WPCj  _B0}G8xʰU߷xtɚ+bLމdr2=G1.i|2ݟNŰNѥveB]GHK]"(HƟP~Uep!Z62rysAwJaʎ!(g2L.1$/NK%+ii9v}]Â:/&GLdxؘJ @WD&}Sȣe󪣾nɝLbew7QEKVړvוF0.w((@Rt%k" Y: \a 0VZ^ w4 mZbVVpCanon TR8600 series.**.0(9 Z6Times New Roman RegularX($USUS.,\  `&Times New Roman 'USUS.,  _@  THETRINITYISTHEGODHEADXX#XXl# (.3$ !USUS.,  X\8\ntFold3|x U8DocumentManagement::ModifiedBooleanTRUEPage of & Eloheem alahQuranEloahShaddai AdonAdonim NASB YLTmodalismSabellianismthuslytrinitarian !USUS.,  _   8XXdd8  @  XXTHETRINITYISTHEGODHEAD#XX#   @88 XXByBrotherMikeSutherland#XX Z#Ԉ  WewanttoemphasizethattheBibleteachesaTrinitythattheKingJamesBiblecallsthe t  GODHEAD. BythatwemeanthattheGodheadismadeupofatriunityofthreepersonswhose ` essenceisbutoneGod.TheyarenotthreeseparateGodsbecausetheBiblesaysthereisbutoneGod P  inDeuteronomy6:4,Isaiah44:68,Isaiah45:5,1Corinthians8:4,and1Timothy2:5: <  8  XXXX    8  4Hear,OIsrael:TheLORDourGodisoneLORD:Deuteronomy6:4#XXXX#XXXX8@    P  8 ` #XXXXt#XXXX    8  6ThussaiththeLORDtheKingofIsrael,andhisredeemertheLORDofhosts;Iam (  thefirst,andIamthelast;andbesidemethereisnoGod.7Andwho,asI,shallcall,   andshalldeclareit,andsetitinorderforme,sinceIappointedtheancientpeople?   andthethingsthatarecoming,andshallcome,letthemshewuntothem.8Fearye   not,neitherbeafraid:havenotItoldtheefromthattime,andhavedeclaredit?yeare   evenmywitnesses.IsthereaGodbesideme?yea,thereisnoGod;Iknownotany. t Isaiah44:68#XXXX#XXXX`   8  #XXXX#XXXX    8  5IamtheLORD,andthereisnoneelse,thereisnoGodbesideme:Igirdedthee, 8 thoughthouhastnotknownme:Isaiah45:5#XXXX_#XXXX8@   $t 8 ` #XXXXa #XXXX    8  4Asconcerningthereforetheeatingofthosethingsthatareofferedinsacrificeunto L idols,weknowthatanidolisnothingintheworld,andthatthereisnoneotherGod 8 butone.1Corinthians8:4#XXXX #XXXX8h  $hphp 8  #XXXX9 #XXXX    8  5ForthereisoneGod,andonemediatorbetweenGodandmen,themanChrist  Jesus;1Timothy2:5#XXXX #XXXX   #XXXX #Whatthisallmeansisthatthereisaunityofessencethatisbestdescribedas ONEGOD.The p TrinityismadeupofGodtheFather,GodtheSon(theWord),andGodtheHolyGhost.Allthree \  arecoequal,coeternal,andcoexistent.SinceallthreeareGodtheyhavealwaysexisted;evenin H! theOldTestamentwheremanyhereticsarguethatnotallmembersoftheGodheadappear.Thevery 4"  first35mentionsforanynameforGodintheOldTestamentistranslatedfromtheHebrewword  #p!  Elohim(StrongsHebrew430:Eloheem).InEnglish,itiswhatweknowasaunipluralnoun.In  $\" Hebrew,nounscanbesingular,dual,andplural.Singularrepresentsone.Dualrepresentstwoand $H # onlytwo.Pluralrepresentsthreeormore.TheHebrewwordusedforGodinGenesis1:1isElohim %4!$ !notAllah,alah,aleorelah!andthiswordElohimappears32timesinGenesischapterone & "% alone.Altogether,itappears2,570timesintheOldTestament.ITISAPLURALNOUNWHICH ' #& ESTABLISHESTHEPLURALITYINUNITYOFDEITY.Whatisrepresentedintheword (#'  Elohimisanentitymadeupofthreeormoreelements.Thisnegatesanddestroysanyidentitywith )$( theIslamicAllahoftheQuran(Koran)because,grammatically,thewordAllahdoesnoteven *%) allowplurality.AnexampleofaunipluralEnglishnounistheword team.Itisstatedinthe l+&* singular,butitmeansmorethanonePERSON.TheidenticalsituationoccurswiththeHebrewword d  Elohim.Itisstatedinthesingular,butitmeansmorethanonePERSON:inthiscase,theuni P pluralnoun,God,referstotheTrinity.ThisunipluralnounisusedofGod2,570timesinthe OLD  < Testament.ThatinitselfisoverwhelmingsupportfortheTrinity.WeknowfromGenesis1:12that ,  GodandtheSpiritofGodwereatthecreation:   8  XXXX    8  1InthebeginningGodcreatedtheheavenandtheearth.2Andtheearthwaswithout   form,andvoid;anddarknesswasuponthefaceofthedeep.AndtheSpiritofGod  x moveduponthefaceofthewaters.