Required reading for defending the biblical Trinity

Jan 26 • History

The consensus view is that Israel was originally polytheistic, then became henotheistic, eventually arriving at Yahweh-only monotheism.

This is important, because false religions such as Mormonism and Islam like to argue that El Elyon (The Most High) in Genesis, Deuteronomy 32, and Psalm 82 was originally conceived to be a separate being from that of Yahweh.

Think about it: if Yahweh is El, and Yahweh is called LORD in Gen 14:18-22, then the activity of indexing LORD to Christ in reference to the Jewish Shema (Israel’s monotheistic confession) allows us to infer that those like St. Paul are deliberately including Christ within the divine identity of the Most High God.

The great and late Michael Heiser argues against the consensus in his paper “Are Yahweh and El Distinct Deities in Deut. 32:8-9 and Psalm 82?

Are Yahweh and El Distinct Deities in Deut. 32:8-9 and Psalm 82?”

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