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ha-aretz v'et the earth and
the heavens
elohim Gods singular
bara created male singular
Breshit In the beginning
ha-shamayim et
The Shema
The Shema has always been Israel's great confession with which the Jewish synagogue starts the daily liturgy morning and evening, and which every Jew is supposed to repeat at least once daily. The Shema comes from Deuteronomy 6:4: KJV: Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God is one LORD. WEB: Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God; Yahweh is one. While on the surface, the English translation may appear anti-Trinitarian, the Hebrew rendering tells a different story. The word LORD represented in capitals in many English Bibles is a translation of the Hebrew YHWH. In Hebrew, vowels are seldom written; they are only spoken. YHWH, was considered to be the highest name of God, so much so that the Israelites never pronounced it in speech but substituted it with the word Lord (ADONAI). This has left us unable to tell what the original rendering was, although it appears that Yahweh is probably the closest. The Latinisation of the Bible led to a rendering of JeHoVaH. This title, or name of God, is never used of other gods.
The Shema
Echad is one unity
YHWH Yahweh
Elohenu[i] our Gods singular
YHWH Yahweh
Yisrael Israel
Shema Hear
The literal translation is Hear Israel, Yahweh our gods; Yahweh is one. Despite using the plural gods we are told that Yahweh is one. However, when we examine the word echad translated one, we discover an interesting meaning. This word echad comes from a Hebrew root achad which means to unify or to collect together, a united one. It is used in preference to yachid when a composite unity is indicated.
[i]
Elohenu comes from Elohim (Gods) with ENU being the plural possessive pronoun-suffix denoting things which belong to us.
The Shema
Genesis 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one (echad) flesh. We see the idea of separate persons viewed as a unified one. The man and woman become one flesh. The word one here implies a compound unity. It is in this sense that we can understand the One of God in Deuteronomy 6:4 - He is clearly One God, yet He manifests Himself in more than one distinct personage. On the contrast, the word yachid is literally means only one or solitary one. It is a word which suggests an indivisible one as opposed to the compound unity implied by the word echad. If God was an indivisible unity, then yachid would have been a far more appropriate word. In fact, Maimonides, a 12th century Hebrew Sage, noted the strength of yachid and chose to use that word in place of echad. In his Thirteen Articles of Faith he renders Moses words as, Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, The LORD is one (yachid). However, the Shema does not use yachid in reference to God. Yachid is used 12 times in the Scriptures NOT ONCE is it used for Yahweh.
Two Yahwehs?
Before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, God appeared to Abraham in person with 2 angels. After Abraham has interceded on Sodoms behalf, we read in Genesis 19:24: KJV: Then the LORD rained down burning sulphur on Sodom and Gomorrah from the LORD out of the Heavens. World English Bible: Then Yahweh rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah sulfur and fire from Yahweh out of the sky. Thus we simultaneously see Yahweh both on earth in physical manifestation (Jesus) and in heaven (the Father). Could this explain what Jesus meant when He said in John 8:56: Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day, and he saw it and was glad.
NT - John
Most cults which propagate anti-Trinitarian teachings claim that the doctrine of the Trinity was introduced in the 4th century A.D. But the 1st century NT writings tell a different story. In the opening verse of his gospel John, the beloved disciple of Jesus writes about the Word (Logos) who became flesh: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us John 1:1,14 (KJV) In the beginning the Word already existed. He was with God, and he was God So the Word became human and lived here on earth among us (John 1:1, 14, NLT) This verse has so troubled the Watchtower that they have resorted to re-translating the verse to the Word was a god in their New World Translation. However, there is no indefinite article (a) in Greek. Only the definite article (the) is used. The word a is inserted by translators to make sense in English . When the Greeks wanted to express that there is an indefinite example of something they used one (thing) or some (things). These forms do not appear in this verse, making "a god" a very unlikely rendering.