#XXXX#ԀXXXXGenesis1:12#XXXXG# d   8      FromJohn1:13andColossians1:1317weknowthattheLordJesusChrist,theWord,wasatthe <  creation.Theseversesread: (  8      8  XXXX1InthebeginningwastheWord,andtheWordwaswithGod,andtheWordwas d  God.2ThesamewasinthebeginningwithGod.3 Allthingsweremadebyhim; and P  withouthimwasnotanythingmadethatwasmade.John1:13#XXXX#XXXX@    8  #XXXX'#XXXX    8  13Whohathdeliveredusfromthepowerofdarkness,andhathtranslatedusintothe  kingdomofhisdearSon:14Inwhomwehaveredemptionthroughhisblood,eventhe  forgivenessofsins:15WhoistheimageoftheinvisibleGod,thefirstbornofevery  creature: 16Forbyhimwereallthingscreated,thatareinheaven,andthatare x inearth,visibleandinvisible,whethertheybethrones,ordominions,or h principalities,orpowers:allthingswerecreatedbyhim,andforhim: 17Andhe T isbeforeallthings,andbyhimallthingsconsist.#XXXX#ԀXXXXColossians1:1317#XXXX#D   _The_ԀIncarnateWordgivesaddedemphasistothestatementthat Godspokeeverythinginto  existence.TheonlythingthatGodtouchedinthecreationwasmanwhohe FORMED fromthedust l oftheground.AddtothelistabovethepluralpronounsusedoftheGodheadinboththeOld \ TestamentandtheNewTestamentandtheprooffortheTrinitybecomesirrefutable.Weseethose H  pronounsusedinGenesis1:26,Genesis3:2223,Genesis11:67,Isaiah6:8,Jeremiah30:510, 4! Jeremiah51:710,John17:5,John17:11,andJohn17:2123whichread:  " 8  XXXX    8  26AndGodsaid, Letusmakemaninourimage, afterourlikeness:andletthem #  havedominionoverthefishofthesea,andoverthefowloftheair,andoverthe $! cattle,andoveralltheearth,andovereverycreepingthingthatcreepethuponthe %p" earth.Genesis1:26#XXXX:!#XXXX8  &\ # 8  #XXXX"#XXXX    8   22AndtheLORDGodsaid,Behold,themanisbecomeasoneofus, toknow (4"% goodandevil:andnow,lestheputforthhishand,andtakealsoofthetreeoflife, )$#& andeat,andliveforever:23ThereforetheLORDGodsenthimforthfromthegarden t*$' ofEden,totillthegroundfromwhencehewastaken.Genesis3:2223#XXXX##XXXX8@  #XXXXy%#XXXX `+$( 8 ` 6AntheLORDsaid,Behold,thepeopleisone,andtheyhaveallone d language;andthistheybegintodo:andnownothingwillbe P restrainedfromthem,whichtheyhaveimaginedtodo.7 Goto,letus < godown, andthereconfoundtheirlanguage,thattheymaynot ,  understandoneanothersspeech.Genesis11:67#XXXX%#XXXX ` x` x 8  #XXXX'#XXXX    8  8AlsoIheardthevoiceoftheLord,saying,WhomshallIsend,and whowillgofor   us? ThensaidI,HereamI;sendme.Isaiah6:8#XXXXE(#XXXX8@     8  #XXXXZ)#XXXX    8  5ForthussaiththeLORD; Wehaveheardavoiceoftrembling, offear,andnotof \  peace.6Askyenow,andseewhetheramandothtravailwithchild?whereforedoI L  seeeverymanwithhishandsonhisloins,asawomanintravail,andallfacesare 8  turnedintopaleness?7Alas!forthatdayisgreat,sothatnoneislikeit:itiseventhe $  timeofJacobstrouble;butheshallbesavedoutofit.8Foritshallcometopassin t  