a little redundant, but I want

us to realize how often we just blow on by passages like these. I
believe these verses are to be taken at face value. In my opinion Paul
keeps making the statement that God is Jesus' God because he is well
aware of this fact. This was a well know truth in Paul’s day, but is
has been lost for the most part in the present day.
Hebrews 1:8 But of the Son He says, “YOUR THRONE, O GOD, IS

FOREVER AND EVER, AND THE RIGHTEOUS SCEPTER IS THE
SCEPTER OF HIS KINGDOM. 9 “YOU HAVE LOVED
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HATED LAWLESSNESS; THEREFORE
GOD, YOUR GOD, HAS ANOINTED YOU WITH THE OIL OF
GLADNESS ABOVE YOUR COMPANIONS.”
In Hebrews verse eight, it is obviously talking about the Son (Jesus).

The author calls Jesus God in this verse. This is where many people
get tripped up. There are other places in the New Testament calling
Jesus God, and many believers use these verses to state that He and
God are the one and the same or the same essence. Verse nine
clarifies this thought process, because even though the author calls
Jesus God, he states that God (the Father) is His God.
Hebrews 10:5 Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says,

“SACRIFICE AND OFFERING YOU HAVE NOT DESIRED, BUT A
BODY YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR ME; 6 IN WHOLE BURNT
OFFERINGS AND sacrifices FOR SIN YOU HAVE TAKEN NO
PLEASURE. 7 “THEN I SAID, ‘BEHOLD, I HAVE COME (IN THE
SCROLL OF THE BOOK IT IS WRITTEN OF ME) TO DO YOUR
WILL, O GOD.’”
Jesus is stating that He came to the earth to do His God’s will.
1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to
a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead
Revelation 1:6 and He 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.
John asserts in the book of Revelation that Christ made us (believers)

to be priests to His God. It doesn’t say that we are going to be priests
to our God (which would also be true), but John says that we will be
priests to Christ’s God.
Revelation 3:2 Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain,
which were about to die; for I have not found your deeds completed
in the sight of My God. ... 12 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 new name. 13 He who has an
ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’ [emphasis
mine]
Five times in Revelation chapter three alone, Jesus calls God His
God. It doesn’t get a whole lot more clear than that. Five
confirmations in one chapter is quite a corroboration of this subject.
Section 4) The Authority That Jesus Has, He received

From the Father
Some would say that Jesus always had the authority He has now, but
if that is so; how could the Father give Jesus authority?
Revelation 2:27 AND HE SHALL RULE THEM WITH A ROD OF

IRON, AS THE VESSELS OF THE POTTER ARE BROKEN TO
PIECES, as I also have received authority from My Father;
Did Jesus always have the same authority that was given to Him by
the Father? No. Otherwise how could He receive authority if He
always had it?
John 17:2 even as You gave Him authority over all flesh, that to all
whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life.
The Father gave Jesus authority over all flesh.
John 17:24 Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me,
be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You
have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
If the Father gave Jesus a certain amount of glory, that would infer
that there was also a time when He had less glory.
Acts 2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that
God has made Him both Lord and Christ—this Jesus whom you
crucified.”
God made Jesus both Lord and Christ over Israel. How did He make
Him Lord and Christ over them if He always was?
Acts 3:20 and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you,
Christ was appointed for us. Appoint means to select someone to fill
an office or position. If Christ was chosen to be our savior, there
must have been a moment in time before He was selected.
1 Corinthians 15:27 For HE HAS 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 put all
things in subjection to Him. 28 When all things are subjected to Him,
then the Son Himself also will be subjected to the One who subjected
all things to Him, so that God may be all in all
Paul doesn’t say that all things were always in subjection to Christ.
He says in verse 28, “when all things are subjected to Him.”
Philippians 2:8 Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled

Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a
cross. 9 For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed
on Him the name which is above every name,
Because of Jesus’ death on the cross, God highly exalted Him. It

follows then that prior to His death on the cross, even while He was
in heaven prior to coming to the earth; He was not exalted to the
same level that He was following the cross.
Hebrews 1:2 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.
Just because God made the entire world through Christ as this verse
states, there was still a time when He appointed Him heir of all
things. It would also follow then that there was a time when He was
not appointed yet.
Hebrews 2:10 For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things,
and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to
perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings.
Jesus was perfected by the Father following His death on the cross,
so that also leads me to believe that although He was glorious, He
was not perfected prior to the cross.
Also see Matthew 11:27, Matthew 12:18, Luke 4:18, Luke 9:35,
Luke 10:22, John 3:34, John 5:22, John 13:3, Acts 3:26, Acts 4:27,
Acts 5:30, Acts 17:31, Ephesians 1:21-23, Hebrews 5:8-10, 1 Peter
3:22, and 2 Peter 1:17.
Section 5) Jesus our High Priest Intercedes for Us

Just like in the Old Testament, when the priests of that day were
mediators between Yahweh and men, so now is Jesus Christ the
mediator between us and Yahweh. If God and Jesus are the same
being/essence; does one part of God intercede between us and the
other part of God? I don’t believe so, because I believe they are
separate. In Hebrews seven it says that He is our high priest forever,
not just when He graced the earth. Let’s look at a few scriptures on
this topic.
1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator also between
God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave Himself as a ransom
for all, the testimony given at the proper time.
Jesus is the mediator between us and God. In my understanding, a

mediator is a separate party, not part of the same individual
mediating with another part of that individual.
Hebrews 4:14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has
passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast
our confession. 15 For we do not have a high priest who cannot
sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in
all things as we are, yet without sin.
Hebrews 7:23 The former priests, on the one hand, existed in greater
numbers because they were prevented by death from continuing, 24
but Jesus, on the other hand, because He continues forever, holds
His priesthood permanently. 25 Therefore He is able also to save
forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always
lives to make intercession for them. 26 For it was fitting for us to
have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from
sinners and exalted above the heavens; 27 who does not need daily,
like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins
and then for the sins of the people, because this He did once for all
when He offered up Himself. 28 For the Law appoints men as high
priests who are weak, but the word of the oath, which came after the
Law, appoints a Son, made perfect forever.
The Old Testament and the New Testament Merge in Harmony
Malachi 3:6 “For I, Yahweh, don’t change; therefore you, sons of

Jacob, are not consumed. WEB
I wanted to list the verse from Malachi here, because it states

that Yahweh does not change. This could literally change the
way in which we interpret large portions of the Bible. A standard
teaching among believers is that the God of the Old Testament
has changed because we are in the New Covenant. Is this true?
No. The only thing that has changed is that we now have an
intercessor (Jesus Christ) who can go before His Father and
forgive our sins. We no longer have to sacrifice animals to be
forgiven, because we have Him as an intercessor. That is what a
large portion of the New Covenant is about! If Jesus wasn’t there
to intercede for us with His blood, we would live in a similar way
to the people of the Old Testament. The most important thing to
remember is that only the faithful, who follow the Lord and
surrender their lives to Him, will have Jesus as an intercessor. To
the rest of the people He will say, away from me, I never knew
you. If people are not covered in Christ’s blood, they are living
their lives before the God of the Old Testament who has never
changed. John 3:18 is a perfect example of this reality.
John 3:18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever

does not believe stands condemned already because he has not
believed in the name of God's one and only Son. NIV
Also see Hebrews 2:17, Hebrews 3:1, Hebrews 5:1-10, Hebrews

