Trinitarian Or Not?
By Pastor G. Reckart
Jesus Messieh Fellowship International
Apostolic Theological Bible College

It has been many years now since I first discovered how Lord Jesus Christ baptisms began by reading Pentecostal history and books written by early 20th century Pentecostals.  Then, in 1972 when I discovered my pre-trib rapture doctrine was false, I began to read in more detail the trinitarians writings of Clarence Larking and other dispensationalist.  My eyes were opened to see this doctrine was based upon trinitarian concepts of the Council of Nicaea.  I immediately conferred not with men, but sent out my discovery to hundreds of Pentecostal pastors and organizational officials.  I received two replies from the over 500 Bible studies I sent out.  I was shocked that there were no Post-Tribs among them except for one.  Donald Lero of Homestead, Florida responded. He was a Preterist and believed the tribulation ended in 780AD.  And Pastor Van-Horn of Evansville, Indiana, was a dispensational Post-Trib.  He was the only man who gave me a positive word of encouragement. He told me: "God has revealed this to you and not man."

As a pioneer in the non-dispensational Post-Trib understanding of prophecy, I met with great resistance. I did not know there was so much hate behind most Pre-Trib teachers, that if you questioned them, opposed their interpretation, how brutal they would be as they took delight in butchering you.  But, I escaped from their rants and tirades.  One Sister wrote to me that her Pastor stomped his platform, yelling my name and that I was a devil because I believed the Church would be here during the time antichrist.  He warned his members to stay away from this false doctrine and me.

What made him become a yelling, ranting, explosive example of the Pre-Trib fruit of the Spirit?  The one thing that brought out the bitterness of his hate was my proofs that the dispensational Pre-trib rapture doctrine was trinitarian.

I started out on a one man mission to bring this Light to the Apostolic people. I believed if they knew the truth they would reject the trinitarian dispensational pre-trib rapture doctrine.  But I was so wrong. I discovered the majority of Oneness Apostolics were still indoctrinated with trinitarian concepts and they would not accept the Truth.  But, all was not lost, here and there I sowed the seed of the Post-tribulation coming of Jesus teaching. And here and there it took root.  I did find some other Pastors along the way who were not pre-trib. They were mid-trib. And many were "pan-trib" and didn't really care, saying prophecy should not be something we divided hairs over or made a salvational issue.  But, I believed then and still do, that the trinity doctrine is a salvational issue.  And that is where I stand today.  If the trinity is not a salvational issue, then it is back to Rome they will all eventually go.  I am not going.

I have discovered and written about the trinity doctrine hidden within the Pre-trib rapture doctrine.  And I have written how the Lord Jesus Christ baptismal formula was invented by trinitarians and is a trinitarian counter-part to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.  As of the year 2005 I remain the only man in the world who has written against the Matthew 28:19 formula and identified and proven it is a trinity baptism.  The hate against me is not only from these two doctrinal falsehoods, the liberals who are anti-holiness now use them as the basis to gut me on any issue they can find to disagree with me about.  I am a Man of God upon whom Laodicaea, novices, and babels launch their daily hate. Google the name Reckart and up will come page after page of Witches, Freemasons, Trinitarians, backslid Oneness, Mormons, Jehovah's witnesses, Yahwist, Branhamites, Jews: railing and calling others to join in harmony and unity to destroy my name, reputation, and my character.  So many of them are now in unity they no longer care who they have joined with as they raise their trumpets and blast out their hate and rancor.  And they think I will not answer back?  I will answer back with Truth. Individually they are undeserving of personal attention.

Here are the facts:

The baptismal formula of Matthew 28:19 where Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are translated into Lord, Jesus, Christ: is trinitarian.

Dispensationalism is a trinity doctrine. Its pre-tribulation rapture doctrine is trinitarian. Its doctrine of the division of Israel and the Church is trinitarian.

Trinitarian doctrine can slip in so slick and many Oneness are unable to detect it. Many Oneness actually will fight for trinitarian concepts and have no clue they are not totally Oneness. We have a whole host of Trinityones. Or maybe I should call them Oneities.

Two main areas of error with Oneities is in water baptism and in the dispensational pre-tribulational rapture teaching.

Mention this and it strikes fires of hate. Deal with it and the babels come forth. Now babel is confusion. We can call them much nicer names, but the confusion they create is still babel. I have provoked many novices with my talk about babblers and their babel. It makes them so hateful. They look for gaps in my armour to see if they can stick me in the fifth rib. But I am a skillful soldier.

Ok, let me again provoke babels.

Acts 2:38 water baptism is in the name of Jesus Christ (Messieh).

It is not in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Lord Jesus Christ is a trinity baptism. Here is where the hate starts.

Ask for an interpretation of LJC Baptism and they will go straight to Matthew 28:19. If this is not a trinity maneuver what is? What is the point of mixing Acts 2:38 and Matthew 28:19? Peter did not. It is not Apostolic. When they open their mouth here is their answer:

Father= Lord
Son=Jesus
Holy Ghost=Christ

I call this the FSHG-LJC baptismal formula.

This is a trinity manipulation.

Early Pentecostals called this the “three-in-one” baptism. There are trinity churches that still use this formula as a trinity one. Andrew Bar David Urshan wrote this formula many times and referred to it as the three-in-one trinity name.

