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The Trinity/Binity, Part 15: Definitive Proof That Holy Spirit Is Not a Distinct Personage

Missing Where It Would Be Expected The holy spirit lacks any significant mention in relationship with Jesus' and the Father. At Matthew 24:36 [ pa | in ] Jesus said, "Concerning that day and hour nobody knows, neither the angels of the heavens nor the Son, but only the Father." Where is the mention of the holy spirit here? Nobody else knows the day and hour, but "only the Father", and it mentions the Son, but why did Jesus not specify the holy spirit? Does it know or does it not? Well, nobody knows but the Father. Thus, only the Father is God. Holy spirit does not appear as a personage on or near the throne of God along with the lamb in heaven in the Revelation. ( Revelation 5:6 , 13 [ pa | in ] ; 6:16 [ pa | in ] ; 7:9, 10 [ pa | in ] , 17 [ pa | in ] ; 22:1 [ pa | in ] ) In fact, at Acts 7:55-56 [ pa | in ] , Stephen also observed Jesus at God's right hand, but again, no third figure. All he saw was Jesus sitting at the right hand of

Hellfire and the Underworld

Fear of punishment in an afterlife has haunted the dreams of mankind for millennia. Many ideas about this punishment have been put forth by various religions. But it might surprise you to know that the fear of the dark underworld where souls undergo judicial punishment by fire did not begin with Abrahamic religions, but from other religions and national groups. The fact that the earth's core is molten is indeed associated with the destruction in the lake of fire with Deuteronomy 32:22 , but that is merely an illustration of its destructiveness. (See DOES DEUTERONOMY 32:22 BURNING ALIVE IN HELLFIRE? below.) However, unlike the Trinity, or inherent immortality of the soul, it is understandable how hellfire could be read into the Scriptures given all the references to souls being tossed into the fire and certain entities being "tormented". In fact, Luke 16:19-31 and Revelation 14:9-11 understandably seem to provide a very clear representation of such. (You can look u

The Mosaic Law, Part 2: A Brief History of God's Laws

Law from God has played an integral part throughout human history. Rebellion against Jehovah God's laws began with the very first rulebreaker, an angel whom we now call Satan, ( Re 12:9 [ pa | in ] ) whose jealousy led him to pretend to be a serpent and lie against God to bring mankind death through sin. ( Ge 3:1-5 [ pa | in ] ; Joh 8:44 [ pa | in ] ) It was by loving his wife more than God ( Ge 2:22-25 [ pa | in ] ; Ro 1:21 [ pa | in ] ) that the first man, Adam, rebelled, breaking the one simple rule ( Ge 2:16-17 [ pa | in ] ; 3:6 [ pa | in ] ) and thereby lost the gift of everlasting life for all his descendants by passing sin to them, and lost paradise for us all. ( Ge 3:23, 24 [ pa | in ] ) Afterward, his son Cain violated the natural law of human existence not to murder. He had even been warned not to let his petty jealousy consume him, and then he murdered his brother anyway and was therefore driven from off the tillable ground. ( Ge 4:2-16 [ pa | in ]

Salvation vs.

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