RINITY, BUALITY,

OR

@NENESS?

An enlightening scripturally based article explaining

the much misunderstood relationship that exists

between the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

byO.Jacob Meyer

RINITY, DUAI,ITY,

OR

ONENESS?

T,, (.( )nrprt,herirl the nressirge oft he Ililllr, Ilt( )l'(, t holotrgh lr'. ( )n(,

tttust initiirllr- olrtrrin rr goorl unrlt,r.-strrnrling of' tht, t,xisting rt,littionshilrl)r,t\\'t,t,n tltt, IX,t's()ns in tltt, sl)t.ir.it tritlfirrn i l..,' of' the )lrr.jestv olt tligh.

Ont, r,1' the Irirsir. tenets tltught In'r)r,111inirl ('hrist ilrnitv is tht, trinitr'.Tiit, ('hristiirn rt,ligion is lrirserl I)r.t,-rlonrinrrntlv Lllx)n rr firrn lrt,lit,f inthis rlot'tt'ittt' \litt'ty gt'oLll)s ttiitkethis one (lo,:trine ir TEST of'fell,ru'-sh i p. I f \'oLl bt,l ieve t he teitch i ng ofthe trinit)', \'( )u iu'e ir(.(,eptt,rl. If\'( )u rlistr\'( )\\' t h is doct rinr,, \'( )Ll ir r.e

rejected irrtrl lirllelt,rl irs rr cultist.It is ir sub.ject highll't.hiu'!{e(l u'ithelltotiorr. ilut (.rrn the trinitr' lrc

I)t'( )\'en frorrr t ht, \\'orrl'l It isinrpet'irtil'e tlrrrt \r'€, r,xirrnir-rt, thesub.ject thoroughlr', so thrrt n'e (.irnstattd oll the solid founrlirt ion ofsou nd cloct ri ne.

TrinitU Proaen [JnseripturalThe doc:trine of the trinitl. has

been defined us ftrllou's : The hoty

Jacobby

O. Meyer

trinity fs one supreme being, er-is tinq in three persons, all equalin rank and in eternity, hauingthe same substance and yet beingthree separate persons, butunited in one G-dhead.

The bettel Ilible eno,clopediusirrlnrit that no Old Testanrent

I)itssrrge crrn be found that lt'ill.justif'r'the clor:trine of the trinit-l'.In ftrct, t]rev irlso freell' adnrit to ar

rlerrlth of ntuterial in the New'l'estrunent that rvould (:onfirnt thisrlot'trine. 'fhev rrckno\\'ledge thatthere is no Scrilttnre that plainlyrlescrilles ol'defines the trinit)'. Yet,thev cling tenrrciouslv to the clrr-trine rrnrl insist utr)olt its necessit.v.

A Dubious Proof TextThe onlv Scripture in the entir.e

Authorized Version of the Biblethrrt superficially irl)pears to supportthe triniturirrn rlrrctrine is l Johni-r:7-l{. In the K ing .lumes text thispttssag(,t'eitds, "For lhere ore lhree rhat

bear reeord in heatsen, the Father, the

Word, and the Holg [spiritl; and these

lhree are one. And there are three thatbear wilness in earth, the Spirit, and the

ualer, and the blood; and these three agree

in une."

The translation from the AramaicPeshitta Version renders 1 .JohnJl:7-ll this way. "And the Spirit testifiesthat lhat uery Spiril is truth. And there

ore lhree lhal bear wilness, the Spiril andlhe ualer and bktod; and lhese lhree are

nne." Obviously, there is a greatd ifference between the translationrupperrring in the King James textrtrrcl that of the Peshitta Aramaicversion. How can this be explained?

Greek Text FollotDs PeshittaLet us go further and examine

the Greek text of 1 John I-r:7-8. Itreads: "For lhere are lhree whieh testify;the Spiril, and lhe ualer, and the blood;

and the lhree are of une." (BenjaminWilson trunslution.) See also theScholarly Greek New Testament.

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The last clause in the Greek textliterally reads, "And the three forthe one are."

The basic thought that emergesfrom a careful perusal of the Greektext reveals that the Spirit and thewater and the blood unite in theirwitness to the plan of salvationrevealed in Yahshua the Messiahour Redeemer.

If you are interested in a furtherconfirmation of the veracity of whatwas stated heretofrlre, see any of themore recent translations of the NewTestament, such as the RevisedStandard Version, The New Inter-national Version and The NewEnglish Bible.

