YAHWEH & YAHSHUA
Are They One and the Same Being?
There are many reasons why we cannot, we must not, accept the view that Yahweh and Yahshua are one and the same being, usually called the “Oneness Doctrine.” One of the most obvious reasons this cannot be true is as follows:
Many Scriptures indicate Yahshua had a heavenly Father, known as Yahweh. These and many other Scriptures indicate the heavenly Father had a Son, known as Yahshua. If they were (are) one and the same being, then Yahshua did not really have a heavenly Father at all. There is no Father in heaven. If there is no Father in heaven, then there is also no Son, as there must of necessity be a Father, or else there cannot be a Son. So – if those two are one and the same being, then there is neither a heavenly Father nor a Son of the heavenly Father. If this is true, much of Yahshua’s talk was only a farce in which there was no truth at all. The reason being, he so often referred to his Father, who did not exist, if he himself was (is) Yahweh.
Paul spoke of some unwise people who “… exchanged the glory of the immortal Yahweh for images …” (Rom. 1:22-23). We fall into a similar situation if we seek to exchange the “Ever Existing One” (Yahweh the Father) for a “non-existent one.”
People love to make a mystery out of the plainest, the simplest Scriptures. This is a mistake. It is generally true in Scriptures, just as in detective work, that the simplest and most obvious answer is usually the correct one. When Yahshua said he had a heavenly Father, we should believe this to be actually true – as factual history. When Scriptures tell us Yahshua was “declared to be the Son of Yahweh by his resurrection from the dead” (Rom. 1:4), we should believe this as well. We must not make myths of the message of the Scriptures. The true religion is reasonable, sensible, and therefore “according to the Scriptures.” We must not mutilate the Scriptures or their meaning. Halleluyah!
John 3:16 – For Yahweh so loved the world that he gave his Son.
John 3:17 – Yahweh sent his Son into the world. Did Yahweh send himself?
John 5:37 – You have not heard nor seen the Father, but they had seen the Son (two different persons).
John 5:37 – There are TWO witnesses – (1) Father and (2) Son.
John 5:43 – Yahshua came in the Father’s name, but they did not receive Him.
John 8:18 – There are TWO witnesses; the Father and the Son.
John 8:19 – You know neither me NOR my Father (two persons).
John 10:29 – The Father is greater than all (others).
John 12:28 – Yahshua said, “Father, glorify thy name.” A voice answered. Was it Yahshua answering himself?
John 14:1 – You believe in Yahweh, believe ALSO in me.
John 14:25 – My words are not mine, but his who sent me.
John 14:28 – My FATHER is greater than I.
John 15:1 – I am the vine. My FATHER is the vine dresser.
John 15:9 – The Father loved me, so I have loved you (disciples).
John 15:10 – If you love me you will keep my commandments just as I have kept my Father’s
commandments.
John 15:24 – They hated BOTH me AND my Father.
John 16:3 – You have not known the Father nor me.
John 16:28 – I CAME down from the Father and GO to the Father.
John 16:32 – I am not alone, for the Father is with me.
John 17:1 – Yahshua prayed to the Father. Did he pray to himself?
John 17:3 – ETERNAL LIFE is knowing you, the ONLY TRUE EL, AND Yahshua the
Messiah whom you sent. (Do we want eternal life?)
John 17:4 – I glorified you on earth, and finished the work you gave me to do.
John 17:5 – Now Father, glorify me.
John 17:11 – Father, keep my disciples, that they may be ONE AS WE ARE ONE.
Comment: Yahshua and his Father were “one” just as the 12 Apostles were to be “one;” that is, “one in purpose and doctrine.”
John 17:18 – As YOU sent ME, so I send them into the world.
John 17:21 – That they may all be one in US; you and I.
John 17:22 – That the Apostles may be one as WE are ONE. Were the 12 Apostles only one
person, rather than 12 persons? Just as the Apostles were 12 individual persons, but with one goal, so the heavenly Father and his Son were two individual persons with one goal.
Romans 1:4 – “And declared to be the Son of Yahweh, … by his resurrection from the dead:
Gal. 1:1 – Yahweh (the Father) raised from the dead Yahshua (the Son). Yahshua was
subject to death, but his Father was not subject to death.
Eph. 6:23 – Peace to all from Yahweh the Father AND from Yahshua. Two separate and
distinct persons are referred to.
Phil. 1:2 – Grace from Yahweh our Father AND from Yahshua the Messiah. Two
separate and distinct parties are mentioned here.
Col. 1:1 – Paul an Apostle of Yahshua the Messiah by the will of Yahweh (two).
1 Thes. 1:1 – Peace from Yahweh the Father AND the Savior Yahshua.
2 Thes. 1:2 – Grace and peace from Yahweh the Father AND from Yahshua the Messiah (two persons).
1 Tim. 1:1 – Paul, an Apostle of Yahshua by command of Yahweh AND Yahshua the Messiah (two persons).
1 Tim. 1:2 – Grace, mercy and peace from Yahweh the Father, AND from Yahshua the Messiah.
2 Tim. 1:2 – Grace and peace from Yahweh the Father AND from Yahshua, our Savior.
Titus 1:1 – Paul, a servant of Yahweh, AND an Apostle of Yahshua.
Philemon 3 – Grace to you, and peace (1) from Yahweh our Father AND (2) from Yahshua the Messiah.
Heb. 1:1-2 – Yahweh in time past spoke to the prophets, but in these last days has spoken to us by his Son.
James 1:1 – James, a servant of (1) Yahweh, and (2) Yahshua.
1 Peter 1:3 – Blessed be the El and Father of our Savior, Yahshua.
2 Peter 1:2 – Grace to you through the knowledge of Yahweh, AND of Yahshua the Messiah (two parties).
1 John 1:3 – Our fellowship is with the Father, AND with his Son Yahshua.
1 John 2:1 – If any one sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Yahshua the Messiah.
2 John 9 – Whoever abides in the doctrine of the Messiah has BOTH the Father AND the Son.
Jude 4 – Some deny the only Yahweh, AND our Savior Yahshua the Messiah (two persons, Father and Son).
Rev. 1:1 – The revelation which Yahweh gave to himself. No. No. Yahweh did not give the revelation to himself, but to his Son Yahshua the Messiah.
Rev. 3:21 – Overcomers will sit with me (Yahshua) in my throne, as I overcame and sit
with my Father in his throne. Two thrones are spoken of: the Father’s throne, and the Son’s throne.
Rev. 21:22 – No temple was there, for Yahweh the Almighty AND the Lamb are the Temple
in the new Jerusalem (also Vs. 23).
Rev. 22:1 – The river of life flows from the throne of Yahweh AND of the Lamb.
Rev. 22:3 – No more curse will be there for the throne of Yahweh AND of the Lamb will be in the City.
By Voy Wilks (deceased), Cisco, Texas
Originally printed in the 4-6, 1992 issue of The Faith