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Oh Mack.........I really want to know if there's some Hebrew word that makes "The Lord our God" in the Shema plural? If its just an assumption that's fine but if it's not I'd like to know cuz it would be real helpful in my witness.

Its just an assumption. But you can't discount it all together and the rest of the verses that scream out about the trinity.

BigMack

Here's more.

Genesis 1:1. The Hebrew word for God here is Elohim. This is a plural noun, but the verb is singular. This teaches that there is one God in a plurality.

Genesis 1:26. Again God is spoken of as plural, Elohim, yet we know from other O.T. passages that God is one (De. 6:4).

Genesis 11:7,8. Here again God is spoken of in the plural and in the singular at the same time.

Deuteronomy 6:4. This verse could be translated, "Jehovah our Elohim is a united Jehovah." The word "one" refers to a unity. The same word for one is used in Ge. 2:24, speaking of the oneness of a husband and wife. This verse summarizes the Bible's teaching about God. He is one but exists in three Persons.

Psalm 45:6,7. According to He. 1:8,9, God the Father is speaking in Psalm 45, and He is referring to the Son as God. Sometime people ask, "If Jesus Himself was God, why did He address the Father as God?" The answer is that Jesus addressed the Father as God for the same reason that the Father addressed the Son as God--because they are both God!

Isaiah 48:16. Here the Lord Jesus, the Son of God, is speaking and referring to God the Father and the Holy Spirit (compare Jn. 18:20).

The Trinity is seen in Christ's life. At His incarnation and birth (Lk. 1:35). At His baptism (Mt. 3:16,17). At His resurrection (Compare Ac. 2:24; Jn. 2:19,21; 1 Pe. 3:18).

Each Person of the Trinity is said to do the same works. Creation (compare Is. 44:24; Col. 1:16; Job 26:13). Indwelling the Christian (compare Ro. 8:9,10,11). Salvation (Ep. 2:18). The New Covenant (He. 9:14). Election (1 Pe. 1:2).

BigMack