6:20, Hebrews 8:1-6, Hebrews 9:15, Hebrews 10:21, Hebrews 12:24,
and 1 John 2:1
Section 6) What Kind of Influence Has the Early

Church Councils Had on Our Beliefs?
If the Doctrine of the Trinity is very difficult to prove using only
scripture, where did it start or where did it come from? You may be
surprised at some of the answers.
The Roman Emperor Constantine the First had a very big role to play
in popularizing the Trinity Doctrine. He also legalized Christianity in
the year 313 with the Edict of Milan. Constantine actually
worshipped other gods (namely the sun god “Sol”), but is said to
have accepted the Lord and requested to be baptized when he knew
that he was dying. Eusebius of Nicomedia baptized him in the Jordan
River in the year 337. He promised to live more of a Christian life if
he lived through his illness, but died shortly after. In the year 325
Constantine held the first major church council where they decided
many of the doctrines/creeds that we still hold to today. It was called
the Council of Nicaea. Constantine and Arius had a major
disagreement at this council. Constantine believed that Yahweh and
Jesus were the same being, and Arius believed they were two
completely separate beings. The argument got so heated that one of
the other saints slapped Arius in the face. Arius’s doctrines were
condemned as heresy in the proceedings, and Arius was forcefully
removed from office along with two of his supporters. Following this
dispute Arius was forced to leave his native land. He took refuge in
Palestine. This is known in history as the Arian Controversy. The
doctrine was called Arianism. Even today, when a discussion about
the validity of the Trinity doctrine comes up, the Arian heresy is
brought forth into the discussion in order to add support to the
Trinity. Many were fearful to oppose Constantine’s beliefs after that.
In the Council of Nicaea the Father and the Son were declared to be
the same being, but the Holy Spirit was not included until later. They
did however begin to lay a lot of the groundwork for the doctrine of
the Trinity at this council. As I stated earlier, Constantine died in
337. Arianism had some resurgence after his death, but never
overtook what was decided at Nicaea. In 363, the Council of
Laodicea played a big role in deciding the New Testament canon,
although it did not include the book of Revelation. In 381 the
Council of Constantinople was held and one of the main topics of
discussion was the doctrine of the Trinity. They decided that the
Holy Spirit, the Father, and Jesus were all one and this was the first
universal adoption of the Trinity. Following 381, the majority of the
church has held to the Doctrine of the Trinity. One thing to note both
with the councils of Nicaea and Constantinople is that there was
opposition on both sides of the arguments. The question this places
is; should we accept every belief as truth that was decided in these
early councils, or should we examine the scriptures to see if they
agree? What if they made some mistakes at these early councils? I
don’t want to disagree with them for the sake of disagreeing.
However, I do ask for the freedom to search out the Bible for myself,
without using all of their doctrines as the “lens” or starting point
from which I view scripture.
Section 7) Did Modifications to Our Bibles Help to
Solidify the Trinity Doctrine?
In my opinion, the doctrine of the Trinity is the only entire doctrine
that was “added” to our Bibles. How was it added; you may ask?
Constantine and the early Roman church (and possibly others) were
fairly intelligent about this addition. At the Council of Nicaea in 325,
the wheels started turning on the inception of the doctrine of the
Trinity. It was officially decided at this council that God and Jesus
were the same being/essence. This council is also where the
argument arose with Arius and the Arain Heresy was formed by
Constantine. A lot of people have not carefully thought about the
fact that our oldest complete Greek New Testament manuscripts are
from 325 or later (around the same time as this council). I strongly
believe (although I do not have proof) that the specific reason for this
is because Constantine and the early Roman church had all the older
manuscripts destroyed. In my belief, their reason in doing this was to
cover their tracks. It is important to mention that they changed
the Greek manuscripts specifically, and not the English
translations of them. Many people do not understand the
importance of finding the most accurate Greek texts. Their biggest
mistake in concealing their editions was that the Roman church
continued to modify the Greek texts hundreds of years later. A few
of the editions were so blatant and obvious that almost none of
today’s scholars support them. I do want to state here that there
weren’t to my knowledge, hundreds of editions, but I believe quite
possibly dozens. However, the Bibles that utilize the older Greek
texts like the NASB have a lot less additions than the Bibles that use
the newer Greek texts like the KJV. I want to look at several of the
most important additions that helped to solidify the doctrine of the
Trinity. One thing that we need to clarify before we get started is that
the NASB and most modern Bibles utilize the older Greek New
Testament manuscripts. Their starting point is the Nestle Aland
Greek text which uses the older Alexandrian manuscripts. The King
James Version and the New King James Version utilize a much more
modern Greek New Testament manuscript. Their starting point is the
Textus Receptus which uses the Byzantine or Majority manuscripts
that aren’t nearly as old. They are over 500 years newer than the
most of the Alexandrian manuscripts. I don’t think the King James
Version is a bad translation of the Bible, but I believe that it uses a
much newer Greek manuscript which contains several editions.
I want to start off by looking at an addition so old that is has made it

into all of our current Bibles translations. This verse has brought the
Trinity doctrine into our baptisms worldwide. I do want to note here
that I believe whether people are baptized into the triune name or
Jesus name, their salvation is secure (as long as it is genuine). God
knows the intentions of our hearts. I will discuss this addition in
detail in the following chapter.
Matthew 28:19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations,

baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy
Spirit,
Matthew 28:19 having gone, then, disciple all the nations, [baptizing
them -- to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit,] YLT
In Robert Young’s literal translation, he puts parentheses around the

triune baptism as he believes that it was a later addition to the text.
Matthew 28:19 Go disciple ye all the nations - Origen
Matthew 28:19 Go disciple ye all the nations - Eusebius
When Origen and Eusebius quote the Matthew 28:19 text in their
ancient writings the triune baptism is omitted. However, Eusebius
went to the Council of Nicaea, and following this council he quotes
this verse with the triune baptism in the writings of his later years.
The people who made these additions didn’t cover their tracks very
well.
One of the most famous additions to the Bible of all time is the
addition to 1 John 5:7-8. Erasmus added this to the third edition of
his Greek text, as it was not in his first two additions. It made it into
every version of the Textus Receptus, so the KJV/NKJV include it.
Most current Bibles which use the older Nestle Aland text exclude it.
Almost no scholars today support this verse in any way. It is so well
talked about it has a name; the Comma Johanneum.
1 John 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the
Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 8
And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the
water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. KJV
1 John 5:7 For there are three that testify: 8 the Spirit and the water
and the blood; and the three are in agreement.
If this verse was an original, it would help to solidify the Trinity
doctrine. The fact that this is a blatant addition makes me wonder
what the motives were for adding it.
1 Timothy 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of

godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen
of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world,
received up into glory. KJV
1 Timothy 3:16 By common confession, great is the mystery of

godliness: He who was revealed in the flesh, Was vindicated in the
Spirit, Seen by angels, Proclaimed among the nations, Believed on in
the world, Taken up in glory.
There is a big difference between “God was manifest in the flesh”

and “He was revealed in the flesh.” If my starting point for this verse
is the KJV, I would say that Yahweh (the Father) was manifest in the
flesh. If my starting point for this verse was the NASB, I would say
that Yahweh’s Son Jesus Christ was revealed in the flesh (because
He existed in heaven with Yahweh prior to His life on earth).
John 1:18 No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only,
who is at the Father’s side, has made him known. KJV
John 1:18 No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God
who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.
If I read this verse out of a KJV Bible, I would state Jesus is God the
One and Only and He is the same being/essence of the Father. If I
read this verse out of a NASB Bible, I would state that Jesus Christ is
the only begotten God. Since the Father is not begotten, I would
deem them as separate.
John 3:13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came
down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. KJV
John 3:13 No one has ascended into heaven, but He who descended
from heaven: the Son of Man.
The KJV version of this verse seems to read that Jesus was literally
on the earth and in heaven simultaneously. This would work into the
doctrine of the Trinity, because it teaches that He is the same essence
as the Father. The NASB version reads completely differently. It
simply says that Jesus descended from heaven.
Philippians 2:6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not

robbery to be equal with God: KJV
Philippians 2:6 who, although He existed in the form of God, did not
regard equality with God a thing to be grasped,
The KJV text says that Jesus thought it was okay for Him to be
considered equal to God. The NASB text says that Jesus did not
think equality with God was something for Him to grasp. They say
completely opposite things. In Philippians 2:6 the Greek text behind
the KJV and NASB vary slightly, but it is more of a translation
dispute than a Greek Text dispute.
Romans 9:5 of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to
the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God.
Amen. NKJV
Romans 9:5 whose are the fathers, and from whom is the Christ
according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.
Romans 9:5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the
flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. KJV
This last verse is purely a translation dispute. The NKJV says that
Christ is the eternally blessed God, and the NASB and KJV say that
Christ is blessed by God forever. I believe that the latter two line up
with the rest of the Bible.
The NKJV version in verses 1 John 5:7-8, 1 Tim 3:16, and John 3:13
adds footnotes which will say NU Text reads differently and will
give the alternate readings. NU text stands for Nestle Aland/United
Bible Societies Greek Texts.
Outside of several verses I don’t really have any major problems

with the KJV or NKJV Bibles. Most of the variances are not the
translator’s fault; the Greek texts behind them are different in several
of these instances. I firmly believe the Nestle Aland to be a much
more reliable Greek text than the Textus Receptus.
Section 8) Doesn’t Scripture Use the Word Godhead,

and in Doing so Validate the Trinity?
The word Trinity was first used in about the year 200 AD by
Tertullian (160-220 AD). He didn’t have the exact definition we
have today, but helped to get the doctrine started. You cannot find
the word Trinity in the Bible or any other writings before 200 AD.
Part of the definition of the word Trinity is that there are three people
who make up the one Godhead. These ideas hadn’t even started to
form until 200 AD. The council’s of Nicaea in 325 and
Constantinople in 381 cemented the terms Trinity and Godhead into
Christianity forever. The NASB and almost every other translation
exclude the word Godhead from their Bibles. The KJV uses it three
times in which we will examine. The NKJV uses it two out of the
three times that the KJV does.
Acts 17:29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought

not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone,
graven by art and man's device. KJV
Acts 17:29 Being then the children of God, we ought not to think that
the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by
the art and thought of man.
In this verse the word translated Godhead is G2304-theios-Strong’s

definition 1) a general name of deities or divinities as used by the
Greeks 2) spoken of the only and true God, trinity a) of Christ b)
Holy Spirit c) the Father. The NASB translates it divine nature. A
very peculiar thing that we notice here is that the Strong’s
Concordance has the word Trinity as part of the definition. At the
time the Bible was written, the word Trinity was not in anyone’s
vocabulary. Our theologies have even crept into the Strong’s
definitions. The Strong’s Concordance was released in the year 1890,
well after the KJV originally came out. The Strong’s was made
specifically for the KJV.
Romans 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the
world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are
made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without
excuse: KJV
Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world His invisible
attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly
seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are
without excuse.
In this verse the word translated Godhead is G2305-thieotes-Strong’s

definition 1) divinity, divine nature. The NASB translates it as divine
nature. Godhead is not even an option according to Strong’s.
Colossians 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead
bodily. KJV
Colossians 2:9 For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily
form,
In this verse the word translated Godhead is G2320-theotes-Strong’s

definition 1) deity a) the state of being God, Godhead. The NASB
translates this word as Deity. The word Godhead wasn’t in anyone's
vocabulary at the time the Bible was written, but it made it into the
Strong’s. Again I believe part of the reason for this is because the
Strong’s came out well after the KJV and was made specifically with
it in mind. While I don’t agree that the KJV/NKJV should have used
the word Godhead in these three verses, I don’t think it is necessarily
a bad translation. However, I do side with the NASB in regards to
these verses.
Section 9) Journey Through the Book of John

This book has more references than any other to God and Jesus
being one. But when you take a closer look; is it really saying
they are the same being/essence?
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God.
This is probably the best verse Trinitarians have in regards to

supporting the Trinity. If believed and decided to argue for the
doctrine of the Trinity, I would camp out on this verse all day. It is
the Bible’s strongest support of this doctrine. But is it really saying
that Yahweh and Yeshua are the same being/essence? This verse
says that the Father and the Son are both God. This leads us to
another question. Are there any other verses in the Bible stating that
Yahweh and Yeshua are God, but still completely separate?
Matthew 22:44 ‘THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD “SIT AT MY

RIGHT HAND, UNTIL I PUT YOUR ENEMIES BENEATH YOUR
FEET”’
They are both called Lord here, but they are also listed as being
separate. The same Greek word is used for Lord in both instances.
The word Yahweh (it is Hebrew) isn’t used in the New Testament,
but in the Old Testament book of Psalms it reads:

make your enemies your footstool for your feet." WEB
This passage differentiates between Yahweh and Yeshua.
Theos is the Greek word that is translated as God the majority of the
time in the New Testament. It is used over 1300 times. It can refer to
Yahweh, Yeshua, the Holy Spirit, believers, or false Gods. In 1
Corinthians 4:4 when it talks about Satan as the god of this world, it
uses the word Theos as well. We can tell by the sentence what kind
of god is talked about. In John 10:34 Jesus refers to us as gods (with
a little g), but the word again is Theos. So even though Satan is
called the theos of this world and believers are called theos, it is
obvious from the context that we are not on the same playing field as
God Himself. Theos is a basic name for God and also for gods and
goddesses. Since it has so many uses, we need to be careful to
understand its context. Let’s look at another verse in Hebrews on this
subject.
Hebrews 1:8 But of the Son He says, YOUR THRONE, O GOD, IS