Origin of TtinityThe average student of the Bible

has undoubtedly never studied deep-

ly enough to know that ancientpagan mythologies are replete withtrinities. In ancient Egyptian wor-ship there were three trinitariandeity groups. The most prominenttriad was Osiris, Isis, and Horus.(Some authorities say that it was

Isis, Horus and Seb.) Generallythese took the form of a father,mother, and child (son) combinationin the traditional, mythologicalmighty ones family.

The plethora of mythologicalfamily triads in pagan religions canultimately be traced to an origin inBabylon, Genesis 10:8-12. Nimrod,his wife-mother Semiramis and theirson Tammuz-this corrupt worshipmarked the beginning of false mes-

siah worship abounding today inchurchianity. The true Messiah ofIsrael is uerA unlike the one whichchurchianity teaches and worships.

The Father is Supreme

Thorough study of the Bibleshows that the Almighty Fatherstands at the head of everything.We see this concept quite clearly in1 Corinthians 8:6. "Yet to us there is

one Elohim, the Falher, of whom are allthings, and rxe to him..." Practicallythe same thing is found in anotherone of Paul's letters, Romans 11:34-

36. "For who has known the mind of

Yahweh? Or who has been his eounselor?

Or who has first gioen lo him, and il shallbe reeompensed to him again? For of him,

and through him, and lo him, are allthings. To him be lhe glory lo lhe ages.

Amen-" Let us alsrl rememberEphesians 3: 14- 15: "For this eouse Ibow mA knees to the Falher, from uhom

eaerA family in heaoen and on earlh i,s

named"

The Son Is Subordinate

Yahshua the Messiah is the onlybegotten sc)n of the Heavenly FatherYahweh. Notice carefully what weread in John 1:14 , "And the wordbeeame flesh, and labernacled among us

(and.De beheld his glory, glory cs of lhe

only begotten from the Fother), full ofgraee and truth." The Word, thedabar, the me'mr a, who became theMessiah of Israel revealed in humanform was the only begotten son ofthe Father.

The term "only begotten Son" is

found also in 1 ,Iohn 4:9. "rn this ua$

the looe of Yahweh manifested in u{t, thalYahweh has sent his only begollen Son intothe world that we might lioe through him."

Do you grasp the importrrnce ofharmonizing all of these Scriptures?They reveal that the Father is

supreme in the universe, the greatfirst cause of ALL. The AlmiehtyHeavenly F'ather has existed eternal-ly. He had no origin the humanmind can understand, but He has

always existed. Eternity cannot be

comprehended by the mind of man.The true definition of His reveal-

ed, personal Name is seen as beingderived from the Hebrew verb ofexistence-hayah. The Name Yah-weh represents the imperfect frlrmof that verb. But, it is employed bythe Almighty as a proper noun:Yahweh. Therefore, the NameYahweh means "to exist forever" or"one who has self-existence andeternal life."

To digress briefly, eonsider thatthe Bible teaches the vital import-ance that we know, use, and callupon the Name-YAHWEH-whichwas revealed as the exclusiveappellative of our HeavenlyFather in His inspired Word to

nlan. The reason why such vitalimportunce is attached to a name isthat we ma.y receive everlasting lifeonly through calling upon (askingfor it from) the Being whose Namemerrns everlasting existence. With-out this distinct characteristic mani-fest in the Nume of the Mighty Onewe worship, we would never receivethe blessing of everlasting life in theKingdorn of Yahweh nor would webe adopted into the family of theMost High. How can rrnv other thanthe true Mighty One give eternal lifeto rt human being? "Fur att the elohim

of lhe peoples are idols; Bul Yahueh made

lhe heal.'en$." (Psalm 96:I-r) Pletrseconfirm this for vourself irnmediate-ly in,loel 2:32, Acts'2:21, undRrxnans I0: 1jl.

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incrlrprlrutes the 1)rrct ir., itbbrevilrtedform of the Ileavt,nlv I,'rttlter"s Nrrnrervith rr wol'cl that defines the, ntissiorrHe c:rrlne to perfrrrnr. This ('onrbinrr-

tion wrlrd that He uses as His Nanrereflects u,Itut He u,i l l do for t hosewho rvitnt salvitt ion. Therefore, \r,eread in Achs 4:12, "And in rumc ttther isthere solaalion: fo, neither fs there onllother nam e under h e uuen, t hat fs gi t:en

am.ong men, in uthi,:h ue musl he saued."It is only through the Nanre of theMessiah, Yahshua, meaning Yahwehis salvation, thut we ntu)' receiveth is great blessing of ever'lasting I ife.This Name is exclusive where sarl-

vation is concerned.Please see rrn explunation of the

meaning of Messiah's Name inMatthew l:21 (He [Yahwehl, shallsave His preople flsraelJ from theirsins).

