God claims 3 persons Father Son Holy Spirit Jesus baptizes people w Holy Spirit which gives them gifts: prophecy, tongues, healing, and knowledge. these people are "anointed" So Yahweh has a Scion with a Scion producing a Harsesis. This Harsesis can then grant non-Scions powers of the Holy Spirit "uniting them with himself, and in himself untiing them with his Father" Spirit is equivalent to eternal life, knowledge... Previuosly The holy spirit could only act via Scions like other gods. Fate intervenes. Old Testament theophanies In the Old Testament, several theophanies are recorded in which "God appeared" to one or more human beings in a physical manifestation that could be seen and heard. Jews will reply that "God appearing" does not signify His being in human form since the Jewish bible states in Numbers 23:19 that "God is not a man that He should lie" and that "none is like Him." * Genesis 12:7,18:1 . God appeared to Abraham * Genesis 26:2,24 . God appeared to Isaac * Genesis 35:1,9,48:3 . God appeared to Jacob * Exodus 3:16,4:5 . God appeared to Moses * Exodus 6:3 . God appeared to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob * Leviticus 9:4,16:2 . God appeared to Aaron * Deuteronomy 31:15 . God appeared to Moses and Joshua * 1Samuel 3:21 . God appeared to Samuel * 1Kings 3:5,9:2,11:9 . God appeared to Solomon * 2Chronicles 1 . God appeared to David * 2Chronicles 7:12 . God appeared to Solomon [edit] The Angel (Messenger) of the Lord * Genesis 16:7.14 * Genesis 22:9.14 * Exodus 3:2 * Exodus 23:20,21 * Numbers 22:21.35 * Judges 2:1.5 * Judges 6:11.22 * Judges 13:3 [edit] God identified as "the Father" in the Old Testament * Deuteronomy 32:6 (Moses' time) * Isaiah 63:15,64:8 (pre-exile) * Malachi 2:10 (post-exile) ####################Demoninations
  • Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran
  • Orthodox
  • Protestent Rstorationists

    Non Trinarians

  • Mormons: 3 Distinct Beings
  • Jehovahs Witness: Jesus is not God, but rather firstborn (created) son, who exisits before all others

    How many harisies can I include:

  • Marcion (AD ca. 110-160) believed that there were two Deities, one of Creation / Hebrew Bible and one of the New Testament. (Yahweh and Jehovah)
  • Ebionites (1st to 4th century AD) believed that the Son was subordinate to the Father and nothing more than a special human. (Jesus was born a Scion).
  • Adoptionism (2nd century AD) holds that Jesus became divine at his baptism or at his resurrection (Scion beocomes a Person)
  • Arius (AD ca. 250 or 256 - 336) believed that the Son was subordinate to the Father, firstborn of all Creation. However, the Son did have Divine status. (Yes son is Divine, and God is too but Son is lesser)