Nuggets from An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith by Dave Hunt - Singularity and Plurality

Nuggets from An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith by Dave Hunt –Singularity and Plurality

Moreover, if God is a single Being, then why is the plural Hebrew noun "elohim" (literally "gods") used for God repeatedly? In fact, this plural noun is in the center of Israel's famous confession of the oneness of God. The Shema declares, "Hear, O Israel, The Lord our God is one Lord" (Deut 6:4; Mark:12:29And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
See All...). In the Hebrew it reads, "Jehovah our elohim [gods] is one [echad] Jehovah." The Hebrew word echad allows for a unity of more than one. For example, it is used in Genesis:2:24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
See All... where man and woman become one flesh, in Exodus 36:13 when the various parts "became one tabernacle," and in 2 Samuel:2:25And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.
See All... when many soldiers "become one troop."

Nor is the word elohim the only way in which God's plurality is presented. For example: Psalm:149:2Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
See All...: "Let Israel rejoice in him that made him" (literally "makers") Ecclesiastes:12:1Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
See All..., "Remember now thy Creator (literally "makers, husbands"). Unitarianism has no explanation for this consistent presentation of God's plurality all through the Old Testament. Although the word "Trinity" does not occur in the Bible, the concept is clearly there, providing the unity and diversity which makes possible the love, fellowship, and communion within the Godhead. Truly the Trinitarian God is love - and He alone.