Yahshua, the First Creationof Yahweh

In Revelation 3:14 Yahshuamakes a striking declaration to theLuodicean assemblv. We read there,"These lhings salls lhe Amen, the faithfuland lrue witness, the be ginning of the

creotion of El."Consider carefully the last phrase

rrf this sentence: "the beginning ofthe ereation of EL" The wordbeginning translates the Greek wordarche. This identical word alsoappears in John 1:1. The same wordis emploved in the Septuagint ofGenesis 1:1. The Greek word archemerrns the beginning or the first,the prime-as in the word withwhich most of us are familiar,archangel. The word archangelmezrns the f irst, or the prime, thefirst or the leading angel.

Therefore. Yahshua the Messiah,,n,nnts us to understand that He wasthe first. primary or the beginningof the creation of Yahweh. This isin total hal'monv with what therenruincler of the Bible says. Yah-ll'eh created H is Son first, beforedoing anvthing else. Yahshua form-ed the beginning of Yahweh's planof sir l vir t ion .

Let us ponder the implications of

this statement. If Yahshua theMessiah was Yahweh's first ororiginal creation, then He was creat-ed somewhere in eternity, beforetime came into existence. As wehave already learned, He was thefirst and only begotten Son of Yah-rveh, begotten through a creation.(How does a spirit being reproducehimselfl Not through a carnalsexual act. He creates, or as he isdoing now in the case of humans, herecreates a saint from a sinnerthrough experience.)

Before time began or any con-

cept of measuring time as we knowit was brought into existence-suchas through the rotation of the eartharound the sun or the movement ofthe heavenly bodies in their assignedcourses-Yahshua the Messiah wascreated.

Notice again the important description of the relationship betweenthe Father and Son found in Paul'sepistle, Colossians 1. Verse 15 showsthat Yahshua is the firstborn of allcreation. Verse 16 continues withthe thought: "For in him were all things

ereated" in the heaaens and upon the earth,

things aisible and things inoisible, whether

thrones or dominions or principalities orpowers; all things have been created through him,

and to him." This verse could notbe more lucid, could it? It tells us

that Yahshua fs the creator andthat He was brought into existence be-fore anything else, as the only be-gotten Son of Yahweh.

As we compare Genesis 1:1 withColossians 1, we observe amazingharmony. Elohim (a masculine plur-al word), a family composed ofseveral spirit beinpp working in uni-ty, did the creating. We can see

from John l:l-2 that the Word wasthe creator and that the Word(formerly Spirit) became flesh.Yahshua the Messiah is known asthe Word (logos, mernro. dabar) ofYahweh. Please note carefully Rev-elation 19:13, "And he r's amayed in a

garment dipped in blood. and His name is

called the lVord (logod of Yahweh."

Yahshua was the Being acknowledg-ed as the Word of Yahweh.

Yahshua the Messiah, Yah-weh's Spokesman

The Greek word logos has theconnotation of spokesman. Thewords that are used in Aramaic(memra) and in Hebrew (dabar) alsomean the usordn or more specificallyin some instances the one usho

speaks the usord of another. It isof vital importance to rememberthat no human being has euer haddirect contact in any way with theAlmighty Heavenly Father. Theonly begotten Son has declared theFather, John 1:18. He served as theFather's representative to bringheaven's plan of salvation to man.The Son spoke the Father's words tomankind.

Yahshua the Messiah stated thisconcept quite plainly when He saidin John 5:37, "You haae neither heard

his lthe Father Yahweh'sl aoiee at anA

time, nor seen his fornl" The voice thatspoke to human beings in Old Testa-ment times obviously must thenhave been the voice of the logos, thelVord. The appearance to Israel ofa being called Yahweh Elohim onMt. Sinai was this Word Yahweh'sSpokesman and intermediary who isdescribed in various places in theScriptures. (Have you read ourseries of in-depth articles publishedin booklet form, entitled The

This representation of theTrinity fs from Number 47 ofDie Gartenlaube, for 1882,published at Leipsic, GermanA.It u)as copied from an oil paint-ing, uhich had been taken froma conaent in louter ltalyduring the reuolutioa and u)asex,hibited at a hotel in Salerno.n fs undoubtedly the work of apious monk, and probablydate s from the thirteenthcentury

Spokesman? If not, write in andrequest the booklet. It is free forthe asking.

