the Trinity is one God who eternally co-exists as three persons. God is, was, and always will be. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as three distinct persons share this one substance and essence of being God. For century upon century, faithful Jews have begun their daily prayers by reciting the shema, the phrase Moses spoke to the Israelites after delivering the Ten Commandments to them: Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the LORD is one (Deuteronomy 6:4 NIV). The shema reveals the singularity of God.