The Bible Teaches God is a Trinity

Would the Jews have understood YHWH to be Triune? The answer to this simple question is no. In fact, the Torah explicitly states that YHWH is one (Deut. 6:4). This is the closest thing in the Bible to a direct contradiction of the Trinity doctrine right here. YHWH is not saying by “Ahad” that he is the only God. It was beyond obvious that He was not multiple gods, so when He calls himself “one,” he is referring to his nature. His nature is oneness, not triune. Are other viewpoints just as legitimate as the mainstream one? -The Holy Spirit is not necessarily a distinct entity. The Holy Spirit need not be taken as completely different entity from YHWH, or from “God the Father.” The Old Testament references to YHWH’s Spirit never indicate to an honest reader that there is some three-in-one Godhead. There is no reason to make a separation here. We see references to YHWH’s hand, yet no one seriously believes that we must therefore invoke a concept of “God the Hand.” -Jesus did not have 2 dads. Matthew 1:18 et seq. discusses the Virgin Birth. Matthew says that while Mary was still a virgin, she “was found with child of the Holy Spirit.” If the Spirit of the LORD must be some separate part of a Godhead, then the Trinity looks like this: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit Who is Also the Father of God the Son. Instead, it seems that this reference to the “Holy Spirit” is talking about YHWH Himself, the Father of Jesus. Calvin commented on the book of Romans and pointed out that in ch. 8, the Spirit of God and the Spirit of Christ are used interchangeably. -The Son is subordinate to the Father Things get somewhat confusing when we get into the relationship between YHWH and Jesus. Jesus speaks of the Father as a separate entity. Jesus did not exist before he was born. In Luke 1, an angel announced that there will (future tense) be a Son of God. Before this, there was eternal separation of two distinct entities. YHWH made an appearance as a human being. Jesus was that manifestation, but because of his humanity, He is subordinate to the Father. The separation, then, is not some sacred triumvirate of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – but is useful to draw some distinction between YHWH as He exists as a Spirit and YHWH as he exists as a human. Even then, these are ways in which YHWH reveals Himself or ways that we experience Him, not a Trinity. The fundamental flaw with Trinitarianism I would never consider what I just described (which is something along the lines of what is called Modalism) to be sacred doctrine. Many things about YHWH are mysterious. My primary problem with Trinitarianism is that it is not expressly spelled out in the Scriptures. Therefore, while it is legitimate speculation, it is by no means a doctrine. This quote sums up my position on this well “Any time non-biblical words become benchmarks of orthodoxy, it is at least dangerously close to affirming extra-biblical revelation. If Christians cannot be saved by making their confession of faith using only biblical language, it is hard to escape the conclusion that the language that is required is equally authoritative with Scripture.“ Daniel Segraves, Theology of the Church II.