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Monday, 31 August 2026

Quick Facts: Does God's Name Disprove the Trinity? — Yahweh, the Only True God


Bible study asking whether God's name Yahweh challenges the Trinity and who Scripture identifies as the only true God.

A Quick Facts Bible-study image examining God's divine name Yahweh and the biblical identity of the only true God. The study considers the Bible's declarations that Yahweh is one and Jesus' words to his Father in John 17:3: “the only true God.” Research by Simon Brown.

QUICK FACTS: DOES GOD'S NAME DISPROVE THE TRINITY?

Who Does the Bible Identify as Yahweh, the Only True God?

Research by Simon Brown

One of the most important questions any Christian can ask is:

WHO IS GOD?

Is the God of the Bible explicitly revealed as three persons in one divine being?

Or does Scripture consistently identify the one God as Yahweh, the Father, while identifying Jesus Christ as His Son whom He sent?

Rather than beginning with a church creed, let us begin with Scripture.

GOD HAS A PERSONAL NAME

Throughout the Hebrew Scriptures, the God of Israel identifies Himself by the divine name:

YHWH — YAHWEH

God told Moses:

“This is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.”

Exodus 3:15 — WEB

This name occurs thousands of times throughout the Hebrew Scriptures.

And the Bible repeatedly associates Yahweh with the one God of Israel.

Moses declared:

“Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God. Yahweh is one.”

Deuteronomy 6:4 — WEB

This became Israel's great confession of faith—the Shema.

But notice something extremely important.

Jesus himself affirmed it.

JESUS SAID YAHWEH IS ONE

When Jesus was asked:

“Which commandment is the greatest of all?”

Jesus answered:

“The greatest is, ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.’”

Mark 12:29 — WEB

Jesus did not replace Israel's confession of one God with a new statement saying:

“God is three persons.”

Instead, he reaffirmed the ancient confession:

THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE.

And the Jewish scribe answering Jesus understood him perfectly:

“Teacher, you have truly said that he is one, and there is none other but he.”

Mark 12:32

Jesus approved his answer.

That deserves serious consideration.

“THERE IS NO ONE ELSE BESIDES HIM”

Long before Jesus, Moses told Israel:

“It was shown to you so that you might know that Yahweh is God. There is no one else besides him.”

Deuteronomy 4:35 — WEB

Notice the language:

YAHWEH IS GOD.

And:

“THERE IS NO ONE ELSE BESIDES HIM.”

Again Moses says:

“Know therefore today, and take it to heart, that Yahweh himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath. There is no one else.”

Deuteronomy 4:39 — WEB

This is extraordinarily strong monotheistic language.

YAHWEH SAYS THERE IS NO GOD BESIDES HIM

Isaiah records Yahweh saying:

“I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.”

Isaiah 44:6 — WEB

Again:

“Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not.”

Isaiah 44:8 — WEB

And:

“I am God, and there is no one else. I am God, and there is none like me.”

Isaiah 46:9 — WEB

The Bible's language is remarkably consistent:

Yahweh is God.

Yahweh is one.

There is no God besides Him.

YAHWEH ALONE CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH

Yahweh also identifies Himself as the Creator:

“I am Yahweh, who makes all things; who alone stretches out the heavens; who spreads out the earth by myself.”

Isaiah 44:24 — WEB

Hezekiah likewise prayed:

“Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sits above the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.”

2 Kings 19:15 — WEB

Again we find the same language:

“YOU ARE THE GOD, EVEN YOU ALONE.”

This raises an important question:

Who does the New Testament identify as this one God?

JESUS GIVES US AN EXTRAORDINARILY CLEAR ANSWER

On the night before his death, Jesus prayed to his Father:

“This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.”

John 17:3 — WEB

Look carefully at the grammatical distinction.

Jesus identifies:

“YOU” — THE FATHER

as:

“THE ONLY TRUE GOD”

and then distinguishes himself as:

“JESUS CHRIST, WHOM YOU SENT.”

This verse does not use the word Trinity.

It does not say:

“You, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, are the only true God.”

The person Jesus is addressing is his Father.

That is what the text explicitly says.

WHAT DOES “ONLY” MEAN IN JOHN 17:3?

The Greek word translated “only” is:

μόνος — monos

It can mean:

only, alone, solitary, or the only one of its kind, depending upon context.

But an important correction needs to be made to my earlier research.

The Greek word monos does not by itself mean “one person.”

That goes beyond the lexical meaning.

The stronger argument is simply to allow the grammar of John 17:3 to speak:

Jesus is praying to his Father, and it is the Father whom Jesus addresses as:

“THE ONLY TRUE GOD.”

The theological significance of that statement should be examined alongside everything else Scripture says about the Father and Son.

