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They weren’t trinitarians and they had a creed -> the creed of Judaism. The creed of Judaism is unitary, not trinitary. What creed do you think isn’t 100% correct? I’m not a trinitarian. I don’t want to be mistaken for a trinitarian. My affiliation is with the Messiah; himself a Jewish...

They do. I’m presenting Jewish monotheism, which isn’t compatible with trinitarianism. In other words, the division is inherent in the respective theologies. I don’t ignore any scripture that is posted to me. All scripture - OT and NT - is written from the perspective of Jewish monotheism...

I’ve used the concession of trinitarian sources to show that my assertion is what the Bible teaches. The NT writers were Jewish monotheists. You can imagine that Jewish monotheists are trinitarians but they aren’t.

My assertion is correct. There is no revelation in the New Testament that the God of Israel is someone other than who he was known to be in the Hebrew Bible.

Yahweh wasn’t crucified and Yahweh cannot die. Jesus was crucified and died when he was. Dead men don’t resurrect themselves. Yahweh vindicated Jesus by resurrecting him from the dead.

I agree with that, but I do so from the perspective of Jewish monotheism. When we read the Bible we are reading the writings of Jewish monotheists. To properly understand the Bible, I suggest, we should think as the writers themselves did.

I look to the Bible itself and I look at commentaries written by trinitarians. I recommend, as you know, that my readers do the same.

I haven’t applied a rule. I’ve appealed to the constraints of history.

The deflection is yours, and it is meaningful.

No. “Jesus wasn’t, and isn’t Yahweh.” - Ben Witherington A trinitarian concession to the constraints of history.

No it doesn’t. My argument is the perspective of Jewish monotheism and takes into account all scripture in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. It doesn’t change the meaning at all. It presents the meaning in the context of Jewish monotheism, which precedes trinitarianism in church history...

The God of the Hebrew Bible is the God of the New Testament. No.

I’ve used the New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology many times to document for my readers who the one God is according to scripture. I will address the verse from the perspective of Jewish monotheism in this thread.

My argument is consistent with Jewish monotheism, and that means everything to me. Jesus is a Jewish monotheist, not a trinitarian. No he didn’t. His God said he would raise Jesus from the dead. No. This is Jewish monotheism.

Absolutely not. Jesus didn’t in fact raise himself. God, his God, raised him. I don’t find trinitarian explanations for the life of a Jewish monotheist persuasive.

No. And I don’t.

“Yahweh your God will raise up to you a prophet from among you, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him.” (Deuteronomy 18:15, WEB) ”I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you. I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall...