Biblical Evidence of the Trinity Doctrine
The Trinitarians, in support of the Trinity, quote only some verses from the Bible whose interpretations are very strange. They are either far from the context or the original text. the Bible on the whole teaches Monotheism (the Oneness of God Almighty) from the first book (Genesis) up to the last book (Revelation). Let us explore some of the verses quoted as proof of the presence of the Trinity doctrine.
The first evidence put forth is the verse found in 1 John 5:7 (The Bible) which is in the King James Version (KJ) of the Bible, authorized in 1611: "For there are three that bear record in heaven; the Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost." This verse has been expunged from most of the revised editions of the Bible as it was found to be not from the original manuscript but a later addition. The second evidence is in Mattew 28:19 (The Bible): "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." The third evidence is in (2 Corinthians 13:13-14, The Bible): "All the saints greet you. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all."
The fourth piece of evidence is in (1 Corinthians 12:4-6, The Bible): "Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of working but the same Lord, and there are varieties of working, but it is the same God who inspires them all in everyone." As for the second, third, and fourth evidence, the mere mention of names (designations) does not at all constitute Trinity, more than that of enumerating them. They, in fact, are three separate beings with varying statures and circumstances. The three were never equal in time, position, knowledge, and power as the knowledge of the Trinity is defined. In addition, when Jesus was baptized (according to Matthew 3:16, The Bible), God's spirit descended on him in the form of a dove. That being so, how could Jesus (PBUH) be claimed as part of the Trinity when he had always been with the holy spirit?
Let us now explore some verses in the Bible given as proof elevating Jesus Christ (PBUH) as God for the later formation of the Trinity doctrine.
First Example
"Let us make man in our image." (Genesis 1:26, The Bible). Some Christian theologians deduce that God was not one and alone at the time of creation. However, God speaks of Himself in the first person plural and this can be explained as an intensive plural form which signifies God's greatness, majesty and glory. Christian apologists explain this as denoting the fullness of divine strength the unlimited power manifested in God or the omnificence of God in its entirety. Some call it plural of respect and in grammar, it is referred to as a plural of majesty. In Genesis, God alone without helper had effected the creation (Genesis 1:3, The Bible): "God said, 'Let there be light'; and there was light." In verse 27 of the same chapter, it says: "So God created man in his own image". The verses above do not indicate any helper or companion of God whatsoever.
At the beginning of the book of Genesis, we read: "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth". Take note, that while the word heavens is in the plural form, the words God and earth are singular. Why is the word heavens plural? The reason is simple; the Quran tells us that heaven is made up of seven firmaments. And, why do the Bible writers maintain the words God and earth in singular forms? It was because they knew of certainty that the earth was ONLY ONE and God is ONLY ONE as taught by all the prophets of God.
Second Example
"I and the Father are one." (John 10:30, The Bible). The Christians understood this verse to mean that the Father (God) and Jesus (PBUH) are the one and the same being; united in One Body; God became flesh in the person of Jesus (PBUH) and lived among men. The same meaning is given in (John 14:10; The Bible) when Jesus (PBUH) says "I am in the Father and the Father is in me." and also in (John 14:20, The Bible) where Jesus (PBUH) says: "I am in my father, and you in me and I in you." However, they misinterpreted the meaning in Verse 28 of the same chapter where Jesus (PBUH) declares: "If you loved me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father; for the Father is greater than I." If what Jesus (PBUH) said was true that the Father is greater than him, then, this rests the matter at peace, that they are not co-equal.
Also, the Trinitarians do not realize that by following their arguments, the result would make up a total of 15 bodies rolled into one body. It is a 'simple arithmetic' as a grade 1 school kid would put it: The Father is God, the Son (Jesus) is God and the Holy Spirit is God-(e.g., the Trinity) composed of three beings or persons united into one God. Add it to the original twelve (12) disciples in the same manner as understood by the Christians (John 14:20; The Bible) will produce a total of fifteen (15) beings rolled and united in one body.
The verses in (John 17:21-23; The Bible) would give us clearer meaning about the nature of their being one: "That they may all be one even as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us, so that the world may may believe that thou hast sent me. The glory which thou hast given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and thou in me, that they may become perfectly one." The above verses suggest no other meaning than their 'unity of purpose' as true believers.
