Monday, March 4, 2013

Answering Trinitarian Objections to the Oneness Faith, Hebrews 1:8


Answering Trinitarian Objections to the Oneness Faith,
Hebrews 1:8
by Bishop Jerry Hayes

The Trinitarian Objection
In answering Trinitarian objec-tions to the Oneness faith Hebrews 1:8 has to be an important issue. In this verse Trinitarians feel they have finally found a place where the Son of God is said to be God. Even, more to the point: A place where the Father calls the Son, God. Here is the quote: 
“But to the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.” (Hebrews 1:8)

Here we link to a video where Bishop Hayes is teaching from Hebrews 1:8-9

The Oneness Answer 
Scripture must be interpreted in the light of other Scriptures—there can be no contradictions. The Scriptures state there is but ONE God-person ( E.g. ‘Now see that I, even I, am He, And there is no God besides Me; see De. 32:39; Is 43:3,11; 44;6; 45:5,18,21,22; 46:5,9; Mk 12:29; 1 Ti 2:5; Ga3:20). We will call this truth: “Bible Absolute Number One.” So, however Hebrews 1:8 is interpreted, it must not, can not, violate “Bible Absolute, Number One.”

If the Trinitarian interpretation is correct, we have several huge problems: 
  1. There is more than one God-person, which violates “Bible Absolute, Number One;”
  2. If the Trinitarian interpretation is correct God has a God, and one God is anointed by the other God; because v9 says, “Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You...” And “Bible Absolute, Number One” is violated.
  3. If the Trinitarian interpretation is correct God has “fellows” (i.e. companions, equals); Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions.”  Notice  the “fellows” (KJV) “companions” (NKJV) are plural, so, A race of Gods?  And “Bible Absolute, Number One” is violated.
  4. It is the single text in the KJV that seems to call the Son, God; to found a doctrine on one text violates the Law of Witnesses which requires more than one (De 19:15)
The four items listed above are solid proof that Trinitarianism does not have  the correct understanding of Hebrews 1:8.

The difficulty that is experienced by all who hold the Trinitarian view is this: they have jumped into the middle of the story  (i.e. the NT texts) of theology without the context (knowledge) of the beginning of this grand narrative. In the beginning of the great theology of the Bible, God introduces Himself as One Only Person. ( E.g. ‘Now see that I, even I, am He, And there is no God besides Me; (see De 32:39; Is 43:3,11; 44;6; 45:5,18,21,22; 46:5,9.) They are violating the radical monotheism of the Bible when they proclaim more that ONE God-person. Please excuse the poor illustration: It is like coming into a play in the middle scene, AFTER the characters have been introduced, and trying to sort each one in your own mind only by the words spoken on stage—it can not be done. 
Now, the question we should be asking ourselves is, “How may Hebrews 1:8 be interpreted without doing violence to  Scripture and, at the same time, hold the integrity of OT monotheism, that God is but ONE God-person.? The “Bible Absolute, Number One.”

First, we may begin with acknowledging that Hebrews 1:8 is a quote from the OT (Ps 45:6-7); and is only half of the quote which includes ver 9 of He ch 1. given here:
Hebrews 1:8-9
But to the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness more than Your companions.”



Second, we will acknowledge that the quote concerns King David as verse 1 of Ps 45 attests: “I recite my composition concerning the King;... .”
Psalms 45:1, 6-7
My heart is overflowing with a good theme;
  1. I recite my composition concerning the King;
    My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. ... 6. Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.  7 You love righteousness and hate wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions.
Third, we will acknowledge that the Writer of Hebrews applies the quote to the Son of God. This would be in context with the Ps 45:1-7, because Jesus in the son of David and David was a type of the Messiah (Jesus). So, was David called God in Ps 45;1-7? And more importantly, Was the Son of God called God in He 1:1-9? 
Since this is an odd text, a difficult text, it must be understood in the light of the clear and plan texts concerning the person of Christ.

Scholars
But also, the authority of the scholars may help us: 
  • Vincent informs us that the Hebrew text in Ps 45:67 may very well be defective; and gives as possible translations: “Thy throne is a throne of God;” or “God is thy throne.” (Word Studies in the NT, Vincent pg 390, vol4, Eerdmans.) 
  • Mr A T Robertson states “It is uncertain...if the  “ho theos” is vocative ...or nominative.” Possible translations; “God is thy throne;” or “Thy throne is God.” (Word Pictures in the NT, pg 399, vol 5.)