FOREVER AND EVER, AND THE RIGHTEOUS SCEPTER IS THE
SCEPTER OF HIS KINGDOM. 9 “YOU HAVE LOVED
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HATED LAWLESSNESS; THEREFORE
GOD, YOUR GOD, HAS ANOINTED YOU WITH THE OIL OF
GLADNESS ABOVE YOUR COMPANIONS.”
The word used for God all three times in this passage is Theos.
Yahweh calls Yeshua God, but just following this, He also says He is
Yeshua’s God. I take this verse in Hebrews to mean that the Father is
of higher authority than the Son and also that they are completely
separate individuals.
In John 1:1-2, it states twice that the Word was with God, again
differentiating them. They are both Theos, but that doesn’t make
them the same being/essence. This is my personal interpretation of
the verse; I am not saying that the Greek says this. In the beginning
was Yeshua, and Yeshua was with Yahweh, and Yeshua was God.
Yeshua was in the beginning with Yahweh.
A little side subject on John 1:1 is that if you look it up in the Greek,
every time it uses the word God in this verse it has a definite article.
This denotes the one true God, except when it says “the Word was
God.” In this case it is missing the definite article in the Greek
differentiating between the two. Here is a quote by Greek scholar
Corey Keating. He is a Trinity supporter, but talks about the definite
article in John 1:1, as part of his support that “the Father is not the
Son.” Here is his quote. “However, since it does not have the definite
article, it does indicate that this Word was not the same ‘person’ as
the Father God, but has the same ‘essence’ and ‘nature’.” I don’t
agree with the end of his statement, but I do support the beginning of
it.
Let’s also look a little further in John chapter one to see if scripture
is trying to say they are the same being/essence.
John 1:14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we
saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of
grace and truth
John 1:29 The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said,
“Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
John 1:34 I myself have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of
God.”
John 1:36 and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and said, “Behold,

the Lamb of God!”
John 1:49 Nathanael answered Him, “Rabbi, You are the Son of
God; You are the King of Israel.
John 1:51 And He said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will
see the heavens opened and the angels of God ascending and
descending on the Son of Man.”
John refers to Jesus in these passages as the Lamb of God and the
Son of God. He doesn’t state that they are the same being. The verse
I really want to delve into though is John 1:18.
John 1:18 No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God
who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.
Did you know that in the same chapter of John, he says that God and
the only begotten God are different people? The Greek word Theos
is used in both instances. If you look at this verse in the NKJV, it
says the only begotten Son, but if you check the NKJV footnotes, it
will tell you that NU Text (Nestle Aland/United Bible Societies)
reads “only begotten God.” So in both John 1:1 and John 1:18 the
word Theos is used to refer to both the Father and the Son, while still
maintaining that they are separate individuals. Here is my personal
interpretation of John 1:18. I am not saying that this is what the
Greek or English originally says, but it helps me to put this text in
perspective. No one has seen Yahweh at any time, the only begotten
Yeshua who is in the bosom of Yahweh, He has explained Him.
I want to continue on through the gospel of John and look at the

verses many use to support the Trinity.
John 10:30 I and the Father are one.”
If we read only this verse, I can see where people would think they
are the same being, but do the verses following clarify?
John 10:33 The Jews answered Him, “For a good work we do not
stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make
Yourself out to be God.” 34 Jesus answered them, “Has it not been
written in your Law, ‘I SAID, YOU ARE GODS’? 35 If he called
them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot
be broken), 36 do you say of Him, whom the Father sanctified and
sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the
Son of God’? 37 If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe
Me; 38 but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe the
works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in
Me, and I in the Father.”
The Jews said He was making Himself out to be God; but did Jesus
affirm it? He started out talking about how we are all called gods
(little g) in the Old Testament, and in verse 36 He says, do you say I
am blaspheming, because I said I am the Son of God? So He started
off stating that I and the Father are one, and clarified what He meant
six verses later, saying I am the Son of God. He also says the Father
is in Me, and I in the Father. Does this mean they are the same
being? Does Jesus also say this of His bride?
John 14:20 In that day you will know that I am in My Father, and
you in Me, and I in you.
Also see John 15:4-6, John 17:22-26, Acts 17:28, 1 Corinthians 6:15-
17, 1 John 2:5-6, 1 John 4:16, 1 John 5:20
Were the Jewish people under the impression following this
conversation that Jesus and God were one; or were they of the
thought that Jesus was merely stating that He was God’s Son?
John 19:7 The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and by that law
He ought to die because He made Himself out to be the Son of God.”
Judging by John chapter 19, I believe that the Jews were under the
impression that Jesus was simply stating that He was God’s Son.
Let’s Continue on in the Gospel of John
John 14:7 If you had known Me, you would have known My Father
also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him.”8 Philip said
to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” 9 Jesus
said to him, “Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not
come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father;
how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 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. 11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the
Father is in Me; otherwise believe because of the works themselves.
Jesus states that he who has seen Me has seen the Father. He clarifies
what He meant one verse later. In verses 10 and 11 He says that I am
in the Father and the Father is in Me. The fact that He is in the Father
and the Father is in Him does not make them the same being.
Does Jesus say other things in the gospel of John that the disciples
don’t understand until He clarifies?
John 11:11b “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I go, so that
I may awaken him out of sleep.” 12 The disciples then said to Him,
“Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.” 13 Now Jesus had
spoken of his death, but they thought that He was speaking of literal
sleep. 14 So Jesus then said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead.
If we would only read John 11:11 we would think that Lazarus was
sleeping. Jesus clarifies a few verses later and says plainly that
Lazarus is dead. We need to read all of these passages in context and
not just focus on the individual verses.
John 16:5 “These things I have spoken to you in figurative language;

an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative
language, but will tell you plainly of the Father. 26 In that day you
will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will request of the
Father on your behalf; 27 for the Father Himself loves you, because
you have loved Me and have believed that I came forth from the
Father. 28 I came forth from the Father and have come into the
world; I am leaving the world again and going to the Father.”29 His
disciples said, “Lo, now You are speaking plainly and are not using
a figure of speech.
Here Jesus says that He is speaking to his disciples at this time in

figurative language, but an hour is coming when He will speak
plainly, and His disciples affirmed this in verse 29.
I believe this next verse strongly supports God being “one,”

while Jesus is separate from Him.
John 17:3 This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true
God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. 4 I glorified You on the
earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to
do. 5 Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory
which I had with You before the world was.
These are very crucial verses.
John 17:11 I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are
in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your
name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even
as We are.
Jesus tells us here that believers will be one with each other, just as
He is one with the Father. We are not the same being/essence as
other believers, but we are one in unity with them.
John 17:21 that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me
and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may
believe that You sent Me. 22 The glory which You have given Me I
have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; 23 I in
them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the
world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have
loved Me.
Jesus is again saying that we as believers will be one with each other
as God and Jesus are one. That is how they are one, in unity. No
one would say for example that since John and Jeremiah are both
believers that they are the same being, but as believers they are one
in unity. God and Jesus are one in unity but not the same being
either.
The scripture also says that we are one with Christ.
Ephesians 5:31 FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS

