Why So Much Trinity Bashing?

[Kenny]

All of these converts lived in Jerusalem, not just the priests.

I think we lost the train of thought here. My fault. I hadn’t realized we changed subjects and my statement was in reference to “ The idea that Jesus was God was not present at all in the Jewish population in Jerusalem. "

I'm going to regret asking. What does the book of Isaiah have to do with the Nazarenes?

Nothing… I was talking about God manifesting in the body of a man.

 

[metis]

Yes, many. Many tens of thousands in the inception and more after

And if they don't, are there consequences?

 

[metis]

The idea that Jesus was God was not present at all in the Jewish population in Jerusalem.

Frankly, I strongly tend to believe that they didn't believe as such because it's so alien to what's in the Tanakh as no person is ever depicted as being God or the equivalent of God within it. I tend to think it was likely Paul who put forth that concept as being symbolic of Jesus being the "sacrificial lamb". When Gentiles eventually dominated the early Church, it was easier for them to believe that Jesus and God are one and the same. However, even that wasn't a slam-dunk at first.

 

[Kenny]

And if they don't, are there consequences?

The last thing I ever do is sit on the judgement seat that is only reserved for God. It is above my pay-grade.

The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know about the one who created the heavens and the earth. What is the totality of the legal and effectual working of the Cross? Only God knows.

So I rely on what I do know… preach the good news Gospel of Jesus Christ. For the one who knows he needs a doctor, he will come and drink of the wells of eternal life as did the woman at the well and the Samaritans that he preached to.