Why did God teach the Jews for thousands of years that there is only One God?

Question

only to show up in the New Testament and say "Just kidding. There were three of us all along."
What Old Testament prophet ever referred to God as a them, or they. The only references I can find are God using the royal pronouns on us and we, that are still used by the royal family in England today,

Answer 1

Congratulations, you just came to the conclusion on your own that there is One and only one G-d. That's monotheism

Answer 2

He has always been One God!!

The Truth About the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

PEOPLE who believe the Trinity teaching say that God consists of three persons—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Each of these three persons is said to be equal to the others, almighty, and without beginning. According to the Trinity doctrine, therefore, the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, yet there is only one God.

Many who believe the Trinity admit that they are not able to explain this teaching. Still, they may feel that it is taught in the Bible. It is worth noting that the word “Trinity” never occurs in the Bible. But is the idea of a Trinity found there? To answer this question, let us look at a scripture that supporters often cite to uphold the Trinity.

“THE WORD WAS GOD”

John 1:1 states: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (King James Version) Later in the same chapter, the apostle John clearly shows that “the Word” is Jesus. (John 1:14) Since the Word is called God, however, some conclude that the Son and the Father must be part of the same God.

Bear in mind that this part of the Bible was originally written in Greek. Later, translators rendered the Greek text into other languages. A number of Bible translators, though, did not use the phrase “the Word was God.” Why not? Based on their knowledge of Biblical Greek, those translators concluded that the phrase “the Word was God” should be translated differently. How? Here are a few examples: “The Logos [Word] was divine.” (A New Translation of the Bible) “The Word was a god.” (The New Testament in an Improved Version) “The Word was with God and shared his nature.” (The Translator’s New Testament) According to these translations, the Word is not God himself. Instead, because of his high position among Jehovah’s creatures, the Word is referred to as “a god.” Here the term “god” means “mighty one.”

GET MORE FACTS

Most people do not know Biblical Greek. So how can you know what the apostle John really meant? Think of this example: A schoolteacher explains a subject to his students. Afterward, the students differ on how to understand the explanation. How can the students resolve the matter? They could ask the teacher for more information. No doubt, learning additional facts would help them to understand the subject better. Similarly, to grasp the meaning of John 1:1, you can look in the Gospel of John for more information on Jesus’ position. Learning additional facts on this subject will help you to draw the right conclusion.

For instance, consider what John further writes in chapter 1, verse 18: “No man has seen [Almighty] God at any time.” However, humans have seen Jesus, the Son, for John says: “The Word [Jesus] was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory.” (John 1:14, KJ) How, then, could the Son be part of Almighty God? John also states that the Word was “with God.” But how can an individual be with someone and at the same time be that person? Moreover, as recorded at John 17:3, Jesus makes a clear distinction between himself and his heavenly Father. He calls his Father “the only true God.” And toward the end of his Gospel, John sums up matters by saying: “These have been written down that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God.” (John 20:31) Notice that Jesus is called, not God, but the Son of God. This additional information provided in the Gospel of John shows how John 1:1 should be understood. Jesus, the Word, is “a god” in the sense that he has a high position but is not the same as Almighty God.

CONFIRM THE FACTS

Think again about the example of the schoolteacher and the students. Imagine that some still have doubts, even after listening to the teacher’s additional explanation. What could they do? They could turn to another teacher for further information on the same subject. If the second teacher confirms the explanation of the first one, the doubts of most students may be put to rest. Similarly, if you are not sure what the Bible writer John was really saying about the relationship between Jesus and Almighty God, you could turn to another Bible writer for further information. Consider what was written by Matthew, for example. Regarding the end of this system of things, he quotes Jesus as saying: “Concerning that day and hour nobody knows, neither the angels of the heavens nor the Son, but only the Father.” (Matthew 24:36) How do these words confirm that Jesus is not Almighty God?

Jesus says that the Father knows more than the Son does. If Jesus were part of Almighty God, however, he would know the same facts as his Father. So, then, the Son and the Father cannot be equal. Yet, some will say: ‘Jesus had two natures. Here he speaks as a man.’ But even if that were so, what about the holy spirit? If it is part of the same God as the Father, why does Jesus not say that it knows what the Father knows?

