THE TRINITY
CONFUSION
Is this who you worship?
“O God, one in nature and three persons:Father, Son, and Holy Ghost;
First cause and last end of all creatures,
The infinite Good,Incomprehensible and ineffable,My Creator, my Redeemer, my Sanctifier.I believe in Thee,I hope in Thee,And I love Thee with all my heart.”
Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the
commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. Revelation 14:12
THE CONFUSION
There is no question the subject of the Trinity is a ‘hot’ issue, and in some
areas it is causing confusion among God’s people. Is it Christian? Is it pagan? Or is it papal?Obviously, if it is Christian, it can not be pagan? But if it is a doctrine of the Bible, can it also be papal? And if it is papal, what difference does that make?Is there more than one doctrine of the Trinity? Is there a pagan Trinity and a papal one?
The writer of this booklet was an Anglican, who believed the Thirty Nine
Articles of Religion which state, “There is but one living and true God
everlasting, without body parts, or passions; of infinite power, wisdom
and goodness; the Maker and preserver of all things both visible and invisible. And in unity of this Godhead there be three Persons, of one substance, power and eternity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost”. Book of Common Prayer. Thirty Nine Articles of Religion. No.1. p376. (Anglican)There may be slight variations, but from personal research it has been discovered that all the mainline churches believe in God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit
– ONE GOD.
Is it truth?
Or is it heresy?
PAGAN BACKGROUND
There is no question that the majority of pagan religions believed in a Trinity; many still do. In ancient Babel, Semiramus, the widow of Nimrod (grandson of Noah), spread a report that she had become pregnant by her dead husband. “She announced the news that the spirit of Nimrod had descended from the sun, and (that) she would bear a child by her sun-god husband. Not only would Nimrod be the father, he would also be the resurrected, incarnate son”. Two Babylons by Alexander Hislop p58.59.Tammuz was born on December 25, making this day a sacred festival of
the Babylonian calendar.Semiramus gained glory from her deified dead husband, and in the course of time, Nimrod was worshipped as the personification of the sun-god,
together with his mother, who was also his wife. Thus, in Nimrod, Semiramus and Tammuz, a trinity of belief was formed. Ibid p77.157.158. 264.
“From Babylon, this worship of the Mother and the Child spread to the ends of the earth. In Egypt, the Mother and the Child were worshipped under the names of Isis and Osiris. In India, as Ini and Iswara; in Asia, as Cybele and Deoius; in Pagan Rome, as Fortuna
and Jupiter, the boy; in Greece, as Ceres, the Great Mother, with the babe at her breast., or as Irene, the goddess of Peace, with the boy Plutus in her arms; and even in Tibet, in China, and Japan, the Jesuit missionaries were astonished to find the counterpart of Madonna and her child…” Ibid p20.21
You will have noticed that often just the Mother and Child are pictured. This is because the ancients believed “the Great Invisible (took) no immediate concern in human affairs”, and was therefore worshipped in silence. In point of fact, he was not worshipped by the multitude at all. In the Hindu religion, the first person of the Hindu Triad is never
worshipped, and there is scarcely a single temple in all India that was
formally erected in his honour. Ibid p19.
In Egypt, the three names were Osiris (father), Isis (mother), and Horus
(the son). However, Horus is often interchanged with Osiris, because “the
son is also the husband of his mother”. Two Babylons p43. (It is the same
interchange as between Nimrod and Tammuz.In the Hindu religion, Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva constitute the heathen trinity, called the “Trimurti; the One or Whole with Three Forms”.
Encyclopedia Britannica. Article ‘Hinduism’ In New Zealand, the Maoris call their trinity, Taranga, Maui and Tiki-Tiki.
Horus,
Osiris,
Isis.
2nd
Millenium B.C.
Referring to Cybele, “the mother of the gods”, and Venus “the goddess of love”, Hislop states that it may be difficult to separate these two identities, but says, “the mystery will disappear, if the fundamental principle of the Mysteries be borne in mind – viz., that at bottom they recognised only Adad, ‘The One God’. Adad being triune, this left room, when the Babylonian Mystery of Iniquity took shape, for three different forms of divinity – the father, the mother, and the son; but all the multiform divinities with which the pagan world abounded,
whatever diversities there were among them, were resolvedsubstantially into so many manifestations of one or other of these divine persons, or rather of two, for the first person was generally in
the background.” Two Babylons p302.
In Babylon, Semiramus was called the “Queen of Heaven”, and in Egypt, the “Habitation of God”. Upon an Egyptian temple the following was inscribed, “I am all that has been, or that is, or that shall be.