Please note Deuteronomy 4:12 inthis context, "And yahweh spoke to gou

out of the fire.' you heard the voice of words, Dzl

Aou sau no form; only you heard avoice. And he declared to you hiscovenant, which he commanded youto perform, even the ten command-ments; and he wrote them upon twotables of stone." Emphosfs ours)It is quite plain that the Israelitesheard the voice of Yahweh and yetYahshua the Messiah Himself tellsus that the people of the MostHiSh have neyer heard the Father'svoice at any time, nor seen Hisshape.

The Son as fntermediaryNotice again John 1:18, ,,No man

has seen Yahweh at anA time; the onlybegotten Soa who is in the bosom of theFather, he has deelared him." Do yousee it plainly right there before yourown eyes? The Only Begotten Son,who is in the bosom of the Father,has declared the Father. He is theone who came in the Name of (bV

the authority of, as well as usingHis Name) Yahweh to reveal theFather to His people. He was thelogos, the Word, the spokesman.He was the intermediary and nowhas become our Melchisedec, HisPriest, Psalm 110.

When Moses was the intermedi-ary between Yahweh and Israel hehad re6plar; close personal contactwith Elohim. Turn to Exodus chapter 33 and read verse 11: ,,And

Yahweh spoke to Moses faee to faee, a$ aman speaks to his friend . . ." Howperfectly plain is this statement.Yahweh spoke unto Moses face toface (the Hebrew says panim elpanim, literally faces to faces). Justas a man speaks to his friend face toface, so Moses spoke to Yahweh andYahweh spoke to Moses. Notice alsoverse 14 where Moses is told , ,,Ma

presenee shatl go with you." The wordpresence in the Hebre w is panaAmeaning faces. The form of the onewho served as the intermediarywould direct the ways of Israel.

The Holy Spiritis the octiae, dy-nomic force of bothFather and Sonemanating fromthe heoaens andcoming to liaett)ithin the heorfsof the humanfamilu.

This entire concept is quite sig-nificant because when we achieve acorrect understanding of the rela-tionship of the Father to the Son,greater understanding of the Scrip-tures and the plan of salvation moreclearly emerges. We must bearthese candid Scriptures in mind andharmonize them into the doctrineswe believe. We cannot reject anyScripture in the Bible that bearsupon a doctrine. Neither can weexplain away any Scripture thatopposes what we believe. We musthumbly submit ourselves to theplain, dogmatic teaching of the in-fallible Word.

fsrael's Elders saw ElohimI€t us turn now to Exodus

24:9-ll."Then Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and

Abihu went up, and seoenly of the elders ofIsrael: and they sotl the Elohim of lpraehand there ua$ under ftis feet a$ it tDere apaaed work of sapphire slone, and as. ilwere lhe aerA heaoen for elearness. Andupon the nobles of the children of Israel he

laid not his han& and they beheld Ebhim,and ate and drank."

Do you observe how this passage

clearly confirms that Moses, alongwith the family of Aaron and theseventy elders, actually and quiteliterally saw Elohim? Remember

what we have previously read in thebook of John. "No man has seen

Yahweh (the Father) at anA time". Nou,harmonize this thought with Johnchapter 14:8-11. ,,phitip saas to him,Rabbi, show zs the Father, and it sufficesrrs. Yahshua sa4s to him, Haae I been so

long time with Uou, and do Aou not knownte, Philip? He that has seen me has seen

the Father; how saA Uou, Show us theFather? Do Aou not belieae that I am inlhe Father, and the Father in me? The

words that I say to Aou I speak nol frommyself: but the Fother remaining in me

does his toork$. Belieoe me that I am inthe Father, and the Father in me: or else

belieae me for the aery works' sake."It was Yahshua the Messiah who

revealed the Father to the humanfamily. No man has seen theFather at any time, but it is the Son(the Word, the logos, dabar, rl€mra)who revealed the Father to Hispreople. Yahshua's mission was torepresent the Father to His spirit-begotten people.

