One God Report

The straight-line connectionsbetween statements in the Prologue to the body of the Gospel of John show thatthe Prologue is introducing the human person Jesus of Nazareth. The man Jesusand his ministry are described with the same terms in the body of the Gospelthat are introduced in the Prologue. These parallels between the Prologue and the lifeof the human person Jesus as described in the body of the Gospel are evidencethat John 1 is not describing Genesis 1 but is introducing a new beginning inthe man Jesus Christ.Full text: https://landandbible.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-prologue-of-john-in-body-of-gospel.html

John’s Gospel declares that the Man Jesus has authority to giveeternal life to others. It is not the God Jesus, and it is not the God-Man Jesuswho has power and authority to raise the dead. See how exalted man is in theeyes of God?  God gave such authority toa human being. To deny that God has given this authority and power to a humanbeing and instead claim the power is in the hands of a god-man, is to dishonor boththe God who gave the authority and the exalted human being Jesus who has theauthority.

If the Trinity is a G/god that Israel had not known, then according to Deuteronomy 13 it is an idol. It is an idol that did not bring Israel out of Egypt, and can be considered a test to see if people truly love the LORD God of the Bible.Resources:Is the Trinity in the Bible and If So, Where?How and When was the Trinity Revealed?https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUqWXumvcp5oS-1KphxpNL8tIml3tfqk_If the Bible is Right, God is NOT a Trinity (Part 1)https://youtu.be/S1-qBYVrkdUIf the Bible is Right, God is NOT a Trinity (Part 2)https://youtu.be/2x81JF9sKqcThe Apostle Peter was NOT a Trinitarianhttps://youtu.be/1nncuh6jpaM#biblicalunitarian, #billschlegel, #trinity, #dietyofchrist

Join John Schoenheit (President and Senior Researcher at Spirit & Truth Fellowship International) and Bill Schlegel (author of the Satellite Bible Atlas and host of the One God Report podcast) on a 15 day trip to Israel, April 1-15, 2027..Youtube version of this announcement with aerial video of biblical locations mentioned.https://youtu.be/dEBBByvuB4YResource links:Light of Messiah Facebook group (itineraries, announcements, updates)https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61586730625381Light of Messiah Group Registration (via Pilgrim Tours)https://www.pilgrimtours.com/groups/lightofmessiah2027.htm?fbclid=IwY2xjawQgTVRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeIP2cFxjAkmGqb12Uegc0HQGgp03YyLDIrILa1A3AVEVgWDgM503U3Az8chY_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw#JohnSchoenheit, #Billschlegel, #israel, #jersualem

No one foresaw the events that happened in the Middle East following the horrendous attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7, 2023.Within 2 1/2 years, leaders of Israel's enemies: Hamas, Hizbollah, Syria and Iran are gone. The parallels between the destiny of Haman, the enemy of the Jews some 2450 years ago, and of the destiny of the enemies of the Jews today can not be overlooked.https://www.youtube.com/@UCUfTuhU3tvHcv2dOZuuyhQA Tucker Carlson is wrong about the "Greater Borders of Israel"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxbIiiFJQP8&t=2s

In John 10:30-33, was Jesus claiming to be God, and the religious leaders in Jerusalem knew it?Discussion with Troy Salinger (Author, Painter: Let the Truth Come Out) focusing in on John 10:30, 33:“I and the Father are one." The Judeans replied, "We are not going to stone you for a good deed but for blasphemy, because you, a man, make yourself God." Resources:Let the Truth Come Out, Troy Salingerhttps://letthetruthcomeoutblog.wordpress.com/author/troysal/“I and the Father are one” and “the glory I had with you” are NOT deity of Christ Textshttps://youtu.be/av0s_M4rYJcPre-incarnate Appearances of the Son of God in the Old Testament: Truth or Mythhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUqWXumvcp5p1klRmE6uAaU7uGSOMDuCX

"The Trinity is God. The Father is God. The Son is God. The Spirit is God.""God is three persons but God is he".In mainstream Christianity there is real confusion and an identity crises about who God is, how many persons God is, and who and what the title “God” refers to. Mainstream Christianity also presents a identity confusion about who Jesus is. "Jesus is God. Jesus is a God-Man. Jesus is man. Jesus is an angel, or was the angel of the LORD". The Trinity God has one nature, but the Jesus God has two natures.This confusion is not found in the Bible, but is only a result of later human speculation and lies.