NT - John
In
en
ho the
logos Word
kai and
en Arche
Beginning was
ho the
logos Word en
pros tou the
God
Theos
en was
ho the
logos Word
Theos kai
was with
and God
As can be seen, the direct translation would be: In beginning was the Word, and the Word was with the God, and God was the Word. The Watchtower try to make a case for their translation of a god in John 1:1 from the fact that the first usage of theos (the Word was with the God) is preceded by a definite article (tou) while the second usage (God was the Word) has no definite article. They then assert that only the Father is the God. However Thomas called Jesus the God with the definite article. When Jesus appeared to him after His resurrection, we read: Thomas said to him, My Lord and my GOD! (John 20:28)
NT - Thomas
Kai apokrinomai And Answered
Thomas Thomas
kai and
epo said to
Autos Him
Ho The
kurios Lord
Mou of me
kai and
ho the
Theos God
mou of me
In the Greek, Thomas said to Jesus, ho kurios mou, kai ho theos mou i.e. the Lord of me, and the God of me. Thomas clearly addresses Jesus as the Lord and the God. This verse inescapably affirms that Jesus is the God even if this sort of distinction was intended. Note that Jesus did not rebuke Thomas for blasphemy. The Watchtower then clutch at straws by saying that Thomas was so stunned by Jesus' appearance, that he swore. This is ridiculous because it would mean that Thomas, a devout man of God, swore in front of Jesus and used the Lord's name in vain in violation of Exodus 20:7 without even receiving a reprimand from Jesus. In addition Thomas addressed Jesus directly: Thomas said to Him (nominative being used for the vocative).
3. Dr. James L. Boyer of Winona Lake, Indiana: "I have never heard of, or read of any Greek Scholar who would have agreed to the interpretation of this verse insisted upon by the Jehovah's Witnesses...I have never encountered one of them who had any knowledge of the Greek language."
Paul L. Kaufman
Bruce Metzger
Monogens
In Genesis 2-3 we read that Adam and Eve saw and spoke directly to God. Genesis 18:1 relates that Abraham and Sarah were visited by Yahweh in human form. Jacob exclaims in Genesis 32:30: It is because I SAW GOD FACE TO FACE, and yet my life was spared. But John writes in his gospel: John 1:18 NO ONE HAS EVER SEEN GOD Does the Bible contradict itself here? NO! John was referring here to the Father. The appearances of Yahweh in the Old Testament were all appearances of the second person of the Godhead, namely Jesus. John goes on to explain this: NIV: No one has ever seen God, but God the only Son, who is at the Fathers side, has made him known. NASB: No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him. New International Readers Version: No one has ever seen God. But God, the one and only Son, is at the Father's side. He has shown us what God is like.
Monogens
Some translations read, the only begotten Son (e.g. KJV). However, the earliest and best Greek manuscripts along with the quotations of the Church Fathers, support the reading the only begotten God (monogens theos). The term only begotten or as the NIV reads, One and Only is from the Greek word monogens, monos meaning alone or only and genos meaning kind or type. In other words monogens means one of a kind or unique. In Hebrews 11:17 Isaac is called Abraham's only-begotten (monogen) and yet Abraham had another son (Ishmael). Thus, Isaac was the unique son through whom his offspring will be reckoned. Likewise in John 1:18, Jesus is the unique God, who explains or reveals God the Father.
Paul
Paul instructs the Ephesian elders (Acts 20:28) to: Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood. If God bought us with his OWN blood, surely this indicates that Jesus is God? Historically Paul's letter to the Colossians was a pointed refutation against Gnosticism. Paul was very concerned about the heretical teachings that were creeping into the church. Jesus is the physical expression of the spiritual Father, He was FULLY God. Colossians 1:19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell (live) in him (Christ). Colossians 2:9 For in Him (Christ) all the fullness of Deity (the state of being God) dwells (lives) in bodily form.
Monogens
Paul specifically refutes the Gnostic teaching that asserted Jesus was not the supreme eternal God in flesh. The Gnostic Jesus was a lesser god, i.e. an emanation from the supreme God. According to Gnosticism, the supreme God was pure spirit. Hence, spirit is good and all matter or the material world was inherently evil, thus God or anything good cannot dwell in flesh. Therefore Jesus only seemed to posses a body. Bearing that in mind, we can understand why Paul, inspired by the Holy Spirit, chose this specific wording in this verse. The verse is clear - Jesus is fully God in human flesh. The Greek reads: Hoti en aut Him katoikei dwells all plrma ho theottos smatiks bodily pas ho
because in
the fullness
of the Deity
The word theottos is derived from theos (God). Recognized Greek lexicographer, Joseph Thayer, defines theottos as: the state of being God.
