concept of oneness

A concept of

Oneness

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Oneness A is a modern term for a monotheistic doctrine which was formerly known as Patripassionism, Modalistic Monarchianism, or Sabellianism. (See encyclopedias.) A This doctrine teaches that the god of Israel, the one and only Yahweh of the Hebrew scriptures, manifested Himself in human form, as the New Testament Messiah. Some truth seekers find it difficult to believe that “the Father” and “the Son” are actually one and the same entity. Therefore this tract presents a brief conceptual introduction to the Oneness doctrine, but you should also read one titled, 2 Are Too Many Gods.

A NONPHYSICAL CREATOR

A primary reason for believing in the existence of a Creator, is the improbability that life could have generated spontaneously by random chance. It is difficult to believe the evolutionary theory, that a mass of hydrogen gas, or some other matter, changed into people all by itself!And so our concept is that the Creator has, or isphysical intelligent energy which is separate from, but which acts upon, or controls, the physical universe. intelligence, and energy, which can cause particles of matter to somehow assemble together, into a living structure having size and shape which conform to the Creator’s premeditated design. In other words, the Creator is the non-

HUMANS CAN SENSE ONLY THE PHYSICAL

At the time of our conception, we humans knew nothing at all. At birth, all of us were agnostic! A one day old child is not capable of knowing whether there is a god. Awareness of self, is not the same as awareness of the Creator. But as we grow, our minds develop, and through our five senses, we begin to perceive and acquire knowledge of our physical environment. But we are not equipped with extra sensory perception, nor is our sensory perception capable of detecting a non-physical Creator. It is only by abstract mental process that we might infer the existence of a deistic creator, (one who does not communicate). But the existence of Yahweh, (the one who has communicated), can be known or confirmed only by divine communication.

A COMMUNICATION BARRIER

Since the Creator is non-physical, and since humans can perceive only physical things, it would appear that the Creator has made a very effective barrier between Himself and us, so far as divine communication is concerned. In other words, our Creator should not be surprised or disappointed that we cannot perceive or know Him. He made us the way we are, and so He already knows that the limitation of our five senses, limits our ability to acquire knowledge, or receive communication.

ONLY THE CREATOR CAN BREAK THE COMMUNICATION BARRIER

f the Creator wants to communicate to someone, He would certainly know that He would have to do so by some Physical means which can be detected by human sensory perception.

It seems consistent with the Genesis story, that Yahweh made Himself a body, so that He could be heard and seen as He talked with Adam and Eve in the garden. In the case of Moses, besides using a burning bush to get his attention, Yahweh may have also presented Himself in the physical form of the angel in the bush. (Ex 3:2) The Torah shows some occurrences of physical Yahweh. Yahweh’s physical appearance to Abraham and others, does not mean there are two Yahwehs. It simply means that Yahweh can present Himself in physical form whenever He has a need to do so.

THE ONENESS CONCEPT

It is, of course, ridiculous to think that the Creator of this entire immense universe is confined in the physical body of a man. But it may be reasonable to believe that Yahweh presented Himself as a physical Messiah; for the purpose of bridging the communication gap between Himself and His people; especially if He predicted it. See lsa 8:13-14; 40:3; Mal 3:1, and our tract titled, Some Oneness Prophecies.

If the Messiah is a separate entity from Yahweh, then by what means did the Messiah receive communications from Yahweh? Humans cannot read Yahweh’s mind, notwithstanding popular superstition to the contrary! John 12:50 & 14:10, 24 clearly says that the Messiah spoke Yahweh’s words. The question of how he received those words, so that he could speak them, is a most crucial one!

But on the other hand, if He was Yahweh, then He simply spoke His own words. It is no more absurd for a body to speak and say, “I am Yahweh” than for a mountain to say it! (Ex 20:18& Deut 4:12)

If the Messiah is Yahweh, it does not mean there are two Yahwehs. It simply means that the non-physical Creator reserved that particular body, inside of Mary’s womb, for His own personal use or habitation. It may seem strange to us that He would do such a thing, but that was His decision to make, not ours. If it was Yahweh Himself who was impaled, that does not mean that he ceased to exist for three days and three nights. Yahweh can exist, either with or without a physical body. In John 2:19 He said: “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up’ ” And John 10:18: “I have Power to take it down, and I have power to take it again!” And John 14:9: “Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father… “

BOOKS FOR FURTHER STUDY

This conceptual introduction is not intended to be sufficient proof of the Oneness doctrine. For further study of this subject, I recommend the book, The God Of Two Testaments by Robert Graves. Other authors including: David K. Bernard; Andrew Urshan; Thomas Weisser; Gary C. Rugger; William B. Chalfant; John Paterson and Gordon Magee, have also written on this subject, and their books are available from: Word Aflame Bookstore, 8855 Dunn Road, in Hazelwood, Missouri 63042.

REVISED MAY, 1996

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