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1 | An Argument from Silence and A Thought | NT general Archive 1 | Lionstrong | 48257 | ||
An Argument from Silence and A Thought on the History of the Doctrine of the Trinity It is interesting to note how the Pharisees do NOT argue against Christ’s claim of deity. Their argument was based on the humanity of Jesus. Their argument was that for a man to claim deity or equality with God is blasphemy. Jesus, a man, claims, by calling himself the Son of God, deity or equality with God. Therefore, Jesus is guilty of blasphemy. There argument was not based the unity of God. They did not argue: God is one. ANYONE else (man or angel) claiming to be God makes two gods, which is false and blasphemous. Someone else, Jesus, claims, by implication of certain affirmations, to be God. Therefore Jesus is guilty of blasphemy. Even after you had a sizable number of Jews who believed Jesus to be the Son of God, and thereby his claim to deity and equality with God, there does not seem to be, among the Jewish believers at least, a problem with the unity of God and the plurality of Persons, to include the Holy Spirit. And it would seem if anyone would have a problem that it would be the Jews who have had millennia of history with the “Here O Israel. The Lord our God is One Lord.” Instead, it is when the New Testament Israel become predominantly Gentile that the unity of God in a plurality of Persons becomes a problem that they had to dig through the Scriptures to come up with a biblical formulation. But nonetheless, I thank God for their labors. Comments, corrections welcomed. Peace, |
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2 | An Argument from Silence and A Thought | NT general Archive 1 | 4me2liveisChrist | 48926 | ||
Gen 1:26 Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our Likeness.... Isaiah 9:6 For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. Micah 5:2 But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, from the days of eternity. The Hebrew mind understood that God is three persons and is one. The Pharasees couldn't accept the techings of the Messiah, and felt threatened from a political standpoint. In addition, their idea of a Messiah was one who would be a military leader. Therefore, the Jewish leaders came up with false accusations, and false witnesses. Pilate didn't want anything to do with Jesus, and handed him back to the Jews. However the will of the Jews won because Pilate didn't want trouble. Little did any of them realize, that this all fit perfectly into the Father's plan. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, for the Lord our God the Almighty reigns! Forever and ever, Amen! |
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3 | An Argument from Silence and A Thought | NT general Archive 1 | Lionstrong | 49021 | ||
Thanks for your response, 4me2liveisChrist: However, whereas the Jewish believer MAY have believed in a plurality in God from the writings of the OT Scriptures, the OT does not clearly reveal that the plurality is triune. For example, we have the passages where God says, "Let Us...." Here we see a plurality, but we're not told here how many Persons there are. We find that the plurality of God as being triune clearly revealed in the NT only. Of course, now we can look back and see the Trinity in the OT, but the OT believers did not have our advantage. Peace, |
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