Hear, O Israel The LORD our God, the LORD is one (Deut. 6:4 NIV). When the word LORD is in all caps in Bibles written in English, it refers to the name of God transliterated from the Hebrew as YHWH--“Yahweh” or JHVH--“Jehovah”). In Deuteronomy 6:4, the word God is from the Hebrew word Elohim (plural form of God, but Elohim is used in this verse to mean the one supreme God. Notice that the definite article the precedes LORD indicating one God. Deuteronomy 6:4 proclaims that the one God is Jehovah. The Bible teaches that the Heavenly Father is God. See Matthew 6:9.The Bible reveals that Jesus is God. See Colossians 2:9. And the Bible shows that the Holy Spirit is God. See Acts 5:3,4. The Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, but there is only one God. So the one God is known in three persons. To help in understanding the Trinity, consider some analogies. Genesis 1:27 says God created man in his own image So one analogy is that a man has a body, soul (mind, and spirit—one man known in three ways. Just as one God is known in three persons, one man is known in three ways. Another analogy is that water, ice, and steam all are of the same substance (two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen, but they are known in three ways—liquid, solid, and vapor. The Old Testament suggests the Trinity. See Isaiah 48:12,13,16.Verses 12 and 13 present the Creator Jesus) as the speaker and verse 16 refers to the Sovereign Lord (Father) and the Spirit (Holy Spirit. Page 1 of THEOLOGY - God the Trinity 1/7/2012 http://test.missionstraining.org/Theology/GodTheTrinity.html
The Trinity is revealed more clearly in the New Testament. See Luke 1:35 (birth of Jesus see