thatday,saiththeLORDofhosts,thatIwillbreakhisyokefromoffthyneck,and `  willburstthybonds,andstrangersshallnomoreservethemselvesofhim:9Butthey L  shallservetheLORDtheirGod,andDavidtheirking,whomIwillraiseupunto 8 them.10Thereforefearthounot,OmyservantJacob,saiththeLORD;neitherbe $ dismayed,OIsrael:for,lo,Iwillsavetheefromafar,andthyseedfromthelandof  theircaptivity;andJacobshallreturn,andshallbeinrest,andbequiet,andnone  shallmakehimafraid.Jeremiah30:510#XXXX)#XXXX   8  #XXXX/#XXXX    8  7BabylonhathbeenagoldencupintheLORDShand,thatmadealltheearth \ drunken:thenationshavedrunkenofherwine;thereforethenationsaremad.8 H Babylonissuddenlyfallenanddestroyed:howlforher;takebalmforherpain,ifso 4 beshemaybehealed.9 WewouldhavehealedBabylon, butsheisnothealed:   forsakeher,andletusgoeveryoneintohisowncountry:forherjudgmentreacheth t untoheaven,andisliftedupeventotheskies.10TheLORDhathbroughtforthour ` righteousness:come,andletusdeclareinZiontheworkoftheLORDourGod. L  Jeremiah51:710#XXXX/#XXXX8  #XXXX2#XXXX8! 8  #XXXXC3#XXXX    8  5Andnow,OFather,glorifythoumewiththineownselfwiththeglory whichIhad # withtheebeforetheworldwas. John17:5#XXXX3#XXXX8@   $  8      8  11AndnowIamnomoreintheworld,buttheseareintheworld,andIcometothee. %x"  HolyFather,keepthroughthineownnamethosewhomthouhastgivenme,that &d # theymaybeone,asweare. John17:11#XXXX4#XXXX8@   'P!$ 8      8  21Thattheyallmaybeone; asthou,Father,artinme,andIinthee, thattheyalso ),#& maybeoneinus:thattheworldmaybelievethatthouhastsentme.22Andtheglory *$' whichthougavestmeIhavegiventhem; thattheymaybeone,evenasweareone:  l+%( 23Iinthem,andthouinme,thattheymaybemadeperfectinone;andthattheworld d mayknowthatthouhastsentme,andhastlovedthem,asthouhastlovedme. XXԀ#XX 8#John P 17:2123 XX#  a6#  <   #  9##XX ^9#XXXX XX#  $:##XX C:#Consideringthe2,570usesoftheunipluralnameforGodinthe OLD Testamentandthepreceding   ninepassagesofScripturedocumentingtheuseofpluralpronounsindescribingtheGodhead,can  x therebeanydoubtaboutthepluralityofpersonsintheGodheadintheOldTestament?Thereisa  d verystrongstatementidentifyingtheGodhead(Trinity)inIsaiah48:1617whereweread:  P 8  XXXX 16Comeyenearuntome,hearyethis;Ihavenotspokeninsecretfromthebeginning; (  fromthetimethatitwas,thereamI:andnowtheLordGOD,andhisSpirit,hathsent x  me.17ThussaiththeLORD,thyRedeemer,theHolyOneofIsrael;IamtheLORD d  thyGodwhichteacheththeetoprofit,whichleadeththeebythewaythatthou P  shouldestgo.#XXXX<#ԀXXXXIsaiah48:1617#XXXX>#<    ThesingularformofElohimisEloah.ThefirsttimethesingularformofElohimisusedisin   Deuteronomy32:1517whereitisusedtwiceofourROCK. Elohimthepluraloccursinthe  singular EloahinDeuteronomy32:15becauseitisareferencetoasinglememberoftheGodhead.  ThatsingularmemberistheLordJesusChrist.TheLordJesusChristisreferredtoastheRockin t 1Corinthians10:4.XXXXDeuteronomy32:1517#XXXXA#Ԁreads: ` 8  XXXX    8  15ButJeshurunwaxedfat,andkicked:thouartwaxenfat,thouartgrownthick,thou 8 artcoveredwithfatness;thenheforsook God whichmadehim,andlightlyesteemed $ the Rock ofhissalvation.16Theyprovokedhimtojealousywithstrangegods,with x abominationsprovokedtheyhimtoanger.17Theysacrificeduntodevils,notto God ; h togodswhomtheyknewnot,tonewgodsthatcamenewlyup,whomyourfathers X fearednot.