PAUL IDENTIFIES THE ONE GOD

Paul gives another remarkably clear statement:

“yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ…”

1 Corinthians 8:6 — WEB

Notice Paul's distinction:

ONE GOD — THE FATHER

and

ONE LORD — JESUS CHRIST.

Trinitarians understand this verse within a larger Trinitarian framework and often argue that Paul is incorporating Jesus into Israel's confession of Yahweh.

That interpretation deserves to be represented fairly.

But the explicit wording still deserves equal attention:

Paul actually writes:

“ONE GOD, THE FATHER.”

PAUL AGAIN DISTINGUISHES GOD FROM JESUS

First Timothy says:

“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.”

1 Timothy 2:5

Again we have two categories:

ONE GOD

and

ONE MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOD AND HUMANITY.

The mediator is identified as:

“THE MAN CHRIST JESUS.”

A mediator, by definition in this sentence, mediates between God and mankind.

This is therefore another important passage when examining the relationship between God and His Messiah.

YAHWEH IS THE TRUE GOD

Jeremiah declares:

“But Yahweh is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King.”

Jeremiah 10:10 — WEB

Notice:

YAHWEH IS THE TRUE GOD.

Jesus later calls his Father:

“THE ONLY TRUE GOD.”

John 17:3

These passages naturally raise an important question:

Is the Father whom Jesus calls “the only true God” the same God Israel knew as Yahweh?

The biblical evidence strongly points in that direction.

THE ONE GOD IS IMMORTAL

Paul writes:

“Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.”

1 Timothy 1:17 — WEB

Elsewhere he speaks of God:

“who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen nor can see.”

1 Timothy 6:16 — WEB

This becomes particularly significant when compared with Jesus Christ, who genuinely died and whom God raised from the dead:

“This Jesus God raised up, to which we all are witnesses.”

Acts 2:32 — WEB

The biblical distinction is again clear:

JESUS DIED.

GOD RAISED JESUS.

Whatever theological explanation we subsequently construct must account for those explicit statements.

DOES THE BIBLE EVER SAY “GOD IS THREE PERSONS”?

Here we need to be precise.

The Bible certainly contains passages where the Father, Son and Holy Spirit appear together, such as Matthew 28:19 and 2 Corinthians 13:14.

Trinitarian Christians understand such passages, together with other texts concerning Christ and the Spirit, as evidence leading to the doctrine of one God existing eternally as three persons.

But there is an important distinction between:

a doctrine constructed from a collection of biblical passages

and

a statement explicitly found in Scripture.

There is no verse that literally says:

“THE ONE GOD IS THREE PERSONS.”

Nor does Scripture use the expression:

“GOD THE SON.”

Nor:

“GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT.”

Nor:

“ONE GOD IN THREE PERSONS.”

That does not automatically prove the Trinity false.

But it does mean the doctrine must be inferred and demonstrated from Scripture, rather than simply quoted from a verse that explicitly defines God that way.

WHAT ABOUT THE TRINITY?

Orthodox Trinitarian Christianity does not officially teach that there are three Gods.

The doctrine says there is one God in three distinct persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, sharing one divine being or essence.

That distinction is important because we should test the Trinity as Trinitarians themselves define it, rather than arguing against a position they reject.

The real biblical question is therefore:

DOES SCRIPTURE ITSELF REQUIRE US TO UNDERSTAND THE ONE GOD IN THIS WAY?

That is the question my research continues to examine.

And several statements must be taken seriously:

“Yahweh is one.” — Deuteronomy 6:4

“There is no one else besides him.” — Deuteronomy 4:35

“Besides me there is no God.” — Isaiah 44:6

“You are the God, even you alone.” — 2 Kings 19:15

“You, the only true God.” — John 17:3

“One God, the Father.” — 1 Corinthians 8:6

“There is one God, and one mediator… the man Christ Jesus.” — 1 Timothy 2:5

These are not later theological formulas.

They are statements found directly in Scripture.

WHAT ABOUT JESUS CHRIST?

Rejecting the proposition that Jesus is the one God does not require diminishing Jesus.

The Bible presents Jesus as:

the Christ

the Son of God

the only begotten Son

the Lamb of God

the Lord Messiah

the Savior

the one whom God sent

the one whom God raised from the dead

the one whom God exalted

and

the one mediator between God and mankind.

Peter confessed:

“You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

Matthew 16:16

Jesus said:

“I said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”

John 10:36

And John tells us why his Gospel was written:

“that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.”

John 20:31

Those are magnificent titles.

We do not need to replace them with titles Scripture itself never gives Jesus.

QUICK FACTS

Yahweh is one.
Deuteronomy 6:4.

There is no one else besides Yahweh.
Deuteronomy 4:35.

There is no God besides Yahweh.
Isaiah 44:6.

Yahweh alone made heaven and earth.
Isaiah 44:24; 2 Kings 19:15.

