Why Trinity ? Why not 4,5...

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This is a small portion from a Jewish tract by Solomon Birnbaum called "An old problem solved"

 

In the opening verse  of Genesis we have the name of "God" - Elohim. In verse 2 there is mention of 'the Spirit of God' (Ruach Elohim)

And finally in verse 24 we are told of the "image of God" (Ts'elem Elohim) that part of divinity which is visible to the human eye, and which is from time to time revealed in the form of a man.

The same in Isaiah, chapter 63, in verse 7 we have the name 'Jehovah' In verse 8 Jehovah becomes Saviour (Moshia or Yeshuah) and  in verse 10 we are told that they grieved the 'Holy Spirit'.

This then is the manner in which the God of Israel is revealed in the Bible. Any other god is a strange god, a creature of human imagination........

The "Trinity" is a term which sums up this truth......God has revealed Himself in the course of the ages in a threefold manner: as Father and Creator, as God the Son or the Saviour, and as God the Holy Spirit.

All these are just the manifestations of the ONE and ONLY God - the God of Israel.

Yes, that's true ... Amen !