Hero Israel, the Lord is our God. The Lord is one. What are those words mean? And in particular,

what does the word Echad mean, one? And is this a teaching that would preclude in any belief in

God's complex unity or tri-unity? God is one God, who is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We'll dig into the

scriptures. Let's see what the Word of God actually says. And let's see what Jewish tradition

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All right, the shma, which means here, hear O Israel, Israel.

This is the most sacred prayer that is said daily, the recitation of these words.

When recited by religious Jews, they'll close their eyes and put their hand over their

eyes just for intense concentration to to say Shmaa Israel,

Heo, Israel, Adonai Elohenu, the Lord is our God.

Adonai Echad, the Lord is one.

And this is, you could say, the central fundamental truth of Judaism.

And it's something that was often quoted to me when I came to faith in Jesus,

Yeshua, as the Messiah of Israel in late 1971. I was immediately told, well, your beliefs go

against that. You believe in three gods or a three-part God, and God is one. Now, of course,

there are all kinds of misunderstandings about God's triunity and what was meant by that.

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