Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Trinitarian Formula in Scripture?

Aside from Matthew 28:19 one has presented several scriptures that evidently are being alleged to contain trinitarian and plural formulas that explain God. I decided to examine these scriptures in this post. I have examined Matthew 28:19 in my study at in my study on the "Baptismal Name"
Matthew 3:16,17
Matthew 3:16 Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him. Matthew 3:17 Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
Here "God" the phrase "Spirit of God" is clearly presented as being only one person or individual. There is no "formula" here about "God" being three persons or three individuals. The scripture does present the unipersonal "God", and it also speaks of the "Spirit" of that unipersonal God, and it also speaks about the Son of the unipersonal God, but "God" is presented as being only one person.
See also my study on my website: http://jesus-rlbible.com/?p=2651
1 Peter 1:2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
Here "God" is presented as being only one person, in harmony with John 17:1,3 and 1 Corinthians 8:6; there is no formula here that speaks of God as being being more than one person. "The Spirit" obviously refers to the "Spirit" of the unipersonal Lord Jehovah of Isaiah 61:1, and the term Jesus Christ designates Jesus, not as being "God", or a person of "God", but rather it designates Jesus as being the one anointed by the unipersonal Jehovah, the only true God who sent Jesus. -- Isaiah 61:1; John 17:1,3.
See also my study on my website at: http://jesus-rlbible.com/?p=1064
2 Corinthians 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen.
Again, we find that, in harmony with John 17:1,3 and 1 Corinthians 8:6, "God" is presented as being only person. "The Lord Jesus Christ" designates "Jesus", not as being God or a person of God, but as the one whom the unipersonal God has anointed and made "lord". (Psalm 2:26; 45:7; Isaiah 61:1; Ezekiel 34:23,24; John 10:29; 17:1,3; Acts 2:23,36; 4:27; 10:38; Hebrews 1:9) There is definitely no "formula" in 2 Corinthians 13:14 that would offer support to the added-on trinity dogma.
See also my study on my website at: http://jesus-rlbible.com/?p=1055
Proverbs 30:4 Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if you know? 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. -- New American Standard, with "God" changed to "god" as applied to the Son of God.
I am not sure at all what might be thought to anything near any trinitarian "formula" in these verses. Proverbs 30:4 speaks of God as only one person and it speaks of the Son of that one person; John 1:18 (as it reads in earlier manuscripts) speaks of the Father as being "God", and it speaks of another "god" who is "begotten". It should be obvious, however, that "god" as applied to the Son of the Father is not being used in the sense of the Supreme Being, but rather as a mighty one who was brought forth into being.
Psalms 110:1-4 A declaration of Jehovah to my Lord: Sit at My right hand, until I place Your enemies as Your footstool.[2] Jehovah shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion to rule in the midst of Your enemies.[3] Your people shall have willingness in the day of Your might; in the majesties of holiness; from the womb of the dawn, to You is the dew of Your youth.[4] Jehovah has sworn and will not repent: You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. -- Green's Literal.
Definitely no "formula" here that offers any support of the added-on triune God dogma. Jehovah is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. David's Lord is not presented as being Jehovah, or a person of Jehovah. The default reasoning is that David's Lord is not Jehovah.
See also my study on my website: http://jesus-rlbible.com/?p=1521
Psalm 2:11-12 Serve Jehovah with fear; yea, rejoice with trembling.[12] Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and you perish from the way, when His wrath is kindled but a little. Oh the blessings of all those who flee to Him for refuge! -- Green's Literal.
Again, we find nothing at all offers any "formula" that would support the added-on trinitarian dogma. The Son is not presented as being a person of Jehovah, but is the Son of Jehovah.
Isaiah 48:16 “Come near me and listen to this: “From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret; at the time it happens, I am there.” And now the Sovereign [Jehovah] has sent me, endowed with his Spirit. -- New International Version, Holy Name restored by me in brackets.
