Why there is no clear mention of trinity in the old testament?

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Jesus said "My Father and I are One."

How does that work ?
John 17:11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
John 17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
They are one in purpose, not one in being or deity. The oneness believers are to share is the same oneness the Father and Son share. Therefore, it cannot be any oneness of being or deity.
 
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You are trying to use LOGIC to understand an unfathomable Being ...
I would rather use logic than illogic. The trinity uses illogic to understand Him.
 
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John 1

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2 The same was in the beginning with God.

3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
I prefer pre-KJV translations such as Tyndale's, Geneva Bible, Matthew's Bible, The Bishop's Bible, The Great Bible, etc., all which read somewhat similarly as follows.

John 1:1 In the beginnynge was the worde and the worde was with God: and the worde was God.
John 1:2 The same was in the beginnynge with God.
John 1:3 All thinges were made by it and with out it was made nothinge that was made.
The logos in the beginning of John does not refer to a being, but to the spoken words, thoughts, plans, etc., of Father YHWH. The logos eventually became a being when YHWH spoke His Son into existence (John 1:14).
 
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The New Testament does say that EACH is GOD ...

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
You are reading the Son into the logos.
 
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Not biblically.

John 1 say that the WORD was WITH GOD ... and WAS GOD.
You are reading the Son into this verse and into the logos. I will not do that. The Son was not the logos until it was made flesh.
 
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Nonsense.

I am equal (in being) to my father, ... and yet I am subject to him ...
That holds true because you are both flesh. Father YHWH is Spirit and His Son is flesh. No equality. Flesh is subject to Spirit.
 
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I meant to say infact, and the verse you quoted doesn’t prove Sola Scriptura literally means by scripture alone, where does the verse say that we are to look only to scripture as an authority on faith. I don’t even understand how Protestants or those that hold to Sola Scriptura can even use this verse when it contains nothing that indicates the doctrine of using scripture alone as an authority on faith. If the early church held to using scripture alone then you’d have to produce a single statement from any of the early Church Christ fathers or early Christians confirming the doctrine. Even traditional Judaism historically never accepted the concept of using scripture alone.
I have no problem using sources outside of Scripture IF Scripture does not address an issue or if the outside source agrees with Scripture. The outside sources used to teach a trinity do NOT agree with Scripture unless the Scriptures are twisted to conform to the outside source.
 
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What does pedophilia in the Catholic Church have to do with this discussion? As if other religious groups never get problems like pedophilia.
I would not accept doctrines from the Protestant churches either. I suspect neither would you. The teachings of Yeshua and his apostles are the teachings of non-pediphiles. They were not workers of iniquity. Such workers arose in the church AFTER Paul departed (Acts 20:29).

The Catholic Church gave you the whole New Testament and the Catholic Church was and is the first and only Church Christ founded. The early Christians referred to themselves as Catholics as well. So I’m sorry what did the Catholic Church change in the Torah and Ten Commandments?
The second century believers did not belong to the "Catholic Church", but to the "catholic church" or "universal church". The term was not used until after Paul departed and corruption set in. Eventually it came to refer to the particular sect known as the "Catholic Church" or "Roman Catholic Church". The Catholic Church did not give us the NT. YHWH may have used them to compile the canon, but He alo used a donkey to teach a man.

As for what the CC changed; they abolished the feast days and instituted man-made feasts in their place; changed the Sabbath to Sunday; abolished the dietary laws, etc.
 
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I'm not Catholic, and what a pity you ran out of arguments so you need to insult.
The doctrine against Sola Scriptura comes from Catholics so they could continue in their man-made traditions and doctrines. I have plenty of arguments for my beliefs. My statements were not designed as insults, but to show what kind of men the CC receives their doctrines from. I prefer to receive them from Scripture, Yeshua, and his apostles.
 
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John 17:11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
John 17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
They are one in purpose, not one in being or deity. The oneness believers are to share is the same oneness the Father and Son share. Therefore, it cannot be any oneness of being or deity.
It's not necessarily the SAME oneness ... as in like manner it is neither the ONENESS shared by a husband and wife. All ONENESS is not the same.

Jesus prayed to the Father to restore to Him the glory He shared with the Father in the beginning ...

John 17:5 And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.
 
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I prefer pre-KJV translations such as Tyndale's, Geneva Bible, Matthew's Bible, The Bishop's Bible, The Great Bible, etc., all which read somewhat similarly as follows.

