The Holy Scripture - english version B.indd - Sabbat

208The Truth about the TrinityFalse concepts become accepted asbedrock truth if never analyzed orchallenged. But brought before thepiercing light of Scripture, the truthbecomes crystal clear to the openmindedand sincere Bible student.The concept of trinity does appearin the Old Testament and it should benoted that it involves the worship of thepagan deity Baal:“And there came a man fromBaalshalisha, and brought the man ofElohim bread of the firstfruits, twentyloaves of barley, and full ears of cornin the husk thereof. And he said, Giveunto the people that they may eat.” (2Kings 4:42)The Hebrew shalishsa, meaning“three”, is connected with the trinitarianBaal! Baal was influential in agriculture,where the trinity of earth, sun, andwater were worshiped.price of the land?” (Acts 5:3)“The Spirit itself bears witness withour spirit, that we are the children ofElohim.” (Rom. 8:16 )Those who don’t understand thismetaphoric usage, as simply anextension of Yahweh Himself, leapto the conclusion that He is talking ofanother Being.The New Schaff-Herzog ReligiousEncyclopedia explains that althoughScripture uses terms like grievedin reference to the Holy Spirit, theterminology should not be taken for aseparate Person. “A similar conceptunderlies the Johannine terms teaching,reproving, and declaring, as applied tothe personal Paraclete. Nevertheless,to interpret these passages as implyinga person distinct from G-d and Chrst,whose Spirit he is called, is notwarranted.” (Trinity, Doctrine of, p. 19)Holy Spirit Symbolizes Yahweh’sAttributesThe Holy Spirit is an invisible,holy, flowing energy coming from theHeavenly Father and shared by HisSon, Yahshua. This Spirit, force orpower accomplishes their will.At times Yahweh refers to His Spiritas a power, an attitude, a pervadingforce, a powerful vitality, a dynamicinfluence that comes from Him. HisSpirit, emanating from Himself, helpsus reach a standard of righteousnessand so influences behavior that at timesit is seen as almost a living vitality, asevident from the following verses:“And Yahweh said, My Spirit shallnot always strive with man, for that healso [is] flesh: yet his days shall be anhundred and twenty years.” (Gen. 6:3)“But Peter said, Ananias, why hasSatan filled your heart to lie to the HolySpirit, and to keep back [part] of theScriptural Synopsis of Holy SpiritFactsNot all the following statements havebeen explained fully within this briefbooklet, yet are important to consider inregard to a Trinity doctrine supposedlysupported by the Scriptures:* The Greek philosopher Platoand the Alexandrine Platonists are thesource of the modern trinity doctrine.Author Alvan Lamson elaborates onthe doctrine of the Trinity and sums upwhat history shows about the Trinity onpage 34 of The Church of the FirstThree Centuries: “... we must look,not to the Jewish Scriptures, nor to theteachings of [Yahshua] and his apostles,but to Philo [the Jewish philosopherof the first century C.E.] and theAlexandrine Platonists. In consistencywith this view, we maintain that thedoctrine of the Trinity was of gradualand comparatively late formation; that ithad its origin in a source entirely foreign