Other Bible passages that have a bearing on this subject confirm the truth about the Father, the Son, and the holy spirit.—Psalm 90:2; Acts 7:55; Colossians 1:15.

Answer 3

Well one thing people have to understand is that Judaism, Christianity and even Islam all serve the same God. With Christians, you have the trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Even though these three religions practice the same God, all three of them have their differences and this is one of the differences between the three. Please understand that the Jewish have the written and oral Torah and not a Bible with the New and Old Testament and they are not the same thing at all. You can't just go off of the Christian Bible alone if you wish to know about Jewish culture.

On an unimportant side note, you have Hindu's that believe in multiple Gods that are, in a way, the same God of the universe.

Answer 4

Christianity was a great amalgamation of doctrine across the vast Roman Empire. The original meaning of Son / Father / Holy Ghost was lost during the 300 years between Christs’ death and Nicene council in 325 CE

Trinity is something made up to explain away a misunderstanding of Son / Father / Holy Ghost . Christians even alter their Holy Scripture to support this mistake: Look at 1 John 5:7-8 it should say something like 7For there are three that bear record. 8 the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.

But the Christians changed to say 5:7 "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 5:8 And there are three that bear witness on earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one."

Answer 5

It is Christians who insist that after making it clear the Jews were to worship only one G-d, G-d did a massive U-turn and abruply declared that he was in fact a 'trinity'. They also claim that everything G-d told the Jews, for instance to forbid pagan practices such as human sacrifice, had in fact been wrong because of course in Christianity, G-d is happy to sacrifice his own 'son' in the form of Jesus!

Clearly Christianity makes no sense whatsoever. The covenant between G-d and the Jews is ETERNAL as stated from the very beginning. G-d would not set out the law to the Jews only to then reverse it.

In order to make the 'old' testament, or Tanakh, fit a Christian framework, Christianity has to take such artistic license with common sense, fact and truth as to make it highly irrational and utterly unreliable.

Answer 6

There is only one God. The doctrine of the Trinity is clear on this.

Put a person on a chair in the middle of the room surrounded by her friends and ask her about the roles she plays in life. She may be a school teacher so any members of her class will recognise that. She may be a mother so one of her children will recognise he rn that role. She may like playing Badminton so members of the Badminton club will see her as someone who weields a racquet. But she is only one person - not three.

This rather simplistic illustration is my attempt to articulate the vision which the church fathers spent a long time developing prayerfully. First there was a debate about Jesus. The problem was how to express the truth that Jesus is the prefect reflection of God. They decided to say that as he reflected God perfectly he must be God. Then they debated the Holy Spirit and agreed that the Holy Spirit came perfectly from God so she must be God.

None of us can out the truth about God fully into words but these men tried and that is what we have today. But it definitely One and only One God.

Answer 7

Where is this teaching in the OT? "Thou shalt have no other Gods before me" says nothing pro or con re the existence of others merely prioritizes the focus of worship. The idea that the OT teaches strict constructionist monotheism is a straw man and is bogus. Here is a challenge. Put me on your contact list so that I don't have to search for your questions. Then feed me the OT verse by verse if you have to. I will provide an alternative interpretation to every verse that you think teaches monotheism.

Answer 8

Over the first 3 centuries CE, orthodox Christianity evolved into an awkward mix of Jewish and Pagan ideas.

Answer 9

Southern, there is only one God, but that one God is three persons, we distinguish the persons and the nature. well not easy to unerstand but when He visited the great father of the Jews, Abraham, He was there as one God, and Abraham understood that the three men who sisited him under th eterebinth tree were just one and the same God even though he had three visitor so the Jews call God with a plural name Elohim

Answer 10

There is only one God. God is God. Jesus is the son of God but he is God the same way a man's son is a part of the man, and the Holy Spirit is the spirit of God like your conscience is your spirit. Only God can separate his Spirit from himself and send it out among the world.

Answer 11

Well you separate Jesus from God just like you separate yourself from God.
Even in the Old Testament there is God and Spirit, are you to suppose that they are two separate Gods?

Are you ever seeing (nothing), never knowing (God), or never seeing (God) , ever knowing (nothing)?