Nab B,
October 2016
Updated Nov 2025
We are commanded to “Rightly divide the word” (2 Tim 2:15), and to “Shun the traditions of men” (Col 2:8). Do you have the fortitude to do just that, especially when examining the doctrine of the Trinity?
My unorthodox approach will show how the Trinity doctrine lacks scriptural support. If it seemed to have solved the nature of God theologically, it has failed scripturally and logically.
My interest — and, hopefully, yours —is to hear what God is clearly saying, not what a complex system of theology likes to say!
The scriptures, though profoundly deep, are equally plain and simple to understand if we let His Spirit and reason guide us.
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If faith is a requirement for salvation, then understanding what to believe is just as important, for,
"Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not being seen." (Heb 11:1 BLB)
To reveal His plan of salvation, God weaved a true story of a father, a son, and a sacrifice. It is a story that explains God's plan of salvation through His Son better than a thousand-word doctrine.
Abraham and Isaac's account is an exact template of God and His Son. It proves God and Jesus to be as distinct and as separate beings as Abraham and Isaac were! Every facet of the story has a corresponding match. There are simply too many parallels in the story to be dismissed as unnecessary!
Alongside the "promise" of the Messiah, God enacted His plan of salvation through the story of Abraham and Isaac for us to see it in advance.
Here are a few of these similarities (and if you're serious, you will find more):
Abraham and Isaac, although related, were distinct and separate from each other as any father and son, exemplifying the relationship between God and Jesus.
Issac was the firstborn, like Jesus.
Isaac was the only son (from Sarah), like Jesus.
Isaac was Abraham’s sole heir, like Jesus. (John 1:14; Rom 8:17).
The miraculous birth of Issac foreshadowed Jesus’ miraculous birth.
Abraham had a son at a very old age. God brought His Son to a very late time (the last age) of mankind's history. (Heb 1:1,2)
Isaac willingly accepted to be sacrificed, like Jesus.
God spared Abraham from sacrificing his only free son, providing a lamb in his stead. God provided His Son as a sacrifice.
Let's make one thing clear: even if Abraham pleaded to be sacrificed in his son's place, God would not have accepted his offer. The sacrifice had to be the son, not the father.
Although God spared Abraham from sacrificing Isaac, He did not spare His own.
"He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all." (Rom 8:32)
Trinitarians need to think this through and reflect on the account of Abraham and Isaac. It was recorded for a reason! A story that typifies the greatest love story, wherein God bore His greatest pain to offer His own willing and obedient Son a sacrifice—a "sin offering", so we can live.