Wednesday, May 16, 2012

The Trinity doctrine is a false doctrine



One of the most fundamental beliefs of the Christian faith is that of the “Trinity.” But is this belief based on the Scriptures, or does it originate from a different religion altogether. One thing we need to ask ourselves, can we find it in the Scriptures?

I did a search for something that might support the Trinity doctrine. I did find something in the King James Bible that looked as though the doctrine might be Scriptural. Let us have a look at this section in the Bible.

5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
5:8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one (1 John 5:7-8 KJV).

Now verse 7 clearly speaks of what we today know as the Trinity. But when I started looking at other translations, I came across something startling. It seems as thought the KJV Bible added verse 7, that did not originally exist, into the Bible. Let us see what the other translations say.

5:7 For there are three witnesses-
5:8 the Spirit, the water, and the blood-and these three are one. (1 John 5:7-8 International Standard Version).

Here we see a huge difference. It seems as if the KJV combined verses 7 and 8 into one verse and added their own verse as verse 7 to support their own doctrine. They also added the words, “in earth” into verse 8 in the KJV to suggest that there must be three witnesses in heaven too.

Many of the translations differ from the KJV here as do the early Greek manuscripts. So where does this false doctrine originate from?

The Christian Faith is built on the writings of the early Church Fathers who created what is known as Christianity today. One of these Church Fathers is called Tertullian and he lived in 155-230 CE (AD).

Tertullian was born into a mainstream Gentile pagan family, but later he became a devout Christo-pagan. He found mainstream Christianity very intolerable, so he set out to make broad sweeping reform.

According to Jerome, Tertullian was “distressed by the envy and laxity of the clergy of the Roman church” so he joined with the Montanists (also known as the Cataphrygian Heresy) founded by Montanus. Montanus was formerly following the pagan mother goddess of fertility named Cybele where he learned plenty of things to adapt into Christianity.


One of Montanus’ “achievements” was to fall into a trance and prophecy under the influence of the “Holy Ghost,” insisting that his utterances were the voice of the “Holy Ghost.” Modern day “tongue-speaking” Pentecostal or Charismatic denominations apparently have very similar experiences to those of the church of Montanus. As Montanus’ theologies and influence advanced, he was joined by Priscilla and Maximilla, who abandoned their husbands to follow the call of his “prophetic” ministry.

Tertullian, though, while fumbling in all manner of paganism and spiritism also picked up an “anointing” of the “Holy Ghost” and through demonic inspiration, he compartmentalized the “Godhead” and coined the word “Trinity” which, of course, is one of the most cherished doctrines of the Christian Church today. The “persons of the Trinity” doctrine flourished in the hierarchy-based Christian religion, which also views itself as a pyramid structure. Tertullian wrote using puns, wit, sarcasm and a continual pounding of his opponents with invective and platitude; yet he was the architect of the pinnacle doctrine of Christianity, the “persons of the Trinity.” Tertullian theology is very akin to the likes of Nimrod, Semiramis and Tammuz who were the original trinity of Babylon and he inserted the “persons” of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, making him extremely popular among pagan Gentile Christians.

Other trinities

Let us have a look at some Trinities found that influenced Tertullian and gave him the idea to incorporate it into the Christian religion.

Babylonian: Baal, Semiramis, Tammuz. (alt. Bel, Ishtar, Duzu).
India: Brahma, Shiva (or Devaki), Vishnu (or Krishna).
Egypt: Amon Ra, Isis, Osiris (or Horus).
Greece: Zeus (or Apollo), Demeter (or Athena, Artemis), Porsephene (or Nike).
Rome (Roma): Deus (form of Zeus, also known as Zeus-Father, or Iu-piter, Jupiter); Venus (or
Astarte, Biblia, Charis); Cupid (or Bacchus, Nike).
Celtic: (also known as Druid, Wiccan, Norse, Gaelic); Baal (or Woden, Teutates, Heil);
Ceridwen (or Freya, Frigga, Eostre); Thor (or Balder, Taranis, Dero). (alt. Esus, Taranis,
Teutates).
Canaanite: (and Phoenician); Baal (or Moloch); Asherah (or Ishtar, Easter, Tanit); Rompha.
Chaldean: (and Zoroastrian); Baal Mithras (known as “wise-lord” Ahura Mazda, or Ohrmazd);
Astoreth; Haoma.
Persian: Shamash, Ishtar, Sin. Macedonian / Asian: Dagon (fish idol); Cybele
(or Ceres); Deoius (or Janus).
Mithraic: (Chaldean fusion with Indo-Iranian); Mithras (or Marduk, called Sol by Romans);
Rashnu; Vohu Manah.
Mandaean: Joshaman, Abatar, Hibil Ziwa.
Manichaean: Ohrmazd, Maitreya (New Age “Christ”); Zurvan.

So as you can see, there is quite a list of pagan trinities and that many of them are interlinked with each other, which teaches us that the pagan religions stem from the same root. We can clearly see that the Trinity doctrine originates from paganism.

Trinity in the Scriptures?

