“So Yeshua made the Trinitarianism message more explicit by talking often about the Father, Son and Spirit. At the end of his earthly career, Yeshua gave a Shema-like formula just as Moses had given Shema at the end of his career. Yeshua gave the command to baptize in the name of the Father, Son and Spirit. This Trinitarian formula was meant to drive a wedge between true believers and unitarian heretics.”
Yoel Natan – “The Jewish Trinity”
Yeshua also challenged the ‘yachid’ interpretation of the Shema when he said: Why do you call me good? … No one is good – except God alone (the Greek is heis) (Mt.19:17; Mark 10:18; Luke 18:19)
Yeshua was alluding to Ps.14:3; 53:03 where it says no mere man is good, but Yahveh is good. Nearby is penned: ‘God is present in the company of therighteous’ (Ps.14:5). So Yeshua meant that He is Immanuel (meaning, ‘God with us’) who imputes righteousness to sinners (Is.7:14; Mt.1:23). The bottom line is that Yeshua said the man’s calling him ‘good’ was tantamount to calling Yeshua God – because who could plausibly and convincingly deny that Yeshua was good?
Yeshua said that the rich man lacked perfection only because he had not yet given away his earthly possessions to follow Yeshua. (Mt.19:21) Thus, Yeshua implied that the man did not perfectly keep the commandment. attached to the Shema (Deut.6:4)
Noel Yatan – “The Jewish Trinity”
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