The Gk reads: “pros de ton huion HO thronos sou ho theos eis tov aiōna tou aiōnos.”
The debated phrase is “ho theos.”  Is it “O God” or “the God”

To interpret ho theos as “O God” would be odd indeed and do violence to the rest of Scripture.

So, according to the Greek, and the scholars. the text reads: 
“As to the Son, thy throne, the God is, from age to age.” So, then, both David (who was a type of the Son of God), and the actual Son of God (who was the anti-type of David and was in fact the son of David) are both told that God is their throne.
This is the legal translation of the text which removes all the problems that is created by twisting it and making ho theos  “O God,” instead “the God.” 



Apostolically Speaking
☩ Jerry L Hayes
(Mar David Ignatius)

Read other essays from the Bishop on the subject of the Godhead:

"The Dual Nature Of Jesus Of Nazareth"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-dual-nature-of-jesus-of-nazareth.html

"The Worlds, Made By The Son"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-worlds-made-by-son.html

"Hebrews 13:8 vs 1 Corinthians 15:28"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2012/12/hebrews-138-vs-1-corinthians-1528.html

"Glory With The Father"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2012/12/glory-with-father.html

"Philippians 2:6-8, Answering Trinitarian Objections"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/02/philippains-26-8-answering-trinitarian.html

"How Is God One?"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/02/how-is-god-one.html

"Hebrew Monotheism"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/02/hebrew-monothesim.html

"An Exegesis of 1 Corinthians 8:6-7"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/02/an-exegesis-of-first-corinthians-86-7.html

"Answering Trinitarian Objections To The Oneness Faith"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/03/answering-trinitarian-objections-to.html


"The Apostolic Creed"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/05/i-believe-in-one-god-1-solitary-in.html

"Jesus Is Father God"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/07/jesus-is-father-god.html

"Homoousia And The Creed Of Nicaea"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/10/homoousia-and-creed-of-nicaea.html

"The Triquetra And Modalism"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/12/triquetra-and-modalism.html

"Modalism, Simultaneous Or Sequential?"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2014/01/modalism-biblical-and-historical.html

"Micah 5:2-4, An Exegesis"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2014/02/micah-52-4-exegesis-but-thou-bethlehem.html


"Elohim, the Plural form For God"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2014/10/answering-trinitarian-objections-to.html

"Can the Deity of Jesus Be called The Son Of God?"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/04/can-deity-of-jesus-be-called-son-of-god.html

"Mathematical Equation For The Godhead"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/04/mathematical-equation-of-godhead-1x1x11.html

"Hebrew Monotheism, Second Edition"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/05/hebrew-monotheism.html

"Jesus, On God's Right Hand"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/05/jesus-on-gods-right-hand.html

"The Name of the Deity" (The Tetragrammaton)
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-name-of-deity-tetragrammaton.html

"Christology of the Apostolic Church Fathers"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/06/christology-of-apostolic-church-fathers.html

"Christian Modalism challenged by the Greeks"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/06/christian-modalism-challenged-by-greeks.html

"The Apologists and the Logos Christology"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-apologist-and-logos-christology.html

"Logos Christology"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/06/logos-christology.html

"The Seven Spirits of God"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/07/revelation-14-apostolically-speaking.html

"Historical Numerical Superiority of the Monarchians"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-historical-numerical-superiority-of.html

"How Is God One?" Second Edition
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/07/how-is-god-one.html

"Creed of Nicæa (Creed of the 318) Affirmed"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/09/creed-of-nica-creed-of-318-affirmed.html

"Another Comforter (Answering Objections to Modalism)"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/09/another-comforter-answering-objections.html

"Echad vs Yachid (Answering Objections to Modalism)"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/09/echad-vs-yachid-answering-objections-to.html

"The Godhead Teaching of Ignatius of Antioch"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/10/godhead-theology-of-bishop-ignatius-of.html

