Chapter 10: The False Trinity Doctrine

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Now let’s examine the trinity writings of Pastor John Hagee in his

Prophecy Study Bible4, NKJV Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1997. This is the Holy Bible that I use regularly. I would highly recommend it as a base study Bible with the single caveat to beware of any teaching on Christian tradition such as the trinity doctrine. John Hagee5 is a preacher of righteousness and

he provides some great study aids and timelines in his Prophecy Study Bible.

The NKJV is the Bible that I compare all Scripture with in order to see the subtle variations on wording and whether doctrine agrees or

disagrees. I have stated that all Bibles are basically in 99% agreement. However, Bibles often include commentary on Christian doctrines and the Prophecy Study Bible is no exception. Therefore, Hagee provides another explanation of the trinity and offers some scriptures for illustration. Here then is Hagee’s explanation of the trinity from page 1429 of his Prophecy

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“No one should be surprised that when we try to describe God we run into problems with the inadequacy of both our concepts and our words. Take the idea of the trinity. ‘Trinity’ is not a word found in the Bible.

Christians created it in response to the biblical information about the nature and relationships of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.”

“The doctrine of the trinity asserts that there is one God who exists in

three persons; one divine essence which expresses itself always in three coequal, coeternal subsistences: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. There you are—hard words and difficult concepts.”

“Islam and Judaism have historically charged Christians with tritheism, the worship of three distinct gods. Some from within the Christian ranks have felt compelled to stress the unity of God to the point that only the Father is conceived of as fully divine. The Son is regarded as the highest

creature, and the Holy Spirit usually as an impersonal force. Others have stressed the unity of God and explained the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as ways the one God expresses Himself at different times. All of these positions are heretical to orthodox trinitarian Christianity.”