FATHER AND MOTHER AND SHALL BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE,
AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH. 32 This mystery is
great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.
Paul says he is speaking of Christ and the church. He affirms that we

are one in unity with Him, but by no means the same being. Also, we
are not literally the same “flesh” with our spouses, but one in unity.
Section 10) Was There Ever a Time That Jesus Didn’t

Exist? Can We Prove it From Scripture?
The main reasoning that we normally use to support this answer is
that God and Jesus are the same being. Therefore since God always
was, that also means Jesus always was.
Jesus Created All Things
The question now is, if the Trinity is an incorrect doctrine, can we

still prove from scripture only that Jesus has always existed? Most
people would point to the scriptures which state that everything was
created through Jesus. This is true, and I do not deny it. Here are a
few scriptures that support Jesus creating all things.
Genesis 1:26a Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image,
according to Our likeness;
John 1:3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from
Him nothing came into being that has come into being. [emphasis
mine]
Colossians 1:16 For by Him all things were created, both in the
heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or
dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created
through Him and for Him. [emphasis mine]
We can see that Jesus was there in the beginning and that all things
were created through Him. I believe that when it says created
through Him and for Him, it is referencing that He had help from
God the Father. I will elaborate on this a little later. So do any
scriptures say that Yahweh created Yeshua? I need to provide a little
understanding of wisdom first.
In the Hebrew and Greek languages both, words are assigned

genders. In our American minds we would think that truck would be
a masculine word and dress would be a feminine word. But this is
not the always the way in which a word is given a gender in the
Hebrew and Greek languages. There are many words that we would
“think” to be masculine that may be feminine and vice versa. Since
wisdom is a feminine word in both Hebrew and Greek, if the
translators don’t think it is referring to a person, they can place
she/her in the text. Let’s look at some examples.
Luke 7:34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you
say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax
collectors and sinners!’ 35 Yet wisdom is vindicated by all her
children.”
Luke is obviously talking about Jesus in verse 34 and I believe in

verse 35 also. Did you know that the Greek text in verse 35 does not
say her? Wisdom is a feminine noun and so it is translated her. If the
Greek text had used a masculine word for example “judge,” the verse
would now read “Yet the judge is vindicated by all his children.” If it
is known to be speaking directly of a person, it would retain the
gender of the person.
Matthew 11:19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they
say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax
collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”
The text in Matthew doesn’t actually say her either (if you look at the
Greek), but the since the word wisdom is a feminine noun, the
translators decided to render it as “her.” If the translators believed it
was specifically talking about Jesus, it could be translated His.
Proverbs 8:1 Does not wisdom call, And understanding lift up her
voice? 2 On top of the heights beside the way, Where the paths meet,
she takes her stand; 3 Beside the gates, at the opening to the city, At
the entrance of the doors, she cries out: 4 “To you, O men, I call,
And my voice is to the sons of men. 5 “O naive ones, understand
prudence; And, O fools, understand wisdom. 6 “Listen, for I will
speak noble things; And the opening of my lips will reveal right
things. 7 “For my mouth will utter truth; And wickedness is an
abomination to my lips. 8 “All the utterances of my mouth are in
righteousness; There is nothing crooked or perverted in them. 9
“They are all straightforward to him who understands, And right to
those who find knowledge. 10 “Take my instruction and not silver,
And knowledge rather than choicest gold. 11 “For wisdom is better
than jewels; And all desirable things cannot compare with her.
[emphasis mine]
In each case here where it says her or she, the Greek doesn’t actually
say her, but the gender of the noun decides it. The translators state
that this is wisdom personified, and so they translate it she. However,
if they believed that it was talking about Jesus they could translate it
He. Let’s read on; this is a crucial passage.
Proverbs 8:12 “I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, And I find

knowledge and discretion. 13 “The fear of the LORD is to hate evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverted mouth, I
hate. 14 “Counsel is mine and sound wisdom; I am understanding,
power is mine. 15 “By me kings reign, And rulers decree justice. 16
“By me princes rule, and nobles, All who judge rightly. 17 “I love
those who love me; And those who diligently seek me will find me. 18
“Riches and honor are with me, Enduring wealth and righteousness.
19 “My fruit is better than gold, even pure gold, And my yield better
than choicest silver. 20 “I walk in the way of righteousness, In the
midst of the paths of justice, 21 To endow those who love me with
wealth, That I may fill their treasuries. 22 “The LORD possessed me
at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old. 23 “From
everlasting I was established, From the beginning, from the earliest
times of the earth. 24 “When there were no depths I was brought
forth, When there were no springs abounding with water. 25 “Before
the mountains were settled, Before the hills I was brought forth; 26
While He had not yet made the earth and the fields, Nor the first dust
of the world. 27 “When He established the heavens, I was there,
When He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep, 28 When He
made firm the skies above, When the springs of the deep became
fixed, 29 When He set for the sea its boundary So that the water
would not transgress His command, When He marked out the
foundations of the earth; 30 Then I was beside Him, as a master
workman; And I was daily His delight, Rejoicing always before Him,
31 Rejoicing in the world, His earth, And having my delight in the
sons of men. 32 “Now therefore, O sons, listen to me, For blessed
are they who keep my ways. 33 “Heed instruction and be wise, And
do not neglect it. 34 “Blessed is the man who listens to me, Watching
daily at my gates, Waiting at my doorposts. 35 “For he who finds me
finds life And obtains favor from the LORD. 36 “But he who sins
against me injures himself; All those who hate me love death.”
[emphasis mine]
The first word I have in bold is possessed-H7069. One of its

meanings is to create. The second word is established-H5258. Four
of its meanings are to pour out, to anoint, to set, and to install. The
third word is brought forth-H2342. One of its meanings is to be born.
Also notice how Yahweh and Yeshua teamed up to create the world.
In verse 30 it says, “I was beside Him, as a master workman.” Some
translations say “master craftsman” in this verse. Is it any wonder
that He was a carpenter in His life on earth? Let’s read a small
section of this in the NIV also.
Proverbs 8:22 “The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works,
before his deeds of old; 23 I was appointed from eternity, from the
beginning, before the world began. 24 When there were no oceans, I
was given birth, when there were no springs abounding with water;
25 before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was
given birth, 26 before he made the earth or its fields or any of the
dust of the world. NIV
I believe this passage is stating that the Father gave birth to Jesus
before anything else was created.
I also want to check out a few portions of this using the WEB which
inserts Yahweh for H3068.
Proverbs 8:13 The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride,

arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth. WEB [emphasis
mine]
Proverbs 8:22 "Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work,

before his deeds of old. 23 I was set up from everlasting, from the
beginning, before the earth existed. WEB [emphasis mine]
Proverbs 8:35 For whoever finds me, finds life, and will obtain favor
from Yahweh. WEB [emphasis mine]
These verses solidify a few things. I believe that Jesus is referred to

as Wisdom in this passage. If He fears Yahweh, they can’t be the
same being. How can you fear yourself? Yahweh possessed or
anointed Him. How can you anoint yourself? Whoever finds Jesus,
will obtain favor from Yahweh as well. This statement does not go
along with the idea that they are the same being.
It is a little known fact that the commentaries of Scofield, Henry, and

