No God but One: Allah or Jesus?: A Former Muslim Investigates the Evidence for Islam and Christianity

by Nabeel Qureshi

Before moving on, it is worth mentioning that the Trinity is implicit throughout the Old Testament. In Genesis 18, we find Yahweh coming as a man to speak with Abraham, informing him that he will destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. Then, in verse 19:24, the Bible says, “Yahweh rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from Yahweh out of the heavens.” Yahweh appears to be both on earth and in the heavens, the person on the earth raining down sulfur from the person in heaven. Lest it appear that this is not what Genesis is saying, Amos 4:11 confirms this interpretation: “ ‘I overthrew some among you as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah . . .’ declares Yahweh.” Here, Yahweh refers to God in the third person. This makes little sense within a monotheistic framework unless we read the Old Testament through the lens of the Trinity. Finally, an example of a passage in the Old Testament that features the deity of all three persons of the Trinity can be found in Isaiah 48:12–16. The clarity of the statement can be lost because of the many statements emphasizing the sovereignty of the speaker, but if we remove the intervening statements, the passage reads: “ ‘I am he; I am the first and the last. Indeed, my own hand established the earth . . .’ and now the Lord God and his Spirit have sent me.” Here, the Alpha and the Omega says he was sent by the Lord God along with his Spirit. The next verse calls the speaker “Yahweh,” “Redeemer,” and “the Holy One of Israel.” In this passage, Yahweh...