Testimony of Bill and Stephanie Schlegel as they came to understand that the God of the Scriptures is the Father alone, and not a tri-person being. And, that the man Jesus of Nazareth is the Christ, the human Son of God.Given at Lakeshore Bible Church, Tempe, Arizona, December 2021.https://www.youtube.com/@UCUfTuhU3tvHcv2dOZuuyhQA Bill Schlegel Blog: https://landandbible.blogspot.com/

Through studying early church history, Luke Jones came to understand that Christians of the 1st three centuries after Jesus were not Trinitarians. That fact set him on a search to discover who the true God of the Bible is.Resources: “TheCost of Truth”:Podcast:https://youtu.be/rGJR3OJB9vYBook: https://www.amazon.com/Cost-Truth-Biblical-Unitarian-Christians/dp/1736918052 ForestMaready, “Why Some Christians Don’t Believe in the Trinity”Podcast:https://youtu.be/myq7MPkzLKIBook: https://www.amazon.com/Some-Christians-Dont-Believe-Trinity/dp/B0CMKB1KY6 LukeJones debate on Deity of Christ: https://www.youtube.com/live/8vXdxZZtsEcLukeJones YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lukejones5272 BillSchlegel blog: https://landandbible.blogspot.com/YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@billschlegel1

Part 2 of an exposition of Psalm 110.Psalm 110shows that the one “at the right hand” of God not only has been given the authority to rule as YHVH’s designated King Messiah, but is also appointed by YHVH as Priest Messiah. The high priest mediates between humans and God. The author of Hebrews emphasizes the mediatorial role of Yeshua the Messiah who as our high priest has gone into the presence of God, being at the righthand of God, as our mediator (Heb. 1:3, 1:13, 8:1, 10:12, 12:2). The author of Hebrews hardly mentions that Jesus is the designated King Messiah, but emphasizes that Jesus is the Priest Messiah who mediates for us in the presence ofGod. Paul agrees. The one mediator between God and man is the man Christ Jesus, not a God or a god-man (1 Tim. 2:4-6).  In this way,Jesus is David’s Lord not only because Jesus is David’s king, but also becauseJesus is David’s mediating priest who enables David, eventually, to come beforeGod (cf. John 14:6).Psalm 110:1 (Part 1) https://youtu.be/GLEEV9emNT0

“The Priest-King at the Right Hand of Yahweh (Psalm 110:1)” examines Psalm 110:1 by focusing on the Hebrew text and how it has been understood in both Jewish and Christian interpretations. The author explains that Yahweh (God) speaks to “my Lord,” whom he identifies as the Messiah—a figure greater than David though his descendant—and critiques interpretations that use the verse to argue for Christ’s deity. Instead, the article emphasizes that the passage highlights the Messiah’s superiority to David through his resurrection and exaltation to God’s right hand, not that he is another divine being equal to Yahweh. The author distinguishes between the Hebrew names/titles for God and “my Lord”, arguing the latter refers to a human superior whom God has elevated, and supports this with New Testament citations showing Jesus’ resurrection and exaltation as fulfillment of the promise in Psalm 110.Full text here:https://landandbible.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-priest-king-at-right-hand-of-yahweh.html

Raised on the 3rd Day, According to theScripturesAnsweringRabbi Tovia Singer, with Troy Salinger TroySalinger explains, using Jewish/Rabbinic principals of interpretation, howJesus and Paul could claim that the Jesus resurrection from the dead on the 3rdday was “according to the scriptures.  Previousepisode:AnsweringRabbi Tovia Singer: Jewish Hermeneutics, with Troy Salinger (Audio, firstinstallment)https://youtu.be/wjtC-OMXuUU Fullarticle:AnsweringRabbi Tovia Singer: Jewish Hermeneutics/The Resurrection Of The Messiah On TheThird Dayhttps://letthetruthcomeoutblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/answering-rabbi-tovia-singer-jewish-hermeneutics-the-resurrection-of-the-messiah-on-the-third-day/ AnsweringRabbi Singer, and Introduction to a Serieshttps://letthetruthcomeoutblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/answering-rabbi-tovia-singer-an-introduction-to-a-series/ 