Monogens
The Apostle John also deals with this Gnostic error (denying that Jesus came in flesh) in his gospel and epistles. John 1:14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us 1 John 4:2-3 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit who doesn't confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God, and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.
If the definite article (the) appeared before Savior in the Greek text, then, and only then can we justify the 2 Persons argument asserted by the JWs. But there is not. Specifically though, these verses fall under an important Greek rule: Granville Sharp #1 . Also known as the TSKS rule (i.e. TheSubstantive-Kai-Substantive). "Sharp's rule states that when 2 singular personal nouns (such as God and Savior) of the same case (as we have here) are connected by and (the Greek word is kai), and the modifying article the (the Greek word is ho) appears only before the first noun, not before the second, both nouns must refer to the same person. In this passage, God and Savior are connected by and. Also, the appears only before God. Therefore, God and Savior must refer to the same personJesus.
Granville Sharp
theos hemon
Iesous Christos
VERSE 11 Ho of the kurios Lord Hemon of us kai and soter Savior Jesus Christ
Iesous Christos
JWs who lack certified Greek scholarship will admit that Lord and Savior in verses 1:11, 2:20 and 3:18 are in reference to Jesus only. But these verses are the same Granville Sharp TSKS constructions as 2 Peter 1:1 and Titus 2:13!
Author of Hebrews
The writer of Hebrews says much about the deity of Jesus. Jesus is described as follows in Hebrews 1:3: The Son is the radiance of Gods glory, and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. (NIV) His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance (WEB) Who being the brightness of [his] glory, and the express image of his person (Geneva Study Bible) charakter Hence, Jesus is the precise reproduction in every respect of the essence, actual being, reality of God. How can Jesus be an exact expression of the real being of the Father without Himself possessing true Deity? exact copy express image hupostasis Essence Person Being
Pros Regarding
de but
ho the
ho the
thronos throne
sou of you
ho the
theos God
In Greek, But regarding the Son [He says], The throne of you, the God One again Jesus is called the God in Greek, which again destroys the argument used by the Watchtower in their rendering of John 1:1. The Watchtower teach that Jesus is the angel Michael and the Mormons believe that he is Satans brother. This is curious, as Hebrews 1 has as its central theme the superiority of Jesus over the angels. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. He has a greater name i.e. Son of God (vs 4-5) Angels are commanded to worship Him (vs 6) He is God himself (vs 8-9) He is the Creator (vs 10-12) He is the ruler of the coming age (vs 13)
Testimony of Jesus
One with the Father Jesus himself claims equality and one-ness with the Father. John 14:8-10 Philip said, Lord show us the Father and that will be enough for us. Jesus answered: DONT YOU KNOW ME, PHILIP EVEN AFTER I HAVE BEEN AMONG YOU SUCH A LONG TIME? ANYONE WHO HAS SEEN ME HAS SEEN THE FATHER, How can you say, Show us the Father? DONT YOU BELIEVE THAT I AM IN THE FATHER, AND THAT THE FATHER IS IN ME?
Lets examine what God said when Moses asked what His name was. Exodus 3:13-14 Moses said to God, Behold, when I come to the children of Israel, and tell them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you; and they ask me, What is his name? What should I tell them? God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM, and he said, You shall tell the children of Israel this: I AM has sent me to you. Thus I AM is the name, or rather the title that God chose to be known by. Furthermore the Hebrew for Yahweh sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for I AM and God seems to associate the 2 in the rest of the passage in Exodus. In applying this title to Himself, Jesus was claiming equality with God. This explains the Jews attempt to stone Him; they thought He was being blasphemous.
