36. That a trinity of Gods is contrary to Holy Scripture is well known, for it is written:

Am not I Jehovah? and there is no God else besides Me; a just God and a Saviour there is none besides Me.Isaiah 45:21-22.

I, Jehovah, am thy God... and thou shalt acknowledge no God besides Me for there is no Saviour besides Me. Hosea 13:4.

Thus saith Jehovah the King of Israel, and His Redeemer, Jehovah Zebaoth: I am the First and I am the Last, and besides Me there is no God.Isaiah 44:6.

Jehovah Zebaoth is His Name, and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; the God of the whole earth shall He be called.Isaiah 54:5.

In that day... Jehovah shall be King over all the earth; in that day there shall be one Jehovah and His Name One. Zechariah 14:9.

There are also many more such passages.

3866. From the internal sense of the words that Leah uttered concerning Reuben when he was born, namely 'Jehovah has seen my affliction, for now my husband will love me', one may recognize which attribute of the Church is meant by Reuben or the tribe named after Reuben, namely that which is the first stage of regeneration, or that which comes first when a person becomes the Church; and that that which comes first is the truth of doctrine by means of which he is able to arrive at the good of life.