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FAQ # 164
QUESTION 164 : Is Genesis 19:24 trinity in
the Old Testament or does it speak of two Yahweh [Yahovah]?
It reads, “The Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah
brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven” (Genesis 19:24).
What
is allege by this is, “The Lord [GOD THE SON] rained on
Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord [GOD THE FATHER]
out of heaven” (Genesis 19:24). These
other two verse are used to support that, “Thus says the Lord, the
King of Israel and His Redeemer the Lord of Hosts: I am the
first and I am the Last, and there is no God besides Me” (Isaiah 44:6).
“But I will have compassion on the house of Judah and deliver them by
the Lord their God” (Hosea 1:7).
A
totally ludicrous claim, but don't take my word of it, one source said:-
These
scriptures are often cited as proof that Yahovah is more than one person.
The claim by trinitarians is that there is one Yahovah on earth who supposed
to be the prehuman Son of God, and another in heaven, the Father. While
Yahovah is used twice here, one would have to read into this that two
persons are being spoken of.
There
is nothing here about two persons; one person in heaven and one person
on earth, nor is there anything at all here about supposed plurality of
persons in God. Such ideas would have to be read into what is said.
If
you wish to read into this that there are two Yahovahs here – one on earth
and another in the sky, then you would have two Yahovahs, not one Yahovah
as Yahovah declares himself to be (Deuteronomy 6:4). Nor would such an
application call for two persons in one Yahovah, for you would have two
different Yahovahs.
Actually
all it is saying that the one Yahovah rained fire and sulphur out of the
sky from this same Yahovah.
Similarly
we read:
Genesis
37:28 – Then there passed by Midianites, merchants; and they drew and
lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty
[pieces] of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
Three
Josephs? No, just the same Joseph mentioned three times.
A
further example of this usage:
“...when
Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with
the tribe of Benjamin... to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son
of Solomon.” (1 Kings 12:21)
Is
it speaking of two Rehoboams? No, Rehoboam assembled the tribes to bring
the tribes back to himself.
Another
example is Genesis 4:23:
Lamech
said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice, You wives of Lamech,
listen to my speech, For I have slain a man for wounding me, A young man
for bruising me.”
Lamech
is not speaking of another Lamech when he refers to his wives as the “wives
of Lamech”.
David
also said something similar as recorded at 1 Kings 1:33:
The
king said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause
Solomon my son to ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:
David
refers to himself in the third person as “your lord” when said “servants
of your lord”. He did not say “my servants”. He is not saying that there
are two Davids, nor is he saying that there is another person in David.
It should be apparent that there is nothing in the
terminology used in Genesis 19:24 that would lead one to believe two persons
are being spoken of. [The same goes for Isaiah 44:6 and Hosea 1:7. There
is one God, Yahovah, who also came in flesh as Jesus Christ.]
{Source: Rest. Light Min.}
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