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(Quoted from Deut. 6:4) Is he really? Well, technically, yes, there is only one creator of the Universe. But, does this deny the trinity? Absolutely not (Also, if I'm wrong on anything, correct me!) If you look back to the Hebrew, the word used for one is Echad. That word can either mean "One", which denies the trinity, or it can mean things like "Unison", "altogether", or "united". Which one should we choose? I choose the second definition for a a few reasons. 1. The Septuagint. Simply put, it shows the Tanakh, or Old Testament, has been preserved. 2. The use of Echad over Yachid Now, since we know the Tanakh/Old Testament is preserved (The Septuagint is from 200-300 B.C.), the writer of Deut. decided to use Echad, which can mean either One or Unity, over Yachid, which can only mean "Only", "Only One", or Solitary.". If Moses wanted the people to understand that there was trinity, Yachid is clearly the better option.
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Gen 1:26 (26) And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 1Th 5:23 (23) And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. we are made of spirit, soul and body; we are made in God's image: Spirit - God the Father Soul (mind, will and emotions of God) - God the Holy Spirit Body - God the Son, Jesus we tend to see God in three ways: Creator God - Father God with us today (since Jesus ascended) - Holy Spirit God that walked among us as a man, our Example in the flesh - Jesus, Son of God and Son of man there is much debate about this doctrine in the body of Christ today; you may find Clarke's commentary on 1John 5:7 to be somewhat helpful and then there's this to consider: Isa 45:21 (21) Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
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The Trinity [Philo references - based on the cross references in the Comprehensive New Testament] APPENDICES A TREATISE CONCERNING THE WORLD— I. God being one being, has two supreme powers of the greatest importance. By means of these powers the incorporeal world, appreciable only by the intellect, was put together, which is the archetypal model of this world which is visible to us, being formed in such a manner as to be perceptible to our invisible conceptions just as the other is to our eyes. ON FLIGHT AND FINDING – GE 1:26 (68) On this account, I imagine it is, that when Moses was speaking philosophically of the creation of the world, while he described everything else as having been created by God alone, he mentions man alone as having been made by him in conjunction with other assistants; for, says Moses, "God said, Let us make man in our Image."{19}{#ge 1:26.} The expression, "let us make," indicating a plurality of makers.