#XXXXA#ԀXXXXDeuteronomy32:1517#XXXX>D#D   WeknowthattheLordJesusChristis THERock (discussedlater).Itisinterestingtonotethatthe   singularformofElohimonlyoccursatotalof52timesinourBiblesinrelationtoGod.Ofthose52  ! occurrence42appearinthebookofJob.Whatisevenmoreintriguingisthatofthe48times ! AlmightyisusedtorefertoGodintheOldTestament,31ofthoseshowupinJob.Ofthe9 " appearancesofAlmightyintheNewTestament,alleightofthemthatappearinthebookof #l  RevelationarereferencestotheLordJesusChrist.TherecanbebutoneAlmighty.IntheOld $X! TestamenttheAlmightyisknownbyseveraldifferentnamesincludingEl,Elohim,Eloah,IAM,El %D" Shaddai,Jah,Elyon,Adon,Adonai,Adonim,Jehovah,andsoforth.GodsaidinExodus6:3: &0 # 8  XXXX    8  3AndIappeareduntoAbraham,untoIsaac,anduntoJacob,bythenameofGod l("% Almighty,butbymynameJEHOVAHwasInotknowntothem.#XXXXqH#ԀXXXXExodus6:3#XXXXxI#X)"&   _In_ԀtheNewTestamenttheAlmightyistheOldTestamentJehovahIncarnatedastheLordJesus 0+$( Christ.Thename Jesusappears983timesintheNewTestament.Everyoneofthemisareminder ,%) that JehovahsavessincethatistheliteralmeaningofJesus.Therefore,fromtheforegoing,wecan d saytheAlmightyinthebookofRevelationistheAlmightyoftheOldTestament. P IfyouhaveaKingJamesBible,andyoushould,thenthethirdpersonoftheTrinityisNOTtheHoly < Spirit.IntheKingJamesBible,thethirdpersonoftheTrinityistheHolyGhost!Theterm Holy (  Ghostisused90timesintheKingJamesNewTestamentwhiletheterm HolySpiritisusedbut   fourtimes.IfyouhaveaKingJamesBible,youhadbetterbebaptizinginthenameoftheFather,   theSon,andtheHolyGhostandNOTtheFather,theSon,andtheHolySpirit.IfyouhaveaKing   JamesBible,thenyoubetterbeenteringinto THEMOSTHOLYPLACEor THEHOLIEST  t andnotthe holyofholies.Thephrase holyofholiesoccurs13timesintheCatholicNew  ` AmericanBible(NAB),9timesintheNewAmericanStandardBible(NASB),17timesinthe L  YoungsLiteralTranslation(YLT),19timesintheLivingBible,and23timesinTheMessage.It 8  isneverusedintheKingJamesBible.Theterm holyofholiescameintoourIndependentBaptist $  ChurchesthroughapostateBiblecollegesthatadvocateanyversionbuttheKingJamesBible. t  Thereneverhasbeenatime,norwillthereeverbeatime,whentheTrinitywillceasetoexistasthe `  Godhead.Itissignificantthattheword GodheadisonlyusedthreetimesintheNewTestament. L  WeemphaticallyemphasizethatallthreepersonsoftheGodheadpossesspersonalitycharacteristics 8  thatidentifythemasdistinctpersons.BythatwemeanthatneithermemberoftheGodheadissome $ mysticalforce.Werejectthedoctrineofmodalism,sometimescalledSabellianism,becauseit  rejectstheBiblicalpresentationoftheTrinityasONEGodinthreedistinctpersons.Modalismsees  Godoperatingintheaffairsofmeninthreedifferentmodes.AnglicanscholarE.W.Bullinger  expressed(his)modalisminhisCompanionBibleinhisnoteonJohn1:14thusly: Thenew p  MODE ofHisbeing.PutbythefigureSynecdoche(ofthepart),Appendix6,forHishumanity. \ Perhapsthebestpracticalpicture,oranalogy,oftheTrinityiswateritself.Werealizethatthe L analogybreaksdownwhenanalyzedtoitsfullestextent.Watercanexistinthreedifferentstates.It 8 canexistasliquid,ice,andsteam.Nomatterwhatstateitisin,itisstillwater.TheGodheadismade $ upofthreedifferentpersons.Nomatterwhichpersonisunderconsideration,HEisstillGod.Unlike t