Jehoshua is on the throne of David in New Jerusalem and He is the King of a New Israel
The problems with the trinity
1st Thessalonians 1:8-10 8For from you hath sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith to God-ward is gone forth; so that we need not to speak anything.9For they themselves report concerning us what manner of entering in we had unto you; and how ye turned unto God from idols, to serve a living and true God,10and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jehoshua, who delivereth us from the wrath to come. Paul here makes a clear distinction between the living and true God and Jehoshua. Paul mentions the Thessalonians turning from idols to serve a living and true God. Who is this living and true God? Is it Jehoshua? Is it the trinity? Niether as the answer is obviously the Father as Paul says that we are waiting for the living and true God's Son from heaven. So who is Jehoshua in identity? He is the Son of the living and true God. Matthew 16:15-17 15He saith unto them, But who say ye that I am?16And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living God.17And Jehoshua answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jonah: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven. Paul is simply agreeing with the apostolic doctrine that Jehoshua is the Messiah and Son of the living God. This confession was made by Peter when asked by Jehoshua "who say ye that I am? To Peter, Jehoshua was not part of some triune god or God Himself but simply that Jehoshua was the Messiah and Son of the living God. Jehoshua could have easily corrected Peter's non complicated convoluted confession but instead actually says that Peter was blessed in making this simple yet powerful statement of faith and said that the Father had revealed it unto them. My friends, we are being told by Trinitarians that indeed we are not blessed by our agreement with Peter in his statement of faith and are rather told that we are not sophisticated enough to understand their trinity doctrine. John 17:3 "And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jehoshua Messiah." How do we know there is a real devil? Because only the serpent would be able to take the simplest verse that even a four year old could understand and make it mean the very opposite of it. This much is clear, no matter what a trinitarian thinks, Jehoshua Himself believes that the Father is the only (alone, monos) true God. This automatically denies any other person including Himself from being the true God. This also agrees with the testimony of Paul above and with His own validation of Peter's confession. Who does Jehoshua claim to here? It's simple, He claims to be Jehovah's apostle "whom thou didst send" "Send" from the Greek word "apostello" (Strongs 649) which means "to send forth, send out, to go to a place appointed" from where the word "apostolos" i.e. apostle. 1 John 5:20-21 20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jehoshua Messiah. This is the true God, and eternal life.21Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. Who is the one that is being described by John as true? Obviously not Jehoshua as His mission was to give us an understanding of Him that is true, showing that the one that is true and Jehoshua are two distinct beings here. This agress with John 1:18: "No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him." John in his gospel says that Jehoshua as the only begotten Son has declared the Father. To declare here means to unfold or delcare things related to God, to unfold a teaching or as John says above in 1 John 5:20 to give us an understanding of Him is that is true. Remember, John already identifies Jehoshua as the begotten Son of God as that was His whole purpose for writing His gospel: John 20:31 "But these are written, that ye might believe that Jehoshua is the Messiah, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. Back to 1 John 5:20 John says that the Son of God has given us an understanding of Him (the Father) that is true and that we are in Him that is true. This being in Him that is true refers to being in covenant relationship. Who is this one that is true that we are in covenant with? Obviously the Father as John then goes on to say we are even in the one that is true's Son Jehoshua Messiah. So again, the one that is true is identified as the Father so then in verse 20 when John says that this is the true God who is He referring to? The context plainly and without controversy shows it is the Father which agrees with Jehoshua's own statement in John 17:3. Infact, John almost reiterates Jehoshua's statement from John 17:3 when he says here in verse 20 "This is the true God, and eternal life". I believe that the reference to eternal life not only includes the Father as the only (alone) true God but it also includes Jehoshua as the apostle and Son of God. In verse 21 John gives a warning to the congregation to stay away from idols which is anything outside what he just stated that the Father is the true God and only (alone) true God. 1 Corinthians 8:4-6 4 Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is [anything] in the world, and that there is no God but one. 5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth; as there are gods many, and lords many;6 yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto him; and one Lord, Jehoshua Messiah, through whom are all things, and we through him. Trinitarians way over complicate this passage by saying that just because Paul says that we have one God the Father that it doesn't mean Jehoshua is also not the one God. They reason so because Paul also says we have one Lord Jehoshua Messiah and that it doesn't mean that the Father is also not our Lord. So because the Father is obviously also our Lord in addition to being our God this doesn't discount Jehoshua from also being our God in addition to being our Lord. This is the reasoning of the trinitarian. However, we need to look at the overall testimony of scripture and not make assumptions. The trinitarian is making a huge leap on this passage reading in 4th century theology into Paul's passage. If we remain in the solid foundation that the Father is the only true God as stated by Jehoshua then we won't wrest Paul's statement here to conclude a plurality in the Godhead. Just because the Father is Lord of us all doesn't mean that Jehoshua is also the one God of us all. We know this because Jehoshua Himself already stated emphatically that the Father is the only true God (John 17:3). John the beloved apostle also reaffirmed this in 1 John 5:20. How should we understand this passage then? Psalm 110:1 is a good foundation to remain on in understanding what it means for Jehoshua to be called our one Lord. Psalm 110:1 "Jehovah saith unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool." Jehovah is obviously the Father in this text as acknowledged even by Trinitarians because it is the Father who installs Jehoshua on the throne of David. This is a prophetic Davidic covenant fufillment passage. The Lord referred to here is Jehoshua. The word "Lord" is not the tetragrammaton i.e. the divine name "Jehovah. The word "Lord" used in this passage comes from the Hebrew word "adown" (Strongs 113) and means "sovereign i.e. controller (human or divine), meaning to rule, lord, master, owner. This Hebrew word "adwon" is mostly used for humans and few times angels. It is not the divine name for God. That divine name is used of the Father who tells His anointed King to sit on His right hand. So when Paul says that Jehoshua is our one Lord it is to be understood in the context of Psalm 110:1 in that Jehoshua is the prophesied Davidic King who would be given authority to rule over Jehovah's Kingdom. That's how Jehoshua is our one Lord and no one else because it is Him alone that is the fulfillment of the Davidic covenant and in whom the promises are fulfilled. The statement that Jehoshua is our one Lord should be understood in the title given to Him that He is the only begotten Son. The title "only begotten Son" denotes being the unique Son that is the inheritor of His Father's estate. It is not a title to be understood literally in terms of literal birth but morseo being the child of promise. Jehoshua is the one Lord and no one else in terms of being the one who was raised up to sit on David's throne and installed as the Davidic King fulfilling the hope of Israel prophesied all throughout the old testament. Acts 2:29-36 gives us the perfect picture of why Jehoshua is the one Lord and no one else. The end of that passage which focuses on the Davidic covenant says: "Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly, that God hath made him both King and Messiah, this Jehoshua whom ye crucified." See, the old testament gives us the truth of who the Messiah would be and the exact nature of his relationship with Jehovah God. All throughout bible prophecy we see that the Messiah of the seed of David would be exalted by Jehovah God to sit on the throne of David. The Messiah would be God's servant and begotten Son. The Sonship of the Messiah would be rooted in the Davidic covenant promise that Jehovah made with David in 2 Samuel 7:14 "I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men" This is unique Sonship between the royal royal seed of David and Jehovah God hence the Davidic King is called the "only begotten Son". Jehovah is our one God because He is the creator of the cosmos and Jehoshua is our one King because it is Him alone that was chosen by God to fulfill the promises made to David in that an eternal King would be given David from his loins. This is how we should understand 1 Corinthians 8:6 when Paul says we have one Lord Jehoshua Messiah in that Jehoshua is indeed the one and singular Lord (King) of the Davidic covenant promise to David. No one else is that King (Lord), even the Father is not the one Lord in the sense that Paul is stating. Jehoshua is the ultimate fulfillment of the Davidic covenant and the Lord of the Psalm 110:1 prophecy made by David. Jehoshua is the one who recieved the sure mercies of David by establishing the throne, crown and Kingdom of David forever. The Father is in a class by Himself in that He is our one God agreeing with the words of Jehoshua and others. Remember what Paul said his gospel was based upon and rooted in? 2 Timothy 2:8 "Remember Jehoshua Messiah , risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my gospel" When Paul speaks the words of 1 Corinthians 8:6 he is obviously gleaning from the Davidic covenant and Psalm 110:1 in particular. When we come to 1 Corinthians 8:4-6 with entrenched ideas of 4th century theology then we automatically read things into the text like plurality in the Godhead or divine nature etc. These are things that the 1st century church likely paid no mind to since there's was a Hebraic faith not a greek philosophical one that entertained such fanciful notions of substance, plurality of god's etc. The Hebraic faith knew God to be one singular person and the title "Son of God" was rooted in the Davidic Kingship not in some divine substance. They knew that the term "Messiah" was also rooted in the Davidic Kingship and denoted a human being that was anointed by Jehovah God. They likely were not obsessed with God's substance or the exact specifications of his divine nature. They just knew He was the Almighty God, the maker of all things. Also, they knew that the coming Messiah was going to be fully a human being that was the seed of David. Beautiful in it's simplicity and prophetic truth. Satan used men shortly after the 1st century ended to corrupt a faith rooted in a Hebraic mindset and bring in fanciful speculations about a second god who was a preexistent Son who then took on flesh.
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