For any kind of doctrine or teaching to be true, then that specific doctrine or teaching has to match up to every other part of the Bible. Does the Bible claim that the Messiah is also the Almighty as the Trinity doctrine teaches? Well let us look at a few verses concerning this matter.

For there is one Elohim, and one Mediator between Elohim and men, the Man Messiah יהושע (Yehoshua)” (1 Tim 2:5)

The above verse clearly makes a differentiation between the Messiah and Elohim the Almighty. Yehoshua the Messiah is the Mediator between us and the Almighty, just like the “Kohen Gadol” (High Priest). In fact, Yehoshua is the Kohen Gadol, “Therefore, since we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens,
יהושע (Yehoshua) the Son of Elohim, let us hold fast our confession” (Hebrews 4:14).

The Messiah is our High Priest who is the Mediator between us and the Almighty because we are unable to come to the Almighty on our own for the forgiveness of sin. No one who is blemished is able to come into the presence of the Almighty. It is the Messiah who fulfills that roll of presenting His own blood to the Almighty for the forgiveness of our sins on Yom Kippur. If Yehoshua the Messiah was the Almighty and not a being on His own, then it would be impossible to fulfill the role of High Priest.

Let us have a look at another verse, “for us there is one Elohim, the Father, from whom all came and for whom we live, and one Master
יהושע (Yehoshua) Messiah, through whom all came and through whom we live” (1 Corinthians 8:6)

Once again we get a very clear distinction between the Almighty and His Son Yehoshua the Messiah. It states that there is only One Elohim, who is the Father, for whom we live, and only one Son who is the Messiah through whom we live. This verse also reveals to us that the Messiah has been around since the beginning. He is also know as the Living Word (Torah). That is why we are to live through Him (the Torah) in order to live for the Almighty.

So as we can see, the Bible does not support the Trinity doctrine at all, but some people take bits and pieces from the Scriptures and use it out of context to try and justify their convictions or false teachings. Let us look at one such argument that is used by the Church to try and justify their falsehood. “I and My Father are one.” (John 10:30)

Now does Yehoshua the Messiah claim the be the Almighty when He said, “I and My Father are one.”? Or was He really saying that He and His Father are in agreement with one another? To answer this question, we need to compare it with the rest of what is written in the Bible. “And I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Set-apart Father, guard them in Your Name which You have given Me, so that they might be one, as We are” (John 17:11)

The above verse is speaking of the followers of the Almighty to become one as the Almighty and the Messiah are One. Now, can a group of people suddenly become one person? Or is this verse speaking of a group of people standing in agreement with each other and in agreement to the Almighty and His Messiah? Now let us look at another verse and see if this statement is consistent, “so that they all might be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You, so that they too might be one in Us, so that the world might believe that You have sent Me” (John 17:21).

Once again it clearly says that the people stand together in agreement with each other and in agreement with the Almighty and Yehoshua the Messiah. It does not mean that they are one person at all. The Hebrew idiom “being one” means to be in agreement with each other. This terminology comes from the very beginning of the Scriptures, “For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh” (Gen 2:24).

Now I ask you, how many of you have ever witnessed a man and his wife physically joining and becoming one person? No one has ever seen this happen because that is not what is meant by becoming one flesh. It simply means to join together in agreement with each other.

So any one who uses the argument that the Messiah said, “I and My Father are one” to prove the Trinity doctrine, is either not very well versed in the Bible or is simply a liar.

One very important message for us all is that it is saying that the Almighty and His Messiah (the Living Word) call us to become one with them. Now we also know that The Almighty and His Word (the Messiah) are never changing and remains the same today as in the time of the beginning, ”
יהושע (Yehoshua) Messiah is the same yesterday, and today, and forever” (Heb 13:8).

We have also seen from above that the Messiah was there from the beginning in the time of Adam. We can also see that He is the same today as He was in the beginning, and He is in perfect agreement with His Father who is the Almighty Master of the universe.

So if we want to learn how to serve the Almighty and follow the Messiah, then we have to go to the Instruction book called the Torah, which are the first five books of the Scriptures (Tanakh). In those five books, the Almighty reveals to us what He requires from us and also the things that He loves and also the things that He hates.

Those five books give us exact instructions on how to live our lives to be pleasing to the Almighty in order to receive favor from Him.

There are many things that the Almighty regards as abominations and teaches us to NOT do them or have them close to us. These things, for example, are eating unclean animals, making moulded images (like the cross) adultery, idolatry, profaning the Sabbath, Murder, Rape and many other things too. Now to think that what was once unacceptable to the Almighty has suddenly become okay to do today is a teaching that is anti-Scriptural and evil.

If we desire to love the Almighty, then we need to do all that is commanded in the Torah.
If you love Me, you shall guard My commands” (John 14:15)

Also.... click here to see John 1:1-3 explained

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Pronunciation of YHWH from Y’hudah?



The Name of the Almighty is the Name above all names. There is so much might and power in His Name. The Name of the Almighty is so set apart that the Torah makes it very clear that anyone who profanes His Name, or brings it to naught, will not go unpunished. But there are many people who do such things by proclaiming a false pronunciation of His Name and teaching others to follow their false teachings.