Two Yahu)ehs Appear in theOld Testament

Shrrcking irs the above subheadingmight apfreur to those who havebeen educ:ated in the t raclitionalinterpretution of the Bible, it isabsolutely true. F or proof, tu r.n toGenesis 19.24. "Then yahueh rainedupon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimsloneand fire from Yahweh out of heal,en."

Clearly described here are twoYahwehs. One Yahweh wrm inheaven, the Heavenly F ather Yah-weh that has never been seen b.v anyhuman eyes and who has never hadcontact with the human rurce.

The second Yahweh wus on earth.This second Yahweh appeared toAbt'aham us he strt undel' the oak ofMamre, Genesis ltt: 1. In Genesis18:22-23, we find the account ofAbnrham pleading with Yahweh toexempt his nephew Lot from judg-ment and destruction. It was thisYahweh (the one on earth), whorained down destruction, fire, andbrimstone as judgment for sin uponSodom and Gomorrah-from theYahweh who remained in heaven.This Yahweh formed the second part

of the Elohim firnrilr' (Fllohinr is umasculine plural n.ord.) The Yah-rn,eh 'ur'lto 1'r )o trtc'ted peoltle was notthe Father becruse no one hrts ever.

seen Hinr or' heurd His voice.

The KeU Word-Elohim('onfusion has entered into Old

Testitnlent interpretittion sinrltlv be-

ciruse t he people ir.ssunrecl thirt ther.e\\'as onl\' one Yirhu'elr. I.llohirn isone in purpose. but not one inperson. Pt'ovet'bs ll0. \'el'se 1, r.e-

l'errls thrtt in the ()ld Testirnrent lloththe F irther itnd the Son bol'e thesrrllre nirnle. Th is nirme \\,as Yah-weh.

\\:hen(,\'el' t he A ngel of Yirhrn'ehin the ( )ld Testirr-r.lent lvirs asked trrl'eveir l H is Nitme. [{e never obl iged.He ustrirllv rrnsu'el'(,cl clttestions re-lirt ing to H is Nitrrre lvith unotlrer'rlue,stion. This is dentonstnrted rluitecleitt'lv in .ltrdge,s 1:]: l7 ll{.

\\'he,n ,lir(','h irske,rl t he sitnte q ues-

tion in (icr sis.l2:21). he re(.eil,ed rr

rltrest ion in rr,plv f'l'ollt the Angel ofYirltu'elt. These 1rco1lle kne'uv thattlrer' \\'(,I'e in ('ontitct u'ith Elohim.,lirt'ol) r'itlled the nirnte of the pltrce

Peniel. r]reir n ing th t .f ace of El. [{et'eirlizerl thirt }tt, \\':rs not in contactu'ith the Alrnightv F'ather', but u,itlrt he t,tn issir n' f'r'onr ht,:r1 ('n, Yrrhslttrrt.

Isitiirh (i:l:1). fl'ont the Hebl'e\A'text.t'leitt'lv t'eveirls thirt the Angel of\':rhlvelt \\'irs the fir('e of Fllohirn. "In

all lhcir affliclion he rro.s afflicled, and lhe

angel ti his pres(nc( sared lhem: in his

Ittre and in his pilA he redeemcd lhem, and

carried t hem att I hc days of old." Theone lvhr ) appeir red to Isnrel wirs notthe Alnrightl' Father Yahweh, butthe second nlenrber of the Elohimfamilr'. It wirs the pl'e-existentYahshua known in the Old Testa-mettt rrs Yahu'elt becuuse He spokethe F'uther's words whr) wrrs the faceof EI, the angel who hud visiblecommunic:ution with the people.

The Word ElohimProoides Answers

Deuteronomy 6:4 has confusedthe ,Iews.

Deuteronomu 6:4proaides another il-lustration of how oreturn to the origi-nal text (as closelUas possible), pro-aides ueru real an-swers, so thot aharmonu of all ofthe,Scriptures bear-ing upon doctrinalproblems

the plurality (two persons) of theMajestv on High.

The ustounding fact is that all ofthese Scriptures harmonize the truthof this doctrine. Yahweh is indeedone, n unitv, although this Namewrrs used by more than one being.Elohim is a collective noun, Iike theEnglish words family, herd, flock,class, schooL The word Elohim isplural, similar to the English wordfamily, and requires a singular verb,just like family does.

