Expert: Dr Don Howe - 8/11/2008

Question
Does Jews also believes in trinity ?

What about Adam , Cain , Noah, Abraham, Isac , Jacob , David Solomon, Daniel , Do they believe Lord Jesus is God ?

Answer
  Nick, you ask “Does Jews also believes in trinity? The answer is NO. Traditional Jews do not believe in the Trinity. And they do not believe that Jesus is the Messiah and Savior of the world. With the apostasy that is in Israel today. there will not be any changing their minds. Nick, remember that the entire tribulation period is God’s judgment of the Jews because they  killed Jesus on the cross and fail to recognize him as the Son of the Most High God  and Messiah.  By true definition, Judaism could be classified as a false religion, because of the defining principles of a false religion and cult is that they do not recognize Jesus as Savior, the virgin birth, and he died on the Cross for all man’s (including the Jews) sins.
   Messianic Jews do accept Jesus as Savior and are very and are very evangelical.  
    But when you say “Jews”  there are differences within Judaism  and one needs to understand that and address appropriately the one they are referencing.
      Just because traditional Jews do not accept the Trinity does not mean that the trinity is not present in the Old Testament. In Gen. 1:26 states Let US  make man in OUR image which is referring to the plural essence of the Godhead. Gen. 3:22 refers to “the man is become as one of us” referring to the PLURAL or trinity. Gen. 11:7 God is speaking of Babel “let US go down” which is plural.
   The Trinity can be presented in O.T. in a specific person of the Trinity as in Isaiah 7:14 states “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” Here Isaiah is talking about Jesus and the promise of the virgin birth.  Psa. 2:7 speaks of the Father and the Son in the same verse “I will declare the decree: the LORD (the Father) hath said unto me, Thou [art] my Son (Jesus); this day have I begotten thee. So this speaks of the Father and the Son. But there are other verses but you can see the different persons of the trinity are present in the Old Testament.
    Nick you asked “What about Adam , Cain , Noah, Abraham, Isac , Jacob, David Solomon, Daniel , Do they believe Lord Jesus is God?”
 DID ADAM BELIEVE IN JESUS AS GOD? Answer is YES AND NO. Adam did not know of the specific person of Jesus as God but he was aware of the first prophecy given about Jesus as the one being of the seed of the woman who will bruise the head of the serpent in Gen. 3:15 “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” Jesus fulfilled this prophecy in His death and resurrection on the cross. And victory over death.  The Adamic Covenant is found in Gen. 3:16-19.
   DID ABRAHAM BELIEVE IN JESUS AS GOD? NO. Abraham was not aware of Jesus as God. But God’s covenant with Abraham is first set forth and initiated in Gen. 12:1-3. It is later reiterated in Gen. 13:14-17, ratified in Gen. 15, and signified in Gen. 17. It is again reiterated in Gen. 22:15-18. In each case it is enlarged upon. It is later confirmed to Isaac (Gen. 26:3-5, 24) and Jacob (Gen. 28:13-15; 35:9-12 46:1-4), and is subsequently spoken  of as God’s covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob” (2 Kings 13:23).
    This covenant with Abraham consists of three basic aspects: land, seed, and blessing. Each of the divine covenants that follow are the outworking of the Abrahamic covenant. The Palestine covenant (Deut. 28-30) amplifies the LAND; Ezek. 36:22-32 amplifies the BLESSINGS aspect. And he has become the Father of Many nations bringing forth Israel and the other nations as the SEED aspect. The Messiah came from his seed through the line of David.
  Cain, Jacob, and Isaac did not know Jesus was God. They did know because of the covenant that God made with Abraham that their seed would be carried on as God had promised to Abraham.
  Solomon did not know Jesus was God, but David did. David knew about the Messiah, his throne, his house, his kingdom will be established forever, and Messiah would come from the seed of David as seen in 1 Chronicles 17:12-14. Much can be said about the Davidic covenant but we know that the  Messiah come from the lineage of David.
    Daniel was rock solid in knowing that the Messiah was God. This found in Daniel 9:26-26 states “Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the command to restore and build Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince, there shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublesome times. And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself; and the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, and till the end of the war desolations are determined.” The Messiah was cut off when he came into the temple on Palm Sunday 32 A.D.
  Noah did not know Jesus was God.

I Hope this helps.
Blessings.

Dr. Don Howe, RN, PhD, ThD.