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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
The Old Testament clearly teaches the Trinity.

I could not disagree more strongly.

The verse of Scripture that is probably the greatest doctrinal statement in the Old Testament is found in the Book of Deuteronomy

It takes a monumental torture of the plain meaning of that passage to read it as saying other than what it clearly says.

This is the word used in Deuteronomy 6:4 (my paraphrase), “Hear, O Israel: Elohim—our plural God, our Trinity, tri-personality—is one God!”

Elohim is not even found in this verse!

The name of God used here, in both instances, is YHWH, not Elohim.

Echad can mean either singular or plural unity (as "one" does in English: "one chair" or "one dining room set"). The specific meaning in the passage is determined by context. I cannot read the context here as indicating anything other than singular unity. It doesn't say "the LORD is One Trinity"; it says "the LORD is One".

I am and there is none else;
Beside Me, there is no God (Elohim).
I engird you, though you have not known Me,
So that they may know, from east to west,
That there is none but Me.
I am and there is none else,
I form the light and create darkness,
I make weal and create woe--
I do all these things. (Isaiah 45:5-7)

46,392 posted on 04/07/2003 10:36:22 AM PDT by malakhi (Visualize global warming. Help stamp out winter!)
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To: malakhi
I could not disagree more strongly.

Well now, thats a new thought. :)

I'm giving up talking to you about Christ being God, I'm gonna keep praying for you and turn you over to God, you're in big trouble now. :)

BigMack

46,395 posted on 04/07/2003 10:42:20 AM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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