In addition Jesus applied the divine title I AM (eg eimi) in the absolute (i.e. appearing at the end of the clause) to Himself on 8 occasions. Only in John 8:58 is it correctly translated as I am. In other cases the same phrase is rendered as I am [he] or It is I. Eg eimi was a frequent title used of Yahweh alone (e.g. Deut. 32:39; Is. 43:10; 41:4; cf. LXX). tharseo be of good cheer ego I
eimi am
me be not
phobeo afraid
MARK 6:50 For they all saw Him and were terrified. But immediately He spoke with them and said to them, Take courage; it is I [eg eimi], do not be afraid. The Greek reads: Be of good cheer, I AM, be not afraid)
In fact, in Isaiah 43:10, Yahweh asserts the same: You are My witness, declares the LORD, And My servants whom I have chosen, So that you may know and believe Me And understand that I AM He [ eg eimi; cf, LXX] . Before Me there was no God formed, And there will be none after Me (43:10). In the Septuagint (LXX), He is not there. Thus: declares the LORD . . . that you may . . . believe . . . that I AM. The full force of Jesus assertion is striking. He did not say, If you do not believe that I am He or I am the one I claimed to be as most translations read (i.e. there is no supplied predicate). Jesus clearly asserts here that salvation rests on believing that He is the eternal God.
hotan hupsoo
hina that
hotan when
ginomai it happens
hoti that
ego I
eimi Am
lego
autos
am
ego eimi
He said to them
Bible: induction
What are the characteristics that make God, GOD? In other words, what properties does He possess that no one else can claim to possess? If we can then show from the Bible that Jesus has all of these characteristics, we have proved by induction that He is God. Gods unique characteristics Omnipotence Omnipresence Omniscience Immutability Eternal Creator Holy and Sinless Rightly worshipped
Immutability
The perfection of God by which He is devoid of all change in essence, attributes, consciousness, will and promises. No change is possible in God, because all change must be to better or worse, and God is absolute perfection. Malachi 3:6 For I, Yahweh, don't change James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow. Hebrews 6:17-18 In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath; that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie
Eternal
The Biblical concept of eternity and the eternal refers to the endless past, the unending future, or to Gods present experience of all time. God has no beginning as man can understand beginning and no ending either, but God exists now and knows both the beginning and the end as we perceive them. In the Scriptures, God is thus called everlasting and eternal. Deuteronomy 33:27 The eternal God is your dwelling place. Underneath are the everlasting arms. Genesis 21:33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God. Psalm 90:2 Before the mountains were made, before you had given birth to the earth and the world, before time was, and for ever, you are God. 1 Timothy 1:17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
Creator
Isaiah 45: 18 For thus says Yahweh who created the heavens, the God who formed the earth and made it, who established it and didn't create it a waste, who formed it to be inhabited: "I am Yahweh; and there is no other.
Habakkuk 1:13 Before your holy eyes sin may not be seen, and you are unable to put up with wrong Exodus 15:11 Who among the gods is like you, o LORD? Who is like you majestic in holiness
Rightly worshipped
When Satan tempted Jesus to worship him, Jesus responded: Matthew 4:10: Away from me, Satan! For it is written: Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only. Yahweh makes it clear that only He deserves worship: Isaiah 42:8 "I am Yahweh. That is my name. I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to engraved images.
Omnipotence
Jesus characteristics We can now proceed to show that every one of these characteristics deemed peculiar to God are found in Jesus. Omnipotence Matthew 28:18 And Jesus coming up spoke to them, saying, All power has been given me in heaven and upon earth. ALL POWER is bestowed in Jesus, an attribute peculiar to God. Phil: 3:20-21: "For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself." Eph. 1:21-22: "far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. And He put all things in subjection under His feet..."
Omnipresence
Matthew 28:20 And surely I (Jesus) am with you always, to the very end of the age. Matthew 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the midst of them." Romans 8:34 Christ Jesus, who died more than that, who was raised to life is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. If Jesus has promised to be with His disciples ALWAYS and yet is at the right hand of the Father in heaven, the only possible explanation is that He is omnipresent.
Omniscience
John 21:17 The third time he said to him, Simon son of John, do you love me? Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, Do you love me? He said, Lord, you know all things; You know that I love you. Here Peter plainly acknowledges Jesus omniscience, stating that He knew ALL THINGS. Why then did Jesus say only the Father knew the day of his second coming? Of course the answer is that the incarnation created a special circumstance, wherein God became flesh and allowed Himself to the limitations of a man. In the same way that as a man Jesus got tired, thirsty and hungry and was clearly not omnipresent, so too his knowledge was limited while on earth. This is clear from the Scripture: Philippians 2:7 (Jesus) emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men Anti-Trinitarians will typically take Scriptures that apply to Jesus humanity and incarnation and then try using them to prove that Jesus wasnt God. There were however self-imposed temporary limitations that Jesus accepted in his incarnation.
