To a Jewish person, the word trinity means three gods. When a Jew says this word, he usually visualizes an old man with a very long white beard, a baby, and a god in the shape of a dove. Some see the trinity as a mother god (Mary), a father god and a baby god, as is common in ancient Middle Eastern religions with similar threesomes.

Interestingly, the word trinity appears neither in the New nor the Old Testaments. It is much easier to bring a person to the Lord through the Bible than through Church theology. To a Jewish person earnestly enquiring about the deity of Yeshua, I say, "I don't know how many different aspects there are to God. He is much too big for my little finite mind to adequately explain. I do know He can do anything He wants to do and be anything He wants to be. It is a ridiculous mistake for us, the creation, to tell the Creator what He can or cannot do.

"For example, Revelation 3:1 states that there are seven Spirits of God. What does that mean? I do not know, but it simply does not bother me that I do not understand the entirety of the great and mighty God whom I serve." And I explain that anyone who thinks He has God figured out and put in a neat package is a fool.

"What I do know," I continue, "is that I am made in the image of God. I know I have a body. Everybody understands that. I further know I have a soul--the seat of my mind, emotions and will. When I see a corpse, I can readily discern that the body is there, but the soul is not.

"I know about one more area of me because I am a believer. I have a spirit. It is the part of me that is awakened when touched by God. Yeshua referred to the resurrection of a dead spirit into life as being born again." A person who does not have a relationship with God very likely will not know that he has a spirit because his spirit is dead--inactive. Yet the Scriptures speak constantly about man having a spirit.

I believe my nature (body, soul, and spirit) somehow reflects God's nature. I have three distinct parts, yet I am unmistakably and irrevocably one person.

God is One. Yeshua stated this in what He said was the most important commandment in the Bible (Mk. 12:29). Yet God's nature has different aspects and manifestations. It is surely His prerogative to reveal Himself in any way He wants, without my approval or permission!

Yeshua said, "I and the Father are one" (Jn. 10:30). I believe that. Yeshua said, "...The Father is greater than I" (Jn. 14:28). I believe that. I believe He is the Word, and the Word is God because the Bible says so (Jn. 1:1). Do I understand it? Absolutely not. I "...see through a glass darkly..." (I Cor. 13:12 KJV). But I know Yeshua is my Friend, my Savior and my High Priest because the Bible tells me so. I do not try to theologically dissect God for Jewish people. I think that would be very foolish indeed.

Through little windows of revelation, I do see glimpses of Him here and there. For example, I see God, the great and mighty God of Israel, as a Vast Sea. He is everywhere, far beyond the beyond. I can stoop down and fill a glass with water from that Sea. As I look into the glass, the contents are truly the same as the Sea, qualitatively. The same contents that make the Sea the Sea, are found in that cup. But not all of the water in the Vast Sea is in the cup.

Yeshua, the Son of God, "...existed in the form of God..." (Phil. 2:6) and thus is equal to God qualitatively. However, when Yeshua died on the cross, God did not die! I cannot explain it, but this one thing I know: God raised Yeshua from the dead because He lives in my heart. He changed my life, and He answers my prayers. He is my High Priest to God, my Father.

Many times these simple illustrations help a Jewish person overcome the abominable image of three gods. To the Jewish person who is sincerely looking for Truth, I suggest that He ask the Father, the God of Israel, if He has a son, and if His son is Yeshua. The writer of Proverbs 30:4 did.

Who has ascended into heaven and descended? ...Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name or His son's name? Surely you know!

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