Break this down: God the Father is Lord; God the Son is Jesus; God the Holy Ghost is Christ. These are the facts even if many Oneities deny it. In fact the LJC baptism doctrine was started by triniarians. It was started by John Scheppe in the World Wide Camp meeting in 1913. He is the one who said Lord Jesus Christ was the revelation of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost baptism. Oneness men who left the trinitarian movement brought this baptism doctrine with them. The PAW was the largest organization to transfer this over. Then came other Oneness groups including the UPC. So, there are these Oneities who baptize LJC as a trinity formula taken from Matthew 28:19 and not from Acts 2:38. To say Acts 2:38 is the fulfillment of Matthew 28:19 is false. If so, they would baptize in the name of Jesus Christ (Messieh) not in the LJC formula. But Peter did not do this. He did not use Lord Jesus Christ as a fulfillment of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. This is a theory, it is not a fact. It is a claim, but it is not Apostolic.

Acts 2:38 is the plan of salvation and that is final. Why go to Matthew 28:19 and say it is now the revealed plan of salvation and we do not need Acts 2:38 at all? Some have the nerve to do this. That is why they will fellowship with trinitarians and see no problem with FSHG or LJC water baptismal formulas? If babelites want to hate me, go for it. If the novices want to find some way to sow discord, it is on them. They cannot destroy what God has established.

Now, is the dispensational doctrine of the pre-tribulation rapture a trinity doctrine?

Yes!

Call me a spiritual whore if you want. Call me a heretic if you want. Call me a devil if it makes you shout. Call me a false prophet if it makes your ice cream taste better. And in the heat of venting your steam, call me a liar if it makes your Communion Cup sizzle.

Dispensationalism is a trinitarian doctrine. It was invented by trinitarians. It was promoted by trinitarians from 1830 on to 1900. The only teachers of it were trinitarian. All the charts by Clarence Larkin are trinitarian drawn and published. The book by CL entitled “Dispensational Truths” is trinitarian. You can believe this or not. These are the facts. Dispensationalism was not preached by the Apostles. To claim it was, is babel and perversion. It is distortation. You can deceive some but not the elect.

The real trinitarian foundation of dispensationalism is the dual-covenant false doctrine that God the Father, the first person in the trinity is in covenant with Israel and God the Son, the second person in the trinity is in covenant with the Gentile bride (the Church).

The trinitarian interpretation demands that Israel and the Church remain divided because the Godhead is divided. If Israel and the Church are joined, then there is just one Godhead of one God. But, because of the dual-covenant false doctrine, the Godhead has two divine persons working out the salvation of each group. God the Father is working out the salvation of Jews while God the Son is working out the salvation of Gentiles. God the Holy Spirit is helping God the Father and God the Son with each of their wives.

Yes, dispensationalism has two gods each with a separate wife. God the Father is in covenant with Israel. God the Son is in covenant with the Church, the Gentile bride.

In dispensationalism this demands two destinies. Israel goes to one place in heaven and the Gentiles go to another. God the Father will deal with Israel separate from the Church. And God the Son will deal with the Church separate from Israel. God the Son must move the Church out of the “way” in a pre-trib quick snatch, so God the Father can step in and get re-united with his wife Israel.

Anyone who has enough Biblical understanding of the Covenant of Abraham knows this is not a Jew only thing. It includes all the Gentiles. The blessing of Abraham on Israel was to be joined and shared by Gentiles in their nations. This is one Covenant and one Blessing and one People. To divide the blessing unto Israel and the Church, make them separate and distinct: because two separate and distinct person’s (gods) in the trinity are involved, is insane!

If Jesus is not the God of the Old Testament, who is he?
If Jesus is not the God of Israel and Gentiles, who is he?
If Jesus is not the Lord God, who is he?
If Jesus is not God manifest in the flesh, who is he?

And if he is the God of Abraham’s promise, and the God of the Gentile blessing promise, then why do we need different compartments on earth and eternity for Jews and Gentiles? Has he not torn down the middle wall and made us ONE (both Jew and Gentile)? Does God have one wife, Israel, and he has another concubine wife, the Church? If there is one God and no trinity, this is what you have if you persist in dual covenant dispensationalism.

Yes, dispensationalism and the pre-tribulation rapture are trinitarian doctrines.

Why is it, that they teach God the Son must come for the Church before the tribulation, so God the Father can turn back to Israel, if they are not teaching two gods and two separate covenants? Does Jesus come for the Church, go back to heaven, put the Son of God on a coat-hanger, then come back as God the Father for Israel?

The facts are clear. A true Oneness Apostolic will reject dispensationalism and the pre-tribulation trinity rapture doctrine.

Now, are those who believe in the post-tribulation coming of Jesus dispensationalist?

The answer sad to say, is that the majority of post-tribs remain trinitarian in their dual-covenant and dispensational teachings of prophecy (Pastor Irvin Baxter).

But, there are post-tribs, who are not dispensationalist.

Back in 1972 I was a pioneer in the post-trib non-dispensational interpretation of prophecy. I have met many enemies. I have had many babels take my studies and pervert them. I have been attacked and brow-beat many times. I have been ridiculed in Church, even having my name called out by pre-trib die-hards. I have had church members taken from me over this issue. I have been attacked viciously on this and even called a Preterist by some of the more stupid railers.

Conclusion:

There are two doctrines Oneness Apostolics need to come to grips with and quit denying the Truth. And they need to shut their mouths, sit down, and take teaching that will save their souls.

Yes, the LJC Matthew 28:19 baptism is trinitarian.
Yes, the pre-trib rapture theory is trinitarian.

I am Acts 2:38, Oneness, Monarchian, Patripassian, Post-Trib (nondispensational), and observe the Passover of Jesus on the evening of Nisan 14 (I am not a babelite on any of these great truths).

Pastor Reckart
A Man Who Is Acts 2:38, Real Oneness, Without Trinitarian Doctrines