Immutability
Jesus too has the property of deity of never changing, though everyone and everything else does. Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Hebrews 1:8,11-12 But of the Son he says... They all will grow old like a garment does. As a mantle, you will roll them up, and they will be changed; but you are the same..."
Eternal pre-existence
Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. The above prophecy concerning Jesus shows that He is EVERLASTING or ETERNAL. Hebrews 1:8,11-12 But of the Son he says... They will perish, but you continue. They all will grow old like a garment does. ... Your years will not fail. John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word Colossians 1:17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. John 8:57-59 You are not yet fifty years old, the Jews said to him, and you have seen Abraham! I tell you the truth, Jesus answered, before Abraham was born I AM!
Eternal pre-existence
Turning to Isaiah 44:6 we read: This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God. When Jesus appeared to John on the island of Patmos, His words to him were: Revelation 1:18 Do not be afraid. I am the first and the last. Jesus makes the same statement as Yahweh in the Old Testament. It is impossible for there to be two FIRSTS. Either one must be FIRST and the other SECOND if they are two separate beings. But Jesus and Yahweh both state, I AM THE FIRST.
Creator
Isaiah 44:24 "I am Yahweh, who makes all things; who ALONE stretches out the heavens; who spreads out the earth BY MYSELF But Jesus created alone: John 1:1-4 In the beginning the Word already existed. He was with God, and he was God. He created everything there is. Nothing exists that he didnt make. Col 1:15-16: For by him (Jesus) all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. All members of the godhead were involved in creation. The Father wills, Jesus effected His will: 1 Cor 8:6: Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.
Rightly worshipped
When Peter went to the house of Cornelius he refused to accept worship: Acts 10: 25-26: As Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet in reverence. But Peter made him get up. Stand up, he said, I am only a man myself. In Revelation 22:8-9: John related how the mighty angel refused worship: I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had been showing them to me. But he said to me, Do not do it! I am a fellow with you and with your brothers the prophets and of all who keep the words of this book. Worship God! We see from the above 3 passages that only God is rightfully entitled to receive worship. But Jesus accepted worship on numerous occasions during his ministry! When Jesus healed the blind man: Then the man said (to Jesus), Lord, I believe, and he worshiped him. (John 9:38)
Rightly worshipped
Jesus is entitled to receive worship because HE IS GOD! Some more examples of Jesus accepting worship are: From the wise men - Mat 2:11 From the leper - Mat 8:2 From the ruler - Mat 9:18 From His disciples in the boat - Mat 14:33 From the Canaanite woman - Mat 15:25 From the disciples following His ascension - Luke 24:52 Thomas - John 20:28 All creation worships both Father and Lamb: Rev 5:11-14
Rightly worshipped
After Jesus resurrection the woman and the disciples worshipped him: Matthew 28:9 And behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and took hold of his feet, and worshipped him. Matthew 28:16-17 But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, unto the mountain where Jesus had appointed them. And when they saw him, they worshipped him Furthermore in Hebrews 1:6 we read that the Father commands the angels to worship Jesus: And again, when God brings his first born into the world, he says, Let all Gods angels worship him.
Bible: Implied
The Bible does not have an isolated verse here and there that teaches the Trinity. There are many passages where indirectly the Trinity was implied because the authors were Trinitarian, inspired by a Trinitarian God. 1 John 4:16 God is love Before going on, notice the practical importance of this. All sorts of people are fond of repeating the Christian statement that God is love. But they seem not to notice that the words God is love have no real meaning unless God contains at least two Persons. Love is something that one person has for another person. If God was a single person, then before the world was made, He was not love.
Bible: Implied
All the persons of the Godhead are mentioned as being the one who raised Jesus from the dead: The Father Galatians 1:1 Paul, an apostle sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead. The Son John 2:19,21 Jesus answered them, Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days But the temple he had spoken of was His body. The Holy Spirit Romans 8:11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you
Bible: Implied
There are many verses where the 3 persons of the Godhead are mentioned together, indicating their close association with each other. Following are 2 selected ones: 1 Peter 1:1-2 To Gods elect who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling of his blood. Matthew 28:19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Ignatius, the head of the church at Antioch in the 2nd century writes: There are not then either three Fathers, or three Sons, or three Paracletes, but one Father, and one Son, and one Paraclete. Wherefore also the Lord, when He sent forth the apostles to make disciples of all nations, commanded them to baptize in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, not unto one [person] having three names, nor into three [persons] who became incarnate, but into three possessed of equal honour." (Letter to the Philadelphians 2).
