by Robert Schmid

Created on: February 10, 2009

"You MUST be born again!"

When Jesus Christ told Nicodemus, and by extension all of us, that we MUST be born again to see the kingdom of God, Jesus did not make an optional recommendation, rather then He gave a command which has life and death consequences. It is appointed unto man once to die (physically) and after that the judgment - eternal life or eternal death.

Is the idea of being "born again" or "born of God" a literal event, or just a metaphor for conversion and or conversation?

If you are a Trinitarian, i.e., a born again Christian, you must view the idea of being born again as a metaphor because if God would literally have other sons, God would no longer be a Trinity. In other words, the Trinity doctrine will forever keep us apart from God and keep us from becoming one with God. The Trinity doctrine is inherently divisive.

If you are a Unitarian, i.e., a believer in ONE God (Being), from and into all eternity, you too must view the concept of being born again as a metaphor because if God would literally have a son, God would no longer be ONE God (Being) but TWO God Beings. In other words, the Unitarian doctrine will forever keep us apart from God and keep us from becoming one with God. The Unitarian doctrine is inherently divisive.

What then is the Biblical truth about understanding God? It's actually very simple, maybe to simple for most people. The real challenge of scripture is to believe the Word of God instead of interpreting the Word of God. When it says "In the beginning God" do you believe that it says "God" (singular) and not Gods, not family of God, not triune God, not two co-equal God beings, not Father and Son, not God and His Spokesman, or whatever your (plural) interpretation is?

Although there are prophetic scriptures in the Old Testament that speak of the coming Son of God, it is not until the New Testament, 2000 years ago, that God had a Son whom He named Jesus. Clearly, the ONE God of the Old Testament had a Son in the New Testament so that there are now TWO God Beings.

The purpose of human life is to be "born again", to be born of God via a spiritual begettal by God, via death and a resurrection, making us additional Sons of God, making us additional God Beings. Jesus Christ being our example and forerunner.

This leaves us with John 1:1 which tells us that in the beginning was the Word (of God). Not Jesus, not a second God Being, not the Son of God, not a Spokesman or whatever else your interpretation of the word "Word" is. No, in the

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