Religious Cults & False Prophets~ Discussions and DebatesThe Nicolaitane Doctrine"And the Lord appeared unto him [Abraham] in the plains of Mamre...And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, And said, My Lord..." (Genesis 18:1-2) Here the Lord appeared to Abraham in a manifestation of an angelic form. And not only did Abraham bow toward the ground in worship of the manifestation of the Lord; but offered the Lord a meal and the Lord and the other two angels did eat (verses 4-8). "And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him [Moses] in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. And Moses said, I will turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, here I am. And He [the Lord] said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground....And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God." (Exodus 3:2-6) Here God appeared to Moses in the form of the Angel of Lord manifested as fire in a burning bush. Notice God in manifested form demanded reverence (worship) as God in that form by demanding that Moses not draw close and take off his shoes for the ground he stood upon was holy. Notice also Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look upon God. What these two examples clearly show is that a manifestation of God is to be worshipped as if the very person of God is there. This is what a manifestation of the Lord God is: the very person of God Himself in reduced visible form. A manifestation of the Lord must be treated as a "person" but not a separate and distinct person. This goes back to the witness of two of Jesus as a man (God in manifested in visible form) bearing witness to the invisible Spirit form. Even according to the trinity Jesus as a man was a co-eternal Spirit manifested in the flesh. That is a manifestation of God who was born, died, resurrected and worshipped. This is no different in Oneness except in Oneness God did not need a second God to do it. If your rule applies to the trinity why would it not apply the same way in Oneness? According to the "two witness" rule; in the trinity we have a man (the co-eternal Son in the flesh) bearing witness to a Spirit - not the two man witness required under Jewish Law. So this two person argument is moot and not even worth debating. You don't even understand the riddle of your doctrine. The "two witness" rule applies in the case of Oneness as much as it would in a fabricated trinity. You contradict yourself here as you usually do by saying a manifested form of God cannot be worshipped or be born, die, and resurrected. But even in a trinity the Son was a man manifested from a Spirit. The Bible says God was manifested in the flesh. Of course God as manifested as a human would have all the human attributes as a human. A manifesation of God whether Oneness or trinity the rules are the same as far as what a manifestation is. To make a manifestation of God a "distinct person" is not necessary for a manifestation of God is fully God in personality thus worthy of all the worship and reverance as God because it is God in reduced visible form. |
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