Jeremiah calls Yahweh “the true God.”
Jeremiah 10:10.

Jesus calls his Father “the only true God.”
John 17:3.

Paul identifies “one God, the Father.”
1 Corinthians 8:6.

Paul distinguishes the one God from “the man Christ Jesus,” the mediator.
1 Timothy 2:5.

Jesus identifies himself as the Son of God.
John 10:36.

John says his Gospel was written so that we believe Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.
John 20:31.

CONCLUSION

God's divine name Yahweh does not, merely by its linguistic form, “disprove the Trinity.”

That claim in my original article went too far.

But the biblical evidence surrounding that name presents a serious and important question for the Trinity doctrine.

The God called Yahweh repeatedly declares that:

HE IS ONE.

THERE IS NO GOD BESIDES HIM.

HE ALONE IS GOD.

HE ALONE CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.

Then Jesus Christ addresses his Father as:

“THE ONLY TRUE GOD.”

And Paul identifies:

“ONE GOD, THE FATHER.”

while distinguishing from Him:

“THE MAN CHRIST JESUS”

—the one mediator between God and mankind.

Therefore the question is not simply:

“Does the word Trinity appear in the Bible?”

The deeper question is:

WHO DOES THE BIBLE ITSELF IDENTIFY AS THE ONE GOD?

My conclusion from these passages is that Scripture identifies the Father as the one God, and Jesus Christ as His Son, Messiah and appointed mediator.

Readers should examine every passage carefully and decide whether that conclusion accounts for the whole biblical evidence better than the later doctrine of one God in three persons.

“THIS IS ETERNAL LIFE, THAT THEY SHOULD KNOW YOU, THE ONLY TRUE GOD, AND HIM WHOM YOU SENT, JESUS CHRIST.”

John 17:3

Research by Simon Brown

wwwrealdiscoveriesorg-simon.blogspot.com

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Sunday, 23 August 2026

Quick Facts: The Trinity Mystery – Does Three Who Are God Really Equal One God?

 

Quick Facts Bible study asking whether the Father, Son and Holy Spirit each being called God can equal one God, compared with biblical statements identifying the Father as the one true God.

A detailed Bible research infographic examining the Trinity and the claim that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are each God while remaining one God. The study compares this doctrine with Scriptures declaring that God is one, Jesus calling the Father “the only true God,” and Paul identifying “one God, the Father.”

QUICK FACTS: THE TRINITY MYSTERY

DOES THREE WHO ARE GOD REALLY EQUAL ONE GOD?

The doctrine of the Trinity is commonly described as a mystery: the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, yet Christians are told there are not three Gods but one God.

But should the identity of the One True God really be a mystery?

Or has something very simple become complicated because later theology is being read into Scripture?

Let's begin with one of the clearest declarations in the entire Bible.

THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT BEGINS WITH ONE GOD

Deuteronomy 6:4 — Berean Literal Bible

“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.”

Jesus Himself reaffirmed this commandment when asked:

“Which commandment is the first of all?”

Jesus answered:

Mark 12:29 — Berean Literal Bible

“The foremost is, ‘Hear this O Israel: The Lord our God is One Lord.’”

Jesus did not replace Israel's belief in one God with a new declaration that God was three persons.

He reaffirmed it.

And the man speaking with Jesus understood His answer:

Mark 12:32 — Berean Literal Bible

“Right, Teacher. You have spoken according to truth that He is One, and there is not another besides Him.”

Notice the language:

HE IS ONE

and:

THERE IS NOT ANOTHER BESIDES HIM.

PAUL IDENTIFIES WHO THE ONE GOD IS

Paul gives an equally straightforward statement:

1 Corinthians 8:6 — Berean Literal Bible

“yet to us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and we for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things and we through Him.”

Paul identifies:

ONE GOD — THE FATHER

and:

ONE LORD — JESUS CHRIST.

The Father and Jesus are both mentioned, but Paul does not say:

“There is one God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.”

Instead, he explicitly identifies the one God as the Father.

JESUS SAID THE SAME THING

Listen to Jesus praying to His Father:

John 17:3 — Berean Literal Bible

“And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.”

Again we have two clearly distinguished parties:

THE FATHER — “THE ONLY TRUE GOD”

and:

JESUS CHRIST — THE ONE WHOM HE SENT.

Jesus did not identify Himself as the same One to whom He was praying.

He called His Father:

“THE ONLY TRUE GOD.”

SO WHERE DOES THE “MYSTERY” BEGIN?

Traditional Trinitarian theology maintains three propositions:

THE FATHER IS GOD.

THE SON IS GOD.

THE HOLY SPIRIT IS GOD.

But it simultaneously insists:

THEY ARE NOT THREE GODS, BUT ONE GOD.

