From The Trinity Delusion
Psalm 16
I saw the Lord always before me, for He is at my right hand that I may not be shaken; therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; my flesh also will dwell in hope. For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your Holy One see corruption. You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence. Acts 2:25-28
Peter quotes from Psalm 16 in reference to Jesus' death and resurrection. He quotes these words saying they refer to Jesus as a prophecy of David.
​
1 Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
2 I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord;
I have no good apart from you.”
3 As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
in whom is all my delight.
4 The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply;
their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or take their names on my lips.
5 The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup;
you hold my lot.
6 The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
7 I bless the LORD who gives me counsel;
in the night also my heart instructs me.
8 I have set the LORD always before me;
because He is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices;
my flesh also dwells secure.
10 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,
or let your holy one see corruption.
11 You make known to me the path of life;
in your presence there is fullness of joy;
at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Psalm 16:1-11
The Trinitarian Claims
The Trinitarian claim is that Jesus had God at his right hand.
The Claims vs. The Facts
The Scriptural facts tell us that the word "he" has been added into the English translations and was not originally there in the Hebrew and Greek. Psalm 16 being about Jesus also proves Jesus is not God because it has him talking to "the LORD" which is actually YHWH in the Hebrew. We know for a fact that YHWH is the creator of all and if this is Jesus talking to YHWH, then Jesus is not YHWH.
The Problems with the Trinitarian Claim
1. The word "He" is not in the original manuscripts
Isaiah 40:28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
​
God is everlasting, which means He was here before He created everything, and will last forever, there is no way God can die.
2. God cannot pay the price for man's sin
One major belief in "Christianity" is that God had to die to pay the price for us, because a man could not pay the price. Yet we see the scriptures tell us that a man needed to pay the price for us because we fell into sin from a man originally.
​
Romans 5:19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, SO by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
​
One man (Adam) disobeyed God, so we needed one man (Jesus) to obey God in order to be saved.
1 Corinthians 15:21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
​
Once again we see that if Jesus was God, then there is no comparison to Adam at all. Yet we are told because by man came death, so too will resurrection come from a man.
The wording here is very specific, it was required that Jesus be a man and obey God in order that we would be saved. This also leads to the problem that if Jesus was God how could Jesus have disobeyed? If it was impossible that Jesus could disobey himself (because he is God in this example) then the sacrifice means nothing. The only way Jesus's obedience means anything is because he could have disobeyed like Adam did (God would not be able to disobey Himself). We also know Jesus was tempted (Matthew 4:1, Hebrews 4:15, Revelation 3:21), and God cannot be tempted (James 1:13) .
​
Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
​
God is not a man, and He would not disobey Himself. Jesus had to be a man who was tempted but did not disobey and rather overcame the temptations, in order to save us by undoing what Adam did. Jesus is often compared to Adam for this reason.
1 Corinthians 15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam a quickening spirit.
3. God did not provide Himself as the ram
Genesis 22:12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
​
God provided a ram to Abraham, but it was not Himself. Most prophecies in the bible have a near and far fulfillment, where the prophecy is fulfilled shortly after it was given, but it is also fulfilled in another way in the future. There are many prophecies that are dual prophecies concerning Jesus and this is one. God provided a ram to Abraham and a lamb (Jesus) to the world. However, we see that they are supposed to parallel each other.God provided a ram (that was not Himself) to Abraham and God provided a lamb (that was not Himself) to the world.
​
If this was prophetic (meaning God would be Jesus, the lamb of God), then the parallels of the prophecy fall apart.
Analysis of the Facts
The scriptures are clear that God sent a ram to Abraham and God sent His son to the world
1. God told Moses that He would raise up a prophet (Jesus)
Deuteronomy 18:15 YHWH thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken; 16 According to all that thou desiredst of YHWH thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of YHWH my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. 17 And YHWH said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken. 18 I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put My words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. 19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
​
YHWH, the creator of all, said that the Jews spoke well to ask for someone else to speak for Him. YHWH tells us the prophet that He would raise up would not be Him. If Jesus was YHWH, then YHWH would be lying because YHWH said that He would put His words in someone else's mouth in order that the Jews would not hear YHWH's voice anymore.
​
YHWH also said the prophet would be like Moses and from among his "brethren". YHWH was not like Moses, YHWH is God, not a man (like Moses).
​
Jesus agrees with this prophecy and says he was commanded on what to say.
​
John 12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. 49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. 50 And I know that His commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
​
YHWH said He would command the prophet to speak His words for Him to the people. If Jesus was God this makes no sense, YHWH does not need to be commanded to do anything.
Jesus notes that if someone rejects the words of YHWH, they will be judged, as seen in Deuteronomy 18:19. Jesus specifically says it is not him who will judge the people, but rather the word Jesus speaks is what will judge them, this is because "the word" that he speaks is God's word, and the word is God. (John 1)
​
Jesus says he spoke what he was commanded to say. Once again, YHWH does not need to be commanded to do something or say something. If Jesus was God then Jesus is lying because he's saying YHWH told him what to say and also saying he hasn't "spoken of myself" in verse 49.
​
Jesus is also proving that his Father is YHWH, because Jesus was commanded by "the Father" in verse 50, and we know YHWH is the one who will command the prophet (Deuteronomy 18).
​
We know this "prophet" is Jesus because in Acts 3:22 we're told this.
​
Acts 3:18 But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled. 19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; 20 And He shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: 21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. 22 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. 23 And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people. 24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days. 25 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
​
God spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets, Jesus was no different in this aspect, Jesus spoke Gods words to the Jews; the "word of God" came out of his mouth like a double edged sword (Revelation 19:15). Jesus was greater than Moses as he didn't sin and was completely obedient to God (Hebrews 3:3, Romans 5:19).
​
In verse 25 we see Jesus had to come from Abraham's seed and not from God's seed in order to fulfill the prophecy. If Jesus was just God incarnating a body, that God did not fulfill this prophecy to send a prophet from Abraham's seed.
2. Bad Translation
It doesn't matter that this is a bad translation as we'll discuss in point 3 below, but the translation lends to people being confused and should have been written differently. You can study the Hebrew on BibleHub.com by clicking on the image.
Related Links: Psalm 110:1
Conclusion
God provided a ram for Abraham (not Himself), and in the same way God provided a prophet to die for the world (not Himself).
NOTE: This was written by "The Trinity Delusion", his website sometimes goes down and this is a backup, but his website is here, and check out his YouTube channel here.