No Normal has removed my veil. The fruit of which I have brought forth
is the Sun.” Two Babylons p77.It is obvious that although there were three distinct personalities involved in the heathen trinity, the single deity over-riding them was the SUN. Ibid p96.
One writer noted, “As far back as we can go into the ancient world, we find that all known cultures had a ‘three-in-one’ triune god. The very first trinity was simply the three stages of the life of the sun. 1. New-born at dawn. 2. Mature full-grown at 12 noon. 3. Old and dying at the end of the day. All three were of course One Divinity – the Sun!” Jordan Maxwell. BBC of America. Quoted in Exposure Vol 5. No.6 1999.However, the heathen trinity was also seen as one god with three heads as seen below.In India, the supreme divinity…. is represented with three heads on one
body, under the name of “Eko Deva Trimurtti -- One God, three forms”.
In Japan, the Buddhists worship their great divinity, Buddha, with three
heads, in the very same form, under the name of “San Pao Fuh” Two Babylons p17.18.Not all of these three-headed trinities have three heads protruding from one neck as in the previous illustration. Many of them have one head, but with three faces, one to the front, and two others either side of the head. Trinitarian Buddha Triune Hindu godheadAlexander Hislop sums up the heathen trinity in the following words, “All these have existed from ancient times. While overlaid with idolatry,
the recognition of a trinity was universal in all the ancient nations of the world.” Two Babylons p17.18.Another aspect of the heathen trinity is that of opposing forces. In the Hindu trinity, consisting of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, there are
conflicting functions. Shiva, who is one of the gods of this trinity, is “said
to be the god of destruction. The other two gods are Brahma, the god of creation and Vishnu, the god of maintenance…. To indicate that
these three processes are one and the same, the three gods are combined in one form.”
The Symbolism of Hindu Gods and Rituals. Published by A Parthasarathy. Bombay.The Encyclopedia Britannica states, “Vishnu is often regarded as a special manifestation of the preservative aspect of the Supreme, and Shiva as that of the destructive function. Another deity, Brahma, the creator, remains in the background as a demiurge. These three great figures (Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva) constitute the so-called Hindu Trinity -- Trimurti, ‘The One or Whole with Three Forms’ ” Encyclopedia Britannica. Article, Hinduism.“Historians show that at this time (c 500BC) the Hindu priests
changed their teachings and adopted the adorable conception of a loving heavenly Father. As new literature sprang up, and innumerable tractates were written to place Brahma (the creator), Vishnu (the preserver), and Siva (the destroyer), the Hindu trinity, on a par with Jehovah
Hi! I am a robot. I just upvoted you! I found similar content that readers might be interested in:
http://revelation1412.org/files/9713/4269/9593/The_Trinity_Confusion.pdf
I don't really care that some say the concept of the Trinity is pagan in nature. It's a meaningless statement. Other cultures also believe in the Flood. I don't care about that either. Their beliefs are evidence of nothing.
The Bible never uses the word "trinity" but the concept is clearly in scripture. Here are just a few verses that demonstrate it:
(Isaiah 9:6-7 NIV) For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. {7} Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this.
(Zechariah 12:10 NIV) "And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
(John 14:7-11 NIV) If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him." {8} Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us." {9} Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? {10} Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. {11} Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves.
(Matthew 28:18-20 NIV) Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. {19} Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, {20} and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
(Daniel 7:13-14 NIV) "In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. {14} He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all peoples, nations and men of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.
(Acts 15:28-29 NIV) It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements: {29} You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.
(Acts 21:10-11 NIV) After we had been there a number of days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. {11} Coming over to us, he took Paul's belt, tied his own hands and feet with it and said, "The Holy Spirit says, 'In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and will hand him over to the Gentiles.'"
(Hebrews 3:7-11 NIV) So, as the Holy Spirit says: "Today, if you hear his voice, {8} do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion, during the time of testing in the desert, {9} where your fathers tested and tried me and for forty years saw what I did. {10} That is why I was angry with that generation, and I said, 'Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known my ways.' {11} So I declared on oath in my anger, 'They shall never enter my rest.'"
(Hebrews 10:15-16 NIV) The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says: {16} "This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds."
God is one but working in three different ways as a different being. Thanks for the Word of God.
Those are the word of wisdom. We Christians should spread the good news.
I will like to invite you to today's Christian curation show in the whaleshares discord server. Kindly read this post announcing it.
Tuesday Christian Curation show
Venue: whaleshares community discord server: https://discord.gg/CDFaync
Time: 2:00 PM EST or 7:00 PM GMT/UTC
God Bless you as you come to fellowship with other Christians.