"Hebrews 1:8, (Answering Objections to Modalism)"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2016/04/answering-objections-to-modalism.html?fbclid=IwAR1dfzoxRUGTxnFqslSrjmsHzdDY2lkdrLupmq9n6qnNzWxWj9FZoUBAiF4

"Godhead Theology of the Tabernacle of Moses"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2016/08/godhead-theology-of-tabernacle-of-moses_5.html

"Proper Biblical Understanding of the Word 'Person'"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2017/04/proper-biblical-understanding-of-word.html

"Defense of Isaiah 9:6, Answering Objections to Modalism"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2017/04/defense-of-isaiah-96.html

Defense of 1 Timothy 3:16 (Answering Objections to Modalism)


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Thursday, February 28, 2013

An Exegesis of First Corinthians 8:6-7


by Bishop Jerry Hayes 

Therefore concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one. 5 For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords), 6 yet for 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 through whom we live.   7 However, there is not in everyone that knowledge; for some, with consciousness of the idol, until now eat it as a thing offered to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. 8 But food does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat are we the better, nor if we do not eat are we the worse. (1Corinthians  8:4-7)

Our focus is vv6 and 7.  However, I have given vv 4-7 in order to present the context of the vv under consideration. The context is eating food offered to idols, and the One God of the Christians as opposed to the many gods of the non-believers.

In v6 Paul declares the Father to be the only God.  Then he proceeds to mention Jesus Christ as the Lord. Jesus is mentioned separate from the ONLY God, who is the Father. Paul does not call Jesus God here (although he does at: Ro 9:5,Titus 2:13. Col 2:9, Acts 20:28) , nor is he referencing Jesus as God. In this place, Paul speaks of Jesus in His role as the Son of God, i.e. the human Christ. (The term “Lord” is in the sense of a human Lord — not as LORD God. Lord, in the sense that He, as a human, has won the victory over all evil and is humanly Lord of all the human sphere. Lord of sin, because  He conquered sin, Lord over death because He conquered death. One should see Romans 8:3, He condemned sin “in the flesh;” Ephesians 2:15, He abolished “in His flesh the enmity... ;”  Colossians 1:21b-22 He has “reconciled in the body of his flesh” the believers through His death; but, especially Hebrews 5:5-10,  So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him:“You are My Son,Today I have begotten You.”6 As He also says in another place:“You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek”;7 who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear, though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, 10 called by God as High Priest “according to the order of Melchizedek.”  This may be a difficult understanding to grasp, if one is of the opinion that the term “Lord” [when associated with Jesus] is always an indicator of His deity; which view, has been among the Oneness believers, almost from the beginning of the last century; but, I, personally, do not feel it is the most correct view.)

The phrase, “Of whom are all things” (Gk, ex ou) means “out of”, or “from whom;” the Father is the “source of the the universe,” as in Romans 11:36, and Colossians 1:16.

The pharse “and we for Him” (KJV has “we in him”) is the Gk “ei auton;” means that God is our goal.

Concerning the Son of God (the humanity of Jesus), when the text says, “by whom are all things” (KJV) the Gk is “de ou:  is speaking of the “instrument” of creation. Here the text says that all things were made “by” the Son; as in Ephesians 3:9; Hebrews 1:12.  Now we know, from Scripture that Father God created all things. So, how is it, then, that the worlds were created “by” the Son, if the Son is man, not God? The way the Trinitarian explains this is that the Father (God the First Person) created through the Son (God the Second Person) as a agent; as one might hire a carpenter to build a house. The owner could say that he build the house through the carpenter, as his an agent. (But a more correct statement by the owner would be to say that he “had” the house build.)  This does violence to Scripture, because the Father says in Isaiah 44:24, “I am the Lord, who makes all things, Who stretches The proper way to think of the Son creating is that He was the “instrument” of creation. God could not have created except “by” the work of the Son — on the cross. That is why the Bible states clearly that the Son was crucified BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD (Hebrews 4:3; 1 Peter 1:20; Revelation 13:8). God knew His universe would fall into sin, therefore all of creation was predicated upon that finished work of the Son of God — redemption. The Sonship, then was the “blueprint” (the instrument) by which God the Father created!