To be precise, orthodox Trinitarianism does not normally teach that Father, Son and Holy Spirit are three separate beings. It teaches that they are three distinct persons sharing one divine being or essence.

That distinction matters if we are going to represent the doctrine accurately.

But the biblical question still remains:

WHERE DOES SCRIPTURE ITSELF DEFINE THE ONE GOD THIS WAY?

Where does Jesus teach:

“The one God is three co-equal, co-eternal persons sharing one divine essence”?

Where do the apostles give that definition?

That is the question that should be tested against Scripture.

IS GOD'S IDENTITY REALLY PRESENTED AS A MYSTERY?

The Bible certainly contains things called mysteries.

But when Scripture identifies God, its statements can be remarkably direct.

Jesus:

“THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD.”

— Mark 12:29

Jesus speaking about His Father:

“THE ONLY TRUE GOD.”

— John 17:3

Paul:

“ONE GOD, THE FATHER.”

— 1 Corinthians 8:6

Paul again:

Ephesians 4:6 — Berean Literal Bible

“ONE GOD AND FATHER OF ALL.”

Rather than identifying three persons as the One God, these passages repeatedly identify the Father as God while distinguishing Jesus Christ as His Son, Messiah and Lord.

THE FATHER SENT HIS SON

This leads to another fundamental biblical truth.

John 3:16 — Berean Literal Bible

“For God so loved the world that He gave the only begotten Son, so that everyone believing in Him should not perish, but should have eternal life.”

Who gave?

GOD.

Whom did God give?

HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON.

John repeats this distinction:

1 John 4:9

“In this the love of God has been revealed among us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.”

The biblical story is not simply that God sent Himself.

It is that:

GOD SENT HIS SON.

JESUS HAS A GOD

Even after His resurrection, Jesus said:

John 20:17 — Berean Literal Bible

“I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.”

Jesus therefore identifies the Father as:

“MY GOD.”

Revelation preserves the same language after Jesus' exaltation:

Revelation 3:12

Jesus repeatedly says:

“MY GOD.”

This raises an important question for any doctrine claiming Jesus is numerically the same One True God:

IF JESUS IS THE ONE TRUE GOD, WHO IS JESUS' GOD?

The straightforward biblical answer is:

THE FATHER.

THE FATHER AND THE SON

John gives an extremely important warning:

1 John 2:22

“Who is the liar, except the one denying that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one denying the Father and the Son.”

Notice John's language:

THE FATHER

and:

THE SON.

Christian faith depends upon preserving that relationship.

God is truly the Father.

Jesus is truly His Son.

The Father sent Him.

The Son obeyed Him.

The Father raised Him from the dead.

The Father exalted Him.

And the Father gave Him authority.

THREE IMPORTANT BIBLICAL QUESTIONS

When examining the Trinity, three questions therefore deserve serious consideration.

1. DOES THE TRINITY PRESERVE THE BIBLE'S DEFINITION OF THE ONE GOD?

Jesus reaffirmed:

“THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD.”

Paul identified:

“ONE GOD, THE FATHER.”

And Jesus called His Father:

“THE ONLY TRUE GOD.”

2. DID GOD HIMSELF BECOME FLESH — OR DID GOD SEND HIS SON?

Scripture repeatedly says:

GOD SENT HIS SON.

The distinction between the Sender and the One sent occurs throughout the New Testament.

3. DOES THE DOCTRINE PRESERVE THE BIBLICAL DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE FATHER AND HIS SON?

Jesus is repeatedly called:

THE SON OF GOD.

He never calls Himself:

“GOD THE SON.”

Those are not identical expressions.

One is explicit biblical terminology.

The other is a later theological formulation.

THE REAL QUESTION

The issue should not be:

“Can theologians construct a philosophical explanation for how three persons share one divine essence?”

The more fundamental question is:

HOW DOES THE BIBLE ITSELF IDENTIFY THE ONE GOD?

And again and again we encounter:

“THE ONLY TRUE GOD.”

— John 17:3

“ONE GOD, THE FATHER.”

— 1 Corinthians 8:6

“ONE GOD AND FATHER OF ALL.”

— Ephesians 4:6

Alongside:

“JESUS CHRIST WHOM YOU HAVE SENT.”

— John 17:3

“THE SON OF GOD.”

— John 10:36

“THE MAN CHRIST JESUS.”

— 1 Timothy 2:5

QUICK FACT CONCLUSION

The Trinity should not be rejected merely because it is difficult to understand.

Nor should it be accepted merely because theologians call it a mystery.

It should be tested by Scripture.

And Scripture gives us extraordinarily simple declarations:

GOD IS ONE.

THE FATHER IS THE ONLY TRUE GOD.

THERE IS ONE GOD, THE FATHER.

JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD.

GOD SENT HIS SON.

JESUS HAS A GOD — HIS FATHER.