Several members of the familycompose one unit working under onefamily name. Such is the truedoctrine of the Majesty on High inthe Bible. There are two membersof the heavenly spiritual family-theFather and the Son. They areElohim (plural), yet they work to-gether as one, in unity and purpose,to accomplish their goals. The oneName, family Name, is Yahweh.See Ephesians 3:14-15.

The true people of the Most Hightoday are called by that uniqueName. We are members of afunctioning body called the Assem-blies of Yahweh. We are gath-ered or called out of the nations(and churches) of the world. Wehave come out of the confusion ofthis Babylonish system. We havemade our exodus from churchianityin turmoil and confusion throughclinging to false doctrine. We arethe Assemblies of Yahweh, called byHis Name as we do His will, unifiedthrough the Name which He hasbestowed upon us.

The Holy SpiritThe term translated Holy Spirit,

found in the Old Testament Hebrewtext, is ha ruach ha kodesh. In theNew Testament Greek text it ispneurna hagion.

Because of erroneous translationsin the New Testament, which weredone by translators who wanted toretain the false, pagan doctrine ofthe trinity, the truth of the Majestyon HiSh has been obscured. Todaythat truth is again revealed byreturning to the original texts whichhold the secrets of sound doctrine.

tDill

some people, includingThis is the renowned

Scripture known as the

present a so lution.

cruse of the initial word in thepussage. The King James textt'ettds: "Hea1 O Israek [Yahwehl our Gdi.s une [Yahwehl." The King Jamestrrrnslutors rendered the word Eluhim irs G-d, singular. That is aglirring error. The word Elohim is amrrsculine plural word, not sinpSu-

lar. Those Bible students who havenever progressed beyond the Englishtranslation have allowed such erro-neous translations to corrupt thedoctrines they believe. The Jews donot wish to acknowledge the Mes-siah, und therefore they explainrrw?rv the duality of the Majesty onHigh although it continually con-fronLs them in the Hebrew text.Now translate Deuteronomy 6:4 asfollows: "Hear Oh Israek Yahweh our

Elohim (plural) is one (a unitil Yahueh."Deuteronomy 6:4 provides another

illustration of how a return to theoriginal text (as closely as possible),provides very real answers, so that a

hurmonv of all of the Scripturesbearing upon doctrinal problems willpresent u solution.

The word G-d (singular) in thispassage has been translated from theword Elohim (plural). Standinghere in the text is the constructplural of the word, hence it proyeg

passage ofShema' be-

In the Old Testament, the wordruach cannot be construed as a

pel'son. It is a force. It is invisible.It is like wind, because it can be feltor experienced, but not seen. It is

intelligence, mentality, life. It never'portrays a person, however. It isYahweh's personality, but not Hisactual person dwelling in the heartsand lives of His True Worshipers.

The New Testament usage is sim-ilar because the term pneumahagion mezrns power from on high.

It has been translated correctly inLuke 24:49. "And behold, I send forththe promise of my Father upon Aou: but

stay Uou in the eity, until Aou be clothed

with power from on high."Where the masculine pronoun

appears in the King James versionrelative to the Holy Spirit (forexample John 14.26), the one whotranslated the book of .Iohn from theoriginal Semitic tongue into Greekmerely continued the form of thestandard Semitic verb. In Hebrewthe basic verbal system incorporatesthe gender and number of the sub-ject along with the tense into thesame word.

Since the Holy Spirit is a dynam-ic Spirit of Power, it would haverequired a mascltline verb. In theHebrew Lexicon by William Holla-doA where he defines the wordruach, the author states that it issometimes used with either the mas-culine or feminine gender verb orsuffix. The Hebrew does not huve rr

neuter pronoun; therefore, neitherdoes a neuter gender appear in anyverb. All nouns rrre either mas-culine or feminine, but they arenevel'neuter'. Therefot'e, the deci-sion must he nrude in translutioninto English whether to use rr per'-

sonrtl or rr neuter pl'onoun.When we understand this, so

manv of the c:ontrr)versial prlssrrges

in the Scriptures are easily explain-ed. It is very clear that the HolySpirit is not rr person, but rr force.The l{ol.v Spirit is not the Son, rLS

we find in the pagrn nrythologicalfam ilies, nol' clrrcs the, fam ily ofYahweh have u futher and nrother(except us the Holv C itl, rrbove

The accompanying cut of a

diuinity, lilorshiped among thepagans of Siberio, is taken from amedal in the Imperial Cabinet ofSt. Petersburg.

represents a maternatl aspect, ()ala-

tians 4:26).