Gill also believe Proverbs eight is referring to Christ, although they
do not necessarily agree with me on all their points.
Here are a few other Old Testament scriptures saying that God
created the world through wisdom.
Jeremiah 10:12 It is He who made the earth by His power, Who

established the world by His wisdom; And by His understanding He
has stretched out the heavens. 13 When He utters His voice, there is
a tumult of waters in the heavens, And He causes the clouds to
ascend from the end of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain,
And brings out the wind from His storehouses.
Psalms 104:24 O LORD, how many are Your works! In wisdom You
have made them all; The earth is full of Your possessions. 25 There
is the sea, great and broad, In which are swarms without number,
Animals both small and great.
Psalms 136:5 To Him who by wisdom made the heavens, For His
mercy endures forever; 6 To Him who laid out the earth above the
waters, For His mercy endures forever; NKJV
By the Father’s wisdom, everything was created. I believe that Jesus

Christ was the wisdom that created all things.
Are there any New Testament scriptures referring to Christ as

wisdom?
Luke 11:49 For this reason also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send
to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and
some they will persecute,
Ephesians 3:4 By referring to this, when you read you can

understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, 5 which in other
generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now
been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit; 6 to be
specific, that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the
body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the
gospel, 7 of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of
God’s grace which was given to me according to the working of His
power. 8 To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to
preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ, 9 and to
bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for
ages has been hidden in God who created all things; 10 so that the
manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the
church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places. 11
This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried
out in Christ Jesus our Lord,
Paul starts out in verse four saying that He is giving insight into the
mystery of Christ. In verse nine he says that a mystery has been
hidden for the ages. He continues on stating that the wisdom of God
is being made known, and it is in accordance with the eternal
purpose of Christ.
Colossians 2:2 that their hearts may be encouraged, having been

knit together in love, and attaining to all the wealth that comes from
the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge of
God’s mystery, that is, Christ Himself, 3 in whom are hidden all the
treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Paul reiterates here that God’s mystery is Christ, and in Christ are all
treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
1 Corinthians 1:22 For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search
for wisdom; 23 but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling
block and to Gentiles foolishness, 24 but to those who are the called,
both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of
God.
Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.
1 Corinthians 1:29 so that no man may boast before God. 30 But by

His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from
God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,
The Messiah became the wisdom of God to us.
1 Corinthians 2:6 Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are

mature; a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this
age, who are passing away; 7 but we speak God’s wisdom in a
mystery, the hidden wisdom which God predestined before the ages
to our glory; 8 the wisdom which none of the rulers of this age has
understood; for if they had understood it they would not have
crucified the Lord of glory;
God’s wisdom is a mystery. It was hidden so well that the Jews

actually crucified Jesus. If they had understood who wisdom was,
they would not have crucified Him.
I want to look at a few verses in the New Testament that talk

about God creating Jesus, but because of our theology, we often
read right past them.
Romans 8:29 For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to

become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the
firstborn among many brethren;
I believe that Jesus was the firstborn of all that God created. He of
course wasn’t the first person born on the earth. Some people state
that this verse pertains to Jesus being the first to receive His glorified
body. I believe however that He was considered as being born before
His resurrection.
Colossians 1:15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn

over all creation. 16 For by him all things were created: things in
heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or
powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and
for him. [emphasis mine]
Paul states here that Christ is the firstborn over all creation. He is not
talking about Jesus being born on the earth after many things had
been created; he is talking about before anything else was created.
Jesus created all things, but that of course does not include Himself.
The Father created Him and that is why He is God’s Son.
Hebrews 1:5 For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are
my Son; today I have become your Father”? Or again, “I will be his
Father, and he will be my Son”? 6 And again, when God brings his
firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all God’s angels worship
him.” [emphasis mine]
The author of Hebrews states that God brought His firstborn into the
world. This passage implies that He was already His firstborn before
He brought Him into the world.
Hebrews 12:22 But you have come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly
Jerusalem, the city of the living God. You have come to thousands
upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, 23 to the church of the
firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to
God, the judge of all men, to the spirits of righteous men made
perfect, 24 to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the
sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
[emphasis mine]
Verse 23 could also be understood as the church of Christ. We are

the church of the Son of God, who was God’s firstborn (first
creation).
Revelation 3:14 “To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The
Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of
God, says this: [emphasis mine]
Jesus Christ was the beginning of the creation of God. It doesn’t get
much simpler than this.
There are also several scriptures stating that Jesus has come
forth from the Father and was also sent into the world.
Why would it be repeated? I believe it is because Yeshua came forth

from Yahweh and later on was sent into the world. Remember
Proverbs 8:23-25 where it talks about Jesus being brought forth?
Let’s look at a few scriptures in this light.
John 7:29 I know Him, because I am from Him, and He sent Me.”
John 8:42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would
love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have
not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me.
John 16:27 for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved
Me and have believed that I came forth from the Father. 28 I came
forth from the Father and have come into the world; I am leaving the
world again and going to the Father.”
John 17:8 for the words which You gave Me I have given to them;
and they received them and truly understood that I came forth from
You, and they believed that You sent Me.
John 18:37 Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?”
Jesus answered, “You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have
been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the
truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.” [emphasis
mine]
I believe that although we often read right over verses like these
listed above, Jesus is stating that He came forth (was created by) God
and later on the Father sent Him to the earth.
John 6:57 As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the
Father, so he who eats Me, he also will live because of Me.
[emphasis mine]
Jesus says He lives because of the Father, and I don’t think He

means only in the flesh.
Section 11) Begotten - What does the word specifically

mean?
You will hear people at times say that Christ is begotten, not made.
What does this mean; and does it line up with scripture? In John 3:16
the word begotten is G3439, and is used several other times in the
Gospel of John. Its definitions are, “single of its kind, only, used of
only sons or daughters.” I thought scripture says that we are also
sons of God. How can God have an only Son when we are His sons?
Look at a few verses discussing this.
Romans 8:16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are
children of God, 17 and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and
fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may
also be glorified with Him.
Romans 8:29 For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to

become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the
firstborn among many brethren;
Hebrews 2:11 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,
I believe that God created Christ before anything else, before time
began, as the only “begotten God” (John 1:18 NASB). Then God
created the world, heaven, and the angels through Christ. So even
though we are sons of God, God created us through Christ, therefore
we are not only God’s Son, we are Christ’s creation also. But Christ
is God’s only begotten Son, because He is the only one who God
created alone. Jesus is called at times Son of Man and also Son of
God. I believe it is because God created Him in the beginning, and
many years later, the Holy Spirit came upon Mary and He was born
of man. Can you imagine how many scriptures we may have glossed
over? What if every time in the Bible where it says Son of God it is
referring to God creating Him and every time it says Son of Man it is
talking about the Holy Spirit coming upon Mary and Jesus being
born on the earth? Look at this next verse in this light.
1 Corinthians 8:6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from
whom are all things and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus
Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him. [emphasis
mine]
1 Corinthians 8:6 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. NIV [emphasis mine]
It says that all things are from God and all things are made by or
through (depending on the translation) Christ. So God made
everything through Christ, except of course Christ himself, who is
His only Son.
Section 12) Deity - Are you denying the Deity of Jesus?