So the central question remains:

If the Bible repeatedly identifies the Father as the One God and Jesus as His Son, where does Scripture redefine that One God as three co-equal persons?

That is the question every sincere Bible student should examine carefully for themselves.

FULL RESEARCH ARTICLE

Yahweh — The One True God and His Greatest Commandment

https://wwwrealdiscoveriesorg-simon.blogspot.com/2020/06/yahweh-one-true-god-and-his-greatest.html

Research by Simon Brown
wwwrealdiscoveriesorg-simon.blogspot.com

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Wednesday, 12 August 2026

Quick Facts: Who Is on the Throne of God — One God or Three?

Quick Facts: Who is on the throne of God—one God or three? Biblical study examining God the Father, Jesus at God's right hand, and the Trinity.

 A detailed biblical infographic examining who is on the throne of God. Key passages including Matthew 22:44, Hebrews 12:2, Revelation 3:21, Mark 12:29 and 1 Corinthians 8:6 distinguish God the Father from Jesus Christ at His right hand.

I’d make this one short, direct, and Scripture-focused, because the throne passages themselves make the central distinction very clearly. I’d also slightly soften the title so it invites the reader to investigate rather than giving away the conclusion immediately.

QUICK FACTS: WHO IS ON THE THRONE OF GOD — ONE GOD OR THREE?

Research by Simon Brown

The doctrine of the Trinity teaches that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are three distinct persons who are the one God.

But what picture does the Bible actually give us when it describes God's throne?

Does Scripture show the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit together as three divine persons upon God's throne?

Or does it consistently distinguish God from Jesus, His Son, who sits at God's right hand?

Let us examine the Quick Facts.

QUICK FACT 1 — JESUS SITS AT GOD'S RIGHT HAND

Jesus quoted Psalm 110:1:

“The Lord said to my Lord, ‘Sit at My right hand, until I place Your enemies as a footstool for Your feet.’”

— Matthew 22:44, BLB

Notice the distinction.

One is speaking.

The other is invited to sit at His right hand.

Jesus did not describe Himself as the God whose right hand He occupies.

QUICK FACT 2 — JESUS CALLED HIMSELF “THE SON OF MAN”

At His trial Jesus said:

“From now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming upon the clouds of heaven.”

— Matthew 26:64, BLB

Again we have the same picture:

The Son of Man is at the right hand of God.

There is distinction—not one person sitting at His own right hand.

QUICK FACT 3 — HEBREWS MAKES THE DISTINCTION EVEN CLEARER

Hebrews tells us:

“…looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who in view of the joy set before Him, endured the cross, having despised its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

— Hebrews 12:2, BLB

Look carefully at those words:

Jesus sits at the right hand of the throne OF GOD.

The verse distinguishes Jesus from God, whose throne it is.

QUICK FACT 4 — JESUS HIMSELF CALLS IT HIS FATHER'S THRONE

Perhaps one of the clearest statements comes directly from Jesus:

“The one overcoming, I will give to him to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.”

— Revelation 3:21, BLB

Notice exactly what Jesus says:

“My Father”

and

“His throne.”

Jesus therefore identifies the throne as His Father's throne.

He says that after overcoming, He sat down with His Father on His Father's throne.

QUICK FACT 5 — WHERE IS THE THIRD PERSON?

This raises an important question for the traditional doctrine of the Trinity.

If the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are three distinct divine persons within the one God, why do these throne passages repeatedly describe:

God

and

Jesus at God's right hand

without presenting the Holy Spirit as a third person seated alongside them?

This absence by itself does not logically disprove every possible formulation of the Trinity—the doctrine does not require the Holy Spirit to occupy a literal third seat.

But it does raise an important biblical question:

Why does Scripture's throne imagery repeatedly distinguish God from Jesus rather than presenting three coequal persons seated together as God?

QUICK FACT 6 — DOES THIS MEAN THERE ARE TWO OR THREE GODS?

No.

The biblical passages do not describe three Gods sitting side by side.

Instead, Scripture repeatedly declares that there is one God.

God Himself declares:

“Remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me.”

— Isaiah 46:9

And Jesus Himself affirmed Israel's great confession:

“The foremost is, ‘Hear this O Israel: The Lord our God is One Lord.’”

— Mark 12:29, BLB

Jesus did not replace this commandment with:

“God is three persons.”

He affirmed:

“THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD.”

QUICK FACT 7 — PAUL ALSO DISTINGUISHES THE ONE GOD FROM JESUS

Paul gives us an especially clear statement:

“Yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things and we for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we through Him.”

— 1 Corinthians 8:6, BLB

Notice Paul's language:

ONE GOD — THE FATHER

and

ONE LORD — JESUS CHRIST

This fits naturally with the throne passages.

The Father is identified as the one God, while Jesus Christ is His exalted Son and Lord.

