I have been studying for awhile whether or not God is one, or three in one.
It is my conclusion that God is one God, not three in one. What is my rationale?
In the OT the FIRST commandment given by God was,
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God [is] one LORD. (Deut 6:4)
I then looked at the New Testament, and read when Jesus Re-itereated this statement.
"And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments [is], Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord"
(Mark 12:29)
Moreover, I then looked up the word one in both Hebrew and Greek.
Hebrew: 'echad: one (number)
a) one (number)
b) each, every
c) a certain
d) an (indefinite article)
e) only, once, once for all
The Greek: emphatically,
(a) a single ("one"), to the exclusion of others, e.g., Mat 21:24; Rom 3:10; 1Cr 9:24; 1Ti 2:5 (twice);
(b) "one, alone," e.g., Mar 2:7, RV (AV, "only")
My question then is, why would Jesus say one to the exlusion of others, and not include himself?
لااله الا الله
2007-09-11
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