THE BIRTH OF THE CONCEPT OF THE HOLY TRINITY

There was a gradual evolution of ideas of the duality of God to a Holy Trinity of God, often viewed in plurality, but was perceived to be as one. The origins of a trinity of the Creator is more Pagan than Judaic-Christian. Man started viewing God as – The Creator, The Preserver or Sustainer, and The Destroyer.
Even Hinduism has its roots in a trinity of BRAHMA, VISHNU and MAHESH (The Creator, The Sustainer, and The Regenerator). God came to be perceived as The Mother, The Father and Life, unlike religions that we see today like Christianity where God is viewed as The Father and never, The Mother. Various temples in Ancient Egypt and India depicted a trinity of a man, woman and a child, representing God.
Elohim – the Biblical word used for God, is actually the meaning of God in plurality. The singular word for ‘Elohim’ is ‘Eli’. Thus Elohim, who was also worshipped by the Persians and Canaanites, was more of three holy entities in one – The Creator, The Sustainer and The Destroyer.
YHWH, pronounced Yahweh the name of God Almighty, is called the Tetragrammaton by Judaic scholars. The Tetragrammaton depicts the triune character of God the Creator.
Godfrey Higgins states that - "In the second book of Genesis the creation is described not to have been made by Aleim, or the Aleim, but by a God of a double name Ieue Aleim; which the priests have translated Lord God. By using the word Lord, their object evidently is to conceal from their readers several difficulties which afterward arise respecting the names of God and this word, and which show clearly that the books of the Pentateuch are the writings of different persons." In this statement ‘Aleim’ means Elohim, and ‘Ieue’ means YHWH.
Biblical scholars state that Elohim, who was worshipped by the ancients, the creator who said “Let us make man in our image…” (Gen 1:26), wasn’t the same god worshipped by the Jews in later stages. The Gnostics also believe in this fact, the fact that is embedded in the various forms of the Gnostic myths in their scriptures of gnosis. They believe ‘metaphorically’ that the creator and the true Supreme God is not one and the same. According to Gnostic theology, how can the creator be the Almighty Father, if this world that he has created is full of chaotic flaws? They believe that the creator was a lesser being that was created by mistake by Sophia, the female consort of God, who created him without the balance or her male consort, and thus created an ignorant being who thought that he was the one true god. I shall explain Gnosticism in more detail later.
Very few people are aware that there was a female consort of God amongst the historical Jewish customs. Goddess Asherah was said to be the female consort of God as explained by William G. Dever in his book “Did God Have A Wife?” this has been confirmed by archaeological records including the Bible which has evidence of the suppression of the widespread worship of Asherah. The Jewish Kabalistic writings confirm a Goddess Shekinah, and testify her consort unity with Yahweh.
In the Bhagvat Geeta, one of the most sacred books of the Hindus, God says- “I am the mystic trilateral figure Om; the Rig, the Yagur, and the Sam Vedas.” This very statement explains that God is a trinity, and yet is a unity, as in the powers of three in one. “OM” pronounced Aum, is said to be one of the most sacred words referring to God in Hindu theology, just like YHWH for the Jews, it not only meant the Holy Trinity, but also the duality of both male and female. Another commonality between the two sacred words was that they were both (in their respective places) forbidden words that couldn’t be uttered except on the occasion of religious solemnity. The third Commandment of the Jews also states that “Do not take the Lord your God’s name in vain”~