What is the Truth contained in the Shema?
What does it mean that the LORD (YHWH) is One? The Hebrew word for ONE is ECHAD (Strongs # 259) and means: united, i.e. one; or first: a, alike, alone, altogether, one and only. I do not believe we will ever fully understand HOW God is ONE. We must accept the truth by faith that He is ONE. God’s Oneness is His Divine Nature and God’s power is in His Oneness. Judaism points to the Shema to refute the traditional Christian concept of a Trinity. Judaism is monotheistic (mono = ONE and theistic = GOD). Traditional Christians have been accused of being polytheistic (poly = MANY). My purpose in this study is not to get into a big discussion concerning the Trinity. True Christians worship ONE God, not three gods. If He is more than One God then He is not the True God. In John 17:3 our Lord Jesus Christ declared the Father is the Only True God. Paul echoed this in I Corinthians 8:6. Many other scriptures may be cited to demonstrate with confidence that the Shema supports the absolute unity of