Many people will assert that this teaching discounts or denies the
Deity of Jesus Christ, but they may not know what the word Deity
actually means.
The dictionary says -1: the rank or essential nature of a god: divinity,
supreme being 2: a god or goddess (the deities of ancient Greece) 3:
one exalted or revered as supremely good or powerful.
I do believe in the Deity of Yeshua. I believe He is my Savior and

my God. But I also believe that He is separate from Yahweh. Most
Christian’s definition of the word Deity is that God and Jesus are the
same being/essence, but the word doesn’t necessarily mean that. In
the Old Testament, scripture says we are to worship only one God.
Because of this, people are fearful to worship another God. They
don’t realize that many things have changed in the New Testament.
The Old Testament instructed the people to sacrifice animals for
forgiveness; the New Testament tells us to pray to Jesus for
forgiveness. The Old Testament admonishes us to worship only one
God; the New Testament states that he who doesn’t worship the Son
does not have the Father. So many things changed when Jesus
walked the earth. I don’t know very many scriptures where people
worshipped Christ in the Old Testament, except for a few
forerunners like David. David said, the Lord (Yahweh) said to my
Lord, so he knew that they were two separate individuals. David also
said in Psalm 40, sacrifices and offering you did not desire, so he
knew of grace. Can you imagine living in the Old Testament times
knowing of Jesus and grace before their appointed times when Christ
appeared on the earth? The New Testament of course has many,
many more scriptures of worshipping Jesus than the Old Testament,
because Jesus changed everything! So you may ask; are there
scriptures of people worshipping two Gods (worshipping both God
and Jesus as separate) in the Bible?
Revelation 5:3 And every created thing which is in heaven and on

the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them,
I heard saying, “To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be
blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever.”14
And the four living creatures kept saying, “Amen.” And the elders
fell down and worshiped.
The Father is the one on the throne and Jesus is the Lamb. The elders
worshipped them both.
Daniel 7:13 “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was
one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He
approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. 14
He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all peoples,
nations and men of every language worshiped him. His dominion is
an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is
one that will never be destroyed. NIV
Daniel says that Yahweh gave Yeshua authority and glory, and all
people worshipped Him. In light of this, I have no worries about
worshipping them both.
Revelation 6:16 and they said to the mountains and to the rocks,
“Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on the
throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; 17 for the great day of their
wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”
The Father and the Son will judge the world as separate individuals.
Revelation 7:10 and they cry out with a loud voice, saying,
“Salvation to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”
In Revelation, John records people praising God and Jesus

separately.
Revelation 11:15 Then the seventh angel sounded; and there were
loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has
become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will
reign forever and ever.”
Revelation 12:10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now

the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the
authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren
has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and
night.
In these two passages in Revelation 11 and 12 we again see the

scriptures separating the Father and the Son. It is also clear from
these verses that the Father is of higher authority than the Son.
Revelation 21:2 I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty
and the Lamb are its temple. 23 And the city has no need of the sun
or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illumined it,
and its lamp is the Lamb.
God is shown again here to be of higher authority as He lights up the

entire city and the Lamb is its lamp.
Section 13) Savior - Who is our Savior?

Some may also say that since scripture calls God (Yahweh) our
savior that this means Yahweh and Yeshua are the same being.
Scripture many times calls Yeshua our savior, but many times
Yahweh is called our savior also. In fact they both are. If God
created Jesus, we couldn’t be saved without Yahweh’s creation. You
may ask; are there scriptures that show Yahweh being our savior as
separate from Yeshua?
1 Timothy 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the

commandment of God our Savior, and of Christ Jesus, who is our
hope,
1 Timothy 2:3 This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our
Savior, 4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the
knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God, and one mediator
also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave
Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given at the proper time.
Jude 1:25 to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our
Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and
now and forever. Amen.
These three passages state that God is our savior and that He is
separate from Christ. Christ is our savior also and without His death
on the cross we would not be saved. There are of course many
scriptures stating that Jesus Christ is our savior.
Titus 3:4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for
mankind appeared, 5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which
we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the
washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom
He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
Here is an amazing verse, stating that God and Jesus are both our
savior.
Here are a few more scriptures calling Jesus God (Theos-G2316), but
still not saying that He is Yahweh.
John 20:28 Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my
God!”
Titus 2:13 looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the
glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus,
Section 14) Has Jesus (Yeshua) always had His name,

or did he inherit it when He became a man?
The name Jesus is not used in the Old Testament referring to
Him.
Matthew 1:21 She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name
Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” 22 Now all this
took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the
prophet: 23 “BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH CHILD
AND SHALL BEAR A SON, AND THEY SHALL CALL HIS NAME
IMMANUEL,” which translated means, “GOD WITH US.” 24 And
Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord
commanded him, and took Mary as his wife, 25 but kept her a virgin
until she gave birth to a Son; and he called His name Jesus.
An angel told Mary to name her Son Jesus.
Luke 2:21 And when eight days had passed, before His circumcision,
His name was then called Jesus, the name given by the angel before
He was conceived in the womb.
Luke states here the name was given by an angel before He was
conceived in the womb.
Philippians 2:8 Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled

Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a
cross. 9 For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed
on Him the name which is above every name, 10 so that at the name
of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and
on earth and under the earth, 11 and that every tongue will confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
The book of Philippians says here that when He was found in

appearance as a man, God bestowed on Him the name above every
name. I believe this implies that He did not have this name
previously.
Hebrews 1:4 having become as much better than the angels, as He

has inherited a more excellent name than they.
Not only did Jesus receive a new name, but we will also. Just like
Jacob’s name was changed to Israel and many other biblical
character’s names were changed, so will ours. When we (the bride)
marry Jesus we will take on a new name, just like a bride on earth
takes on her husband’s name. And Jesus will also receive a new
name.
Revelation 2:17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says
to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of
the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name
written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.’
Revelation 3:12 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 new name.
Section 15) Is Jesus an Angel, or is He Melchizedek?

I believe that the answer to both of these questions is no. Some
people believe that Jacob wrestled with Jesus. Let’s look at this verse
in Hosea.
Hosea 12:2 The Lord also has a dispute with Judah, And will punish
Jacob according to his ways; He will repay him according to his
deeds. 3 In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And in his
maturity he contended with God. 4 Yes, he wrestled with the angel
and prevailed; He wept and sought His favor. He found Him at
Bethel And there He spoke with us,
Sometimes in the Old Testament an angel would do God’s bidding.