Bible: Implied
Consider also the following passages: Genesis 1:26 God (Elohim) said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness Genesis 3:22 Yahweh God (Elohim) said, Behold, the man has become like one of us TOWER OF BABEL: Genesis 11:7 Come, let us go down, and there confound their language. Isaiah 6:8 I heard the Lord's (Adonai) voice, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Who is God talking to here? Here again we see possible evidence of the multiple personalities in the Godhead.
Bible: Implied
Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember also thy Creators in the days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, I have no pleasure in them. The word Creators is a plural form of the word bara which means to create out of nothing. The notion of plural Creator is also seen in Isaiah 54:5, where the prophet states: For thy Maker is thy husband, Jehovah of Hosts is His name, And thy Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, God of all the earth, He is called. In this verse the word Maker is the plural form of the word asa which means to form or make. These verses that there is of more than performs the present a remarkable paradox. The Bible clearly teaches but one God and one Creator. Yet this one God is a plurality one personage, each of which has the attributes of God and works of God.
Bible: Implied
Finally, we see a hint of the Trinity in a number of provocative verses which declare the holiness of God. In Isaiah 6:3 we read: And one cried to another and said: 'Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory!' In Revelation 4:8 John is given a view of the four living creatures around the throne of God: And they do not rest day or night, saying: 'Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!' Why "Holy, holy, holy?" This is just another hint of the plurality of God and the three in one seen throughout the Scripture.
3 tabernacles
Part of the image of God in man is reflected in our tri-unity. Consider the following parallel.
MAN BODY SOUL SPIRIT GOD THE SON (Jesus) THE FATHER THE HOLY SPIRIT
Just as our bodies are our physical, external parts by which we are known and recognized, so Jesus is the fleshly visible representation of the Father. John 1:18 No-one has seen God, but God the only Son, who is at the Fathers side, has made him known. Colossians 2:9 For in Christ, all the FULLNESS OF THE DEITY LIVES IN BODILY FORM. Remember in creating, the Father wills and Jesus effected His will. Hebrews 1:2: In these last days God has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. This is similar to how our Soul wills, but the Body effects the will.
Just as no-one can see our soul, so the Father has never been seen although numerous instances in the Old Testament relate incidents when people saw God. John 6:46 No-one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only He has seen the Father. The spirit within a man seems to correlate to the Holy Spirit, who is the spiritual force in the Godhead, empowering and allowing for the operation of spiritual gifts. Satan himself, is his impersonation of the Holy trinity, establishes an unholy trinity:
GOD
THE SON, CHRIST (God in flesh) THE FATHER THE HOLY SPIRIT
SATAN
THE ANTICHRIST (Satan in flesh) Impersonates Jesus resurrection (Revelation 13:3) SATAN Seeks to usurp the Father's Throne (Isaiah 14: 13-14) THE FALSE PROPHET Impersonates the miracles of the Holy Spirit. Just as the Holy Spirit brings glory to the SON (John 16: 13-14) so the false prophet seeks to bring glory to the Antichrist. (Revelation 13:11-12)
140 A.D. Aristides: [Christians] are they who, above every people of the Earth, have found the truth, for they acknowledge God, the creator and maker of all things, in the only-begotten Son and in the Holy Spirit Apology 16 150 A.D. Justin Martyr: The Father of the universe has a Son, who also being the first begotten Word of God, is even God. First Apology, ch 63
C. 165-175 A.D. Tatian the Syrian: We are not playing the fool, you Greeks, nor do we talk nonsense, when we report that God was born in the form of a man. Address to the Greeks
Council of Constantinople
Constantius, Constantine's son in 351 A.D. sided with Arianism and the early church was showing signs of being split. Later the 2 emperors: Gratian in the West and Theodosius in the East; decided to put an end to the theological quarrels once and for all. In 380 A.D. they called the Council of Constantinople to counter the Arians. It ended in AD 381, when again the orthodox position of the Deity of Christ was upheld.