There is a very real sense in which the humanity of Jesus cannot be excluded from the creation any more than can wisdom or understanding. Proverbs 3:19 states: “The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.”  If we are not to understand that neither wisdom nor understanding physically made the worlds, then why should not the same discernment be applied to the statements concerning the worlds being made by the Son.  In fact, this is seen to be reasonable by the Greek text of the passages under consideration. Thayer’s Greek-English Lexicon, Edinburg, 1901, pages 133 and 134: Greek dia as found in Hebrews 1:2 and translated in the KJV as by, is the instrumental cause; of the ground or reason of which anything is or is not done; by reason of, because of… . Therefore, God the Father created by (dia) the Son.  That is to say, With the Son in view, as the cause – the ground – the reason – and the instrument of creation (Hebrews 4:3; 1 Peter 1:20; Revelation 13:8).  

The statement from v7 “However, there is not in everyone that knowledge;” is in reference to, “Therefore concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world,” from v4. Paul is saying that eating meat offered to idols is really of no consequence since the idol is nothing; it only exists in the mind of the people that worship it. So, while you have liberty to eat such food be watchful that you do not offend the weak in the faith that do not have this knowledge. Example: You may have the liberty to eat an Easter Egg because you know that the goddess for which it is a symbol is not real; however your brother may not have that knowledge and would be offended seeing you eat food associated with idols.

Apostolically Speaking
☩☩ Jerry L Hayes
(Mar David Ignatius)

Read other essays from the Bishop on the subject of the Godhead:

"The Dual Nature Of Jesus Of Nazareth"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-dual-nature-of-jesus-of-nazareth.html

"The Worlds, Made By The Son"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-worlds-made-by-son.html

"Hebrews 13:8 vs 1 Corinthians 15:28"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2012/12/hebrews-138-vs-1-corinthians-1528.html

"Glory With The Father"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2012/12/glory-with-father.html

"Philippians 2:6-8, Answering Trinitarian Objections"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/02/philippains-26-8-answering-trinitarian.html

"How Is God One?"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/02/how-is-god-one.html

"Hebrew Monotheism"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/02/hebrew-monothesim.html

"Answering Trinitarian Objections To The Oneness Faith"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/03/answering-trinitarian-objections-to.html


"The Apostolic Creed"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/05/i-believe-in-one-god-1-solitary-in.html

"Jesus Is Father God"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/07/jesus-is-father-god.html

"Homoousia And The Creed Of Nicaea"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/10/homoousia-and-creed-of-nicaea.html

"The Triquetra And Modalism"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/12/triquetra-and-modalism.html

"Modalism, Simultaneous Or Sequential?"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2014/01/modalism-biblical-and-historical.html

"Micah 5:2-4, An Exegesis"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2014/02/micah-52-4-exegesis-but-thou-bethlehem.html


"Elohim, the Plural form For God"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2014/10/answering-trinitarian-objections-to.html

"Can the Deity of Jesus Be called The Son Of God?"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/04/can-deity-of-jesus-be-called-son-of-god.html

"Mathematical Equation For The Godhead"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/04/mathematical-equation-of-godhead-1x1x11.html

"Hebrew Monotheism, Second Edition"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/05/hebrew-monotheism.html

"Jesus, On God's Right Hand"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/05/jesus-on-gods-right-hand.html

"The Name of the Deity" (The Tetragrammaton)
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-name-of-deity-tetragrammaton.html

"Christology of the Apostolic Church Fathers"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/06/christology-of-apostolic-church-fathers.html

"Christian Modalism challenged by the Greeks"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/06/christian-modalism-challenged-by-greeks.html

"The Apologists and the Logos Christology"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-apologist-and-logos-christology.html

"Logos Christology"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/06/logos-christology.html

"The Seven Spirits of God"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/07/revelation-14-apostolically-speaking.html

"Historical Numerical Superiority of the Monarchians"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-historical-numerical-superiority-of.html

"How Is God One?" Second Edition
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/07/how-is-god-one.html

"Creed of Nicæa (Creed of the 318) Affirmed"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/09/creed-of-nica-creed-of-318-affirmed.html

"Another Comforter (Answering Objections to Modalism)"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/09/another-comforter-answering-objections.html

"Echad vs Yachid (Answering Objections to Modalism)"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/09/echad-vs-yachid-answering-objections-to.html