John 1:1 In the beginnynge was the worde and the worde was with God: and the worde was God.
John 1:2 The same was in the beginnynge with God.
John 1:3 All thinges were made by it and with out it was made nothinge that was made.
The logos in the beginning of John does not refer to a being, but to the spoken words, thoughts, plans, etc., of Father YHWH. The logos eventually became a being when YHWH spoke His Son into existence (John 1:14).
John 1:1 In the beginnynge was the worde and the worde was with God: and the worde was God.
 
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You are reading the Son into the logos.
That holds true because you are both flesh. Father YHWH is Spirit and His Son is flesh. No equality. Flesh is subject to Spirit.
Are you saying that Christ had no spirit ? That you have no spirit ?

Does not the scripture speak of the Spirit of Christ ?

Galatians 4:6 Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!"

Romans 8:9 However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.
 
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The doctrine against Sola Scriptura comes from Catholics so they could continue in their man-made traditions and doctrines. I have plenty of arguments for my beliefs. My statements were not designed as insults, but to show what kind of men the CC receives their doctrines from. I prefer to receive them from Scripture, Yeshua, and his apostles.
Jesus said "he who does not listen to the Church is to be treated as a pagan and a tax collector" and he founded his Church on Peter and the Apostles.
Also, you adhere to Protestant ideas by believing in the innovation of Sola Scriptura.
 
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It's not necessarily the SAME oneness ... as in like manner it is neither the ONENESS shared by a husband and wife. All ONENESS is not the same.
John 17:22 says "even as" which makes it the same oneness. If not, then what kind of oneness is John 10:30 referring to?

Jesus prayed to the Father to restore to Him the glory He shared with the Father in the beginning ...

John 17:5 And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.
I already addressed this. It refers to the glory he had in the Father's plan of salvation.
 
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LOGIC will not suffice to understand an unfathomable God ...
Neither will illogic which is why I base my beliefs on Scripture as I'm guided by the Spirit, not the traditions and illogic of men.
 
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John 1:1 In the beginnynge was the worde and the worde was with God: and the worde was God.
"God" refers to the Father and "worde" refers to His spoken words, thoughts, plans, etc. Just as my words and thoughts are me, so are the Father's. Why do you insist on reading the Son into the text? We are not told the Son was the logos. We are told the logos was made into the Son.
 
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Are you saying that Christ had no spirit ? That you have no spirit ?

Does not the scripture speak of the Spirit of Christ ?

Galatians 4:6 Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!"

Romans 8:9 However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.
I never said the Son had no spirit. The subject was equality. The greatest Spirit in existence has NO equality with a flesh and blood man even if that man was GIVEN a spirit by the greatest Spirit. That man has now been glorified and become a spirit being that can put his spirit in another being. Yet, we see that even in his glorified state, he will be subject to the Father throughout all eternity (1 Corinthians 15:28).
 
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Jesus said "he who does not listen to the Church is to be treated as a pagan and a tax collector" and he founded his Church on Peter and the Apostles.[/QOUTE]
The context is hearing the church as it judges one who trespassed against another. It has nothing to do with accepting false doctrines simply because they come from an entity claiming to be the "church".

[Also, you adhere to Protestant ideas by believing in the innovation of Sola Scriptura.
I adhere to 2 Timothy 3:16 unless those Scriptures do not address an issue. Just because Protestants believe the same way does not mean they invented the doctrine. Where are we told to build doctrines on tradition? The verse does NOT say, "All tradition is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: "
 
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I never said the Son had no spirit. The subject was equality. The greatest Spirit in existence has NO equality with a flesh and blood man even if that man was GIVEN a spirit by the greatest Spirit. That man has now been glorified and become a spirit being that can put his spirit in another being. Yet, we see that even in his glorified state, he will be subject to the Father throughout all eternity (1 Corinthians 15:28).
My view of the Godhead has less to do with equality ... and more to do with relationship. The members of the Godhead operate together, in unity, with the same purposes and plan.

They were together in the beginning, executed Creation together, have redeemed mankind together, and will continue to operate and govern the Universe together.

The scriptures state that Christ was, originally, in the very form of God, ... that He took on the form of a man, ... and that He is now glorified (as He was originally) ... and has inherited all authority from His Father.

Philippians 2

5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
 
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