Deuteronomy 6:4 and ONE God
Therefore, Deut. 6:4...
Deuteronomy 6:4 (KJV)
4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God
is one
[First] LORD:
This then brings into question respective of Deut. 6:4 and Mk. 12:29 whether the numerical number ONE is to be understood as a CARDINAL ONE or an ORDINAL ONE (hence FIRST).
Isaiah 44:6 (KJV)
6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts;
I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
Isaiah 48:12 (KJV)
12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I
am he;
I
am the first, I also
am the last.
In the Book of Revelations this title gets applied to the risen Lord Yeshua Jesus...
Revelation 1:11 (KJV)
11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega,
the first and the last:
In Mk. 12:29 Jesus repeats Deut. 6:4 but the "ONE" in this particular passage is used as a "noun" in the Greek (heis) whereas the Hebrew ECHAD is used as an "adjective." Nonetheless, this Hebrew ECHAD and Greek HEIS should both be understood as an ORDINAL "ONE/first" (sequence) rather than the celebrated Jewish CARDINAL "ONE" (a quantity).
We see this same Greek "heis" used in Rev. 6:1, Matt. 14:19, and Jn. 8:9, which are each translated as "ONE" but actually imply an ORDINAL "ONE/first" (sequence).
Revelation 6:1-7 (KJV)
1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals...
John 8:9 (KJV)
9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out
one
by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last...
Genesis 1:5 (KJV)
5 ...the evening and the morning were the
first [ONE] day.
Genesis 2:11 (KJV)
11 The name of the
first [ONE] is Pison...
Revelation 17:10 (KJV)
10 ...and
one is...
John 8:9 (KJV)
9 ...went out
one by
one...
They are both translated as ONE but each can be translated directly as ORDINAL FIRST or as an ORDINAL ONE as suggested for Deut. 6:4.
Deuteronomy 6:4 (KJV)
4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God
is one LORD:
Deuteronomy 6:4 (KJV)
4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God
is First LORD:
Going forwards, in Ps. 110:1 and Josh. 5:14 we have the Hebrew adoni and NOT adonai for the second Lord. Whereas BDB declares on pg. 11 that the Hebrew adoni of Josh. 5:14 is a THEOPHANIC angel. Hence, a Theophany...
Meanwhile, God's Children are forbidden to "WORSHIP" created angels...
Colossians
2:18( KJV)
18 Let
no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and
worshipping of angels,
intruding into those things which he
hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
Luke
4:7-8 (KJV)
7
If thou therefore wilt
worship me,
[the angel Satan]
all shall be thine.
8
And Jesus answered and
said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written,
Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Therefore, the first LORD is YHWH and the second Lord is adoni DEITY — thus, two DEITIES.
Therefore, Deut. 6:4 is not intended to suggest that God YHWH is absolutely a CARDINAL quantity of numerical ONE but rather He as YHWH is the ONE and ONLY TRUE GOD — GOOD GOD, etc., and is above ALL other Gods. Hence, He is the FIRST and the last.
GOD IS the FATHER GOD — the FIRST of ALL GODS!!!
1 Corinthians 8:6 (KJV)
6 But to us there is but
one God, the Father,
of whom are all things, an we in him: and
one Lord Jesus Christ,
by whom are all things, and we by him.
Thus, we have God the Father — God the Son — God the Holy Spirit... Hence, the God TRINITY.
PLEASE consider that when Moses by the inspiration of Yahweh (Elohim) penned Deut. 6:4... there was NO such Hebrew linguistic nor grammatical instrument known as the majestic plural.
Likewise, in Isaiah 9:6 the KJV translators reciprocated the Hebrew word meaning of "abiod" #5703 to "everlasting Father" when in reality the actual translation is "Father of everlasting"...
Isaiah 9:6 (KJV)
6 For unto us a child is born, unto
us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and
his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The
everlasting
Father,
The Prince of
Peace.