"The Godhead Teaching of Ignatius of Antioch"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/10/godhead-theology-of-bishop-ignatius-of.html

"Hebrews 1:8, (Answering Objections to Modalism)"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2016/04/answering-objections-to-modalism.html?fbclid=IwAR1dfzoxRUGTxnFqslSrjmsHzdDY2lkdrLupmq9n6qnNzWxWj9FZoUBAiF4

"Godhead Theology of the Tabernacle of Moses"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2016/08/godhead-theology-of-tabernacle-of-moses_5.html

"Proper Biblical Understanding of the Word 'Person'"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2017/04/proper-biblical-understanding-of-word.html

"Defense of Isaiah 9:6, Answering Objections to Modalism"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2017/04/defense-of-isaiah-96.html


Thursday, February 21, 2013

Apostolic Eschatology


Letters to My Children
by 
Bishop Jerry Hayes
This is the Introduction to a series of letters I wrote to my three children upon receiving the light of Apostolic Eschatology. At the time I did not know what to call the enlightenment. I only knew the light was bright and glorious. I wish to share this with you. 
Dear Beloved Children,
Praise the Lord and God of us all, namely, Jesus Christ.
The Lord has placed in my heart to write a series of letters to you for the purpose of sharing the biblical principles of the Messiah’s Covenant Kingdom. I would like nothing better than to instruct you all in these principles face to face, but the present circumstances require the present means. I pray that all of you prove yourselves true Disciples of Christ by searching the Scriptures to see if these things are true; and that you follow as your example the Bereans who searched the Scriptures daily to see if the things taught them by the Apostle Paul were indeed so. (See the book of Acts chapter 17 and verses 10-11.)
As I move toward a new chapter of my life concerning the work of the Lord (I speak of the teaching and preaching of Kingdom Dominion and Covenant Theology) it is my deepest wish and profound prayer that you, my children both in flesh and spirit, will be able to labor with me in this most noble of causes.
As each of you know by now, a concept of the Kingdom of God has laid hold on me in a hard and fast manner which is somewhat different from the view that is commonly held by most Pentecostal authorities. (Of course I mention Pentecostal authorities, because for the past several generations our family has been a very large part of that particular movement.) However, history testifies that the common view (in most Pentecostal and mainline Evangelical churches), now called Dispensationalism, is actually rather new, and therefore neo-orthodox. The orthodox view of the Mystery of God (see Rev. 10:7) as it was believed by most Christians before the American Civil War was the view of the Kingdom Dominion as I have now come to embrace. It seems that Dispensationalism (see P. S. #1) took root in American Evangelicalism and spread throughout the world by means of Evangelical missionary activity. Before the American Civil War (1861-65) most Christian bodies viewed God’s plan for the ages (the Mystery of God – Rev 10:11) as that of Kingdom Dominion: namely, the converting of the world to Christ Jesus! However, this particular war (which took the lives of more Americans that all other wars even up to this present time) fought by our nation, where the Christian North and the Christian South killed one another in such a wholesale manner, caused the religious teachers to rethink their position on the Kingdom of God. The world, to them, was not getting better but worse. It appeared that the end was near and Christ would surely return soon. About this time an English minister by the name of Darby (Plymouth Brethren) first popularized the view now called Dispensationalism. Coming on the heels of the American Civil War was the Great War (1915-1917) or World War One, as it came to be called after the Second World War (1941-1945). These two great world conflicts seemed to give validity to Dispensationalism’s call for the imminent physical return of Christ and the appearing of the Antichrist. It was in the midst of all this that an American Bible expositor by the name of Schofield wrote his famous Study Bible which carries his name to this very day. Mr. Schofield’s Study Bible contains notes that are both Dispensational and Calvinistic (see P.S. #2). This particular study source was widely used by evangelical preachers and Bible colleges throughout the last half of the twentieth century. Adding to this has been the troubled events of the world for the last fifty or so years that have been touted as the signs of the times which presage the end of time.
Though this may seem like sound reasoning at first thought, when one applies oneself to rightly dividing the Scripture it seems far more likely that the shaking and trembling of the earth for the last 150 (or so) years are not signs of the end; but instead they should more correctly be understood as birth pangs of something new – namely, the consummation of the Kingdom of God.
In this consummation of God’s kingdom the earth will be united under the theocracy of the one true God of Heaven. All men will live in a community of peace and love as set forth by the New Testament. The New Testament has many names for this community which we will discuss later. To arrive at that place the Church should began now to establish micro communities throughout the earth.