In this episode we hear Troy Salingers article called “AnsweringRabbi Tovia Singer: Jewish Hermeneutics/The Resurrection of The Messiah on 3rdDay”. The article appears on Salinger’s “Let the Truth Come Out” website.Salinger begins by outlining the interpretive methods usedby ancient Jewish rabbis, contrasting them with the typical modern Christianemphasis on literal, historical–grammatical interpretation (peshat). In Jewishtradition, while the plain sense of a text was recognized, it was oftensecondary to deeper interpretive layers such as midrash—an approach of“mining” the scriptures for hidden meanings beneath the surface.To illustrate, Salinger cites an example from the Talmud inwhich a rabbi derives a messianic era of four hundred years from two unrelatedpassages simply because they used the same word afflict. Another exampleis from Midrash Rabbah, where a single ordinary verse is applied to sixdifferent people or events in Jewish tradition—including the Messiah—ratherthan simply to the plain meaningSalinger then shows how New Testament authors employ similarmethods: for instance, in the Gospel of Matthew the event of Jesus’ flight intoEgypt and return is linked to Hosea 11:1 (“Out of Egypt I called My son”), eventhough the plain context of Hosea addresses Israel’s historical situation inEgypt. These midrashic methods were normative in ancient Jewish hermeneutics.Turning to the work of Tovia Singer, Salinger contends that RabbiSinger criticizes New Testament writers for misusing the Tanakh (HebrewScriptures) but fails to apply the same standard to the rabbinic interpretershe otherwise praises. Specifically, Rabbi Singer is accused of ignoring orminimizing how the rabbis themselves freely used midrashic interpretation,while insisting that the New Testament authors are being deceptive when they dothe same. Salinger calls this approach “disingenuous,” suggesting that Rabbi Singercapitalizes on Christian ignorance of Jewish interpretive traditions in orderto undermine Christian claims about Scripture and fulfillment.Hebrew Vocabulary:Tanach:the Hebrew Scriptures, “Old Testament”Pashat:plain or “simple” meaning of the textmidrash:“enquiry”, commentary or interpretation of the Hebrew Bible usually findingdeeper meaningsResources:Answering Rabbi Tovia Singer:Jewish Hermeneutics/The Resurrection of The Messiah on 3rd Dayhttps://letthetruthcomeoutblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/answering-rabbi-tovia-singer-jewish-hermeneutics-the-resurrection-of-the-messiah-on-the-third-day/#d500256e-a368-4a8a-8cf0-a0ff46f15f5a-linkOne God Report Podcasts with author Troy SalingerPre-IncarnateAppearances of Jesus in the OT: Truth or Mythhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUqWXumvcp5p1klRmE6uAaU7uGSOMDuCX Is the "Memra" the Pre-incarnateSon of God?https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUqWXumvcp5rvmD5Q9dO68RFlfeg_cc8C

In this episode I dialog with Sam Tideman’s “Transfigured” Podcaston John 1:14. Sam reviewed the previous One God Report podcast (#148) called“The Word became Flesh (Sustenance): A Metaphorical Interpretation of"Flesh".  In this current podcast I dialog with Sam about two of hismain points:1. Is the “became flesh” language of John 1:14 to be associated with mainstreamChristianity’s “Eucharist”and2. Should or could John 1:14 be understood and translated as“the Word became flesh and dwelt IN us”, that is, not “among us”.  Resources:The Word became Flesh(Sustenance): A Metaphorical Interpretation of "Flesh" https://youtu.be/A87VcXKCWBMTransfigured Podcast, "TheWord became flesh" - A eucharistic interpretation of John 1:14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfQKfthc2wA&t=2847s 

The short statement in John 1:14 that“the Word became flesh” is understood by mainstream Christianity to be adeclaration that the difference between who God is and who man is was breached,that God became man. Anyone interested in considering the many and variousproblems with the “G/god became man” interpretations of this verse can see thearticle/podcast #39 “The Word became Flesh? Why John 1:14 does NOT say that God becameman”.[1]This present podcast presents my developing understanding about what “the Wordbecame flesh” does mean. Let me first state that when I say that “became flesh”in John 1:14 most likely should be interpreted metaphorically, I don’t meanthat Jesus was not a real flesh and blood human being. The New Testamentpresents Jesus as a real human being of flesh, blood and bone, a man who toldthe truth that he heard from God. [1] https://landandbible.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-word-became-flesh-why-john-114-does.htmlor, audiohttps://youtu.be/z4HepHkyujk