QUICK FACTS — FINAL CONCLUSION

What do these throne passages actually show?

They repeatedly present:

GOD

with

JESUS CHRIST AT HIS RIGHT HAND.

Hebrews says Jesus sits at:

“the right hand of the throne of God.”

And Jesus Himself says:

“I…sat down with My Father on His throne.”

The Bible does not describe three Gods sitting together upon God's throne.

Nor do these passages explicitly portray the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as three coequal persons occupying God's throne.

Instead, they distinguish God the Father from Jesus Christ, His Son, whom God exalted to His right hand.

And this fits Paul's remarkably simple declaration:

“ONE GOD, THE FATHER.”

— 1 Corinthians 8:6

It also agrees with God's own declaration:

“I AM GOD, AND THERE IS NO OTHER.”

— Isaiah 46:9

And with the commandment Jesus Himself called the foremost:

“THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD.”

— Mark 12:29, BLB

So rather than beginning with a later theological formula and reading it back into these passages, Christians should ask a simple question:

What picture does Scripture itself actually give us?

Read the passages.

Compare them.

Test everything.

And decide from the biblical evidence.

“But test all things. Hold fast to the good.”

— 1 Thessalonians 5:21, BLB

Research by Simon Brown

wwwrealdiscoveriesorg-simon.blogspot.com

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Friday, 31 July 2026

John 17:3 — Jesus Confirmed That the Father Alone Is the Only True God

John 17:3 infographic showing Jesus declaring that the Father alone is the only true God, connecting His prayer with the Shema, Mark 12:29, and the biblical definition of eternal life.

 This infographic highlights the key facts from John 17:3, where Jesus identifies His Father as the only true God and Himself as the Christ sent by God. It also connects Jesus' teaching with the Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4), Mark 12:29, and the apostles' consistent testimony that there is one God, the Father.

Quick Facts

John 17:3 — Jesus Confirmed That the Father Alone Is the Only True God

John 17:3 is one of the clearest statements in the entire Bible about the identity of the one true God.

Jesus prayed to His Father and said:

"This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent." (John 17:3)

Quick Facts

  • Jesus called His Father "the only true God."

  • Jesus distinguished Himself from the Father, saying, "and Jesus Christ whom You have sent."

  • Jesus never said He Himself was the only true God.

  • Jesus confirmed the greatest commandment (Deuteronomy 6:4; Mark 12:29), declaring that God is one.

  • Jesus repeatedly taught that He was sent by the Father, showing the distinction between the Sender and the One sent.

  • Eternal life depends upon knowing both persons correctly: the Father as the only true God, and Jesus as the Christ whom God sent.

  • The apostles continued teaching this same truth, identifying the Father as the one God and Jesus Christ as the one Lord (1 Corinthians 8:6).

The Key Question

If Jesus Himself called the Father "the only true God," what did He mean?

Did Jesus intend to teach that He was included within that title?

Or was He clearly identifying His Father as the one true God while presenting Himself as God's Messiah, the Son whom the Father had sent?

Let's carefully examine the biblical context and allow Jesus' own words to answer these important questions.

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Wednesday, 29 July 2026

Scriptures Proving Yahweh: The One True God of Israel Is the Creator Alone.

Infographic presenting biblical passages showing that Yahweh alone is the Creator of heaven and earth, comparing Old and New Testament Scriptures that identify the one true God as the only Creator.


Scriptures Proving Yahweh Alone Is the One True God and Creator

Throughout the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, one consistent truth is proclaimed: Yahweh, the God of Israel, alone is the Creator of heaven and earth.

This article examines the biblical evidence demonstrating that creation is repeatedly attributed to one God, one Creator, and one Father. It also considers whether the Scriptures describe Jesus as existing alongside God during the Genesis creation or whether they instead present Him as God's promised Messiah who was begotten in fulfilment of prophecy and became the beginning of God's new creation.

Throughout this study, notice the repeated use of singular language describing God:

  • I

  • Me

  • My

  • He

  • Him

  • His

  • Yahweh

  • God

  • Creator

  • Alone

For example, Isaiah records God's own words:

"Everyone who is called by My name, whom I created for My glory, whom I formed, yes, whom I made." (Isaiah 43:7)

The repeated use of singular pronouns presents God as a single personal Creator acting alone.

Likewise, throughout the creation account we never read expressions such as:

  • "We created."

  • "We formed."

  • "We stretched out the heavens."

  • "The three Persons created."

If Genesis intended to teach that three co-equal divine persons created the universe together, we would naturally expect such language. Instead, Scripture consistently describes creation as the work of one Creator.

Unless otherwise stated, Scripture quotations in this article are taken from the World English Bible (WEB).

The Beginning of Creation

The Bible opens with one of the clearest statements found anywhere in Scripture:

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." (Genesis 1:1)

No other person is introduced as participating in this act.