Besides in (John 10:31-36, The Bible) he did not claim to be 'God' or 'God the son' If, on the other hand, Trinitarians insist that (John 10:30: the Bible) supports the doctrine of the Trinity, then they should not limit the number of their God by only three but should add the twelve disciples in (John14:10 and 20 in The Bible) as they understood their meanings, being 'each one infused into one body'. Therefore, the dilemma would be greater and the entangled mass would become substantially more problematic.
Third Example
"He who has seen me has seen the Father" (John 14:9; the Bible). But didn't Jesus clearly say that "People have never seen God" as he says in John 5:37 "And the Father Himself which has sent me, has borne witness of me. You have neither heard His voice at any time nor seen His shape". All these statements have only one meaning, that is, God and Jesus are not the same. How could the Father (God) and Jesus (PBUH) be the same when the Father is in Heaven and Jesus (PBUH) is on earth?
To believe in God, one should admire His creations which are innumerable: the sun, moon, stars and everything around us. In (John 4:24, The Bible), Jesus (PBUH) says: "God is spirit". So how could anyone see God? In (John 1:18; the Bible), we read: "No one has ever seen God." In addition, Jesus (PBUH) also gave a clear distinction between God and himself in (John 14:1; the Bible) "Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also me." The word 'also' is crucial in that, it shows God is completely a separate being from that of Jesus (PBUH).
Fourth Example: (John 29:28; The Bible) "My Lord and my God!" However, this passage has no import whatsoever because it is nullified by the verses cited above. Scholars are of the opinion that under such miraculous circumstances, the remarks by apostle Thomas might have been made as an emotional exclamation because of astonishment towards Jesus (PBUH), whereas in reality, the exclamation was directed to God. Besides, Thomas didn't consider Jesus (PBUH) as God, for he knew very well that Jesus (PBUH) never claimed to be God. (John 17:3; the Bible).
In fact, Paul gives another clear distinction between God and Jesus (PBUH). He claimed that God raised Jesus as reported in the Bible both in (1 Corinthian 15:15-20) and in (Mark 16:19): "After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into Heaven and he sat at the right hand of God. " If indeed, God and Jesus are one and the same being would it not be more fitting to say: "Jesus raised himself up and Jesus sat on the throne".? The hard truth is- one is entitled to the Exalted Throne except for God.
In another verse, St. Paul explains who God is (Acts 17:24; The Bible): "The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of Heaven and Earth, does not live in shrines made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything since he himself gives to all men life and breath and everything." Is this difference between God and humans, the Creator and the created, the Infinite and the finite, beyond human perception? No, but only the heedless, hypocrites and the rebellious wish not to understand.
Additional Claims elevating Jesus to Godhood
The Christians claim that Jesus (PBUH) is God Incarnate, being full God and full man. This concept is totally negated by Jesus (PBUH) with his sayings in (Matthew 1:18-20; The Bible): "I ascend to my father and your father and to my God and your God;" Therefore, it renders the doctrine of Incarnation null and void. Besides, to be full of God means free from wants and helplessness, and to be human means, devoid of divinity.
Other Christians claim that Jesus (PBUH) is God because he is also called the "Son of God", "Messiah", "Son of Man" and "Saviour". However, Jesus spoke of 'the peace makers' as "Sons of God". In the Jewish tradition, any person who follows the Will of God is called the "Son of God". See examples quoted in the Bible: (Genesis 6:2-4); (Exodus 4:22); (Jeremiah 31:9); (Psalms 2:7); (Luke 3:38); (Romans 8:14). In (John 6:35), Jesus (PBUH) says: " But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High." Besides, the Son of God, does not elevate him to the rank of God. The son of a President does not make him the President but only the son.
Further, it is quoted in the Bible that "Messiah" in Hebrew means "God's anointed" and not "Christ", and "Cyrus" the Persian is called "Messiah" or "the anointed" (Genesis 31:13); (Leviticus 8:10); (Samuel 2:10); (Isaiah45:1): Ezekiel (28:14). Ezekiel was addressed in the Bible as "Son of Man". As for "Saviour", in (2nd Kings 13:5), other individuals were given that title too without being gods. The term 'God's anointed' means giving spiritual authority to a nobleman to spread the words of God. So how does this term qualify and elevate him to the position of God?