Does the Bible Declare that “Jesus a God-Man”?We compare mainstream Christian belief with the biblical declarations and find a big difference.Some Scriptures from this episode:John8:40: “I am a man who told you the truth that I heard from God…” Acts2:22: "Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attestedto you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through himin your midst, as you yourselves know- Acts17:31: “because He (God) has fixed a day on which he will judge the world inrighteousness by a man whom He has appointed; and of this He has givenassurance to all by raising him from the dead. Romans5:15: "For if many died through the trespass of one man, much more havethe grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christabounded for many." Romans5:19: "For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by oneman's obedience many will be made righteous." 1 Corinthians 15:21: “Forsince death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also came througha man” 1 Cor.15:21: “For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection ofthe dead.”1Timothy 2:4-6: God "…desires all men to be saved and to come to aknowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and there is one mediator betweenGod and men, the man Christ Jesus who gave himself" 

By comparing Genesis 1:1-18 with John 1:1-18 we can understand that the two chapters are describing different events.There are a few words that are common to both Genesis 1 and John 1, like "in, beginning, light, and darkness", but the words have a different meaning than in Genesis.Many key words which are in Genesis 1:1-5 which are not in John 1:1-5: created, heavens, earth, waters, face of the deep, spirit of God, hovering, evening, morning, day, night, first day Many key words in John 1:1-5 which are not in Genesis 1:1-5: word, with God, he (that one) was in the beginning with God, all (things), through him, life, light of men, overcome/comprehend.  Then, in verses 6-18, everything is different.John 1 has a different context, describes different events, than Genesis 1. https://www.youtube.com/@billschlegel1"In the beginning was..." Or, John 1:1 is not about the Genesis Creation. https://youtu.be/b8sKQC63ESYA Non-Genesis Creation Interpretation of John 1:3-4https://youtu.be/N3rcP42KWhc

The world is full of lies. Political and religious lies abound.The Bible cuts through all those lies and declares that our heavenly Father (יהוה) is the only true God and that the human person Jesus is the Lord Christ.  The Bible declares that there is no mystery about how many God is. There is no identity confusion about who or how many God is.  Humans can know that the Father is the only God, that there is no other besides Him.  But people refuse to believe.  But a remnant does believe. Believers in One God, the Father, take courage. The Mystery of the Trinity: Solved! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUqWXumvcp5ooVFOM6INeL0_D1tw-R4p4 “Jesus Can’tBe a Mere Human” https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUqWXumvcp5rLIOHUtJWBc6Sg8HQf4sfL One GodReport, Bill Schlegel https://www.youtube.com/@billschlegel1

Does Philippians 2:5-11 describe an eternal pre-incarnate God the Son humbling himself to become man?No.Philippians 2:5-11 is about the decisions, actions and attitude of the man Christ Jesus, and his eventual exaltation by his God.Philippians 2: Did God become Man?https://youtu.be/ntg8KvZ2pSQDeity of Christ Interpretations Dishonor the Man Jesus Christhttps://youtu.be/R2VOKEvGqAwFull text here:https://landandbible.blogspot.com/2020/03/did-god-become-man-philippians-25-11.html

Ever since I’ve come to believe that God is the Father, and that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that the spirit is the Spirit of God, people have said – actually Christian people have said - that I’m part of a cult. They mean it, of course, in a derogatory, pejorative sense. If the belief in the Trinity, three divine persons in one essence, and the belief in a fully-god-fully-man-Christ, a Christ who is a divine person with two natures – if these beliefs are developments made after the New Testament was written, made in places like Alexandria Egypt, Athens Greece, Constantinople and Cappadocia Turkey, and Rome Italy -- then these beliefs are aberrations, “cultish” if you will, not the real God nor the real Christ of the Bible. Is the Trinity in the Bible? If So, Where? https://youtu.be/POVaZX3urdcIf the Bible is Right, God is NOT a Trinityhttps://youtu.be/S1-qBYVrkdUHIGH Costs of Deity of Christ Interpretationshttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUqWXumvcp5o5e2TeBnpzLE7XLJgwh_tpDr. Kegan Chandler, Cult Rhetoric and Unitarian Christologyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwQFRabqSqE&t=2s