Genesis continues by repeatedly describing God's work using singular pronouns:

"God created man in His own image. In God's image He created him; male and female He created them." (Genesis 1:27)

The passage repeatedly states:

  • God created

  • He created

  • God blessed

  • God said

  • I have given

  • I have made

The emphasis remains on one Creator carrying out every creative act.

Genesis 2 continues the same pattern:

"On the seventh day God finished His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made." (Genesis 2:2)

Again, Scripture consistently speaks of one God performing the work of creation.

The personal name of God is then introduced:

"Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life." (Genesis 2:7)

Throughout Genesis 2 we repeatedly read:

  • Yahweh God planted.

  • Yahweh God commanded.

  • Yahweh God formed.

  • Yahweh God caused.

  • Yahweh God made.

The narrative never states that Jesus was already alive with God creating alongside Him. Instead, the entire account attributes creation to Yahweh alone.

Part 2 – The Old Testament Consistently Declares That Yahweh Alone Created All Things

After the creation account in Genesis, the rest of the Old Testament continues to repeat the same message: Yahweh alone is the Creator of heaven and earth.

Throughout these passages, notice the repeated use of singular language. The Scriptures speak of one Creator, never of multiple divine persons creating together.

Yahweh Is the Possessor of Heaven and Earth

Melchizedek blessed Abram, saying:

"Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth." (Genesis 14:19)

Abram himself then declared:

"I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth." (Genesis 14:22)

The Creator is identified as Yahweh God Most High.

Yahweh Made Heaven and Earth

Isaac later referred to God as:

"Yahweh, the God of heaven." (Genesis 24:7)

When God gave Israel the Sabbath command, He reminded them:

"For in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them." (Exodus 20:11)

The same statement is repeated again:

"For in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day He rested." (Exodus 31:17)

The Creator is consistently identified as Yahweh.

The Psalms Glorify One Creator

David repeatedly attributes creation to Yahweh alone.

"By Yahweh's word the heavens were made, all their army by the breath of His mouth." (Psalm 33:6)

Notice that the Psalm does not say another divine person created alongside Yahweh. Rather, Yahweh created by His own word and by the breath of His own mouth.

Likewise:

"The heavens are Yours. The earth also is Yours." (Psalm 89:11)

"Before You had formed the earth and the world... You are God." (Psalm 90:2)

"The sea is His, and He made it. His hands formed the dry land." (Psalm 95:5)

"Yahweh made the heavens." (Psalm 96:5)

"Of old You laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of Your hands." (Psalm 102:25)

Every passage attributes creation to one Person.

Psalm 104 Describes Yahweh's Creative Power

Psalm 104 is one of Scripture's most detailed descriptions of creation.

Throughout the chapter we repeatedly read:

  • He stretches out the heavens.

  • He lays the foundations of the earth.

  • He makes the clouds His chariot.

  • He appoints the moon.

  • He formed Leviathan.

  • He gives food to every creature.

  • He takes away their breath.

  • He sends forth His Spirit.

  • He renews the face of the earth.

The repeated emphasis is unmistakable: Yahweh alone performs every creative act.

The Prophets Speak With One Voice

The prophets continue exactly the same testimony.

Isaiah declares:

"You have made heaven and earth." (Isaiah 37:16)

"The everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth." (Isaiah 40:28)

God Himself says:

"Thus says God Yahweh, He who created the heavens and stretched them out; He who spread out the earth..." (Isaiah 42:5)

Then comes one of the clearest statements in the entire Bible:

"I am Yahweh, who makes all things; who alone stretches out the heavens; who spreads out the earth by Myself." (Isaiah 44:24)

The language leaves no room for another Creator sharing in the act. Yahweh declares that He stretched out the heavens alone and spread out the earth by Himself.

He continues:

"I have made the earth, and created man on it. I, even My hands, have stretched out the heavens." (Isaiah 45:12)

Again:

"I am Yahweh, and there is no other." (Isaiah 45:18)

And:

"My hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and My right hand has spread out the heavens." (Isaiah 48:13)

These repeated declarations consistently present Yahweh as the sole Creator.

The Testimony Continues Throughout the Old Testament

The same truth appears again and again:

  • Malachi 2:10 – "Hasn't one God created us?"

  • Proverbs 3:19 – "By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth."

  • Jeremiah 10:12 – "He has made the earth by His power."

  • Jeremiah 32:17 – "You have made the heavens and the earth."

  • Job 9:8 – "He alone stretches out the heavens."

  • Nehemiah 9:6 – "You are Yahweh, You alone. You have made heaven... the earth... the seas... and preserve them all."

  • Zechariah 12:1 – "Yahweh stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him."

Across the Law, the Prophets, the Psalms, and the Historical Books, the testimony is remarkably consistent.

