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Section: Refuting Their Use of Isaiah’s Testimony to Establish the Trinity
They say: “Isaiah likewise testified to the reality of the Trinity together with the unity of its essence, in his words ‘the Lord of Hosts’ and again in his words ‘the Lord of heaven and earth.’ Similar expressions are plentiful throughout the Torah and the Psalms—so numerous that even the Jews concede these prophecies, though they have no explanation for them. They acknowledge this openly and do not deny a single word of it; yet their hearts are sealed against comprehension because of their hardness, as we mentioned earlier. Indeed, when they gather in their synagogue every Sabbath, there stands …”
[فَصْلٌ: رَدُّ اسْتِدْلَالِهِمْ بِشَهَادَةِ أَشْعِيَا بِتَحْقِيقِ الثَّالُوثِ]
قَالُوا:
وَكَذَلِكَ شَهِدَ
(أَشْعِيَا)
بِتَحَقُّقِ الثَّالُوثِ بِوَحْدَانِيَّةِ جَوْهَرِهِ،
وَذَلِكَ بِقَوْلِهِ:
(رَبُّ الْقُوَّاتِ)
،
وَبُقُولِهِ:
(رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ)
وَمِثْلُ هَذَا الْقَوْلِ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَالْمَزَامِيرِ شَيْءٌ كَثِيرٌ حَتَّى الْيَهُودُ يُقِرُّونَ هَذِهِ النُّبُوَّاتِ، وَلَا يَعْرِفُونَ لَهَا تَأْوِيلًا، وَهُمْ مُعْتَرِفُونَ بِذَلِكَ، وَلَا يُنْكِرُونَ مِنْهُ كَلِمَةً وَاحِدَةً، وَإِنَّمَا قُلُوبُهُمْ مَغْلُوقَةٌ عَنْ فَهْمِهِ لِقَسَاوَتِهَا عَلَى مَا ذَكَرْنَا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ، وَأَنَّهُمْ إِذَا اجْتَمَعُوا فِي كَنِيسَتِهِمْ كُلَّ سَبْتٍ يَقِفُ