theGodhead,werealizethatwatercannotexistinallthreestatesatthesametime.Waterismade ` upofthreemolecules(H2O).Removeoneormoremoleculesanditceasestoexistaswater.Inthe L samesense,ifyoucouldremoveoneormoremembersoftheTrinity(Godhead),thentheTrinity 8  wouldceasetoexist.WealsorealizethatunliketheGodheadthatwaterhastwoidenticalmembers. $! TheTrinityisaBibledoctrinethatappearsabundantlyinboththeOldTestamentandtheNew " Testament.ThestrongeststatementoftheTrinityintheNewTestamentisfrom1John5:68where " weread: #  8  XXXX    8  6Thisishethatcamebywaterandblood,evenJesusChrist;notbywateronly,but %\" bywaterandblood.AnditistheSpiritthatbearethwitness,becausetheSpiritis &H # truth.7Fortherearethreethatbearrecordinheaven,theFather,theWord,andthe '4!$ HolyGhost:andthesethreeareone.8Andtherearethreethatbearwitnessinearth, ( "% theSpirit,andthewater,andtheblood:andthesethreeagreeinone.1John5:68#XXXX Z#XXXXp) #&   #XXXX\#Here,wegiveawordofwarningtothosewhohavehadtheirsensesexercisedtodiscernbothgood H+$( andevil.TheseverseshavecomeunderthevilestattacksfrommoderndayUnitarianandArian 4,%) hereticswhohavetakenJehoiakimspenknifeandslicedthewordsof1John5:7outoftheirBible d perversions.WealsoseethedoctrineoftheTrinitystatedinActs7:5556wheretheBiblesays: P 8  XXXX 55Buthe,beingfulloftheHolyGhost,lookedupstedfastlyintoheaven,andsawthe (  gloryofGod,andJesusstandingontherighthandofGod,56Andsaid,Behold,Isee   theheavensopened,andtheSonofmanstandingontherighthandofGod.Acts   7:5556#XXXX^#XXXX    SomewouldarguethattheSonofmanisnotamemberoftheGodhead,butthatisnottrue.When  ` GodwasIncarnated,HewasIncarnatedinthefleshoftheSONOFMAN.Itisincorrecttosaythat L  theLordJesusChristwas robedinthefleshofman.HewillalwaysbetheSonofman.Wecall 8  HimtheoneandonlyGodMan.Followingtheresurrection,whentheSpiritoftheLordJesusChrist $  wasreunitedwithhisphysicalbody,HebecametheeternalGodMan.Wediscussthisdoctrinein t  fulllateron.#XXXX`# `    ThedoctrineoftheTrinityisthedoctrineoftheGodhead.Theword trinityisthetheologicalterm L  fortheBibleterm,Godhead.LetsreadJohn14:10,Acts17:29,Romans1:20,Colossians1:1320, 8  andColossians2:810whereitiswritten: $ 8  XXXX    8  10BelievestthounotthatIamintheFather,andtheFatherinme?thewordsthatI  speakuntoyouIspeaknotofmyself:buttheFatherthatdwellethinme,hedoeththe  works.John14:10#XXXXd#XXXX8  #XXXX&f#p 8  XXXX    8  29ForasmuchthenaswearetheoffspringofGod,weoughtnottothinkthatthe H  Godhead islikeuntogold,orsilver,orstone,gravenbyartandmansdevice.Acts 4 17:29#XXXXf#XXXX8`   $` x` x 8  #XXXXg#XXXX    8  20Fortheinvisiblethingsofhimfromthecreationoftheworldareclearlyseen,being ` understoodbythethingsthataremade,evenhiseternalpowerand Godhead; sothat L theyarewithoutexcuse:Romans1:20#XXXX{h#XXXX8@   <  8  #XXXXi#XXXX    8  4Inwhomthegodofthisworldhathblindedthemindsofthemwhichbelievenot, " lestthelightofthegloriousgospelof Christ,whoistheimageofGod, shouldshine # untothem.#XXXXij#XXXXԀ2Corinthians4:4#XXXXk#XXXX#    8  #XXXXl#XXXX    8  13Whohathdeliveredusfromthepowerofdarkness,andhathtranslatedusintothe %d" kingdomofhisdearSon:14Inwhomwehaveredemptionthroughhisblood,eventhe &P # forgivenessofsins:15 WhoistheimageoftheinvisibleGod, thefirstbornofevery '