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                 Sabilos  also  believes:at  the     himself  and  brought  it  to  life.
               first,  God  revealed  himself  as    (Durant, 2012, Vol. 4: 696)
               the  Father,  then  as  the  Son,
               and finally as the Holy Spirit,       Monotheism and the “Trinity”
               and  therefore  the  Father,  the     in the Bible
               Son, and the Holy Spirit were         There  are  expressions  in  the
               not  three  Hypostasis  who           Gospels,  some  of  which  refer
               existed together in eternity in a     to monotheism and some to the
               divine  essence;  rather,  there      “Trinity”; Including the narration
               were  three  forms  or  three         in  which  Christ  was  asked:
               names by which God manifested         What  is  the  most  important
               Himself and became known.             commandment  of  God?  He
                 This  belief  agrees  with  the     replied:  The  command  that
               eternal  oneness  of  God  and        says:  O  people  of  Israelites!
               denies  the  eternal  son  of         Listen,  the  only  God  who
               Christ.  According  to  this          exists is our God and you must
               approach,  Christians  needed  a      love  him  with  all  your  heart,
               savior  who  was  not  just  a        soul,  mind  and  strength.  The
               lasting  manifestation  of  God's     questioner  said:  Master,  you
               power; but also to be alive and       are  absolutely  right,  there  is
               to  live  forever,  which  of         only  one  God  and  there  is  no
               course,  was  rejected  by  the       other god besides him. (Mark,
               church. (Miller, 2003: 201)           112: 28-34)
                 Will  Durant  also  believes          Other  things  that  are  stated
               that  modern  Christianity  has       in   the    Bible    about    the
               derived  many  of  its  beliefs,      monotheism of God are:
               especially  on  theology,  from           -  Eternal  life  is  to  know
               the    atheistic    and    pagan             you as the one true God
               thoughts  of  the  time;  beliefs            and  Christ  you  have
               developed  after  Christ  and  by            sent. (John, 17: 3)
               some apostles such as Paul not            -  O  Israelites!  Hear  God,
               only did not abolish polytheism;             your God is one and there
               rather,  he  sheltered  it  in               is no other God. (Mark, 2: 29)
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