Let us make man in OUR image...

[Trinity]

There are several verses in the Old Testament where God speaks as a plurality. Many trinitarians quote these verses to help support the Trinity doctrine because they strongly suggest that there is more than one person in the godhead.

"Then God said,

[AFaceInTheCrowd]

1 John 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven,the FATHER,the WORD,and the HOLY GHOST:and these three are one.

[JesusisGod2]

Good stuff guys I look forward to the future replies.

[Guest shiloh357]

"God" in the creation story, and elsewhere in the OT is:

"Elohim"

notice, this form of the word "El", which also means "God", is in the "uniplural" due to the "him" suffix. This is the same suffix that occurs in Cherubim and Seraphim, both of which are ranks of Angels. In the scriptures, they are always introduced in GROUPS consisting of MORE THAN ONE PERSON.

In other words, the word "Elohim" of necessity indicates a Triune Godhead, three persons who function as one deity, and flow from one another!

Actually this is not exactly true. Elohim is not a plural in the absolute sense. Elohim is what we call a plural of intensity. Let me give another example of such a plural. If you see blood on the floor you would says there is blood (dahm) on the floor. If you wanted to say "There is a lot of blood on the floor you would pluralize it as dahmim. It would look like "bloods" in English, but it is really a plural of intensity. The same is with Elohim. It is rendered as "Gods" in English, but that is not what is being being communicated in Genesis. Elohim is the "Great God." By Genesis 2:4, after his creation of man, He is now YHWH. YHWH is who He is, and Elohim is what He is.

God is an Echad, as Trinity pointed out in another thread. Draw a big circle. In that circle write the words Father Son, and Holy Spirit. That is God. God is the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Each is God, and together they are God. God is Echad. Echad is used to describe man and wife as one flesh, and to describe a cluster of grapes. In certain contexts, Echad can be used to represent one in the absolute sense, but in relation to God, it is speaking of a "tri-unity."

[Trinity]

God is an Echad, as Trinity pointed out in another thread.  Draw a big circle.  In that  circle write the words Father Son, and Holy Spirit.  That is God.  God is the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  Each is God, and together they are God.  God is Echad.  Echad is used to describe man and wife as one flesh, and to describe a cluster of grapes.  In certain contexts, Echad can be used to represent one in the absolute sense, but in relation to God, it is speaking of a "tri-unity."

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Yeah shiloh this is what i said

The Trinity is three Persons one God, but how can they be one? Because the are United, There goal is One. Deuteronomy 6:4 states, "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one Lord." In Hebrew there are two words for the word one, the word (Echad) meaning united group, and the second word for one is (Yachiyd), which means alone and single. But Deuteronomy 6:4 uses "Echad" for the word one "The LORD our God is Echad(a United Group) Lord."

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