Echad and the Shema - The Lord our God is One
The Torah teaches that there is only one God, while Christians believe in the Trinity. But this doesn't mean Christians worship three gods. Instead, the Trinity represents one true God who exists as three distinct persons in one Divine Being.
To understand how both Jews and Christians can embrace the concept of “echad,” which means one in Hebrew, we need to look at the word's meaning. In the Bible, “echad” is used to describe a complex unity, such as a cluster of grapes or a married couple becoming one flesh.
From Deuteronomy 6:4, “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one.”
The New Testament version of the Shema, a central Jewish prayer, is found in 1 Corinthians 8:6, where Paul acknowledges one God, the Father, and one Lord, Jesus Christ.
“But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.”
This shows that the Trinity is not polytheism, but rather a belief in one God who exists as three persons in perfect harmony.
The word “one” in the Bible is often used to describe the union of two separate things or persons, as seen in Genesis 1:5 – “And there was evening and there was morning, one day/the first day,” or “yom echad.”
It describes two separate things, in this case, evening and morning, coming together as one.
Genesis 2:24 – “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”
Thus, when Christians describe God as one, they mean that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are in complete union and unity, or ‘trinity’ forming the God of the Bible.
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