These people who do so are self professed “experts” and yet, they do not have any Hebrew grammar or linguistic knowledge at all. Neither do these people take any historic evidence into consideration, but proclaim their personal opinions so loudly and claim that it is factual. I have seen article on the internet and even youtube videos of such people blurting out their opinions as if they were fact. None of these ‘so-called experts’ are Jews (Yehudim) or people who actually understand the Hebrew language. Only people who do not have any knowledge of the Hebrew language falls for these false teachings.

These so-called experts make a very large claim that the Name of the Almighty is “YaHuWaH” or something similar to that. They also claim that this pronunciation comes from the name of the fourth son of “Ya’akov” who’s name is Y’hudah. These are totally false claims and this article will prove them to be false by looking at the actual facts and Scriptural evidence.

These people claim that the Name
יהוּדה (Y’hudah) is the key to the correct pronunciation as it has the same letters as יהוה (YHWH) and in the same order too, only with a ‘dalet’ between the ‘waw’ and the last ‘hey’. Then it is said that because of this, when the ‘dalet’ falls away, then it would be pronounced “Yahuah” instead of Yahudah”. However, there are many errors to this theory:

In order to understand the name יהוּדה (Y’hudah) we need to go to the Scriptures and find out what it means. Then we have to see what the root of the word is and see if it is the same root as for the Name of the Almighty. Once we know these things, we will then be able to see why we cannot deduce the pronunciation of the Name of the Almighty from it. Let us now have a look at where the name יהוּדה (Y’hudah) originates from:

And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Now I praise  יהוה (YHWH)יהוה  Z£@ D£C]@ (odeh et YHWH). So she called his name Yehuḏah. And she ceased bearing” (Gen 29:35). This is the key to what the name יהוּדה (Y’hudah) means and how it is formed.

Now if you go do a little research, You will notice that the root of ‘odeh’ (which is Imperfect tense, first person, singular) is ‘yadah’ and that you will also find that the root of the name of Yehudah is
ידה (yadah). Now the word ידה (yadah) means, “to throw, cast…. I. to confess openly and freely…. II. To give thanks, to praise.  “Yad” is Hebrew for ‘hand’, where as “yadah” is an action (verb), what the hand is doing. Here it is praising.

The name יהוּדה (Y’hudah) is a combination of the words “yadah” and “YHWH” or rather “Yahu”, which gives us theoretically, “Yahu-dah” but, when two words are joined, to create a compound word/name, the prefix shortens its syllables which then gives us the correct pronunciation as Y’hudah or Yehudah. This is always the case and we do not need the Massoretic markings to know this, as it was so from the time of giving the name by Leah in Gen 29:35.

You can also see that the “….ah” at the end of the name “Y’hudAH” comes from the root word “yadah” and NOT from the Name of the Almighty. It is therefore 100% incorrect to claim that the Almighty’s Name ends with “….ah” or is pronounced as “YAHUWAH” by using the name of יהוּדה (Y’hudah) to prove it.

One cannot just add or remove letters from a Hebrew word to make it another word or pronunciation. This violates the language of the Almighty and brings His Name to naught, which is breaking the Third Commandment.

One very simple thing that should be very obvious is that the 'dalet' is the vocal sound holder of "a." So if you are going to remove the 'dalet' then you also have to remove the 'a' sound as there is no letter there that can hold it.

So once again, we can clearly see that only the people who do not have a working knowledge of the Hebrew language are the ones who try use the name of Y'hudah as proof of the name of the Almighty. The fact is that it is not possible to do so and anyone who claims that it is, is either a liar or just ignorant of the Hebrew language.

Some more proof

Another proof as to why the Name of the Almighty cannot be written as “YAHUWAH” is the actual Hebrew language. Let me explain.

In all the names of people that end with (יהו) “yud hey waw,” the pronunciation is always “….yahu”. Now according to Hebrew grammar rules, the suffix (end part of a word) in a conjunction word (two words/names joined together to create a single word/name) always keeps its original form and pronunciation.

The letter (ו) “waw” can either be used as a consonant or as a vowel. In the case of a consonant, it is pronounced as “v” whereas when it is used as a vowel, it can be pronounced as either “o” or “u”. It can never be used as a consonant and a vowel at the same time. So the pronunciation of “Yahuw” from (יהו) is impossible, because that form and pronunciation is using the “waw” as a consonant and a vowel at the same time. Anyone teaching this form and pronunciation is a false teacher.

So we know that (יהו) is pronounced as “Yahu” (unless it is used as a prefix in a conjunction word). Now all we are left with in the Name of the Almighty is the last letter, which is a (ה) “hey”. Now ask yourself, can you ever get the pronunciation of “wah” from a (ה) “hey”? No, it is also impossible.

Although it is possible in the Hebrew language to have the pronunciation of “Yahuah” (without the ‘w’), that pronunciation does not meet any historical findings or evidence at all.  Once again, the people proclaiming this pronunciation are NOT experts at all and do not consider any facts or evidence or even Scripture.

Are you going to listen to and follow someone who does not have any Hebrew knowledge, or are you going to search for the Truth and follow that?