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Welcome to Biblical Truth Seekers This is a Restoration Fellowship website with members based in the UK. If you are concerned that some of the traditional teachings of the mainstream churches as well as some of the more unusual teachings of other churches do not truly reflect what is in the Bible then this site may be helpful to you. The approach to Bible study taken by members of the Restoration Fellowship is that of the standard historical-grammatical method along with analysis of the many helpful works of the professionals. The presentation of these study papers is with as much Scripture as is reasonably possible and with the minimal of commentary so that understanding comes easily. The subjects are broken down into many headings and sub-headings. Naturally there are times when more background information must be given. This comes from up-to-date commentaries, Bible encyclopaedias and lexicons. None of the named churches is being particularly highlighted, but rather the focus is on non-biblical beliefs which are unique to particular churches. Furthermore, those churches with the most study papers do not have the most non-biblical beliefs altogether. Some churches with only a few study papers have far more non-biblical beliefs altogether because they follow many of the traditional teachings that are problematic. If we have stated anything that is factually incorrect in the studies we would appreciate emails with your comments. Also we welcome general discussions by email in a respectful manner on any of these issues. Our Understanding is that: God is one person - the Father. The Trinity is unscriptural. Jesus is the human Messiah as one uniquely and miraculously begotten by God. He did not pre-exist his birth and so he is not the Almighty God. The holy spirit is God's powerful outreach to His creation such that on occasion God and Jesus themselves are called "the Holy Spirit." This means that holy spirit is personal but not a person separate from God or Jesus. Theologians show that many Scriptures used in support of the Trinity doctrine can have and do have a different interpretation to that which is traditionally given them. Jesus is now, by means of resurrection, in heaven at God's right hand. He is fully human but no longer mortal having been granted immortality in his own, but glorified, human body. Jesus is only to be in heaven "until the times of restoration of all things about which God spoke..." So Jesus will return to establish God's kingdom on Earth. Humans are constituted as a unity with no departing immortal soul or spirit at death. The hope for those who died as Christians is that of resurrection to immortality on Earth. The hope for living Christians is that of being changed to become immortal at the time Christ returns to Earth. Gehenna is symbolic of final destruction of the wicked and is not a place of eternal torment in literal fire. Links:
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