"The Trouble with the Trinity, Exploring Biblical Evidence for the Three-in-One" is the title of a book I have been working on for 28 years.  It is nearly complete.

The Trinity is an intricately simple concept that Christians tend to accept without spending the requisite time studying. That is its trouble. Many believers accept its simple aspect without taking the time to explore its intricacy. As a result, they miss 1) a wealth of information that can only be gleaned by studying every verse in God’s Word that links a name for a member of the Godhead with a nearby word or concept for God and 2) the amazing Symbol that perfectly conveys the fullness of the intricate nature of the Three-in-One God.

The Symbol that conveys the fullness of the Triune Godhead that became apparent during the preparation of this book is the Star of David, the Magen David!  This hexagram, made of double intertwining lines, consists of two, inner, inverted triangles and two outer triangles enclosing the inner ones.  Thus there are six inner sides or spans and two outer triangles.  Each of the inner spans consists of 1) those themes identifying the Father as God, 2) those identifying the Son as God, 3) those identifying the Holy Spirit as God, 4) those identifying the Father and the Son as God, 5) those identifying the Father and the Holy Spirit as God and 6) those identifying the Son and the Holy Spirit as God.  The first outer Triangle consists of those themes confirming the existence of One God and the second outer triangle corresponds to those identifying the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as God. 

Thus God, by recording in His Word in nearly 1000 verses all the possible ways and combinations that help us understand that He is Three-in-One, has prepared us to see why this historically relevant, Jewish Symbol is the perfect symbol to convey deep insights into His Godhead.

Here is a crude table of contents:

Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 

CHAPTER 1, THE BEGINNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 

CHAPTER 2, THE TROUBLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 

CHAPTER 3, IS THE FATHER GOD? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 

CHAPTER 4, IS JESUS GOD? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 

CHAPTER 5, IS THE HOLY SPIRIT GOD? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 

CHAPTER 6, ONE GOD, TWO GODS, THREE GODS, MORE? . . .58 

CHAPTER 7, IS THE FATHER AND THE SON GOD? . . . . . . . . . . .85 

CHAPTER 8, IS THE FATHER AND THE HOLY SPIRIT GOD? . . . .122 

CHAPTER 9, IS THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT GOD? . . . . . . 136 

CHAPTER 10, IS THE THREE TOGETHER GOD? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 

CHAPTER 11, WHY THIS SYMBOL? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 

CHAPTER 12, UNDERSTANDING THE TRINITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205

Here is a crude (C) version of this Symbol:

If you are intrigued that the Magen David, a well-known Jewish symbol, can also be a symbol of the Triune God, perhaps you will find what goes on in The Messianic Times of equal interest.

The day I submitted my proposal to my erstwhile rep, (Christian Manuscript Submissions), this coin came in the mail as an addition to my collection.  Notice that on the obverse it has the Star of David, the Symbol that the Trouble with the Trinity weaves into the perfect representation for God's Triune nature.  Then notice that on the reverse, is the Roman numeral for the number three.  This is of course, the number of members in the Triune Godhead.  Was this a message from God?  I don't know.  Time will tell....

                                                                         Obverse                                 Reverse

"The three cent coin has an unusual history. It was proposed in 1851 both as a result of the decrease in postage rates from five cents to three and to answer the need for a small-denomination, easy-to-handle coin. The three cent silver featured a shield on a six sided star on the obverse and the Roman numeral III on the reverse." (link to source of above quote)

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