Jesus and His God

“I have overthrown some of you, As when God [Hebrew, ELOHIM] overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, And you were like a burning stick plucked out of the fire; Yet you have not returned to me,” says Jehovah. — Amos 4:11, Restoration Light Improved Version . This scripture is often cited as proof that Jehovah is more than one person. The claim by some trinitarians is that in some vague manner two persons of their trinitarian philosophy are represented in this scripture. According to one trinitarian: “One must assume that the speaker is the Lord Jesus Christ and that the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah was a judgment of the whole Godhead.” It is true that some kind of assumption needs to be made; it is not true that one “must” assume that the speaker is Lord Jesus Christ, nor that Jesus is a person of an alleged “Godhead” of persons, etc. Indeed, the trinitarian dogma is imagined, assumed and then placed into the scripture;. Without the added assumptions that are based on the added-on trinitari...

Job 19:25 But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives.(a) In the end, he will stand [arise, be established - same word used in Deuteronomy 18:18(b)] upon the earth. Job 19:26 After my skin is destroyed, Then in my flesh shall I see God, Job 19:27 Whom I, even I, shall see on my side. My eyes shall see, and not as a stranger.  "My heart is consumed within me." ======= (a) http://www.biblestudytools.com/lexicons/hebrew/kjv/quwm.html (b) http://www.biblestudytools.com/lexicons/hebrew/kjv/chay.html Some quote Job 19:25 and claim that this speaking of Jesus, and that since Jehovah is spoke of redeemer in the Old Testament, this is alleged to prove that Jesus is Jehovah. First we need to note that there is nothing in these verses that give any indication that Jehovah is more than one person; there is nothing stated to the effect that Jesus is Jehovah. There is definitely nothin in these verses or any other verses in the Bible that depict Jehovah as being more than one perso...