Isaiah here declares that Jehovah had sent him along with Jehovah's Holy Spirit. If one assumes that Isaiah was speaking there as the Messiah, then it was the Messiah who whom Jehovah sent along with Jehovah's Spirit, which is in agreement with Isaiah 11:2; 61:1; John 17:1,3, etc. There is again definitely nothing here that offers any trinitarian "formula". Jehovah is presented as being one person or individual, and the one whom Jehovah sent is not presented as being a person of Jehovah who sent, nor is Jehovah's spirit presented as being a person of the Jehovah.
See my study on my website; http://jesus-rlbible.com/?p=587
Genesis 3:22 And Jehovah God said, Behold! The man has become as one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put forth his hand and also take from the Tree of Life, and eat, and live forever, -- Green's Literal.
Again, there is nothing presented here that is some kind of "formula" that offers any proof of a triune God. Green, being a trinitarian, evidently imagined and assumed that "us" refers to the alleged three persons of the added-on trinity dogma, and thus capitalized "Us". Of course, imagining and assuming such does not make it so. The Bible does not directly state who the "us" is, but this does not mean that one needs to imagine, assume, add to and read into what is stated that Jehovah was refer to Himself as being more than one person.
Here are few things one could surmise from what is given in the Bible: With Jehovah at that time were many elohim (mighty ones: Psalm 8:5; Hebrews 5:7), "sons of God" (Job 38:4-7), including the one who is later called Satan (Job 1:6-12), devil and the old serpent (Revelation 12:9), as well as the firstborn creature who later became Jesus. (Colossians 1:15) . Jehovah, of course, had intuitive knowledge of good and bad; when Satan sinned through ambition, he certainly then had some knowledge not only of good, but also of bad. The other spirit "sons of God" had such knowledge by Satan's example.
See also my study on my website: http://jesus-rlbible.com/?p=646
Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. - KJV.
Definitely no trinitarian formula at all presented in this verse.
If I say to my son, "Let us build our house according to our plans," no one would think that I am saying that my son is a person of myself, or that my son and I are two persons of one sentient being (as is claimed by the added-on trinitarian dogma: three persons all of whom are wholly one omniscient being).
Revelation 5:12-13 saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb who has been killed to receive the power, riches, wisdom, might, honor, glory, and blessing!" [13] I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, "To him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever. Amen." -- World English.
Again, we do not find any formula that would give one reason to add the triune God dogma to the Bible. "Him who sits on the throne" refers to the only true Supreme Being, and "the Lamb" refers to Jesus whom the only true Suprme Being sent into the world as the Lamb of God. The Lamb proved himself obedient to death and thus is recognized as worthy of being exalted by the only true Supreme to with power, so that at the name of Jesus all should bow to the glory of the only true God. .– Acts 2:33,36; 5:31; Philippians 2:8-10; Ephesians 1:3,17-23; 1 Corinthians 15:27; Hebrews 1:4; 1 Peter 3:22.
Throughout the Bible, we find that Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is ALWAYS presented as being one person or individual; Jehovah is not once presented as being more than one person or individual. In the Bible, we find that Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, is the only true Supreme Being who sent Jesus; Jesus speaks the words given to him from the only true Supreme Being. — Exodus 3:13,14; Deuteronomy 18:15-19; Isaiah 61:1; John 3:34; 5:19; 6:29; 7:16,28; 8:26,28,42; 10:36; 12:44-50; 14:10,24; 17:1,3,8; Acts 3:13-26; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Galatians 4:4; Hebrews 1:1,2; 1 John 4:9,10.
The default reasoning is that Jesus is NOT Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob who sanctified and sent His son into the world of mankind. — Isaiah 61:1; John 3:17; 5:36,37; 6:38,57; 8:42; 10:36; 17:1,3; Romans 8:3; Galatians 4:4; 1 John 4:9-14.
As with all scriptures presented to that are supposed to prove or give support to the added-on trinity dogma, we find that one has to imagine the triune God concept beyond what is written, and then based on forumulated assumptions beyond what is written, one has to add such assumptions to the scriptures, and one has to read such assumptions into what is actually written, all of which is against the default reasoning.
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