So Jacob did, in a sense wrestle with God. I believe verse four states
that he wrestled specifically with an angel. I also don’t believe that
Jesus is referred to as an angel under any circumstance in the
Bible, whether as an angel or as the angel of the Lord.
Here is a verse clarifying the correlation between Jesus and

Melchizedek.
Hebrews 7:15 And this is clearer still, if another priest arises

according to the likeness of Melchizedek, 16 who has become such
not on the basis of a law of physical requirement, but according to
the power of an indestructible life. 17 For it is attested of Him, “You
are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.”
The author of Hebrews says that Jesus will arise as “another”

priest according to the likeness of Melchizedek; he does not say
that they are the same person. In verse 17 he restates that Christ
is among the “order” of Melchizedek, but not the same person.
Final Passage and Thoughts
Matthew 16:15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16
Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living
God.” 17 And Jesus 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. 18 I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon
this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not
overpower it.
Simon said that Jesus was the Son of the living God. And Jesus
applauded Him. Simon did not say you are Yahweh. Jesus said on
this rock or revelation I will build My church. Many Christian’s
believe that the things written in this article are very offensive to
Jesus. What if He (Yeshua) has known these things from the creation
of the world, and these are the truths between Him and His Father?
Maybe we are just a little behind at interpreting the scriptures? The
truth is, very few of us have learned the Trinity Doctrine straight
from the Word of God, but we learned it first as one of the
elementary truths and read the Bible through that lens. What if Jesus’
main goal was and still is to bring glory and honor to His Father who
He loves with all His heart? If you read the gospels with open eyes,
one of Jesus’ main goals was to bring honor and glory and praise to
Yahweh! Everything He did He saw His Father do first. But we in
our blindness have stated they are the same being/essence and in
doing so discount to a degree the majesty of the Father as being
above Jesus. We spend most of our time worshipping only Jesus,
when we should be worshipping them both. Even Jesus’ words are
“red” in the Bible, but Yahweh’s are black. There is an anointing in
this hour of honoring and worshipping Yahweh, who is almost
forgotten at times. I also wonder if the Jewish people would be more
accepting of Yeshua if we told them what is said in John 17:3. “This
is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus
Christ whom You have sent.” There is one true God, and He has a
Son Jesus Christ, who is also our Lord and Messiah.
-Conclusion-
Is the Doctrine of the Trinity Biblical?

No, I don’t believe that it is. I believe the Bible clearly teaches that
the Father and the Son are two entirely different individuals. In my
opinion, right after most of us receive the Lord we are often
immediately indoctrinated with the Trinity teaching. We begin
reading the Bible through that lens instead of starting with an open
slate. Depending on which Bible we use, we may also be influenced
in favor of the Trinity (the KJV and NKJV strongly support the
Trinity). Some may now ask; if the doctrine of the Trinity is
inaccurate, where does that leave the Holy Spirit? The verse
following gives us a much deeper understanding of who the Holy
Spirit is.
John 14:26 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.
Does This Subject Go Against Our Traditional Beliefs

in Order to Uncover Truth?
The idea that the Trinity doctrine is incorrect goes very strongly
against the traditional beliefs we have grown up with. To even
suggest that it is wrong could get a person deemed as a “heretic.”
Almost every believer has been taught about the doctrine of the
Trinity ever since they were young. They are so familiar with this
doctrine that any other teaching could cause them great alarm. When
discounting this doctrine with other believers, the conversation will
be far from comfortable. This topic uncovers many hidden truths in
the Bible. Once we begin to realize that the Father and the Son are
separate, many scriptures will begin to take on a whole new
meaning. This teaching helps us to research the additions made to the
Bible and uncover its original truths once again. The Father has such
an intense love for the Son, and the Son lives to give glory to the
Father. If they are the same being/essence, this is no big deal, but
when we realize that they are two completely separate individuals it
suddenly becomes glorious. They are one in unity together and so
is the body of Christ.
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WHAT I BELIEVE AND

IS THE DOCTRINE OF THE

Narrow Path Publishers

1st Edition 10-03-2013, 2nd Edition 11-17-2013

Contact Information: b_jbeck@yahoo.com

Abbreviations for the differing Bible translations are as follows: NASB-

"Scripture quotations taken from the New American Standard Bible®,

"Scripture quotations taken from the Amplified® Bible, Copyright © 1954,

Is the Doctrine of the

Standard Definition of the Trinity Often Used Today

This is a very standard belief of the Trinity in the Body of Christ

Here is a picture often used to describe the doctrine.

Section 1) There is One True God

YHWH-The Father’s Proper Name

In the Old Testament YHWH, also known as the Tetragrammaton is

Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God; Yahweh is one:

Does Scripture Confirm That the Name Yahweh is Referring to

I believe that the aforementioned verses affirm that Yahweh is the

Does the Old Testament Separate Yahweh and His Son?

I believe Proverbs 30 is referring to Yahweh having a Son and

In Psalms chapter two the author makes a distinction or separation

Psalms 110:1 Yahweh says to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I

Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because

Jesus confirms that this verse is referring to Him in the New

Jeremiah 23:5 Lo, days are coming -- an affirmation of Jehovah,

Jeremiah 33:16 In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem

If a person was to declare that Jeremiah 23 definitively states that

Jesus is separating Himself from the Father in the gospel of Mark.

Jesus is teaching in this passage to believe in God (the Father) and

1 Corinthians 8:4 Therefore concerning the eating of things

We need to examine carefully Paul’s teaching in 1 Corinthians

All of these scriptures in the NT agree with the previous OT

Section 2) Jesus is Not Equal With God

Paul lets us know the order of authority between believers, Christ,

1 Corinthians 11:3 But I want you to understand that Christ is the

Paul reiterates his prior statement. Christ is of higher authority than

Section 3) God is Jesus' God

Psalms 110:1 Yahweh says to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I

Matthew 22:44 ‘THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, “SIT AT MY

Jesus tells Mary that He is ascending to His God. This is a foreign

1 Corinthians 3:22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world

I know some of these passages may be a little redundant, but I want

Hebrews 1:8 But of the Son He says, “YOUR THRONE, O GOD, IS

In Hebrews verse eight, it is obviously talking about the Son (Jesus).

Hebrews 10:5 Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says,

Jesus is stating that He came to the earth to do His God’s will.

Revelation 1:6 and He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His

John asserts in the book of Revelation that Christ made us (believers)

Section 4) The Authority That Jesus Has, He received

Revelation 2:27 AND HE SHALL RULE THEM WITH A ROD OF

The Father gave Jesus authority over all flesh.

1 Corinthians 15:27 For HE HAS PUT ALL THINGS IN

Philippians 2:8 Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled

Because of Jesus’ death on the cross, God highly exalted Him. It

Section 5) Jesus our High Priest Intercedes for Us

Jesus is the mediator between us and God. In my understanding, a

Malachi 3:6 “For I, Yahweh, don’t change; therefore you, sons of

I wanted to list the verse from Malachi here, because it states

John 3:18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever

Also see Hebrews 2:17, Hebrews 3:1, Hebrews 5:1-10, Hebrews

Section 6) What Kind of Influence Has the Early

I want to start off by looking at an addition so old that is has made it