Billion Dollar Question: What is Christianity without the Trinity Doctrine?
A Strange Story
There is a tale of three Magis who became Christians and were devout disciples of a priest. He taught them the Christian creed, particularly the Trinity. To study the doctrine further, they stayed with the priest. After some time, a friend of the priest came to visit him and asked about the conversion of the three Magis. The priest proudly mentioned their studies of the Christian dogma. The priest called one of the three to show his proficiency in the Trinity to his visitor.
The man happily said: "You taught me that there are three-in-one God. One in heaven, the second born of the virgin Mary and the third, the Holy Ghost, who descended on the Messiah in the form of a dove when the second god was thirty years old". Upon hearing this, the priest got annoyed and turned him out saying that the man was a fool. After that, he called in the second man and put the same question to him. The second man replied: "You taught me that there were originally three gods, of whom one was crucified and died, and two remained behind." The priest was again annoyed and pushed him out. Then he called in the third one who was comparatively more intelligent than the former and learnt the creed diligently. The priest asked him to propound the dogma of the Trinity. The man replied:
"What you taught me through the blessings of the Messiah, I have learnt it diligently, and that is one is three and three is one. One of whom was crucified and died. Thus by the death of one, all the three gods died: because all the three are one and united; therefore, the death of one is the death of all the three, otherwise, there would be no union of them."
This means that due to the crucifixion as claimed by the Christians as claimed by the Christians, both God and Jesus Christ (PBUH), have perished and become extinct, because according to their belief, Jesus is both God and prophet, after whose death the Christians possess neither God, nor the Prophet or the Holy Ghost. Thus, through union, all three gods died by the death of Christ. In short, both the unity and the trinity also vanished after the disappearance of God, because unity and trinity rest with the existence of God. With God's disappearance from the scene, then, naturally, his attributes too, should disappear.
Warning For Those Who Pervert The Message of God
The best book is the Book of Allah (Holy Quran) and the best guidance is the guidance of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Allah SWT (God Almighty) has given a grave warning to those who distort his original message to mankind. Let us examine the following verses:
"Then woe to those who write the Book with their own hands, and then say: 'This is from Allah' to traffic with it for a miserable price!-Woe to them for what their hands do write, and for the gain they make thereby." (Al-Baqarah 2:79; The Quran)
"If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (submission to Allah) never will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter he will be in the ranks of those who have lost." (Al-Imran 3:85; The Quran)
"Soon shall We cast terror into the hearts of the unbelievers, for that they joined partners with Allah, for which he has sent no authority: their abode will be the Fire of Hell: and evil is the home of the wrongdoers!" (Al-Imran 3:151; The Quran)
"Who is more unjust that one who forges a lie against God or rejects His signs?" (Al-Araf 7:37: the Quran)
"Many are the jinns and men who We have made for hell: they have hearts wherewith they understand not, and ears wherewith they hear not. They are like cattle-nay more misguided: for they are heedless (of warning)" (Al-Araf 7:179; The Quran)
"Yet have they taken, besides Him (Allah), gods that can create nothing but are themselves created; that have no control of hurt or good to themselves; nor can they control Death nor Life nor Resurrection." (Al-Furqan 25:3, The Quran)
"Not one of the beings in the heavens and the earth but must come to The Most Gracious (Allah) as a servant.". (Maryam 19:93; The Quran)
Conclusion
As demonstrated above, the only religion acceptable to God Almighty, especially since the advent of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), is Islam. We have categorically debunked the concept of the Trinity as well as dismantled other myths enveloping Christianity and proved why the Holy Quran is the final piece of the puzzle and the missing link uniting the three Abrahamic Faiths in perfect harmony.
Accept Islam before it is too late. Trust me your life will change for the better as stated in (the Holy Quran 13:28) " It is in the remembrance of God that the heart finds rest". Accept the message or reject it. the choice is yours. You may choose to look the other way but you can never again say you weren't informed, Until next time. Stay blessed. Asslamalaikum!
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