Rather, sound doctrine reveerls

there is a Father who brought allthings into eristence through the rr('t

of creution by His only begottenSon. The Holy Spirit is the active,dvnamic force of both Father nndSon emanating from the heavensand coming to live within the heartsof the human familv. This forc:e

causes the True Worsh ipers to takeon the personality of the Heaven l.yfamily. Notice also John 6:63. "It is

the spirit thot giaes life; the flesh profitsnothing: the uvrds thal I haae spoken lo

lluu ore spiril, and are life."

Alarming Statements fromResearch Material

From the Kittel Theological Dic-tionary of the New Testament,Volume III, p. 1011, comes this re-verlling sttttement'. "perhaps the reeol-

leelion of lhe many lriads [triniliesl of the

surrounding polytheislic uorld eonlributedtrt the formalion of these threehld fttrmu-

loe." A note (number 2lt8) at thebottom of the puge frrr further ex-planat ion reads, "Triadie ktrmulae inlhe lVeu lestament coller failh, loue, andhope os u,ell as lhe Falher, Son, and Spirit.Triads u:ere olso fawtred in Judaism, andlhey uere basieally independenl of lhe

nolion of diuine triods."Apparentlv, the only place in the

Bible where a trinity appears named

is related to the worship of Baal . 2

Kings 4:42 pnrvides the citation:"And a man came from Baql-shalishah, and

brought lhe man of Elohim bread of the

first-fruils, twenty leaues of barleg, and

fresh eors of grain in lris saek. And he

said, gice to the people, lhat lheg mall

eat." The tet'ttr shalishah ITletIns

three. Consequentlv, u)e find atrinitarian Baal!

Baal was depicted with symbolsof the trinity. Since he was a

mightv one Iidoll who was influ-ential in agricultut'e, the trinity ofeat'th, sun, rtncl wrttet' were wot'shi1>ed by his udherents. Such is one ofthe bases for the trinity' lrclief.

The Ttuth of the MatterIn sLulln)al'\', thele is rr F'rrther

vu'hr) existed in etern it.l'. H is Nunteis Yahweh. When He creuted HisSon in eternitv (before time existed),the Son used the Futher's Nitnre.He cttme in His F.uther"s Nirnte torepl'esent the Most High by perfornr-ing rrn eurthlv ministrr,. When []espoke to Israel as the Wrlrd, thevrussumed it wirs the Father slx,uking.When Yahshuu the Messiah Hinrselfdeclrtt'ed that no (,i)€ had ever seer-r

or hearcl the Father, He nreunt thatthe on lv begotten Son in the boson'r

of the F ather harl declitred theAlrnightv F ather to His peoltle.

These two beings hur,'e ir spirit, lmind. intelligence, or force u'hich is

not person. but personality. Thispersonirlitr' or irttitude is bestou'ecl

upon obed ient people ancl du'ellsu,ith in t hei r heurts. S i nce t he rllrr'of I'entet'ost the [{olv Spirit }rirs

l'rcen ft'eelv given to those who obevH inr, ,\ ('ts ,1: 1 2.

It is cleat' there is no trinitvtaught hl'the [Jible. but there is rr

dualitv of persons in the Majesty onHigh-the F'ather zrnd the Son-u,hohirve u pouerful Spirit. This HolvS1;irit has been given to the peoltleof the Most High and leads theminto paths of rightet)usness, Llntilthev ru'e changed into MessiAh'slikeness irt His Second Corning. I

THE

OF THE

DEATH

MESSIAH

it on a CfOSS

a Tree?

by

Jacob O. Meyerl9?7 Ar*mbher rrl I rhrch

tLrh.t l'A tgil?

All Rrlht! r{.rrt.d

The sArnbol of Christianity fsthe cross. Christian ministersdogmaticallU teach that the crossu)as the instrument on uhich theMessiah u)as put to death. But,uthat does the Bible really teachconcerning this ancient pagansAmbol? Was the Messiah put todeath on a cross or on an uprightstake ?

To gain rnore ualuable biblical knousledge and learnthe ansuers to these important questions, write in for afree copA of the article The Death of the Messiah. Findout conclusiuely if the Messiah died on a cross or atree and learn the origin of the sacred symbol ofChristianity.

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