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1)THE GRAMMATIC PRINCIPLE OF NUMERICAL WORD-FORMS
Hebrew Plural-form nouns do not signal a plural entity. It requires a connected plural-form verb before it becomes a plural-form entity. The ultimate consequence of this is that it eliminates "Elohim" from being a proof-text that God is a plural-person being.

2) GRAMMATIC PRINCIPLE OF PERSON-SINGULAR
In Gen 17:1 God introduced himself to Abraham, using first-person-singular noun, pronoun,adjective, and definite article:
"I Am The God..." [egw eimi 'o Theos]

"egw" = first-person-singular pronoun = "I"
"eimi" = first-person-singular present active verb = "AM"
"'o" = singular definite article = "The"
"theos" = Nominative masculine singular noun = "God"

So God introduced Himself to Abraham as a 1st person singular God. That takes care of the doctrine that he is a plurality of persons, because "person singular" tells us how many persons are being considered; i.e., one. That is the meaning of "person singular."

3) ALSO GRAMMATIC PRINCIPLE OF SINGULAR BEING
And God introduces himself to Moses as a first-person singular "being;" i.e., there is only one person in the
"person-singular" being.

In Exo 3:14 God introduced himself to Moses using singular pronoun, singular verb, singular definite article and singular verb participle. "egw eimi 'o wn" = "I AM THE BEING."

"egw" = first-person-singular pronoun = "I"
"eimi" = first-person-singular present active verb = "am"
"'o" = singular definite article = "the"
"wn" = Singular participle = "Being"

4) GRAMMATICAL PRINCIPLE OF CONTEXTUAL SIGNIFICANCE
The fourth argument deals with the identity of God the Father as "the Holy Spirit"-

[Isa. 63:11-16]
Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is HE that put HIS Holy Spirit within him? 12 That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name? 13 That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble? 14 As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit OF JEHOVAH (THE LORD) caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name. 15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained? 16 Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O JEHOVAH (LORD), art OUR FATHER, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.

So scripture taught very early, that God is the Father, and sends HIS Spirit to accomplish certain things. He did not send a "third-person-of-a-trinity" Spirit anywhere.

Later, The prophet Joel established that Jehovah will send His spirit upon all flesh. There is no scripture that will sustain a third-person-of-a-trinity-Holy-Spirit being sent anywhere.

[JOEL. 2:28-32]
"And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out MY SPIRIT upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: 29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out MY SPIRIT. 30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come. 32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call."

And Luke sustains this concept in the new testament -[ACTS. 2:16-21][61. a.d.]
"But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; 17 "And it shall come to pass in the last days, SAITH GOD, I will pour out of MY SPIRIT upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: 18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days OF MY SPIRIT; and they shall prophesy: 19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: 21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved."

50 A.D. [I THES 4:8]
"He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but GOD, who hath also given unto us HIS Holy Spirit."

56 A.D. [ROM. 8:11]
"But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by HIS Spirit that dwelleth in you"

85 A.D. [I JOHN 4:13]
"Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because HE hath given us of HIS Spirit."

5) THE GRAMMATIC PRINCIPLE EXPRESSED BY NEGATION
The fifth argument deals with Jesus' own assessment of how to determine when he is with the Father: "Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me monon [alone]: and yet ouk eimi monos [I am not alone], because the Father is with me." [John. 16:32]

Look then at Isaiah as he gives us God's own statements as to who created heaven and earth; When God claims He created heaven and earth monos "alone" [Isa. 37:16,20][Psa. 86:10][Neh. 9:6][Mal. 2:10]; it means Jesus was not there creating with him. If he was, where was he? He was not with, beside [Isa. 44:6]; before, after [Isa. 43:10]; or "other" [Isa. 44:8].

And, if we find another creation than the original, (which Jehovah says he did "monos" [alone]), is there evidence from scripture that it is the "creation" in which Jesus was involved?

Paul tells us [51. A.D.] - "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things GEGONEN [are. become] new."[II. Cor 5:17]

The last book written, of the bible, John, Using the same Greek expressionj used by Paul, tells us [96. A.D.] in 1:3 "All things became egeneto [were. made] by him; and without him was not any thing became egeneto [made] that GEGONEN (has become) [was. made].

So Paul sets us straight on the issue of Christ and creation; it is the new creation Jesus was involved in. And John agrees.

Isa 44:24 Thus saith the LORD thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things;that stretcheth forth the heavens monos [alone]; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;

6) GRAMMATIC PRINCIPLE OF THE "EQUIVALENCY OF SCRIPTURE"
Scripture teaches us that God has a singular heart and a singular soul, making him equivalent to a singular person - " Jeremiah 32:41 Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul." [Jer. 32:41]
[In The Septuagint of this verse - "God" is identified as "Theon" - singular]

In scripture, a HUMAN person is equivalent to a soul, which is comprised of a spirit in a body. When God breathed into Adam the "breath of life" Adam "became a living soul."

"And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."[Gen. 2:7]

"Equivalent" scriptural values - Seventy "souls" went into Egypt: "all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten." [Gen. 46:27]

(and)

Seventy "persons" went into Egypt: "Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons;"[Deu. 10:22]

And again:

Eight "persons" went into the ark: "In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;" [Gen. 7:13]

(and)

Eight "souls" were saved in the ark; "Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was apreparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water."[I Pet 3:20]

A logical conclusion established from "equivalency of scripture" is, "a person" is equivalent to "a soul."

Since God chose to reveal Himself in terms with which we are familiar, and established a one to one relation between His own "Spirit parts" and our "Body parts" (The flesh being the image of the spirit) we understand the grammar to apply equally when addressing this issue. Any exception will have to be established by those who disagree.

So we have from scripture, God introducing Himself to Abraham as "The God" using singular grammar; and introducing Himself to Moses as "The Being" using singular grammar; and scripture teaches that God has a singular soul; scripture teaches that a person and a soul are the same thing.

Trinity scholars claim that Elohim is plural God in a plural person singular being; totally ignoring the Hebrew grammar perspective that plural nouns require plural verbs to sustain plural entities. This aspect of hebrew grammar can be verified by checking against LXX Greek. Wherever a plural entity is suggested in Hebrew scriptures, that aspect is replicated in Greek scriptures.

7) GRAMMATIC PRINCIPLE OF IMPERATIVES IN DISCOURSE
God is to be worshipped in spirit and in truth -

"Behold my hands and my feet that it is I myself: handle me and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have."[Luke. 24:39]
[Both "Behold" and "Handle" are imperatives in the verse. They are not optional; Therefore the resultant dogma is not an option.]

"But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."[John. 4:23-24]

[By. grammatic principle, the issues raised in Luke 24:39 become meaningfull in John 4:24 because of the emphatic nature of the imperative.]

A.T.Robertson, in his volume "A Grammar Of The Greek New Testament, on page 389; under (g)Limits Of Syntax - says

"When the grammarian has finished,the Theologian steps in, and sometimes before the grammarian is through."

A.T.Robertson was correct.