The Old Testament repeatedly identifies Yahweh, the God of Israel, as the one Creator who alone made heaven and earth.

The next section will examine whether the New Testament changes this testimony or continues to identify one God, the Father, as the Creator while revealing Jesus Christ as God's promised Messiah and the beginning of God's new creation.

Certainly. Here's Part 3, continuing naturally from Parts 1 and 2, while keeping the flow, improving readability, and preserving the arguments from your original article.

Part 3 – The New Testament Continues to Teach That the One True God Is the Creator

Some people believe the New Testament changes the Old Testament teaching by introducing Jesus as a second Creator who existed alongside God before the world began.

But does the New Testament actually say this?

When we examine the Scriptures carefully, we find that the apostles continue to proclaim the same truth revealed throughout the Old Testament: the one true God, the Father, is the Creator of all things.

Jesus Christ is presented as God's promised Messiah, His only begotten Son, and the One through whom God brings about His purpose of salvation and the new creation.

John 1:3 – What Was Created Through "the Word"?

John writes:

"All things were made through it, and without it nothing was made that has been made." (John 1:3)

As explained in the earlier study on John 1, the Greek word logos simply means word, message, speech, or expression.

John does not say:

"All things were made through Jesus."

Rather, he says they were made through God's Word.

This perfectly agrees with the Old Testament.

Psalm 33:6 declares:

"By Yahweh's word the heavens were made; all their army by the breath of His mouth."

A few verses later we are told how this happened:

"For He spoke, and it was done. He commanded, and it stood firm." (Psalm 33:9)

Likewise Psalm 148:5 says:

"He commanded, and they were created."

In every case, Yahweh speaks, and creation comes into existence.

John's Gospel follows this same biblical pattern.

One God, the Father

Perhaps the clearest statement in the New Testament is found in Paul's first letter to the Corinthians.

"Yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through Him." (1 Corinthians 8:6)

Notice Paul's careful distinction.

He identifies:

  • one God — the Father.

  • one Lord — Jesus Christ.

Paul does not say there are three persons who are equally God.

Instead, he plainly identifies the Father alone as the one God.

The phrase "of whom are all things" identifies God as the ultimate source of everything.

The phrase "through whom are all things" describes the work God accomplishes through His Messiah.

Throughout Paul's writings this same pattern appears repeatedly whenever he speaks of God's saving purpose in Christ.

God Created All Things

Paul writes again:

"The One having created all things." (Ephesians 3:9)

The Creator is simply identified as God.

A few verses later he writes:

"One God and Father of all, who is over all, through all, and in us all." (Ephesians 4:6)

Once again, Paul identifies one God as the Father.

The Apostles Continue the Same Testimony

The apostles consistently preach the Creator as the living God.

Paul told the people of Lystra:

"Turn to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them." (Acts 14:15)

Later in Athens he proclaimed:

"The God who made the world and everything in it..." (Acts 17:24)

Neither sermon introduces another Creator alongside God.

The Creator remains the one living God.

Hebrews Agrees

The writer of Hebrews also maintains this same understanding.

"He who built all things is God." (Hebrews 3:4)

Again:

"By faith we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God." (Hebrews 11:3)

Notice the harmony with Genesis and Psalm 33.

Creation comes through the word of God, not through the independent actions of another divine person.

The Book of Revelation

The final book of the Bible ends exactly where Genesis began.

The heavenly worship declares:

"Worthy are You, our Lord and God... for You created all things." (Revelation 4:11)

Later an angel proclaims:

"Worship Him who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs of waters." (Revelation 14:7)

Throughout Revelation, worship is directed to the Creator, who is consistently identified as God.

The Testimony of Scripture

When we allow both the Old and New Testaments to speak together, a consistent picture emerges.

The Bible repeatedly teaches:

  • There is one God.

  • That one God is the Father.

  • Yahweh alone is the Creator of heaven and earth.

  • Creation came into existence by God's word.

  • Jesus Christ is God's promised Messiah and His only begotten Son.

The New Testament does not overturn the testimony of the Old Testament. Rather, it builds upon it by revealing God's purpose fulfilled through His Son, Jesus Christ.

In the next section, we will examine how Jesus fulfils the Old Testament prophecies by being begotten, born as the Messiah, and becoming the beginning of God's new creation, rather than being presented as a second Creator existing alongside God before the world began.

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Wednesday, 10 July 2019

DOES JESUS DECLARE GOD IS ONE OR THREE CALLED THE TRINITY?


DID JESUS DECLARE, GOD IS ''ONE'' OR ''THREE'' CALLED THE TRINITY

As Yeshua has a GOD, HOW is Yeshua that SAME GOD? 

 And: DID JESUS DECLARE, GOD IS ''ONE'' OR ''THREE'' CALLED THE TRINITY?

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Did GOD say Jesus was GOD?
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