These communities should be established on the principle of Christian order under Christ as the one and only Principality.
When we think of the Kingdom in terms of Christian Community (see P. S. #3), we only reach validity in such thought within the framework of Kingdom Dominion and Covenant Theology. What I intend by the term Kingdom Dominion may or may not be what others have suggested. I have not studied other writers nor have I followed after other Christian thinkers on this matter; therefore I am in no position to speak on what others have in the past called Kingdom Dominion. Having said that permit me to request permission to define my own terms and use them accordingly. What I, therefore, mean by Kingdom Dominion is that Christ’s purpose and will is for His Church to evangelize and establish His rule throughout the earth to the point that “the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and his Christ” (see Rev. 11:15). It is this exact view of the kingdom that was taught by Jesus in the parable of The Leaven recorded by Matthew in 13:33 of his Gospel.
33. Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
In this parable, according to Jesus, the kingdom of heaven (which He likened unto leaven) is “hidden” in the world (which Christ likened unto meal) until the whole world becomes the Kingdom of Heaven. It is only within this view that establishing Christian communities in order to affect society has justification. But, more important than that: if Kingdom Dominion is in fact the true teaching of Scripture the Church of Jesus Christ has no choice but to work toward the establishing of that Kingdom in the earth. Thereby, fulfilling the prayer He taught each of us to pray; namely, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as in heaven” (Matt 6:10).
It is to this purpose (i.e. the occupation of the earth by the Lord’s Church) that I begin this series of letters. I do not yet know how many there will be, but I will attempt to be systematic so that each letter will build upon the one preceding it. I humbly request that you all pray for me that I may communicate faithfully onto paper what The Spirit has written on my heart.

Because of the Cross, 
I am Your Devoted Father
Bishop Jerry Hayes



Read other epistles from the pen of the Bishop on Prophecy:



"Dating the Book of Revelation"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/07/dating-book-of-revelation.html

"Prophecy and the Spiral Staircase"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/04/bible-prophecy-and-spiral-staircas.html

"Apostolic Eschatology"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/02/apostolic-eschatology.html

"The Prophets Speak of the Church"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-prophets-speak-of-church.html

God’s New Covenant With Israel

Apostolic Kingdom Theology vs Futurism

The Three Horsemen of Dispensationalism

Correct Method of Interpreting the Book of Revelation
http://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/07/correct-method-of-interpreting.html

Joel's Messianic Kingdom (The Church of Jesus Christ)
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2019/06/joels-messianic-age-church-of-jesus.html

Millennial Reign of Christ
http://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2019/09/millennial-reign-of-christ.html

All These Things (A Study on Matthew 24)
http://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2019/09/all-these-things-kingdom-teaching-of.html

Second Coming of Christ Jesus
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2019/09/second-coming-of-christ-jesus.html

The Crux of the Matter (What Did Jesus Mean By "The Generation"?)
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-crux-of-matter-what-did-jesus-mean.html



The Apocalypse, is the introduction to the biblical book of Revelation. Here Bishop Hayes also gives a verse by verse commentary of the first three chapters of the Apostle John's Revelation of Jesus Christ, covering the letters addressed to the seven churches of Asia Minor. The Bible student will thrill at the Bishop's easy evangelistic style of presenting deep and unique truths never before published. In this study a wealth of information will be shared with the disciples of Christ on each verse of this great manuscript.





After spending over forty years in the dispensational doctrine, and having raise my children in that theological framework, I became a convinced adherent to a "kingdom" theology that recognizes the Church as the Israel of God, and that the first century actually saw the fulfillment of most of Matthew chapter 24. "Letters to My Children on Apostolic Kingdom Theology" is a compilation of twenty four letters written to my children explaining my journey. These "Letters" provide a systematic approach to Apostolic Eschatological study of Scripture. It is sure to interest all students of Scriptures.
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Hebrew Monotheism



The Hebrew concept of God is clearly seen in the Shema Israel, “HEAR, O ISRAEL: THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD.” (Deuteronomy 6:4). The ONE, here referred to, is a Solitary, not a Compound, One. We do see this beyond question in Deuteronomy 32:39. Let us look closely at this scripture.

