Jesus and His God

By Ronald R. Day, Sr. -- Much needs to added to this study, but I have decided to present what I have already completed. A term often used to describe the trinity is that of "Godhead." Trinitarians often refer to the "three persons of the Godhead." On one site we are told that "God is one and that there are three distinct persons within the Godhead." And then it is claimed: "It is important to know where Scripture presents the members of the Godhead as sharing in the divine nature equally, meaning that one is not somehow more divine than another and underscoring that all three members are fully and equally one-and-the-same God ." Of course, in reality, we do not find anywhere in the Bible anything about there about the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as being three persons, or even more than one person. He is always presented as being only one person. On another site, we find a quote 1 John 5:7 from the King James Version and states: "Obvio...

For in Him all the fullness [Greek, pleroma, plenitude] of Deity [Greek, Theotes; Strong's #2320] dwells in bodily form and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power. -- Colossians 2:9,10, New American Standard Bible translation https://www.studylight.org/lexicons/greek/2320.html The Bauer, Arndt and Gingrich Lexicon [BAGD]  defines the Greek word theotes as: "deity, divinity, used as abstract noun for theos...the fullness of a deity Col.2:9". [abstract noun, a quality or attribute]. This form of THEOS , that is, THEOTES , appears only this one time in the Scriptures, thus we have a lack of scriptural comparison for its particular usage. We have, however, the Hebrew background of words that are translated into Greek as THEOS, that is, forms of EL and ELOHIM . We have given before the Hebriac usage of these words in the Hebrew scriptures, showing that when they are used of others than Jehovah (or idols of men), they take on a more...

For in Him all the fullness of Deity [Greek transliterated: theotes; Strong's #2320] dwells in bodily form and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power. -- Colossians 2:9,10, New American Standard Bible translation The above scripture is often cited by trinitarians and some others to offer proof of their two "natures" of Jesus theory. In actuality, there is nothing here about Jesus possessing two natures at once. Such an idea has to be read into what Paul stated. Walter Martin claims that Colossians 2:9 refers to " the triunity of the Godhead ." (The Kingdom of the Cults, page 168) This would seem to lead to the conclusion that the Godhead in Colossians 2:9 is the alleged three person of the alleged triune God. However, Walter Martin also states of Colossians 2:9, "all the fullness of Deity dwells him Him bodily, which means nothing was lacking in his Deity." (The Kingdom of the Cults, page 530) Although we certai...

Walter Martin, in his book, Kingdom of the Cults (page 82), makes the claim that the "triune Godhead" is one of greatest doctrines of the Scriptures. He, in effect, gives the Greek transliteration of Tes Theoteto s as meaning "triune Godhead". Thus, evidently, he is claiming that the Greek term transliterated as Tes Theotetos is speaking of the alleged triune God, three persons all whom are equally and wholly the Supreme Being. Colossians 2:9 - For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. -- King James Version  The expression Tes Theotetos occurs only once in the Bible and that is at Colossians 2:9, where the King James Version renders it as "Godhead". The problem with using Tes Theotetos as meaning "Triune Godhead" is that it would mean that there are three persons who are dwelling in the Son bodily: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It would have one alleged person of the alleged trinity, the Son, dwelling in th...