Sorry about the doubling in the above post.“Before the assembling of the council of Nice, Constantine had been persuaded that the Arian doctrine contained a blasphemy against the divinity of Christ, and that the was absolutely required, in order to maintain the dignity of Christ’s person. …. It was nothing but the influence of the emperor Const…[Read more]

Quote (whitecloud @ June 22 2010,10:43) Quote I do have a question, just for research for the truth;  What resources are  used to  say that the Council of Nicea was organized by Constantine and that he was the only one that had the power to make the decision of the trinity?                     ………Called by and presided over by Constantine: – p…[Read more]

Quote What this thread is about is *WHY* Jesus referred to himself as the “Aleph-Tav”. – Ed J – July 7, 2013. More on the topic of this thread:“In this article, we’re going to look at a part of Hebrew grammar that beginning students often want to know. There’s a particle in Hebrew (אֵת) that isn’t translated into English. This particle indicat…[Read more]

Quote What this thread is about is *WHY* Jesus referred to himself as the “Aleph-Tav”. – Ed J – July 7, 2013.………………………..Quote Here is the first verse the “Aleph-Tav” is used:”In the beginning God created את the heaven את and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God mov…[Read more]

Quote GIVE ME ONE PROOF FROM THE OT. THAT GOD THE FATHER IS THE ONLY TRUE GOD?Peace and love in JesusCharles Jer. 10:10 – But Jehovah is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation. – ASV.Is. 64:8 – But now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father; we…[Read more]

Quote What exactly do you believe?I believe you are avoiding my '7 Lessons' study posted above.

Wakeup, if you have a specific question about something I have written in my study above, please ask it.I believe the lessons are self-explanatory, but I will answer replies which are specific to what I have written.

G. John 1:1 in NT Greek (cont.):The Word (ho Logos)A few trinitarians actually attempt to “prove” that John 1:1c should be translated as “and the Word was God” rather than “and the Word was a  god” by appealing to one of the strictly pagan concepts of “The Logos”!  But, as we will see, what it all boils down to (and some of the most authoritativ…[Read more]

F.John 1:1 in NT Greek (cont.):Origen, the great Christian scholar (185 – 254 A.D.), spoke Koine Greek as his native language and knew it so well that he even taught it professionally.  He was “probably the most accomplished Biblical scholar produced by the early Church” (Universal Standard Encyclopedia) and “the greatest scholar and most prolif…[Read more]

E.John 1:1 in NT Greek (cont.):The above posts show that word order (predicate noun before the verb as found in the NT Greek of John 1:1c) does not change the meaning to an understood article (“the”) as Colwell’s Rule suggests or to some nebulous ‘qualitative’ meaning as some other trinitarian scholars insist.Pay particular attention to two of th…[Read more]

D.John 1:1 in NT Greek (cont.):It’s been many years since I looked up all the clauses in John’s writing which had predicate nouns (also called predicate nominatives).  Then I made a list of all of them which are parallel to John 1:1c (predicate noun coming before the verb).  I didn’t have a computer then and had to use a concordance and an interli…[Read more]

C.John 1:1 in NT Greek (cont.):But, you may ask, Isn’t there a significance to the reversed word order in the Greek (‘god was the word’) which is, in English, ‘the word was god.’?If you will examine a good NT interlinear, you will find that word order is basically meaningless.NT Greek authorities, Dr. Alfred Marshall and Prof. J. Gresham Machen te…[Read more]

B.John 1:1 in NT Greek (cont.):The next step in finding John’s intended meaning of John 1:1c is to look up the meanings of theos in a good NT lexicon.  Numerous Trinitarian scholars admit that this word was also used for angels, kings, and God-appointed men such as judges in Israel.  In such cases it is usually rendered into English as ‘go…[Read more]

From the OP:Quote GOD AND HIS WORD/JESUS IS THE FIRST AND THE LAST.THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA.Isaiah 41:4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? ***I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he***.(AND *WITH* THE LAST)(I AM HE).Isaiah 44:6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, *AND* his redeemer the LORD of…[Read more]

Quote I saw a few articles on John 1:1 – but didn't see any writing where you supported the fact that “the Word” in John 1 is Jesus Christ. Have you written anything at all about the pre-existence of Christ? I just took it as a given, and didn’t feel the necessity to examine it.  I believe I did mention in passing that some have taken the lo…[Read more]

Thank you, Mike. I truly appreciate your kind comments. Yes, all those subjects on the right-hand side listed under ‘Trinity Subjects’ are files I have submitted. My partner and lifelong friend started the blog for me, maintains it, and sometimes adds illustrations. I have also contributed many of the subjects on our other blogs.

Thanks, Mike.That's my blog, and the studies on it are mine.

Quote Kerwin, there are MANY more scriptures that could be misconstrued to say that Moses is God Almighty.  Does it mean that I'm “afraid to test my doctrine” if I refuse to misconstrue those scriptures that way?There are MANY more scriptures that could be used to support a triune God.  Should I throw COMMON SENSE out the window, ignore the m…[Read more]

Quote Tigger2.Do you mean the word beast means living one?wakeup. I mean what the link tells you: the Greek word for “living (one)” is zoon and is mistranslated in some Bibles as “beast.” There is a word for “beast” (or “wild beast”) and that is therion.

The Greek word in question is zoon which simply means “living (one).” It is Strong's #2226: http://biblehub.com/greek/2226.htm