Deuteronomy 32:39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is not God with me, I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
Here the spokesman is Yahweh,
 Who alone is the Most High.
 Who speaks of Himself as a single Being.
  1. “I” (Hebrew: aniy) first person singular personal pronoun.
  2. “He” (Hebrew: huw) third person masculine singular personal pronoun.
  3. “With me” (Hebrew immade) it is the preposition ‘immad’ suffixed with the first person singular personal pronoun.  The personal pronouns in an abbreviated form are affixed to nouns, prepositions, etc, to express the genitive and objective cases. THEREFORE, THE OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION IS A SINGLE PERSON.
  4. “My hand” (Hebrew: meyade) it is the noun “yad” suffixed with the first person singular possessive pronoun. THE HAND WAS THE POSSESSION OF ONE PERSON.
  5. All the verbs of this verse are the first person singular form.  In Hebrew the verb must agree with its subject in number and gender.
Thus, the Divine person, in this verse, spoke of Himself as a single person and stated that no other person of deity existed.

It is abundantly clear that Hebrew Monotheism was a believe in one solitary God. It was not an understanding of “one” in a compound sense. To believe in God as a solitary being is of so much importance that Jesus taught it to be the first of all commandments. When Jesus was asked, by a young man, which of the Commandments was the first of all, he was told by Christ that the first commandment was “Here O, Israel the Lord Our God Is One Lord.” (Mark 12:29).

Apostolically Speaking
☩☩ Jerry L Hayes
(Mar David Ignatius)


Read other essays from the Bishop on the subject of the Godhead:

"The Dual Nature Of Jesus Of Nazareth"

"The Worlds, Made By The Son"

"Hebrews 13:8 vs 1 Corinthians 15:28"

"Glory With The Father"

"Philippians 2:6-8, Answering Trinitarian Objections"

"How Is God One?"

"An Exegesis of 1 Corinthians 8:6-7"


"The Apostolic Creed"

"Jesus Is Father God"

"Homoousia And The Creed Of Nicaea"

"The Triquetra And Modalism"

"Modalism, Simultaneous Or Sequential?"

"Micah 5:2-4, An Exegesis"


"Elohim, the Plural form For God"

"Can the Deity of Jesus Be called The Son Of God?"

"Mathematical Equation For The Godhead"

"Hebrew Monotheism, Second Edition"

"Jesus, On God's Right Hand"

"The Name of the Deity" (The Tetragrammaton)

"Christology of the Apostolic Church Fathers"

"Christian Modalism challenged by the Greeks"

"The Apologists and the Logos Christology"

"Logos Christology"

"The Seven Spirits of God"

"Historical Numerical Superiority of the Monarchians"

"How Is God One?" Second Edition

"Creed of Nicæa (Creed of the 318) Affirmed"

"Another Comforter (Answering Objections to Modalism)"

"Echad vs Yachid (Answering Objections to Modalism)"

"The Godhead Teaching of Ignatius of Antioch"

"Hebrews 1:8, (Answering Objections to Modalism)"

"Godhead Theology of the Tabernacle of Moses"

"Proper Biblical Understanding of the Word 'Person'"

"Defense of Isaiah 9:6, Answering Objections to Modalism"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2017/04/defense-of-isaiah-96.html

Defense of 1 Timothy 3:16 (Answering Objections to Modalism)


Godhead Theology is a study of Christian Godhead theology. ... Was He God or not? In Godhead Theology Bishop Jerry Hayes follows that debate through the first 300 years of the Church's history. Our book is in five sections: Section One ... demonstrates Modalistic Monarchianism as the original orthodoxy of the Chruch; Section Two introduces the Apostolic Creed ... ; Section Three is an affirmation of Modalistic Monarchianism; Section Four is Modalism's responses to objection from the pluralists Trinitarians, Binitarians, Arians and Semi-Arians. Included are two comprehensive indexes: Subject Index and Scripture Index. 613 pages.

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