Understanding the Trinity as a doctrine.
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The Father is not the Son...
However, the Son is the Father (Isaiah 9:6).
For there is one Spirit (Ephesians 4:4); and that is God (John 4:24); even the Father (John 4:23) who inhabiteth eternity (Isaiah 57:15).
That same Spirit incarnated and took on an added nature of human flesh; and it is the same Spirit who indwells flesh in the Person of Jesus Christ.
The Spirit of Jesus is the Father (John 4:23-24, John 14:7-11).
Therefore, the Son is the Father come in human flesh; and is a distinct Person from the Father as a Spirit without flesh.
For humanity alters the personality of God so that He is a different Person; while He is the same Spirit as the Father.
However, the Son is the Father (Isaiah 9:6).
For there is one Spirit (Ephesians 4:4); and that is God (John 4:24); even the Father (John 4:23) who inhabiteth eternity (Isaiah 57:15).
That same Spirit incarnated and took on an added nature of human flesh; and it is the same Spirit who indwells flesh in the Person of Jesus Christ.
The Spirit of Jesus is the Father (John 4:23-24, John 14:7-11).
Therefore, the Son is the Father come in human flesh; and is a distinct Person from the Father as a Spirit without flesh.
For humanity alters the personality of God so that He is a different Person; while He is the same Spirit as the Father.
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The Holy Ghost is also the Spirit of the Son; as He was released from the Son (Luke 23:46) so that He could be poured out on the early church (Acts 2) and who indwells every believer in the church since the church began.
He is the Father (John 4:23-24) as He is the one Spirit (Ephesians 4:4) who dwells within us (Ephesians 4:6).
And it is clear that the Holy Ghost is the one Spirit who dwells within us (John 7:39, Ephesians 4:4, 2 Timothy 1:14).
He is the Father (John 4:23-24) as He is the one Spirit (Ephesians 4:4) who dwells within us (Ephesians 4:6).
And it is clear that the Holy Ghost is the one Spirit who dwells within us (John 7:39, Ephesians 4:4, 2 Timothy 1:14).
Acts 1:7
Easy-to-Read Version
7 Jesus said to them, “The Father is the only one who has the authority to decide dates and times. They are not for you to know.
Can you read? The text simply says The Father has the authority over that area. It is other people who does not have knowledge. The text clearly does not say the Son of God does not know. You purposely ignored the outline texts about God the Son being all knowing. Shame on you for your dishonestly.
Easy-to-Read Version
7 Jesus said to them, “The Father is the only one who has the authority to decide dates and times. They are not for you to know.
Can you read? The text simply says The Father has the authority over that area. It is other people who does not have knowledge. The text clearly does not say the Son of God does not know. You purposely ignored the outline texts about God the Son being all knowing. Shame on you for your dishonestly.
His theology is closer to
Jesus was Not a Trinitarian
A Call to Return to the Creed of Jesus
By Anthony F. Buzzard
The One God, the Father, One Man Messiah Translation
New Testament with Commentary
By Anthony Buzzard
Sir Anthony Farquhar Buzzard, 3rd Baronet, ARCM (b. 28 June 1935), is a biblical scholar, unitarian Christian theologian, author and professor on the faculty of Atlanta Bible College.
https://web.archive.org/web/20120602173948/http://focusonthekingdom.org/articles.html
Jesus was Not a Trinitarian
A Call to Return to the Creed of Jesus
By Anthony F. Buzzard
The One God, the Father, One Man Messiah Translation
New Testament with Commentary
By Anthony Buzzard
Sir Anthony Farquhar Buzzard, 3rd Baronet, ARCM (b. 28 June 1935), is a biblical scholar, unitarian Christian theologian, author and professor on the faculty of Atlanta Bible College.
https://web.archive.org/web/20120602173948/http://focusonthekingdom.org/articles.html
The Holy Spirit is addressed as a "He" for different reasons in different places in scripture:
Personification....
Genesis 4:10
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
Psalm 77:16
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
Isaiah 24:23
Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
Joel 1:10
The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
Proverbs 8:1
Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
Can blood cry? Can water be afraid? Can the sun be ashamed? Can land mourn? Is wisdom female with a voice?
Nobody can survive without spirit, its the lifeforce from The Most High... Therefore spirit is many times used interchangeably with the person controlling it:
Genesis 41:8
8 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
Samuel 1:15
15 And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord.
1 Kings 21:4-5
4 And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
5 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
So if I say my spirit is sad, sorrowful, troubled, in grief, etc.... does that mean it is a separate person from me? Of course not. The spirit is part of what makes up a human being. Likewise with the Holy Spirit... which is The Most High's spirit.
Mankind can not see or hear The Most High. He communicates to us through His Spirit. Just like your spirit is not a separate person from you, His spirit is not a separate person from Him. He is the person controlling the spirit, and we experience Him through His Holy spirit.
The last reason The Holy Spirit is sometimes referred to a "He" is simply based on the translator's choice. Many pronouns are universal and could be translated as he, she, it, etc. I do think it makes the most sense to translate the pronouns dealing with the Holy Spirit as "He" though because The Father is the person behind His spirit.
We are never told to worship the Holy Spirit, The Holy Spirit does not have an actual name, no throne in heaven, not mentioned in any of the epistle greetings with the Father and Son, etc. We should be giving The Most High all the glory, rather than share it with His way of interacting with us.
I did not ignore any texts, it is clear from the other verses you supplied that the Messiah knows all things dealing with the creation itself. That is what he was given the authority over.
Acts 1:7
And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
The Messiah was not given the authority over times and seasons... hence why he does not know them:
Mark 13:32
But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
2 Thessalonians 2:1-2
New Revised Standard Version
2 As to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we beg you, brothers and sisters,[a] 2 not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as though from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here.
The Greek word for Lord is the same for both above. If one translates Lord for one from the context and grammar one must do the same with the other use of Lord.
New Revised Standard Version
2 As to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we beg you, brothers and sisters,[a] 2 not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as though from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here.
The Greek word for Lord is the same for both above. If one translates Lord for one from the context and grammar one must do the same with the other use of Lord.
Too bad he avoids Bowman's outline of the Trinity I posted a few times now.
I think he is allergic to truth of God's Word.
I think he is allergic to truth of God's Word.
The Messiah is the the expression of The Most High... The word made flesh (The physical representation of what the Father says)... an image of Him. Of course they are going to have tons of similarities, use some of the same lingo, etc. But they are still two distinct entities, with separate minds and differing levels of authority. The Messiah gets his power from The Most High... never the other way around.